The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08

today. He is making u tour of the
state with, tie Carleton College G!ec
club. The club sang in Springfield
last night and will do likewise in
lieron Lake tonight es
The row of box elder trees on the
south boulevard of The Episcopal church
lot is being removed, to give he
Young Gins more room to grow. This
ought to be done at other points
about the city, where the young trees
are being made uisslapen 10y the over
growing of the. old ones.
Waseca Radical: t. H. Callahan,
representing the H. NJ. Byllesby com
pany, the firm that has purchased the
water powers at Cannon Falls and Man
kato. was i'm Waseca last Saturday
looking tha t;iv OYER and interviewing
our citizens to learn what encourage
ment his company might expect for
furnishing electric current here
The city officials have been trying
pany of Minneapolis to send an out
fit to Mankato to sink the Mccarthy
well lower. before warm weather sets
in. but has been unable to do so
thus far. The Hubbard mill will have
its new well repaired by the same
people when they come to do the work
Tor the city.
Watervlle Advance: We are in re-
ceipt of letter from H. NJ. Billesby
& company of Chicago stating they
had completed the tracings of maps
of Watervile and Elysian townships
loaned them last winter. The maps
are for the proposed electric cable to
run through this section of the coun-
try to supply an electric current for
lighting purposes.
An orator with long whiskers was
''eloquentlv making a free silver speech.
Gents" said he, 'Our country's wei
fore demands that silver be kept at
its face Value says the Ladies' Hon.
journal IF the government marks
Il dollar dollar it follows that it
must be worth one hundred cents, -
Excuse me--may | ask simple ques-
tom" spoke up Il man in The rear of
the hall. Certainly sir said the orator
Then. said the man. coming forward,
''if the government marked your whisk-
crs hay would a mule eat them
Albert Lea Tribune: Rev. George II.
Mueller, pastor of Christ Episcopal
church, received a unique and interest
ing reminder of his native town yes
terday in the form of an invitation
to attend the celebration of the Tooth
anniversary of the founding of ltzehoc,
province of lolstein North Germany,
which will take place i'll August of
this year. Mr.. Mueller was born in
1tzchoc and left there when boy TO
come to America. The city WAS built
originally as IA fort by Charleman.e
ito be used as base for defense
against the Danes and has had Il
striking and important part i'll the
history of Germany. Mr.. Mueller has
not decided definitely as yet whether
or not he will attend the festivities.
GAINESVILLE ARGUS: F. IL. Kelley drop
ped in Friday noon TO see his custom
,ers instead of Saturday. This was ow-
ing to indspositiou caused by an at
tack of In grippe. NIr. Kelley Travelled
for sixteen years with but one week
lay off on account of sickness. lie has
already lost three weeks OH his sev-
cntcenth year. But he hae no regrets
as the record is somcthing remarkable
i....u 10y ;"stifcs the assumption that
he is entitled to 4 lay oil and to 4
good lon. life cmbellished with ease
and comfort as tribute 10 his worth
as cXemplilied in his services. When
he does retire it will be a matter oil
genuine regret among his GAINESVILLE
friends. They will miss his smiling
countenancc. his genial mirth. his pol
iishcd personality, his inimi;abe and
Unlimited Knowledge of human nature
as reflected III his ineXhaustible sup
ply of stories. For this reason they
expect to see him continue III life and
in business 60: TIER c".ica|an ior
10. these many years.
The county board held II special
meeting this afternoon to receive pc
tition for change of a portion of the
Garden City-Lake Crystal road It is
signed by "a number of farmers. and
it is claimed that if it is granted 1T
will shorten the road by 900 feet. The
Consumers Power company is inter
ested in having it granted, as the
change will be necessitateed by the
construction of the new dam.
The will of the late William Laird
has been filed in the Winona probate
court. Contrary to expectations no be-
quest is left to Carleton college. Five
| thousand dollars is left to the trustees
of the congregational church at Winona,
to be placed in the building fund /;
also $4,000 to the Margaret Simpson
home in Winona; and $1,000 to the
free public library. The balance OF
| the estate goes to the heirs.
When the case against William II.
Culp charged with shooting Chester
Purrier came up in the municipal court
at ST. Peter ut ten o'clock this fore
noon. it was continued at the request
of County Attorney Olsen until Sat
urday, April at 10 Il, III. The re-
quest for Il continuance was made be
cause Mr.. Purrier the complaining wit
ness, was not able to apcar. He IS
still i'll the hospital.
The police department was notified