The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-15

H. "A. PATTERSON mas gone 10 chicago
on business trip.
T.. Y. O'Brien of Slayton visited
Mankato Wednesday evening.
Gilbert Glaucke of Good Thunder
lined in Mankato Wednesday.
Miss Jessie b. Irving went to New
Tim this noon to visit friends over
V. A. Hirscher, a Good Thunder
druggist. was in the city yesterday
and today.
H. W. Fish of Elysian, solicitor for
the Woodmen of the World, was in
the city yesterday.
j. Adam Bede is the guest at the
home of County Auditor Weaver.
r. w. Davies of TaylOr's Falls has
been elected superintendent of schools
at Mapleton at salary of $l,l0O
per anmum.
Judge Lorin Cray and Judge A.
r. Pfau attended the funeral of the
late Judge Thomas Wilson, ut ST.
Paul. returning home yesterday.
W. II. Hodge, publicity agent. for
H. NJ Bylesby & Co. of Chicago, the
new owners of the local gas and cleo
trio light plant, has been in the city
for couple of days.
Mrs. T. H. Foley returned today
from FairmOnt, where she ATTENDED Il
large and very enjoyable reception
given yesterday afternoon by her two
daughters, at the home of Mrs. Free
man.
The jackson street steps leading to
the pOstoffice are being repaired. Some
of the foundation stones have cracked
and new ones have been put in. The
fence on the south side of the grounds
has been torn down, and the rear half
rebuilt
Rev. w. n Jameson of the Meth
odist Episcopal church returned last
night from st. Paul where he per
formed marriage ceremony. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Jameson.
Rev. Jameson reports that there is
a growing county option sentiment i'll
Minneapolis and st. Paul.
The. steam pillow and loader which
was put to work on Second street
yesterday morning broke down in the
afternoon, because of "A wornout cast
ing. Repairs had to he sent for to
st. Paul, and until they arrive the
pillow will be out of commission. 1t
attracted much attention while it was
in operation.
Amboy Herald. News comes from
the Ans Mallory family that their
real estate is going to be valuable.
When they first took their claim a
few years ago they were far from
IL railroad, but now one is completed
to the village of Castor. short dis
lance from them. AS an indication of
the value of real estate, a quarter
section adjoining their land sold re-
Gently for $4,000.
Sleepy Eye Dispatch: The Brown
County Land company. H. l.. Chafiee,
president; Leroy Davis, secretary, has
been organized. 1t is rumOred that
several OF our prominent business men
are also interested. Mr.. Chaffee, who
has a large acquaintance in Illinois and
Iowa, will make occasional trips into
those states for the purpose of inter
estino cash buyers. The office work
will be carried on by Davis & Son.
Mapleton Enterprise: The residence
OF Theodore Moon i'm DecOria township.
together with the barn and Il wagon,
were burned last Saturday noon. Mrs.
Moon will be remembered in Maple
ton as Mrs. George Roe. Most of the
household goods were saved when the
house burned and the stock from the
barn BY hard work the corn cribs
filled with corn were saved. 1t Is
thought tina; the lire caught on the
roof from a spark from The Kitchen
Waseca Herald: We are glad to
learn that Robert Meyer, mayor elect,
announces that he will see that the
laws. including the no-license law of
this city, shall be strictly enforced Mr.
Meyer is man of decision of char
acter and possesses much energy. If
he shall appoint the right kind of
night and day police, there will be no
difficulty in enforcing the laws against
blind pigs and gambling places. We
the mayor elect upon the
position he takes. Let the majority
rule and let the people all rejoice.
After less than years experience
with the county poor farm The Brown
County Journal comes to the conclusion
that the palatial poor farm is bad in
vestment and it would be cheaper to
board the paupers n Il hotel at Sl00
per day. That paper says:~ There is
no denying the tact that the Brown
county poor home is becoming white
elephant" to the taxpayers. Thus far
it has been an expensive institution to
maintain. The county has invested
$4,000 in buildings and grounds, which
at five per cent amounts to $3.50 an
nully. The maintenance account for
the past year has been S3,9S3,42 or an
annual expense of $5,233.42. On an av-
erage about IL inmates occupy the
cOmmOdious Quarters, causing an annual
expense for each inmate of $436.ll or
Sl.20 per day or $S.40 per week.
From Saturdays psiv.