The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-04-28

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tertained by Miss Dorothea Rohde
at her home on Belgrade avenue,
Monday evening, March II. A bust
ness meeting was held and must
cal program given, after which re-
freshments were served.
Superior Lodge No 5, Degree of
Honor. gave very enjoyable dance
at the A. o. u. W. hall last even
ing, that was well attended.
August Dietemann, who lives on
his farm in the northern part of De-
coria, the former Charles Soaring
place, was very badly cut up in a
runaway on his farm this forenoon.
He was discing some land, with four
horses hitched to the disc, and some
thing went wrong with the whitfletree
and he got down in front of the
machine to fix it. In an adjoining
field some stumps were being blown
up with explosives and one of these
was fired while he was fixing the
whiffletree. The noise frightened the
horses and they ran away. Mr.
Dietemann fortunately was able to
cling to the lines, but his feet and
lower part of his legs dragged under
the disc and were badly cut up. He
was dragged about twenty rods.
Others working about saw the
horses running and ran to Mr.. Diete-
mann's assistance and he was car
ried into the house and Drs. w. A.
Beach and Roy Andrews were sum-
moned hastily and went to the farm
and dressed the injuries. They found
the left foot SO badly cut that part
of it will probably have to be ampu-
tated. The left leg had several deep
and long cuts, which land the flesh
open to the bone, but fortunately did
not sever any of the arteries.
The injured man was brought to
the city this afternoon and placed in
st. Joseph's hospital. The slashes
received from the disc blades are not
of themselves sufficient to cause a
fatal determination, and unless some
complication sets in he will re-
cover. 1t will be some time before
he will be able to regain the use
of his limbs. His accident comes at
a very unfortunate time, with the
farm work in full swing.
the Memorial day ceremonies this
year.
This was the decision reached yes
terday afternoon by Alexander Will
kin Post, Grand Army of the Re-
public. The request that the Wom-
ans Relief corps assume the respon-
Sibility which is connected with the
events of the day was cheerfully ac-
quiesced in by the post auxiliary.
The corps will have charge of the
Sunday meeting held prior to Me-
mortal day. Also that organization
will make all the arrangements for
the exercises which will be held on
Memorial day, May 80. Although
this is the first time they have been
called upon to do so, the women will
prove equal to the occasion, and
they hope that their requests for aid
from citizens will be met by hearty
response.
During the past several years the
members of Company II, National
Guards, have had charge of Me-
mortal day ceremonies, but this year
it is expected that the captain and 9TH
er ifficers of the company will be in
Texas at time when arrangements
for the ceremonies must be made,
so the officers regretfully asked the
post to place the matter in the hands
of some other organization.
The Woman's Relief corps will
prove equal to the occasion.
The general arrangements commit
tee Will meet in a few days to pre-
pare Tor the exercises that will be
held in honor of the heroic dead
party who was some time ago
sent to Saltwater from this CITY.
and who returned Saturday, was seen
digging in or about shed on an al
ley in the north part of the city
day before yesterday. A party who
saw him at work thought that he dug
up a diamond pin, or at least no.
ticed that he had one after digging.
The party saw him digging again i'm
the the same place yesterday after
noon, and became suspicious that he
knew OF some stolen goods beins
planted" there and was digging for
it. He informed Sheriff Osten and
the latter went to the place and
found the man and searched him.
but did not find anything of an in
eliminating nature and allowed him
to proceed on his way.
st. Peter Tribune: Edward A.
Montgomery was last Friday ap-
pointed judge of the municipal
court of Minneapolis by Governor
Eberhart. Mr.. Montgomery is a son
of the late Thomas Montgomery and
was born and raised in ST. Peter,
and is graduate of our high school,
being member of the class of
1884. He later attended Hamline
university and later entered the prac-
tlce OF law. Forming a partnership
with w r. Halo IF M;p,ooo1I:.