The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-04

closely with the description he had
The marshal placed two of these
men under arrest, one of whom i'm
mediately pulled a knife on the Off
Ger, but was compelled to drop il
at the point of the marshal's revol
yer. During this encounter the other
fellow escaped and boarded freight
train No. 20, east bound Mr.. Play
fair landed his man in the village
jail and telephoned the Lake Crystal
authorities to look for the man or
the freight. They got him when No
70 pulled into that town. Officers
from Mankato took the two men to
that city on the early morning train
Mrs. Shurber has resumed her old
position of bookkeeper for e. Coy
Mrs. NJ. G. Willard has night
blooming cerius that unfolded a
beautiful blossom last night.
new water connection is being
put in at the union depot, connect.
ing with the new extension of the
mains on Main street The work OF
excavating began Saturday after
noon.
A Mrs. Wernecke, who is working
in the interest of the suppression OF
the white slave trade, visited the
local moving picture theatres Friday
and Saturday to see what kind of
pictures are exhibited there, and was
so well pleased that she came for.
ward on the stage of the Unique
and complimented it on the high
standard of morality of the shows.
Over at Waseca the village author
tiles have placed cluster of twenty
eight-candle power lights on the top
Of their water tower and figure that
it is one of the best pieces of adver.
Using the town has INDUCED in for
sometime. The lights can be seen
for miles around and certainly puts
a town ON the map every night in
the year to the people of the sur
rounding country.
Yesterday saw return of the hot
weather. The temperature Saturday
reached 81 degrees, and threatening
clouds came up in the evening, but
AN electrical display was about all
that they produced The mercury
reached ninety-four yesterday, and a
storm blew uD during last night,
ing a heavy downpour occurred. The
shower only extended east a mile
beyond Eagle Lake. Today was
showery
A meeting of the state normal
school board is called for Tuesday,
August s, al the normal school, Man.
katO. c. G.. Schulz. superintendent
OF public. instruction, will present
his annual report as purchasing
agent of the board accounting for
the disbursement of 100000 for the
fiscal year in salaries and supplies.
The appOrtionment of state aid to
high schools and graded schools will
be fixed by the state high school
board which swill meet Thursday
August 10, in the office of the super.
intendent of public instruction in
the state capitol, The board also
will designate thirty-ive schools en-
titled to special aid under the Ben
son act awarding $1,000 annually to
each school giving instruction in
agriculture, manual training or do
nestle science.
From Tuesdays Daily.
The county board Of equalization
will meet again Thursday.
Over a hundred young ladies and
gentlemen are taking the county
teachers examination at the high
school building, which began yester-
day and closes tomorrow.
During the month of August Off
Ger Budde will be on duty days on
South Front street and Officer Pol
lei on North Front street, and the
other officers will be on duty nights.
The man whom Officer Anden-
gard took from the train Saturday.
while drunk, and was allowed to go
after SOLDERING up, was found drunk
again last night and was locked up.
He will not be treated so leniently
this time.
At an informal meeting of the
city council last night it was decid-
ed to have a compilation of the city
ordinances made. Also ordinances
that are considered a little shaky
will be revamped City Attorney
Daley will do the work.
Mrs. Charles Hale of st. Clair was
brought to the city last evening suf-
fering with appendicitis, by DR.. j.
L. Macbeth, and entered st. Joseph S
hospital, where she was operated
upon at eleven o'clock in the even
ing. The operation was in time, and
Mrs. Hale will make a quick recov-
cry.
The board of education will hold a
regular monthly meeting tomorrow
evening Miss Woodland having re.
signed as teacher in the high
school, her position is to be filled
/ The matter of letting the Lutheran
seminary have the use of the high
school during the fall months will
also come up.
Four men that were run in yester.
day afternoon by Chief Donahue and
Officer Andengaard after being found
in the hobo camp, said that they
were labOring men, and WEre given
jobs by the North Star Concrete
company on the paving work. Until
that starts, they are working on the
citys tool house.
Sixty-three hundredths of an inch
of rain fell during the twenty-four
hours ending at eight o'clock this
morning 1t nearly all came down
during a short time between seven
and eight o'clock last evening, when
very heavy shower fell. The
ground is now better soaked up than
at any time this year.
The man Peterson, who preferred