The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

Cherry of Cortland, quietly took her
way to the Methodist Episcopal par
sonage in DeKalb, in company with
Mr.. James A. Edmister of Elburn,
ILL.,, to whom she was married We'd
nesday, July S, at p. IN. The bride
has lived in DeKalb and Kane coun-
ty, and is well known and where
she numbers her friends by the
score All wish her many years of
happiness. The couple were accom-
panied to the parsonage by w. e.
Cherry and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
mister will be at home to their
friends in North Mankato after Au-
gust 1. A young lady daughter of
the groom will accompany them
home.
C. A. Sharp with crew Of men
began work this morning on the
crOsswalk on Belgrade avenue at the
approach to the bridge. The cross
walk will be placed in the proper
place except that it cannot be made
filling necessary. The regular side
walk will be continued from this
spot to the bridge and will not be
adjacent to the property line. This
seems the most sensible and natural
way of placing the walk. When com
pleted the walk will add to the com
fort of all the people who must nec-
essarily pass that way. 1t will
also be an improvement in appear
ance over the present uneven cinder
walk
The Ladies Aid society of the
Methodist church will hold a regular
meeting at the home Of Mrs. Otto
Neitge tomorrow afternoon at two
O'Clock. All ladies are cordially in
vited to attend
From Tuesdays Daily.
A good beginning was made on
the ditching and laying OF the mains
yesterday The ditching machine
which could not be used to advan-
taoe on the eXcavaring for the drain
branch, is now at work in earnest
on the main line on Belgrade ave-
nue., starting not far from the well.
About 400 feet has been eXcavated
and ten inch mains laid and cauked.
The machine is an intricate mass CT
mechanism, heavily constructed and
apparently well adapted to with
stand severe strain. The part that
actually does the digging is much
like the grain lifts in elevators, but
of heavy construction. 1t performs
the function of cutting loose the
ground and carrying it up and de-
posting the load on a lateral car
rier that drops the ground away
from the ditch The trench now be-
ing dug is twenty-eight inches wide
and about eight feet deep The
sides are as straight as wall,
planks are placed at intervals held
in place by iron extension braces,
while men are in the ditch at work.
The soil is a uniform subsoil which
is the same as is expected TO be
found in all of the streets except
where filling has been done with
stone. The operator of the machine
states that quite coarse rip-rap rock
can be excavated without trouble,
and depth of twenty feet can be
made. When few blocks of mains
have been laid the cauking is tested
by air pressure to assure tight joints.
The Pastoret-Lawerence company has
a contract at Waseca, where the
machine and crew will be sent as
soon as the work here is completed.
The foreman states that the work to
be done by the machine will be COM
pleted in two weeks.
A number of residents residing on
Belgrade avenue were disturbed in
sleep Sunday night by parties in an
automobile who were having much
trouble by continually driving into
the water pipes lying on the side
of the street They were no sooner
out from the pipes than in again.
The fellow who was running the
with him which was doing it's best
by loud demands to steer to the
left" but the chauffeur seemed to be
fascinated by the black pipes shin
ing in the moon light and was drawn
to them. After much time getting
untangled the party got away. In
case like this a horse would be a
much better conveyance, he would
keep the road and would get home
all right.
The members of the Gun club are
showing marked improvement in tar
get shooting as may be seen by the
scores made last evening, which are
as follows: Koppen, IS; C. E. Ball,
10; Ed. Hensel, IS; Neitge, IL; OAR
SOW, Is, IS; B. Ball, ID; Clayton, 49,;
l. Hensel, 20; Mcclure, IA; B. Ben
nett, q; Egersdorfer, 10; X. keene,
20; Deyling, 10, IS; Ganthier, 49,;
Mettler Is: SteDhan TO- 8; Guptill,