The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-18


: the length of the baggage, and mail
| cars while the train was increasing
it's speed. The older of the two got
to the engine first, and was very
near the top of the coal tender when
(, he lost his hold. probably because of
the rain making the object which he
had hold of slippery. and fell down
onto his pal" who had just gotten
on the train and was hanging direct
ly above the bumpers. Both fell onto
the bumpers and if the train had
stopped both would probably have
fallen off or been badly crushed. AS 1T
was the younger transient lifted his
! friend to where he could again get a
firm hold and then pulled himself
off the bumper in a manner that
would make Mardonie. the great ltal-
! ian trapeze performer, enviOus.
From Saturdays Daily.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stein are the
proud parents of baby girl. born
yesterday.
Hose Co. No, will enjoy a picnic
Z, at Lake Ballentyne tomorrow, the
most OF the members going by train.
Mrs. A. J. Veigel has donated some
reading matter to the rest room, and
the public library has also donated
some papers.
| The clouds that threatened rain
and gave out drizzle this morn
ing were dissipated later in the day,
and it seemed good to see the sun
shine once more.
The new high school building has
been connected UP with light. gas and
water, and only few finishing touch
es remain, which it is thought will
be completed inside of ten days.
The work of grading the ap-
proaches to the new concrete bridge
at Red Jacket has been completed,
anu the bridge has also been filled
in, SO that it can be travelled.
Rev. Archibald Cardle, who was
to have filled the Presbyterian pull
pit Sunday morning as announced,
Iowa, sooner than expected, conse-
quently there will be no preaching
service.
Landkamer Bros. have placed two
solid bronze signs on the sides of
the main entrance to their furniture
store, and two solid bronze tablets
on the sides of the entrance to their
undertaking room, on Walnut street.
They are very neat and substantial
appearing.
Messrs. Goldenstar and Girvin, as
sistants in County Surveyor Brooks
office, and Paul Jameson have re-
turned from Lincoln, where they
have spent the past two weeks sur
veying for county ditch No. %. This
ditch will be ten miles long and will
drain a good many sloughs into the
Watonwan river.
The paving of the block on Hick-
DRY street between Front and Second
streets was completed this afternoon,
and the block was thrown open for
travel. The laying of blocks will be-
gin on Cherry street at Broad Mon
day morning, the weather permitting.
The concreting on South Second
street began this morning.
Ted Richter, formerly of Mankato,
now city hall reporter for The Min
neapolis Journal. is one OF a party
of Minneapolis, st. Paul and Chicago
newsp paper men which left Minneapo-
! lis Thursday night for Montana, com
prising the advance agents who Will
j, blaze the way westward in the in
itial trip of a series of original BE
loyal and see America first tours
which Louis w. Hill, president of
the Great Northern railway, plans to
attract the proper attention to the
| real wonder spots of the great north.
west country.
st. Johns Catholic church has been
nicely repainted, both inside and out
side.
! Theodore Williams, who was op-
Grated upon Thursday for append
citis. is reported as doing nicely.
! Omaha passenger train No. 3, due
here at 12:43 daily, was one hour
late yesterday, on account of wash
out at Blakely.
Many Redwood Falls citizens were
swindled by fellow who claimed
to be solicitor for the Woman S
I! World Magazine.
! A marriage license was Issued TO-
day to Frank P. Fleischmann and
Maria Appel, both of this city,
by Clerk of Court Krost.
! The central station firemen extin
guished a chimney fire at the Frank
lin restaurant, lis South Front street
at $3.50 o'clock last evening. Nc
damage was done.
! The large plate glass to replace
the one broken in Ray F'lint's saloon
display window, the Corner cafe, ar
rived Saturday, but in unlocking il
or in transit it became broken.
The work of covering the Matthews
hill with clay and gravel has been
completed at cost of $3.50, and the
same work will be done on the maca
dam beyond the top of the hill. The
work on this began this afternoon.
Henry Mees, bartender at the
Stahl House for several years past
! is suffering from appendicitis and ii
was thought that an operation would
be necessary, but it was found this
afternoon that one would not be
necessary.
The funeral of Thomas B. Church
; was held in Garden City Saturday
Mr.. Church was one of the old set
!, tiers of the county, and died a
, Madelia on Thursday at the age o.
. eighty-nine. His death was caused
, by apoplexy.
/ Robert Dale, the man who las
week arrived in the city in boz
{ car, without coat and SUFFERING
r from what seemed to be severe
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