The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-04-21
Cambria

+. William J. Evans has been on the
sick list. DR.. Vogel was in at
tendance, and he is now almost re-
covered.
| Roland Evans has an attack of
pneumonia and is also attended by
DR.. Vogel of New Ulm.
i Miss May J. Hewitt of Lake Crystal
is visiting with her brother George
of this place.
| Miss Emma Ludke, who teaches a
school at Judson, is spending her
spring vacation visiting friends at
Cambria.
Rev. Griffiths returned from his
trip to Aberdeen, S. D.
! Martin Schnobrich shipped two
car loads of stock from Cambria last
week. The Equity society also
shipped car load of cattle from
Cambria. The farmers of Cambria
seem to dispose of good deal Of
stock.
| B. D. Hughes went to the twin
cities on business during the past
week.
| Emery Price who has graduated
| from the commercial college at Man
kato, spent a few days at home with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Evan D.
| Price.
Mrs. E. D. Price has been ill, but
f, is some improved.
| The home talent play presented by
the young people of the community
under the leadership of Miss Jennie
Thomas was well presented and en-
! joyed by all. 1t was followed by a
box social for the benefit of the
Goshen school of Brown county,
where Miss Thomas is teacher. The
proceeds of the social were about
$45.
| Mrs. William T. Jones of st.
! Peter died at her home there, March
20. She formerly resided at Cambria,
spending the earlier part of her life
here. She leaves to mourn her death
"a husband, William T. Jones of st.
| Peter, a son Oswald Jones of st. Paul
and a sister, Mrs. Richard Roberts
of Cambria, Mimi, besides number
of more distant relatives. She had a
large number Of friends at Cambria.
The funeral took place at st. Peter
March 81 and was attended by a
I large number from Cambria and vi
cinity.
An extremely sad occurrence hap
pened in this community last Sat-
urday evening when John G.. Walt
ers of Cambria was drowned while
returning homo from CORTLAND with
a team of horses and buggy. The
Minnesota river being high, the
bridge could not be reached without
driving through about two feet of
water, which flooded the grade lead
ing up to the bridge. 1t was nearly
dark and the grade was narrow and
curved, he failed to keep the horses
on the grade, causing them and the
buggy to tumble over the lower side
of the grade, where the water was
nearly twenty feet deep. Both horses
were drowned and he was thrown
! from the buggy and swept down by
the swift current and drowned before
anything could be done to help him.
though there were three men with
him. He was a good swimmer but
was hindered from saving himself
either because he was made helpless
with cramps or because he was
-, dressed with a heavy Overcoat and
heavy boots and rubbers. A crowd
, of some $50 to 200 people gathered
there Sunday morning including the
coroner of Nicollet county and Hugh
Jones, the undertaken of Lake
! Crystal, when the river was dragged
with hooks. The body was found
about ten o'clock, fifteen or twenty
rods Gown the river. The coroner
empaneled jury and an inquest
was held at CORTLAND Monday at two
o'clock Mr.. Walters was member
of the NJ. w. A. lodge and carried
| insurance. He was a comparatively
young man, being only thirty eight
years old. He leaves wife and four
children, who live on a farm at Cam
| bria, a brother, Evan Walters of Ida
! no and sister, Mrs. Stella Miller Of
! Seattle, Wash. The deepest sympathy
| is felt for the bereaved relatives