The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-20
Eagle Lake
From SATURDAYS Daily.

From Saturdays Daily
The funeral of little George Gill
more Chapman took place at the
Christian church Thursday, October
-, at two o'clock. Owing to the rain
many were detained at home. Little
George was born September Fl, 1913
and died October 8, 1916. The boy
was sick eight days with spinal COM
plant. Another child was left at
home in Detroit Mr.. and Mrs. Chap
man have the sympathy OF their
many acquaintance in Eagle Lake.
Those from out of town who attend
ed the funeral were Mrs. Shepard and
aunt of Smiths Mill, Miss Florence
Gilmore of Watertown, S. D., Mrs.
Addy Freeman of Watertown.
The funeral of the late A. R. Cook
was the largest ever held in Eagle
Lake. A great many people were
not able to get into the church owing
to lack of room. Sixty-three Odd
Fellows were in the funeral cortege
to the cemetery. The floral offerings
were many and very beautiful.
Captain Ira B. Reynolds and wife
departed for Superior and Duluth to
spend a few days with Mrs. Reynolds
sister, Mrs. Banker.
After three years of service, john
Compton has been relieved OF the
work of janitOr of the Methodist
church Mr.. Compton has kept the
lawn nicely mown and the church has
always been kept very clean. The
bell always rang on time for all serv-
ices, Sunday school, preaching, Ep-
worth league and prayer meetings. A.
H. Ingelis has taken the janitorship
of the Methodist church to succeed
Mr.. Compton.
The new bungalow being built by
E.. NJ. Pressnall is being rushed
ahead. Mr.. Pressnalls plans and
specifications call for an up-to-date
bungalow with all modern improve
ments. IN
Mrs. MathiIda Stevens has returned
home for the winter after an absence
of some six months on the coast.
The friends of Dee Matterson will
be pleased to know that he has re-
turned to Eagle Lake for awhile. Mr..
Matterson was formerly merchant
and at the age of eighty-two years
is in remarkably good health.
erom SATURDAYS Daily.
To be tossed in the air, struck on
the head and otherwise bruised and
then soused in the cold October wat
er of the Minnesota river was the
disagreeable experience of l.. w.
Chapman, laborer at the new Main
street bridge, yesterday afternoon
about five o'clock.
Mr.. Chapman happened to be
standing on the narrow tramway
bridge, over which runs a little car
that carries supplies. He was about
twenty feet from the North Mankato
SIDE The derrick was hosting
great bucketful of concrete, when a
chain broke, letting the bucket fall.
With it's great weight of concrete the
bucket struck the little car on the
tramway bridge, and bucket, concrete
and car all crashed through the little
bridge together and went down into
the river A great beam, 10 by 10
feet, was broken in two and forced
downward, so that the other part OF
this beam struck tremendous blow
under the spout where Mr.
Chapman stood. The result was that
he flew up into the air and then
came down, striking against beam
end. He fell into the water, but
quickly struck out for the shore. A
fellow workman made ready to jump
in after him, but on seeing that Mr..
Chapman was swimming for the
North Mankato shore all right, did
not jump.
Mr.. Chapman was found to have
received a cut over one eye, his lip
was cut and one ankle was bruised.
1t is believed that he will not work
for four or five days Mr.. Chapman
is forty-five years old. He has a fam
lily in West Mankato.