Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-16
MANKATO NEWS.
ESPECIALLY REPORTED FOR THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
County commissioners will meet this week
to equalize personal property assessments
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County commissioners will meet this week
to equalize personal property assessments
made by the local assessors.
Hotels in the city did big business on
circus day, the Washington House alone
have one hundred and twenty guests for
dinner.
The city bridge is still in state of de-
lightful uncertainty. The Canton bridge
company are trying to evade the proposition
they made the city for the work.
Mr.. White, elected second assistant at the
Union, declines to accept the position on the
grounds that he had agreed to 60 elsewhere
before he received notice Of the action Of
the Mankato board.
Crop prospects have frightened consider
able since the heavy rain of last week. And
the country outside of the hail beaten section
will have little to complain of if the present
promise is fulfilled.
Miss Maggie Duane, a former resident,
and her cousin, Miss Belle Wallace, are here
from Muskegon, Michigan, visiting friends
and relatives, and if they are the representa-
tive Michigan school teacher it would be
pleasant place to 60 to school,
The recent changes of business firms in
| the city are Shannan & Webster, druggists,
Mr.. Shannan gong out; Mills & Lilburn,
butter dealers, Mr.. Lilburn going out; and
| me North Star Plow works, the business now
being conducted by John Danber & Son.
For days past it has been excessively hot,
so much SO that discomfort is the only word
that will express the general feeling. But
this morning at quite an early hour there was
quite heavy fall of rain, and the atmos-
phere has been cooled, with a promise of
several days of pleasant weather.
Mr.. j. G. Wise, of the Rey5eap, is still
making improvements about his Office build
| ing. The inside has been thoroughly cleaned
and purified by the application of paint and
calcimine. An awning with "Steam Print
ing in large letters has been put up, and
with the exception of the power press and
engine everything is on one floor.
| sneak thief entered the Adventist's tent
Sunday night and stole pair of pantaloons,
| a $2O watch and some money from MIR.
Young, and also vest and two coats were
taken, one coat belonging to Mr.. T. J. Brass,
of Shelby. The gentlemen were speaking
in the tent. The last named articles were
carried to the outside and dropped.
The circus on Saturday evening last was
one of the greatest humbugs that it has ever
cen the misfortune of our citizens to patron
ize, yet they can derive some consolation,
that they were not quite so badly sold as
parties who came from neighboring towns;
and yet they got the worth of their money
visiting a real live city like Mankato. But I
must say, from what saw, the best of the
allied concern was in the bills.
The truth of the matter of the base ball
match between the Crescents, of this place,
and the Primrose minstrels is substantially
that the MINISTRIES were the challenging
party. The Crescents were on the grounds
promptly at the hour named, but the timer
ating cork ma ipulators failed to come to
time; team was sent after them, and the
driver On his return reported them as all be-
'rg drunk. The p. p. will note this as
authentic.
There has been in the past, determined
efforts made to clean tho streets and alleys
of the city, but they always met with little
success. A small number of the people
would clean their premises and the street
board would let the filth remain and accumu-
late from year to year, and the only case of
wonderment is that the water of the city has
not become as vitiated as the press of ou1
nelghboring cities would like to make the
public at large believe. Now, at last, Chief
Robinson has been instructed to see that the
ordinance be carried out to the letter, and he
is giving it his personal supervision, and all
the shlrks will have to come to time.