The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-09-10
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|, tention of making personal canvass
for Congress.
Jno. NJ. Egan, Superintendent of tho
Southern Minnesota Division of the
Milwaukee u st. Paul road, was in town
Wednesday.
Geo. KEENAN,, OF South Bend, has left
at the FREE Press office a corn stalk
that is eleven feet eight inches tall.
: Can any one beat it!
s. J. Lundholm, of st. Peter, will
make between 1900 and 1000 gallons
Of amber cane syrup this year. Last
year he made 1000 gallons.
i Why use cheap and inferior grades of
flour when the best brands can be had
for 30 little money! See new adver-
tisement of Mankato Mill company.
Among the distinguished arrivals in
the city the present week, from Faribault
and Martin counties were NJ. w. Greene,
Burt G. Day, Capt. Bird and b. G. Rey-
nolds.
VIM. Fritze, gay widower of so, was
married Wednesday,, by Rev. f. f.
Schultz, to Mrs. Wilhelminia Fritze, a
blooming widow, aged SO, both of the
town of Lincoln.
DR.. Follman took his wife home last
Saturday morning. She is recuperating
slowly. Her whole system appeared
paralyzed for several days after the ac-
cident, and it required considerable ex-
ertion to keep her blood in circulation.
There was meeting of the directors
of the Austin Il Mankato, and Mankato
& st. Cloud railroad companies, at the
Merchants hotel at st. Paul, yesterday.
Very important business was transacted,
and which will ultimately benefit this
city.
Twenty five car loads of ties will he
used in the construction of tho extension
of the Milwaukee 81 st. Paul road to
their depot grounds in the city. Each
car contained 200 ties, consequently the
company will consume about 5000 ties
alone.
Mr.. w. r. Mills, one of our heaviest |
butter packers, is grading his lot on
Front Street, preparatory to removing
thereon what is known rs the old BRAD |
ley warehouse" which stands at present |
on the corner OF Cherry and Second |
streets.
We heard several parties discussing
the late accidental shooting of young
Doty, near Good Thunder, and tho con-
clusiOn was that it was fOre-ordained
that he should shoot himself. What
rich theme for the average Lyccum's to
discuss.
The Merchants Hotel, in New Ulm,
came near being burned few nights
ago. A curtain caught fire from light
ed pipe placed ON the window-sill of IL
room occupied by man employed in
the house, but the fire was extinguished
before much damage was done.-Saiat
Peter Tribune.
Mr.. John +. Meagher, last week, sold
al. /. Case & Cos. Traction engine
and agitator to Mr.. Joseph May,
wealthy farmer of Winnebago Agency.
The price was $l,670. Several OF these
engines and machines are being used
in this county and give perfect salts
faction, and are considered much more
preferable to horse power.
Last Monday morning as a freight
train was coming West on the Southern
Minnesota, and near Dodd's crossing,
two men in lumber wagon endeavored
to cross the track before the train reach
ed them. The consequence was that
the engine struck the outfit and killed
one horse, stove the wagon into splinters
and seriously injured both men.
Mr.. s. L. Chilson, will have his new
boiler rooms on Front street, in running
order next week. when he will be ready
to do work with dispatch. Mr.. Chilson
employs ten men in his shop, and has
gained an enviable reputation for doing
tirst-class work. He went to Blue Earth
City Wednesday to take the contract
for putting in the lining, floors and
ornamental iron work in the new Jail re
Gently built there.
Hon. NJ. s. Wilkinson, was in town
last Monday night, enroute home from
the State Fair. He says the manage
mept have had great success, and be-
sides paying oil premiums and an old
debt of $1,000, have surplus of two
or three thousand dollars for another
year The officers are as happy as clans
in high water, and have received great
encouragement from exhibitors both at
home and abroad.
Upon complaint last week of Mr.. ].
NJ. Boummaster, the thirteen year old
boy Of Mr.. Sprague, was brought be-
fore Judge Dickinson, who, upon hear
ing the evidence alleged, ordered him
sent to the Reform School. Mr.. Geo.
Constans, of the police force took him up
last Saturday, and the boy seeing what |
good times the inmates Of the school |
were having, playing ball, &C., he ex-
claimed "By golly, I'm glad I've come"
Postmaster Keith, of Minneapolis, re-
Gently invited the postal clerks who run
from Minneapolis to Sparta, Wisconsin,
to spend short vacation in the above
city at his expense after enjoying the |
free lunches and nickle cigars supplied
by the generous p. M. the boys felt
magnanimous, and wanted to show their |
appreciation of their benefactor, 30 they
assessed themselves about seven dollars |
each and bought china set of fifty six
pieces and presented Mr.. Keith. Don't
you suppose that the p. M. figured on
the whole matter coming out that way
| Why don't our postmaster do likewise,
or has he china set.
The great popularity of DIR. Kellogg's
new book claws of Life and Home
Medical Treatment" is attested by the
fact that more than 5000 copies have
been sold the first six weeks of the can
vass. The conviction is gaining ground
among the people that every person
should know all about his physical self
that his mind is capable of comprehen-
ding, and that the most important kind
of knowledge is that which relates to