The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-23

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perity and good cheer.
Tho days begin to lengthcn.
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Tho public schools closed ON Tuesday and
will not open Ill Jan. 10, 1881.
That ia u beautiful Christmas story on the
first page OF this weeks paper.
J. II. Chapman brought to the city the
largest stock of holiday goods.
Fillmore Mills, OF Garden City, was the
happy recipient Of hoy last week.
Tho Normal School closes to-day for the
Holidays and re-opens January I, 1881.
John Frescholtz has shipped this week,
Christmas trees to all parts of the State.
The Grand Jury were discharged last Thnrs-
day after one of the longest sessions on record
| In August, 1878, wheat was selling for $i.i2
Oils at this point. Welcome those days once
more.
| Our young folks that went Ia ~. Peter tho
other evening, speak highly Of their enter
tertainment,
John Barr, an old Mankato boy, who has
been attending the State University,is spend
ing the holidays In the city.
whiio wandering up Front street allow
your visionary organs To rest for u moment
upon the grand display Of fine jcwelry ut
| Taylors.
| Miss "Okie" williams, daughter Of J. Il.
Williams, returned home last Thursday from
Houghton Seminary, Clinton, N. Y, to spend
| vacation.
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church neIt Sabbath morning will be, THE
Old Year" Text: Job, ss:7. Days should
speak.
Tho congregation Of the swedish Church of
West Mankato have been fortunate In secur-
ing Rev. A. Anderson, OF Red Wing, as their
pastor.
The iron is all ON the ground for laying the
| extension of the Wells branch into the city.
Roadmaster Donovan told us that the track
would undoubtedly be laid this week.
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=. ID. Daniels, has built new blacksmith
| shop on the other side OF the river and Is pre-
pared To do all kinds Of work. Mr.. Daniels
would DO glad to sec any OF his friends.
A union bible service will be held at tho
Presbyterian church Sunday evening, and tho
service conducted by Rev. Clancy, Of the
Congregational church. No other service will
be held that evening.
The fire department turned out suddenly
Tuesday forenoon in answer to an alarm
caused by the burning out of chimney at
William Funk's residence. II proved how
ever OF no consequence.
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John Dillon, the inebriate comedian, has
| AT last found his level. II ~ reported that he
will appear at Monroe's Variety Theatre In
Chicago and entertain an audience that be-
slows their applause with pounding beer
glasses on the tables.
The entertainment given by the Congrega-
tional church last week was success. The
receipts amounted To $40. The audiences
were good and the acting first rate for home
| troupe. Those who got these entertainments
up feel amply repaid for all their trouble.
The opening sale of the stock Of dry goods
in Prael & Dupuisson's store last Saturday,
attracted quite crowd, many of them pos
sessing a curiosity tn know where the assets
were that should correspond favorably TO the
liabilities.
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Mr.. william DeGrafr, a former resident of
| this city, has lately removed his stock of gen.
| eral merchandise from volga, OAK, to Fort
Pierre. He occupies Il building 24x68. Quite
| u number OF Mankatoites are represented at
| the new territorial metropolis.
We acknowledge the receipt of invitations
| from the committee of the Superior Hose
Company To attend their grand ball TO be
given next Thursday eve, Dec Both. We
| shall be there, boys, II nothing happens, with
our sisters and our cousins and our aunts, the
| same as everybody else.
The most severe and yet comprehensive
structures ever put upon railway companies
and their relation To the State, has been
| recently made by Hon. Jere Black, one of
Americas greatest jurists, and which We
publish partially upon our second page. II
is worthy Of perusal.
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The following board of directors were
elected at a meeting of the Y. NJ. c. a. last
week: &. III. Austin, $. N. Holmes, W. w. p.
Mcconnell, A. u. Smith. W. G. Durkee, q. w.
Mead, X. W. Bcebc, ID. L. Clements, b. futile,
| ID. ID. Owens, ID. a. Dickinson and II. W.
Brown. They meet this "wednesday even
| ing To elect general officers for the ensuing
| year.
The old store building so long occupied by
Geo. I. Lidgerwood, and so favorably known
| In Southern Minnesota rs dry goods empor-
| ium, Is vacant. Its shelves and counters are
| depleted of the immense stock OF dry goods
| that was wont TO grace them, and IL must
bring q food Of sadness to Mr.. Lidgcrwood rs
| he contemplatcs their vacancy and revcrts to
| the long years that he labored over them
while building up substantial business.
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| About the liveliest place We have noticed
this week has been at Prael b Bubuisson's
store, where the stock Of merchandise was
being sold under Sherff's sale. The room was
inadequate for half the crowd that gathered
daily. The goods were all in good condition
and mostly of late purchases. Mr.. Fowler
| took the auction block Monday, and there i'm
mcdiately followed an improvement In tho
prices, and these could have been materially
enhanced IL larger room could have been
| obtained whereby the crowd would have been
| accommodated.
In these days Of Corners" "options," and
| "big deals" II In important for person 10
have u foresight greater than hindsight or
else he will get cleft" II Is no uncommon
occurrence In these days for man 10 make
million dollars In speculation-providing no
speculates on the right side, and VIC wonder
why some speculative person hasn't ere this,
got corner on tho wood business and trans
ferred immense profits to the credit side Of
his ledger.
w. II. Barron, general freight agent Of the
Southern Minnesota division Of the NJ. & st.
r.. spent Tuesday evening In the city. From
casual remarks made by Mr.. Barron, we may
expectantly hope to see his company build
on their favorable location u very fine and
tasty depot, exclusive of freight and other
houses The company will undoubtedly So
cure the old Frisbee & Shepard building on
the corner opposite the Mankato House to
transact their business during the interval
that the new depot is building.
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The most plausible theory yet advanced for
the failure of Prael & DuBuisson IL given by
one Of our citizens In which he says that tho
firm paying interest on nearly$5o 900 ut l2 per
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