The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-09-03

DR.. w. d. Cole, went to Wasoca Tues.
. evening.
Yesterday was the first day OF
Autumn.
Mr.. s. ID. Parsons took a short run to
st. Paul the first of the week.
G. G. Chamberlain of the Jackson
Republic was in town this week Tuesday.
DIR. McGraw, has returned from his
western trip and is now ready for bust
ness.
/ A heavy rain fell last Monday night,
lgrcatly rctarding the stacking and
threshing.
Messrs. Ray and Meagher's elegant
brick block is rapidly approaching
completion.
A large flock of sheep were driven
through town early yesterday morning,
going South.
We hear considerable about the 4th
Ward. Will some one tell us what's the
matter with it.
Conductor Keller, on the Wells and
Msnkato branch, brought in yesterday
noon Is loaded cars.
Several prairie schoOners have passed
through town this week from the gold
en- fields around Fargo.
Peaches were such a drug in the
market last Monday that they were sold
as low as sixty cents u basket.
Geo. A. Clarke, of Clarke Il Parsons,
leaves for Granite Falls next Monday, to
recuperate his wasted energies.
Manksto is beginning TO assume its
wonted activity again, and our business
men are all alert for busy fall.
There are several bad places in the
sidewalks about town that should be re-
paired before some one gets hurt.
Don't forget to attend our county
fair, that commences ut Garden City,
Sept. alst, and continues three days.
A basket picnic and harvest jubilee is
announced To take place in Lime town.
ship near Fosters mill, next Sunday.
Judge Dickinson has appointed Il. d.
Francis, Esq, member of the farmers
board of trade from this judicial district
Mr.. c. II. Parsons will pack up his
stock of dry goods in few days, pre-
psratory to moving to Blue Earth City.
Immense stocks of the latest styles of
ready made clothing, daily received ut
the Star Clothing House of NJ. Longini.
George T. Barr, our deputy revenue
collector, has just returned from an ex.
tensive trip to the copper mines of Lake
Superior.
The Weber family, who have been
showing the ghost here for the last two
weeks, left last Monday morning for
the State Fair.
The substantial new fence that Mr..
j. II. Long is building about his resi-
dence will materially enhance the looks
of the property.
VIM. Schoregge, an old Mankato boy,
but now resident of Yankton d. II. is
in town this week visiting his many
friends.
The Amber cane crop looks we'll
throughout the county, and our farmers
will have good opportunity to sweet
en- up.
NJ. Longini buys his stock of Hats
and Caps in their original packages and
consequently can sell them at bottom
figures.
We will soon have good correspon.
dents from various parts of the county
to keep us posted on the doings OF our
farmer friends.
A large increase Of subscriptions to
the FREE PRESS this week from Fart |
bault county will be noted by our
advertising patrons.
A musical youth with a box of shoe
polish and a banjo, entertained crowd
of curiousity seekers near the Merchants
hotel the first Of the week.
The opening of the fall term of the
Normal school at this place is very
suspicious. The number of pupils |
already enrolled reaches $50.
Mr.. B. d. PAY will commence tear
ing down his livery barn next week pre-
paratory to rebuilding on his new loca-
ton. 1t will be a big job.
George Z. Brett, returned from the
East last Monday evening, and expects
an immense stock of new goods to soon
follow. See his advertisement.
NJ. J. Myers, of Wells, Faribault
county, undoubtedly possesses the finest
herd of Holstien cattle, not only in this
State, but in the United States.
Mrs. Charles A. Ransom, OF Kslama-
zoo, Mich, who spends every summer
in Msnkato, returned home yesterday
morning via the Southern Minnesota.
Tho pay car on the Milwaukee, st.
Paul, Southern Minnesota division,
was distributing greenbacks and silver
among tho railroad boys last Tuesday.
Mr.. Ben d. Smith, graduate of the
Mankato Normal School, left last Tues
day morning to enter upon his duties as
teacher Of the public schools of Hender-
son, MINI.
The jury in the case OF FELTON, vs..
Cole at the city hall last Monday, agreed
to disagree in the proportion Of eight to
four. Tuesday, the court discharged
the defendent.
Mr.. G. M. Hawks, Of Delavan, Fari-
bault county, was in town this week.
The people of that county should recog-
nize Mr.. Hawks ability and send him
to the Legislature next winter.