The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-22

are kept At the FREE PRESS office.
Teachers examinations will he held
in this city to-day and tomorrow.
The past few days have demonstrated
the virtue of having good wood piles.
J. II. Thomas, of the Citizens Ma
tional bank, has been sick the past week
Call at Chapmans and see the best
stock Of lamp goods in the city.
j. II. Long is building new two
inch plank sidewalk around his prem
iSes.
| We warn our farmers against the cpl
zootic. II has appeared again in the
West.
Before you buy your chandeliers and
lamps, call at Cl,apmans and get his
prices.
Rev. c. w. Savidge will occupy his
pulpit at the Methodist church next
Sabbath.
Mr.. q. c. Burt, wife and daughter,
returned from their trip to Chicago, last
Saturday night.
Before you buy your chandeliers and
lamps, call at Chapmans and get his
prices.
Over 5000 barrels of apples have
been received hy our merchants within
the past few days.
The FREE Press would like some
wood upon subscription. Who will he
the first To respond.
Before you buy your chandeliers and
lamps, call at Chapmans and get his
prices.
The Milwaukee company intend
building ii water tank at Mapleton. 1t
will hc located south of the depot.
Frank Bell, an old resident of this
city, bu, now doing business At Valley
Springs, Oak, was in town Tuesday.
The two Misses Larpenteur's Of St.
Paul, who have been visiting with Miss
Presley, returned home last Monday.
Last Friday night and Saturday, the
complexion of our weather changed from
pleasant sunshiny to gusts and snow.
Before you bag your chandeliers ana
lamps, call at Chapmans and get his
prices.
The BARRIERS all over the country, have
struck for higher prices, especially from
Democrats, whose faces are wonderfully
long.
Geo. Palmer of the Mankato Mill Co.,
was married Tuesday night TO Miss Ollie
Roberts, NJ the residence of the brides
parents.
The sales of musical instruments and
sewing machines this season by Sam
born Il Wall is unprecedented in this
county.
Mr.. William G.. Checker left Monday
morning for Salem, Ohio. When he
returns he will go into business ut FIT.
Pierre.
Mr.. Mcclure, who is associated with
J. VI. Barclay, in the Madison Lake
property took trip to Spring Valley this
week.
Rev. ii. NJ. Storrs, the celebrated
Congregational minister of New York,
stopped in the city over Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Mr.. w. ii. ii. Johnston, of Madelia,
was in town last Monday, and rs IL
matter of course subscribed for the
FREE Press.
a pleasant gathering Of Mankato
young people spent an enjoyable even
ing at the residence of j. A. Presleys,
last Saturday.
Mr.. Black, of Danville, ILL.,, was in
town the later part of last week looking
over our city, with an eye to go into
business here.
Miss Helm, who Ofliciated as brides
maid at the wedding OF Miss Presly,
last week, departed for Chicago last
Tuesday morning.
We venture the prediction that many
of our farmers wished they had their
corn husked last Saturday when it
showed and blew wintery breath
all day.
Some one seeing Hon. Thos. Simpson
going along the street Tuesday, mistook
him for Henry Ward Becher, and il
took but moment to attract general
observation.
Mr.. Harry Z. Baker, Jno. +. Wright
and w. w. Williams, will address the
Garfield club at their rooms tonight,
(Friday.) The last two are young men
from the Union School of this city.
Jno. F. Mcagher says he put thirty
inch stove on the walk in front Of his
store just before the Indiana election
but Immediately after the election that
stove had shrunk to sixteen inch one
We have inadvertently published Mr.
Bookwalter's name, one of our candi,
dates for Representative, "James, while
il should have been "Joseph." Bear
this in mind and see that your ticket
reads Joseph instead OF James Book
walter.
Last Saturday the passenger trains on
the Sioux City road were delayed from
+, both ways by the snow. The old
settlers say that they never before saw
such evidences of winter so early in thu
season.
1t has been conclusively ascertainet
why some people arc always finding
, fault with the taste of the waite
, wherever they go. Its because the,
, don't drink il through straw and pa,
ten cents for il.
The Anderson Concert Company will
, occupy the Opera House tomorrow
5 Saturday evening. The troupe i
1 spoken Of as an exceedingly good one
3 and as a few OF our young folks ar
:. interested in it, will undoubtedly attrac
! good audience.
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