The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-11

tin whistle.
One of Jordon's dray teams INDUCED
in slight spree Monday afternoon.
They started from the Central depot,
split the load which consisted Of stoves
belonging to j. +. Mcagher, and went
tearing down Front street. They were
finally stopped in lower town, with
out much damage except breaking the
stoves.
| For the last few weeks We have been
blessed with an unusual amount of fine
weather. This is enabling everybody
to get their fall work done. The farmer
can finish his threshing aud ploughing,
the city man can get his storm windows
put up, house banked, woodshed well
stocked, and barn comfortably filled.
Now, when the bad weather comes mo-
body will have any excuse for not be
ing prepared.
Candy, Yellow Medicine County,
Mimi, wants some lawyers very bad.
There is but one lawyer in the whole
place and when they have II difficult
case TO be tried, they send fifty miles
for one. LeSucur Center, the county
seat of LcSucur county, is still better
off, they having none. Young and
ambitious lawyers will probably find
good fields to work in, Mt both Of these
places.
been flat-gone clear to the bottom and
we dare say that the recent election
brought ont greater variety Of those
animals than was ever known before.
4 few special breeds can be bought
cheap.
The literary society of the Normal
School elected officers rs follows last
Friday evening President, Mr.. Geo.
Shepard Vice-Presidcnt, Mr.. Samue!
Bailer Secretary, Miss Emma Plumb,
Treasurer, Miss Helen CroolIcr.
Mr.. Hall, of Washington Lake, will
have charge of the houses and boats at
Lake Madison this winter. Next sum-
mer the proprietors intend To put up
large building. fitted up with all con
veniences, for the accommodation of
those who go to spend t%o or three days
there.
The City Engineer has had neat
wooden boxes and covers male and put
around and over the hydrants. The
space in the boxes has been filled up
with saw dust, to afford additional pro-
lection from freezing.
Special safe of i0ces just received this
week from the importers in New York.
The real English thread, Spanish, &c.
Don't fail to see them. The only stock
of these laces in this city. G. T.. BRETT.
The same scamp, who stole Mr..
James overcoat on Friday, stepped into
DIR. McGraw dental office and pocketed
$50 worth of teeth and from $40 to SO
worth OF gold. He then went up to DR..
Woods office and tried to sell the gold
but failed. Since then nothing has been
heard or seen of him.
AS will he noticed elsewhere, Messrs
Vim. Thomas and j. l.. Washburn have
formed co-partnership in the law bust
ness. Mr.. Thomas is well known in this
city as practicIng attorney of long
standing, while Mr.. Washburn is young
man who has been studying law in the
office of NJ. j. Severance for the past
three years, and who possesses talents of
the highest. We wish the new firm sue
cess.
The st. Paul d Sioux City elevator at
this place has been leased by +. II.
Peavy " Co., OF Sioux City and is being
fitted up with new machinery and better
facilities for loading and unloading
grain. A new elevator has been put in
by which the wheat can be unloaded
from the car and Immediately carried
all over the building. New betting is
being put up and every thing put in
good order, so that the immense wheat
crop Of this year can be quickly handled.
Now that all the excitement incident
to election has subsidized, sic FREE
Press will devote its columns TO the
interests Of the community in which it
lives, breathcs and has its being. Our
subscription list has been materially
increased which fact our advertisers
appreciate, and by January LIST, 1880, we
can contidentially assert that our circu-
lation will reach 1000.
The Clement Bros. Concert Company,
at the Opera House, last Saturday even
ing, presented few choice selections of
music, but the minor parts were very
poor, especially the acting of jay in the
character of the comical man. He
wants to go West and grow Up with the
country.
Several of our exchanges have spoken
about our advertising patrons and
wonder at their libcrality in using
printers ink. We can assure our cotem-
poraries that the advertisers in the FREE
Press, are live, energetic business men,
who fully believe in the motto of"what's
worth dong at all, is worth doing we'll.
We are in receipt of several copies of
Good Company" a magazine published
by Good Company, Springfield Mass.
They Are repletc with interesting stories
for boys and girls and their reading will
be appreciated by all.
You ought to notice the various little
slips of paper that certain individuals
are showing around reading something
like this: "Let this black republican
have pair of shoes and charge to me-"
"Pay the bearer twenty five dollars"
Give this fellow box of cigars and
will pay for them" "Measure this
dyed in the wool republican for cheap
suit of cloths" "Furnish the bearer with