The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-01

y New shingles nave been laid on I'll,
: kitchen part of the Minneopa house.
J. Manderticld has built new pickle
y fence around his lot on Second street.
+. j. Scgerstrom, one of our popular
druggists has IN advertisement this week
G. +. Jones of Jones Il Shaubut, il
expected home from Chicago this week
: Bills are posted here for the Gulick,
Blaisdcll Attraction No. l. Monday the
18th.
A new pair of stairs have been erect
ed on the north side of Brett's dry goods
store.
Mrs. Mary G. Morrill,, long resident
of this city, has gone to Forestburg,
Dakota.
| j. NJ. Bummester, near the Washing
ton House has just received new line
or goods.
| Farmers, don't neglect blowing or
burning around your stacks, to protect
them from fire.
| l.. G. NJ. Fletcher is shingling anew
the building occupied by J. Karmany
as meat market.
| Mcconnell Il Co, have secured a
space in the FREE Press this week
Read what they say.
Chas. II. Parsons has all his mcr-
chandisc packed, and will move them
To Blue Earth City this week.
The passenger train on the Winona
and 81. Peter road from the East, reach
es Mankato now at 2:30 p. IN.
Come out 10 the Republican club
meeting tonight friday and hear L,
p. Freeman and Harry Cleveland.
A new time table on the Winona X
81. Peter railroad took effect Sunday,
the aGth ult. See new card this issue.
Mr.. WI Mcconnell, of Mcconnell
Il Co, returned home last Saturday
from m extensive business and pleasure
trip.
Mr.. b. l.. Curtiss, general agent of
the Taylor Il Farley organ company,
left town last Monday evening for Fart
bault.
Mr.. Geo. E. Brett calls attention of
everybody TO his elegant line of goods
just opened in his new quarters 92 Front
street.
G. r. Pugh of Belgrade, is building
new house. The main part being
lGX2S feet, with la feet posts and Il wing
lixlG feet
A hand-organ man was about the
streets Monday, modifying political dis
cussion by grinding out "old Grimes
and funeral dirges.
A lung testing machine was in town
this week, and many of those who test
ed its power found that heap OF wind
can be found in small bodies.
Messrs. Hall & Coffin, real estate and
Insurance agents, have recently placed
Il handsome sign at the corner Of the
First national bank building.
Some attention should be paid to-
wards suppressing the wholesale use of
vulgar language at the Wells depot, es-
pecially in the presence Of ladies.
Edward Lilly, an old resident of Man
kato, but who has been looking over
the oil regions of Pennsylvania this
summer, returned home last week.
Mrs. Fowler has returned from the
East with large selection of millinery
goods for the Fall and Winter trade.
She will have an opening Oct. 9Th and
9th.
George Pass, who has been at Waseca
the greater part of the summer super
vising the building of church build
ing there, returned home Tuesday morn
ing.
Joseph May of Mcpherson, tins
county, had in this year nearly 1000
acres of wheat from which he expects
to get $1,000 bushels, and We hope he
may.
Our city council are awakening to|
the requirements of the times, and are
| going to build II new sidewalk on north
Broad street to the Franklin school
| house.
Mankato is the boss city of the coun
try in heavy weights. 1t enrolls at
least 100 men who each weigh over 200
pounds avoirdupois. Give us the
chrome.
A highly interesting discussion of
| politics took place last Sunday forenoon
| at the corner of Shaubut u Iodgsons
machine headquarters, but there was no
bloodshed.
Probably no place in the State is u
better market for butter, eggs, and
other produce than this. Eggs readily
bring ii cents dozen and butter 1G
cents pound.
Jonas Burrill OF Belgrade, finished
threshing last Thursday night and had
452 bushels off from 20 acres. This is
an average of 90 bushels to the aero.
Pretty good yield.
| Mr.. A. Mollison, ex-sheriif of Mower
county, and J. Harrington, deputy
sheriff, Of Olmstead county, spent last
Sunday in town. There's no signifi-
canoe in their visit.
We make the statement, without fear
of contradic ton, that the business men
Of Mankato, Garry the largest and finest
assortment Of goods of any place in
Southern Minnesota.
q "We're going to have meeting to-
night boys" That is what we heard a
half dozen young men say last Saturday
d evening, at an hour when grave yards
yawn and ghosts troop forth.
Any one in Mankato or vicinity want
4 ing job work done, will find the FREE
G Press Office supplied with every facilit!
i for doing it in tirst-class manner
J, , Call and sec us.
j. Lutte Christie, removed the mater
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