The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-20
BRIEF NJ NTlO y I.


eharscdhy 'rIrri,Hy h~mb~g'.
BRIEF MENTION.
See the big circus advertisement il
this paper.
The streets and alley ways are bein.
cleaned of garbage.
Our public schools close Juue 81 fo,
the summer vacation.
- Election OF street commissioner is a
far in the mist rs ever.
Mr.. 5. W. Burgess is building new
addition 10 his residence.
Clements y Piper received five ton.
OF groceries last Monday.
The usual mania for sroquet has not
broken out in this city yet.
Rose X Noe, have put up inside
blind. 10 their office windows.
The present term of court is said to
he the dulleSt ever held in this county.
The freight office at the Sioux City
depot has received a new c If paint.
Mr.. John F. Meagher has concluded
not TO put third story on his new
block.
General Baker has been requested to
deliver an address al Albert Lea, ON dec.
Grafton day.
George Thorn, and +. L. Bennett have
both added new soda fountains 10 their
restaurants.
Remember that taxes not paid by the
first of June Will be subject to 10 per
cent. penalty.
A store key was found ON the Wells
railroad track and left at his Office for
Identification.
Isaac Marks, Esd, has resumed bust.
ness again At his old stand on North
Front street.
The question i, are We going TO cele-
brate the coming Fourth of July in n
proper manner:
Capt. J. Il. Beatty has commenced
making brick al his new yard near
Bradley, crossing.
The various towns in the county have
all been represented this week 10y the
converting OF court.
J. Glayin has moved his stock Of
goods into the building formerly occu.
pied by y. Peterson.
There are innumcrable stacks OF
wheat Yet unthrcshcd between Good
Thunder and Mapleton.
J. 3. Ford, t"nsorial artist, has rented
and occupied the basement of the post
Office for barber shop.
At the meeting of the council last
week, S29370 worth of bills were al
lowed and ordered paid.
William Hodgson has purchased over
two hundred head of one year and two
years old cattle this spring.
]. a. Presley & Son are making
preparations 10 handle an unusual large
quantity Of fruit this season.
Superintendent Egan was around the
other day Masking arrangements for pro-
posed railroad Improvements.
Ingram, Frink & Brown have painted
their red lion a creamy yellow, 50 as not
TO brighten the small children.
The grand Jury were discharged yes
terday afternoon after only three days
session, remarkable short one.
Twenty-sevcn liquor licenses have
been granted 10y the city fathers thus
far, and not all heard from as yet.
E.A. Maglone, of the Minneapolis
Ecening Jour@al, is in the city, in the
interest OF that entcrprising sheet.
Mr.. Frank Root has accepted the pc.
sition as engineer on the Wells branch
and will move his family TO this city.
BID. Pay x Son are putting the fin
Ishing touches on their livery barn
which is really an elegant structure.
Mr.. Presley has the privilege o.
sprinkling one hundred feet of thu
street by paying the city twelve dollars
We hear it intimatcd that Mr.. G. L
Keis, of Mapleton, is to succeed MI
Robert Taylor as postmaster at tina
place.
Mr.. James Cannon appreciates tn
value OF widely circulated journal b,
inserting an advertisement in the FREE
Press.
Experienced and observing ones sa,
that never before have they seen Tn
grain sprout and grow SO rapidly as thi
spring.
An addition is being built to Phi
lips, livery stable, preparatory to III
removal of Mr.. Rosebrook's stock wit
Phillips.
Sprague's Georgia Ministries at Il
Opera House las. Wednesday nigh
cracked exceedingly thin jokes to a GOO
audience.
II has been decided to hold the ne!
Normal School institute at this cit
which will he at the close of ne
springs term.
&c. Hansen is about to add a secol
story to his tailor shop on Second stree
which when completed will be used
millinery shop.
The school board will hold their ID
meeting the 3lst inst, mnsn the nj
members will become identified wi
our school interests
Potatoes, the poor mans friend, D
fallen in price 50 that they are not IL
ury any longer. e. NJ. Pope shipped
car load Of them TO b. Paul yesterda,