The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-12-16
RRIEF ENTION.

-Taylsr has just received some beau
tiful diamonds Of the purest water.
j. II. Davis has built an addition
to his slaughter house in West Man
kato.
An Odd Fellows lodge will be insti
tuted at Eagle Lake the first OF the New
: Year.
Gen. j. II. Baker, Railroad Com
missioner elect, has been rusticatinS a
. st. Paul.
/, 1T is understood that Mr.. w. ii
Allen will be appointed receiver of thu
) Pierce stock.
/ Joseph Hauerwas formerly opens
his new place of business tomorrow, il
block IA.
!. B. ID. Pay sold full-blood Berk'
shire pig last Wednesday to l.. A. Mat
thews for $23.
| Joseph Bludsoe, Esq, has won the
appeal suit OF Tiffany VS.. Bludsoc, and
is consequently happy.
The Masonic brethren will give
another one of their pleasant parties at
their hall this evening.
Capt. J. r. Beatty assures us that
he has plenty of good white lime for
sale, and is burning constantly.
Harry Webber, the great comedian,
will play Nip and Tuck at the Opera
House in this city, the 22nd instant.
j. X. Moore, of St. Peter, and Jos.
Bobleter, of New Ulm, have been re-
appointed postmasters of their respect
i've towns.
The prospectuses of the Inter Ocean
and Winona Republican appear upon
our fourth page. They both offer some
special inducements.
j. ii. Davis bought a single hog
yesterday forenoon which weighed,
dressed, 600 pounds. 1t was nearly rs
long rs wagon box.
N. V. Paddock, of Elko, Nevada,
obtains his butter and lard from this
city. j. NJ. Karmany shipped him an
invoice of the latter to-day.
The place to buy holiday goods at
your own price regardless of cost, is at
the Tiffany bookstore, as the stock
must be closed out at once.
The Germania band boys are max
ing great preparations for gala time
Friday evening, Dec. 30th. The big
posters will be out in few days.
Rev. d. C. Lyon and Rev. j. Z.
Conrad will spend next Sabbath, Dec.
18th, with the Presbyterian churches at
Lake Crystal and Garden City.
A little too much " tanglefoot was
absorbed by young man last Wednes-
day evening, which made him so hilari-
Gus that he was taken to the " cooler"
The freighting business on the Blue
Earth branch is assuming large proper
tons. Nearly every day a dozen to
twenty car loads of wood find an exit by
that route.
j. II. Chapman calls special atten-
ton this week to his stock of holiday
goods. Look at his new advertisements
on the local page, and reflect before
purchasing.
Geo. W. Slade, Of Wells, passed
through the city last Monday evening
for st. Paul, where he has been assigned
lucrative position in the American
express office.
Vaccination, this season, occasions
considerable sickness among those with
puncturcd arms, and the question is
raised whether the remedy is not as bad
as the disease.
The construction company of the
Milwaukee road are no respecters OF the
Sabbath, for they were driving piles
all day last Sunday. Perhaps circum-
stances alter cases.
We were informed last Saturday
that there was fair prospect of having
a paper mill erected in this city. The
only wonder is why there hasn't been
one built before.
Rev. G. W. T. Wright, formerly of
this city, has secured a clerkship in the
Treasury Department at Washington.
This is descending considerably from a
presiding eldership.
"A new and broad plank walk is
being laid from Front street along the
south side of Hickory street to accom-
modate pedestrians coming or going to
the Milwaukee depot.
The smoking fraternity at Fair
mont are endeavoring to consume the
entire product of a cigar factory recently
started at that place, whose weekly
output is 10000 cigars.
We hope our business men will give
their assistance to the representative OF
the U. S. Central Pub. Co. as he calls
upon them to correct changes in the
style of firm and location.
Quite gathering Of high officials
assembled here last Tuesday. What
their object was has not been fully
developed yet, but it had some bearing
npon railway transportation.
B. d. Pay s. Son have just receiv:
ed, for sale, large invoice of those fa-
nous New York full swell, brussels
trimmed cutters, which are the pride o.
the road wherever they are run.
The funeral of Julius Knoll, the
young man who was injured last week
| by attempting to board moving freight
train, occurred last Sabbath, his body
being inferred at the Catholic cemetery
We encountered several farmers
this week from remote parts OF the
county who stated that they were draw
ing their wheat and hogs to this market
because they could get better prices fol
the same.
Through some unknown cause, the
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