The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-12

The branch at this place is in healthy
and tlourishing condition and steadily
augmcnting in numbers.
Edward Bouquet, one of the young
men of the Normal School here, has
found employment during vacation,
with Messrs. Mayo X Clark, a large
Wholesale hardware firm in st. Paul
Ed. is II good boy, intelligent and always
willing to learn. We wish him success
Prof Walter G. Clark, of Chicago, has
organized "A free class in vocal culture
and invites all the young people of the
city To participate. The class meets
every afternoon At the Opera House for
drill, and will continue for six weeks,
at the conclusion of which the Nmad
Qseen will be produced.
\ ncighbor up our way has a cow
that is very apt, altogether too much 50
in some particulars, for she will unlatch
gate IS deftly rs any bipcd. Wonder
if her owner spends his leisure mo
mcnts in teaching the COW such tricks.
Cows running at large in city of this
size is All unusual sight and rs disagree
able as il is unusual.
While we do not think the council
had any wrong motive in thus sustain
ing the resolution of alderman Lamm,
yet we do think they acted somewhat
hastily and upon more mature rehcc-
ton will he rs ready to reconsider the
injustice done. however, unintcntional,
and authorize the street commissioner
10 repair the sidewalk the same rs at any
other part of the city.
Above everything else, we hope the
city council ut their meeting this
evening, will RECONSIDER their action III
making il imperative for the people
across the slough 10 rebuild the long
sidewalk. If their action be enforced,
il will, in our mind, be unjust and too
great discrimination against large
body Of very intelligent and respectable
citizens living in West Mankato.
The workmcn who are putting in Il
culvcrt under the Sioux City road at the
intersection of Third and Fourth streets,
have greatly Inconvenience and some
what damaged the property of Mr..
Gleason 10y allowing the water 10 run
| across the street onto the latters pro-
perry. This could have been avoided
| by single hours work of one man if
such disposition had been manifest.
Mr.. Z. +. Wilson, who owns mill
property at Good Thunder, as well rs Il
large quantity of land in other sections
OF the county, has been to Rochester
and other points lately, and says there
is marked difference between Roches-
ter and Mankato, in favor of the latter.
Here every indication points to a busy
season, rents are high, houses are in
| good demand, while in Rochester every
thing tends the other way. Property
has deprecated fully one half and in
some instances two-thirds.
Rev. Mr.. CLANCY, who has SO long
been the pastor of the Congregational
church here, delivered his farwell
sermon last Sunday morning, and in the
evening the pupils of the Sabbath school
furnished an interesting entertainment
and concluded by presenting their
pastor with purse containing the sum
Of S52. Mr.. CLANCY departs without
leaving an enemy behind, but with the
best wishes of all Next Sabbath NJ
services will he held at the above church.
but the Sabbath school rs usual.
The Kasson Rcpublicon tells us that
Mankato has been terribly damaged
by high water. The river ut that poin
was two feet higher than ever bcfor,
known. Wood, lumber, small buildings
and in fact everything that was Located
on the low lands, above the usual an,
supposed high water mark, was swep
away or greatly damaged by the swolleI
and angry floods" Poor, unhapp.
Mankato! Amt you sorry for her
sonnyt Who stuffed you with sucl
nonsenset But let us whisper gently il
your ear that no terrible" damage Ia,
been done at Mankato by the "swOllel
and angry floods" except-well, cxcep
the floating away of Il few small, yer,
small, houses.
Mr.. J. G. Roller, prominent grail
buyer here, has just returned from
trip "Out West" that is, along the lin
Of the Southern Minnesota division
away into Dakota. He says he wa
I greatly surprised at the apparent cheer
;. fulness and hearty enthusiasm Of til
r residents, after having just emerge
from such u pr0tracted winter. The
r show no signs of discomfort, do nc
# grumble, and outside the Inconvenience
It of not being able to get mail matte
: they have not suffered for want of any
5. thing necessary Ter comfort, except OF
= casIonally being forced to economic o
O catables. In Dakota, Mr.. Roller says,
&c great deal of wheat has been sown an
st is up, while all along the Southern Mil
IN nesota road every indication points
an exceedingly prolific season.
jackson, Martin and other cxtrem
" western counties stock growing is ia
predominating.
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