The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-06-17
BRIEF ME- TIO


Longini received car load of trunks
this week.
The fire company had meeting last
Tuesday evening.
The proprictors of the oil mill are
putting in drain.
Polchow X Cos brick kilns are burn
ing night and day.
Work is progressing finely on the
Mankato House Block.
Mcssrs. Wclch, Bragdon X Co. are
building hotel at Tracy.
Charley Signer las built new pick
ct fence around his property
4 mission meeting was held Wednes-
day night at the Baptist church.
Ii. NJ. Hamilton is building a fine
barn on his property in this city.
II these too frequent rains keep visit
ing us, We predict a poor corn crop.
b. d. Pay is building small addition
10 his residence on Fourth street.
Mr.. McBeth of this city, shipped to
Iowa this week $50 head of young cattle
S +. Stebbins. of Medic, has moved
his family to Richand county, Dakota
Last Tuesday the river rose rapidly.
probably owing 10 heavy rains up coun-
Try.
Elsewhere will he found a dissolution
notice of the firm of Gibson x Cole
man.
Farm machinery is in great demand,
and all our dealers are busy billing
orders.
Strawberries are getting more nu.
merous in the market and consequently
cheaper.
Several farmers report that the grain
on low land is nearly all killed out 10y
the rains.
Mr.. II. Gates wants so sell or trade
his hotel property on the corner Of main
and second street.
John A. Willard has painted his
large brick residence on State street Il
light cream color.
Don't forger that all kinds oil the
most reliable blanks can lie found al
the FREE Press Office.
Ladies do not fail 10 read Ingram
Frink& Browns new advertisement and
the low prices they offer.
Many pieces of sidewalk on Third
street, adjacent 10 DIR. Dornbcrg's resi-
dencc, has been repaired.
Owen Jones has built this spring a
neat portico in front Of his residence and
painted the same this week.
Eighty eight degrees (Fahrcnheit) has
been scored by several official ther-
mometers in the city this week.
Our city mills anticipate that 5OO,-
600 bushels Of wheat will be required
tins year TO meet their demands.
Elsewhere will he found notice to
contractors and builders, for bids to
erect church at Lemars, Iowa.
Mr.. Bradley, at the express office, and
b. ID. Pay x Son have filled in about
their premises with broken stone.
Mr.. George Constans went to Fari-
bault lasr week and brought his blind
son home TO spend the summer vaca-
ton.
w. r. Mills, has purchased two
horse power portable Engine of the
boiler factory for use in his butter
factory.
The officers and members Of the pres
Dyterian church meet this evening to
oct upon Rev. J. Is. Little's letter of
'esignation.
By the storm last Saturday, Mr.. J. W.
lance, of Danville, this county, suffered
severe loss by the total destruction of
lis farm house.
The Messrs. Van Dusen. of Roches-
er, have recently purchased all of the
rain elevators along the line of the
ioux City road.
The grey horse owned by Rev. c. w.
ayidce, has been transferred 10 fields
nd pastures green around St. Paul.
consideration $50.
George +. Brett is adding quite u
lumber OF improvements Ia his fine
.sidcnce, such as new iron fence, new
ak and stone steps.
Blue Earth county wants "A better
purt house, better 10 Gated, with better
Notwithstanding that cores
onds with its facilities,