The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-06-10
IEF VI EN- TION

BRIEF MENTIoN.
J. Il. Jones. druggist, has moved hi,
family over his drug store.
An elegant line of summer suits 70,
sale cheap at llcnlein's.
General J. Ii. Baker will crate a
Good Thunder, July it'll
With the recent change of the moor
came settled and dryer weather.
The FREE Pass office is the enl,
office in this county that can do poster
printing.
Mr.. Whitrock has the foundation oi
his large stavc factory on Second Stree,
nearly completed.
The city mill has shipped 1000 barrels
of flour since June lSt, representing
about $1,000.
Stcntz X Kate Of LcRay, have in 2O
acres of Amber cane. They have u Mad,
ison mill with which 10 work it up.
Rev. John Pembcrton will take the
place of Presiding Elder Martin II the
Methodist church next Sabbath, morn
ing and evening.
\ Baptist sociahlc will be held at the
residence Of Judge Mead this Friday
evening. \ cordial invitation is cX
tended Ia all.
Prarl X DuBuisson are heard from
again. Pracl goes To Astoria, Oregon
ami DuBuisson is already in the fancy
goods business AT jamestown, ID. I.
The members of the Baptist church
Of this city. have made almost new
building Of their place of worship. 10y
the interior and exterior improvements.
Mr. George r. Beals has started q city
express, whereby lie delivers package.
TO any part of the city al reasonable
rates lie asks share of Your patron.
aye.
Mr.. \. T. Noble, our new street com
missioner, has assumed the duties of hi,
Office and says that lac will endcav"r l.
show no par,iality between any part Of
town.
Richard Jones, while assisting in
erecting the new iron bridge at Jones
ford the other day, had one Of his fee
badly smashed 10y a heavy piece OF iron
falling upon it.
What DO you suppose ails the Mary
land boy tins week ( He wiggles and
squirms like an eel out of water. Has
he got trichina, or did he sit down on ;
bent pin with his summer pants on ?
The Milwaukee folks have abou
finished driving piles for their side
tracks, and the new freight warehouse
will be built between the main and
side track, just south Of the depot site
Mr.. Low, who lives on Cherry street
between Front and Second, has tomato
plants that blossomed in three week
after setting out, and has now tomatcc
as large Us a buttcrnut, four weeks from
setting out.
We have received the premium list o
the grand exposition 10 he held at Min
neapolis, Sept. 9TH to 9th inclusive
The pamphlet is rcplete with premium
for nearly everything that grows Or j
produced.
Several of the High School boys witt
their girls. spent an enjoyable day las
Saturday at Lake Madison, sailing OF
the lake and eating picnic dinner il
the woods. This resort is gaining quit
reputation.
Just after the termination OF Sell
Brothers circus last Saturday night
their only polar bear died AMI was buric'
in the circus ring. Monday, Dicl. Ros
cxhumed the body and prepared it +"
taXidermy.
"Bcttcr than Gold" at the Opcr
House, last Tuesday evening, was II com
pletc success. 4 large attendance Wa
the best criterion, certifying the succcs
of the play. We have few amatcu
actors that would do admirably as pre-
frSsiOnals.
J.K. Funk & Co, 10 and II DE
street, New York, have just issued
revised edition of Mrs. Conant's popr
lar history of English Bible TRANSLATE
with II new preface. This is complct
history of Bible revision from the day
of Wyclitic To the present time I'll
price is 80 cents in paper; 81 in clOtl
A small boy noticed II large, roun,
red, luminous body like full mo-
peerin9 around the corner of ii sto
building the other day, and supposir
it was frightiul phenomenon, vi
startled, but lac was assured that it vi
simply the face Of the Duke Of Peel
snilile, watching where the FREE PRE-
was delivering job work. Only this al
nothing more.
James Shoemaker, ESD, has bcgl
the compilation Of his new director
and has met with so much encourag
mcnt as to warrant thorough canva
OF the entire county. 1t will DC COZ
prchensive work and Of incalculal
value TO every one in the county. v
hope that Mr.. Shoemaker will DO al
to dispose Of large number OF Z
books to farmers in the various tow
W. l.. Wilson, of West Mankato, HI
his horse stolen last week. There Il
pears to be an organized band of hon
thieves somewhere in this neck of t
woods, and the frequent cases of ste'
ing that has occurred Of late has beg
to cause an uneasiness among owners
good stock. A committee of vigilar
has proven good curative remedy
horse thieves.