The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-22

for the New Ulm sufferers.
: Telegraph poles and lines have bee
u put up connecting the Milwaukee roa,
II with the city telegraph office.
The walls of the Mankato House blocl
are twenty inches thick, sufficient I,
stand moderate sized cyclone.
The .janitor at the county offices is do
ing good job i'll filling up the ruts il
the road leading past the building.
A young man, named Louis Loher
Joined the Methodist church last Sun
day night from the Catholic society.
Quite number of prominent farmer.
were called To town this week noting ia,
actions of the County Board of Equaliza.
ton.
a portion of the Winona boys he
came so infatuated with our city ana
its tairer sex that they they fingered
here most OF this week
Foreraugh's beauty who rode on the
back of the huge elephant in the process
sion here few day since, is reported
sick and not likely to recover.
The Terry Singing Glass will give a
grand concert at Vernon Center this
evening. The programme consists OF
two parts, Of fifteen exercises each.
Mr.. Frank Fowler, of this city. who
is head carpenter on the Sioux City
road, has a herd of several hundred
head of cattle pastured near ST. James.
The chinch bugs in the eastern part
of this State, are reported to he fully
as destructive as the grasshoppers were
in the western part, few years ago.
w. b. Walker has ON hand fifty sctt
of harness, At least he did have that
many the first part of this week, but we
suppose they must be nearly all sold.
Some sixty couple attended Union
Hall last Saturday night and tripped
the light fantastic for several hours to
the inspiring strains of the Gcrmania
Band.
Information from Messrs. Paddock
and Thompson which reached here the
10th, stated their arrival at the Chcy-
enne river, and progressing finely
although encountering some bad roads.
The population of West Mankato W as
increased in its male forces by one 12-
FOUNDER, night before last, in the domi-
Gil OF Mr.. Solomon Taylor. Verify, there
be among us fruitful vines, whose
branches run over the walls.
]. II. Long 4 Co., have petitioned the
council for the privilege OF erecting a
pair of wagon scales on Second stree,
near Hickory. The petition was referred
to the aldermen of the third ward with
power to act.
The Emanuensis editor of the
-
Rerien had another spasm this week and
promulgated another epistle under tn
cognomen OF s. Stalwart, but its objec
is too transparent to mislead the mos
unsophisticated.
, Richard Ryan, a freight conductor OIL
the st. Paul & Sioux City road, was kille'
Tuesday night near Madelia by beini
knocked from a car while passing
through a bridge. He but recently Ell
u tered the employ of the company.
Superintendent Egan, of the Milwau
kce company has concluded the pun
chase of two lots adjoining the bridg
on the north, of Messrs Willard L. Bal
ney, preparatory to his company build
4 ing their proposed large elevator.
Governor Pillsbury has selected Hor
Il Daniel Buck, of this city, as one of tn
counsel to represent the State befor
, the bond tribunal which meets the cot
: of the present month. Mr.. Buck is a
ardent opposer Of the payment Of tn
bonds.
Mankato has an enterprising merchan
: who don't advertise because "he says
doesn't pay" But yet that same fello'
;; wears out one pair of 50 pants weel
N sitting On box watching customer
" flock into adjacent stores that do adve
tise.
The work on Meagher's block
: constantly interrupted by rain, cons
quently the building progresses Slow
- than it otherwise would. The machil
:. ery for his elevator has arrived, an
the workmen are this week putting
= place the large iron beams that SUI
port the front.
The matter of building two new no
; houses, for the fire apparatus, one to
located in upper and one in lower tow
u has been referred back to the commit
on city property, to get estimate
. building the same Of brick instead
wood, and to procure suitable places f
" their erection.
- fla record could have been kept
all the thousand and one methods
20 punishment that the American pub
:, - devised lin their minds) for inflicti
-. upon the assassin Guiteau, it Won
in have proven highly interesting wo
or for President Garfield to peruse after
ms gains his health.
en- The committee Of arrangements up
he reception of the Winona Cards, fou
after paying all bills contracted that til
had eleven dollars left, and upon C
les sultation turned that amount towa
hd defraying the expenses Of the Sund
ic- school picnic in which all the Sabb,
wo schools IN the city participated.
, We were the recipients of anot
;on huge rain storm Tuesday night. I
frequent occurrence of these show
80 has nearly convinced some that the n
a.. in New York who is building an !
,ou for an emergency, is net such fool
-, he is thought to be. But the Bible
:, proof that no such emergency will ar
however we can't tell what the !
\. revision may unfold.
be- The little and apparently harm
will pistols that we buy for our boys
ub- snap caps, made of minute particles
ere powder are proving to be hig
be dangerous, for of late in nearly CIV
My paper we pick up there is recor
of from one to half a dozen accidents,
ma | s,,lfinor from their nae and Oftenti