The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-06-03
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our public schools close to day.
Decoration day was not observed here
Mr.. Whitrock has commenced worl
on his new staye factory.
Oats are scarce in this city and readil,
bring thirty cents bushel.
Asa Graves drives a new horse to hi
hack-a regular high stopper.
Sufficient rain has fallen this Sprin.
10 satisfy both farmer and gardener.
The excavation for the Mankato Hous,
block was commenced last Monday.
Davis y Son,--do you know them
What stock of groceries they have
Chief Robinson has appointed two
assistants to act as special police to.
morrow.
j. Il. Fowler's small boy was badly
injured 10y horse stepping upon its
left leg.
4 new parsonage is being built in
North Mankato by the German. Method
Isl brethren.
Everything that is usually kept in q
first-class grocery store can be found a,
Davis X Sons.
Monday the mir WAS filled with cotton
wood seeds, which resembled a minia.
ture snow storm.
b. ID. Pay & Son are grading the alley
between their livery barn and the Ameri,
can express office.
Charles A. Chapman has built a neat
new fence in front of his residence prop
crty on Third street.
One hundred feet Of new bill boards
have been put up on South Front street,
near w. J. Martins store.
Ii you want to" laf "and grow "phat,
attend " Better than Gold" at the Opera
House next Tuesday evening.
Griebel Bros. employ ten workmen in
their boot and shoe factory, and dispose
of their stock as fast as made.
The patriotic people of Good Thunder
are bound to celebrate the approaching
Fourth in becoming manner.
4 large force of workmen are at work
putting the finishing touches to the Mil.
waukcc road running into the city.
The old settlers of Faribault county
will hold their second annual meeting
at Winnebago City on Thursday, June
10th.
o. Kennedy, late conductor on the
Southern Minnesota, has been trans
ferrcd to the run between here and
Wells.
To morrow is circus day, and-a gen.
eral slaughter of gingerbread and lemon.
ade will take place by the famished and
thirsty
The pupils in Miss Grinols' room al
the Franklin school house had a very
enjoyable excursion to Minneopa FALL
Saturday.
The Germania Brass Band boys intend
giving ball next Monday evening
They IRE endeavoring to buy themselves
new uniforms.
Senator Buck, Of this city, is hal
owner of a full blood HOlstein calf
eight months old, and which weigh
over 500 pounds.
Oliphant & Sawyer, on the corner o.
Second and Vine streets, have Il phe
nomenon in the shape of rooster hav
ing the St. Vitus dance.
Roland Reed, at the Opera House, Oh
Tuesday night, attracted fair GROVE
and those who were absent don't know
what treat they missed.
John +. Meagher has received for doc
stills to his new block, three very large
flat stones from the Kasota quarry, tn
largest measuring 5l5xll feet.
We are under obligations to Mr.. 3. Z
Daniels, an old Mankato man, who re
moved this spring to Tennessee, for
package of papers from that region.
The Chicago & northwestern Comp
commenced the first of this month I
run palace dining room cars over thei
line from Chicago to Council Bluffs.
We notice that the cutters in lowe
town are being cleaned and placed i
good repair, while those in upper tow
are neglected. Why this partiality
Three camp meetings arc to be hel
this season in the Mankato district, vi;
Bass Lake, June SIS; Lake Elysia
June 1870 Lake Shetek, June 81
1t is reported that the German Amer
can Insurance Company of Now Yol
will make Mankato the headquarters
their agents for Minnesota and Dakot
J.H. Ray, Esq, the new director
our Normal School Board, went to Mi
neapolis last Tuesday to attend the cor
mencement exercises OF the State Ul
versity.
A heavy rain last Saturday and Su
day at St. Peter washed out one hun
red feet of the st. Paul & Sioux Oh
railroad track, greatly retarding trai
for day or two.
Conductor Jack Keller, who has be
30 long identified with the run fro
here to Wells, took his departure ID
Monday for Wells, where he will r,
from there west to Dell Rapids.
DIR. Durkee is in possession of
chunk of copper that was found in t
river near the big bridge. 1t probab
came down stream this spring lodged
the roots of tree or cake Of ice.