The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-05-05
HOME JOTTINGS.

The County Commissioners NEE
next Tuesday.
A packing house would be DO
nanza in this city.
Choice seed Flax for sale III Tn,
Central Warehouse at low prices.
Fowler Bros. have decorated thci
place Of business with a new sign.
j. II. Jspes has new plank side
walk laid in front of his drug store.
DIR. Harrington is getting dressed
stones on the ground for substantial
walk.
j. Nj. Karmany is building new
and commodious slaughter house nortl
of the city limits.
A meeting of the United States
examining surgeons was held this week
at DIR. Frisbic's office
Henry Zimmerman contemplates
putting down stone walk IN front OF
the Union Hall.
Joseph Manderfeld has laid a new
plank walk from his store TO the corner
of Second street.
The Mill company have set out a
row of shade trees adjacent to the street
ON the east side of the mill property.
A heavy rain storm. accompanied
by thunder and lightning, visited this
vicinity Wednesday night.
The first mortgage recorded in the
Register of Deeds office was March Il,
1856. when Geo. II. Marsh was Register.
The various assessors Of the county
met at the Auditors office last Satur-
day and fixed their rates of assessment.
Note the change of time in the
arrival and departure of trains on the
Chicago, ST. Paul Minneapolis "
Omaha road.
Mr.. John Page has started up his
street sprinkler, and consequently the
clouds of sutfocating limestone dust
has subsidized, which is a relief
Rent MiGstfeis al he Union Hall
last Monday night was attended 10y
a fair house, and the play was passably
good, but many of the jokes We're stale.
L. L. Davis has removed his family
TO the rooms over his hardware store.
Mr.. j. G. KGnig will occupy the house
on Second street vacated by Mr.. Davis.
-Dobbin's Electric Soap agent was
around town yesterday scattering pack
ages of that desirable household com
modify, free gratis to all.
MIR. III. Lorentz, proprietor of our
city green house has card in this
weeks paper. Any one needing plants,
flowers or shrubs can he accommodated
10y calling upon him.
The 10000 edition Of THE FREE
PRESS, is well under way, and all those
desiring few copies to send away will
do well to leave their names and number
of copies wanted, at this office.
MIR. Brewer, from the Agency,
thinks there will be about two-thirds
as much wheat sown in the town of
Mcpherson this year as last
House cleaning time has arrived,
and the gentle. always placid disposition
of man, is tortured by removing stoves
whipping carpets and eating cold
lunches.
The Milwaukee road leaves here
every morning with full train of cast
bound passengers. The company mus
see the necessity soon of putting on al
evening train.
Yes, why don't every one 60 t.
Winnipeg, St. Vincent and those north
crn counties where snow and water two
feet deep cover their $4,000 lots Z 1t
aglorious country-ior water fowl.
A visit TO the stone quarrics las
Saturday demonstrated that no incon
siderable amount of work was bein,
done, in quarrying and cutting tina
desirable article and which is to b.
shipped to various remote points.
Mr.. Theodore Rocmer, cOntracto
for building the new county poor house
informs us that the foundation of tn,
same is finished, and that he expects u
have the building enclosed inside O
three weeks.
The Mankato district of the Metho
dist Episcopal church unites in distric
camp meeting to begin on the oil,
ground at Minneopa Falls, June 18th
A large attendance and much intcrcs
is anticipated.
Charley Reynolds, who has for TN
past few years been the efficient tele
graph operator and assistant agent TO
the Milwaukee company in this city
has been promoted to freight agcn
Of the Sioux City road, in place of join
Shaubut, resigned. The latter goes t.
Wyoming Territory.
In housing around the count
offices last Monday, seeking for bits q
news, We asccrtaincd that the first sc'
sion of commissioners met Saturday
August 9Th, 1868, with onlyJ. S. Hinck
ley and james Hanna, present. A
that meeting the county was divide
into two precincts.
We acknowledge the receipt G
several numbers of the Standard Mu
steal Library from Dyer d Howard, s
Paul. As each of these numbers con
tain from four to six pieces of vocal an
instrumental music, at the paltry SUI
of 10 cents, they must he selling mil
ions of them.
MIR. Jno. G. Noe, secretary of I'll
Southwestern immigration Associate
has received letter from j. X. Brow
of Jackson, stating that local meetir
has been called at that place to co-ope
ate with the general association f
booming that section OF the State. Til,
the good work goes on.
The Street Commissioner has agree
TO put gutter along the north side
Cherry street us conductor for the va
amount of wafer which comes from Il
hill after every rain. Heretotol
the water would come tearing down Il
hill until it reached the foot, whe
finding no provision made for its co