The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-22

There will he a special service al
the Congregational church Sunday
Christmas Eve.) ut z o'clock. The
exercises will be based On the text
"Thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he
shall save his people from their SINS
All are invited.
AT a meeting of Mankato Lodge
No. 2053, X. of H., held Dec. 18th, the
following named persons were elected
officers for the ensuing year.
II. T.. Jenscn-Dictator,
4. Scattergood-V. Dictator.
N. Roblee-A. V. Dictator,
Jas. M~orrison-Guide,
Rev. j. w. Martin-Chaplain,
II. 8. wood-Reporter,
Chas. A. SanbOrn F. Reporter,
3. w. Durgcss-Treasurer,
j. K. Reinkie-Guarlian,
A. Madson-Sentinel,
Geo. III. Clarke,
T. Scattersood, Trustees,
II. McMurtrie- Installing Officer.
In the department set off for such
fe%licitous occasions will be found the
announcement of the marriage of Mr..
VIM. S. Krebs and Miss Lottie G.
Scattergood, which took place ut the
residence of the brides parents in this
city la't Wednesday morning. The
bride is the only daughter OF Auditor
Scattergood, II young lady who has
grown to womanhood in Man kaio, and
one deserving of the very best of hus-
bands. She has many friends here who
will be sorry to lose her companionship,
yet rejoice in the selection for a life
partner of Il young man who has the
appearance and gives evidence of one
who will be to her all that woman could
ask. Mr.. Krebs was formerly with
Hall Il Brewster of this place, and is at
present engaged with the Mccormick
Manufacturing Company at Albert Lea.
He Is a quiet, transformations young man,
of correct habits and good character,
and has the elements of a first class
business man. With hosts of others,
THE FREE PRESS JONES in wishing
these worthy people unalloyed hap
piness in their new relations, and may
peace and prosperity ever attend them.
There is one feature connected with
our hay and wood market that will
soon have to be attended to, and the
sooner the matter is taken in hand by
the authorities, the better it will be for
all parties concerned. 1t is the exclu-
sion Of the market from business streets.
The recent action of the council in
changing the market east of Front
to Broad street, has occasioned some
little dissatisfaction to various parties
who have hay or wood to sell. AS it
is now it requires a good share of
Policeman Robinson's time in drilling
parties where to stand with their loads,
and this is a sort Of annoyance to those
who bring their wood and hay here to
market. But this is a small item.
Mankato is becoming too large, and its
streets are becoming too much used to
longer permit loaded teams upon them
even if they are packed together sys-
tematically as in the a S of the past
week or two. Our city fathers should
purchase, OF lease for a term of years,
a section of ground, fence itin to keep
the litter from spreading all over
creation and make a permanent market.
Other cities of this size and even small
er do so, and the result is there can
be no dissatisfaction nor cause for
g rumbling. 1t is not, or at least has
not, been for several days past, unusual
for fifteen or twenty loads of wood and
as many loads of hay to be
found upon the market waiting pur-
chasers. Here, then, we find from forty
to sixty teams standing more or less of
the time, and the waste of hay and straw
that will naturally accumulate and de-
cay will soon render the street little
less than a disease breeding section.
Too much care can not he taken to
keep the sanitary condition OF our city
free from contamination, and especially
at this time of year when the weather
is SO changeable-frst freezing and
then t~hawing-is there danger of con-
tsgion, and unless some stringent
measures are provided there is no tell
ing what the people of this city may be
called upon to pass through. Mankato
is an unusually healthy place and there
is no reason in the world why it cannot
be continued so if ordinary intelligence
is used in keeping filth from gathering
in our streets and alleys.