The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-16
-Go 70 un;on Hall this evening and

Go to Union Hall this evening ane
hear "Uncle Joshua" as played by thu
Buchanan Comedy Company.
During vacation, Prof. Gorries
headquarters will be at the office of Mr.
John G. Noe.
We have few copies of our mann
moth edition yet on hand, and those
wanting them must apply at once.
The camp meeting exercises al
The Buchanan Comedy Company
are well worthy of large house. &C
and hear them tonight and tomorrow
afternoon and evening.
Minneopa Falls, which began Wednes-
day, are said to be interes ting. They
certainly have chosen a beautiful spot
to hold their meetings.
The burning of the barn at the
brickyard last Friday afternoon gave
Polchow's house close call, and it was
only through the active cxertions of the
score or more of workmen in the brick
yard that prevented Its burning.
Our machinery men are selling a
considerable number of corn plows and
cultivators this spring, and from the
inquiries we have made, the probabili-
ties are that the corn acreage of Blue
Earth county is the largest ever planted.
Excelsior Hose Co. No. l, held a
meeting the 18th inst, and elected the
following officers
Foreman-C. p. Williams.
lst Assistant. Pitcher.
end Assistant-H. Zimmerman, Jr.
Treasurer-A. NJ. Smith.
Secretary-T. II. Williams.
The "opening day" last Saturday,
at the Red Lion store, was as great sue
cess as the proprietor expected. Ample
time had been taken to arrange the
stock in the most attractive manner,
hence when the doors were opened and
crowds rushed in, everything went off
like clock work.
L. l.. Sage has sold his interest in
the feed mill to Mr.. Knouff, of tins
county, and has formed partnership
with Mr.. Jacob Bierbauer and will at
once occupy the old Rockey mill and
put the same in first-class condition,
under the gradual reduction system,
and be ready for business by the first
of next September.
When the district court recently ad-
journed, it was until the Goth instant,
and Judge Severance, who has since been
absent attending Court, writes that there
will be no jury cases until the Decem-
Der term, as Judge Start, who will pre-
side at the above date, cannot stay long
enough to try the jury cases.
An old Mankato boy, C. ]. Pratt,
by name, has been promoted from a
freight conductorship to the passenger
run on the eastern division of the Union
Pacific. He has been in the employ of
the company for several years, and is
faithful and efficient conductor, and
his friends here will be pleased to know
that through honesty and fidelity, his
labors have been appreciated and re-
= We have received notice from DIR.
the well known Optician,
that he will he in Mankato next week
with his large assortment of improved
spectacles and eyeglasses. As this
gentleman makes the fitting of the eyes
a speciality, parties in need of glasses
will do well to avail themselves of this
1t is well known fact,
that good glasses well fitted preserve
the eyes; but poorly fitting glasses often
njure them permanently. He will call
)n some of our citizens.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. g. |
Willard will be panied to learn that
their only child, sweet little babe of
eleven months, died on Wednesday
night. At seven o'clock in the evening,
the child showed no symptoms of i'll
ness, but ut little after one o'clock
next morning it lay cold in death. Tol
the fond parents, this sudden bereave-
ment is indeed hard to bear, and espe-
cially true is this of the mother, who
for several days has been quite low
with measles, and in her weak condi.
ton to know that the one great joy of
her life had been snatched from her
arms without a moments warning was
a terrible blow. The only comforter, in
a moment of such unbearable grief, is
He who is Father of all.