The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-20
BRIEF Nj E NTION.

loss to our pleasure going people.
Upon the fourth page of this issu
will be found an itemized account {
the bills allowed by the County Boar
at their recent session.
The committee from the Cit
Council on the fire department con
demned the walls of the Opera Hous
last Wednesday and declared them I'm
safe.
The passenger train on the Siou
City road, going north Wednesda,
morning, was several hours behind tim
owing to the wreck of freight trail
below Madelia.
A fire ut st. Peter last Monda,
night, completely destroyed one of tn
temporary buildings used for housin.
the insane. All the inmates were re
moved without harm.
Rose & Noe report the sale of sec
ton IL, in the town of Lincoln, known
as the christensen farm" from JOIN
II. Ray to Louis +. Menage, of Min
neapolis, for $4,000.
The first masque ball of the season
came off at Union Hall, last evening
A large crowd was present as usual
and the many grotesque costumes
furnished an endless amount of fun.
An ash mill has been established
over in Tinkomville, and the proprietor
has on hand at the present time between
5000 and 10000, bushels of ashes. HI
will make potash. We wish him sue,
cess.
The Mankato singing society, Gle
dertafeD, will give another entertain
ment at Union Hall, Monday evening
the Both, inst. The play is known by
the simple title of "Eingcbildeter Haus
knecht." Admission 35 cents.
The Window Reporter unintention
ally says:
We hope when Selah Chamberlin goes ur
among the angles, etc.
Our impression is that when he goes
up he won't be given an angle but
will take front scat.
1t may be of interest to some, to
know that the courts have decided that
if any person orders his paper discon-
tinued, he must pay up all arrearages,
or the publisher may continue to send
it until payment is made, and collect
the whole amount, whether the paper is
taken from the office or not.
The regular audience room of the
Methodist church has been vacated
recently owing to the defective furnace,
but through the promptness and eff
cheney of the Mankato Foundry Co,
in making new castings for the furnace,
regular services will again be held next
If some of the many live, energetic
men who are at present looking for Il
suitable location at which to establish
a creamery, would only strike Mankato
and look at its facilities and the guam
tity of milk they could procure within
a very small radius they wouldn't need
to go further.
Rose & Noe report the sale of the
two lots, with brick house thereon, on
the northeast corner of Clarke and
Center streets, from Stephen Lamm to
Mrs. Mary J. Whitney, for 81, ECO.
Also the f. p of N. Z. 4 of Sec. 35
in Mankato township, from Samuel f.
Stebbins to Stephen Small for $500.
Mr.. S l.. Jones, of Maplcton, was
in the city this week and stated that the
Alliance in this town met at the Whit
ney school house last Saturday night
and discussed the profits of raising
wheat, pork and cattle. He reports
quite an interest being manifest, and
that the next meeting will lie held in
two weeks from that time.
The president of the Y. NJ. c. A.
with the approval of the Board Of Direct
ors, has appointed the following com.
mittces:
DEvorIoNAL-B. futile, W. p. Coffin, and
FRANCES. l.. Osborn, P. J. Hawley and
Charles Austin.
LIBRARY AND RooMs-w. F. Gorrie, A. b
Smith and j. w. Fowler.
w. r. Mills received a telegram
yesterday from Miles City, announcing
the death of Mr.. Z. NJ. Showers, formerly
of this city, but who went to Miles
City, erected hotel and expected hi'
wife to join him from here. Mr.
Showers was visiting his family in this
city only few weeks ago, and wa
apparently enjoying good health, ant
spoke rather enthusiastically of hi
future prospects.
The st. Peter Tribune says:
We learn from the Reuiep that JOIN
Frescholtz died at Mankato last weel
from the effects of injuries received b.
a push car on the st. p. d S. G. road.
Either the Reoiew or you are mis-
taken J. X. 1t was on the trestle of tn
Milwaukee g. ST. Paul that Mr.. Frescholt
was injured.
"A young girl with speculative
turn of mind, read the item in las
weeks FREE PRESS that the vaccin
scabs were selling for 25 cents each, s.
she quickly cast in her mind the ex
ceeding richness of the speculation ant
began to figure on the cost of sill
dress. She mad two beautiful BROW
crusts on her own arm and knew wher
she could gather few more, but wha
her success has been we know not
only we hope she won't overstock tn
market.
Last Monday, Jake Guenther'
team got scared at the cars while cross
ing the Sioux City track near the oi
mill, and ran away, breaking the tongu
and shaking things up generally.
The same day while farmer, hvinI
on the Watonwan, was unloading Loaf
of flax al, the oil mill, his team too
fright and dashed off. The team was
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