The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-07-14

last.
New Ulm's Mayor has shut dow
on circuses visiting that burg on Sun
day.
The drive well sharks are having /;
lively tilt with the citizens of La Crosse
county, Wis.
The Farmers Alliance of TIM
county hold convention next Thurs
day in this city.
w. l.. Coon don't believe in allow
ing the city to fix his sidewalk, hence
he has done il himself.
"THE FREE Press bindery is turn
ing out some most excellent work." sc
say those who have had binding done.
1t will soon he time to shoot prairie
chickens, but probably few ''snipe'
will he slaughtered before the chickens
are ripe.
Gardeners complain that the weeds
and grass grow faster than their vcgc-
tables, ON account of having so much
moisture.
Somebody has evidently got Il
corner on trade dollars for they are
worth par since we got rid of our
surplus At so cents.
II. c. Howard brought 800 pounds
of his dairy butter to town last week
and stored it in Longs refrigerator I'M
til the price for the same suits him.
-lSidor Longini Il CO., have local
in this ISSUE announcing the closing out
sale of summer goods for the next 30
days, and will offer rare bargains to
customers.
Several railroad magnates Of the
Milwaukee company are taking in
Southern Minnesota and are expected
10 stop at this city either tomorrow or
next Monday.
Most extensive preparations are
being made by the managers of the
Minneapolis Exposition TO make their
coming fair one of the largest and most
successful ever held.
The citizens of Lake Crystal voted
additional $4,000 bonds last Wednesday
toward completing their new school
building. This makes total of S.
600 voted for that purpose.
A much needed improvement has
recently been made on the Cemetery
road near the foot of Bunker Hill road.
by cutting away portion of the hill and
grading toward the creek.
The Milwaukee Company have put
on train of new coaches from here tc
Wells, and Uncle Joe don't like his
mail car, because he is either too large
for it OF the car is too small for him.
DR.. W. ID. Cole, formerly of this
city. has been unfortunate in losing
his fine span of horses by drowning IN
Zumbro river, near Dodge Center, the
Both, ultimo.
Col. Clark w. Thompson, of Wells,
has finally redeemed the Red Jacket
mill property from the seizure of de,in
qucnt taxes and will reserve the same
for future manufacturing purposes.
1t is lively scene around the brick
yards and stone quarries at present, and
all indications point to an extraordinary
large supply of these building materials
being produced at this place this sea-
son.
A picked nine of Mankato boys will
play the Garden City club friendly
game OF ball this afternoon in West Man
kato, on what is known rs the old ball
grounds, This game is called at 3
o'clock.
The st. Peter Tribune says that
.'the body of dccomposed man was
found recently near Jordan, Scott coun-
ty." This is an age of Improvement
and the Tri6pne can take the credit of
making the first discovery of dec0m-
poSed man.
Last Saturday we received letter
from Sterling, dated the 9th, inst,
being two days reaching here, and the
same day we received one from Win
dom dated June 25th. Verify the mail
facilities are privilege.
The municipal court was enter
tanned last Tuesday and Wednesday
with an assault and battery case from
Decoria. One of the jurymen was l..
l.. Davis, who ascertained after he had
taken his seat that he lived outside the
city limits, and could not legally have
been subpGnaed.
There is probability that q
through passenger train will soon he
put on the Chicago, St. Paul & Omaha
road, running from st. Paul to Des
Moincs, Iowa, via the Blue Earth City
branch. If this is consummated it will
give our people direct communication
with ST. Louis, desire devoutly to be
wished.
The funeral cortege which followed
the remains of Mr.. Samuel Randall tc
its last resting place, last Sunday, was
a very large one. Mr.. Randall at one
time was one of Mankato's most promi
ncnt business men, and the trials which
he and his wife underwent but few
years ago, were sufficient to crush tho
stoutest heart, for their entire family
and were buried within few days O
each other.
In another column will be fount
the professional card ofThomas Hughes
who has purchased the extensive Law
library of Judge Waite, and will prac
tIcc law in the same rooms the Judg,
occupied. Mr.. Hughes is self mad'
man, having gone through and gradu
atcd from Carleton College with tn,
highest honors III the class Of 1880
upon his own limited resources. w,
bespcak for him Il bright future, if h
bears in mind the well known motto o
Daniel Webster that there's Away
room at the top"
We are crcdibly informed tina
Cherry street will soon he graded iron
the hill near the residence of Samue
Hidden to the crossing of Third street
This will be beneficial work not onl
, for those residing on Cherry street bu
to those whose property backs up t
the alley between Third and FOurt