The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-08

. for sixteen years, nS>i sue Will nave !
happy time meeting those from whom
she has been 50 long separated,
AT the meeting of City Council ias
evening nothing of Importance Wal
transacted, further than the removal %
the hay market from Front TO Broad
street IN Cherry. This alteration simp
ly prohibits teams from occupying !hs
street east of Front as formerly.
Mr.. Brett. of the Empire dry goods
store, has q new advertisement and
several locals In this issue, To which the
attention of our readers Is directed. We
can Only say in thi. connecuas that Mr.
Brett has tLrice what i,f adyertises, a<sti
To appreciate his elegant stock ID goods
an inspection is necessary.
The District Court is now In SEES
sion. with Judge Severance presiding.
| Owing the sad calamity that recently
beiel Mr.. Daniel Buck in the loss OF his
eldest son, an adjourned term will be
held in February. at which time the
eases in mhich SIr. Buck is retained as
counsel will lie brought to trial.
( Mr.. Joseph Moore and daughter.
Hattie, recently of the AcaSe Humpty-
Dumpty troupe, are giving rifle exhi.
billions and lessons in the Si,aubut stone
store building, North Front street. Miss
Hattie Is said 10 be the best lady shot
in the world, and her skill In handling
tue rifle is attracting mitch attention.
--Subscribers 10 THE FREE PRESS
should refer To the date after the name
upon their papers, which indicates the
time for which they have paid. Our
list Is becoming very large and We trust
our readers will appreciate the heavy
expense we are uh.!er to the extent OF
paying up and scoring one year in ad.
vance.
L Longini d Co. have y sew adver-
tisement in to-day's paper, calling at
tention 10 their new stock of oyercoats
and suits. The firm, in their anaosRce-
meat. claim that they will positively
sell tiuese new goods at sacrificing pric-
es. and feel confident that they can
convince the public that they are the
largest and cheapest elothiers in South
ern Minnesota.
Police Young's report to the coun-
ell last evening showed bnt four arrests
and one commitment during the month.
We venture that there is not q city in
the United States with the population
of Mankato, that can show as clean a
police record as she has for the past
tour or six months. Since the passage
OF the yagrant law by our city council,
the city has been surprisingly clear OF
had characters.
Blue Earth county will receive
something substantial in the way Of a
benefit resulting from the low passenger
td.lHs COMMISSIONER SHisechSSh hoS
sent four or five paupers to friends in
various parts of the country at Q cost OF
only trif1e over $50, which is assuredly
an economical disposition Of the county
poor. Mr.. &. informs us that it Is won
dcriul the number of poor people who
daily apply to him for assistance.
/ School teachers seem to be scarce
commodity. There are several schools
! in Cottonwood and jackson counties
unsupplied, and a reasonably fair in
structor can get employment with
hardly an effort. Notwithstanding the
fact that the NORMAL school in this city,
is yearly turning out large number OF
firgt-class teachers, it seems TO be I'M
able to supply the increasing demand
made Npon its large production.
What blessing 1t is to live in a
climate such as ours. Out ut Aberdeen,
Dakota, snow has blockaded everything,
and the dcnizens of that place are
complaining bitterly because the Hast
ings and Dakota rrilroad folks do not
open the way to commerce with the
world. For three weeks Aberdeen has
been under a snow bank, or words to
that effect, while We OF Southwestern
Minnesota have not as yet had suffi-
cient to make sleighing possibility.
The friends of Mrs. p. A. Webster
will he panied to learn Of her death
which occurred at her home in Ian
CASTER county, Pa, on the 25th ult
Mrs. Webster came TO Minnesota in 1868
by advice of her physician, and resided
N Mankato since 1871 until about three
weeks ago; feeling her end near, she re,
turned to her old bone to spend hel
last days with relatives tIesg. Her
disease was hereditary consumption,
and through tho long years of suffering
. she endured all with Christian fortitude
, Mrs. Webster'G COP: J. ID. Webster, who
was in the High School, accompanied
his mother cast, and was with hes IN hel
last hours. Deceased was a cousin o
Col. Wm. Thomas, of tins city.
= From l.. y. Easton, of Lanesboro
G. Q. Slocum, of Albert Lea. and others,
. we have received back upon our haads
9 for re-binding, several volumes o.
! Northwestern and Federal Reporter
p and LongfellOws Poems, which wer
4 executed by one G. G. White while il
i our employ. That the work was mos
a shoddilV done does not admit of
doubt, and THAI tiiG Individual who die
it, now claiming to run an independen
bindery for the Rerieo, is botch work
man is fully demonstrated and to n,
small expense to us. THE FBEE PRES
II bindery now, however has workman
q whose superior is not to be found in tn
n State, and hereafter all work sent IL
will he executed upon honor and il
. first class style. Weare executing som
n of the handsomest blank books eve
y made in the State, and are glad to not
s. that the business men 9f Southwestern
-, Minnesota appreciate our efforts i
~ building up an industry so much need
j. ed and so long neglected in this local