The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30


, continuation of the high price now pre-
vailing Tor that product.
. A pleasant evening was spent b,
the young folks at the residence of Hon
NJ. j. Severance, Tuesday night. TIL,
|, band serenaded the party during thu
evening.
Just because one man in NicOllrt
county accidently drew large prize il
a lottery, every man, woman and child
in the county are fishing in the sam.
pool, expecting that they will all get q
similar bite
MIR. ii. Lorentz, proprietor of the
Mankato green house, very generously
donates We editors a supply of cucum.
bers. Mr.. Lorentz expects to have
new cabbage ready for the market next
week.
The coming Fourth is going Ia
resound with festivities upon every
hand, and pleasure seekers need but to
pause moment before choosing which
way they shall go Ia commemorate In
dependence Day.
Mr.. J. J. Shaubut of this city, sold
last week 10 Geo. f. Case. of Lake Emf
| ly, lie Sueur Co, tour Durham heifer
calves, ranging from three to ten
months old, for $50 each Another
evidence that good stock pays best.
-Messrs. Bragdon and Clark, of
Mankato, are building new and ele-
giant school house at Lake Crystal,
which, when finished, will equal any
school building in Mankato, excepting
the Normal edifice. Its cost will be
about $4,000.
Judge Brown, of this city, will
crate at Amboy on the Fourth Mr..
Brown is a pleasant speaker and Il
genial gentleman, and the good people
Of Amhoy are fortunate in securing him
to address them upon this glorious indie
pendencc Day.
Fifteen citizens of Winona have
formed stock company, to he called
the Winona Building and Loan Asso.
citation. Their articles OF incorporation
are similar to those of the Mankato
association, except that the number of
its members Is less, and its capital
stock much larger.
Arrangements for excursion rates
have been made with the Chicago,
St. Paul IL Milwaukee railroad,
whereby parties desiring to attend the
Good Thunder celebration on the
Fourth can procure tickets for half fare
Round trip tickets from Mankato, so
cents. Train will leave the depot at
8 a. IN. and returning, leaves Good
Thunder AT , y. m.
r.. Goodyear is sustaining his repu-
tation as producer of choice straw.
berries, and is picking from three to
tour bushels day at present. His
varieties are among the best known,
and the demand far exceeds the supply.
Mr.. Goodyear ships large quantities of
his berries to various points along the
railroads which center ut this place.
M. G. Willard has at his residence,
a tube rose plant which in some respects
is curiosity. The parent stem has a
handsome tube rose possessing all the
fragrance of that species, while from
the same stem is another rose of a to-
tally different species and bears no re-
lation to the former, and yet both are
in full bloom and endeavoring to rival
each other in the sweat odors they can
send forth.
Last Monday two of the tramp
gang refused to work, but preferred to
bask in the shade of a fence corner.
The Chief of Police was informed of
the fact when he ordered their over.
seer to keep an account of the
time they labored. This mandate
had the desired effect for they
were anxious to fill their engagement of
22 days and depart for fairer fields and
pastures green where the tramp law is
not in force.
Some little apprehension has been
felt and expressed by a few, that our
recent showers and subsequent hot sun
would he likely to blight the wheat
which looks SO promising at the
present time, but two experienced wheat
men made careful investigation of the
grain fields around Mankato last week
and failed to find any evidence OF
blight or other causes likely to affect
the cereal. So far, so good.
Now that the officers of the County
Agricultural Society and the citizens %
Mankato have decided upon holding
the next agricultural exposition at TIN.
place, we hope there will he unani
nifty of feeling upon the part of al
to make the Fair a complete success
II can be done if all work in unison
and there prehaps is no more feasible
way of enhancing the interests of al
classes than the successful inauguration
of these annual meeting for the displa.
of the products of farm and factory.
Mr. James Carney has purchases
an interest in the business of p. ii. Car
ney, and has become permanent resi-
dent of Mankato. He is an Indian
republican IN all that name implies
and understands fully the political stu
alton of that great State. Mr.. Carne
was the census enumeration of the Cit
, of Logansport, Ind, in 1880, and ha
!, in his possession letter from the cen
sus supervisors stating that his repol
, was the most complete and authenti
of any IN the State.
Mr.. S. b. Daniels left upon GU
=. table this week, some fine specimen
, of Tennessee soil, for examination, an
. also informs the public through til
columns of THE FREE PRESS, that Il
will soon be prepared to furnish a SUI
ply of sage, also pickles and other veg,
=" tables. He has two acres of the be
y known varieties of melons, one acre
y so0c tvo thoisand cabhaprS heai,,