The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-08-11
HOME JoTTINas.
Union Hall is receiving general re.

NJ. d. Joruan mas HIS new Darn
about completed.
Considerable new sidewalk has been
laid in Tincomvillc
-Messrs. Smith X Clarke have been
putting electric bells in Grants hotel
at Wascca.
The Free Methodist camp meeting
on the hill east of the court house is
we'll attended.
ID. 4. Jones, of Minneopa, has con-
cluded To sell off his stock and ma
chinery at private sale.
The colored pictures on the circus
bill-boards have been an attraction to
the little ones this week.
MIR. ii. W. Mendenhall, of Rapi-
dan, left upon our table this week some
very fine samples of the Buckeye"
tomato.
The Omaha road is putting in set
of track scales at their depot here. The
work is being done in the best manner
possible.
Mr.. II. w. Cotfin's little boy suffers
greatly from the injuries he received
last summer 10y falling from the limb
of a tree.
The game law of Minnesota was
amended last winter so as TO prevent the
shooting of prairie chickens before Sep
tember first.
d. ii. Madigen, of Caledonia,
Mimi, will soon open a grocery store in
Mcaghcr's building, next to Pond Bros.
clothing store.
The Winona Republicans has q Man
kato correspondent who signs himself
L. 4. T., which leads us to infer that it |
is Z. 4. Tiffany.
MIR. James Carney has an original
poem in this issue dedicated TO the
employees Of the Winona Il 81. Peter
railway. Read it.
Experts in wheat inform us that
there has never been better prospect
since 1870, for securing a good yield
Of No. wheat, than this season.
We received this morning AN inter
esting letter from III. {. Howard, relat-
Ing his observations of the Northern
Minnesota and Dakota country, but its
length prevents publication this week.
We call attention TO the advertise
ment of Carleton College i'll tins issue.
The College is located at Mortified,
this State, and will commence its fall
term with an excellent corps of irstruc-
tors.
Those who have rooms to let to
Norma, students the coming term will
confer favor 10y informing Prof. Scar
ing of the fact, stating location and
rates. \ great demand is being made
for such rooms.
We are in receipt of an elegant
group picture of the late President Gar
field and family, from the well known
publishers X. IL, Curran X Co., Boston.
1t is an excellent picture, and sold only |
by subscription.
While epidemics are raging in the
towns north OF Us our city is free from
all diseases, but we would caution
parents from allowing their children TO
eat too heartily of the half ripe fruit
which j. beginning to find sale in the
market.
The Linsced Oil Company have
made several Improvements at their mil,
the most noticeable Of which is an
elevator TO elevate flax seed from the
car direct to the warehouse, thus doing
away with Il great deal of manual labor.
The car can bc drawn up To the side OF
the hopper, the side door opened and
the seed dumped in a few minutes,
when il goes on its travels up TO the top
of the mill and thence into the large
warehouse beyond.
Our County Auditor paid Marshall
town. Iowa, brief visit last week, and
while there inspected the several manu-
He became wholly carried away with
he canning factory, and felt like com
NO home and starting similar one OF
is own. No doub; but what an estab-
shmcnt like that would return good
iyidcnds after once firmly established,
ecause no section of country raises such
,oice fruits and vegetables as does this.
Since last week a number of our
tjzens have given us considerable
atuitous advice about show To stop
G cows from running at large" that
they want THE FREE PPEss TO "pull
rir chestnuts out of the fire." but we
Mt propose doing any such thing,
have clearly pointed out the nui-
zee of cows running at large, and now
there isn't stamina enough in the
nile 10 make a request that the
sapce he abated, then let the COWS
We are informed 10y rclia bic auth
ty. that Messrs Craig Il Mccormick
0 con;,Ul a portion of our immense
10 ledge, have cOnsummatcd arrang.
MS tor furnishing the requisite stone
which Ia build the large railroad
&c across the Mississippi river al
ncapolis. The railroad company
ccted every quarry III the State hut
al that only the one at MankatG
Il furnish the size and quality ol
!. demanded. To deliver the guam
Lequircd will employ from seventy
% one hundred men one year, ant
cars to transport it.
Ir. c. 4. Diamond informs us tina
Joseph Bookwalter has rendered hi
,ation as Secretary Of the Agricul
Society, and that Mr.. l.. G. M
Yer has been appointed to hi
The society has also secures
a. +. Bechdolt To deliver the an
4drcss. The Fair in all probable
he held at Garden City instea'
ankaio, owing TO disagreement
the citizens of this city and tn
of the society. The great ma
RI farmers and our own peopl
dedly in favor of holding til
,his place, providing the ground
Mankato can be secured.