The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-22

AS we go 10 press, woru Teaches us
of the death of Mrs. w. Powell, wife
of Rev. Mr.. Powell, of Cambria. The
funeral services will he held tomorrow
Morgan Carpenter, who runs the
saloon on the corner Of Main and From,
streets on Wednesday slipped and fell
to the floor, dislocating his right
shoulder.
The Ladies Relief Society will
meet at the residence of Mrs. Severance
on Tuesday afternoon, next, at 3 O'Clock,
= to arrange for an oyster supper at City
Hall on the evening Of the 2Sth.
On Tuesday, Ella Craver, while
riding with her brother in Martins de-
livery wagon, was in some way thrown
E out, the wheels of the vehicle passing
! over her. She was not materially in
jured.
The FREE PRESS wishes its many
friends and patrons a "Merry Christ
mas and sincerely hopes it may he
one crowned with many blessings and
Il liberal remembrance of GIFT offerings
to all.
The Thanksgiving collections this
year amounted to $3l.l5 which was
handed to the Relief Society, to be
used for charitable purposes. And it
will he used to the hest possible adj
vantage.
MIR. Evan L. Jones, of Judson, has
been appointed postmaster at that
place and will enter upon his duties in
the near future, VIM. r. Jones, Esq,
the former appointee having declined
the position.
Mr.. A. b. Hough, who last winter
built a saw mill about a mile and a half
northeast of Eagle Lake, and did the en-
tire work himself, has been doing a
splendid business. He wants saw logs
and will pay the market price for all
he can get.
Quarterly meeting will commence
at the NJ. E. church in this city Satur-
day evening of this week. The Presid-
ing Elder will deliver a sermon on that
evening. Sunday evening a concert
will be given by the children.
Fowler Bros. have a novel way of
advertising. They have a transparent
sign mounted on a sleigh which is
drawn through the principal streets.
1t attracts a good deal of attention and
a goodly crowd each evening, which
makes the auction business lively.
The address of DR.. Bartlett, de-
livered before the Minnesota Valley
Medical Association, which recently held
a very pleasant and profitable session
in this city, will be found upon the first
page OF to-day's paper. 1t will repay
perusal, and if many of the good sug-
g~estions therein contained are needed,
there will be less calls for medical as
sistance.
Scarlet fever is circulating to some
extent in Waseca county, although not
sufficiently to cause apprehensions of a
serious contagion. Wisdom would seem
to dictate that all precautionary meas
ures should be taken against the intro
duction of this disease into Mankato,
as it is raging seriously in portions of
the State. An ounce of preventive is
worth a pound of cure any time.
The Christmas Ball at Union Hall
next Monday evening gives promise
of being n of the most festive occa-
sions of the kind on record. Every
minute detail has been arranged, and
the management feel safe in insuring all
who attend a thoroughly enjoyable
time. No pains will be spared in the
decoration of the tree, and the presents
will be as pretty as they are numerous,
and as useful and ornamental as they
are pretty and numerous.
w. T. Hastings, of Amboy, recent.
ly from Sheboigan county, Wisconsin,
a gentleman who is practical at cheese
making, was in the city Monday, talk
Ing up the idea of starting a cheese
factory at Amboy. At present there Is
not a factory of this kind in the county,
and the fact that our dairy interests
are so rapidly developing, would GER
tainly argue that we should have one.
Mr.. Fl. has devoted pretty much Of his
time to the dairy business for twelve
years, and thoroughly understands
the art of cheese making, and would be
the right man to take hold of an en-
terprise of this kind. We are promised
a letter from Mr.. Hastings In the near
future as to the best mode of establish
ing a factory, and the true system of
conducting the same as gained from
personal experience and observation.
The store of d. Williams, in Gar
den City, was entered by burglars on
Tuesday night, the safe blown open
and a number of cigars and small guam.
tity of whiskey carried away. Mr.. w.
keeps a general stock, including drugs,
and the entrance was made through
the rear door of the building. No
money was secured, but several notes
and papers were carried off. From here
the thieves proceeded to the depot,
where they also made a raid, but SO far
as known secured no booty. They then
confiscated a hand car and made for
Lake Crystal. In the early part of
the evening on which the robbery was
committed, three strangers were OBJ
served in the town, and their disap-
pearance on the same night points d.
rectly to them as beng the guilty par
} ties. Two Of them were men Of me-
, dunn height and one a large ~heavy-set
fellow, all wearing hats and long over
, coats. The fact of the blowing open
t of MI. Williams safe would indicate
that they are no n~ovices, but bold, bad
T men.
The seventeenth annual session
t of the Minnesota Educational Asso-
Q citation which will be held in st. Paul,
commencing on Wednesday of next
2 week and continuing over Friday, prom
Uses to be an occasion of unusual inter.
: est and profit. A letter received from