The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13

The FREE Press Is now engaged
in printing a complete set of Justice
and District Court blanks, mortgage
deeds, warranty deeds, etc. etc, and
is prepared to furnish the same on dc.
mand. These blanks have been made
to conform to all the late decisions and
are without question, the hantisomest
lot of blanks ever put upon the market.
Send n.your orders.
Previous to last Saturday, very
little rain had fallen in this vicinity,
and so dry was the earth that blowing
was made doubly laborious. Since that
date, however, great sufficiency of
"dampness" has been visited upon us,
and to such an extent as to almost en-
tirely suspend all kinds of out door
work upon the farm. at seldom rains
but pours," is about the proper way to
put it now.
Humphrey Jones and Hugh Hughes
have been doing some pretty tall thrcsh.
ing with the Battle Creek Vibrator ma
chine, purchased from Mr.. Geo. NJ.
Palmer of this city, who has the agency.
They recently threshed T45 bushels of
wheat in about nine hours, and had to
shut down three times during the time
waiting forsacks. For a horse power
machine, this Is an excellent record.
H. \. Kufus, Esq, the "Red Lion"
merchant. surprised many of his Man.
kato friends last Friday evening. by
returning from Illinois with his bride.
No one had been let into the secret,
and as a sequence, no one suspected
Mr.. X. had matrimonial intentions.
But all the same he had pre-arranged
matters. and all ioin in welcoming tn
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got help. 1t finally took three or four
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A call has been made, signed by
pi,o rertIemep in tbe Fourtb district
G,r m.ss convention IN Inc held in
vsr,,, c.,t.r ~, the Olaf inst IN
nominate = co,d;dots for Commissioners
in that district This move ia inauour.
oted Inv tbose who want ,be nrospectiye
bridoe across the Blue Earth located
near the Cable Mill. as fears are enter
taineJ that neither the Renublican nor
Democrat ,artv nominees are in svm.
natbv with this particular locality. If
NJ Smith the Ro,ublican Candidate
IN the Fourtb district il elected. he il
NOT the man 10 IGNORE the wishes of q
majority of the tax-payers of the dis.
trict, and to put up man solely for the
nurpose of debating where a bridge
shorld mr. sbould not be located is y
transition that can possibly work good
to neither the district nor the county
Inc voters Oh inc rourtn district siiouio
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Mr.. Geo. X. Beals, who resides just back
OF the Normal School, came into THE
FREE FREss once Tuesday morning
OF this week, with samples OF cucum
Der, squash and pumpkin vines in bios
som, and stated that nothing whatever
IN his garden had been injured by
frosts. This Is good showing. Here
1t IS almost the middle oil October ano
we md vines In blossom and bearing al
that. From this we are led to believe
that high points In this locality are
especially and peculiarly adapted tc
trult growing, and IN fact anything thai
requires late fall in which to mature
IL Is TACT, that II mas been many year
since the trees presented the greer
ioiiaSe that IS now observable, at TIM
season OF year. ana with such demon
,i'' ~ s .. o..t:o. S ,, ii"s pe.'
NAV indeed he cIassed ne the garder
spot of the Northwest.
The death of Mr.. Geo. Nelson
which occurred in this city on Sunda,
last, was sad affair, and one that call
forth sorrow as well as sympathy. Ii,
was confined to his bed but four or tiv,
DAYS, and the nature of his diseas
which so suddenly summoned him be
fore his Maker was Inflammation of tn