The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10

ALL business with the L. -. Inter-
nal Revenue department in Minnesota
must now he transacted through the 81.
Paul Office, the revenue office in Albert
Lea having been discontinued.
On account of the farmers beng
huSily engaged in harvesting there has
| been less STIR than usual i'll the city
this week. Business has been active
but not particularly pushing.
ST. Peter expects to he able Ia talk
with Mankato through telephone with
in few days. The line would have
been completed before this, had the
supply al wIrc not run out.
The different lake resorts around
Mankato are being we'll patronizcd dur.
ing these quiet August times. Scarcely
day passes but one or more picnic
parties 20 out for a days enjoyment.
BY the Owatonna JOHrWd We no
ticc that W. Il. Straight and Miss Carrie
Straight, II present OF this city, each
contributed fifty dollars To aid III recon
struc,ing the State Fair buildings at
that place.
Tile large number of reapers and
mowers that have been sold in Mankato
this season indicates fairly the immense
harvest of the year The implement men
have never done more rushing bust.
ness.
Mankato will do an immense bust
ness this fall, after the harvest is ended
. and money begins to circulate more
freely. In anticipation Of u heavy trade
the business men generally are laying
ia large stocks.
Mrs. J. \. Arnold, who was SO Sc
vcrcly injured by runaway II few weeks
since, making necessary the amputa-
ton Of her arm, is improving rs rapidly
as could he expected. and has passed
the point OF danger.
%. II. Mathcr, of this city has been
awarded the contract for building the
new Agricultural College at Brookings,
Dakota. The building is To lac Is by
IS feet, four stories high. The contract
is To enclose Tor 10000.
The foundation of u three story
brick block at Austin gave way last
Wednesday, and the whole building fell
To- the ground in ruins. The Register
office was on the second and third
floors. and suffered severe loss.
-Mcssrs. Horace Cummins and Sell
icck " Pcck,o Eagle Lake, have opened
general merchandise store at Smiths
/ Mills. The establishment will prove of
great convenience to the people living
in that locality.
/ Complaints now are not at the
/ scarcity Of employment but of the diff
iiculty in securing laborers TO carry on
| the work needed To bc done. This great
demand for labor indicates q prosperous
condition of affairs.
An error crcpt into an advertise
mcnt IN the Mankato edition of the Il.
| r., 10y which it was made To appear
| that one of our dealers in drugs and
| toilet articles was dispenser of vine
car, molasscs, and other groceries.
One OF the gas posts complete with
globe has been erected in front of L. X.
Ryan's on Front street. 1t is generally
considered to he very ornamental, and
when all the posts are in place the city
will he quite metropolitan in appearance.
The public schools of this city
will commensc fall work on Monday,
sep. 3. The Normal will open on the
same day, and those young folks who
have had such fine summer vacation
will settle down for another nine
months work.
"A clerk of the courts in Iowa re-
Gently proved up on "A Dakota claim.
His right is to he contested on the
ground that a man cannot he citizen
Of two States at once. This same ques-
ton will probably be of interest to
others besides the Iowa man.
burglars are plying their ncfarious
business in all parts of the State. or
late they seem to he dcvOting their en-
ergics more particularly to railroad
dcpots, many having been broken INTO,
and in some instances funds carried of
Keep on the watch and receive them
with hot shot.
Certain villages around do not en-
Joy perfect happiness because Mankato
is advancing so rapidly, and leaving
them far behind. Well we can't help it.
The city is started on the up grade with
a fullhcad of steam, and has to 60.
Nothing Will stop her.
Mrs. G. III. Parsons has purchased
from Deacon Waite, formerly resident
of this city, now of Boston, the property
on Third street between Judg Severance $
residence and the Baptist church. She
expects To- make considc rablc improve
mcnts on the property soon.
Who will be the sturdy housewife
to spend days and weeks in preparing
Il patchwork quilt with countless thous.
ands of stitches, to take Il dollOr prem
ium at the county fair! Such articles
are always on exhibition, and the
tair this fall should he 20 exception To
the general custom.
The tight rope man who gave
, street exhibitions here about two
. months since, came To grief recently al
TT. Dodge. After the crowd which had
= assembled to see him had raised and
Z given him 80. 30 he said it was not
+. enough, and would not go on with the
= performance. Some boys made of will
n his trunk and now the professor" j.
: golns around in tights looking for his
wardrobe.