The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-02-02
CLUBBING RATES FOR 1889.
HOME JOTTINaS.

oh M. no snow That's mis-.
take.
A small family can find desirable
rooms by applying to James Cannon.
Sunday was glorious day and IN
Mankato the afternoon was pretty gen.
orally given owe: TO sleighriding.
The late heavy falls of snow have
tilled the country lanes pretty well up,
and the roads are now principally
through fields.
The Rscitie man signs Young
Blood TO one Of his own this week.
Thin Blood" would be- more indicative
OF his composition.
February came in forcibly, with the
thermometer 50 degrees below zero.
Yes, we have had a spell OF weather
since the new year set in.
A beet sugar refinery, will, it is
said, be established NJ Mountain Lake.
A concern OF this kind can be made to
pay handsomely if rightly managed.
According to the !Senfinei there is
not a licensed saloon in Martin county.
But the .Ssatine! does not pretend to say
how many unlicensed ones there are.
Two of our young people. well
known in Mankato. will be united in
wedlock on the 22nd Of February. At
present We are restrained from giving
names.
Any one having two or three bush
els of nice White Rose Potatoes for sale
can secure 4 good price for same 10y
applying At The FREE Pass office.
Wanted for seed.
Miss Rowland, - former teacher
in the Public schools here, is very sick
in Minneapolis with typhoid fever. She
was taken i'll two weeks ago, and Al
last repor. no little better.
The many friends Of Mr.. Daniel
Wagner will he pleased to learn that
he is recovering from his late serious
illress. and should he continue To gain
strength. will be able To be- about in a
few days.
Theodore Scattergood has pur-
chased Il. Tuttle's residence on Fourth
street, and will take possession thereof
in about sixty DAYS. We understand
that Mr.. futile contemplates building
in the spring.
The conventional weekly storm
set in Monday night with moderate
fall of snow. and the high wind that
prevailed from early morn on Tuesday
till Wednesday night, put another block
AIDE on railroad traffic and all sorts of
business
Bills are out announcing II grand
Masque Ball at Petrick's Hall, Vernon
Center, Thursday evening, February Sth.
Good music will be furnished for the
occasion and An enjoyable time is as
sured. Suits and masks can he secured
AT Petrick's store.
Smallpox is raging at an alarming
extent in the numbering camps about
Grand Rapids, and fears are entertained
that the infectious disease will spread
20 Minneapolis and other points, unless
the relief which has now been afforded
shall stay its progress.
Saturday was the first day which
has given evidence of falling barom-
eter, in two weeks. Front street was
literally blockaded With teams in the
afternoon, and business was booming.
II is needless to say our merchants took
kindly TO the change.
Mr.. A. A. Lott, OF this city, adver'
tises stock farm for sale. The proper
~ consists of 100 acres-50 acres Of
which is under the plow. There Is or
orchard and fine grove upon the prem
ises, and any one desiring TO secure FOL
himself really nice home will do vel
TO correspond with him.
"A gentleman arrived in the city
O.. Sunday morning from Tracy. He wa:
forty hours in making thirty-tiye miles
and On a passenger train at that
Talk about your steam power. Why
in days of "ould lang syne' one could
travel this distance in half the TIM
with yoke OF oxen.
Joseph Galloway, a farmer living
near Delavan, shot on Friday last wild
goose weighing ~ pounds. He can
account for the goose's appearance il
Minnesota at this season of the yea
only on the ground that it was driver
here by the severe southerly wind tina
prevailed on Thursday last.
The Reciep man has got so b
writes communications for his own pa
per, approaching fully that the publ
will put more confidence even IN
writer who has not got the force O
character To sign his real name than j
the editors effusions. Jumbo is grad
ually coming to his senses,
Mr.. +. Hoyt, administrator ,
the estate Of George Culver, decease,
will sell quantity OF very desirabI
real estate situate in Van Brunt's add
ton and Culver & Farringtons subd
vision to the city of ManAato, on Satu
day, Feb. 10th, at 10 o'clock A. NJ
at the Front door of the Court lou,
in this city. The property will be di
posed of at public vendu".
Judge Severance is reported
in favor of changing the time of hol'
ing court in Martin county fro
January to September. Mayhap Il
snow blockades have somcthii
10 do with the matter, us II plac
deadlock on judicial US well AZ 9th
business. The Legislature has he,
petitioned to change the time Of hoI
ing court as above. and no doubt q
prayer will be granted.