The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-02-16
Personal.

Personal.
Mr.. Fred Samborn left Monday morn
ing for two-weeks' business trip
through Iowa.
Col. Mckinney, Secretary of the
Northwestern Dairymcn's Association
arrived in the city Tuesday night.
Mr.. John Wcger, the postmaster ut
Kasota who invested 50 in the Louisi-
ana lottery and drew $4,000 in return
is in the city.
The friends of Miss Rowland will be
pleased to learn that SHE is improving
somewhat, and is now considered past
danger.
Mr.. Milton Picket arrived i'll the
city Tuesday to report the proceed
ings of the convention for the
Pioneer Press.
II. {. Billiard, of Fa:rmont, and sew
eral other gentlemen from Martin
county, arrived in the city in good time
IL give the Convention Il boast
Gov. Wakefield, registered At the
Mankato House Tuesday afternoon, and
welcomed 10 the city Of Mankato those
who had come Ia take m interest in the
Dairymen's convention.
w. ID. Hoard. President of the n.
w. Dairymen's Association arrived
in the city all o. X. and his address
in this mornings issue will be
peruscd with interest.
Capt. Flagg. Dist. Pass. agent
of the c., NJ. < st. p. road and w.
II. Barron, General Freight agent
of the s. Nj. Division of same road
arrived in the city yesterday.
Mr.. }. n. I,eavitt, of Waseca,
was among our callers Thursday.
The gentleman is a delegate from
the farmers club of that place to the
Dairymens Convention.
Hon. J. Il. Mcdonald, Judge of the
Eighth Judicial District, is in the city
trying few suits in which Judge Sew
GRANGE Is incapacitated on account of
formerly being retained rs counsel in
the same.
Mr.. Sampson, the bonanza land
boomer of Northwestern Iowa. is
in town, and taking in all the good
cream. butter and dairy matter that
he can carry. He will 60 home
loaded.
Mrs. II. F. Shaw returned home
Monday after three months visit
among relatives and friends in western
New York. She had tedious ride
from Chicago, being four days Oh
the road.
+. C. Huntington and &. l.. Ma
comber, of Window are i'll the city
taking in the good things con-
nected with the Convention. MIR.
Huntington brought i'll "A nice dis
play of Cottonwood county butter.
Col. II. NJ. Littler. of Davenport.
Iowa. arrived in the city Wednes-
day night. and delivered his nd
dress OH improvements i'll Dairy
ing and its Interests ill Iowa
Thursday morning.
Mr.. Burchard, land commission
er of the nj. and st. Paul railway,
and one of the leading spirits is
securing the location for the hold
ing of the seventeenth annual Con-
vention of the Dairymen AsSocia-
ton i'm Southern Minnesota, ar
rived in the city Thursday MORN
ing.
Col. r. ID. Curtis, Of Syracuse, n. y.
editor of Farmer and Ddiryntan, arrived
in the city Monday evening, 10 take a
hand in the proceedings OF the Dairy
mems Convention, and being Il gentle.
man who has given the subject under
discussion life study is eminently
qualified to interest and instruct our
people. Mr.. Curtiss was for years secre-
tary OF the American Dairymcn's Asso-
citation, father, as ii were, of all the
associations of this nature now in exist
ence, and his knowledge of the needs
and demands Of the great Northwest in
the matter of dairying and stock.raising
is practical. His paper on "darying
in new sections" will prove one of the
most valuable that vii! he read before
the present session.
Charley Goodnow, of Pipestone
dropped down in Mankato Tuesday,
on his way home from trip in
Iowa. Charley reports that sixty
farms will be opened in his county
this season. principally by English
men, aggregating 100000 acres
10000 of which will be broker
during the coming summer. L
is expected that this colony vii
expend Sl50,O00 III Improvement
during the year. Pipestone City
with the country is also to receiv
a boom. Mr.. Goodnow informs III
that $4,000 school house is to b.
erected, a 49, 900 hotel, s15,OO'
bank building, together with othe
improvements Of lesser magnitude
Good for Pipestone. say we all c
! us.
Mr.. J. H. Gebhard proposes t
be in on time, and announces him
self as a candidate for the office {
| City Recorder, subject to the dec
sion of Democratic Convention.
, The Wells Advocate has rise
from the ashes. and does not az
r pear to show bad scortchin!