The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-02-23

heartily WelComeu I'D Mahkato.
Ed. Consandier, Esq, has material
on the ground to build two story
brick residence, corner Front and Elm
streets. The excavation for the cellar
has been made, aud Mr.. c. expects to
have his building completed by May lst.
MIR. o. r. Mather is making prep
arations for turning out large quaint.
ty OF pressed brick the coming season.
He has the contract for furnishing sew
cral thousand for new opera house to
to be built next summer in lie Mars,
Iowa.
-Barnum, the Snowman, is out in an
advertisement for his 1883 exhibition,
and winds up by saying There may
be another Jumbo, but there will never
he another Barnum." Now the wonder
is. how in the world Barnum ever came
to know we had Jumbo" here in
Mankatof Barnum should send and
get that other Jumbo, and then his
meuagerie will be complete.
Farmers who contemplate raising
wheat the coming season, should pur-
chase some of X. ID. Hubbard 4 Co.'S
No. hard Fife The company do
not get cost from this seed at 81 .25 per
bushel, but they are DESTROYS that our
wheat-g growers shall .raise the best arti-
Gle. which III turn will allow them To
pay good prices. AMI make first class
flour.
Owing to the severe storm Friday
last, the oyster supper that was TO have
been given nj Carmel Church in Judson
was postponed To Monday evening of
this week. The occasion was well pat
ronized, Si35. being the net receipts,
which will lie applied {" paying OH the
debt of the church. The good people
of Judson may feel pretty proud of the
success ct the entertainment.
We greatly underestimated the de.
mand that would he made upon us for
extras con, shining our ,ncqualed report
III the Dairymcn's Convention, and the
result is. we have been unable TO supply
the great call. We printed 1000 eX-
,rss, and could easily have disposed Of
another 1000. This fact alone shows
the great interest taken in the dairy,
and good results from the Convention
may be pretty definitely predicted.
Mrs. L. w. Frisbic, mother OF DR..
Frisbie. Mrs. VIM. Shepard and Mrs. T..
NJ. Pope, died nj the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. Shepard, i'll this city,
Thursday morning. Mrs. Frisbic was
&c years Of age, and for seventeen years
had been resident of this city. Her
remains were conveyed 10 Phelps, n.
Y, her former home, for intermcnt,
being accompanied by her son, the doc.
tor.
A fearful blizzard ragged all day
Tuesday on the west end Of the Omaha
road. From Sioux City TO St. James a
snow plow was sent ahead of the EN-.
CINE 10 clear the track, and two power
full steam horses were required to pull
the passenger train. About four miles
this side OF ST. James the storm had
spent its fury, and in Mankato it was
a very pleasant day, although n little
cold. The morning passenger was about
two and halt hours late.
We tins week record the nuptials
of two of our most estimablc young
people, Mr. Fred Force for some time a
clerk in the store of Geo. E. Brett, and
Miss Della, eldest daughter OF our
townsman VIM. Hodgson, the ceremony
/ being performed at the home of the
brides parents, by Rev. Higgins. Many
useful and valuable presents were sent
the Young folks from friends in the East.
They have the best wishes of host of
friends for bright and happy days to
come and may the Force of true love
shed soft and tranquil light upon
their future is the wish Of THE FREE
PRESS
We understand that the committee
on Normal Schools will not visit our
institution here, owing to the large
amount of Legislation to be completed
before adjournment, combined with the
fact that Messrs. Fletcher and Spauld-
ing chairmen OF the Senate and House
committees ON Normal schools respec-
lively, were in the city last week and as
certained what was required. TheNormal
School located in Mankato is to-day one
of, ifnot the most promising educational
institution in the State. and all possible
encouragement should be accorded it by
our law makers. A sewer must be con
structed, heating and ventllatins appar
atus will be supplied, together will
other minor but nevertheless importan
improvements in order to keep pac,
with the growth and importance which
the school is assuming, and the $3.50
appropriation is none too much To com
) plete such work rs Is required.
The Board of Education held
meeting Saturday night and authorized
) the Superintendent TO hire an additions
teacher for the High School. Will
this additional expense may not be nj
together unnecessary, yet the fact tina
Spring is rapidly approaching is sufil
r cient to guarantee that a falling off j
+, attendance will very soon follow, an
presumably to the extent that the pres
: ent corps of instructors will he ampl
: sufficient 10 meet all demands. Til
: Superintendent has managed TO pertorI
e whatever duties have dcvOlved upo
d him for the past two months withOl
;, any perccptablc wear upon his cOnst
II tuition, or neglect of important schOc
l. matters under his supervision, and tina
l. too, when the average attendance WI
It greater than it will be tor the succce,
d ing period. Certainly our schools shoul
IS have all the teachers necessary to carr
o. on the work successfully and profitabl
'e and it is the opinion Of many that the
g has been no lack in this respect, ar
D. that the additional expense 10 the di
cr trict at this time in paying the salary