The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-07
HOME JOTTINGS.


oysters are now in season. The
first at the II months is here.
Let the old soldiers remember the
reunion at Eagle Lake Sept. 18th. next
Wednesday.
New flax seed is in the market.
The oil mill has already made several
purchases.
Small things will leak out. Kelly,
IL is said 10y knowing ones, will hc the
next Democratic nominee for Sheriff.
Freight men are busy now deliver
ing 10 our merchants the heavy tall
stocks of goods they have purchased.
Wells feels uneasy over the pros
poet at the removal of the Milwaukee
car shops from that place to Albert
Lea.
The train last Saturday evening ON
the Omaha road jumped the track near
Merriam Junction. Int did no particular
injury.
-.Torgenscn X Madison have called
upon us this week for advertising
space. We refer our readers L. their
new lad"
Almost every available room IL
rent has been taken up since the open
:ng II The Schools, and Mankato Is now
crowded.
The Lake City Sentinel is nearly
correct when il SAYS that IA cyclone Is
something loaded with he'll and man
ned 10y devils
The London and Liverpool cloth
ing house presents anew lad in tins
issue. They are now opening large
stock of Clothing,
Eleven men We're up before the
police cour, at Saint Peter last Monday,
the majority OF them for drunkenness.
That almost metropolitan business.
ON account oi the loss al the prem
ium list in thc fall Of the Register
building at Austin, the Mower county
Fair has been postponed until next
year.
About fifty tickets were sold at this
point "Wednesday morning Ia parties
GOING Ia the State Fair. and Thursdays
sales showed a considerable increase
over tins amount.
st. Peter complains ut the delay of
her mails AZ kasota Junction, and Il
Il. Commissioner Baker has promised
to look into the matter. and try and
have il rcmedie".
The new postal notes are COW
ON sale ut all money order post
offices. Their conveniecc and not
their beauty is what will commend
them To the publlc.
w. W. WGodari has sold an inter
est in his butter tub hanufactory To
Mr.. Charles II. Marsh. This establish
mcnt has manufactured nearly 9j.0b0
tubs this season.
AT the regular meeting of the Board
oi Education held last "Wednesday even.
ing, ole Throdahl was elected .ianitoi
Of Pleasant Grove building. No Other
business was transacted.
The managers rf the lie Sueul
county fair have worker Throughout
the county 10 induce farmers ana STOCK
raisers To Join largely in the exhibition
The plan j. no: n bad one.
-Bashaw. the fine stallion belong
ing la +. j Perry, Of Lake Crystal, dice
last Saturday. The horse WA yalna
bic one. and will he missed 10y th'
stock raiscrs of the county.
The telephone managers have beer
looking over the field at lie Sueur thi'
week, 10 determine the ACCESSIBILITY o
establishing All exchange there, anC
connecting it with the general system
-Rcn; Deubcr, of Sleepy Eye, wh'
Eccently advertised in tine FREE PRES
for business chance, has purchased III
interest in genera, store at Coos
Thunder. and will take imIs ediatc pos
session.
-Mr. J. ID. Fircstone, Genera
Agent tur &. Auitman ~ Co.'S. machln
cry, has on exhibition at the Stat,
Fair this week u magnificent displa,
OF karvestcrs, mowers, thrcshipg ma
chimes, engines, etc.
The New Ulm vinegar works ar
completed and operations will soon b
commenced. There is no reason VIII.
such IAN enterprise could .ot lac made
success ia Maukato. We have , 1oo'
field i"r many more manufactures.
M. q. Willard sold last week ia
Edward Lord ii 100 acre farm in Brow
county 10 Loren Peterson for 81 500
and this week sold foe the First Nation
al Bank IL quarter section in Faribaul
county Ia Neri Olson for 81 ,2sG.
The new four cent or double rat
postage stamp will be green, Il shad
darker than the present three cen
stamp. As the latter will be retire
from use. no errors are Likely To arts
bccaIsc Of the similarity in color.
AT the meeting last Monday of I'll
Stockholders OF the Maakato Iron TN
Novelty Works, the following dirct
t0ys were chosen: j. A. Willard, s.
Barney, Geo. a. Clark, q. NJ. Paine
&. ID. Taylor, j. y. Samborn, and "
liodapp.
While out at Mr.. J. Diamond
1arn the other day we we're shown Il
finest fields of sorghum cane. and cor
that IT has been our pleasure to loo
npon this season. The cane stan,
fully eight feet high, and the stalks n
large and juicy. ills corn field, thous
small, will, we should Judge, turn a
sixty bushels 10 the acre.