The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-04-06

Henry Zimmerman has received
requests TO hold his hall for October
Goth 1888 and March 18th 1854. The
Madison Square Theater of New York
is the contracting party.
The concert to be given in Union
Hall ON the evening of the l4th by Miss
Hutchinson and Miss Wagner, promise
To be grand affair indeed. These la
dies will be assisted by several home
vocalists, together with some of St.
Peters most talented singers. Little
Make Dick, of st. Peter, the boy won
der of the Northwest,s aged eleven years,
a violinist of wonderful gift, will be
present, and his exhibition alone will
be worth more to witness than the cost
of the entire entertainment. lie APP
peared at st. Paul recently in grand
concert and with exceptional success,
and has been induced to appear in Min
neapolis with Theodore Thomas. Too
much cannot be said in praise of this
little fellows musical talent, and the
whole combination in fact is made up
of excellent musicians. Admission has
been placed at the low price of 80 cents,
balcony seats 80 cents. The programme
will appear in full IN our next issue.
In another column will be found a
few words from the committee Of
the Board of Trade on the Mankato
creamery. We are promised that the
creamery will be in operation 10y the
18th of May at the latest, and Ms proof
in substantiation of the committees, dec
laration, Mr.. Straight, one OF the pro
prictors of the enterprise, has been here
the past week making preliminary ar.
) rangements for starting. The commit.
tee make suggestion that is worthy the
thoughtful consideration of the farming
2 community, and that's to increase their
, diaries. While in this immediate vi
! cinity cows are high, they can in other
a localities be purchased at low price,
1 and the mere fact that the price OF
0 cows here has been almost doubled
J.. through the discussion of the creamery
Y question, is sufficient of itself to war
: rant the farmers in carefully consider
n ing the profits to be gained through
,. tins medium. Blue Earth county should
: take the lead in inauguarating thor
4 ough creamery system in Southern
IS Minnesota.
e The class of emigrants going into
u Southern and Central Dakota this spring
is very different from that which swarm
! ed the Northern Pacific country lastyear
&c Those who sought the latter section
', went with what they had upon thei
d backs accompanied in some instance
% with change Of linen and little or nj
II money. The tide which is now flown:
D. in this direction have money, hundred
IN of carloads of horese and cattle are dai
70 ly transported from the east, and
10 large per cent. Of those seeking home
I'd will be in shape to commence tarmin!
is with the average settler of three years
d. residence. And, too, the preponderanc
I'd of the people settling in this locality ar
IN Americans by birth, and come fror
Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin an
Is, other Western States, quite acclimate
he and fully educated as to the prope
o. mode OF agriculture. 1t is not too niue
on to say that the country they select fo
in toll and permanent homes will be LITE
,is into the front rank of Western progres
n and enterprise, while the other an
on Northern section will remain stagnal
he from want OF both. Southwestern
his Minnesota will soon be discovered
nd be, as it is, the finest agricultural reggie
his in all this most Northwestern domai
ore and then look out for such a rush
ion settlement as we never dreamed OF. D.
to day is comming, and 1t is not far di
tant.