The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-11-16

city.
We are under obligations to Majo
Geo. A. Clarke for valuable assistance
in compiling the list al improvement
presented in tins Issue.
MIR. Geo. Palmer has during thu
past week sold five lots from the blocl
recently purchased near the Pleasant
Grove school house.
john &. Jones, of Cambria, pur
chased ut the stock sale of Anderson i
Elliot last "Wednesday thoroughbred
yearling bull, for winch he paid 800.
Edward Constans, son of Geo. Con
STAINS, Esq, of this city, was sent t.
the blind asylum at Faribault last
Wednesday, where he goes to attend
school.
A partnership composed of W. p
Marston, c. Z. Davis, Lorin Cray and
Frank Lewis have assumed the proprie'
torship and management Of the new
mill at lake Crystal.
1T is asserted that the Democratic
committee in Steele county sold the
nomination for Coroner for IS. They
place high figures upon the Office in
those parts.
-"Old Chronic" fills his paper up
this week with dashes at what he pleas.
es to call the "post-office r,ng." We
were not aware that the post Office had
a "ring," but if so "Old Chronic" ia on
the outside. Dye sect
David 3. Marston, of Rapidan, and
Joseph Dobie OF Sterling have each five
pure-bred Cotswold one year old rams
for sale at bargain. Any OF our far
mer friends who think Of improving
their sheep stock will do well to call
upon either of these gentlemen.
In this issue will be found the
prospectus of the New York Sun, one
of the brightest and most complete dali
les published in the United States. II
is rather too Democratic tor an inde-
pendent journal, as it claims to be. but
nevertheless, one Of the solid papers of
the country.
Will the renegade of the Reviese
whose insults have for years been
patiently borne by charitable public
dare TO speak the names of the soldiers
receiving pensions who are not entitled
therefor The question can lie safely
answered in the negative. lie is too
much Of coward 10 back his own as
sertions.
Ed. Weaver sent real nice Norsk
cap to W. b. Craig the other day, as
reminder tha, while Bierman MAS not
elected his memory remains green. As
ID" cap was seat in care ii The editor OF
rHE FsEE Pass ami we have been un-
able Ia see Mr.. Craig since it's receipt,
that gentleman will oblige By calling
in and claiming his property. No
charges.
MIR. Joseph Dobie, of Sterling, pur-
chased thoroughbred short-horn bull
calf Monday, from Anderson s. Elliott,
of West Liberty, Iowa. The animal is
about six months Old, OF unusual size,
handsome shape and altogether q fine
calf. His dam is Lady Brampton and
sire Phyllis Underby. The price paid
was one hundred dollars. He also pur.
chased a thoroughbred heifer.
Close upon the determination that
Mankato is to have wholesale grocery
comes the announcement that there Is
strong probability that we will have
wholesale drug house. One creates
field for another, and We predict that it
will not be long until nearly every
branch of business is represented in the
wholesale trade of our city.
"A number of farmers in one OF the
townships Of Fsribault county recently
meet for blowing bee. Just before
the time for commencing work the bottle
was passed, and the intended psrtici-
pants became 30 booty that instead OF
blowing they INDUCED in free for all
fight. Broken ribs, arms and battered
heads were the result of that meeting.
The cold wave from the northwest
struck this part of the country early in
the week, remaining for several days.
The thermometer on Monday morning
was about 10 degrees above zero, and
this Was thought cold enough for the
time OF the year. On Wednesday
morning it was two degrees above, and
on Thursday morning zero was marked.
Some thermometers are reported TO have
registered even lower than this.
e. NJ. Pope, ESP, has purchased
the Masonic block on Hickory street,
and will take possession thereof the first
Of April. This will afford him one of
the finest agricultural warehouses IN the
State, and is in ST what he needs Tor his
rapidly growing business. At present
there Ia nothing tangible upon which
To base an assertion OF Whist Messrs.
Long, Shanbut 81 Co. will do for quar-.
for in, IN bat
inssmuch as Mr.. Long owns the adjoin-
ing lot it is among the possibilities that
he may conclude 10 build in the spring.
Hope SO at least.
AT the sale of FLOODED stock Wed
nesdsy, c. NJ. Green of Shelby, pur-
chased la head of higbgrade heifers, DR..
CurrYer of Garden City, purchased 10
head of the same, w. D. Richardson of
Garden City, purchased IL head, and
Marshal Fall. Of the Nelson Farm in
Rapidan. purchased 5 head, two thor.
ougbred coS- ioT ane 81 which be paid
$l5l and Tor the other SlOG. Thirty
tour head of the above stock goes into
q single neighborhood and is evidence
thar hlOnded stock Is rapidly coming
10 the front in Blue Earth County.
No one was more annoyed than Mr..
McCurdy al the poor gas which was
turned ont last Tuesday evening, and
yet i; was impossible at tina, time 10
avoid it. The manager ordered in ample
time a supply of coal from the east, but
hy some means it was delayed in tran
sit. The supply on hand was exhaust
ed, and in order that tho city might not
be lett in darkness some coal pas OBJ
tanned from II. Il. Hubbard ~ Co., hut