The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-14
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Service pipes are being rapidly laid
! and il will he but n few days until our
/, business houses and streets will he
lighted with gas.
I. Cummings, Superintendent of
/ the Standard Cement Company, return
, cd Ia Mankatn last evening. He will
remain here two or three weeks.
Com took IN advance OF three
cents in Chicago. Monday. And all ON
account oi Jack Frost. who is said T."
have Il corner ON the Northwestern crop.
A new cattle disease is botherins
the stock men in Northwestern Iowa.
The cattle troubled with il 30 blind
in some eases, and quite a number have
died.
--Cn account Of high freight rates
several oi the wood shippers Of tins
section will no. attempt To do much al
their business, rs II cannot he conduct
ed with profit.
-Four stout men, with various devices
for working the mckels out of the un-
way. were on our streets last Monday
evening They did poor business, and
/ left soon Tor other fields.
Clarence Small, al Lake CRYSTAL
/ lost four stacks OF oats Wednesday from
/ fire, caught from "A locomotive. Ahont
eight hundred bushels ri grain We're
destroyed. Insurance $50.
a telegram WAS received here last
/ Tuesday from Senator Sabin, sent from
Valley City, Dakat", stating that unex
pcctcd delays IN business matters would
prevent his presence at the county fair.
-McSSrS. Mcaghcr and Ray sold this
week the two stores, M. 3l3 and 80
South Front street Ia 4. l.. Buckley
for $4,000. The sale was made
through the agency al Geo. y. Clarke.
-Scllcck y Peck, Of Eagle Lake,
have purchased quarter section of
timber belonging Ia the Cook estate,
two miles east al their village, and
want one hundred men Ia get out ties
and wood.
"A male chicd was recently orn in
LcSucur thar has Il face and mouth the
form of hogs. Instead of the upper
liz AMI nose the two are merged in one
part, and in the mouth are small tusks
like that OF swine.
Progress AT the Cement Works Is
watched with considerable interest by
our people. and there are weekly large
numbers of visitors to them. The
magnitude of the enterprise is such as
10 create more than ordinary interest.
The sharpers who tired TO work
the change racket on some of our bust
ness men last week were unsuccessful.
so tar as We have heard. That dodge is
one with which the people are becoming
familiar.
One of the ncateSt County Fair
bills We have seen is that advertising
the Farihault County exhibition, from
the office OF the Blue Earth City Post.
The bill is executed in coiors, and is a
credit To the Office that turned il out.
The FREE Press has the most
II. % In. naIlin.r
cards ever brought to the city, and
prices on the same have been re-
duc,I - uac hali ct former rates. !
Ladies should call and inspect these
goods.
Farmers should take advantage of
the rare opportunity to obtain good
paper for almast the price OF one. THE
FREE PRESS and the TURNER'S Tribune
will he sent To any address one year for
$500. Now is the time 10 lay IN Il
supply of winter reading.
Mir. T. j. Perry of Lake Crystal has
demonstrated beyond cavil tina: the term
thoroughbred" is not improperly APP
piled Ia other animals than horses.
/ Tie perfect exhibition lac has made of
his asinmc qualities leaves no doubt
. that he is of the pure blood. We con-
/ slider his treatment OF the subject too
weak Ia call for further discussion.
The Manchester, Iowa, Dem0crat,
says: Tie best printed premium list of
. the season came Ia us from Blue Earth
county, Minnesota. The work was
done at the office of the Mankato FREE
, PRESS, and has the ear marks OF our old
friend l.. Z. Hunt.
Robert Stockcr of New Tim, the
young man who Was recently selected
from this district To- fill the vacancy in
the Annapolis Naval Academy, writes
Ia Dr. Frisbic of this city, under date
of the 9TH inst, that he has passed sue
cessiully, and is now full liedgcd
cadet. Mr.. Stockcr's friends in the Sec
ond District will watch his progress in
the new field hc has chonscn with much
interest.
The GAINESVILLE IrgHs hears that
the wheat yield in Blue Earth County
ranges from $ to. IL per acre. The Ar
gus man would do well Ia enquire II
little further into this matter. We
have it from pretty fair thrcshing tests
that the wheat yield in Blue Earth
County ranges fiom II to % bushels
per acre. Blue Earth County cannot be
chokcd down with any "f your eight
bIshcl deals this time Not for Joseph.
-Wascca county carried oil her share at
the laurcls from the State Fair in the
shape of prcmiums,which shows what is
in the matter of improving in the line
of stock. Mr.. &. 4. De GIaii received
first premium on best herd of Short,
horns. Mcssrs. Leslie and White first
premium for best IIolstcin bull, and
Mr.. Lcavitt first premium for ycarling
bull Of the same breed.
. AT IA considerable cost, THE FREE
PRESS has purchased the right Ia use IN
Blue Earth county what is known as
Capp's New Process for Color Printing.
With this device we are enabled To pro-
duce finer class of colorcd work than
was ever turned out by the old process