The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-30
HOME JOTTINGs.

Republican caucus tonight. Com.
out.
Republican and Democrat conycn.
lions to- morrow.
The ball in Union Hall Monday
evening was success, rs usual.
A slight fall of snow on Sunday;
but il vanished ere the close of Mon
day.
- Ben Smith will make No. Re,
corder, and he should bc nominated and
elected.
City election Tuesday. Do your
duty by voting for who you believe Ia
be the best men.
Auditor Scattergood has taken pos.
session of his new home, recently pur-
chsshcd from Il. Tuttle, Esq.
The annual statement of the Board
OF Commissioners will be found upon
the first page of to-day's paper.
The Democrats are all "tore up" on
the Recordership. Ben. Smith will he
able to amicably adjust the matter.
Cannot the Republican and Demo
crat parties unite upon Jno. c. Noe for
Mayor! He would make model officer.
According To the Rsrier,every man
who comes To- Mankato Ia locate and
enter into business is tramp" and a
"csrpet-bagger."
-FouNp-in the Presbyterian church
Friday evening the 10th, brown seal
skin boa, which the owner can have by
calling At this office and paying cost of
notice.
Jake Hansen, the boot and shoe
man, has been quite unwell for some
days and his friends fear that his all
ment may prove of dangerous char
acter.
When the editor of the Recittr first
located in Mankato, according To his
own theory, he was tramp and a
s'carpet-bagger." \ pretty high csti.
mate 10 put upon ones self
About Seyenty-tivc carloads OF EN-
lgrants were sidetracked in Mankato
over sunday Kasota Junction had
something over hundred car loads 10
take care OF the same day.
The new elevator near the bridge
has some choice Northern Dakota seed
wheat from off the Northern Pacific
railroad, for sale or exchange at lower
prices than any ever before offered.
Leo ). Lamm, book.keeper in the
First National Bank. Was elected last
Friday evening, treasurer OF the Man
kato Building and Loan Association,
rice ii. G. Akers resigned. Mr.. Lamm
is an upright young man, and thi. rec
ignition is well merited.
Now the question is who will he
the next Mayor: The Democrats are
talking Geo. Clarke. the real estate
dealer, and Minor Porter, landlord o.
the Merchants Hotel. The Republican.
seem unable 10 settle upon anyone Il
even talk about.
There is something about the Man
kato Post-oifice that troubles Wise, bu
no one else seems to be particularly af
fected. Perhaps the Recie,o editor viii
not be permitted 10 enter the private
Office and sort over the mail to suit him
self, is the reason for his discontinue.
The old time favorlte line bctwee
st. Paul, Minneapolis and st. Loui
over the Minneapolis * Burlington, &C
dar Rapids and Northern, Chicag
Burlington & Quincy and st. Loui
Kcokuk and Northwestern Railways I
be known henceforth a. the 81. Lou
and Minneapolis short line will lie re
established April lst.
Charley Coffin, son ei w. p. Cofii
aged about IL years, died yesterda
morning, the cause being attributed {
severe fall received some two yea
ago. At intervals, Charley would hay
very bad spells, rallying from which |
would appear all right, but the injuri
received proved more than his constit
ton could bear, and he finally su
cumbed 10 the will OF his Maker. I'll
grief-stricken parents have the symp
thy of their large circle Of friends.
The Lake Crystal creamery h
been purchased by Lawrence, Straig
& Co, who will operate the same I'll
summer and push il for all il is wort
Farmers in the vicinity of the La
should improve the opportunity now 1
forded for beEetitlng themselves by II
orally paponizing this creamery. Mess
Lawrence, Straight & Co., are thorou
creamery men, have reputation
honesty, and probity, and can be tru
ed TO pay every cent for cream that (
market will admit.
-Messrs. Salspaugh u Co. ,quarrym'
have now sufficient stone ont for
bridge piers across the Missouri river
Blair, and two weeks more ot 90
weather will ace the stone ON
grounds here all dressed and ready
use. For the present, business in I
quarry will cease, TO be resumed ag
whenever the gentlemen above m
toned shall decree, which We trust v
not be long. In less than eight mon
Salspaugh / Go. have quarried, dres
and shipped one thousand car loads
dimension stone from this city, Civ
employment to from fifty TO two b
dred men, and it has played no sn
part in giving our unexccllcd st
quarries wide reputation.
Joe Rowey, who was last sum-
committed for thirty days for ASA
and escaped after nine days incarc
ton, was re-arrcsted on Wednes,
While the officers were searching
in the Jail he made break for the {
and decamped, with the officers in
pursuit. After chasing him about
miles he was caught just beyond j
Diamonds place and is now once
secure behind the bars. As soon a
serves out his sentence that WAS
nounced upon him last summer he
he arrested on the charge of petty
ceny, stealing ivory rings from
harness belonging to Hugh Duffy. /