The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-03-21
PERSONAL.

T. M. Pugh returned to Glendale,
OAK, Thursday.
Horace De Groodt and family are Wis
iting friends in the city.
James McMahan is home after pro-
tracted stay in Colorado.
Mr.. A. II. Brown, son of o. Brown,
ESQ.,, is visiting in the city.
Col. Thomas left Tuesday for three
weeks visit to friends in Pennsylvania.
j. Z. Diamond, Jr., of Brookings,
Oak, Ms visiting his friends in Blue
Earth county.
CIV. Neif, of the Lake Crystal Union.
dropped in on us Monday morning for
few minutes.
G.N. Weston, a large and prosper
Gus stock farmer near st. James was i'll
the city last Tuesday.
l.. A. Moore, of the wholesale drug
house, has returned, and will be follow
ed by large stock of drugs.
Geo. r. Moore, Esq, of Jackson,
spent Sunday in the city with his
brother, Mr.. l.. A. Moore.
o. w. Robertson, Esq, of Milwaukee,
spent Sunday in the city. He is Presi-
dent of the Ormsby Lime Co., and a
genial gentleman.
Mr.. ii. Evans of South Bend, now at
tending the st. Paul Business College,
is spending Il week visiting in and
about Mankato.
John X. Thomas, ESD, spent Sunday
in the city with friends. He has a
strong fellow-feeling for Mankato, and
well he may have.
|. Longini, Esq, has returned from
his extended eastern trip, and is being
followed by large stock of spring and
summer clothing.
III. J. Neal, ESD, of Blue Earth City,
and chairman of the Second District
Republican Committee, attended the
committee meeting in Mankato yester-
day.
We are pleased to acknowledge
pleasant call this week from Frank A.
Day, of Fairmont, and Alex. Fiddes, Of
Jackson, members of the Republican
Congressional committee.
{. ii. Parson, Esq, will next week
tnl. la of nlyaf 70
cement. Charles has become well ac-
quainted with the cement business,
and he will work up big trade for our
new industry.
Geo. Z. Weaver, Esq, returned to
Sioux City Tuesday. He is getting his
business matters into good shape, and
says he Will work up a big business
i'll the sale of Mankato cement. There
is no reason why he should not. 1t is
the best manufactured in the United
States.
James Fields, Sr., of Mcpherson,
cheered us up awhile last Monday.
Mr.. Fields expressed his design of be-
coming a member of the Dairy and
Produce Exchange, and we think
other farmers would do well to follow
his example. Mr.. Fields thinks this
organization Will be very beneficial to
the farmers of this region.
The meeting of brother and sister,
after the lapse of some fifteen or twen-
ty years is one of those touching Incl
dents, which go deep down to the
hearts of the outsider rs we'll as to those |
united by the tender ties of consanquin- |
ity. The visit of Mr.. Miles Bryan, of
st. Lawrence county, N.
Y. to Mrs. DIR. Dornherg his sister,
which occurred in this city few days
since, must have been most happy re-
union.
Mr.. Henery Shaubut returned home
Sunday morning from his Southern trip. |
He says that New and Old Mexico are
Gods own country, but he is not 80 GER
tain about Divinity having much claims |
on the inhabitants of a portion of the |
section he visited. He says that the
greasers are hard community, and on
his return from that Republic felt like
throwing up his hat to again set foot on
American soil. Altogether, Mr.. Shaubut |
had a pleasant trip, and escaped lots of
cold weather.