The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-08-29
PERSONAL.

Mrs. q. c. Pollock returned HON
Friday night.
ID. Sinclair, Esq, of the Winona r
publican, was in the city Tuesday.
/ j. l.. Washburn, returned from hi
| trip to the Southwest, last Tuesday.
ID. b. Dewey, representing the Gen
: taur Liniment Co., was in the city Tues
day.
Miss Addie Silver has been employs
i'm the st. Peter schools for the comm
year.
Will Gleason, Esq, son offs. w. Glea
son, of this city, is making his parent
visit.
j. b. Blackiston, local editor of tn,
st. Peter Tribune, was up on Tuesday
to attend the races.
Miss Anna Anderson, prOminen
school teacher from Madelia, was il
the city Wednesday.
W. n. Plymat, Mapleton's genia
lawyer, was in the city day or two
this week. We are always glad TO meet
VIM.
Mrs. George, of st. Paul, and Mrs
Waters, of Sioux City, daughters OF
Mr.. \. NJ. Smith, are visiting their
parents.
Rev. J. +. Merriam, formerly pastor
of the Baptist church i'm this city, now
of Rockford, Illinois, was in the city
last Saturday.
w. w. +. Mcconnell went East We'd
nesday, TO purchase his stock of fall
goods. lie will be absent two or three
weeks.
Mr.. Scott Keith and wife, of Nebras-
ka, son-in-law and daughter of John
Diamond, Esq, are visiting Mr.. Dia-
mond and family.
Prof. Gedge, well known in Manka-
TO educational circles, now of Moore
head, Mimi, is in the city, guest OF
Judge James Brown.
Chas. w. Little and mother, former
residents of Mankato, now of Kansas,
are visiting their friends and relatives
here. They will return in few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ii. Long returned
Monday evening from their pleasure
trip TO the North, and J. III. reports
enjoyment in abundance while absent.
Miss Martha Mikkelson, of Delevan,
Il graduate of the Mankato Normal
went to Marshall to-day to commence
her second years work in the schools
of that place.
Mr.. L. Cummings, superintendent of
the Standard Cement Company, was
called home to Buffalo, n. V, OH Mon
day, by a telegram demanding his pres
ence on business matters.
Prof. J. 7. McCleary spent the Sab
bath ut home. He has commenced his
seasons institute work, and is engaged
in this capacity at White Bear this
week. We publish elsewhere list of
his appointments.
Mrs. J. +. Slaughter, daughter of ii.
S. Wood, of this city, started Monday
for Pendleton, Oregon, where she joins
her husband, and which city will be
her future home. She was accompani-
ed as far as Minneapolis by two of
her sisters.
Mr.. w. S. Withrow, of Salem, Iowa,
formerly on the FREE Press, spent two
or three days in Mankato this week,
visiting his many acquaintance. Mr..
Withrow is a pleasant young man whom
we are always pleased to meet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Evans, of Lynn,
Mass, arrived in the city Tuesday, and
will spend couple of weeks here.
Mrs. Evans is a sister of Rob't Hughes,
and the two had not net for some
fourteen years. Mr.. Evans, speaking
of Massachusetts politics, expressed the
belief that Blaine would carry the State
by round majority, and says that the
Independent movement is dwindling
down to point where it is cutting no
figure whatever Ill the campaign. He
believes that Butler will get as many
if not more votes in the Bay State than
Cleveland.
Mr.. b. +. Fisher, of Van Vert, Ohio,
an intimate friend of our townsman z.
Zimmerman, ESD, is expected to ar
rive in the city this evening. Mr..
Fisher is now, and has been for the
past eighteen years, i'll the employ of
\. {. Trentman, one of the largest
wholesale grocers in-Ohio or Indiana,
and he also controls the largest salary
in that section. lie visits his friends
here with the ultimate purpose, as we
understand, of becoming a permanent
resident here in the near future. Our
acquaintance and experience with
Ohio men is, that after once visiting
this section of country, they become
enfatuated with its beauties, surround
ings and business opportunities, and
we hope that he will he led, rs others
have, to decide, with little hesitation or
mental reservation, in adopting Man
kato as his home.
The circus came, and with it the
jam, the babies, the beaus and bellies,
the rogues and clowns, the dust and
perspiration, the fat men, the lean men
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