St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-16
MANKATO.
Ex-senator Wilkinson, of Wells, is in the city
shaking hands with friends.

Ex-senator Wilkinson, of Wells, is in the city
shaking hands with friends.
The South Star room in Meagher's Block is
plastered and nearly finished, and fancy grocery
store will be opened up in few da
Rev. II. A. Bushnell was duly irs hlled on last
evening at the Congregational church where he
has been preaching for some months past.
Gypsy outfit of four wagons and lot of
horses and mules, that has been camping near
this city for some time, pulled out on yesterday
for Minneapolis.
The stock of goods known as the Fair store,
shat has been hung up so long by contesting
parties, is at last being sold by the sheriff, at the
City hall, at auction.
The ladies of the Baptist church will hold an
Ice cream festival on tonight at the corner of
Front and Hickory streets, opposite the Mankato
mousse All are invited.
Wendall Hodapp is clearing the ground and is
burning his own brick and otherwise getting
ready to build fine residence on his farm on the
opposite side of the river from town.
The game of base ball between the ''Chicago
Blues of Chicago, H., and the ''Crescents, of
Mankato, which is to be played on Saturday at
this city, bids fair to be very interesting.
The rooms in the corner basement of the old
Merchants hotel being under lease, have been
recently reftted by Thos. Dartnell, and are now
ready for occupancy. They would form splen-
did suite for a restaurant or barber shop and can
be rented by applying to Mr. Dartnell and will
soon no doubt be taken. The location ls the
most central of any in the city now available.
At an adjourned meeting of the board of edu-
cation last evening, the following business was
transacted Miss Emma Clark was elected as
teacherin the Franklin building, and Alice Da-
Wis and Miss Sanborn elected for the Pleasant
Grove building; also two janitors, as follows;
Lester Dunn for the Franklin building, and Ole
Throdall for Pleasant Grove building. They also
adopted plans for the new school house in West
Mankato and ordered the committee to procure
specifications for the same. 1t looks more as II
there was some prospect of there being school
house built, but will have to push matters faster
than they have so far or they Will not get the
building ready for the next term OF school.
As the postofice has been for some time past
too small for the accommodation Of the people,
as well as the postmaster, there has been an
agent Of the postolice department here to see
about charging it, and there has been a plan sub
mitted to him which will materially enlarge It,
nd make it more convenient. The plan is
something as follows: In the first place, to sci
the boxes six feet further back from the door
and make the space two feet wider in the room
on each side Of the boxes; there Is an addition tC
be built on the rear; the present vault is 10 be
taken out and removed to the rear, and also the
mailing room Three hundred call boxes will be
taken out and five hundred lock boxes will be
added, and hereafter. if the improvements are
made, the mails will be delivered In the rear It
the mailing room, which will be very great i'm
proyement over the present plan in throwing
them off on front street.