St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-16
MANKATO.


Observation-Disclosures, of Wells, is in the city
shaking hands with friends.
The South Star room in Meagher's Block is
piastered and nearly finished, and fancy grocery
store VIII be opened up in few days.
Rev. H. A. Bushnell was duly installed on last
evening at the Congregational church where he
mas been preaching for some months past.
Gypsy outfit of four wagons and lot of
horses and mules, that has been camping near
tnls city Tor some time, pulled out on yesterday
for Minneapolis.
Inc STOCK of goods known as the Fair store,
tnat mas been hung up so long by contesting
parties is at last being sold by the sheriff, at the
Clty hall, at auction.
The ladies Of the Baptist church will hold an
Ace cream festival on tonight at the corner of
Front and Hickory streets, opposite the Mankato
house. 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. Dartnel, 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 VIII
soon no doubt be taken. The location Is 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
teacher in the Franklin building, and Alice Da-
Wis and Miss Sanborn elected for the Pleasant
Grove building; also two janitors, az follows {;
Lester Dunn for the Franklin buildingSA and Ole
Throdal for Pleasant Grove building. TLey also
adopted plans for the new school house in West
Maukato and ordered the committee to procure
specifications for the same. 1t looks more as if
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,
well the postmaster, there has been an
agent Of the postofce department here to see
about charging it, and there has been plan sub
mtted TO him which will materially enlarge it,
nd make it more convenient. The plan is
something as follows: In the first place. to SET
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 to
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 tt
the mailing room, which will be a very great i'm
prOvement over the present plan In throwing
them off on front street.