The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-10-10
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HOME JoTTINGS.
See notice of Wanted Ia Rent"
Look through WIscr's srcctaclcs at
his locals.
See notice of stray colt in another
column.
-Mankato supports eight millinery
stores now.
Farmers report vast amount Of
wet grain.
The annual election notice appears
in another column.
Nearly all the churches i'll the city
are lighted with gas now.
The NJ. f.. ministers are all away
TO the conference ut Duluth this week.
&. ID. Taylor SAYS he has the best
lot at Lake Madison which he will sell
cheap.
A worthy and much needed bit of
cleaning has been done along the
streets this week.
Mrs. NJ. \. Foulke occupies liberal
space in our columns to-day. Lovers
of nice millinery will profit by making
her call.
IL. q. Thoms, has laid monument
TO his memory, consisting of new
stone sidewalk in front of his residence
on Broad street.
The Ladies' Society of the
Congregational church, meet this after
noon at the residence of Mr.. W. W. =.
Mcconnell.
-Lamm x Schroeder will be found
among our advertisers to-day. This
being their d,JW into business circles,
We ask careful pcrasal of what they
present.
The Welsh citizens of Mankato
are moving toward the building of Il
new church, and they eXpe ct to bring
their plans to definite form soon.
Superintendent Rogers is receiving
calls for teachers from Iowa. Those
who care to 20 off SO far to teach would
do well to confer with him.
The High School students have re-
animated the long established Philale-
thean Society and give public enter
tainment this afternoon.
Mr.. X. F. Billings has moved his
drug store to the building formerly oc-
cupied by kinsella Bros d Gleason. \
much better location than he had be-
fore.
Amber syrup is abundant now.
David IIaggard, of Mankato township,
has raised about 1900 gallons this year,
which he is manufacturing himself, and
il is first class.
MIR. Alex. McDougall, of saltwater,
has purchased :. Winship's residence
in this CITY and Will settle therein at
once. Mr.. McDougall is Il brother of
Mrs. Alex. Mcdonald.
-Odjard d knott have commenced
the erection of large manufacturing
shop at the rear oftheir furniture store.
1t will be built of brick, two stories
high, 22x4O feet in extent.
Prof b. q. Northrop, of Trenton,
Conn.,, will deliver lecture at the
Opera House in this city next Wedncs-
day evening, on the subject Rural
Homes" This lecture will be worthy a
full attendance
Elder Conrad was seen going into
Caesars saloon after the Prohibition
convention adjourned. The Elder
didn't mean TO 90 in there, though; he
was looking for a barber shop. The
best of men will occasionally get mixed.
w. A. Webb d Co. have change
of 'ad" to-day, and some interesting
locals. They are offering great bar
gains in their line, and every visitor to
the fair should step in and purchase
while their stock is full.
George Wood, aged is, son of S. III
Wood, Esq, attempted to do some
coupling last Friday at the Milwaukee
depot and had his hand so badly mash
ed rs 10 nccessitate the amputation of
the third and fourth fingers.
The family Jas. Morrow, Sterling,
was sadly afflicted last week, by the acct
dental killing of their little son Eddie.
lie and several other children were on
wagon riding, when the little fellow
fell off and Was run over, after which
he died in short time.
The midnight prOwler and petty
thief made a successful Gift" ut the
residence Of Louis Wolf, on Second
street, Friday night. The invader ell
tered the building, rifled Mr.. Volts
clothing ana walked off with over $50
in cash.
Last Thursday afternoon fire was
started from the thrcshIng engine OF
the Messrs. Bruggcrmann, while en-
gagged in threshing on the farm of j
Drchcr, which consumed the scpara.
tor and about 100 bushels Of unthrcshed
wheat.
The GAINESVILLE Arg,tS states that
Rev. \. J. Davis, well known in this
county, but now proprietor of Il flour
ing mill at Shattsburg, Mich, writes
that the boiler in his mill exploded re-
Gently, tearing the structure up gener
ally.
Friday afternoon, Geo. Long
beautiful saddle horse, which he re
Gently brought from Kentucky, caugh
his head in the hay shute in the barn
and in endeavoring to release himsel
disloclted iris neck. lie was value,
at $500, making the loss heavy, pccun
iarly as well Us otherwise.
Farmers are greatly delinquen
with their work. The frequent rain
have so softcncd the land that plowin
is practically at a stand still, an,
thrcshing is done with great difficulty
Much of the grain has been s
injured in the stack IT'S 10 deprcciate il
value one or two grades. The sam
would have sold for No. /, if this in
jury had not been done. 1t is cstima
ed now, that much of the blowing wi
have to lie over until next spring.