The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-09-05

pleasant acquaintance, and became
very favorably impressed with Man.
kato and surrounding country. We
rather expect that Mr.. F. may become
Il resident of our city sometime in the
not far distant future. We have now n
very good colony of Van Werters, but
there is plenty of room for more.
A setting of wheat took fire from
III. NJ. Quinn's steam thresher in Medo
township "Wednesday, and about 800
bushels were lost.
Mr.. Chas. Austin, of the firm of
Austin 4 Son, has returned from the
East, where he purchased their fall
stock of boots and shoes. They have
q word to their customers in our locals
to-day, and Also enumerate their new
styles, etc, in display advertisement.
We invite attention to these.
Prof. Z. b. Parker addressed the
temperance people at their picnic last
Friday and evoked considerable I'M
undeserved criticism from Temperance
excentrics, because he had the stamina
to express his honest convictions, born
of a life devoted to temperance princi-
Piles and philosophical study of the
temperance reform. His opinions,
that temperance politics, at present, are
not expedient, and prohibition is not
the better remedy, are the opinions of
thousands of men of good judgement
and stable principles.
On Tuesday afternoon policeman
Sheldon took an aged gentleman into
custody ut the Milwaukee depot. The
fellow had imbibcd too freely and was,
for the time being, non compos nne,tis.
He had about 81 800 with him, which
the officer kept until the next morning.
He appeared to be very fine man
and has a family, who should thank
our police for caring for its head, as a
suspicious looking individual was keep
ing him company, with the apparent
purpose of getting his money, which
he would have done in a short time.
The old gentleman was released We'd
ncstlay morning and departed on the
$40 train.
The Montgomery, Mimi, CORE
spondent has this to say of Mr.. L. w.
Hammond, who has just settled in our
city in the practice of law: CDR. I. W.
Hammond has gone to Mankato to per-
manently settle there and practice his
profession. DIR. Hammond is gradu-
ate in medicine, but gave Esculapius
up to become disciple of Blackstone.
He takes the best wishes of a host of
friends, who hope his lines may be cast
in pleasant places" Mr.. Hammond
is also a practical stenOgrapher.
For several years the farmers in
the vicinity of South Bend have been
annoyed by young men entering their
gardens at night to destroy and carry
away melons, etc. Mr.. Geo. NJ. Keen
an has been troubled TO such
an extent that his SONS have
undertaken to frighten the boys by
firing guns over them, which at times
the fellows would respond to by firing
back with pistols. Last Wednesday
evening the keenan, boys fired on
them with revolver, and one VIM.
Herbert was shot in the shoulder, in
fiicting a painful but not dangerous
wound. Two young men named Taylor
we're with him at the time of the shoot
ing. While all regret the occurrence,
we trust it will be warning to boys
in general.
The Minneapolis Tribune of August
IA, says: capt. Charles A. Meyers, of
this city, left for Washington yester-
day, to enter upon the duties of clerk
in the Pension office, to which he has
been appointed. Mr.. NJ. for several
years filed very delicate and re-
sponsible Office in the American Ex-
press at Minneapolis, where he won,
as he we'll deserved, the confidence
and respect of all with whom he pas
sed business relations. That he will
bring to his new duties the same
scrupulous care and fidelity with which
he handled the money orders of that
office, or that he passed from his caisson
the called-for time fuses at the sharp
encounter at Gettysburg, all who know
him feel well assured. Mr.. M. is q
brother of Mrs. F. B. Hitchcock, of
West Msnkato, and ofMrs. L. ]. Archi-
bald, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Pos.
sessed of thorough Business College
education, we have no apprehensions
that the sharp requirements of civil
service reform will find him wanting
or that his integrity will ever be ques-
toned.
In another column will be found q
letter from Mr.. J. A. Willard, explain.
ing his connection, or more properly
speaking, his non-connection with the
t bill passed by the last legislature
changing the charter of the Cannon
1 Valley road. 1t is nonsense for anyone
T to endeavor to saddle upon Mr.. vii.
, lard any responsibility in this matter
In the first place Wr. w. is altogether
3 too shrewd and too well versed in the
:. tricks of railroad corporations to be
. caught in any such trap as that laid fol
g our Senator and Representative, and
this fact, coupled with the knowledge
8 that no man in our city Is more desir
4 GUS of securing additional railways, and
: no one who has done more, if as much
: to this end, is sufficient for anyone Il
r determine that Mr.. Willard stands en-
Q tirely blameless. Had he been mem
t Der of the legislature from this county
8 the bill would never have been allowed
TO see daylight.