St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-22
Special Reports from the GLOBE Mankato Off
August 90.
MankGto Dots.

Gen, Baker and his Cleveland hat were In
Mankato day.
No new flax has yet been marketed, but the
crop is reported to be good.
Grille Williams goes next week to LIE Roy
Mower county, to build new bridge.
Mr. Loidoo Longini returned to-day from three
weeks "Trip to the east, much improved in health.
The price of wheat has dropped peg. Old
crop brings SO CENTS and new crop is cents for
No. l.
The Cleveland and Hendricks phalanx meets
this Friday evening. Several short but pithy
speeches may be expected.
The infant child of Mrs. Keller was buried
today. 1t was always delicate, and death was
caused by cholera infantum.
Prof. E. Soaring has been engaged to deliver
an address at the county fair, on the 18th of Sep
TENDER. 1t will be good one.
President Diamond went to Garden City this
morning, to arrange for building number of
cattle stalls on the fair grounds.
'sChicago is all for Cleveland is the way
levelheaded business man puts it, and we i'm
agine that he is about half right.
The members of Mission Lodge, Good Tenn
plars, are arranging for q reunion and picnic on
! the 27th, to which large delegations from neigh
boring lodges are expected
A steam laundry is among the probabilities of
the fall We have Chinese laundries and Yankee
ones, but a steam laundry is the aim Of our
fondest hopes and aspirations.
Mr.. C. r. Mather has been awarded the con-
tract for brick work on the new Catholic church
being built at Minnesota Lake. The mill be a
frame veneer, requiring about 10000 brick.
The Omaha road will sell round trip tickets to
the Minneapolis exposition Sept. list to 9th, at
So. So Also tickets to all points on their road
| to Alankato races at one and fifth fare for
round trip.
The p. p. Of Thursday again played its little
game of emitting neighborhood news from part
of its edition. Those papers that came by mail
contained no Mankato news, while those de-
livered through the agency had the accustomed
mentions.
Mankato Cement works make a. standing offer
that the tests making, and which are ver-
fied cannot be equaed by the cement of any
other works in the United States. The boys
climb high, and the beauty is that they will make
good their offer.
The receiveri in the Samborn estate has closed
out the entire stock. 1t was invoiced in Sam
burns statement to the court at 81, 653.65. The
sales realized about $4,15O. There were some
unstable goods, or rather goods hard to realize
on, and the sale is good one.
Thirty nine horses have already been entered
for next weeks races. All are in prime con-
dition and some good time may be expected. All
the races but the three and four yearold classes
have filed. Some horses are entered in two
races. and the total entries number As Van
Armor is among them.
The city fathers, on Monday night, voted to
attend the water works exhibit at Farbault on
Tuesday, but owing to the heavy rain which
took place between the hours of so voting and of
starting, only a minority of the council accepted
the invitation. They good eaters and good
drnkers-of water, and viii certainly maintain
the good reputation Of our city in these several
particulars.
A petition signed by about forty or fifty old
soldiers sent to Congressman Wakefield
asking in case the deputy collectorship at Man.
kato is re-establshed that he use his influence to
secure the appointment of an old soldier. There
is no probability that the office will be re-estab-
lished but the petition indicates the views of
the old veterans. 1t is full time that that ele-
ment was recognized in this district.
Mankato is happy over the victory of the Cres
cent base ballists at Farbault where they de-
feated their contestants in a score of 10 to 5.
We have dozen or more other clubs, just pant
ing to exhibit their skill and win imperishable
honors We have the s.Red Caps ''White
Stockings ssMankato,'' s'Sun Risers,'' s'Paci
ncs, - Time Keepers, ''Rough and Readies,"
"ked Stars ''West Enders'' and a few more
waiting to find suitable names.
A level headed Democrat mentions Mr.. p. A.
Foster, as a suitable gentlemen for the Demo-
cratic congressional nomination in this district
He is,a pronounced tariff reformer and anti
monopost, and aseries of articles which he is
writing for the Re0isU in favor of free trade and
against protection attracting much attention,
because of the marked ability with which he
handles the subject. MIR. Foster might not be
elected, but he would make very respectable
candidate. He is young man OF ability, and
will make his mark in our states history.
Thomas Burns, who designates Rochester, n.
Y, as his birthplace took advantage of the short
interruption in stacking, caused by the rain, to
visit Mankato for the first time on Wednesday.
Not having been tight for two years he thought
he would have grand time, but he underesti-
mated the strength of Mankato whisky, and it was
too much for him. He says he does not know
what he did and it is probably well to remind
him that he did some very foolish things. He
bought half dozen base balls, and then gave
them all away. He bought half dozen cham
oes skins for 81 so from a man who had stole
them from adrug store, and by the time the police
thought he was in fit condition to go into the
cooler, had fooled all away but one His fur
Their trading capital consisted Of 81 80 in money
a half dozen peanuts, dirty handkerchief and
few lesser articles. In tle morning when he
was brought before Judge Porter he was exceed
| ingly meek and gentle, and acknowledging his
ofTense so Thoroughly, and promising not to do so
any more, the price of nights lodging and at
tention was deducted from his capitalist so,
which is the same as all first houses-he was
permitted to go to the country and resume his
| work