The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-11-14
HOME JoTTINGs.
is very quiet.

business is very quiet.
See notice of pocket book lost.
This is the day of storm doors.
Indian summer crawls into the LAP
of winter.
See notice of dress and cloak max.
ing in our locals to-day.
The receipts of the late Catholic
fair am ounted to $500.
The track laying of the Cannon
Valley road is about completed.
The Ladies Relief society Melted
$l2l at their charity ball last Friday
night.
The First National Bank has added
large coal base burner to their office
comforts.
Robert Bell and R. F. Billings rode
to St. Peter and back, on their bicycles
last Tuesday
sheriff Monks has appointed J. w.
Vincent of Garden City to the vacant
deputyship.
Mr.. V. B. Seward, formerly of this
city, has been elected county attorney
ofLyon county.
-Chas. Marsh bought during the
last week, 100000 slaves for use in
his butter tub factory.
The winter term of the Normal
school commenced last Tuesday, with
an increased attendance.
"A valuable bit of improving the
gutter at the corner of Front and Cher
~ streets has been done this week.
See notice of the Abbie Darlington
Opera Company which will he at the
Grand next Thursday evening.
Next Sunday Rev. H. A. Bushnell
will preach his first annual sermon at
the Congregational church. His line
of thought will be retrospective. in the
man.
Mr.. ii. q. Thoms has established a
branch barber shop on North Front
street, next door to Wagon Bros.
old meat market.
The new roller Kinks have both
taken complete form exteriorally,
and the interior work is being pushed
to completion with all possible en-
terprise.
In adopting name for the new
Catholic church the name st. John
was selected by majority vote. The
title, Sacred Heart Of Jesus, was next
in popularity.
The Southern Minnesota Live
Stock and Fair association, hold meet
ing at the city hall this afternoon, at
which the premiums awarded at the
late fair will be paid.
Mr.. F. q. Heinze has done a ma
terial amount ofimproving In his build
ing on South Front street, and to-day
is putting in a new glass front His
bakery will soon be moved thereto.
This issue contains our regular
Washington letter, which is highly in
teresting reading just at the present
time, touching as it does upon facts in
cident to the possible change of admin
istrations.
The new rink on Cherry street is
nearly enclosed, and few days more
will bring it to a complete form. This,
and Mrs. Bentley's rink on Jackson
street, give substantial appearance to
that block.
Let's see. Peter McGrath was a
candidate for the legislature on the
Democratic ticket. But he got left. 1t
is the old story over and over again.
No Irish need apply, is the Democratic
proclamation.
Rose d Noe report the sale by
them of 10 acres in section 81 of RapI-
dan to Carl A. Blume from Mann d
Merriam, for 500; also so acres in Ely
sian, LeSueur county, to Matthew
Gravley for 500.
See notice of the opening of the
Mankato Roller rink. Mrs. Bentley is
in the city and is arranging for this
event herself. She is a pleasant, enter
prising lady and will try to give her
rink frst-class standing.
There are quite number Of good
Democrats in Mankato who believe it
would be much better to wait until
victory is assured before painting the
town red. 1t looks a trihe like this
view Of the matter is more in keeping
with good common sense.
The ladies of the Relief Society re-
quest us to return thanks through THE
FREE Press TO all who aided them in
making their charity ball success.
Especially do they wish to thank Mr.
Zimmerman for so generously donat
ing Union Hall, and the Mankato Gas
hight company for lighting it.
Hon. {. q. Spaulding, w. n
Plymat. and J. f. Brown of Mapleton
are the committee appointed to work uI
the agricultural convention and fai
announced to take place in that village
soon. No better heads and hand
could be found to do the work, and j
is not saying too much to remark tina
success is already assured.
"A call for the meeting of the Crane
Lodge l. o. G. T. of Minnesota, in thi
city, Nov. Goth and Dist, is out, an,
subordinate lodges throughout TIN
state are invited to send representa-
tives. There will be an attempt mad
to organize district lodge at thi
meeting, therefore large attendanc
from this portion of the state is desired
"A good Democrat from the coun
try was in our office yesterday and ex
pressed great satisfaction at the poss
bility of Clcveland's election. He sal
Cleveland owed him twenty-five cents
and in questioning the aforesaid Den
Ocrat little further he divulged to U
something that the campaign literatur
has neglected. 1t was that Clevelan
twenty-five years ago ran passenge
train into Milwaukee, officiating as col
ductor.