The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-09-19
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Political stir is still.
-Iuns yum, the pumpkin pie.
Wei had our regular Sabbath rail-
last Sunday.
-Jaresville is agitated by a st. Johr
Organization.
Tho Swede College at st. Peter ha.
a large attendance.
-DonN overlook c. II. Austin 6
Sons locils this week.
County Treasurer Jones was slight
ly i'll during the week.
ALI Of our merchants are laying in
their fall stock of goods.
; The stone work on the new
Catholic church is finished.
Get mp your wood pile before
Boreas jogs Your attention.
-Millers say that the price Of wheat
is bound to decline more yet.
The roads in the country were left
in bad condition by the rains.
The Democratic county convention
will be held in this city next Tuesday,
Rev. ". w. Saterlee will discourse
on prohibition at the NJ. E. church to-
night.
Porter & Pfeffer have a platform
spring wagon for sale or trade. See
local.
Rev. Mr.. Cornish preached at the
NJ. E. church last Sunday morning and
evening.
j. r. Thomas has new arrival al
his house in the person Of a seven
pound girl.
Wheat does not come in abundant
ly. Farmers are busy, and 10th to sell
at the low prices.
We are informed that the family OF
Lars Seaversen, in Medo township, has
the typhoid fever.
The Southern Minnesota Live Stock
and Fair Association are issuing neat
premium catalogue.
This has been an off week in
police court, and everything is quite
within poll limits.
w. ]. ~ idley, ofthe steam laundry
runs a deli y wagon in connection
with his est lishment.
The st. Inns Episcopal Church
and Aid SOCIETY met with Mrs. B. d.
Pay Yesterday afternoon.
Rev. Dunn spoke on prohibition at
the Christian church in this city Tues
day evening TO a fair house.
1t is reported that fields have been
30 softened by the rains that moving
threshers is a iaborious task.
We will soon hear of the usual
losses by prairie fire. Let precautions
be taken while yet there is time.
The floor of the Opera roller rink
will be relaid, and the interior of that
resort neatly painted.
The c. & n. Ry. company are max.
ing important improvements in the
track in the vicinity of the stone quar-
ries.
Don't fail to peruse W. A. Webb's
new and enlarged adj. in this issue. 1t
is chuck full Of information for the
ladies.
These are "dog days" in Waseca.
Twenty-eight of the yelping specie
were poisoned in that city in one night
last week.
The North Star Plow Works has
passed to the sole proprietorship Of ],
Borden, he having purchased Mr..
Dauber's interest.
The fire department was summon.
ed to duty by the electric service Tues
day evening, caused by the burning Of
a barn in lower town.
"A man at Window, Mimi, had the
misfortune to become entangled in the
gearing of horse power and received
injuries from which he died.
The gas mains of the city are being
extended along Second street, and soon
the inhabitants on that avenue will en-
Joy the lustre of the inorganic element
The Southern Minnesota Live
Stock and Fair Association has post.
poned its fair until October 8, 9, 10 and
IL. See another column for further
particulars.
F. w. Gebser, of Sleepy Eye, COM
mitted suicide last Friday, by taking
chloroform. Excessive drinking and
domestic trouble are assigned as mo-
tives TO the act.
Sorghum making is fully inaugur.
ated, and we are almost jealous of the
country people when we think Of the
"tafiy pulls" and mutual skimmings
they are enjoying.
Another Mankato man, n. Seaver-
son, had a fall from building at New
Ulm, this week, but being caught by
some intervening structures he receiv'
ed no serious injury.
The price Of flax seed is on the
rise, while that of wheat is declining.
A little competition between buyers o.
the former commodity is what gives
the market healthy tone.
The ladies Of the Baptist church
will give an oyster supper next Wednes
day evening. AS this is to be the frs
oyster supper of the season the ladies
will surely meet with good patronage
The ladies of the English speaking
Catholic church are hard at work pre-
pairing for their fair which will occur
sometime during the autumn. If there
be any virtue in earnest effort they
will succeed.
The Jackson Republic says tina
Stark's cooper shop has turned on
over 5000 butter tubs. 1t will be re
membered that Mr.. Stark wen
from this city last spring to engage il
that business there.
"A man was in the city last weel
exhibiting devise for manufacturing
drain tile upon the spur of the moment
1t is a simple machine, and will surel.
be profitable bit of mechanism, if tn
tile made are Of desirable quality.