St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-05

Representative Lysander Cook was in Man
kato Saturday.
Mr.. H. B. Knowlton returned Saturday
from Dakota business trip.
The regular meeting of the school board
will be held tomorrow evening.
Mrs. L. P. Hunt returned from the Mime
sofa editorial excursion Sunday evening.
Many Mankato people spent Sunday at the
different lakes in the vicinity Of the city.
The bricklaying on Mr.. G. Lulsdorff's new
brick residence. on Second street, is about
completed.
II. W. Brown returned Saturday morning
from st. Paul, where he had been visitin g
several days
The capital stock of the Mankato Gas
Light company has been increased from
$40, 900 to $50, 900.
Commencing with to-day's issue Of the
Mankato Reeiew Mr.. P. A. Foster prints
series Of free trade arguments.
Sunday was an extraordinary cool day for
this season of the year, the thermometer
ranging about sixty throughout the day.
George Coleman was run in Saturday night
for imbibing too freely, but Judge Porter
suspended sentence on the man, who prom
ised to reform.
Of the four teachers elected by the board
of education, Saturday evening, Misses
Smith and McBroom are graduates of the
normal class of 'S4.
A party was before police court Saturday,
ohio wifi hot
terry upon another. He was put under $500
bonds to keep the peace.
Tomorrow is the regular salesday of the
Mankato Dairy and Produce exchange. Re-
member that the call board opens at II a. m.
instead OF p. m. as formerly.
A chap, calling himself Lannie McAfee,
gave exhibitions of his skill with the billiard
cue, at the Clifton house billiard hall, Fri
day and Saturday evenings, and then passed
around the hat
II. G. Barrett's circus and menagere will
show here August %. This circus travels by
rail, and will be the first show travelling by
rail that has visited Mankato for two sum-
mers and will probably draw large crowd.
Arrangements have been made whereby
the entire Minnesota interests Of W. B.
Straight s. Co., and will pay all liabilities Of
that firm contracted in their Minnesota bust
ness transaction.
L. G. NJ. Fletcher estimates that his wheat
which he is now harvesting will average
twenty-five acres to the bushel, and that the
present yield is the best ever matured in
Minnesota He con siders the wheat Of tho
other farmers in his vicinity equally good
and that his own is not an exception.
A voter of Mankato states that Of twenty
Irish-Americans he has spoken to as to their
presidential preferences not one was in
favor of Blaine. 1t seems that the most of
the talk of the Irish detection from the Dem
ocratic candidates originates in the Repub-
lican organs and not from the voters them
selves.
A meeting of the board of education was
held Saturday evening and elected the follow
ing teachers: w. L. Comstock, principal
Franklin school; Miss Minnie L. Smith,
second grade Franklin school; J. II. Van
dervoort, grammar school, Union building;
Miss Martha j. McBroom, assistant fourth,
fifth and sixth grades, Union school.
The regular monthly meeting of the Man
kato Building and Loan association was held
at the office of Mr.. Noe Saturday evening
Applications for loans on twenty-four shares
were received and $1,000 loaned. The res
ignation of w. F. Gorrie and j. A. Samborn
as directors were received and accepted.
These vacancies will be filled at the meeting
of the directors tomorrow evening.