The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-01-04

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, the grand affairs Of the season.
AT the regular meeting OF the CT,
Council held last evening Judge Brow
was elected city attorney to all the "
cancy occasioned by the death OF Ho
J. 4. Wiswell.
lie Sueur young ladies inaugurats
the New Year by calling upon the ge.
tlcman. The same rule was followe
IN several other places, and was decit
edly appropriate for the opening OF lea
year.
We learn from an exchange that J
X. Moore Of the st. Peter Tribun
with another gentleman from his cit
are erecting block of costly building
in Minneapolis. So much for . news
paper man.
A little child by the name of Ed
ward Christian Thomas Nicholson d,et
recently in neighboring county. ant
such an untimely death is not to b,
wondered at when it was compelled I
carry such name.
BY notice elsewhere, il will be OBJ
served that the firm Of Forster s. Flach
seminar have dissolved partnership. Mr.
Forster will continue the business. What
Mr.. Flachsenhar intends engaging in is
yet undetermined, but that he will
not leave Mankato is assured.
Miss Matte Lambert, principal OF
the Pleasant Grove School. who fol
several weeks has been confined to hel
room from the effects of severe attack
ofhemorrhage of the stomach, is, We are
pleased to note. improving. although il
will be s1me time before she will be
able to resume her position in the
schools.
The Northwestern Division of the
Erie Telephone Company has issued a
neat pa implicit giving names and mem.
bers Of subscribers in the different
cities in Minnesota. By reference to il
we find that Mankato is the third city
In the State in the number of patrons Of
the company, st. Paul and Minneapolis
alone going ahead of her.
Cloth peddlers, patent men and
dealers In numerous small articles are
being heard from at different points
throughout the county. Farmers
should be on quad against signing any
paper, as they are frequently solicited
to do by these vendors. Such moves
often prove disastrous in a financial
way.
Rev. Richmond, rector OF the Epis.
copal church in Sioux City, Iowa, form
erly of this city received substantial
Christmas present from the numbers OF
his congregation. A handsome pipe
and package purporting to contain
German Senator" smoking tobacco
was placed where he would see it, &C.
companied by the suggestive line, take
a smoke" Judge Of his surprise when
opening the package to ill his pipe he
found it to contain seventy-five gold
dollars.
The st. Peter Tribaa. reporter wal
in the city last week, and saw through {
glass clearly when he gained the follow
ing idea of our town. "The business
men of that place started into boom
the town and put their cash into tn,
movements and of course they are sue
ceeding. They are united and al
working Tor the good of the place
Several new manufacturing enterprise
are to he started there in the near future
besides two or more wholesale estab.
lishments."
New Years day passed of most en-
joyably in this city. Business va
generally suspended, and all seem.
ed intent in deriving full enjoymen
from the day. The large number o
gentlemen who made the rounds repre-
scented but small proportion of thos'
who observed the day, others visiting
friends, or taking advantage of the 6n'
sleighing. Good humor prevailed, ane
it may will be said it was most suspic
iOus opening of the year 10 which Man
kato expects SO much in the way Of gen
eral advancement.
AT the regular meeting OF the
Knights of Honor, held last Sat urds,
evening, the following officers wer,
chosen for the ensuing year: D., Geo
II. Clark; V.D., S.W Burgess; A. D.. A
Madison; Guide, J. Z. Reinke; Chap
lain, Geo. c. Pollock; Reporter, H. 8
Wood; f. r., C. A. Samborn; Treas.
T. Scattergood; Guardian, p. Meyer
Sentinel, F.. wilkins: Trustees, d. B
Owen, Joshua Wigley, and NJ. Roblee
Representative to Grand Lodge, II. s
Wood: Alternate, II. p. Jensen. Crane
Dictator, l.. A. Gerrish will be present
and conduct the installation cere monte
TO morrow evening.
Last Monday morning the new
passed hurriedly along the street tina
Uncle b. W. Stannard had droppe,
dead while saving wood at the resi-
dence of Mr.. J. Flachsenhar. While O
work he was seen to tall over, and hel
being near at hand, he was carried int
the house, medical assistance was called
but nothing could be done, death hav
ing been immediate. Mr.. Stanard we
one of our oldest citizens, having lived
this country since 1855, and was at tn
time Of his death Is years old. He ha
Q gentle and obliglng disposition, an
held the good Will of all who kne
him.