The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-22


plimentary notices of The DAILY FREE
Press. We fully appreciate the spirit of
friendliness thus shown.
AT the calico ball last "Wednesday
evening some lady by mistake took
Mrs. J. ]. Thompson's hat, leaving an
other in its place. Mrs. Thompson left
at Geo. L. Brett's store the hat she OBJ
tanned, where an exchange may be
made.
An adjourned meeting of the stock
association will be held at Fireman's
Hall, tomorrow evening, for the pur-
pose of completing the organization,
electing officers and transacting such
other business Us may come before the
meeting. \ full attendance is desired.
The snow blockade stopped all
trains on the Northwestern road from
Monday until Wednesday mo rning, at
which time special went west as far
as st. Peter. No mail WAS received
from the east until "Wednesday eve
ming.
Our reporter last week, in credit
ing the Germania brass band with fur
nishing music for the Dairymen's Ban
quet, erred. 1t was our military band
that generously donated their services
upon this occasion, and they are enti-
tied to praise for the excellence of the
music they produced with their new
and elegant instruments.
&C. &. Washburn Esq, father of our
tOwnsman, J. L. Washburn, sold his
farm of l40 acres in the town of Yer
non, on Monday for 5000. Mr.. Wash
burn will Immediately become Il resi-
dent Of Mankato, and occupy his resi-
dence on State street. He is one of
the Oldest residents of the county, and
Mankato extends to him hearty well
come.
The Champion Cabinet Creamery
is something which every farmer should
have, who wishes to increase the pro-
duct of his dairy and produce fine but
ter. 1t has taken first premium at the
State fairs, in nearly every Western
State and in Canada has met with great
success. The sales have been very
great, showing that it is all that is claim
ed for it as cream raising apparatus.
The farmers of the northern part
of the State are by no means satisfied
with the representations made to them
by the railroad kings and wheat men,
but continue to hold mass meetings to
devise means to relieve themselves of
the heavy burdens placed upon them
by the present system of grading and
buying wheat. Their work is lacking
in immediate results, but We believe
they will eventually g,un their point.
Mr. l.. L. Davis and wife, and Mr..
Geo. +. Barr and wife, of this city, at
tended the tin wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fri Evans at Garden City on Monday
last. The attendance FROM Garden
City and vicinity was large, and most
enjoyable time is reported. The affair
was an entire surprise to Mr.. and Mrs.
Evans, but they proved themselves
equal TO the emergency.
Mr.. Geo. Z. Weaver of this city,
has been appointed general agent for
the Standard Cement Company at Sioux
City, Iowa, and will soon tako his de-
parture for that place, leaving his fam
lily for the present, at least, in Manka-
to. He will handle in addition to Man
kato cement, Hubbard 4 Co.'S -four, j.
r. Beatty's lime, and Mankato stone
and brick. Mr.. Weaver is a pushcr,
and will work up large trade for the
various products he purposes handling.
1t has been rumored that Christen-
sen Bros. would erect this spring fine
brick store building on their lot corner
Front and Jackson streets, to take the
place of their present frame structure.
We have interviewed the gentlemen
in regard to the improvement, and find
that they have not decided to build,
with the probabilities somewhat against
such a move this year. The site is one
of the best in the city, and in the near
future an elegant structure will no doubt
take the place ofthe old one which has
done service for so many years.
When one editor takes it upon
himself to punish another editor for Il
breach of conduct-possibly perver-
sion of facts-as the craft generally are
skilled in the modes of modern war
fare, something is likely to drop. Such
was the case last week at Preston, in
Fillmore county. Judge Bassett of the
Republican became incensed at some
personal remarks of Hotchkiss of the
National Republican, and entered the
latter's sanctum to demand PREPARATION.
The editor was in, also his son and an
assistant. Result: In short time Bas-
sett emerged from that Office with a
broken arm, blackened face, and
three large cuts on the back of his
head. He left behind him young
Hotchkiss nursing bullet wound in
his leg. Such are the amenities of
journalism in Fillmore county.
The following is an extract from a
letter from Johnson Hadfield, Mime
apolis, which was received by the STAN
dard Cement Co.
eve sell four or five cars of cement
per week and desire your lowest prices
for 1884. The writer thinks the cement
is as good if not better than the Louis
vile cement, for have tested it and il
stood strain Of from 80 to 1916 pounds
to the square inch and j suppose a
fresher cement would 90 higher, and
that il all want and we will put il
against any cement i'm the market. /
know what am talking about as was
mason for twenty years, and have
used thousands of barrels in my time. -
i F. n. Merrill, the manager of the &C.
ment works, says he is daily in receipt
of letters of similar import, which dem
onstrates that the claims laid to tho
, products have not been in any way ex
sgserated by the company.