The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-05-15

| -verdure of every kind Is springin
upward remarkably. the birds are tril
ing their summer lays, people begin t
mediate on summer raiment, the war;
Evening zephyrs fan us, the soft, pal
moonlight falls silently DER nights still
ness, the insects chirp and cadences
the frog divert the ear lat midnight
holy hour; hence about all we lack Q
summer complete IL an elaborate dis
play of circus bills.
The Review forestates the decision Q
the committee on city printing thi
week, and asserts that 1t viii be the Off
cial paper for the ensuing year. Tn
real facts in the case are that with tn
exception of the printing of ordinance
and the miscellaneous advertising tn,
bids of THE FREE Press are 20 to 100 pc
cent lower than those of the Review
hence the statement Is a little premature
Mayor Barr has retained each mem
Der of the old police force located as for
merly. Mr.. VIM. Jones has been ap
pointed as special In accordance will
the action of the council last Friday
night. The service IL good one as Il
demonstrated by the manner in which
order and the observance Of law hai
been enforced during the year just past
and the Mayor has insured good govern
ment for another twelve months.
The tier of old weather beaten struc'
lures on Front street between the City
Bank and Meagher's new block, should
be wiped out of existence ere long, 70
be succeeded by larger and better build
ings. 1t Is a good business site, and now
that Mr.. Patterson will commence the
good work we trust that it will be ar.
ranged 30 that others can follow his ex.
ample, and In little time this will be q
solid business centre.
Our readers will find matter Of con-
siderable value to themselves in to-day's
paper by perusing the advertising col
umns. We had hoped to issue supple.
ment, because Of the heavy encroach-
ment upon our reading columns, but an
unusual amount of job work, and the ILL
ness of our foreman Caused probably
from the paternal relations assumed
Sunday morning) has prevented us from
doing 30. We shall endeavor to make
the deficit good next week.
Pedestrians and others had a laugh
able sell worked upon them Wednesday
afternoon through an unnecessary police
call from Second street, bewteen Main
and Mulberry. The police headed by
their noble chief fastened to the scene,
with hundred or more curiously in.
clined citizens from within radius Of
several blocks bringing up the rear, only
to find that respectable old citizen had
lost his Meerschaum pipe and wanted
the police to find it.
Another substantial business house
will be erected and occupied in Mankato
before another three months transpire.
Jno. F. Meagher has arranged to build
two story brick building so feet deep,
Collins & Co.'S drug store on
the north, and has already contracted
with o. r. Mather to do the excavating
and stone work. The new structure has
been leased for term of three years to
Morris j. Einstein of Chicago, who will
occupy II about the first Of September as
q clothing house.
What they think of "B!ue and Gray"
at Austin:
The realistic war drama, "Blue and
Gray" given at the Roller Skating Rink,
Tuesdays, Wednesday and Friday eve
nings of last week, under the auspices of
MCINTYRE Post No. SO, G. A. R., by the
amateur talent of this city, c. H. Cobb of
Rockford, ILL.,, manager, was one OF the
most successful entertainments ever pre-
scented to an Austin audience. While
the talent secured for the cast Of charac-
tiers was first-class, and under the careful
training and skillful handling of Mr..
Cobb, performed with great credit to
and the complete satisfaction
of their audience.-Austin Register.
Madame Janauschek, with her ex-
cellent company, appeared at the Opera
House on Saturday evening, and was
greeted by good audience. Traces Of
superior talent could be noticed in her
acting, but the play, "My Life" IL 30
extremely void of tragic or dramatic
tone, that there was no opportunity for
the great actress TO display her powers
satisfactorily. The support 10 excellent,
and the sentimental and humorous are
well blended in the play, and were
brought out admirably.
The store one door north of the
First National bank has been leased by
parties from Lynn, Mass. They propose
to fit it elegantly in modern style, and
will, about June first, open large and
excellent stock of boots and shoes. We
understand these parties have business
connections with two Of the largest man.
ufacturing concerns in New England,
and they propose to give us shoe store
surprising anything in the southern part
of the state. They say all their goods
will come direct from manufacturers with
no iobber between them and their Gus
toners,
1t is convenient for the pugilistically
inclined to reside near the confines of
another county when their ire is up, as
was demonstrated yesterday by two Of
Mankato's citizens of this specie. The
spirit moved during the forenoon, and
one of them challenged the other to 60
over the bridge for genuine Queens.
bury combat. The challenger secured a
small rock for weapon, and proceeded
to knock his opponent out of the ring,
but the other would not submit to this,
Fand made his. assailant lay to Ito the
EARTH and after a generous tapping OF
each others vensous system the one who
proposed the conflict declared himself
Hors de Combat, and the affair was ad.
journed sine die. r..
Extensive preparations for the OBJ
servance Of Decoration day. In this city
are we'll under. way. The committee In
charge have formed several sub-commit
tees to which are assigned special feat
ures of the work, and the programme II
partly outlined. In brief it Is as follows
The work of decorating the graves vii
be accomplished in the forenoon, by
Wilkin Post in q body or by committees
t6erefrom. The parade will take placl
in the afternoon and will be on an elab
crate scale. All the different Organise
tons and societies in the city, POST
throughout the county. bands, ETC., have
been invited to join. The exercises vii