The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06
See NJ. O. Sundt's locals.

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: The Andrews Opera Company wi
- perform at Wells this, and to.morro'
T. evening.
Is The United Brethren denominatio
10 at Alma City will erect parsonage /
y the spring.
y A Baptist Swedish minister held sei
8 vices in the Baptist church, this city
Al last evening.
i j. G. Roller will pay $l.15 for timo
It thy seed if brought soon, also want
: clover seed and barley.
-Whooping cough is reported to b,
quite prevalent among children through
out the county.
A spirited game of Polo was played
/. at the Mankato rink last evening, which
l. drew large attendance.
Parties buying -four and feed cal
buy at from to cents cheaper of ]. G
l. Roller. Delivered free.
b. Wood men have met with much diff
. ficulty in hauling that commodity thil
week, on account of the softenlng of the
=. roads.
Lewis Cornwell, who attempted sui.
, eide in this city short time ago, is al
his sisters in Belgrade vet, and Is recov.
ering rapidly.
The Andrews Opera Co. left on the
Hoo o'clock train Wednesday for Blue
Earth City, where they will commence
their first tour.
Blue Earth county gets a s., 500 APP
preparation from the state for bridge
purposes. This is above the average of
other counties.
With the advent of warm weather
will come the tramp, organgrinder, PEN
ny jeweler. street humbug, and a gen.
eral train Of deliberations.
Revival meetings are being held in
the school house in Medic township
known as the County line school
house" and are largely attended.
The Hook and Ladder Company of
this city has received beautiful new
ladder truck, which arrived on Monday
and can be reviewed at the City Hall.
H. Sutherland, boot and shoe dealer,
who was located IN the First National
Bank building several months through
the winter, moved his stock to Winona
last Monday.
Our readers IN CORTLAND and vicini-
ty will be pleased to hear that the legis-
lature passed measure establishing a
fairy acrOsS tho N;nnaoota ,;,,o. Z, Al
town of Cambria.
The citizens of Winnebago Agency
and vicinity will give donation for the
benefit of the Congregational pastor on
Thursday evening of next week. A
good time is promised.
"A little daughter of J. Morrison fell
at the Pleasant Grove school last Friday
and sustained a severe dislocation
Of one Of her ankles, which will hold
her to the house for some time.
We are informed that an unusually
busy season is anticipated at Madison
Lake. There will be building boom at
the new village, and much improvement
in pleasure facilities at the Lake.
Monday morning at about nine
o'clock the dwelling house of John Ber-
gren, in Dukes addition. near the
Franklin school, was burned with all its |
contents. The husband was away, and |
the wife had stepped out to a neighbours,
hence not all article was saved from the |
building. 1t is thought the fire caught
from the stove pipe, which ran through
the roof. There is no insurance, and |
the family are destitute.
1t is with pleasure that we announce
that the Hook and Ladder company of
this city will celebrate their 25th ami
versaly with grand ball on April 9Th.
The boys are endeavoring to make this
the peer of all previous celebrations in
point of elaboration, and are sparing no
means TO produce that result. This is
the oldest fire organization in the city
and they served the populace we'll in
early times when none ether existed,
hence they are every way worthy hber-
al patronage on this occasion.
MIR. Geo. j. Lidgerwood, the gentle
manly travelling salesman for this Sec
ton Of Indexes, Warner & Schumeier,
of st. Paul, spent Sunday in the city.
We are pleased to note that Mr.. L. is
meeting with large sales, and from the
fact that he represents the largest and
most reliable dry goods and notion job
bling house in the northwest, his success
is deserved. George has the territory
lying along the Sioux City road from 81.
Paul to Omaha, and Mankato being one
of his regular points, our merchants will
consult their own interests by perusing
his stock of samples.
AT joint meeting Tuesday evening
of the fire committees from the council
and fire department, it was unanimous
ly agreed to recommend to the city
council the propnety of purchasing O
much larger bell than is now used in the
tower Of City Hall, and to place the old
bell at the service Of the Hook and Lad
der Company in West Mankato. 1t is q
fact which has been several times
demonstrated. that the sounding capaci-
ty of the bell in use Is entirely insuffici-
ent for fire purposes, and il would seem
very proper that the council take steps
TO supply the city with bell of sufficient
strength to sound alarms that may be
distinctly heard all over the city.
Superintendent Widell, of the new
stone quarry being opened upon Mr..
d. r. Brooks farm by Minneapolis par
ties, called upon us Tuesday and states
that thew are working the new field
with vim. They have a strong force
of men at work, and several hundred
yards of stone out already. They will
construct side track from the Omaha
road into the quarry at once, and
they have erected a large boarding
house and blacksmith shop on the
grounds. Mr.. Widell says that the ledge
proves much more valuable than was at
first anticipated. Stons can be got from
3 inches to three feet in thickness and
that of the best quality. The ledge is
about twenty feet deep where they are
at work now.
"A number of hand to hand indecent
and bully-rag serimmages have occurred
in this city within fortnight, which
clearly demonstrates the difference be-
tween properly conducted saloon and
holes or dives, passing under that name
with the same privileges of those who
nav some attention to law and order in