St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-12
Special Reports from the GLOBE Mankato ofic'
January II.
MGltknfO Dots.

Saturday was another beautiful day.
Nothing before the municipal court Satur-
day.
Pure wines and liquors for family use at D.
Althof & Co.
Mr.. s. T. Barnes, of Minnesota lake, was
in Mankato Saturday.
London punch for sale at D. Althof s. Co.,
wholesale liquor dealers.
W. W. z. Mcconnell, Esq. left Friday
evening on visit to Kansas, where his wife
is at present
F. D. Underwood, Esq, of the Chicago,
Milwaukee d st. Paul railroad, was in the
city Saturday on railroad business.
For the best bread use Hubbard & Co.'S Supur
ative flour. 1t has few equals and no superior.*
turkey race is advertised for Wednesday
night at the city skating pavilion. This will
be something entirely new and will be very
amusing.
"Foied," will be rendered at the Opera
house next Tuesday by the St. Peter Ora
matte club. Those who have seen this played
pronounce it q good drama, and that this
club render it well.
Mission Ridge lodge, I. o. G. T., held their
regular meeting Friday evening at the hall,
and were visited by about fifteen members of
Eagle Lake lodge, No. 1862, and from men,
bers of a number Of other lodges in the
county.
At the Mankato roller rink Saturday night
contest between Rob. Bell on bicycle and
Frank Severance on skates, drew a good
audience. After skating two miles the latter
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the two miles in seven and one-half minutes.
The Normal Literary society held its reg
ular meeting Friday evening at Normal hall,
and the literary exercises presented
were very entertaining. Commencing
with the meeting last Friday an admittance
fee of ten cents to non members will be
charged.
The famous Georgia Ministries are billed
for next Thursday evening at the Opera
house. This company consists of twenty ia
nous colored artists who are now on trip
through the principal cities of the west.
They give jubilee songs, clog dances and in
terludes till you can't rest. Admission, 25,
so and rs cents.
Instead of last Saturday night, as an
nounced in the GLOBE of that date, the FIVE
mile race on rollers at the city skating pa
vilion will occur the coming Saturday even
ing, for badge put up by the management.
E. Z. Jefferson, Harry Barron and Ed. Good
win will be three of the contestants, and
possibly one more will enter.
A meeting of the directors of the Mankato
Cattle company was held at the office of
Thomas d Washburn, Saturday afternoon,
and the accounts, ETC., examined and the
condition OF the com pany found to be -four
ishing. From all reports from Montana the
cattle are in good condition and not suffering
from disagreeable weather.
The salary of DR.. f. j. Davis, county ply
scian for the First district, was increased
by the board of county commissioners, from
$500 to s400. The work of the physician for
the first district has been made so much
greater in the past few years that it was
deemed advisable TO increase the salary 500
per year. The salaries Of the other ply
sicians were fixed as follows: DR.. A. C.
Smith, Second district, $40; DR.. w. r. Cul-
len, Third district SIS; DR.. o. Ii. McMi
chaei, Fourth district, $50; DR.. Ira Bishop,
Fifth district, $50; DR.. E. b. Haynes, Sixth
district, $50.
luc COUNTY coll uIcb TUE utle-
CATION Of citizens who wished TO confer with
them in relation to the proposed new court
house, and the petitioning the legislature
to pass bill to permit the
county TO issue bonds for. the payment.
under the present laws the county cannot
issue bonds for more than $4,000 at one
time, and the desire is TO make the amount
sufficiently large to enable the county 10 issue
bonds. No definite understanding was
reached, but the chairman of the board was
authorized by unanimous vote to write to
tue different Blue Earth county members Of
the legislature requesting them TO favor the
passing OF the required legislation.