The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-06-05

J election of officers and arranging for an.
, other fair. Members please bear it in
mind and attend.
Gen. Pope informs us that arrange.
ments have been made through which q
sleeper will be attached to the train al
this city for the accommodation of sol.
diers going TO the national encampment
at Portland, Maine, this month. 1t will
run through to Portland without change.
ED. Geo. Il. Starr, of Chicago, will
attend the 5. ID. A. camp meeting here.
He will give Instructions in canvassing,
colporteur work and giving Bible read
ings. Ed. Starr is superintendent of
the Chicago city mission of this denomi-
practical instructor.
Little Marchie and Libbie Putnam,
the little twin sisters, will appear with
the Boston Double Uncle Toms Cabin,
this and to morrow evenings. These
children are but seven years old and
look SO nearly alike, one cannot be dis
tinguished from the other. One plays
the part of little Harry, the other that of
Eva.
The Sabbath school institute at Win
nebagO Agency last Sunday was COM
plete success. The attendance was very
large and the programme was well car
ried out. The school at the village re-
ceived many compliments for their
work, and proficiency in singing The
people there feel very grateful to all
those from abroad who were present
and assisted.
AT the council meeting last night
the Rerie,o was made the official city pa
per, while the job printing was awarded
The FREE Press. This was q just divis-
ion and one that will save money to the
city. The Reriew was considerably the
lowest on its bid for the publication of
ordinances, etc, while The FREE Press
was from % TO 100 per cent the lowest
on job printing. Evidently our city
dads believe in strict economy.
"A meeting of the executive commit
tee Of the Blue Earth county Agricultur-
al Society was held in Garden City on
the 30th of May. Richard Houk, of
Good Thunder, was elected President in |
place orc. NJ. Green, resigned Peter
McGrath, of Lyra, was elected Vice
President from the 9TH commissioner |
district to take the place of Mr. Houk. |
The meeting was well attended and the
officers seemed To think the prospects
bright for a successful fair this fall. The |
committee meets again on the second |
Saturday of July.
VIM. Webb, Esq, census enumera-
tor for Sterling, has returned his census
sheets to the Auditor and the summary
shows that the town contains 1877 fami-
lies, comprising 800 males and 34l fe-
males. There are l57 foreign born and |
5S3 native born. The oldest person is
VIM. S. Grover, aged So years. The
number between so and 80 years old 7;
between 20 and so, o; 60 and 20, %;
so and CO. 81; 40 and 80, 60; 80 and 40, 81
age of 10 years, 1872. Sterling is one of
the best towns in the county and con-
tains no village.
The editor Of the Rerie,V, who two
years ago exhibited such great feelings in
behalf of old soldiers seeking appoint
ment to the Mankato post office, seems
to utterly ignore their claims under |
a Democratic administration. At that |
time, however, he did not happen to be
an aspirant for the Office himself, which |
fact may account for his love for the |
soldier then, and the fact that he is an
aspirant and applicant nor may account |
for his change Of front. Some two
months ago, Major Geo. a. Clarke for
warded petition TO the department,
strongly endorsed by a large number of
our best citizens and a host of ex-sol- |
dicrs, asking the President 20 appoint
the Major whenever there should be q |
change in the postinastership. Wise,
supposng no doubt, that he had a
mortgage upon the administration which
he could foreclose upon the Mankato
postofiice at his own sweet will, laid low
until last Friday and Saturday, at which
time he was flying around like hen
with its head cut off, getting signers to a
petition begging his appointment. No
doubt the RepieV man received informa-
ton from some quarter, indicating to
him that Mr.. Clarke's petition would
not be ignored at the fountain head, and
that unless he bestirred himself he
would lose the prize he 80 much covets. |
Of all the Democrats in the city of Man
kato, with any prominence whatever,
Jno. G.. Wise is unquestionably the most
obnoxious TO the mass Of the people,
and his selection to the postmastership
here when there shall be change, will
reflect neither credit nor discreetness
upon the appointing power. If, as it
has been heralded through the news
papers, that the present postmaster is to
be decapitated before the expiration Of
his commissi on upon the plea of "oiien-
sive partisanship," certain it is that it
would be the height of inconsistency to
surplant him with man whose record
is the peer of any man in Minnesota for
Offensive partisanship" and the lowest
OF ward methods in politics. With a
Republican Senate, composed of ma
iority of men who believe in civil service,
the promotion of official integrity, and
the publication of politics, il is no way
likely that such a man would receive
confirmation. Besides this, Mr.. Cleve-
land has very warm side for old SOL
diers, whom Wise has made it so con-
venient to discard and ignore at this
time, and il is not unlikely Major
Clarke may receive appointment to the
position for which he has much
stronger endorsement than the Repiew
man can possibly scrape up.