The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-09-25
HOME JOTTINGs.

-Supt. Rogers gives notice of teach
ers' examinations.
Rev. +. NJ. Archer preached the
farewell sermon To his congregation last
sabbath.
-Gentlemen desiring furnished rooms
will find a notice of interest Ia them in
another column.
The Standard Cement Company
have opened an office in Minneapolis
for the sale of Mankato cement.
Rev. l.. J. Shoemaker, of Illinois,
will preach in the Baptist church, tins
city next sunday, morning and evening.
-rHE FREE PRk>s takes pleasure in
introducing lis new Garden City corre-
spondent. lie opens ont with II newsy
letter.
p. 4. Larson and W. T. Marston,
of Lake Crystal, have purchased II.
Humphreys stock of merchandise. 50
says the JHiOH.
Geo. 4. Clarke reports the sale of
lot II, Point Pleasant, Ia Mrs. NJ. J.
Severance The .ot joins John H. Ray =
property Oh the north.
The star Steam Laundry has u change
of local in this issue. Goods left AT Pond
Bros. store or AT Clayton's music parlnrs
will be- called for and delivered.
Last Sabbath morning Rev. q. 4.
Pollock delivered II temperance sermo II
from has pulpit, and IN the evening a
Sabbath school concert MAS held Al his
church
The ladies society of the NJ. f..
church meet ia the basement al the
church next "Wednesday afternoon,
Sept 30th Gentlemen are invited 10
tea AT q p. Ia.
The Lake Crystal Union is authority
for the statement that W. j. Furman
and others have purchased the Touring
mill of Dorsey y Bros. Woodland, four
miles from Amboy.
There will he benefit concert nj the
Baptist church, oct. 9Th. Proceeds To
he given 10 Miss Nina Mead of LuNerne,
Ia help her finish her education for
foreign missionary.
Miner Porter, Esq, having sold his
farm in South Bend, known a. Minneopa
Park, has in company with his son-in-
law, Vim. Pfefier, purchased TIE lie
Fever farm in Belgrade.
A country team, hitched 10 light
spring wagon, made things look lively
on Front street for brief time Monday
by running away, They were stopped
before any damage. WAS done
We have 1t on perfectly reliable an
thority that w. W. Clark, of Minneapo-
liz, who spent his boyhood in Mankato,
will be married this evening at that city,
Ia n Miss Henry, of the same place.
The subject for sunday evening at
the tent, will bc When, and by whom,
the Sabbath was changed" The public
are cordially invited To come and listen
10 the scriptual evidence upon this
question.
The Caxton Library has arrived and
IL ia place al J. III. Chapman's book
store. We believe subscribers will Ice
thoroughly pleased with the books, AS
the library contains some of the best lit
ersture cXtant.
Rev. T. Il. Qnayle, of Mapleton, will
preach "a sermon I" Young men next
Sunday, the 9th inst. The Elder is Ca
pable of giving the Young discourse
we'll worthy hearing, and the boys
should turn out.
T. NJ. PugL, Esl., lad horse srri-
ously injured by barbed wire fence on
=.
horse, and while the cut may not main
him permanently, il will render him
useless for some time.
The Seventh DAY Adventists have
purchased from W. X. Il. Smythe the
lot on State street next north of ID. Il.
Owens residence the old house has
been torn down, and We understand that
the church will be erected this fall
The Mankato Mattress Go. have the
addition To their building completed.
The new part is 2GxI2, two stories high.
We are pleased 10 note that this factory
in rapidly increasing lis business, and IL
now the largest concern of its kind in
the State.
Manager Merrill informs ns that the
cement stone which is being manuiac-
tured by the works here for sidewalk
PURPOSES, is looked upon with great
favor by those who have examined II.
HIS has already placed orders for several
thousand feet for spring delivery.
-Frink Il Richards, they of Golden
Lion" fame, have an advertisement in
this issue Of special importance To ladies
desiring cloaks, wraps, etc. The prices
quoted will be found low, and no doubt
satisfactory. They have II local or tive
also, which should not escape the eyer
Of our readers.
Assistant General Manager Sanborr
and Superintendent Cosgrave, of the &
IN. w. X. r., were i'm the city Monday
Arranging for the construction Of the
new depot building here The grading
is now completed and work will b,
pushed on the building in order Ia get j
completed before cold weather.
The Omaha road met with n seriou
loss "Wednesday afternoon, by the burn
ing of nine head of Mr.. Cosgroye's blood
ed stock. A spark from the engine
caused the confiagration Just after th'
train had left LeSueur. What the los
will be is hard TO estimate, but probabl.
something like 81 900, beside the destr rue
ton of n car.
The Missionary Garden" of the Con
yregaiional church packed box of good
Tuesday which they have been preparin
all summer, Ia send 10 the colored schoo
at New Orleans, and the same has bee
sent to its destination. 10 contains art
cles of bedding and numerous othe
things intended Ia and in furnishing
room in that institution. The society
doing n good work and the young ladi'
deserve commentator.