The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-20
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: Messrs. Teal and Cotrel., of Minneapoli
p this week, have been we'll attended, an
q on Wednesday the place o fholding theI
was changed to City Hall, to better AZ
Y commodate the large attendance.
' announcements are ont for tn
marriage of Mr.. W. l.. Goodier of Utici
n. ", and Miss Lulu Long of this city
The ceremony will be- celebrated nj tn
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Lonl
Thursday next, Nov. 26th, at twelv
= o'clock, m.
We understand that Mr.. Petrich q
, E~dgewOod, whose business was recent,
closed ont, has go arranged that he viii
continue i'm business at the same point
Mr.P. is u clever young fellow and we ar,
, pleased TO learn of this satisfactory al
%justment of his affairs.
John G.. Noe reports the sale Il
Laurentz Kaufman, of sixty acres il
section Il, town of Decoria. for Mann 4
Merriam, Of st. Paul, for $500. Also thu
+ two lots in Van Brunt's addition known
= as the Boardman property, to Ellen NJ
p Burgess, for 81 800.
M. X. Jones, of China Hall, give,
another grand display, Friday evening
November 9th, by opening his mmens
stock of holiday goods. Mr.. Jones j
using every effort 10 make his store ON,
of the finest in the state, and deserves /;
liberal patronage for his labor.
Copy for Il change in Mr.. Brett's al
vertisement was received too late fol
this issue, but Mr.. b. says that plush
cloaks, new markets and Russian circu
lars are being sold at the Empire stor,
at a discount of % per cent. from regu
lar prices, and our readers will further
their interests by calling there early.
Yesterday morning a portion of the
brick cornice on one end of the fibre
works fell out, precipitating two laborers
then engaged in laying it, to the ground,
Il distance of thirty feet, injuring them
quite severely. The falling material fell
upon one of the hod carriers, striking
about his head and shoulders and bruis-
ing him badly.
The editor of TIE FREE Press is IN
receipt of Il crayOn portrait of he late
Schuyler Colfax, encased in an elegant
frame. The gift is u present from Mrs.
Colfax and her son to the Odd Fellows
of Mankato, and is something that will
ever be cherished by the members of
that fraternity here. II will be formally
presented 10 Mankato Lodge No. 10,
/. o. o. +. Monday night.
The brick work on the Willard fibre
ware factory is done and the roofing is
being put on with all possible speed.
The machinery for the establishment
will be put in during the winter, and
work commenced next spring. Much of
the machinery for tins factory is of Il
special kind and is now being manufac-
tured TO order.
Miss Fannie Rose has removed her
art studio to No. 3l5 South Front street,
i'm rear of ID. l.. Il Il. ii. Roses insur-
ance office, where she will give lessons
IN oil and china painting. Miss Rose
has an cnviable reputation for superior
landscape paintings in oil. She has just
completed Il beautiful scene ofMinneopa
Fails, which can he see at Mr.. /. ii.
Williams art store, and il will repay any
lover of fine art To drop in and examine
il.
The interest manifested III the
temperance meetings has encouraged
the ladies of the w. c. I. L. to continue
the same longer than intended, and a
meeting is announced for three O'Clock
Sunday afternoon at City Hall and in'the
evening the churches of the city will
hold Union services at the same place.
The ladies request us TO express their
thanks L +. w. Clayton for the use of
one of his organs, and desire all attend
ing TO bring their gospel hymns.
The Dispatch of Tuesday contained
the following paragraph:
DAIRY Commissioner Howard seized
some butterine, which was being sold
for butter to-day, and will cause the in
dictment of the person who had IL, w.
Peet.
That, We Opine, ean our Ii. c., and
We can assure the butterine vendor that
his case will be pushed with wonderful
persistency, for ii. &. is a determined
Howard.
THE Mikado" drew a good house
Monday evening. the public being cur
lous to witness this unique opera. As
compared with some of the great Amer
lean and English operas ''the Mikado"
is weak, but when measured by the
standard of Japanese development in
tellectually, civilly, etc, it is very in
teresting bill. The plot is exciting, but
the laughable side of the opera is super
luous. The troupe is a very good one,
and did some fine chorus singing.
Our attention has been directed to
the condition of the roads in the coun-
try, which are in asomewhat rough state
in consequence of freezing up while so
muddy, and believing the example ofthe
authorities in Mankato township near
TIvoli u good one, we suggest that the
same be done IN other parts. They
have smoothed down the roads in their
locality with a patent smoothing plank,
and the Improvement is remarkable.
ID is not much of II task and will prove
"A great comfort after the ground freezes
up for the winter.
-Ifthc acting =. NJ. would give as
much attention Ia opening the postoilice
in the morning as he does Ia noting,
through the columns of the Refieir, mat
ters Of minor Importance connected
with the mail service, the public would
common for the deliveries Ia remain
closed until after eight O'Clock, when
they should be opened by $50 or there
abouts. Give us a little practical re-
form and not 50 much cheap gush.
From an Amboy correspondent, it
il apparent that our friend Cross is Don
TO wind up his official rnrear IL il" 80
mannc of news to the people OF that To-
cality 10 be told that persistent efforts
have been made for the past five or six
months to ex-communicate him from
the army of ofiice-holders, but his seem
Ing grace with "the powers that be" has
prevented his decapitaton. But little
drops of water will eventually wear
away the stone, and constant agitation
and persistent demands for "a change"
have probably had their effect. Mr..
Cross has been postmaster at Amboy
for Il good many years, is a iirst-class Of
fetal and No. ] man, and if it shall be