The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-23
st, Peter has a Choral Society com.

The Board of County Commissioner
will meet again on the Srd of Marcl
next.
j. q. Roller wants barley and timo
thy seed to fill orders and will pay bet
ter prices.
-Glycerine rubbed on both the insid
and out of window glass Will prevent !
from frosting over.
j. G. Roller has reduced prices OF
all kinds of feed also on fire kindlers
Now is the time to buy cheap.
"A miller at GAINESVILLE had one of hi
fingers taken off one day recently b,
being caught in the machinery.
Mr.. L. A. Under presents facts ant
figures in to-day's paper relative to thu
steamship Ii e for which he is agent.
A list of personal property tax pay
ers of this city, and 4 number of town
ships, appears in another column of to
days paper.
Our cheerful though frigid atmos
phere is delicious as compared with thu
conglomeration Of rain, snow, sleet anC
slush to the east and south of US.
w. A. Webb & Co. speak profusely
to-day in our local and advertising col
ums, regarding their closing out sale. II
you wish to secure bargains read what
they say.
The canvass for the new Haynes
Map Of Mankato will commence in Il
short time. It's success will depend up
on the encouragement received from
our citizens.
Revival meetings are being held in
what is known as the Wilcox district in
LeRay township, under charge OF Rev.
n. b. Foot of Eagle Lake and Ira b.
Reynolds of the same town.
Mr.. H. J. Caldwell, an experienced
confectioner, has leased portion of the
Opera House basement and established
u candy mandatory and restaurant,
known as the Opera House candy kitch-
en-.
The Bankrupt store which has con-
Quoted business in our city for severa |
weeks is contemplating II removal TO
other parts and they make their last Of
fer to our readers to-day. You can con-
suit them in another column.
Sunday afternoon last about = o'clock
the fire bell was rung, but upon the ar
rival of the fire department at the scene
of the conaagration, it was found
TO be the burning Of Capt. Beatty's
chicken coop. A number Of chickens
were roasted.
The present week has been tedious
one TO railway employees and travellers.
On the prairies the roads have been Sc
rious!y blocked in some instances. On
the Wells branch there has not been a
passenger train to this city since Mon
day morning, but il is expected the road
will be cleared to-day.
A very fattering report comes to us
from the china wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Cummins, of Eagle Lake, which
was held last week. A supremely JOY.
Gus social time was enjoyed, and the
NtIc
The Pioneer Press correspondent at
New Orleans, in report to that paper
Of Sunday credits the stone in the Man
kato monument to Kasota. and on We'd
nesday the p. p. corrects the error in al
editorial mention, which will appease
some rightful Indignation on the part of
Mankato's citizens.
Prof Bechdolt will deliver his able
lecture Nemesis" ut st. Peter tonight.
This lecture has been revised since it
was delivered here, and the portion of
local bearing replaced with matter of
general application. The st. Peter peo-
pie are in for something logical.
The Workingmen's Association held
a meeting last Saturday, at which a
schedule of routine business was ac-
among which was the cleo
::IsIfst- q iafSesefrss-Ths following were
elected: President, Cal. Smith Vice
President, c. A. Sherlin /; Secretary, X.
Miller Treasurer, John Dalen Door
keeper, F. Straub; Executive Commit
tee, A. +. Bonsall, d. G. Corey and Jas.
Morrison.
The sad news of another wishing to
depart this life even at her own hands,
comes to us from jamestown. Annie
girl of that town only about
II years old, administered paris green to
herself one day last week, for the ex-
press purpose of ceasing her earthly
existence, she, rs she says, being tired
of life. An over dose of the poison, and
prompt action on the part of DR.. Davis,
of Eagle Lake, saved her from the ter
rible fate.
Miss lie Keenan's school in Bel
grade, gave an exhibition Friday night,
the 10Th. In spite ofthe stormy weather,
there was a good audience and every
one felt more than repaid for going.
The programme was much superior to
that which is usually given in district
schools, and Miss keenan, has 50 we'll
satisfied the district that they have en-
gagged her services for another month,
at the close of which, il is hoped, she
and her pupils will again entertain the
Belgradeites in the same pleasant way
The Cambria Freeman, published at
Elensburg, Penn, of January l6, con-
tains the following mention of gentle
man we'll known in this part Of Mime
sofa:
"Mr. b. F. Davis, who has been a resi-
dent Of Minnesota for the past thirty
years and who was raised in this neigh
borhood, is at present on visit to his
old home. Mr.. Davis was member OF
the old Cambria Guards, of this place,
and went with them 10 Mexico, and
since his return has been enjoying the
pleasure Of meeting number OF his old
comrades who are still living here. Be-
fore his departure for Minnesota he re-
sided in Belsano, where he was engaged
in merchandising, and he has been pur-
suing the same business in the West.
Last Friday evening, a large audi
ence had the pleasure of listening to a
highly instructive and interesting lee
ture on "The Elements of Success by
Prof. McCleary, at the Congregational
church. The lecture throughout was re-
plete with wisdom cleaned from observ-
alton and experience, and demonstrated
that the speaker has carefully studied
the law of cause and effect in human
events. The easy manner in which
he presented his well arranged train o.
thought gave the whole lecture sort oil
charm which challenged the Gle ost at
tention from the hearers. The commit
tee, under whose auspices this lecture
1900. .o,,,.. thn;. tha~l,a 20 ho