The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-04-03
PERSONAL.

R. d. Hubbard has returned from tn
east.
| J. A. Willard and wife returned hom
on Wednesday.
Jno. c. Noe, Esq, will return from
the east next Monday.
Major Evans, of Garden City, visite'
Mankato on Tuesday.
Hon. f. P. Freeman has been in thu
city during the week.
Prof. j. T. McCleary is holding an in
stitute at Sleepy Eye this week.
Mrs. Geo. Ray returned from thu
Worlds Exposition on Saturday last.
d. C. Hopkins, Madelia's promising
Young attorney, was in the city Wednes
day.
Hon. John Flittie, member of the
Dakota Council, spent last Sabbath il
Mankato.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Webb, departed
for their new home at Bedford, Indiana
last evening.
Prof. Bechdolt lectured before the
teachers institute at Sleepy Eye Wed
nesday evening.
J. Levi, Esq, of Faribault, is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Isidor Longini, he being q
brother of Mrs. L.
Rev. A. w. Edwards, of Austin, spent
several days in the city this week among
his acquaintance.
Chas. Eichler and wife, of Lyon coun.
ty, and c. oliphant, of Minneapolis, are
visiting relatives in this city.
jill. Geddes, principal of the Lake
Crystal schools, is spending part of his
vacation with relatives in the city.
Prof f. E. Lo0kerby, principal of the
Wells schools, is spending his spring
vacation with his parents in this city.
Carl Schroeder, Esq, of Good Thumb
er, went to Window to-day; with pro-
liability of making that his future home.
Attorney Collester and wife, of Vase
en-, were in the city on Monday. Mr..
C. thinks seriously OF taking up his resi-
dence with us.
The family of Rev. J. n. Liscomb will
soon move to Altoona, Dakota, for a few
months. Mr.. Liscomb will still make
Mankato his headquarters.
Rev. Mr.. Eels, several years ago resi-
dent minister ofBelgrade, Nlcollet coun-
ty, now of Iowa, visited friends in this
city during the week.
Hon. J. F. Meagher and wife returned
from their southern trip on Wednesday
afternoon. Mr.. Meagher expresses him
self as highly pleased with the journey.
II. Zimmerman, who has been on the
road for some time in the interest of the
Mankato Mattress Co. is home for a
short time, just long enough to fire that
big Easter ball off in fine shape.
S. G. Brooks, of Napoleon, has re-
ceived the appointment of travelling
agent for the Mccormick machinery
company, and went to Window last
Tuesday evening to commence his work.
J. A. James, Esq, left on Tuesday to
attend the meeting of stock men at Miles
City, NJ. T., as the representative of the
Mankato Cattle Company. He will visit
this company's rancho before returning.
d. G. Willard, Esq, brother of NJ. q.
and J. A. willard, has taken up his resi-
dence in this city becoming a partner
with Willard & Polchow. He will as
sumo the duties of business manager of
the firm.
A. II. Heron, of the Detroit, Michi-
gan, Daily Post, has been in Mankato
and vicinity for several days visiting
friends, 1t is his first trip to the state
and he finds much here to recommend
Southern Minnesota to him.
We understand that S. +. Skillings and
Gaylord Lamb will start for New Orleans
next week. Before they 60, We would
advise them to see Mr.. Jas. Brown, of
He may be able to give
them some valuable information.
T. ]. Corning, Esq, of San Jose, Cali
fornia, arrived in the city last night in
search of a location to establish a manu-
factory for the manufacture of a revers-
able double hay press, which is used ex-
on the Pacific coast, and which
he is DESTROYS of introducing into South
ern Minnesota. He would like to inter-
est some manufacturing establishment
of the city.