The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-09-11
Coal is selling at $3.50 per ton.

| Our OLD SOluler Irienus snOulu no
forget the campfire to be held at Eagl
Lake on the 18th inst.
"A full report of the city council
meeting held last Thursday evening viii
be found in to-day's paper.
Those desiring iirst-class laundr,
work should read j. X. SawtelPs locs
concerning his Star laundry,
This office il under obligations {,
Geo. Beals, Esq, for delicious water
melon left with us on Monday.
GAINESVILLE has new school house
i'm course of erection, and the Argus say
that it will be the most beautiful I'm tina
part Of the State.
Rev. ]. &. Ogle conducted sacram
entail services at Lake Crystal Sunday
and his pulpit here was filed by Rev
Mr.. Chester of that place.
C. A. Gardner. the comedian, will
appear at the Opera House on the even
ing of the 25th inst. The bill will be
carl the Peddler."
The massive new engine purchased
by Hubbard 4 Co. To replace the old
one in their mill, arrived to-day and will
he set in position at once.
The Northwestern railway company
will sell excursion tickets to the Roches-
ter fair, making the round trip from
Mankato about four dollars.
The ladies of the w. CT. u. cleared
$il with their refreshment stand on the
fair grounds last week, which is neat
recompense for their trouble.
The Mankato Pipe Company adver-
tise in to-day's paper that they are
ready to contract for the manufacture of
cement stone sidewalks. Our citizens
should consi der the matter.
A warm, steady rain set i'm about six
o'clock Monday evening, and continued
without abatement throughout the night
and all day Tuesday. 1t was blessing
To this locality, as the earth was So dry
IA to make blowing next to impossible.
ST. Peter Tribune: One thing which
made the Mankato fair so successful was
the fact that il was run on comprehen-
go ~ III ,,.' .ane
on /. broad and l;heral b.s;s
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service was comm.urr,i I'm thu, ,l,u,,L
last Sabbath, and Mr.. Bushnell was
greeted by a large congregation to
hear his first sermon after vacation.
The receipts of the Southern Min
nesota Live Stock and Fair Association
meeting. held in Mankato last week,
were sufficient 10 nav all premiums i'm
fnll and also 70 redeem all indebtedness
incurred for new stalls and other inn
made this season.
Rev. ]. lockwood. of Garden CITY,
will preach at the BAPTIST church i'm this
city NEXT Sabbath morning and evening.
Rev. F.M. Archer being absent at Yer.
non Centre. The latter gentleman will
b;s farewell ssrmon one week
from NEXT Sunday the Goth inst.
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