The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-05-08

-Rev. John Allison, of Lansboro, vii
lecture ut Normal Hall next Friday eve
ming, on the Yosemite Valley.
B. +. Davis & Son, of the Exchang,
Grocery, quote some prices this weel
and state other facts of interest.
Mr.. Radlcy, Il laboring man of thi
city, died al his home on "Wednesday
and was buried yesterday afternoon.
Last week, in noting the sale of Mr.
Monks Jersey cows, we enormously
used the word gray instead of grade.
Hanging May baskets has been in.
/ dutged in quite freely. These dark
evenings are quite favorable to the
amusement.
John {. Noe reports the sale of T.
acres IN section i of Beauford. to John
Ziegler, for Mann d. Merriam, of st.
/ Paul, for $685..
a new feed store has been added To
the city enterprises. Adolph Bierbauer
having established such opposite the
Clifton House.
The u. VI. Osborn new steel fame
Self-R!ndcr, and No. / Mowers are model
machines. j. G. Roller is the local agent
/ here.
-Rcv. X. q. Facgrc will preach AT
the regular hour Sunday morning in
/ Our Savior'S church, having sufficiently
recovered from his illness.
The voice of the multitude has gone
np and the county house gone down.
The goddess of progress and enterprise
wceps and will not hc comforted because
she is sat upon.
The notices distributed to residents
Of the city by the police last week, urg-
ing them to clean up, has had good
effect, and many are actively engaged
in that capacity this week.
Can. Piper's team INDUCED IN brisk
runaway Wednesday about p. M start
ing nj Griebel's shoe store and stopping
on South Front street near Presley's
grocery. \ badly wrecked buggy is
about all the damage sustained.
Mr.. II. II. Edwards, auctioncer, will
sell at public auction on the Goth inst,
/ on the farm Of the late VIM. J. Roberts,
! in Judson, quantity OF stock, farm inn
plement-, Ivc. Eight months time will
/ be given on purchases exceeding five
| dollars. with interest AT 8 per cent.
Asa Graves, Esd, has sold his inter
est in the bus and transfer business OF
. Graves X lIolbrook. to Mr.. y. p. Lee.
: Mr.. q. has been engaged in this line
here for many Years, and had become Il
iavorite with the general public, who re-
grct his retirement. We learn that he
/ has purchased the Clifton House sa-
loon which he will conduct hereafter.
If the Ca1.n will show to the salts
faction Of the people of the county how
Lake CRYSTAL can vote $50, 900 for the
erection Of county buildings at that
place, when there were only four per.
sons 10 vote in favor of taxing them
about twenty-five cents for the erection
of buildings in Mankato, there will be
no difficulty in getting the removal 81
the comfy seat
Our honorable street commissioner
JOS. Schlingerman, was held up by high
way men in Minneapolis last Monday
evening, and relieved of S23 and lii
watch. The thugs approached him rs
he stepped off the train at the depot anC
O, "a their services as hotel represcn
atiVes, one Of them carrying Mr.. 81
Eatchrl and the other acting as spOkes
man. When they had led their victim
to Il suitable spot he was knocked down
and gone over. with the result stated
Julius REIN, Esq, Of New tina, ha
purcascd the interest of b. Deuber, il
the mercantile establishment of Sohr'
4 4 Dcubcr. Good Thunder. These gen
tlcincn carry full line of general mer
chandisc and enjoy large patronage il
their locality. Mr.. REIN is fortunate II
securing q business so well established
and the citizens of Good Thunder vii
find him q worthy addition 10 bushes
circles, though they regret To lose Mr.
Drubcr.
The programme for commencement
at the Normal is complete and has beer
compiled with view to giving scrie
Of exercises that will interest and in
strur everyone. The itenized pro
grammc is as follows: list. Annual SCI
mon by Rev. c. c. Pollock, at the Pres
bytcriun church on Sunday, May 2itll
at 1880 Il. m. 2nd, Graduating exercise
of the model school on Monday ut 2 =
, ~. Sd. Address before the literary SC
r cicty by Hon. c. X. Davis, at the Oper
House Monday evening at s O'Clock
/ It'll. Class tree exercises at the Norma
grounds Tuesday at 2 p. IN. 9TH. Publ
session of Normal literary society q
. Normal Hall, Tuesday evening at
o'clock. 9Th Commencement exercise
4 at the Opera House "Wednesday at 2 |
4 M. eth. The Alumni reunion and socia
| Slh. Grand picnic, Thursday at 7 a. n
The graduates number -, one Of In
I class having died during The winter.
|, Last Saturday evening. Chief Welc
4 took into custody an individual VIII
q WAS playing the confidence game abor
= the city with recklessness which verge
on discretion. He had succeeded in 81
q curing articles ut about dozen businci
= houses before suspicion VAS arousc'
II At j. \. Lewis hardware store nc got
Il pitchfork and tea kettle, with the unde
h standing that ne would return in le
, minutes to pay for them. He secured
q nice whip at Schmidts harness shop
the same way, and continued TO ply TIN
y, until he had taken in nearly a dozen VI
- suspecting ones. The suspicion ofJ. '
- Hocrr Of the American House, whe
- the trickster was stopping, being arou
ed, he notified the police and upon i
- vcstigation it was decided 70 put him I
At for safe keeping. He deceived his vi
e. tins by confessing to be farmer livil
! in the country near by,