The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-02
See notice of pocket book lost.

The High scnool literary VIII com
mence its regular sessions next Friday
the 9th inst.
The Northwestern Company are tax.
ing the preliminary steps toward the
erection of their new depot.
Another social dance was held al
Kasota last Wednesday evening with
Dan Bard's orchestra at the helm.
Pond Bros, proprietors of the b. q.
lP.C. H., advertise their stock of cloth
ing, etc, IN to-day's paper.
Mr.. Geo. McMahill, of this town
ship, reports yield of 25 bushels TO the
acre, and John RAIDER, of Rapidan, gets
~ bushels.
We are requested Ia announce that
there will he grand matinee of races
AT the driving park, in this city, next
Friday. Horsemen \. Il.
The W. G.. 4. u. will meet i'm the NJ
L. church, Tuesday, October 9TH, at 3p.
m. All ladies interested in temperance
! work are urged 10 he present.
%. Monson, Esq, for several years
in NJ. q. Sundt's merchant tailoring es-
Enlistment, has, in company with A..
Miller, purchas 81 A. j. Anderson's sa-
loon.
Mcconnell 4 Co. revise their adver-
tiscment to-day, for the purpose of let
ting their patrons know the great oppor-
tunitIes they are offering. Read and he
wise.
A number of the young ladies took
an excursion ride 10y team to It. Peter
Yesterday, and merry, light-hearted
party they were. Enjoyment supreme
reigned with them all day.
james Cannon, Esq, has completed
his commodious residence on the corner
of Warren and Broad streets, and that
portion of the city is much more slightly
than heretofore, i'm consequence.
Our new Lake Crystal correspond
ent opens out tins week with good list
of items, from the tone of which we
Judge his reports will be sound and
newsy. We deem ourselves fortunate.
Rev. j. G. Ogle is absent, attending
conference at Rochester, hence there
will he no service in the NJ. T.. church
next Sabbath. There is no doubt that
Mr.. Ogle will Ice returned Ia the same
charge another year.
Captain Dean, of this city, has been
canyassing Eagle Lake village for
Grants Memoirs" and took twelve or
ders in six days. Three hundred and
forty-ive in this city and vicinity have
subscribed for the book.
--Messrs. }. ii. Long u Co. have COM
pleted the sewer from their place of
business 10 the outlet at City Hall, II job
which has cost them heavily. The same
will be great benefit 10 the locality
drained, however.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. ID. Taylor have
presented the Congregational church of
this city with an elegant communion
silver set, which is highly appreciated
by the members of that body, all of
whom unite in expressing sincere thanks
to that lady and gentleman.
Potatoes have been coming into
market quite freely tins week. The
crop is reported to be very poor in some
localities. The difficulty is, that the
month of August was too dry for the
proper growth of the cror, hence they
did not develop To Il proper size.
We invite attention Ia our county
correspondence again this week, know
ing that the same will interest country
readers. II is our purpose 10 make this
feature of TIE FREE Press more full
than heretofore, and hope our excellent
correspondents will keep on the alert.
1t is now very probable that course
of dime lectures will he held in the Con-
gregatonal church the coming winter,
similar 10 those held last year. II vii
he the aim of the managers 10 secure
that which will he highly beneficial to
the public, intellectually, and otherwise.
A young man was arrested on Tues
day for attempting To forge an order on
the First National Bank of this city. lie
could not be induced to give his name,
and after careful investigation of all
the circumstances he was permitted To
depart. lie was, undoubtedly, II boy of
weak mind, not at all dangerous in the
swindler's role.
1t has been enormously rumored
that Hon. James McBroom, of Danville,
this county, delivered the address mt the
Watonwan county fair last week, and by
request of that gentleman We will say
for the information of our readers that 1t
was another McBroom. Our McBroom
has no desire To wear the glory Of his
worthy namesake, and for that reason
requests this explanation.
The Mankato itemssto the Pioneer
Press on Tuesday, and those from some
other point, I'VE infer, Rochester, went
into committee Of the whole, with the
sub-head "Mankato" IN the chair, and
the result was very amusing. One Jott-
ing stated that the Congregational church
is closed for the present, while the com
mittee are i'm quest of new pastor. or
course it was written of some other
church than the one IN tins city.
The fine three-story building OF
l.. Patterson, Esq, is practically COM
pleted and the goods Of Messrs. Patter-
son, Halfhill & Zimmerman are being
moved therein. The interior oil the
building has been arranged with view
TO all possible convenience IN the exc
cution of their increasing trade. The
upper stories are approachable by ele-
vator, and the office Oh the lower floor
Is large, commodious and cheerful
Their new quarters will certainly be an
appreciable change from the crowded
room they have been occupying.
REAL ESTATE SALES.
John G. Noe reports the following sales
made by him during the past ten days