The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-09

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ing House proprietors have to say in thi,
Issue.
Crouch Bros. have caught onto the
improvement boom and are remodelinl
the interior of their restaurant.
The races this afternoon, are ut
tracing a good deal of attention. There
will be some lively stepping done,
Mrs. c. ID. Taylor gave six O'Clock
coffee nj her residence last evening, and
ente rtained a goodly number of he,
| friends.
Read Mr.. Brett's new "ad.' to-day
Geo. +. is more than duplicating his
former efforts IN gratifying the tastes OF
his customers.
Our neighbors in the county will
find on fourth page of to-day's paper
the list of premiums awarded at the re.
cent Blue Earth Valley stock fair, held
i'm Pleasant Mound.
&C. Il. Burt, Esq, has put in new
steps on the Front street entrance to the
Mankato House. c. q. should have a
chrome for this exhibition of public ell
terprise.
About the happiest man we know
of in the city this morning is +. W.
Force, Esq, whose wife presented him
with darling girl baby last evening.
Fred, here's our p0-.
-Jno. Arnold, Esq, has appealed his
ease to the Supreme Court. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. Arnold was few
weeks since fined $50 and costs for sell
ing beer without license.
Carl Dice has put an elevator in his
store for transmission between the store
room and cellar. He has also put u heat
ing apparatus in his cellar, for the pro-
lection of goods in cold weather.
The warehouse built by Mr.. W. T..
Mills, rear of ID. &. Evans store, is open
and ready for busuiness. +. NJ. Call,
ESD, will manage the same, and says he
will at all times paw the highest rash
price for wheat.
The rooms just vacated by the
Wholesale grocery store will undergo
renovation, after which Mr.. Z. ii. Car
ney will occupy them with his whole
sale liquors. The stand is one of the
best i'm the city for any kind of business.
Mr.. ID. W. Selleck, of Eagle Lake,
appears among our local advertisers to-
day, and our readers in that locality
should read what he saws. Dan has
adopted the cash system, and is there
by enabled To knock prices Anyway
down.
The German Lutheran church of
Danville, will be dedicated on Sunday,
the 18th inst. Rev. Mr.. Schultz, of Man
kato, will preach the dedicatory sermon.
Last Sabbath the German Lutheran
church at GAINESVILLE was formally dedi-
Gated
Gas stoves give promise ofbecoming
popular in this city. They have been
used for some time in larger cities and
with satisfactory results. Two or three
have been placed in rooms here within
the past few days, and thus far they are
proving all that has been claimed for
them.
We would suggest 10 the authorities
of LcRay township, or whoever is re-
sponsible FOR the same, that the bridge
over the southeast point of Madison Lake
be made safe to travellers. II is a
menace to life in its present condition,
and may involve the town in heavy costs
yet.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Palmer purchased from
l.. q. VI. Fletcher, last week, the ware
house on Jackson street, occupied by j.
q. Roller, Esq. Mr.. Roller will con-
time AT the old stand until the Goth of
and expects IN the mean
time To secure other and desirable quar-
ters for the continuance Of his business.
-Ifthe editor of the RerieW will COM
pare his printed list with the original
copy of the premiums awarded at the
Blue Earth county fair, he will observe
several Observation-Disclosures Intentional
or otherwise We neither know nor care.
The FREE Press laid claims To nothing
but what it was justly entitled To.
Mr.. A. ID. Crane, of Rapldan, pur-
chased last Saturday the Elias property
on North Fifth street, and Monday he
bought Il residence in West Mankato
from Robert Powell, near the new school
house. Mr.. Crane wisely anticipates
Mankato's future and he shows good
business sagacity 10y NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
here at this time.
-Mankato merchants have laid in IN
large stock of goods this fall,
and prices have been marked down To
"bed rock" Our retailers all report
trade good, while the wholesale business
never was better. People from dis
lance are convinced that Mankato il a
first-cass market for both buying and
selling, hence the brisk business.
The concert at the Baptist church
last Sabbath evening, for the benefit of
Miss VIVA Mead, who is being educated
for foreign missionary work, was very
well attended, while the programme was
especially interesting. The display of
flowers i'm the church WAS profuse, and
particularly attractive were the beauti-
FIJI and artistically arranged bouquets,
provided by Mrs. Tyner.
We have been unable la secure II
full report of the teachers institute at
Garden City in time for this Issue, but
are informed that success has attended
il i'm every respect. The attendance has
been good, and with such able instruct
ors, many beneficial results must neces-
sarily follow. No more suspicious wealth
er could have been devised. Blue Earth
county teachers will certainly be able
to "mend their ways" in numerous fea-
lures after this week Of recruiting.
DIR. Muedeking, the well-known
optlcan, will visit Mankato next week
with his fine assortment Of perfected
spectacles and eye glasses. As this gem
tleman makes the fitting of the eyes Il
specially, and visits Mankato regularly,
parties in need of glasses have good
opportunity of procuring those perfectly
adapted to their eyes. He will call on
some of our citizens. His headquarters
will be ut the Mankato House.
1t Is very questionable whether or
not Maj. J. &. Thompson gets ANYTHING
from the NJ innesota bosses. At first he
was promised the Garden City postof-
flee. Then he was induced To forego his
claim to that position on the promise