The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-09
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rooms to rent. Call on her.
Geo. Pass has his new structure OF
Jackson street up and enclosed.
DIR. McGraw says there If no us,
irving to beat Mankato cement.
Monday was the warmest day, pc
litically, that has ever been known il
Mankato.
F. q. Heinze II Co. will be prepare,
to furnish the public with soda waite
tomorrow.
Lincoln park is being further improv
ed and beautified, and by mldsumme1
will be an attractive resort.
There were upwards of5O, 600 tickets
printed in this city for Tuesdays elec
ton, though there were less than 2ON
ballots cast.
The famed oratory of the, Romans il
would seem, had taken possession of oui
populace on Monday, Judging from the
amount of loud talk about the streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ii. DeWolf, of Fair
mont, formerly of Mankato, brought
their infant child to this place on We'd
nesdaY for re-burial, it having died nj
the former place several weeks ago.
B. futile appears among our lotaI
advertisers to-day with series of state
ments that mean just what they say.
Those looking about for bargains in hard
ware, etc, can he accommodated by Mr..
futile.
The upper floor of the building &C.
cupied by the Enterprise Bottling Co.
has been vacated and the firm are now
fitting it up for the manufacture of tenn
perance beverages, which will be COM
menced ut an early day.
Hook 4 Ladder Co. No. l are pre-
pairing for their annual ball to be given
at City Hall on the night of Faster Mon
day. They promise dance superior TO
any ever given by them before, and the
lovers Of the "maze" should bear this
in mind.
Mr.. Wise, learning that his royal
nibbs, the Hon. Michael Doran, of boss
fame, had just returned from the Nation
al Capitol, made flying trip to st. Paul
Thursday to interview the Lord Chancel-
lor and High Executioner. Probably
everything has been ''fiXed."
After the result of election was
known Tuesday evening the regimental
band accompanied by large number of
Mr.. Carney's friends proceeded to that
gentleman's residence and rcjoiced with
him for some time. The boys also took
occasion to serenade the other success
full candidates.
Street cleaning is now the order of
the day, and it should not be allowed to
cease until the winters accommodation of
filth is entirely disposed of. The city
should take early steps to
have back yards and alleys cleaned up
not only as matter of city pride, but
also as preventative of sickness.
Max Krolik is preparing for an
elaborate spring opening at his boot and
shoe store, which is announced for the
evening of the 18th inst. The regiment
al band will be in attendance and many
other attractive features will be provid-
ed. Krolik declares that he will aston
ish the public this time.
L. Patterson, Esq, awarded the con-
tract Wednesday for the erection of his
new residence on Third street, to Mr..
o. Il. Mather. The structure will cost
about $, 900 and promises to be especial
" attractive. Mr.. Henry Gerlach,
architect, furnished the plans and speci-
tications-as he has of number of 9TH
ers this spring-and has shown himself
to be possessed of tirst-class ability.
Seeding is quite general throughout
the county, and farmers say that the
soil works admirably. There is danger
of damage from strong winds, however,
if this dry weather continues long, as
the surface will become so extremely
dry as to permit the dirt being blown,
thereby leaving much of the seed un
covered.
According to law the delinquent
personal property taxes of the various
towns have been placed in Sheriff
Monks hands for collection. These
taxes became due on the LIST day of
April, but Mr.. Monks will not 90 into
the country until April 18th, and those
desiring to save costs can settle with
him at his office in Mankato up to that
time.
In last weeks FREE Press we noted
the fact that authoritative reports had
been received to the effect that the &.
NJ. Il st. Paul railway company will soon
extend the Wells branch through to st.
Cloud, and on Tuesday the Winona Re-
publican after stating other facts of inter-
est concerning the road said:
Mr.. w. T. Bonniwell of Hutchinson
has taken the contract from General
Manager Miller to build the section
from MankatO northward.
The defeat of Messrs. T. H. Andrews
and DR.. d. +. McGraw as aldermen in
the Third ward was considerable of a
surprise to most people. 1t was known
to many that Doc. would meet with a
good deal of opposition-the result of
little "funny work" which he was chargs
ed with but which he denied-but it was
not supposed that Mr.. Andrews would
be knocked under. He was punished,
very likely, for running independently
two years ago. Politics, sometimes,
take very queer freaks.
"A young man, Peter hurry, from
Medic, was arrested in this city on Tues
day for illegal voting in the 2nd ward,
on the ground that he is not resident
of the citv. His case came up before
Judge Porter for examination on We'd
nesday, but owing to the fact that the
poll list was sealed up in the ballot box
and would not be taken out until Thurs.
day evening, the case was adjourned UNI
til tomorrow Saturday.
"A prominent gentleman of Roches-
ter was in Mankato Wednesday, and
overheard some citizens discussing
the result of Tuesdays vote on the pro-
position to restrain cattle, and when IN
formed of the result he expressed great
surprise and remarked that the little
city of Rochester would be ashamed TO
own that such state of affairs existed
there. He remarked that if he were a
citizen of Mankato he wonld feel humil-
aled. So it goes,
The schcoi board of st. Peter have
decided to erect a So 900 school, building,
and Il committee from the board were
in lIankato last Friday inspecting the