The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-05-21
st. Paul a. Omaha
HOME JOTTINGS.
ad K. +. Jones' locals.

See notice of improved iarm for sale
Carefully read Frink & Richards' new
'ad.' of this issue.
H. l.. McCollum, Esq, will bull,
himself new house.
j. Ii. Roller Is selling at retail corn
31c; oats, SOC; ban, Zoe; shorts, Acc.
Read the New York Shoe Store I
advertisement and locals. Mr.. CIR iebe
means business.
The ordinance of baptism i'll b,
administered at the Christian church
next Lords Day evening.
Mr.. Adam Beaver, of Garden City
advertises desirable improved farm fol
sale. He offers bargain.
We are informed that gophers are
more numerous in this locality the pres
ent year than ever before.
Max krolik has new advertise
ment in to-day's FREE Press, and ever
fresh and interesting locals.
Geo. Pass, Esq, has been awarded
the contract for remodeling l.. p. Hunt s
residence on Second street.
Buy your corn cultivators, hay rakes,
mowers, and self-binders of J. Ii. Roller.
He has the best ut lowest prices.
Two gentlemen from Omaha We're ut
Madison Lake Wednesday, and caught
barrel of fish. This item Is vouched
for.
Bishop Whipple will administer the
rite of confirmation, and deliver SER
mon at the Episcopal church in this city
next Monday evening.
w. 3. Craig wants ten brick layers
10 work at Wells. Mr.. Craig has the con-
tract for five store buildings at that place.
Wells must be on the boom.
Major Clarke has sold lot 10 in Beat
tvs subdivision, To Peter Peterson, for
800. Also lot Is, same subdivision, for
j. X. Beatty, to VIM. Budde, for 500.
DIR. +. l.. Hawes gives notice that he
will make a professional visit to Lake
Crystal May 9th, and remain six days,
prepared 10 do all kinds of dentistry
work.
R. ID. Hubbard Il Co., have reduced
the price of their superlative flour from
$3.50 per hundred TO $50, and the Man
kato brand from 500 per hundred TO
Il so.
The politicians had picnic this
week. The district court now in session
has brought large number of farmers to
the city, and they have been buttonholed
on all sides.
-"B. Of f." you will have TO guess
what il is meets the first and third
Thursdays and second and fourth Satur-
days in each month, at s o'clock p. IN.
See card on first page.
Only few more days remain in
which TO pay your real estate taxes if you
wOui save costs. The first of June, re-
member, attaches ten per cent. penalty
on all delinquencies.
The suit docketed for this term of
court and brought by l.. p. Hunt against
Chas. II. Shaier and Gaylord Lamb,
known as the "Mower County History"
case, has been settled.
Our townsman, Mr.. VI. 3. Haynes,
is contemplating the issue of a litho-
graphic map for Brown county. If any
one can get up an accurate and satisfac-
tory map, Mr.. Haynes is the man.
M. w. Mendenhall, Esq, chairman
of the board ofsupervisors Of the town of
Rapidan, has a notice to contractors in
to-day's issue, for building a stone cul-
vert on road in section 8, of said town.
I'm our report last week of the Deco
ration Day programme, it should have
been noted that the decoration of graves
by committees will occur immediately
after the exercises close at the Opera
House.
We are pleased to announce that on
and after Monday, May 18th, all grocery
stores in Mankato will close at s p. m.
except Saturdays. This is move in the
right direction, and one that will receive
the appreciation of the public.
The Sleepy Eye Herald says that ''in
1882 the shipment Of stone from Man
kato did not exceed 100 car loads. Last
year over 700 car loads were shipped"
These figures only demonstrate our
growth. We are on the boom.
Last Monday, May 18th, was the I'D
anniversary of the independence of Nor
way, and the day was duly observed by
Norwegians i'm many Minnesota towns.
In Mankato no demonstration was made,
and no note of the occasion taken.
1t is reported that Saturday nights
frost seriously injured strawberries in
Minnesota and Wisconsin. In this par
ticular locality the frost was very slight
and il is not believed that damage will
accrue to the berry In consequence.
-Messrs. Willard & Polchow have
sold great number of brick thus far this
season, and have orders considerably
ahead of their kilns. But they are rush.
ing them out lively, and hope to catch
up with present orders in few days.
The FREE PRESS Inadvertently omit
ted 10 mention last week the sale of Asa
Graves fine four year old colt, Rodney
Elwood." The lucky purchaser was Mr..
Easton, of Waterloo, Iowa. The price
paid was 800, and Mr.. f. has a most
promising young horse.
Owing to the fact that the baccal-
aureate sermon will he preached in the
Methodist church Sunday morning, no
service will be held in the COngrega-
tiOnal church, and owing to the illness
of Rev. Mr.. Bushnell, no service will be
held there in the evening.
Mr.. J. w. Fowler, for several years
with T. ii. Williams, has resigned his
position, and will hereafter prosecute
work in his own behalf. Mr.F has several
large contracts of painting to do for Mr..
o. X. Mather, which will consume the
entire summer, hence he will not open
q shop here the present season.
-Wilkin Post, q. A. X. met ut their
rooms Wednesday evening. The sever
al committees on Decoration Day report
ed that all preliminary arrangements for
the occasion had been completed. The
Post mustered in new members, and
voted to receive two more at their next
meeting. There are now 40 members
enrolled i'm good standing, and it is graf
flying to friends of the Ii. A. X. boys 10
know that their Post WAS never as strong