The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-08-27

open wholesale department in con
nection with their retail business.
A fire caught in the coal chutes a
the Cement Works yesterday, bu
through the prompt action of the EN-
ployees and the very excellent fire pro
lection the flames were extinguisheG
without loss of any consequence.
good one Is told on Manager Merrill in
connection with the affair. He discov.
cred the volume of smoke issueing from
the chutes and fastened to the mill tC
sound the alarm. Instead of graspine
the whistle cord he got hold of the safe.
ty valve cord and the way steam escaped
from the boiler was canton. One OF
the boys i'm the engine room thought the
boiler had Dursted sure, but it hadn't.
1t might about as well though.
Wise says that having been relieved
| from the responsibilities and emolu-
ments of the postofiice, he will have
more time to devote to his paper. To
| look after the "emoluments" of the Of
| flee may have consumed some of his
time, but the Responsibilities" of the
position never took much of his atten-
ton. However, if his paper is to be
made any better it will no doubt be APP
preciated by his readers. The sheet
certainly needs attention. Purged of
81 tc nd ial
with moderate amount of brain would
seem to be the first step necessary to
max the ReUieW readable.
W. q. Severance, Esq, for long
time the efficient station agent of the G..
st. Z. NJ. & Omaha company in this clty
has secured II position with the Sioux
City q Pacific company. Mr.. Severance
is young man of excellent business
qualifications, frst-class railroad man,
and that he will please the company he
has 30 recently engaged with in any ca
pacity they may place him goes without
saying. The people of Mankato can tes-
tify to "Wint's" integrity and ability.
"A man who was stamped by the
! United States Senate rs being unfit TO
hold the position of postmaster at Man
kato, and who Was considered unworthy
Of disappointment by the Democratic
administration even after every effort
possible had been brought to bear by
the bosses and their friends, is very
fit person to question the honesty OF
other men. A man with such magnlti-
cent pretentions as Wise who has been
repudiated by his own party leaders as
a rascal, as "delusion and a snare" as
it were, is quite the man to talk of the
"perfidy" of others. 1t comes with such
good grace, you know.
Lake Crystal Union: Judging from
the number of trains leaving this station
daily and the amount of business trans
acted, one would suppose our railroad
boys would have time for nothing but
work, but it is not so. Last week they
put their heads together and placed on
exhibition at the end of the platform a
red brick in a box, nailed strips across
|
This was to carry the impression that
there was something IN the box alive
and then labeled it, "a red bat. Do not
plague or fret IT." Among the hun
dreds, including ourself who stood offa
a safe distance and raised the covering
gently for fear Of engaging the animal,
and took peep in, was Superintendent
Spencer, of the Omaha. This was glory
enough for the boys. The box was re-
moved to await the advent Of something
else.
in speaking of the death of Miss
Minnie Smith IN the Winnebago City
Press-N eocs, Rev. c. q. Reynolds, pastor
of the Presbyterion church says
The death of Miss Minnie Smith is a
personal sorrow to many in our COM
munity. Her pupils remember her as a
kind teacher, almost too tender to be
severe, ready to he a friend to teach one
i'm her school, and keenly alive to her
responsibilities. That the School Board
valued her work is evidenced by her
reelection at the close of last year.
MANY young heart was saddened when
the word passed around that "teacher is
dead" Nor will Miss Smith be missed
only i'm school. She was a farorite i'm
the community, known even by those
who had not the privilege of a personal
acquaintance with her, as a young lady
of exceptional grace of manner and
character. In the church of her choice
she was u valued member of the choir
and always an attentive listener to the
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know that she possessed within her
heart that ''peace that passeth under.
standing"
The Demo cratic county committee
met at the office of Jas. Brown & Sor
Friday afternoon and decided to call the
county convention for the selection o.
delegates to the State convention and
for the nomination of county and legis
lative ticket for Friday, Sept. 10th, at
O'Clock p. m. The basis of representa-
fion is fixed at one delegate for every
25 votes or major fraction thereof cas-
for the Democratic electoral ticket il
1884. This apportionment entities the
, several wards IN the city and towns il
: the county as follows: First Ward l3
Second Ward z; Third ward 4; Fourth
, Ward 4; Danville 2; Medo 2; McPher
son 4; LeRay 3; jamestown 2; Mapletol
2; Beanford 3; pecoria 3; Mankato 6
, Lime 4; Sterling ]; Lyra O.; Rapidan 3
South Bend ! (; Shelby 2; Vernon ] i; Gar
den City 9; Lake Crystal 2; Judsop J
Pleasant Mound /; Ceresco / Lincoln
; Butternut Valley /; Cambria l.. Tota
No. delegates "a.