The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-16

The grass is springing up witt
marvellous rapidity.
DO not forget Mr.. Krolik s entertain
ing opening tomorrow evening.
The w. {. Il. u. will meet at thel
rooms on Jackson street next Tucsda,
Mt 3 p. m.
The little building next the Colder
Lion store, owned by j. ii. Ray, ha
been re-roofed this week.
One week from next Sunday will b,
Easter. 1t has been l50years since tina
day occurred so late in the season.
L. q. NJ. Fletcher informs us that h,
will not build upon his lot corner, From
and Cherry streets, this season.
An effort is being made to appoint
the meeting of the Congregational dis
trict conference at this city. 1t vii
probably be held in June.
j. q. Roller wants choice sorted
hard potatoes to ship. He also has very
fine flax seed and barley for seed. II
will pay farmers better to raise these
than wheat.
The new clothing firm of Henlein Il
Miller is well represented in tO-day's
FREE Press, and we ask a careful perusal
of what they have to say. They are
both reliable gentlemen and propose to
do square business.
The Northwestern railway company
have reduced their freight rates from
Chicago TO Mankato upwards of fifty per
cent. and it is expected that competing
companies will "fall to-" This will be
interesting news to those receiving
freight from the Garden City.
Mr.. and Mrs Nj. q. Willard lost
their little three-year-old daughter,
Julia, yesterday. after few days sick
ness with gastric fever. The severity of
the disease threw the little sufferer into
commissions, the effects of which result
eel fatally. The funeral services will be
held at the family residence tomorrow
afternoon ut ) o'clock.
The good people of historic st. Clair
(Winnebago Agency must feel exceed
ingly complimented by the reference of
a certain sheet in this city to their
"musty past" and the very prominent
write-up of its four saloons alongside of
the most meagre mention of Its other in
terests. st. Clair is the senior village
of the county and has business interests
excelled by none, and deserves better
treatment.
We are in receipt of goodly num-
Der of county communications which
have been filed for publication next
week, owing to the inroads upon our
space by the reports of the Supervisors
River Improvement conven-
ton and Veterans Rights Union meet
ing. Send in any important happenings
between now and next week, just the
same.
Mr.. TIattenbach, the representative
of the Dunn Retailers Collecting and
Protective Union of Sioux City, Ia, is
in our city arranging for the introduce
ton of the almost unfailing system of
hopeless accounts. 1t will
doubtless he To the interest of our bu-
Sincss men To consider the advantages
the Union offers for collecting hopeless
or outlawed accounts without the cost
Of law suits. Mr. llattenbach will wait
npon our citizens and fully explain the
scheme TO them.
The editor of the Rec;ew, Inundated
beyond expression at the business of his
rejection by the u. :. Senate
and Democrats alike vot-
ing against his contirmatlon-seems to
be getting little comfort out of his
personal and dirty abuse of the editor of
THE FREE Press. Emanating as does the
last cowardly lie from his polluted sheet,
from man drunk clean through with
the liquid of crushing defeat, he per-
haps is not responsible for saving that
the editor of TIE FREE Press was intoxi
Gated when the gratifying news of his
rejection was received. But it goes to
show how low down in the mud such a
sneak and coward as Wise can get when
he wants to.
will the wise city fathers inform the
public why it is that the city assessor is
paid 800 for two months labor, when
the chief of police is required to put in
twelve months for the same pay? The
fact of the business is, the assessor is
over-paid. If the last administration
was extravagant, what does the present
promise At the meeting of the coun-
ell last night the assessors salary was
raised one hundred dollars, that of the
city attorney one hundred and services
for fire wardens two hundred and forty
dollars, making total increase of ex-
penditure5 in these three offices of $40
over that paid last year. This is pref
ty fair start for the first night of the
reform" administration. But this is
not all. The Health officer, who has
heretofore rendered bill to the city for
actual service performed, amounting
usually to fifteen or twenty dollars per
year, IL now granted salary Of $50 per
annum. Thus il will be seen that the
taxpayers of the city have been sad
died with 500 additional and unneces-
sary expense as the first result of the
late election. The people would like to
know what the occasion is for such will
full extravaganza Perhaps the reform"
editor of the Reciea0 may be able to make
the necessary apologies.