The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-03-05
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p in to-day's paper.
The masquerade at the Opera Hons
promises to be "A big affair.
Mrs. J. j. Krost gave her friends
pleasant euchre party on last evenIn,
I Quite party of Mankoto peopl
n n will attend the club party mt Waseca Il
It night.
= Many of the Normal school student
spent the Sabbath al their home
throughout the county.
Let farmers bear in mind the NEE,
!. ing of the County Alliance vt Goo,
!. Thunder on the 22d inst.
The masquerade nj the Opera Role
Rink Saturday evening was well attend
ed and highly enjoyed.
There is to he partial eclipse o
tine sun this afternoon between fou
O'Clock and sun down.
The party gwen last Friday cvcnin
10y Company +, NJ. \. q. was II periec
success, socially and otherwise.
: The Union states that G.. Eastman
} OF Garden City. will deliver Il phrenol
ogicIl lecture ut Lake Crystal tonight.
-Messrs. Bcebe " Hart have remove,
their grocery store across the street int {
the building next to Walkers harness
shop.
The gainesville irgI,S states that /;
delegation of Good Tcmplars from that
village will visit the !. q. q. I. lodge oI
this city, tonight.
IL. Bort, the down town druggist
does not recover very rapidly from ms
recent illness and he iS not vet consid'
cred ont Of danger.
C. ID. Taylor has done some very
fine interior cmbellishins OH his iewclry
establishment, and his stock looks more
tidy than ever before.
Rev. I. l.. Patterson will preach
next sunday morning on 'rhe Lords
PRAYER for his People" and in the even
ing on True Courage"
Local politics do not seem To warm
up much as yet. Candidates are not 81
numerous as IN the days of yore -espec-
tally for the office of Mayor.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cannon enter
tanned number Of their friends Nom
( day evening nj progressive euchrc. \
most ENJOYABLE time was had.
J. I. Williams, Esq, has decided To
erect Il large store building on the corner
/ of Front and Hickory streets, where
/ lierbcrt's coffee house now stands.
a
I printed, II is To he presumed that there
/ will he some lively times at the polls this
/ spring, most of the towns putting two
/ tickets in the field.
/ Elder W. T.. Hill, of Eagle Lake,
will lecture AT the Seventh Day Advent
isl church in this city next sunday even
ing. His theme will he comparison of
lniidelity and the Bible.
We wish our friends in every town
ship in the county 10 send us the result
of next Tuesdays election at the earliest
possible moment. Send 10y mail if there
be no other means al hand.
Let us keen vigilant surveillance
over the sovereign COW from now until
after election, seeing that she does not
carry oil the pcrSimmons at the polls.
Resolve ourselves into Il herd committee,
a. il were.
Albert Alackson, OF Medic, was ar
rested Yesterday on complaint of Annie
Bacr, of the same town. on charge of
breach of promise of marriage. Tn e
III
Porter of the Municipal Court, this city.
There Is movement on foot 10 or
ganlzc an encampment of the Sons of
Veterans in this city and with promise
Thomas, ESD, have the matter in hand,
and have secured fair list Of names al
ready.
- IL Is currently runlaraI il.at Rra
Ncff. Of the Jaioa will soon remove his
office from Lake Crystal to Mankato. II
would seem that Maukato needs one or
two more papers, and the sooner Mr..
NcI comes. the sooner will this aching
void Ice filled.
-Rev. W. VI. Jones, of .Iudson, was
given Il donation party last week by the
members of his congregation and others.
M which time the Rev. gentleman re-
ceiycd Il cash gilt of SIPS. 1t is reported
to have been rare social event, rs well
aS Il successful donation.
The impression has prevailed to
some extent that K. +. Jones, Esq, who
bought Mcconnell Il Co.'S clothing de-
partment is "Dick" Jones with Max
krolik. This is erroneous, ii is another
gentleman of the same name. Mr.. Jones
remains with krollk yet.
-McsSrs. Farr " Noe have ordered
steel rails for Use on their tracks IN this
city. The order is 10 the Cleveland Roll
Ter Company, which is sufficient guaran
tee of irSt-claSs material. These gen
tlemcn seem determined Ia have their
equipments second To- none in the coun-
try.
st Peter was visited with another
| fire early yesterday morning. Two
structures, occupied by the ~. Peter
/ H,I0idand other business establishments
Were destroyed, with most of the con-
tents. All parties were insured, and we
sincerely hope that Messrs. Blackstone
! x EsSler, of the Her0id, have not lost
| heavily.
There was Il large delegation of cit
| liens before the County Commissioners
! "Wednesday from District No. II in Le-
! Raw township, interested in the matter
of dividing their district and attaching
/ portion of il Ia another. The opposing
factions were extremely determined and
made things warm for Il spell.
The Union reports that Justice
! Thorne, of Lake Crystal, was assaulted
late Tuesday night bv II couple of UNI
known individuals, with, it Isprcsumed,
the purpose of robbing him. He made
a sufficient demonstration however to
frighten his assailants, who fled in the
darkness.
The District lodge, Sons of Temper
ancc. which met at Lake Crystal last
week, us noted in Fridays FREE PREsS,
elected the following officers:
! d. We. W Parker; Garden City.
ID. H. S.-PauL Williams; Garden CITY.
/ ID. Cont W. DdyiS-Lakc Crystal.
10. S-W. II. Close; Garden CITY
They will meet again sometime IN May
next.
The Mapleton Dramatic Company
have just secured the proper advertising
matter announcing dramatic entertain
ment. for Monday evening, next