The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-01-29
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HOME JOTTINGS.
Opera of Joseph.

A little boy received the fracture q
leg while coasting in lower town las
Sunday.
The regular >onthly meeting of tn
city council wi ,cur next Thursda
evening.
-Reverends }. .Ogle and q. &. Pol
ock exchanged pulpits last SahhatI
morning.
The It. Paul tobogganists who visl
ted Mankato, are tirst-class looking 10
Of ladies ana gentlemen.
February l2th is set apart a. q. \
K. day al the 81 Paul ice carnival. vii
kin Post should be represented.
Miss Ina Andrews gave Il progress
sive euchre patty 10 a number of her
Young friends Wednesday evening.
The Building and Loan Association
of this city will increase their stock a
the annual meeting soon 10 be held.
The revival meetings 1T the Baptis
church have been continued during tn,
week, and increased interest manifested
--Seventy-five cents will admit you tC
the parquet or dress circle nj the uperg
House next Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings
The vault in the -. Peter City Hal
which was consumed Monday of last
week came out all right, and lis content.
perfectly safe.
The kasota correspondent 10 the
-. Peter TJiJun, states that corps %
surveyors is al work locating the Kasotg
and Northfeld road.
The tobogganists were the more mum,
crous and noisy, hut the tobogganesses
were 10y far the more attractive and
elected the attention.
A committee from the board al
county commissioners were here on
"Wednesday and accepted the new Two
Ii bridge, which i just finished.
Faster sunday comes on April 18th
this year. Efthere be any dependence
on the old saving that a late Easter indl'
Gates late spring. We are in for it.
Mails were running regularly Mon.
day on all the roads centering in thi,
city. The several roads made remark
able progress in lifting the blockade.
Our Scotch friends will find an ac-
count of the festivities enjoyed in Ster-
hing last Monday evening, in cOmmem-
Grafton e the birthday OF their beloved
bard
The ice harvest is in full blast. some
localities report the article not rs thick
as former winters, due perhaps to the
fact that real freezing weather and snow
came almost simultaneously.
Our respected friend Horace Cum
Minis. of Eagle Lake, has been consider
ably IndIsposcd for several weeks, and
we understand recently suffered Il re-
lapse. but il improving again.
Remember the lecture at the VI. T..
church this evening by Rev. John ALI
son. Geneva and the Alps" are re-
nowned subjects and they will be famili
arly discussed 10y that gentleman.
The boy who Was the victim of the
barrel explosion at the oil mill last Fri
day is doing a. well rs possible. lie
WAS badly burned, but will come ont
with less injury than at first seemed
possible.
The Gcrmania band boys are RI
hearsing entirely new music fort the con
cert they propose giving in the near fu
ture. and their well known skill Is suf
iicient guarantee of an excellent enter
taiument.
The performance IF the opera q
Joseph next Tuesday and "Wednesday
evenings will be worth - cents 10 III
who fail to study up the story of JOSEPH
in advance, and worth 500 to thos'
who do.
The masgue bali at Union Hall las
Tuesday evening was we'll attended 'an'
fully up to the expectations Of the part
cipants. The costumes were eXtrcmell
novel and well adapted to the rnrpos'
designed.
Vim. EngIerth, of Tivoli, was beior
judge Porter Wednesday morning on
charge of disoIderly conduct at Union
Hall Tuesday night. He plead not guilt
and the ease went on for examination, re-
sulting in his being fined 100 and costs
j. \. Nmdcver, Esq, of this city
is canvassIng for the Encyclopedia q
Health and Home, a medical work pre-
uared bv Drs. Wood, of Philadelphia
and Ruddock, Of London, England. |
isa work that should be in every house
hold.
As il usual in the winter time in TIL
climate a peculiar sort of influenza "
sore throat prevails at present, maxim
a large number of people decidedly IN
comfortable, but no serious sickness re
suits therefrom. It's more endurabl
than fever and ague anyway.
The GAINESVILLE .lrguS reports tina
rumor saycth that stock company
being formed 10 purchase the Alma Git
flour mill. 1t is Il good mill, and IL
farmers in that community will he plea
ed 10 learn of any improvements tia
the new arrangement will induce.
e. Brightenleld, a business man I
Alma City recently left home and Ia
not been heard from since. The anX
GUS faces and significant movements
his many creditors soon revealed I'll
fact that lac had skipped, leaving lare
number OF mcditative friends. He vii
no doubt, be brought up in time.
-TheGe is nothing more to add to IL
account Of the q. Peter fire than W;
noted In our item of last week. Th
building destroyed was one of consi'
cradle historical interest, having bee
erected in early times for State capit'
building, at a date when st. Peter prom
iscd to become the seat Of State.
The Omaha Railway Co. give n
tice that they will sell tickets To 81. Pa
and return from February first to Il
thirteenth inclusive for S4.05 the rom
trip including admission to the ice pa
ice and carnival grounds; tickets to e
pire four days after date Of sale. II
tickets are all in one and the retu
mart will have 10 be stamped at the CT
niyal Office before II will be accepted
the train.