The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-05-14
AMONG OUR NEIaHBoAs

~. Peter Herald: The Southwes'oi"
Editorial Association will meet some
time i'm June, and there is talk OF meet
ing ut Waseca. The Radical says, we
expect to entertain at our village the
district of editors headed
by Tom Bowen of Sleepy Eye, biily
Todd of Redwood, the Mankato boys.
Blackiston and McGill ofSt. Peter, with
such other lunatics rs may be happy 10
come.
The Radical is decidedly sarcastic In
chasing McGill and Blackiston with
such other lunatics as may be happy to
come" But truth crushed to earth
will rise again."
Red,uood Falls Reuille: o. r. Mather,
of Mankato, the man who has contract
ed To erect the new school building NJ
Marshall, will also engage in brick-mak-
ing on an extensive scale at the same
place. He hopes TO burn kiln in time
to use i'm the construction OF the school
building.
Lake Benton Mtus: This ia the season
of the year when the thrifty housewife
washes the mop boards and takes down
Good bless our home" and dusts 1t.
Is that touching motto-"What IL
Home without baby" left blooming In
cobwebs alone?
Henderson Independent: The prospects
are flattering for the opening of Goa
mine ut Minneopa Falls, which, if sue
cessful, will be a big boom for both Min
neopa Falls and MankatO. So says the
Free Press. The property to the extent
of 600 acres has been leased for a tern
of 30 years, by stock company com
posed of the young business men o
MankatoI and prospecting for coal ans
oil will begin at once, Here's that !
will prove success.
Austin Transcript: At a mass meetin,
of the citizens recently sufficient money
was guaranteed by them to pay TO
the right Of way ofthe Austin, MaRkat.
4 St. Cloud road through the township
of Glencoe, which was the only prere
quisite required by the company to pas
through this town. The surveyors are
already at work, and the road is to b.
completed to Hutchinson within thre
months.
Worthington Adunce:. Mr. Smith
certainly the choice of this county an,
seems to be the choice of this judicia
district. HIS most formidable competit
ors so far are Freeman, of Blue Earth
and Lind, of Brown. Mr.. Freeman Ina
rival ut home in Mr. Collester and MI
Lind has one near home in Mr.. Turril
Fl Winnebago Gin Press Ne,Os: ]. c. Eas
ton is printer by trade, and for sever
al years before coming to this state con
Quoted a country newspaper. Thi
shrewd financier soon discovered h
had tackled the wrong pursuit to max
fortune. He sold out his newspape
enterprise and came to Chatfield, wher
he started bank with 81 200 i'm read
cash and an Eastern backing of S. 900 q
reserve. Since which time all Ina
been fish, and golden ones at that
which came into tis nst, His check
good to-day for one million dollars.
} The present editor of the FREE Pre-
was foreman in 1873, of the paper form
| erly owned by Mr.. Easton-the Low
: vile lewis county, N. W Journal.
Blue Earth City Posi-: OF the tire
, names prominently mentioned in col
nection with the nomination for govern
or, Gibbs, Gilman and McGill, The PO
is emphatically favorab lie to the latter
, Blue Earth City Post. Hon, NJ, u. |
Collester, of Mankato, who IL q cand
date for congress, made us . very pleas
, ant call on Wednesday while here o
business. He is very able yonng maj
! and one whom we would not be asian
ed of ut the National capital should b
receive the nomination and election.
!. JanesriHe argus: The citizens {
/ Mankato are elated and excite
l over the supposed discovery G
coal and oil at Minneopa falls
: Evidences are not wanting, il is sait
going to establish the fact that bot
these commodities lay beneath the SUI
face Ut Ninneopa. Several enterprisin
citizens have bought or secured tn
lease of the territory and will ut ono
commence operations to demOnstrat
the full facts of the alleged discovery.
Ner Ulm RerieW: Henry Himmelmar
Jr., one of the most popular young me-
in Mankato and well known to many c
, our citizens, was married on the At
inst. to Miss Sue Schuerer, also of Man
kato. The Revie,V joins Mr.. Himmel
mans many New Ulm friends in wishin
him and his bride mich Joy apd haPRi
ness.
!. 81. Peter Tribune: The candidate 70
congress from this district should be
man of high intellectual attainments, G
commanding ability, and of strong char
acter-a man capable of taking an
maintaining a position Of influence j
congress. These points Fare of vastl
more consequence than his present vC
cation. But he should also be a ma
! familiar with the agricultural interest
and in thorough sympathy with tn
farmer. Having these qualifications
whether he halls from lawyers Offic
or wheat field makes but little differ
ence.
Albert Lea Enterprise: The South
western Minnesota Live Stock and Fai
Associations has already begun prepar
alton for the next fair, which will b,
held at Mankato, September 81, 90, 9
and oath. 1t promises to be one of tn
best agricultural and stock shows eve
held in Southern Minnesota.
The Redwood Falls Revielle in speak
ing of the article in THE FREE Press of
couple of weeks since regarding the COT
and oil possibilities at Minneopa Falls
says:
at is extremely doubtful if anythin
| Is IOunu DeyOnu SupcTllCidl vein OI bul
face or float coal, yet the editor of tn
FREE PRESS believes that thorough hun
(excuse the pun) will disclose the exis
ence of that valuable commodity in vas
quantities. He believes that plac
which classes all other subterranea
treasures among its possessions must ais
have coal.
One thing is certain, whether the Coz
deal materializes or not, the falls of Mir
neopa present natural attractions rarel
excelled in Minnesota, and with a mod
crate expenditure for Improvement
not including q poetic tale Of a wooin
by Hlawatha, or some other smoky 30
of the wig-wam, Minneopa could be mad
i'm some respects rival of the much nd
vertised and ditto lied about Mime
haha."
IT is truly amusing to see how the Re
rieW editor endeavors to extricate him
self from the Odium attaching to hin
for sticking his nose into the persons
business of the Board OflCommissiOnert