The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-30


seldom that wild flowers can be secured
Ia. use i'm Easter decorations, but this
season the early spring flowers We're
proflse in the establishment at all the
sanctuaries.
-THE FREE PRESS has no apologies TO
make to its readers for the liberal space
allotted this week to the st. Cloud, Aus
tin & Mankato railroad question. 1t is
something that our people are all inter
ested IN and We have taken the trouble
to lay both sides before our readers that
they may have an opportunity to read
and Judge for themselves.
Mrs. Plumb, of Minneapolis, an ex-
perienced kindergarten teacher, was i'll
the city yesterday, inquiring into the
outlook for the establishment of such Il
school III Mankato. This method is one
of the most approved for commencing
the development of young minds, and an
institution of that kind would prove a
beneficial factor among our educational
| facilities.
! The Wells Adrocate asks us To name
Blue Earth county's candidates for Con-
gress. Well, the list to date includes the
names of Hon. +. p. Freeman, Hon. NJ.
ID. l.. Collester and Hon. Ira p. Shissler.
We don't expect to get them all, but any
one ofthe gentlemen named would make
Il very acceptable and creditable repre-
sentative.
Arthur Evenson, of st. Peter, skated
with the champion roller skater of the
United States in an Iowa town last Sa-
turday night, and won the race. Good
enough for Minnesota boy. \ race
has been arranged between these two
champions to take place Mt the Opera
Roller rink tomorrow Saturday even
ing for 500 a side.
Someone attempted to effect an en-
terance into police officer Sheldon's resi-
dence at late hour Tuesday night, but
that vigilant official accidently scented
the intruder and thwarted his designs.
1t must require double dose of cheek
to assail the stronghold of so formidable
an officer as Mr.. S. Perhaps it was
case of mistaken IDENTIFY
The annual meeting of st. Johns
Episcopal church was held last Monday
evening, and the following officers elect
ed: Vestrymen, p. b. Sparrow, NJ. ID.
l.. Collester, j. Lilly, 5. ID. Parsons, ii.
w. Brown, ii. T.. Swan, 7. w. Wysong,
b. +. Hutchinson; Wardens, "A. NJ. Smith,
Geo. w. Slade. :. ID. Parsons and III. w.
Brown were elected delegates to the Di-
ocesan Convention at Minneapolis.
The High School Alumni have issued
invitations for their 9Th annual meeting,
to be held at the Opera House in this
city on Friday evening, June 4th. The
following attractive programme will be
presented.
instrumental Duet-Mrs H. A. Walters and
Miss Freeman.
. History-Miss Emma Fletcher.
3 Vocal Solo-Mr. NJ. Ii Haynes.
I Oration-w. ID. willard.
3 Vocal Duet Misses Davis and Robinson
| q Poem Miss Freeman.
: Instrumental Solo-Miss Beatty.
) Refreshments and Toasts.
The executive committee OF the
Southwestern Minnesota Editorial As
ISOLATION will meet in Mankato to-mor-
row and arrange date and time for hold
ing the next meeting. 1t Is expected
that Waseca will be selected, rs an invi-
tation has been extended by the editor
ial fraternity of that pretty little village.
The hotel at the lake there will be open
ed June LIST, and Bro. Graham promises
the boys good time if they will only
come. We vote for Waseca.
The rains of the week have so
thoroughly saturated the ground that
farm work is practically suspended and
the roads through the country are diili-
cult to trayel, but a few bright days will
change all this. 1t would be folly to de-
plore the heavy rainfall we have had
because the land was so extremely dry
last fall that there has not been sufficient
moisture to support the growing crops
properly, and the present condition OF
things is just what was needed, provided
the fall does not become too copious.
The board of county commissioners
met i'm this city Tuesday, to examine the
revised plans for new court house,
which were TO be re-submitted by the
architects on that date. Mr.. w. ii. Hor-
ton, an expert builder of Rochester, is
in the city i'm behalf of the board, for an
investigation of the plans, and will prob
ably complete tins work to-day, when the
commissioners will come to more def
mite conclusions as to their future course.
They have had the county square sur
veyed, preparatory to locating the build
ing and grading the hill.
-"Dick" Herbert has leased from Mr..
Griebel the building on Front street
heretofore occupied as cigar factory by
Mr.. Schildknecht, and is putting the
same in thorough repair, preparatory to
occupying it with his coffee house. Mr..
IL. L. Williams hopes to begin the cree
ton of an elegant store building soon on
the corner of Front and Hickory streets,
which will make one of the finest inn
provements the city has been blessed
with for many years.
w. II. Geddes, Esq, for the past
two years a me mber of the FREE PRESS
corps, has purchased half interest in
the State Register, and will shortly as
sumo his share of the duties in that con-
Germ. THE FREE PRESS has always found
Mr.. Geddes true to every trust, thor
oughly reliable in every particular, ut
all times courteous and gentlemanly,
and no one wishes him better than the
editor of this paper. In the future con-
duct of the Register, The FREE PRESS
feels reasonably sure of fair treatment,
and certain 1t is that 1t shall be our aim
to treat our competitor with that journ'
alistic courtesy which is due between
cleanly onducted newspapers.
= Lake Crystal Union: The FREE PRES
thinks the suggestion made in the last
5 Union for each country school district tC
provide suitable place of refuge foi
children in case of a cyclone or tornado
good one if suitable grounds can be Sc
3 cured. There are lots of nice knobs OF
the prairie i'm close proximity to the
( school buildings, Mr.. FREE PRESS. 1t il
not necessary to go down to water. Chill
dren in the country are not amphibious
but would rather be in water twenty
n minutes, if absolutely necessary, thar
n buried under the ruins of school house
No doubt the FREE PRESS would go to TIT
bottom of a 50-foot wei and stand in wa