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

Rev. ii. 4. Bushnell will be unable 4
lecture before the Prohibition club mex
Monday evening rs announced.
Anonymous communications ar
percmtorially consigned to the mysteri
GUS abyss of the waste basket, whicl
correspondents should understand.
"A number of people came from sur
rounding localities yesterday to see tn,
It. Panl tobogganers, expecting tina
they would he here during the day.
1t is annoucned that the "Old Vet
drum corps will give another dance oil
Feb. -, AT the request of many who ut
tended the one given on the nth inst
The Ladies' Relief Society will NEE
with Mrs. W. Il. Craig next Tuesday
afternoon ut | p. IN. for the conside IA
ton of business relative Ia their work
They solicit full attendance.
Captain Washburn is making re-
newed efforts to bring company + up to
a greater state of perfection. The captain
takes pride in his company, and if the
bows stand by him he will succeed.
4. Why not get up good big party tC
20 down To 1t. Paul next Thursday? As
will be seen 10y the ice carnival pro-
, gramme printed elsewhere, this will be
one of the biggest days of the season.
( The efficacy of high license has been
( pretty well demonstrated At Minnesota
/ Lake. The council nj their last meeting
raised liquor license from 500 To- $50
and three saloons have since suspended
| leaving the town but two, instead oi
! five.
b. I. Hutchinson, Esq, had a box
of cigars open on the show case at Col
/ Inns y Coz drug ssore, the first of the
week. Ii was on account of the arrival
! of a bouncing boy baby ut his house on
/ Monday afternoon. Boys are nice 10
have in the family--so we've been told
--Geo. T.. Brett, of the Empire store,
rcvises his advertisement in to-day >
paper. Mr.. Brett seems 10 have
| implicit belief in the adagc "the ear
! " bird catches the worm" for he
announces his spring stock already, be-
sides offering bargains on remaining
winter goods.
We learn that Geo. Norman, Esq,
who purchased the old John :. Jones
farm in Judson about two years ago will
soon put in operation cheese factory
and has all the necessary machinery on
hand now This place is located on Sec
ton 81 on the road leading from this
| city To Lake Crystal, a very good loca-
ton for such an enterprise.
Mr.. {. VI. Green spent a portion OF
the week in Mankato looking up some
facts and figures To aid in arranging a
plan for new Odd Fellows hall at Am
boy. 1t is intended Ia build "A veneered
structure 24x50, two stories, and to com
mence operations on the building as
soon As the weather will permit. We
are glad To note the ilattering success
with which this young lodge is meeting.
The annual meeting of the Congre-
gationai church was held last evening.
/ The church was found to he in good
/ financial condition, and prospecting. 1t
. was decided Ia add another deacon. and
/ nominating committee for that pur-
| pose was appointed. Officers for the
church and society were elected, and q
( goodly amount Of general business tran.
/ sacted w. W. !. Mcconnell was APP
/ pointed Ia attend the council AT Waseca
next Wednesday in company with the
! pastor.
As an example of the Rer;cW'@ incon
I consistency we cite the fact that II few
weeks ago he kicked outrageously be-
cause the city authorities expended Il
small sum for detective service in raid
ln2 the gamblers, and in his last issue
ridiculcs the idea that ordinary means
are at all adequate TO the work III tn,
following sentence: "This kind of lie
tectIvc service j. fun for the gamblers
and a. long as it Is pursued, They arr
quite safe IN escaping moicsta,ion. 'Oh
consistency, thou art Il Jewel
-Mcssrs. George AL Ed. Andrews q
the old Andrews Opera Go. have organ
lied a new company III Minneapolis il
connection with some other gentleman
whose name We have not learned. Tn,
company bears the old name, and the,
have fitted up the old Pence "per:
house in that city where they will run
standing company. This week the.
have been running "Girotie Girotla."
has been reported that Mrs. Florence
CLAYTON, sister of the Andrews boys,
IA member of the new organization, bu
Mr.. Clayton requests us Ia say that hi:
wife il no
The great revival AT the Baptis
church continues with undated inter
pie every evening who give earnest al
tcnliOn 10 the preaching of the wore
There have been requests for prayc
every evening since the meetings begal
: There are at this time between eight
and ninety converts. BY request, tn
pastor will repeat Il sermon next Sabbat
evening that he has preached here bt
fore, on Looking to Jesus" He wi
preach Sabbath morning on "Christia
Triumph" The meetings will continu
next week. \ large number will 500
be baptized.
: Owners of timber seem To think tia
} the only way to regulate the prices {
: wood il to curtall the amount cut, man
of them declaring that If the outloo
don't improve they will chop but it'll
f this winter. 1t does not stand To re;
) son, however, that this will increase tn
demand i'm fac; it will have the opposit
f effect. II the impression gets out al
, other season that dry wood is scarce,
. will increase the demand for coal an
coal stoves. II is better to keep up tli
quantity and sell little cheaper. Th
, more than anything else, will keep til
) market in Il healthy condition.
, With the best natural slides 10 |
: found in the whole country, it is a ma
4 ter of considerable comment why Maj
| kato has no toboggan clnb. This forl
of sport Is raging all over the countr,
and in many places the young folks hay
= become 80 inoculated with the epidem
4 that large sums of money are expende
G in constructing artificial declines upo
4 which to enjoy the sport. Where, G
l. top of this snow-covered terraqueol
= globe which we inhablt, can slide
e found which combines all the requisite
n for enjoying tobogganing to such d