The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-01-08


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{ chickens, dry picked first-class poultry
In to-day's paper will be found {
full text of a speech delivered at the re
cent dairymen's meeting at Red Wing
by assistant dairy commissioner How
: ard. 1t Is full ofgood points and demon
4 strates that II. C. is thoroughly con.
versant with every detail of the sub.
ject. II contains some statistics that are
: particularly significant.
AT the regular meeting of Wilkin
Post on Wednesday evening the follow
ing officers were installed.
L. NJ. Pope-Commander.
w. w. p. McConnell-S. V.
l.. r. Kennedy. V.
NJ. Hannah-Q. NJ.
Z. j. Davis-S.
Rev. N. J.. Liscomb-Chaplain.
Max Bernhardt-O. ID.
Il. w. Mead-Adj.
S. W. BURGESS. NJ.
AS a rule Americans are unable TO
distinguish between the several ele-
ments of the Scandinavian natio nalities,
and these are most generally classed as
Norwegians. Owing to this fact the
Norsk citizens are credited with many
things of which they are innocent. The
FREE Pres fell into the same error last
week in mentioning the shooting affair
of Christmas day. The parties were
Swedes instead of Norwegians, rs stated.
1T will be remembered hat after the
killing of James Wilson, Esq, at the
Northwestern depot in this city II few
years ago, his widow commenced suit
against the Company for 5000, which
was afterward ruled out of court by
Judge Severance on what he believed to
be just grounds, but having recently re-
ceived a decision on the same point
from the Supreme Court, he has con-
Guided to re-admit the case, believing
that his ruling was erroneous.
j, II. Davis, Esq, of this city, hav-
ing disposed of his business here re-
quests rs TO say to his friends that he
wishes to have all who hold bills against
him, to present them at once, and, fur
thermore. he desires all who are in
debted to him by book account, or other
wise, to call before January 18th, us his
accounts will he in the hands of a collec-
tor after that date. Mr.. Davis will settle
these bills more advantageously TO the
debtor now, than he possibly can after
the account pass from his hands.
The first election of directors for the
Standard Fiber Ware Company was held
last Tuesday. Messrs. j. A., NJ. q. and
ID. q. Willard, are the directors elected,
and these at the same meeting chose J.
A. willard, President and Treasurer,
NJ. q. Willard, Secretary and manager.
They expect their foreman, John Ste "
ems, Esq, Il practical fiber-ware man
ufacturer, of Syracuse, n. Y, in about a
fortnight. He is at present overseeing
the manufacture of their machinery, all
of which is about ready for Shipment.
The Presbyterian Sunday school is
i'll a very flourishing condition The
attendance December Goth reached pa,
while the total enrolment in 1885 was
420. The collection the first sunday of
each month for the boys school at Sis
seton Sioux mission was S45, the birth
day box yielded $50 for Siam children's
mission. More was spent in 1885 for
papers than eve before, and about $50
for library and singing books. The cry
ing need Of the school is.more ROOM. NJ.
g. Willard, Il. ii. Brewster and Theo.
Williams were elected superintendent
and assistant Superintendent and secre-
tartan respectively, ID. q. Willard was
elected secretary and treasurer, Miss
Stella Mccoy, chorIster; Miss Blanche
Foulke, o~rganist. Tillie Nelson, Geo.
Pollock, Charlie Willard and Willie
Shepard were present every Sunday last
year.
The County Commissioners have put
in a very busy week, holding evening
sessions in order to complete their la
bors in the shortest possible time. Yes
terday morning they visited the poor
farm, and while Piper and Diamond
were looking the mules over GainOr,
Klein and Martinson MIXED the Jersey.
Martinson suffered one of his ears to be-
frost-bitten while engaged in this
last act, so his brother commissioners
say. Last evening they reelected Mr..
McGarry superintendent of the poor
farm. Considerable of a strife for city
physician was waged in the earlier part
of the week, the applicants being Drs.
McMahan & Jacoby, Andrews and War
ner. but the two former gentlemen en-
countered little or no opposition when
the contest narrowed to the Boards de-
cision. The following are the IN Of
the other physicians selected:
End District-Dr. A. p. Smith. of Eagle Lake.
Bird District DIR. III. ii. Herring, Lake Crystal.
4th Dist. DIR. D. H.. McMichael, Vernon Center
9Th Dist.-Dr. Ira Bishop, MapietOn.
9th Dist.-Dr. 4. b. Haynes, winnebago AR'cy.