The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-03-19
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at the w. &. T. u. rooms on Jackson
street, Sabbath afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
There will be gospel temperance
meeting at the w, G. T. L. parlors next
Tuesday evening. All are cordially in
vited.
| The proposed farmers warehouse
organization at Amboy has been partial
" effected and there il little doubt of its
success.
p. Bequette, Esq, has let the con-
tract for his new house to }. Flachsen
har. Ii is Ia cost IN the neighborhood
of - 900.
-Isidor Longini, of the Star Clothing
House, gives evidence in to-day's FREI
Press of increasing trade. See enlarged
advertisement.
John {. Noe reports the sale of Ito
acres in the town of Antrim, Watonwar
county, to Anton Tenk, of Nicollet, fol
81 $50. Also 50 acres in Butternut Val
lev TO Ole Shaw for $50.
Snow fell Saturday night To the
depth of two or three inches, but melted
away. largely, on Sunday. During sun
day night il showed little, but Monday
being warm and spring like it soon dis
appeared.
Judge Severance, on Wedne sday
denied the motion for new trial in case
of Monson viz. City of Mankato. We
will have to pay Mr.. Monson $500 for
damages sustained through defective
sidewalk.
Swan Johnson has half-bloodHo i
stein heifer, and a half-blood Guernsey
heifer which he desires to sell. An ear
" purchaser can secuae a barg ain. APP
ply at residence, corner Louisa and Rec
ord street.
The residence of III. K. Grigno
Winnebago Agency, took fire last eve
ming and was considerably damaged.
Had i, not been for the timely efforts of
the citizens The house would haye been
destroyed.
The Missionary Garden of the Con-
gregational church will hold Il fair next
Wednesday evening, the oath inst, at
which they will dispose of numberless
articles both useful and ornamental.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the same
church will give supper ut the same
time and place-the Bentley rink.
Mrs. F.. l.. Bettinger, and Miss Lau-
ri lIeilborn, a former Mankato girl, took
advantage of the passenger cut on the
Northern Pacific road to make their
friends here visit, and expect to spend
the summer with Mankato friends. Prof.
Bettinger's friends here will he pleased
to know that he is doing very pros
porous business,
Nicholas Lang, Esq, of this city, has
purchased the Union House property,
and will push the REPAYMENT of that
hosiery TO completion at once. AS is
well known that building was partially
burned down early in the winter and
has been rebuilt III part. Mr.. l.. will
see that it is fixed up in tp-top shape.
Mr.. Rustemever will continue as host.
-Messrs. Frink Il Richards contracted
for page supplement in THE FREE
Press this week, but owing To the inn
mense prlce-lIst which they present, We
are unable to lay their mammoth adver-
tisement before our readers until next
week. They propose to slaughter any
and everything in the way of high prices
Il, tl...t,. N
nouncement.
o. Leonard, Esq, has just closed up
the probation of the estate of the late
Thos Rieger, and RENTED to that gem
tleman's relatives in Germany the net
assets of the estate, amounting Ia 5000
Marks. This in L. :. currency is equal
TO 81 200, 4 Mark being equal to "a cts.
The gross assets of the estate was about
$, 600. which dispels the general idea
that the deceased was "miser million
aire." Ii was believed that his richie $
ranged upwards of S50,Oo0.
-Messrs. f. Decker, of Sterling, and
:. c. Brooks, of Mapleton, returned last
Monday from Castle Rock, Mimi, VIII ere
they went few days previous to pur-
! chase horse of Mr.. Johnson for the
contemplated Sterling Stock Company
They brought home noble animal for
which they paid $500. Mr.. Decker Is
an experienced horseman and feels
proud of their purchase. He SAYS that
he will keep the animal himself if il
should transplre that the stock company
is not finally formed.
The ignorance of the counties com
prising the Second Congressional Distric
displayed at the Prohibition convention
Tuesday afternoon was serio-amusing t.
a Ioon.. ,y.., ....a ".., pIuoi positive uii"
the head pilots had failed in getting
their "Gog fly" lesson. No one of thu
fifty or sixty present could name more
than six of the counties, and it required
some degree of emphatic assertion Il
convince them that Nicollet, LeSueur
and Sibley are i'm the district. The re
porters present, (who are omniscient il
knowledge), were referred to, and tn,
extrication relieved.
j. w. Hoerr is a candidate for re
election as alderman in the 2nd ward
Mr.. Fl. has made very acceptable
member of the council, and being in
strongly Democratic ward there is ~
doubt of his election-provided he get
the nomination. An alderman will al
80 have to be elected for two years I
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig
nation of Mr.. Carney, and an effoI
should be made to get Il first-class man
If the Democrats would be little liber
al and divide honors, either Capt. {
Keysor or Capt. J. n. Holmes would b
valuable men in the council.
We announce with profound regre
, that Rev. q. G. Pollock, who has serve
as pastor of the Presbyterian church i
this city for several years, has tendere
his resignation of the charge, to take e
feet in the course of five or six months
What Mr.. Poliock's motive for so doin
, is we know not, nor have we attempte
to ascertain, that being private, as We
, between himself and his church; but "
, hope sincerely that he will yet see fit
withdraw the resignation, for he is
faithful minister, "a true friend to all h
i, acquaintance, and worthy and desi
= able citizens whom any communit
would regret to lose.
The Rerier editor seems to tax
especial delight i'll charging "extravs
u CANT and wasteful expenditure ofmone'
abuses" etc. to any and all Republica
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