The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-08-20
PERSONAL.

ri j. "A. Presley, Jr., is East on business
i +. Ii. Evans, Esq, was in Mankato tn,
first of the week.
Mrs. Hutchinson, of Fort Dodge, Iowa
is visiting her son Il. +.
| Mr.. Stephen Thorn, of Lake Crystal,
was in the city Tuesday.
Postmaster Cannon visited St. Paul
and Minneapolis this week.
7. ii. Pew, Esq, one of the good farm
ers of Vernon Center, was in the city
Tuesday.
Mrs. o. Brown, after quite an extend
ed visit To friends IN the East, returned
home Monday.
| Mrs. 4. Is. Cattron, sister of Mrs. ii q,
i. Christensen, with her children, are
visiting in the city,
! Geo. +. Brett, Esq, leaves to-day for
New York, to make his fall and winter
purchases of dry goods.
Mr.. Parker, the Republican candidate
for superintendent of schools, was in the
city the first of the week. Mr.. l.. feels
very hopeful of success.
Mr.. lsidor Longini returned Saturday
from the East, and now look out for new
fall and winter clothing.
&. IL. Parsons, ESD, is in Minneapolis
this week on business connected with
the Standard Cement Co.,
Mr.. David Dackins returned from San
Francisco yesterday. lie reports
grand time ut the encampment.
Rev. &. II. Beauieu, of lie Sueur, will
assist the Rector of st. Johns Episcopal
church on Sunday morning next.
Mrs NJ. j. Kellogg, of Rochester, and
Mrs. J. ID. Bradley, of Chicago, are visit
ing their sister, Mrs. j. Z. McClelland.
ID. Poole, Esq, of Kalamazoo, Mich.
accompanied by his wife and daughter, |
is visiting with Mr.. 4. G. Barney's fami- |
ly. Mrs. Poole is a sister Ia Mr.. Barney. |
Mrs. \. |. Cleveland and daughter |
have returned from their long eastern
journey. They report Il delightful trip,
but say that the climate af Minnesota is
preferable To any climate they expert
enced.
Mrs. III. ;. Perry, Of this city, had Il
most agreeable surprise "Wednesday.
Her adopted brother, Charles Lyman,
whom she had not seen for forty years
o.. al... |
is great while and the boy that she
last saw at IL years of age is now near
ing sixty.
Congressman Wakefield went down To
st. Paul "Wednesday, and stopped off II
few hours To shake hands with his many
Mankato friends. Mr.. Waketield's
health is much better than il was during
The winter, II fact that will he hailed
with pleasure by his old friends i'm the
Second district.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Garvin, of Good
Thunder, started Tuesday fora visit To
their old home IN Maine. Mr.. and Mrs.
u. came To Blue Earth county in 1855.
and this will he the first visit they have :
made since that time to the home of
their childhood. They will probably be
absent couple of months, and all wish 1
them II pleasant visit and safe return. /
1t IL folly To discuss Il question with |
III idiot, Il waste of time Ia talk with 81 ,
knave and nonsensical To argue with 5
Dne who is determined not To be com
vinced. The editor of the Rcrieir re-
presents combination of all these ,
things. He Is mad clean through be-
'ausc he could not he confirmed in po-
'ltion To which he never ought have .
been nominated. He shows his spleen ,
plainly when he endeavors To cast dis
honorable motives upon Messrs. Hub
Jard ~ Co. for selling their flour at re
iuced prices by refusing Ia allow the
,rocers II commission. The Big Mill !
have no disposition, rs we
believe, Ia squeeze" anyone, and the
editor of the Rsrie,c shows his puerilc
position when he acknowledges that
Hubbard Il Co. "sell flour To consumers
At the same price it is sold mt wholesale,
dealers from reaping pro-
III. And yet, because these gentlemen
do this, and thereby reduce the price of
bread stuff from forty Ia sixty cents per
barrel, Wise calls it monopoly! Bah, ;
Oh such NONSENSE. Such arguments are
even So profound numskull
rs Wise. The righteousness of his POI
sition is fully calculated by his own
language.
According To the Union, the duty of
the convention AT Good Thunder is To
clean out Mankato and every man who
holds II county office and happens To re-
side here. In fact the Union saws this Is
what the convention is called for. In
the first place we do not believe. il. In
the second place there is no ground for
any such unreasonable and unworthy
motive. In the third place the farmers
of Blue Earth county are possessed of
too much good sense to lend themselves
10 any such ridiculous proceeding. The
Union is advised that Mankato Inns no
To capture" the Good
convention. The laboring men
of this city, under the call, have equal
rights in that convention with the farm
ers. They will form constituent part
of the body assembled at that time, and
they will conduct themselves in a man
ner which will reflect credit upon their
An ,ther thing, Mr.. Union,
no organization in this city ever made
proposition for an independent convcn.
ton, AMI knew nothing of the Good
Thunder movement until published.
The call was signed by farmers exclusive
ly-not single Mankato man appearing
upon the list Guessing again, Bro. Neif.
DEATH OF MISS MINNIE SMITH.
Miss Minnie Smith, one of MankatO's
brightest and lovliest young ladies' died
Tuesday evening after an illness of less
/. A. n.