The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-07-09
PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Gates, of Garden
City, were in Mankato Tuesday, and
like most everybody else, took in the
circus.
o. M. Noble, Esq, for the past foul
months employed at Fort lotion, ID. T.
with the Post Traders, is home to spend
few days.
Hon. G. G. Spaulding was in the city
Tuesday. Coles circus was here that
day also. But this is no reason why we
should name the two in the same con-
nection. Oh, no!
Hon. A. r. McGill, the coming Gov
ernor of Minnesota, was in the city We'd
nesday. Mr.. McGill is gentleman Of
the first water, and will make us mag.
nificent Governor.
ii. q. Day, Esq, of Albert Lea, q
member of the editorial fraternity, was
in the city Wednesday, and took in oul
COMPRESSION convention. He is rather
mum on the !tuation i'm the First dis,
trict.
Hon. Alex. Fiddes, of Jackson county,
took in the celebration at Heron Lake
on the 9Th, the circus at Mankato on the
9th, and the Congressional convention
on the eth. Mr.. Fiddes believes in See
ing all the sights.
Hon. j. l.. Gibbs, of Freeborn county,
candidate for Governor, spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in the city looking after
his fences. Mr.. Gibbs expresses him
self as feeling pretty sure that his rails
are well placed.
Hon. Loren Fletcher, of Minneapolis,
was in the city Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr.. Fletcher contended that his only
mission here was to learn how to run a
Congressional convention. Very likely
he took some instructions from Lind.
ii. G. Hoatling, Esq, for the past
four years an employee i'll the
Reriew office, has accepted position
with the GAINESVILLE Argus. Mr.. II. is a
young man of correct habits, and his
employer will find him true to every
trust.
President Hatch and Mr.. Brown, of
the Cannon Valley road, are in the city
to-day. There is evidently something
Matching respecting the line ofroad these
gentlemen represent. 1t looks very
much as though Mankato is going to
have another railroad soon.
Chas. Gilman was nosing around the
convention here Wednesday. What
Gilman expects in this portion of the
State is not clear, but there is time
coming when he will get something, and
that something will be anything but
complimentary to his political ambition.
Mrs. w. q. Waltz, of FL Paso, Texas,
arrived in the city last week, and will
spend this week with the family of III.
p. Christensen, Esq. She will visit her
parents at Henry, ID. T., before return
ing south, and will very likely be joined
by her husband while in this locality.
Mrs. f. p. Cook. of Good Thunder,
was in the city Tuesday-the first time
in nearly four years. Some three years
since Mrs. c. met with an accident
which resulted i'll the fracture of her
knee pan, and since that time she has
been obliged to use crutches in getting
around.
Col. Bobleter, with the Brown county
delegation, was on hand early at the
convention else the circus. The
Col explained that he came on Tuesday
in order to get good nights rest before
the tug of war commenced, but as he
took III the show, there is some suspi-
cion that he wanted to see the real live
animals and full menagerie.
Prof r. f. Denfeld, a former super
intendent of our city schools. now hold
ing like position in Duluth, arrived in
the city yesterday and will remain until
Monday. The Professor reports Duluth
as booming, and property daily increas-
ing in value. Several Mankato people
have investments in Duluth real estate,
and they will be pleased to know that it
ic hattar than GOLD