The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-02-12
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Good Thunder.

Saturday was the day of the season,
the thermometer at sunrise registering
24e above zero, and at two O'Clock stood
at So. Every body came to the front
smiling. and bear-skIn coats were at a
discount.
There is u fine prospect for a suit
against one of the collecting fraternity.
u bill of 44cts. being placed in his hands,
for collection, and after collecting the
same adds 1856 and receipts for six dol
lars i'm full. The only law charges being
summons and mileage and service OF
summons, the mileage being only ten
miles and return which leads the plain
tiff to believe that he has cause to kick
and prospect of recovery.
Mr.. Halves has located in the Wend-
iandt block and will soon be ready to
attend to collecting and any law bust
ness placed in his hands. Although he
has not rs yet got his Office and library
at rights, he has several eases on hand
and will no doubt build up lucrative
business rs our townsmen are getting
weary of building up the practice of sub.
urban towns at the expense of Good
Thunder.
Hon. Gid Doty of Vernon is making
his periodical visit Gid admits that he
has done many things during his event.
full life that heis sorry for. "Open con.
fession is good for the SOUL" and we al.
ways like to meet man frank enough
to admit the corn.
Mr.. Walt Redfearn has returned and
will, we understand, attend to the pre-
scription department in the palace drul
store.
Several of our citizens are interested
in law points, and appeal to the FREE
Press to decide the question as to the
statute of the state of Minnesota relat
ing to patent rights being constitutional
the point in the question is, whether
the owner of Il patent right or agent o.
patent right is compelled to make ap
plication and record his letters patent
| with the clerk of district court as giveT
AL statutes, page COL, section l39.-(Up
on reading the above, our legal bumI
began to eifervesce, and determined
| that the section of the statute referred Il
is unconstitutional. The courts have sc
decided.-Ed.)
| o. X. evidently is Interested, what ii
it, government license? If so, al
right, and we will take the bottle on
of our pocket.
Our esteemed friend Paul denies tn,
allegation, and deties the alligator,
and Judging from his furious frenzy, W,
have concluded to take it all back a
the chair aint hurt half as much as WI
first supposed.
Herman left on the Saturday morn
ing train going north and singula
enough so did she, well, we don't blam,
you Hermann, would have done tn,
same, but finances and natural timidity
conspired against us.
The tobaggan club hold her dow
hard ana Clark has loaded the old blum
derbuss with beans and says if that in
fernal racket isn't stopped somebod.
will have beans to sell.
Mapleton always keeps up with tn
times, her latest production being il
the portrait line. We have been collect
ing photographs for a town gallery, ant
when we saw the genial countenance O
Mapleton's honored correspondent
beaming forth from the plate glass from
of our drug store, we at once recognize,
that Websterian brow and paused to ad
mire the finished work and only regre
that the artists name was not attached
as some of our council at the last meet
ing offered Il motion to the effect tina
our city negotiate for portraits of tn
remaining celebrieties of Mapleton.
Dennis is advocating temperance, an,
to prove that mis- reformation is com
piete, has invested in well.
LUPUS.