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

We learn by private letter from
General Baker that he and Genera
Becker will both be at the alliance meet
ing at Good Thunder on Saturday tn,
10th inst. They nave cancelled II yer,
important engagement in the north par
of the state for the purpose of comply
ing with the wishes of the farmers il
this county, and it behooves all farmers
to be in attendance at that meeting.
County treasurer Jones informed III
yesterday that not more than one-fourtl
of the personal property tax has beer
paid and, strange to say, not nearly al
large Il per cent. of the city tax has beer
paid rs of that from the country. If oul
readers contemplate that but two weeks
remain before the date upon which d
penalty of ten per cent. will be added tc
all their unpaid, it certainly will prompt
early payment.
The teachers institute held ut Ma,
pleton last Saturday was highly sue
|
and work done. The interest manifest.
ed has warranted the Superintendent in
appointing another there for Saturday
Feb. 20, when Percentage" in arith.
will be made specialties, with some sub
sidiary work on other topics. A rousing
meeting is looked for.
This is the fifth week of the Baptist
revival, and the interest is greater than
ut any time before since the meetings
| began. The converts now number 1876
Between fifty and sixty new members
will receive the hand of fellowship next
Sabbath, and many others are soon to he
baptised. The pastor will preach SER
les of sermons next week on Christ's
Sermon on the Mount, beginning Mon
day evening. Meeting every day at 3 p.
NJ, and every evening at $50.
There will be gospel services in the
Congregational Church every day for one
week, beginning next Sunday morning,
Feb. II, and continuing the following
evenings. The pastor will preach on the
following subjects: Sunday morning,
"The story of n Great Revival" Sunday
evening, Gods Look" Monday eve
ming, I'm Take Ny Chances" Tuesday
evening, Regeneration, What, and
Why" "Wednesday evening, Goods
Prayer" Thursday evening, "Our Atti-
tude Towards the Holy Spirit" Friday
evening, Gods Grace, What is It?"
Saturday evening, "What is it to be a
Christian Everybody made welcome.
Services begin at hall past seven. The
singing will be under the competent di-
rection of Miss Hale, of the Normal fac
ulty
. The merchants of GAINESVILLE, accord
ing To the -irguS, have formed them
selves into an anti-dead- beat association,
known as THE GAINESVILLE Storekeeper's
Mutual Protective Association" Their
aim is to endeavor to rid themselves SO
far as practicable of the impositions of
the so-called dead-beat, who exists more
or less numerously in all communities.
They have prepared list of names in
Guiding all who are known to have dead
beat tendencies, and these will not be
trusted ut the different stores, until all
former Indebtedness is liquidated and
their names taken from the list. The
merchants are now quietly grooming the
lines of the Lord High Executioner in
the MikadO
We've got 'cm on the list.
And they never will be missed
Ii requires two-thirds vote of the
members to strike any name from the
role. An effort will be made to form a
like association in Mankato.
A very interesting case has been
tried in the Supreme Court at st. Paul
this week between w. b. Craig d Co.,
of tins city, and Mccarthy Il Co., con-
tractors, of st. Paul. The circumstances
in the case are. briefly. Us follows Los.
"ninfne" Mccarthy &-Ca- "~--'.'''y'N'
with the st. Paul Improvement company
To do Job of work, and arranged with
Craig * Co., for a certain quantity of
stone, the terms of agreement being re-
duced to writing. Afterward, it occur
red to the parties that the improvement
company might change their plans and
specifications some before the stone was
furnished, Mccarthy remarking that he
would stand any extra expense Craig
might be placed at if such plans were al
tered. The change was made as antici-
pated, which necessitated large por-
ton of the stone being cut diamond
shape instead of square. This increased
the expense of cutting about 80 per cent.
and it is for this difference that Craig &
Co., brought suit. The amount involved
is upwards of So, 800.
The Board of County Commissioners
left last Monday evening on the Milwau-
kee road on tour of inspection to var
ious court houses throughout the country
to form some conception as to what they
had best do III regard to commencing
work for one in this county. They re-
turned home last night, and report hav-
ing visited Lacrosse and Fon du Lac,
WIS, McGregor, Iowa, and Austin, Mn
nesota. They found none of the court
houses at any Of these points so nearly
suited to our wants as the one at Austin.
The facts and figures gathered by them
on the trip will be fully canvassed at
their meeting in this city next Wednes-
day, but we are informed that they as
certaIned that steam heating is the cheap
est by far. The court house ut Lacrosse
| il so warmed. and the cost for fuel is $500
per year, and janitors salary $500, max
ing total cost of 800, while at Austin,
where stoves are used, fuel alone costs
them $500 per annum, besides paying
| their ianitOr. The commissioners are
pretty thoroughly convinced that it will
be cheaper for Blue Earth county to con-
struct the entire building of stone, the
relative cost of stone and brick being
widely different, and the probability il
| that much more substantial and hand
some structure can be built of stone.
Some good stories on Judge Sever
ance were brought out at the encamp-
ment at Farbault, this week. Among
them the following:
Capt. Hoy and Judge Severance, of
Mankato, marched side by side, after