The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-02-19

The interest at the Baptist revival
Is undated. Between fifty and sixty
new members received the hand o
church fellowship last SUNDAY and 9th
ers were baptised last evening. There
is no indication that the work will cease
Large congregations are present every
evening 10 listen 10 the pastor's sermons
on Christ's Sermon OH the Mount.
w. w. Paddock, ESD, received Il
telegram "Wednesday morning from his
wife nj Benson, stating that it was not
believed her brother. Senator T.. Il.
Clark, could live through the day. Mr.
Paddock took the evening train for the
home of his brother-in-law.
/ LArER:-To-day's papers contain the
death of Senator Clark, which occurred
/ yesterday morning nj IL o'clock.
MIR. W. w. p. Mcconnell received
news Tuesday of the obstruction by fire
on Monday of a store building and hall
/ iii Kansas, in which he had Il half inter
est. The insurance, except 5000, on the
property expired the Saturday before,
and the loss sustained is - 800. While
/ the loss is heavy, Mr.. Mcconnell takes
II in his usual good natured way, and
declares he will sell dry goods and car
| pets cheaper than ever.
/ -MeSsrs. ID. l.. & X. II. Rose last Sa-
turdav consummated the sale of the lot
! adjoining Mr.. Dice's store to John +.
Meagher for A. c. Barney, Esq, for a
consideration OF 8, $50 1t il Mr.. Meagh-
er's Intention 10 erect Il large ana COM
mOdlouS sture-roou thereon us soon as
! possible. Thus the vacancy in that part
of tie city Is being appropriately built,
and our clllzeus DO hot care how soon
the whole Is accomplished.
A very painful and fatal accident
occurred 10 three year old daughter
OF Henry Heinzman, of Lime township,
last Tues lay morning about nine o'clock.
y kettle of boiling water was lifted
from the stove and placed upon the
floor for a few minutes and while there,
the little child slipped backwards, fall
ling INTO il, and receiving burns from
which she died Al eleven O'Clock the
same evening. She was buried yester-
day forenoon.
The editor of the IrguS should be a
little careful of the use of these wide
open" phrases. In his last paper he
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Zee III, and on the same page he glee-
fully describes how the ice palace took
in some of JanesviIlc's citizens. Now
II he wished To take Tank kee in as the
Ice palace took the other fellow III, we
feel justified III taking Henry III jhand)
for thus urging them.
The Watonwan Literary society,
three and one-half miles west Of Gar
den City, are preparing programme of
literary and musical exercises which
will he rendered in the Watonwan
school house next Friday evening the
10Th inst. \ small admission fee will
be charged, and the receipts will be
turned into an organ fund for the pur-
pose of buying an instrument for their
Sabbath school. The good people in that
locality should turn out enmasse.
Last Friday evening Il council of the
National Union, an insurance association
was formed in this city and officers
elected as follows: President w. VI.
Farr; Vice President, VI. Hamlet; Sec
retarv, W. X. Geddes: Financial Secre-
tary, IL. W. Brown; Treasurer, A. p.
Hallhill; ExPresident, +. y. Merrill;
Chaplain, G.. II Parsons ;Sergeant-at-arms
l.. NJ. Holmes; Speaker, Thos. Hughes;
| sher, Chas. Cheever; DOorkeeper,
Chas. Kurth; Trustees, VIM. Pfeifer, +.
y. Merit, J. K. Jones.
As announced in last weeks FREE
Press, thata movement was commenced
last Friday evening for the formation
Of grocer's protective union and the
organization WAS practically Inaugurated
AT that time. Tuesday evening o! this
week an adjourned meeting was held
and the formation of the society com
pleted. The following officers were
elected. President, Geo. Christensen;
Vice President, Anton Busch; secretary
J. II. Door; Treasurer, Fred kron; as
sistant secretary ID. c. Evans. The or
ganization will meet on Monday, March
list, and every two weeks thereafter.
The object of this organization is To pro-
vide mutual protection against profess
siOnal dead beats, or those parties who
go from store to store securing trust so
far as possible, with no int ntion what
ever Of paying therefor.
The valentine season has been In
vogue for nearly week now, and thous-
ands of the miss ives Of all kinds have
gone out To friends, foes and lovers,
some TO carry joy and sunshine, others
to forge chains of hatred and make
cnmity more bitter. 1t is fact quite
noticeable that the modern practice of
sending the vulgar and treacherous
caricatures is coming into disiavor.
Even our book dealers denounce the
custom as unbecomIng refined COM
munities, and sigh for the time when
the force of custom will relieve them of
the necessity of bringing them into
stock. 1t Is the opinion of many, that it
should be prohibited by law, and we see
no reason why it is not a direct violation
of the law forbidding the sending of OBJ
scene literature through the mails, for
the greater part of these valentines are
Of the most vulgar nature both in lang
uage and design. Hundreds ofchildren
III our city have, within the last few
days, convulsed in laughter at the des-
rlcable things, and gloated over the
imagined indignation and injured feel
ings of those to whom they are sent.
The original intent in putting such
thin"s on the market was, undoubtedly,
20 create fun, but they are generally
converted into medium of revenge,
aud should be dispensed with. They
work greater harm than this even, by
creating in the minds of the young II
sentiment of vulgarity and personal
tlunt that must ultimately faint the
character to some degree. We would
be better of were the comic valentine
! "annihilated."