The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-01
Drum Mondays Daily Free Press

j. D. Finch, of this city, has been
granted a pension.
Mrs. Fresholtz offers those things
for sale which are used in every house
hold.
The Star Steam Laundry will be
moved to its new location in the Cannon
building next Monday.
"A bad CAVERN occurred on the house
connections of the..sewer on North Front
street yesterday as a result of the rain.
The cOstof repairing the damages will
be considerable.
j. q. Roller claims to have the finest
lawn mower in the market, and as this
is the time of year when such machines
can be used to advantage, he will no
doubt have large sales.
Hall 4 Coffin report the following
real estate sales: Edinburgh Land d
Mortgage Co. to Samuel Cory, mel, sw4
and 81, swi, sec. IA, and set, sci, sec. 10,
l0l-26, for 81 ,265; also lot y, block l6l,
West Mankato, for X. L. Hall to Solo
mon Jacobson, for Sl25.
Among the committee of reception
for the third annual reception of the
Loyal Legion, to be given at Hotel
Ryan, st. Paul, June 3rd, we notice the
All " pth- .. DdhCI. NdPI. :" a..
Severance is named as one OF those who
will reply to tOasts. This probably
means our own Judge.
One of our prominent heat buyers
stated to-day that the prospects for a
large crop was never better han it Is
now. The rains have done no damage
except in a very few low places and the
splendid condition on the higher land
pn,ra than rnoEno mn tor this ITnlaau
the rains continue for some time to
come there will be al exceedingly large
yield.
Matthias Weidinger, an old man of
between seventy and eighty years and
one of the early settlers of Mankato,
died at his home back Of the Catholic
church this morning of old age. The
funeral occurred Wednesday morning
at nine o'clock from the German CathO-
lie church. The deceased leaves one
daughter, who is an inmate of a convent
at Wausau, Wis.
The Creamery Package Manufactur-
ing Co., of this city, has undergone a
change of management, Mr.. &. NJ.
Marsh retiring from active service, and
Mr.. Chas. II. Higgs assuming the re
spOnsibilities Of Superintendent. Mr..
Higgs is a young man of ten OF twelve
years experience at the business, and
will make a worthy successor to Mr..
Marsh, under whose management the
mandatory has grown to rank foremost
in size of any in America. Nj. Marsh
retains his interest in the compact as
formerly and is still a director.
Special round-trip ticket to the 18th
annual meeting of the National Educa
tional Association, to be held at San
Francisco July 18th to Goth, will be sold
over the C., NJ. & st. p. road at fare one
way for the round trip with 500 added
for membership fee. An additional
charge Of SIS 90 will be made for tickets
returning via Portland, Oregon, if such
tickets are called for when exchange il
made at the Missouri river. If selection
Of return route via Portland is made in
San Francisco, the additional charge will
be $500. Tickets will be on sale from
June l4th to July 18th inclusive, and will
he limited for west bound passage tc
thirty days. Tickets will be good fol
return passage for ninety days from date
OF sale. Parties desiring an extension
of time ran obtain the same in San Fran
cisco by paying an additional 5000 70,
each thirty days extension.