The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-11-30
From Tuesdays DAILY FREE PREssl.

| "A marriage license was issued yes
terday to Ii. 5. Halverson, of Butternu
Valley, and Annie Olson, of Lincoln.
The CITY reservoir has been rooted
at cost of $500 by day labor, a saving o.
of 500 over the lowest bid by contract
The Sunday school memorial win
dow has been placed in the front of the
new Baptist church, and makes an ex.
ceedingly fine appearance.
John Klein 4 Co., have purchased
the stock of the furniture factory located
at ST. Peter, and il has arrived in this
| citT, filling two cars. The st. Peter fac
| tory will remain idle until a suitable
man can be found to run it.
The tub factory is running at a re-
duced capacity al present while the new
machinery is being putin, The new dry
ing room is about completed. The new
improvements will be completed in a
few weeks and the full force of men put
on again.
The big mill will resume operations
next Monday morning. While it may
no, run al full capacity at first it Will con-
tinue to run through the winter. The
officials say that there is no agreement
among the mills of the state to limit
their production. The flour market has
not materially improved, though orders
are coming in more rapidly than while
since.
The shooting affair at Redwood
Falls in which the young man Holden
is charged with the murder of his cousin,
Dodge, appears to be a strange case.
Both Holden and his alleged victim are
cousins of +. j. Whipple, of this city.
The latter is very 10th to believe that
Holden did the shooting, and is dis
posed to think that it was accidental,
and that the Young man brought sus-
pic.on upon himself by his nervous and
excited actions more than by anything
else.
Senator Pope and Representatives
elect Barr, Lassow and Davies, accom-
panied by Local Director Clark, spent
the forenoon inspecting the Normal
school with reference to its needs before
the next legislature. They were con-
Quoted through the building by Presi-
dent Soaring and visited every room
from garnet to basement. They attend
ed morning exercises and also visited
many of the classes. From their OBJ
servation of the crowded condition of
the building it was plainly apparent to
them that the enlargement asked for is
absolutely necessary and there is reason
to believe that they will act promptly
and unanimously in an effort to secure
the appropriation which has been so
long and sadly needed. The plans
for the enlargement, which will nearly
double the size of thu present building,
have already been prepared.
From Wednesday DAILY FREE PRESS.
DIR. F. H. Burnett, dentist, will visit
Madison Lake, Dec. 3; Elyslan. Dec. 4;
st. Clair, Dec. 8; and Alma City, Dec. 7.
"A marriage license was granted yes
terday 10 Nels Magunson and Marion
Hanson, both of this city.
The ladies' relief society will meet
next Monday afternoon at three o'clock
in the Reading room on jackson street.
The public schools at present have
an enrolment of 1856. The new pri-
mary department at the Franklin will
considerably increase this number.
w. l.. Jones has purchased Mr.. Bo-
wees interest in the palace barber shop.
Mr.. Jones is first-class barber, and will
spare nc pains in pleasing his patrons.
AT the annual meeting of the job
bers' union last night, the old officers
were reelected. Messrs. Higgs and B.
+. Pay were added to the transportation
committee.
"A Kasota dispatch says Joseph and
Frank Mention of that place, were VIC
timIZed out of $50 by buying two lots of
Harvey Perry, the hotel proprietor, who
skipped last week. The lots had been
bought under contract by Perry and had
not been paid for.
The U. S. Civil Service examination
to-day was held in the Firemen's room
of the city-hall. Mr.. +. Z. Storm, of
Washington, examining superintenden
had charge of the examination. There
were but three male applicants, and
they all took the copyist examination.
"A st. Peter special to the NtWs says
a division has occurred in the Catholic
church of that city, growing out of de-
sire for two distinct parishes, to satisfy
the German and Irish
element. The former will be in
charge of Rev. Probe and the latter of
Rev. McCabe, and new church will
soon be erected in one of the parishes.
Interesting special Thanksgiving ex-
ercises were held at the Normal school
this morning. Several visitors were
present. The devotional exercises were
led by Rev. Mr.. Foster, of st. Paul. John
Parry read an essay on "Our National
Holidays" A series of toasts were re-
sponded to, as follows: 1885," President
Soaring, giving an optimistic view of the
school year as far as it has progressed;
"The Season." Miss Pendergast; "The
Month";" Mr.. Livingston; "The Day
the first Thanksgiving proclamation"
Miss Cassidy; "The Pumpkin" Mr..
Davis. The music was appropriate and
very finely carried out. Many of the
faculty, as well as students, will spend
the remainder of the week out of the
city.