The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-08-31
IFrom Wednesday s DAILY FREE PRESS

From Wednesday s DAILY FREE PRESS.
Prof. McCleary is conducting insti-
tute work at Winona this week.
The young mems Democratic club
has given its order for white ping hats
to Einstein's one price clothing house.
The opening of Union hail at Lake
| Crystal will be celebrated by a dance,
given by Chas. Oakly, in about ten days.
The hall is 40x60.
The morning freight train on the
Wells road ran into a drove of five year
ling cattle about three miles north of
Good Thunder Yesterday morning and
killed three outright and broke the legs
of the other two.
The usual services in the Congrega-
tIonal church will be resumed next SUM-
day, the pastor having recovered his
health. The communion will be held in
the morning, and preaching services in
the evening.
The contract for completing the
Baptist church was awarded Yesterday
10 Jesse WEIGH. The inside is to be
finished off in oak and will be very pref
ty. Work will begin Immediately.
The contract for the opera chairs and
for the heating will be let separately.
Preparations for the fair are going
merrily on. There is the promise of a
good exhibit of stock. Mr.. Seymour, OF
Eyota, has decided to enter bis drove of
red polled cattle, q kind which has new
er before been exhibited in this city.
Mr.. Lebbitt, of Waseca, will also enter
his drove of Holsteins. Thos. Rooney
has entered his "Comet" for the races.
The Normal school opened this
"a a. 49, ~--NI 900
mer vacation. The attendance was un-
usually large for the first day, the great
majority of the students being, as usual
young ladies'. A great many new faces
were seen. All of the faculty vas pres
ent, except Miss Cole, Of the Grammar
department. The school opens very
a~uspiciously and gives promise Of pros
porous year.
Mr.. j. Burrill, of Hebron, left on
our table to day some samples of apples
grown upon his farm. MI. Burriil is the
champion apple grower of this vicinity.
He took five premiums at the last Man
kato fair and will make an exhibition
this year which he says will beat that.
Among those left with us were a number
of the wealthy" variety which are
grown from q graft made upon q com.
mon crab apple tree ten years ago.
They are almost perfect apples, as are
also a number of the "Dutchess" variety
shown.
Minneapolis Tribune: Peter ]. Syl.
vester, who lives with his wife at zoe
Hennepin avenue, went to police head.
quarters Sunday and complained that
his wife had left him and gone to q
house designation, where the occupants
had secreted her and refused to give hei
up. The police investigated, and the
wife's story was that Sylvester had at.
tackled her and she had taken refuge al
the house where found, when he follow.
ed, and after striking her with q chair
dragged her down stairs by the hair
He was arrested and will be tried or
Friday" Sylvester is well-known at Lake
Crystal, having been engaged in severa
scrapes there. He is also supposed Il
have been the person who lighted the
lire that burned the town last summer
The Model Clothing House, which
has been quietly making arrangemerts
for that event, will have the grand open.
ing of its establishment on Saturday Sep
TENDER LIST. This new addition to oul
city's firms Is q valuable one, as it bring