The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-04

The NJ. +. sociable is indefinitely
postponed.
The Cooperative store has received
nice lot of maple sugar-direct from
from Richford, Vt.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Building and Loan association occurs
next Saturday evening.
DR.. +. ID. Brandenberg is comfort
ably settled in his new quarters in
block IA. He has fitted up fine Office.
The seventh successive day of bad
weather opened this morning with
heavy downpour of rain. Ii is getting
somewhat monotonous.
Mr.. w. w. p. Mcconnell visited
Kasota yesterday to attend the meeting
of the lie Sueur County Sunday School
Union. A good attendance and inter
esting meeting was had despite the very
unfavorable weather.
Gen. j. Ii. Baker is named among
the incorporators of new organization
styled the Missouri Camel Coal Co., in
which st. Paul, Ohio and other capital is
interested.
Judge Severance returned Yesterday
from holding Il session of court at st.
James. He says that of the country that
can be seen from the car windows be-
tween st. James and Lake Crystal, fully
one-half is submerged. In some places
the water is several feet deep.
County Attorney Smith conducted
the preliminary examination of Frank
Campbell, charged with horse stealing,
at Mapleton yesterday before Justice
Plymat. Messrs. Freeman and Young
conducted the defense. A motion to
dismiss was overruled, and Campbell
was bound over to await the action of
the grand jury, bail being fixed at $500.
This was not furnished, and Campbell is
now in Jail in this city.
Asa Graves has recently added to
his livery collection of new buggies
and carriages, and will be ready to fur
nish the finest sort of turnouts the COM
ing summer. Among the number are a
couple of elegant double top carriages,
which will be the finest rigs sent
out from any city stable. Mr..
Graves has also made some purchases
of good horses, and is prepared to fur
nish stylish and reliable rigs.
The general opinion seems to be
that the long continued rain has not yet
done any damage to agricultural inter-
ests. The drouth of last summer and
fall left the ground in a condition to alb
sorb great deal of moisture.
AT meeting of the School Board
last night Mr.. Henry was elected janItor
of the Pleasant Grove, building, vice
Mr.. Tibbetts. The vote of the last
school election was canvassed and no
changes from the published figures
found.
AT a special meeting of the Board of
Trade and subscribers to the hotel fund
this afternoon Mr.. Saulpaugh's bond,
signed by himself and son, G. III. Saul
paugh, was unanimously accepted. The
hotel site was afterwards transferred to
Mr.. Saulpaugh and he is now the owner
of the property.
Evidences of the wonderful way the
mail service between this city and st.
Paul is performed como to light every
day. We were advised to-day that II
mailed Monday morning
along with a letter was still missing,
though the letter was delivered Wednes-
day. How long the public will have to
suffer this sort of thing is becoming a Sc
rious question. Ii would seem that
couple of years practice would serve to
break in even Democratic dumbhead
aspiring to be a postal clerk.
The funeral of the late Ionic Hol-
brook in Minneapolis Yesterday, was at
tended by goodly number of friends.
among whom were Mr.. and Mrs. w. b.
Craig, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. p. Hunt, and Mr..
Will Willard, of Mankato. The day was
very stormy, but this fact did not deter
many Minneapolis friends from paying
their last respects to the memory of the
deceased. The remains were taken to
Sparta, Wis, this morning for inter
ment, whittier they were accompanied
by the parents and Mr.. and Mrs. b. F.
Collins.
Geo. Holloway, fifteen year old
boy who came 10 this city last fall from
Winona with the Gospel army, was ar
rested this morning on the charge of
stealing various thing from ]. G. Fowl
er's second hand store during the past
two weeks. Among the articles stolen
were three revolvers, SIX gold plated
rings and a bowie-knife and belt all
valued at $50. Everything was recover
ed and the boy admitted his guilt. Fred
Fowler had thought that he could make
of the boy by taking him in
and feeding and clothing him, but was
himself taken in. Holloway came from
England three years ago, working his
passage by acting as mess room boy.
He is an orphan and has no relatives in
this country He was ordered sent to
the reform school for three years after a
trial and good advice.