The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-02-10
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HOME JOTTINGS
From Fridays DAmY FREE Pass. {

The Young Mems Social club gives
its second party tonight at Williams
Hall
-Nr. d. l.. Bush has been appointed
superintendent of the Southern Mime
sofa division of the c., NJ. Il st. p road.
He was formerly superintendent of the
Jim river division.
From the number of quiet inquiries
that have recently been made in regard
TO MankaiO real estate it would appear
that the period of activity will soon set
in. One dealer saws that the boom has
already started in small way and that
this will be the liveliest season that
MankatO dirt has experienced. Anoth-
or informs lis that tmere are "a number of
important deals on the tapIs that will
be closed the moment the new hotel is
an assured thing. From ell appearances
the securing OF the new hotel Will give
prices boost that will send them up IF
~ per cent. before the boom ceases.
Mr.. II. {. Gerlach, the architect, is
making designs for large number OF
new buildings that are TO be- erected in
this city and ST Peter the coming spring.
Among those I" be put up in Mankato
are a 500 cottage by Henry Robel, on
North Second street; a 81 200 residence
by Joseph SchlIngerman, in Duke's adj
ditIon; and a !, 400 dwelling by J. c.
Olson, near the Pleasant Grove school.
Those 10 be erected At 81. Peter are
two-siUry brick double store costing 3d.
600 by II Ludtke; two-story brick
store by VIM. Rinkle, at a cost of g 800;
anu all elegant residence by :. Schuma-
cher, costing 5000. The latter is TO be
of cream colOred brick. All ofthe above
are certain TO be built, while Mr.. Ger
lach is al work on number OF other
plans Of buildings which will probably
be erected. He il of The opinion that
morr building will be done this year
than ever before IN the history of the
city.
iFrnm turday's DAILY FREE PRESS
E B. Evar e, Esq, Of Garden CITY,
Vas srh cird member of the ex.cutive
committee OF the Republican State
League.
Tie new dry goods store TO be
opened in the Fletcher building is to ne
a branch house Of E. Allen & Co., of ST.
Paul.
Mr. r. y. Hubbard will completely
remodel tbs residence on Third street
a. sOor. a. the frost is out of the ground.
When completed, the house will be
largely increased in size, ard rendered
much NOR. convenient than al present,
not 10 speak of its increased beauty.
The cost Of the improvements will be
about 81 900. Mr. Thayer is the archi
tect, and the contract for the stonework
has been let TO Mr.. Vim. Mitchell. 1t is
rumored that Mr.. Hubbard intends,
within year or so, To erect the finest
and most costly residence ever con-
structed in Southern Minnesota. The
location has not yet been determined
upon. The house will he a model of ell
egauce, and l. is said will cost from S20,-
900 to 90
Prospect Heights promises TO be-
come dotted with houses this year. Al
ready arrangements have been compile
ted for the erection Of two and possibly
three residences, while Mr.. Frank
Thayrr i even now erecting one. NJ. j.
Eddy, Of Owatonna, commercial trav-
eler, will erect 81 400 cottage on the
Heights 1t will be two-story frame.
G. Gunierson will build house of the
same cost and description In NanBrunt's
addition. NJ. LorIn GRAY will construct
81 go house, but has not vet picked
out Location. Mr.. Thayer is drawing
the plans for all of these. He emphati-
callv expresses his opinion that the
amount of building TO be done in the
citv this year will far exceed that of any
other year in IT'S history. He Is at work
Oh Iargr number of plans whlsh We
may not ms,tIsn yet