The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09
From Thursdays Daily.

IFFOm Ddhy.
See notice of sale of stock, machin-
cry, ETC., on March 10, by L. c. Fletcher.
"A. D. Crane sold last week lots in
Germania Park at good advance over
last springs prices.
Ladies', come to the W. G. 7. U.
meeting next Tuesday, at 3 p. M,
promptly, and participate in the Bible
reading. 1l9 Jackson st.
"A new city and county directory is
much needed, inasmuch as the great in
crease of population within the past two
or three years has rendered the old edi-
tons incomplete. Mr.. Jas. Shoemaker,
to whom the directory business has
been conceded, Is we understand willing
to undertake the work ofcompilinga di-
rectory if he is given sufficient encour-
agement. We hope he may receive it,
as the city needs good directory and
we are satisfied Mr.. Shoemaker is the
man that will get up a reliable and COM
plete one.
AT the regular meeting of the School
Board last night it was decided not to
have the usual graduating exercises at
the close of the year, but to have lee
ture instead-thus following the plan of
the Normal School, G. D. Millikin was
elected principal of the Franklin school
for the balance of the year, vice Miss
Buckley resigned. A special meeting of
the board win be held Saturday night to
take action about submitting a PROPOSE
ton to issue bonds for the erection of a
new high school building. The matter
was talked over and the board is hearth
ly in favor of the measure.
The numerous friends of Mrs. o. G.
McCurdy will be panied to hear of the
death of her mother, which occurred at
Wooster, Ohio, last evening. While
Mrs. McCurdv was in this city the fore
part of the week she was summoned
home by telegraph, and left Tuesday
evening. She did not reach Wooster
until ten o'clock last evening, while the
death of her mother occurred several
hours before. The loss of her mother
will be great shock to Mrs. McCurdy,
whom it would seem already had her
full share of this worlds sorrows and
troubles. The sympathy of all her
friends and acquaintance in this COM
munity go out to the lady in this, her
ADDED hour of bereavement.
j. L. Washburn sold to-day two lots
in block f67, West Mankato, to W. Z.
Young, Esq Mr.. Young will commence
at once the erection of neat residence.
This makes ten houses to be erected in
this block as soon as work can COM
mence.
The County Commissioners held
meetings yesterday afternoon and this
forenoon without accomplishing any
thing. Both the Commissioners and
contractors seem to be willing to settle
the matter without dragging it into the
courts. The contractors offer, if set
Element cannot be brought about in any
other way, to allow the Commissioners
to select any five business men In the
city they please and let them decide up
on the matter. Ring & Tobin appear to
be anxious to settle on any reasonable
basis, or, if the five men decide that
they are not entitled to anything, they
will abide by the decision. They are
prepared to begin work at the court
house again within twenty-four hours
after the matter is decided, but if the
Commissioners arbitrarily refuse to al
low anything for the extra work or see
fit to lay the matter over until some fu-
ture time, not thing will be done until
the courts have decided the matter,
which may be this year or next year OF
the year after. 1t is sincerely to be
hoped that a settlement will be reached.
If the contractors are entitled to any
thing they should receive it and if not
they should be told so. 1t would be far
preferable to pay out a few hundred
dollars, inasmuch as it is generally con-
coded that the change of stone was q
great improvement to the court house,
than to stand the expenses, worry and
delay of lawsuit and perhaps after all
be obliged to have the building complet'
ed by someone else at an additional cost
of several thousand dollars. Let the
matter be settled.