The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-01-04
From Thursdays Daily.

O. mas from friends in the city. 1t q
e. worthy the donors and greatly appret
E. ated by the recipient.
~ "A little three year old child W:
70 picked up by the police last night,
/, having strayed away from home and b,
} came lost. Its parents were found an
it was turned over to them.
John c. Noe reports the sale of tn
= Pratt residence on the Agency hill
l. Walter Hubbard, of Meriden, Conn.,, fo
4 5000. Though the place has long bee
n vacant, II is commanding location an
is cheap at the price.
l On last Thursday Mr.. and Mrs. I
NJ. Pugh entertained a large party o
young people at their home i'll Judsol
. in honor of their son, Willie, who re
= Gently returned from Minneapolis.
= is needless to say that the affair was a.
happy and enjoyable rs all parties il
which Mr.. and Mrs. Pugh have hand
Fred Stuck, and old and respected
citizen of Garden City, died Dec. 27tl
from the effects of an injury received
two days before while handling wood
Paralysis resulted, and his advanced age
prevented his recovery. Deceased was
Il devoted christian, and a member OF
the Baptist church.
The postofiice department has di-
rected that hereafter all seCond-Class
matter passing through the Offices under
the provisions of the law allowing gra-
| tuitous circulation to newspapers within
the limits OF the county i'll which pub
! lished, shall be weighed and reported
to Washington. The purpose Is proba-
bly, TO form the basis of some recommen-
dation hereafter.
Mr.. j. II. Long has let the contract
for putting basement under his refrig-
orator on Hickory street to Mr.. w. B.
Craig. The base nent is to so by 80 feet,
nine feet high, and will extend even I'M
der the sidewalk. This will make a very
large room, and will afford much needed
space for the firms ever-increasing busi-
ness. Work has already begun on the
improvement. Mr.. Longs lease of the
Mills building expires on April LIST, and
it is not probable that he will renew it.
Manager Griebel reports the follow.
ing bookings for the opera-house:
Willard Richards concert company,
Jan. > and Z.
Musical convention, Jan. Is and 10.
IOyD the MAGIC Ouppn Feb y
The Joe Murphy and Rowland Reed
dramatic companies are down for later
date, as well as several others.
Mr., w. 6. Hoerr has purchased J.
II. Hartman's residence. corner of
Broad and Cherry streets, paying there
for 5000. He will take possession
April LIST and expects to live there. 1t
is one of the most desirable corners in
the city for residence purposes and Mr..
Hoerr was lucky in getting the proper
ty at the figures.
1t has been rumOred that the gas
Light Co. has been negotiating with a
view to a consolidation with the electric
light plant in this city. We do not be-
lieve that such feat can be accomplish |
ed, and certain it is that the interests of
our city demand that no such trust be
formed. Our heaviest consumers of
gas and electric lights will watch this
matter
Lake Crystal Union: On Monday the
new banking firm took possession of the |
bank building. As soon rs the neces-
sary books and blanks are procured they |
will be ready for business. The time
was no, very long since, when it was
thought banking house here was SUI
perfuous. Now our business demands |
one; cannot get along without it. The |
new firm Messrs. Marston, Larson &
Davis, are old residents and are well
known as gentlemen of means and in
tegrltY. They propose to do a general
banking business and ali the accommo- |
datlons given 10y National and State
banks, can be had at this bank.
Mrs. Sarah Ward was arrested yes,
terday on complaint of Thos. Rifles,
charged with grand larcency in the first
degree, in stealing S295 from him. Rlles
boarded with Mrs. Ward and lost his |
money few weeks ago and supposed |
his landlady stole 1t while he was sleep |
ing. A search warrant was issued yes
terday and Mrs. Wards house thorough |
IL searched, but the money could not be
found. The woman pleaded not guilty |
and demanded an examination, No ev-
idence could be produced against her
and on motion OF the state she was dis
charged.
The water committee of the council |
has let the contract for sinking an arte-
sian well at the corner of Broad and |
Washington streets, as ordered by the |
council, to Mr.. Brandt, who put down
Hubbard q Co.'S well. 1t is to be ten
inches in diameter the length of the
tubing, and eight inches through the
sand rock. This will be practically the
same size as the well at the mill, The
well is to cost $2.l5 per foot, and work
will begin in few days. Each subse
quent well which the city puts down
will be at the rate of five centsa foot less
than the previous one. The work will
be watched with great interest.
There will be an eclipse ofthe moon
Jan. 10Th, by which time the moon will
have swung around in its orbit from the
point between the earth and the sub
(where it was at the time of the eclipse
Tuesday, to the opposite side, and it
will then pass into the earths shadow,
thereby causing lunar eclipse. 1t hap
pens that the moon does not at this time
pass through the center of the earth's
shadow, but only through one edge oft.
The eclipse will therefore be partial
one, about seven-tenths of the moons
diameter being covered. 1t begins al
ten hours twenty minutes on the even
ing of January Is, and ends al one hour
twenty-three minutes on the morning of
January IL.
Syrups of Figs
IL Natures own true laxative. 1t is the
most easily taken, and the most effect
i've remedy known to Cleanse the. Sys-
tenn when Bilious or Costive; to dIspei
Headaches, Colds, and Fevers; to Cure
H,hiIual CnnStinotiou INDIGESTION Piles