The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-04-19
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HOME JOTTINGS.

The new court house has been in
sured for $4,000.
Otto Holm is Just completing nice
residence on North Sixth street.
Mrs. Schroeder has purchased a
house and lot of q. F. Piper, on North
Fourth street, for 81 600.
TO the inexperienced, unofficial eye,
the sewer pipe which is being delivered
along upper Second street, looks very
small for the purposes required.
Assessor Shoemaker began work on
his books to-day and on MAY LIST will
start out on his rounds of the city.
During May and June he will be the
busiest man in the city.
August kuehne, of this city, an ex-
perienced brickmaker. has purchased
ground in Chamberlain, OAK, and will
at once erect the structures necessary
for the manufacture of brick.
Mr.. F. G. Pannenberg has formed
a partnership with an Albert Lea man,
and they will go into the manufacture of
brick at Northern Pacific junction. Mr..
Pannenberg will spend the summer at
that place.
The public schools will he closed on
Tuesday, April so, in honor of the CEN
tenial of Washington's Inauguration.
Appropriate exercises will be held. The
normal school will also probably take Il
holiday.
Mrs. J. NJ. Barclay has announced
her intention of taking possession of the
hotel property at Point Pleasant April
18th. There is said 10 be some prospect
that the hotel will not be opened to the
public the coming season.
%. A. Nepil has given c. G. Quinn
the order for the boiler for the new hos
pital. 1t will he a better boiler than
the contract calls for, and the radi-
alton will also be greater. The wings
of the hospital have been completed and
the building will doubtless be ready for
occupancy IN a couple of months.
st. Peter is to have knitting fac
tory, a gentleman from Wisconsin hav-
ing completed arrangements TO move his
establishment To our nelghboring town.
The yarns of the Tribune will now doubt
less be in greater demand, in anticipa-
ton of which the editor announced this
week the employment of several extra
reporters.
Mrs. Randolph Mitchell has receiv-
ed s., 900 from the Union Mutual Accl-
dent Association, Of Chicago, the amount
of her husbands insurance in that COM
pany. 1t is understood that she receives
about 100000 from other companies.
Mr.. ]. W. Hoerr, assignee of Schu-
lein & Meinstein, is closing up that mat
ter, and is enabled to pay a net dividend
of s., O93.4 40 on debts TO the amount OF
$l2,6O4 SO, being dividend of "a 54-lOO
per cent. This is fully as well as was
expected.
The board of trustees of the Mime
ID, convention halI IFS
regular quarterly meeting in the parlor
of the First Baptist church, Minneapo-
lis, Yesterday afternoon. A very full
and interesting report was presented by
the superintendent of missions OF the
work in the state, and several new mis-
slonaries were appointed. The treasur-
er's report showed larger collections
than for several years during the first
six months of the convention wear. Ow-
ing TO continued i'll health the Rev. j
Sunderland, who has served the conven
ton very efficiently as superintendent
of missions for the last five years, tend
cred his resignation, much to the regre'
Of the board. Rev. T. K. Peters, of To-
peka, Kan, has been invited TO take the
position as Mr.. Sunderland's successor
Mr.. Peters was present, and In a re-
Spouse to the invitation addressed the
inc
ance, hut reserving his final decision Col
short time.
The Western Union Telegraph Co
has put new rates into effect from Apri
LIST, making a reduction for nearly ever,
State. Mr.. Smith, the local manager
has furnished us a statement of the re
duction as applying to messages sen
from Mankato. To the following state
the rates for dav messages of ten word
are reduced from 20 cts. to 60 cts. ant
night messages from 30 cts. to 40 cts.
Alabama, Connecticut, Indian Ter.
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
North Carolina, Rhode Island, Soutl
Carolina, Vermont and West Virginia
To the following States the night rate
reduced from 30 cts. to 40 cts: Arkansas
Delaware, District of Columbia, Kansas
Kentucky, Maryland, Montana. Ne,
JERSEY, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvanl
and West Virginia. To the followin
states the day and night messages ar
reduced from 81 90 to IS cts: North Cal
fornia, Nevada, Oregon and Washingto
Ter. To the following States the nigt
messages are reduced from 40 cts. to 3
cts: Illinois and Nebraska. To Indian
the day rate is reduced from 60 cts. to
cts. and the night rate from 40 cts TO
cts. To South Michigan the day rate
reduced from 60 cts. to 80 cts. and tn
night rate from 80 cts. to 80 cts. To Mi
souri, and Nebraska the night rate is II
duced from 40 cts to 80 cts. To Ne
Brunswick and Nova Scotia the day raj
Is changed from 81 90 TO 20 cts. To On
tario aid Quebec the night rate is il
creased from 80 cts. to 60 cts. TS tn
following States the day rate is reuuce
from IS to 60 cts. and the night rate fro
60 to 40 cts: Colorado, Georgia, Missi
sippi and Wyoming Ter. To the otht
states the rates remain unchanged.
will be seen that some of these cha ng'
are considerable.