The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28

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chased. 1t will be necessary for tn
church to raise about 5000 to meet tn
expense of building the addition an,
putting the church in good shape. Gu
citizens will be pleased 10 know that tn
proposed improvement is practically as
sured.
From Tuesdays DAILY FREE PaEsSl
This afternoon at the Nj. +. parson
age, Rev. +. NJ. Rule joined in holy mat
rimony Mr.. Gust Gustafson and Mis-
Selma Peterson, of Amboy, this county
The st. Peter band has accepted al
invitation to participate in the Fourtl
of July celebration in Mankatn. A larg,
number of our st. Peter friends are als'
expected.
Mr.. s. b. Martin, the ieweler, haI
his new house in Dukes addition com
pleted, and will take possession abou
the first of next month. 1t is very
credItable structure.
The council met as beard of review
yesterday and TO. dav. Very few com
plants were received in regard TO the
assessments. The board made but few
and slight changes IN the assessors re-
port.
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Hair left by the
Omaha road yesterday for Fargo, n. D.,
to attend the wedding of the daughter Of
ex-Mayor johnson, of that city. Mrs
Hair intends making visit with old
friends in Fargo before her return.
"A Norwegian woman, wife of Jor-
gen Thompson, of Wells, committed su.
icide there by hanging herself TO beam
in the barn. She had been in i'll health
for some time, and probably was temp
orarily insane. She leaves husband
and three children.
-Winona special: p. HollenbaCk, as
sistant general superintendent of the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad, has
returned from weeks trip all over the
Northwestern system in Minnesota and
Dakota on an inspection of the condition
OF the crops. His general summing up
is very encouraging. With favorable
weather until harvest the road will have
a larger crop than last year to handle
probably third greater.
The committee to provide an Indus
trial display for the 4th of July celebra-
ton should loose no time In waiting up
on the business men and manufacturers
and getting them to take an interest in
this feature of the parade. If all will
join, one of the most imposing pro-
cessions ever witnessed in this portion
of the state can be had and our different
industries can be represented in most
becoming manner to the thousands OF
strangers who will be in the city on that
occasion. Let us all take hold.
1t is rumored that the gentleman
from Winnipeg who was negotiating for
the new hotel, was unable to make con-
nections, and consequently he is out OF
consideration. Unless Mr.. Saulpaugh
can make good and satisfactory arrange
ments, it is every way likely that he
will open the house himself. While all
wish that Mr.. S. will be able to make
such arrangements as will best suit his
convenience, yet the desire of a large
majority of our citizens is that he will
run the house, believing that he will
take more pride III furnishing 1t than
some outsider.
"A committee appointed from the
State Eight Hour Convention are ar
ranging for grand industrial celebra-
ton to be held at the State fair grounds,
Hamline, Mimi, on July 4th, for the
purpose of giving prominence to that
question, and showing how unanimous
a sentiment exists in favor of eight hours
among all branches Of organized labor.
A large industrial parade will be held
during the day upon the grounds, in
which every branch of industry 10 in
vited to participate. Games and athletic
contests of all sorts will also be held, the
numerous and valuable prizes being
furnished by leading business houses
from the cities throughout the State.
William Ball, alias 7. =. Wright and
many other aliases, who represented
himself as postoffice inspector at New
Ulm, was discharged by Commissioner
Spencer, at st. Paul yesterday morning,
it not being shown that he had received
any government money or anything else
on account of the misrepresentation,
He was Immediately re-arrested upon a
warrant sued out before United States
Commissioner ]. ]. McCaferty, and the
matter set down for hearing on July l.
He was arrested this time upon a new
section of the United States statutes
which became law in March last, and
provides for the punishment of those
who do any act of the kind charged
against the defendant for fraudulent
purposes. 1t is only necessary to show
that he represented himself to be post.
Office inspector with a fraudulent pur.
pose in order to convict him:
Meat Inspector Wallace, in reply to
a query from the reporter, stated that
he considers the first months inspec,
ton about an average for the year. Il
this be true, the salary of the Office will
not foot up as high as at first estimated
He inspected 34S veals, sheep and hogs
which, at s cents per head, makes tot
al of $27 "a; l02 beeves at 25 cents, $3.50
total for month, 1884. He also be-
lieves that the summer months will ag
gregate a larger number of inspections
than the autumn and winter months
basing his calculations on the theory
that farmers will. in cold weather slaugh
ter large numbers of cattle, ETC., and the
inspection will be done by country in
spectors, thus cutting him offfrom much
of the fees he gets in hot weather. We
are inclined to take issue with Mr.. Wal
lace on this question. Vastly more
meat is consumed in cold weather thar
in the warmer months, and we opint
that time will demonstrate the correct
ness of the assertion when we state tina
from 10 to 20 per cent more cattle, hogs
sheep, etc. will be inspected in this city
in the cold months than in summer.