The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-04-12
From Mondays Daily Free Press,


Crystal tins summer.
The state board of pharmacy will
meet at the West hotel, Minneapolis,
Tuesday, April Is, to examine candi-
dates for registration.
A much needed shower fell last night.
Though light. the grass already shows
the results of it. To-day another driz-
zIing rain has been in progress.
Judd Laughlin, living with his moth
sr on Agency Hill, died last night OF
BrIght's disease after long illness. He
was a brother-in-law of Mr.. Ii. G. Burt,
and was aged about twenty-five years,
unmarried, and painter by trade. The
funeral will occur at two O'Clock to-mor-
row afternoon from the house.
One of the attractions at the Cha
tauqua assembly at Waseca this summer
will be joint discussion on the Shakes
peare- Bacon question, between the no.
ted Wallace Bruce and the celebrated
Donneuy. The discussion ID likely to
be great card for the assembly, which
opens July and closes the 25th. Rev.
+. NJ. Rule, of this city, is the secre-
tary.
President Angel. of the University
of Michigan, has been engaged to deliv-
err the annual address before the normal
literary society. 1t will be given at the
opera-house the Tuesday evening of
commencement week. The fact that
DIR. Angel will be the speaker is a sutii-
cient guarantee that the address will he
probably the finest ever listened to in
tins city. The society is to be congralu-
lated on securing so eminent a gentle
man.
MIR. G. A. Chapman furnishes us the
following extract from the Gazette Of the
United States, newspaper published in
New York in that year, giving the result
Of the first ELECTORAL vote for president
and vice president as counted in Con-
gress, April 6, l7S9-one hundred years
ago:
George Washington, co; John Adams 81 John
Jay. Q; X. Il. Harrison, 6; John Rutledge, q
John Hancock, 4; George Clinton, y; samuel
Huntington, ?; James Armstrong, l; John
Milton, ,; Edward TeIfair. !; Benjamin Lin
coin. /. Upon which his EXcellency, George
Washington, ESQ.,, was announced president,
and the Honorable John Adams, ESQ.,, vice.
president of the United States.
Prof. J. T. McCleary has accepted an
invitation to give the annual commence
ment address before the society OF the
graduating class of the River Falls, Wis,
Normal school, June IS. He has de-
Clined the offer of the position o! lnsti-
the qualification of the Mankato Normal
faculty and students and his many
friends in this CITY. He holds an insti-
tute at Caledonia this weeh. Last week
he held one at Waseca, with an attend
ance of 20 teachers.
THE Pigs in the Clover" is the name
of a new puzzle that is just now creating
a perfect craze in the East. A genius at
Waverley, n. V, invented it to amuse
his large family, but its fame spread so
rapidly that they are now manutactur-
ing at the rate of 10000 day, and still
the supply falls short of the demand.
| The puzzle wave is now waving west
ward, and il is predicted that soon man,
woman and child will be busy trying to
drive the obstreperous piggies back into
their pen.
The New York legislature is troub.
led with meat inspection on the hooi
measure. 1t is an exact copy OF the
Scheffer bill and the assembly OF that
state is now INDUCING in some strong talR
against Armour. The question OF un'
constitutionaiity is also raised. Con-
gresham John Lind, saws that the Schef-
fer bill is constitutional. He holds thai
a state has right to define its own pc
lice powers, and that, he says, is the
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would come.
The council will hereafter CONSIST o
only eight members, and business shoulI
be transacted more rapidly than hereto
fore. The aldermen who will serve dur
ing the coming two years are Aids. John
son and Jorgensen from the Fourth
ward, Pitcher and Pond from the Third
Schroeder and Zimmerman from thu
Second, and Schiman and Hillesheln
from the First. OF the members VIII
retired Saturday night j. w. Hoerr ha
served for the past six years successive
} ", acting as vice-president of the coun
{ ell most of the time. He also served
term in the council number OF year
g ago, and is altogether veteran In TIN
n service. His face will be greatly misse'
at the future meetings. Andrew liam
has also served more than one term i
: the council, though he has just compile
ted the unexpired term Of Aid. Dough
II erty, whose successor he was by az
pointment. l.. Patterson and +. kro
s have each completed one term, but hav
t done good service during that tim'
d During the last year the former wa
chairman of the sewer committed
: and the latter of the street COMMITTEES
= the two most responsible committees,
i the council. The four gentlemen VIII
/, retire have all made good records, an
have done much to advance the city
4 interests, ard should take with them til
v we'll wishes of all good citizens.