The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-23

"A marriage license was granted yes
terday to Christian Riley and Paulins
Wagner, both of this city.
Gaylord Lamb has been apl ointeG
by Judge Severance receiver i'll the Gar
den City suit of Geo. b. Jackson vs. Jos
A. Lowe. Bond was placed at $500.
The promised force to move CargilI
Bros. warehouse from Main street ar
rived to-day bringing carload of piles,
and machinery for swinging the build
ing around to the east of the elevator
quite delegation from Wilkin post
left this morning for Elysian, to attend
the district encampment. The post also
took along ten accredited delegates to at
tend the meeting to organize "A perma-
nent encampment, to include half
dozen towns IN this vicinity.
Some miscreant distributed poison
around last night, and killed valuable
hunting dog owned by GottfrIed Robel,
and Il pup owned by Harry Walraven.
The poison must have been placed
where the dogs were Kept, as Mr.. Ro-
bells dog was fastened in barn. lie
considered his dog worth SO.
The board of public works has af-
| frmed the assessment for the gutter
along block Is. North Front street. 1t
has also made an assessment of benefits
and damages on the extension OF Parry
street N Parrv's subdivision of lot &C."
Warren's addition, from the east end of
the street to Annabelle street, in DAVIS
x Cows addition.
The furniture for the court house is
arriving and will soon be set up. The
tile flooring in the main hall is about to
be land. The work of laying the sawed
stone walk from the building to Fifth
street has begun, as well as the gutter
ing along Fifth street, The city is lay
ing water mains along Fifth street near
the court house, and connections will he
put in as soon as possible.
Ills large number of friends and ac-
quaintances in this locality will be
pleased to learn that Hon. John Flittie
is booked on the Republican slate in
North Dakota for secretary of state. Mr..
+. is a young man of excellent qualitica-
tons, and will make IA worthy young of
fetal for grand young state. Mankato |
feels highly honored over the prospects
of Mr. Flittie, as he is graduate of our |
Normal school.
The state library committee, con-
sisting of President Shepard, of the
WinOna Normal school; President Scar
lhS' Vi Tue Mahkulo, anu iTesluent
Lord, of the Moorhead Normal school,
was III session at st. Paul yesterday and
to-day. They will have about 250 vol
umes added to the list from which the
public schools of the state may select
and thus receive the state aid designat-
ed in The appropriation. A goodly
OF the books that are being Sc
lected by the committee are intended to
be used by the lower grades.
The Chicago Il Northwestern will
run L special through train from Man
kato to Milwaukee on Sunday the 25th;
leaving ManKatO at COCA. H., arriving at
at 200 p. IN. This tram will
start from Tracy, and will carry large
number of soldiers from points west of
here, both in Minnesota and Dakota,
.hus enaG!!.2g Mankato soldiers to meet
Did comrades on the journey. AS the
rip is made by daylight, sleeping car
ARE will be saved, and Milwaukee
reached in time to secure accomoda-
ions before the crowd arrives OIL Mon.
Law.
The postoffice department has just
'eceived from the factory samples of
hree sizes of the new letter box which
las recently been adopted to supercede {
he present style of letter box. The 5
tyle now in use is deemed objectiona-
Die because of the facility with which ;
'obberles can be perpetrated and the Z
act that it is not weather proof The ,
lew style has 10 visible opening for the T
ecep tion of letters, but there are two ,
,nobs at the top by pushing down on :
ither one OF which an opening is eX- q
POSED by the revolving of a hinged plate. +
his plate connects with tray and as :
Don as the knob is released the tray =
ais down and drops the letter below. q
here are two COmparts to each letter :
'OX and il is impossible to get ut the a,
over compartment in which all letters g
re dumped by the tray until the box is !;
pened b" the carrier. The new style !,
iill grao...ly supercede the old style, q
S the present boxes wear out. !
There appears to have been no limit a
D the number of games PLAYED upon the u
nwary by the gang travelling with the Il
'orepaugh show. The reports ere still
omlng in, and the Lake Crystal Union
ellis one story as follows:
One of the chaps picks quarrel with a man, c,
lking particular pains to select one who is .
'ell dressed and whom they think they could II
asily get away with. He then asks the victim il
, take off his coat, at the same time pulling =,
II his own, AZ in the heat of anger they are ~
lrown to the ground. His pard makes some
Dlctous remarks about the "good coats lying Il
I the Dirt and picks them up for the purpose u
holding them. After Il few fierce demon 6.
trations such as rolling up his sleeves, and
uring which performance the coat holder v
as an opportunity TO getaway with the coats. Z
fter few such actions. the wOuld-be pugi- II
ST discovers that the victim Is not the man he a,
looking for, and invites him TO take drink. u
y this time, the coat holder is out of sight. C.
his kind of Il trick was played on young Il
IAN who does not live a thousand miles from :,
lis place. r
THE Merry Wives of Windsor" a
ould scarcely have played such fantas- a
C pranks had they been subject to the
Is so common among the women of to- I
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ounded by an experienced and sklllful
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esses and ailments peculiar to women, \
nd it is the only medicine for women, j
old by druggists, tuider a poSitice godran- O
3e from the manufacturers, that it will e
i've satisfaction in every case, or money .
will be refunded. This guarantee has
,een printed on the bottle-wrapper,a nd 1
aithfully carried out for many years.
IN MEMoRIAM. c
At meeting of the W. CT. L. held =
Aug. 18th, the following reso-
utions were unanimously adopted: ,
WHEREAS, The All-Wise Father in his prov q