The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-04-26
From Mondays Daily Free Press

-Forpaugh's circus will exhibit IN
Mankato June 18th. Sells Bros. show
is also expected during the summer.
Mai. Clarke reports the sale of lot 10,
Clarke's subdivision, TO Geo. w. Fetch
er, for 81 900. This lot is located on w.
Jackson street.
There has been an advance of about
81 cents per hundred in the price of live
cattle. Mr.. SchweitZer says some of the
finest cattle that have been seen In mar
kei here for n long time will be brought
in this week.
The cement works are employing a
large force of men, and the stone quar-
ries have about 200 at work. The other
industries and the building operations
are giving employment to great numbers
of hitherto idle men.
Archie Stevenson went to st. Peter
to day TO pay up the insurance held by
Anton Rost, Jos. Stolz and VIM. l..
Couplin i'm the Northwestern. Each of
these has died within a month and they
were insured respectively for 81 600, $500
and 81 800.
The store Just vacated by j. n. Butler
will be opened again about Wednesday.
A stock of clothing and furnishing goods
will be put in by G. Schulein, under
whose name the store will run, but Mr..
G. Schulein will have charge of the bust
ness. The room has been repapered
and thoroughly repaired.
Albert Bushers, a young man whose
parents live at CORTLAND, NicOllet coun-
ty, suicided at the Windsor Hotel, st.
Paul, Saturday. He had been teaching
school in Renville county and went to
ST Paul to see young lady,. the inter-
l. To hax
suited unhappily. He was found on the
bed with two gas jets turned on full.
Nothing of particular importance
was done at the board of trade meeting
| this morning. A communication was
received from the Washington Post call
! ing attention 10 one of its editorials
strongly urging a revision of the rules of
the house of representatives so as to ia
cilitate the transaction of business. The
matter was referred to the committee on
legislation to report at the next meet
ing.
Easter services at the various
churches yesterday were largely attend
ed. Several ofthe churches were fine
ly decorated, notably the Episcopal and
Congregational. The music was gener-
ally more than ordinarily we'll prepared.
In the afternoon Mankato Commanderv,
Knights Templar, held an Easter SER
vice in the Episcopal church. The
I beautiful service of the order was gone
through with in the presence of large
attendance. The commandery was
present in full uniform.
Marshall Nelrs: Mr.. f. Thayer, the
, Mankato architect who designed the
. Syndicate block, and has made plan
/ for Mr.. Dibble's bank, was in town
Monday consulting with Messrs. Per
sons, Watson and Lawrence regarding
their proposed new block ofstores. He
, will submit a sketch for the building al
once. The above three gentlemen are
ready 10 build, and Mr.. Van Fleet, be
fore leaving town, stated he would be
ready to build whenever the other
were. Banker Dibble is anxiously
E waiting TO begin the construction of hil
( new bank building.
The committee of the council ap
pointed to report on what streets should
be sprinkled this summer has decided
TO recommend the sprinkling Of From
: street from Vine to Marshall, and al
of the side streets within that limit
from Second street to the railroad track
This will very effectually protect tn,
business portion of Front street from tn,
clouds of dust that usually drift dow
the side streets. 1t will require abou
, four sprinkling carts to cover the terri
: tory named. The committee woul'
? doubtless have reported in favor o
! sprinkling Second street were it not 70
. the fact that that street will be torn VI
throughout its crater part during tn
summer with the sewer operations.
e Mr.. Ole Serumgard, Of Devils Lake
e OAK, and Miss Keron Trodahl, of thi
U city, were married at the Norwegia
e Lutheran church at eight o'clock Satui
s day night, Rev. Romsdall, of Madelis
performing the ceremony. Supper wa
Y afterwards served at the home of tn
o brides father, Mr.. o. o. Trodabl, an
d about 60 to IS guests were entertained
n A large number of nice presents wer
J. presented to the bride. Mr.. Serumgar
is is county treasurer of Ramsey Co., Oak
and has many friends in this city. HI
- bride has large number of friends
% the city. where she has resided for
a number of years. The couple leave ft
a their Dakota home tomorrow, takIr
- with them the best wishes of all.