The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-04-05
from TUESDAYS DAILY FREE PREssl.

"A teachers examination was held
Yesterday and to-day at Amboy.
Lake Madison will have fifty bar
rel flour mill If il can raise bonus OF
800.
Mr.. L. T. Shaw yesterday received
his commission as postmaster at Garden
City.
1t is said that Saulpaugh & Crubaugh;
the bridge builders, intend dissolving
partnership.
Martin Nelson and VIM. Erickson
have formed a partnership, and leased
Ring d Tobin's quarry for a term OF
years.
"A man named Oleson was locked up
last night on the charge of INSANITY. He
had recently been taken out of the st.
Peter hospital, and was visiting friends
in this city. He will probably be taken
back TO the hospital.
Geo. Tenny, a farmer living in Ma
pleton township, met with severe accl-
dent this afternoon. He carelessly
passed through the the stone pile in
front of Klein's building and gained the
sidewalk under the place where brick
were being removed from the cornice OF
the old part. A loose brick fell and
struck him on the head, cutting cash
four inches long and also hurt his hand.
He was taken upstairs to DIR. Andrews
office and had his wound dressed and is
doing as well as could be expected.
The free reading room has the Pho
neer- Press, the daily FREE PRESS, the
Youths Companion, and all our city
weekly papers ard many others. The
Century and 81. Nicholas come every
month, and back numbers of many 9TH
er magazines have been contributed.
About 200 well selected books from the
nucleus of library. From ten to TWEEN
ty persons gather here every evening to
enjoy this helpful pleasure, furnished by
our benevolent citizens. The expense
is twenty-five dollars per month. A few
of our citizens have given literally. Will
not all consider the blessing of this open
door and give as literally as they CAM
Mr.. John Duane, for twenty-eight
years the genial proprietor Of the Wash
| ington House, has rented that hotel to
his son-in-law, Mr.. ID. j. Whalen, who
took possession yesterday. The lease is
for one year with the privilege of five
The building is undergoing repairs and
the Office is to be moved from the base
ment TO small building which will be
/
Several other small buildings on that
side will be torn out. Mr.. Duane viii
move to his residence near the Normal
The travelling public will not miss hii
familiar features from the depots as he
will still solicit for the house. Mr.
Whalen's home has been in Winona
He has been employed in the construc
ton department of the Northwestern
road for some years and is young maj
of push, who will maintain the Wash
ington honse in its present good repute
The better class of citizens of Lake
Madison are agitated over the blinC
pigs which have been running in tina
village for long time. They have helt
a couple of meetings to devise ways ant
means of Kidding the town of the nui
; sance, but have thus far failed. tn,
keepers of the places call their liquo
'bitters" and like names. The peopl,
have appealed to County Attorney Smitl
but there ID much question whether any
thing can be done. 1t will be difficult Il
prove the stuff sold is not tonic, but
beverage. All medicines contain NOR
or less alcohol. There should certainl,
be some manner in which the town CA
rid itself of the places, which are a grea
detriment to any growing town, an,
! especially one which hopes to become
! summer resort. The actions of few 9
the citizens of that place have given it
, name that no ambitious town can affor
to have and the law abiding citizen
should look after their interests NOR
. carefully.
: "A Mankato correspondent of th
Pioneer Press says: An interesting su