The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-01-18

banks met yesterday morning and elc
ted the following officers:
Mankato NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., j. IL
Ray; Vice President, u. G. Harrington
Cashier, John X. Thomas; Teller, Manly
b. Haynes. Citizens National-P
dent, John +. Meagher; Vice President
l.. Patterson; Cashier, w. q. Hoerr
Teller, Ed. Swan: Book-keeper, P. b.
Sparrow. The officers of the First Nat
ional bank will be elected next Monday
morning.
The annual report of the county
commissioners shows $l7 ,069.2 % on hand
Jan. /. The receipts from the county
revenue fund were $50, 81, and the
disbursements were Sl, 525.03; poor
fund receipts, s., 1867 "a; disbursements,
81, S69.2l; road and bridge fund receipts,
So, 13l ,95; disbursements, So, 5000,
overdrawing the fund $22S.S2. The ex-
penses of the district court were 81 ,525.-
55. The expense of the insane of the
county were $250.SS; of the Jail, 81 ,704.-
80; commissioners salaries, 1857 .02; of
the county officers, $S,499.93. The
county printing bill was $97l.69 for the
year and $SS5.Sl was expended for
blank books. The wolf bounties paid
amounted to sos, the gopher bounties to
So. IS and the tree bounty to 1854.
There was expended on the new court
house SlS,3S5.l3.
Work on the Saulpaugh House is
progressing rapidly, no weather having
vet been encountered to drive the work
men away. The rooms are all partition
ed off and the magnificent dining room
has been finely arched. Architect Pass
has spacious Office plastered off and
no nj hnr
filters have been at work. The gas pipe
is all laid and the electric light wires are
to be put in soon. The entire building
including every room, is TO be supplied
with both systems of lighting. The
steam pipe filters will begin work this
week. The regular plumbing is also TO
go on. Every convenience Is to be put
in the hotel, including alarm bells and
call bells in every room, and return calls
in many rooms. The halls are also to be
supplied with speaking tubes. Mr..
Saulpaugh is sparing no expense to put
this fine hotel in the most approved
shape. 1t is expected to be opened
about July LIST, and the elite of Mankato
society people are already planning for
the great event. 1t is expected to open
the era of swallow-tails in this city, and
number of gentlemen have decided to
secure full dress suits for the occasion,
and the swallow-tail will supercede the
Prince Albert to a certain extent there
after.
Those people of Medo who took an
active part in the prosecution of the Sill
vers for the alleged neglect in caring for |
the Williamson boy are not entirely sat |
istied with the result of the trial. The |
town board of Medo, through their
chairman, NJ. Williamson, was largely
instrumental in bringing on the prose-
cution and were much interested in its
successful termination. The discharge
of the Sjlvers throug h a defeat in the in
dictment does not satisfy the ends of
justice according to their point of view.
When the case was finished Saturday
afternoon, NJ. Williamson, who is not
the father of the boy, by the way. walk
ed down street with Silver, and the two
had quite wordy war. Williamson
opened the contest by remarking that
when the Silvers were brought before
the final Judge that they would then re-
ceive their merIted punishment. Sill
yer stated that his conscience was clear,
but that Williamson's could not be, and
minated that when the latter had TAX
en- the child away from his (Silyer's)
house he had deliberately undressed ii
and allowed it to freeze in order to
evidence against him.
This insinuation vas almost too much
or Williamson and he threatened to
reach" for Silver and would possibly
nave done so then and there had it not
been for those present. They were
shortly afterwards parted, after Silver
lad informed Williamson that there
vas One above who would judge him,
wen though he be chairman of the town
BOARD. The Medo people generally sid
most respected citizens of that portion
If the county, and the above mentioned
about whom is entirely false.