The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-09-27
From Thursdays Daily.

president of the institution. James w
Ford, who has not yet arrived, is expect
ed to be present on dedication day.
From Thursdays Daily.
Lee Hanna has been appointed t
the position formerly held by Jas. +
Dennis, with the American Express Co
"A marriage license WAS granted
yesterday to John +. Wright, of Mankat'
township. and Bertha Wakworth, o
Mapleton.
We are requested to announce tina
VIM. X. Dobbyn will lecture in this cit.
next Monday night on "Who Pays thu
Bills; an economic view of the liquo
traffic.
A. o. Nepils men are ut work in thu
court house getting the boilers AM
pipes ready for use, bricking over thu
boilers, etc. Men are at work putting
in the vault furniture.
Geo. w. Schlottman has been ap
pointed postmaster at CORTLAND, Nicol
let county, Francis Lange at Elysian
LeSueur county, and Frank Haskell a
Madison Lake, this county.
The ladies' relief society will NEE
with Mrs. Crosby next Monday after
noon at > o'clock for work. Don't fai
to send in the cast off dresses and cloth
ing that can be made over for children
There are many TO be clothed before
winter sets in.
The Sisters of the Notre Dame hav,
concluded to enlarge their convent, /
having for some time been much too
small. \ stone chapel is to be built a
once on the north side of the convent
at cost of s. 400, Architect Gerach il
the designer.
Mrs. Fred Mohlenbook, wife of one
of III. Il. Weicking's cigar makers, dice
died Yesterday morning at nine o'clock
of complication of Bright's disease
and dropsy. The funeral took place a
two o'clock this afternoon from the
| Lutheran church.
A Woonsocket (Dak.) special says
Young stock and hogs by the train loaC
are being shipped out of this county OF
account of the failure of the corn crop
Several car loads of pigs were shipped
into Minnesota, and the cattle are ship
ped mostly to Iowa. Fifty pound pig
sell for 81 80 each, and good spring calve!
for $3.50 to $500 per head.
The many friends in this county o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli S. Warner will be
grieved to learn that they have lost theil
youngest child, who died at their home
at st. Paul yesterday morning. The re-
mains were taken to Garden CITY fol
burial, passing through Mankato on the
! ll:l5 a. m. train to-day.
Albert Lea Standard: The publish
ers of the Mankato FREE PRESS issued q
big eight page boom edition of MankatO
last week. 1t was splendid exhibition
of enterprise and has rarely been ex
celled in the state. Bro. Hunt is never
second best IN the newspaper field, and
personally, Is a mighty clever and gen
ial gentleman.
Mrs. J. w. Hoerr has made arrange,
ments for erecting fine residence al
the corner of Fifth and Main streets
When completed, it will cost about S.,
| 500. The contract for all ofthe work eX-
| cept the basement has been let to Nor.
gan Morris, for $3.50, and work is to be
begun at once and pushed as rapidly as
possible. Architect Gerlach drew the
plans.
See here, Hunt. Don't do 1t again
| One more boom edition of the FREE
Press putting up Mankato will give for
eigners an idea that Mankato is as huge
a town as st. Peter and then somebody
will get us all mixed up and call us the
"Twin Cities of Southern Minnesota
! We don't want such a reputation for To-
cal jealousy as the other Twin Cities
| have and We aren't bit stuck up over
our superior attractions and increase OF
| lunacy. Don't boom any more, please.
st. Peter Tribune.
You needn't be afraid. st. Peter will
be soon gathered within the folds OF
Mankato's spreading corporation, and
will be known AZ st. Peter no more.
North Mankato will be good enough.
The Fibre-ware company which is
drilling an artesian well has found an
abundance of water already, though d
depth of little more than one hundred
feet has been reached. The well will
however, be put down far enough to oh.
! tam as large flow as the others. The
company pays 81 200 for the well com.
plete and Mr.. Willard thinks it will pay
! fAr in fNvf 4 Of N
Of water is used in the various processes
of manufacturing the tibre-ware and
heretofore it has all had to be pumped by
means of steam.
There seems to be quite change GO
ing on among the people in favor Of
water bonds. AS the question is being
discussed and the need of the water ex.
tension brought out and understood the
feeling of the tax payer is becoming more
favorable, and those who a week age
were freely predicting the defeat of the
proposition now believe that the bonds
will carry. Mayor Pau predicted the
| first of the week a great change in the
sentiment of the tax payers by Saturday
night. He and others feel confident
that the bonds will carry. 1t will GER.
tainIy be great misfortune to the city
if the bonds do not carry, and will sci
its improvements back one or more
years. All departments of the city will
be crippled, as the revenue fund is over
drawn, and many workingmen will lose
jobs which would otherwise have car,
ried them nicely through the winter
If all would look upon the bond matter
in the right way, there would be none
to oppose the issue.
We took hurried trip the first Of
the week 10 Blue Earth City, Winneba.
go City and Fairmont. In the two for.
mer towns our stay was too short to see
much of the progress of the places, but
the information received was that the
harvest had been excellent, and the out
look for fall and winter trade was very
hattering. The fair at Blue Earth City
was Just on, but the rain at the time OF
our visit portended anything but success
The weather through the night cleared
up, however land the result of the .exhibl-
ton was quite satisfactory. The day spent
in Fairmont gave us an opportunity to
look about this gem of a city, and to see
that il is one of the prettiest towns in
the state. Fairmont is village of lakes
beautiful, enticing and fascinating
place where nature has seemingly defied
the artists pen to improve or the most
exacting mortal to criticise. 1t abounds
with natural groves of stately trees, with
pleasant homes and thrifty business
houses, and can claim most enterpris'