The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-20
the universal remark that they did
splendidly. Mr.. Cross, an expert banjo
player, rendered couple of pleasing
selections.
From Thursdays Daily.

See notice of farm for sale.
Easter Sunday falls on March
Goth this year.
The way snow is dissolving before
the warm rays of Old Sol reminds one
of the approach of spring.
Among the arrivals at the Hotel
Temescal, South Riverside, CAL, last
weeks paper mentions d. Strunk and
wife, of Mankato, and A. F. Strunk,
of Window.
The bills regulating the salary of
the Judge of Probate and of the coun-
ty commissioners of this county have
passed both branches of the legisla-
ture.
An entertainment will be given at
the German Catholic school hall a
week from Sunday night. Two plays
will be given, one in English and one
in German.
-Nyquist & Iverson, the popular
clothiers, have a new and attractive
lad" in this weeks FREE PRESS. The
firm is strictly reliable and sells all
goods upon honor.
The FREE PRESS Job department
has just received $4,000 envelopes
and $4,000 linen letter heads, bought
at large discount from regular prices,
and will be sold at a bargain. Parties
needing anything in this line will do
well to call and examine stock and get
prices.
The real estate taxes are coming
into the county treasurer's Office with
the usual rapidity. They are payable
at any time from now until June 1st,
after which time the penalty Of ten
per cent. will be added.
Farmers who want to buy Seeder
will do well to call on Williams &
Akers, 314 South Front street. They
have the celebrated Hoosier, the
Badger and Van Bruht & Wilkins
| with steel frame 40t2
| Geo. w. Slade, Esq, has conclud-
ed to be candidate for city treasurer,
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic city convention. Competition is
the life of trade and it also lends spice
and interest to a political campaign.
The United States court will be
held in this city next month. There
will be quite lengthy calendar of
causes to try. Judge Nelson was so
favorably struck with the city last fall
that he decided to give plenty of bus
mess to this court. Had the hotel
accommodations and court room been
poor, it is likely that the sessions
would have been as brief as the last
one
| 1t has been rumored for some time
that the laboring men would put up
an independent candidate for mayor.
We are informed, however, that the
members of the Knights of Labor will
endorse Mr.. Willard and such other
candidates on the two regular tickets
as they may decide upon. They will
not put up any ticket of their own.
The Knights now have an active
membership of so to 60, and may be
able to control 200 votes in all.
During the State Institute at
Lake Crystal commencing Monday
next, there will be two evening enter
tainments. Tuesday evening a lee
ture on Africa, it's present condition.;
having special reference to recent ex-
plorations, and the division of the
continent among the nations of Eu-
rope. There will be also on Thurs
day evening lecture on the life and
works. of the poet, Longfellow Both
of these will be given by Prof. w. f.
Rocheleau, of the State Normal
School at MOorhead. The teachers
can look forward to an intellectual
treat of rare merit, for the professor
is one of the leading educators of the
the northwest and an interesting
speaker.