The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-02-06
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Jne future With commence.
From Tuesdays Daily.
The annual meeting of the Man
kato Mutual Building and Loan Associ-
alton will be held Saturday evening.
Mrs. Anna Woodruff, a former
resident of Mankato, died at Auburn,
CAL, Jan. 9th. She had many friends
here.
Senator Barr Yesterday introduced
bill appropriating $1,000 for a
bridge across Watonwan river, in
Blue Earth county; also a bill
allowing town insurance companies
to enlarge the territory in which
they may operate.
"A Washington dispatch says that
Representative Lind has been in
formed by Chairman Cannon that the
full amount of the appropriation for
the Mankato public building 800, 900
has been put in the sundry civil bill.
This will allow the contract to be
made at once, and better building
can be erected than if appropriations
were made in piecemeals.
The President has signed the bill
appropriating ninety thousand dollars
for public building at Mankato and
the citizens of that city, regardless of
party are rejoicing. There is, how
ever much diversity Of opinion re-
garding the proper location and it may
be assumed that big fight will de-
velope before site is selected.-Janes-
yille Argus.
Yes, there will be something of
scrap ON the location question, but it
will be governed according to the most
approved ring rules. And the result
will dependupon which ring has the
strongest pull with the referee.
Last week James Shoemaker, as
Coroner, served replevin on Sheriff
Glynn, and secured possession OF 5000
worth of cloth which a Faribault
party claimed he had sent to Geo.
Reed, of this city, to sell on commits
sion. The stock was some time ago
levied upon by Christian Ross, to cover
bill for rent of the wooden mill which
he claimed was due. The only officer
in the county who can arrest or serve
legal papers upon the sheriff is the
coroner. This is the first case in this
county that we recollect wherein this
power of the coroner has been invoked.
The three days allowed for rebonding
having expired, the goods have been
sent to Faribault.
City Attorney Young has nearly
completed the work of cOdifying the
charter. Two or three changes and
additions have been made since we
published synopsis of the changes.
The wards are left as at present, with
eight aldermen. The city recorder is
required to publish full, detailed
statement of the receipts and eXpen-
ditures of the city in the official paper
every six months. AnG additional
clause has been inserted, carrying out
the idea involved in our suggestion
| yesterday as to snow ordinance. 1t is
taken from the charter of Wisconsin
city, and gives the council power to
pass an ordinance applying to any por-
tion of the city. Mr.. Young has spent
a great deal of time on the charter.
The installation of the newly cleo
ted officers of Mankato Lodge No. 6,
n. A. S. E., by Deputy James Johnson,
occurred on Saturday evening last, as
follows:
President-Wm. Morse.
Vice President-P. McGlinchy.
@. and r. Sc. S. Austin.
Treasurer-S. S. Thomas.
f. Sc. V. Peterson.
C.-P. J. Staley.
ID. "A. Magin.
Regular meetings are held on the
second and fourth Saturday evenings
of each month, in the hall over Parry's
drug store. The objects of this associ-
alton are the mutual education and
advancement of Stationary Engineers,
and to work for proper state fegisla
tion for the inspection of steam boilers
and the licensing of engineers.