The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-01-15
From Fridays Daily.

ErOm frlUdy
A marriage license has been grant
ed to David Huntley and Jessie Sim
mons, both of Decoria.
.-Supt. Lewis, of the Poor farm has
been reelected by the county COM
miSsioners.
The meanest man yet heard from
is located in the vicinity of Garden
City, During funeral there lately,
he stole the neck yoke to the hearse.
Mr.. Davis the undertaken says if he
will return the property, he will fur
nish the use of the hearse to him
gratis.-Good Thunder Herald.
I'VE desire to draw attention to
Bhe article of III. p. Christensen, ESQ,
in another column, in relation to
AMankato and her bright and prosper
out-look for the future. Mr.. G. is an
energetic and wide awake citizen, and
the future of Mankato seems to be the
of his eye.
Mr.. Lewis Hanna, for some time
baggage clerk at the Northwestern
depot has been promoted to the posi-
5ion of cashier, made vacant by the
resignation of Chris. Johnson. Mr..
Hanna made the company an efficient
clerk, and they have shown their ap-
preciation of his faithful services by
promoting him to the position above
mentioned.
MIR. J. Burrill, prosperous farm
eE in Belgrade, came into the Office
this noon and renewed his subscrip-
zion to the Weekly FREEPREss. have
taken your paper" said he, ''for near
ly 50 years. Mr.. Stephen Lamm and
i were among the first subscribers to
the Weekly, and guess l will take it
the rest of my days."
Frank Strunk, of this city, receiv-
ed letter day or two since, from
his brother, Daniel Strunk, of River
side, CAL, in which he stated that
there was a heavy frost then the
morning of Dec. 25, 1891, extending
all through the orange belt, and in
iicting heavy loss. This is osome-
thing very unusual for that country.
IF. G. Thayer and W. L. Bradshaw,
of this city, spent couple of days
last week in Winona, attending the
third annual convention of the agents
of DR.. Wards remedies. Some forty
three agents were present, Iowa, Hi
noiS and Wisconsin being quite we'll
represented. G. E. York, a former
Mankato boy, now of BroOkings, S.
D., took tirsU place in amount of med
icine sold and collections made, F. G.
Thayer took second place, and w. L..
Bradshaw third. In the evening, j.
II. Watkins, the proprietor, was pre-
scented with handsome silver tea set.
Red Wing Adrance San: At the
meeting Of the Goodhue County
Farmers club, Saturday afternoon,
prizes in the sugar beet cultivation
contest were awarded as follows: First,
$40, Jonathan Finney; second, 81, c..
"A. Sargent; third, So. VIM. Danforth.
Mr.. Finney's beets showed $50 pounds
Nof sugar to the ton: Mr.. Sargent's,
272 pounds, and Mr.. Danforths, 24O
pounds.
Mrs. Elizabeth McCracken, aged
10, died this morning about seven
O'Clock. There will be brief service
at her late home in this city to-mor-
TOW, conducted by Rev. f. M. Rule,
after which her remains will be con-
Yeyed to Vernon Center, the place
where she spent quarter Of a CEN
tnry of her life. The funeral services
proper, will be held in the church
there. The deceased came to this
city many years ago and connected
herself with the Methodist church.
She leaves two children, one of whom
was at her bedside when she expired.
LIE Sueur Ne,cs: The other day
John MeultOn brought to town load
of five sheep. Two of these were only
ten months old. From the sale that
he made of this lot Mr.. Moulton
realized $3.50, or on an average of
$3.50 head. The average weight
was $50 pounds each. That sheep
raising to reasonable extent would
be a paying business to many a farmer
the above result gives evidence. And
AS was pertinently remarked by a sue
1cessful farmer recently, there are
farms in this vicinity, parts of which
are more or less hilly, barren and
proftless, which might be made to
bring very respectable source of in
asme if used for sheep grazing. Buy
efs tell us that there is now very
keen demand for sheep at excellent
prices.