The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-26

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to his own views of the ''eternal fit
ness of things" asserted itself, and he
has since been actively engaged in
trying to show that the title vested in
Mr.. Holbrook was not good and that
others had prior and legitimate
claim. We find that power of at
terney on certain property Including
the postoffice site) was vested in Mr..
Hall and the same placed on record
on the 18th day of November 1888.
The instrument which covered this
power of attorney purported to be a
deed given by III. E. Bidwell and Mary
E. Bidwell his wife, nee Mary E. Cast
ner, daughter and sole heir Of John
M. Cashier, deceased, by their at
torney James Bennett to Geo. H.
Sharp, to Jackson Park, otherwise
known as block 80 of Everett plat and
| blocks 155 and 156. The new postOfice
| building will be erected on portion
of block 33, while the Milwaukee de-
pot covers portion of block 155. The
so-called deed to this property was
filed at the Register of Deeds office in
and for the county of Blue Earth on
the 18th day of November, 1891 and
was delivered back into the hands of
John N. Hall on the 18th day of Dec.
of the same year.
Who this man Sharp is does not ap-
pear, but it does plainly appear that
Mr.. Hall undertook a piece of work
which he has utterly and ingloriously
failed to carry to a successful con-
clusion. There are an hundred deci-
sions which could be referred to show
ing that perfect titles have been vest
ed in parties where absolute ownership
did not stand out nearly so emphatic
as in this, and it would not be neces-
sary to go beyond the confines of the
city limits of Mankato to find many
such.
All parties interested in the differ
ent locations for the public building
here, save this single individual,
gracefully and cheerfully acquiesced
in the choice finally made by the gov
eminent. They have all with this
single exception) been equally anxious
to have work begin and the structure
erected as soon as possible, and had it
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stract to the site was so clear and
forcible as to leave no possible doubt
of its correctness, Mr.. Hall
would have been able to delay
operations indefinitely. AS it is, and
it is matter for congratulations" the
title has passed to the government.
Mr.. Holbrook has received his pay
from the q. S. Treasurer, and the
public building will be pushed for
ward to rapid completion. For this
pleasant condition of affairs, however,
no thanks are due to Mr.. Hall.
1t was only last Monday that Mr..
Hall had an article in the FREE PRESS
and RerieD urging our business men
and citizens to assist in securing the
hundred Thousand dollars with which
to push Mankato to the front and set
the machinery of commerce and
mandatory in motion. Read this
pious expostulation from this
obstructionist to progress in his clos
ing appeal as published in the papers.
"We ask all the people of Mankato
to help favor this enterprise. We ap-
peal especially to the young men in
whose hands is the future of this city
to give it their hearty cooperation.
Aye, verify A man who can exhort
others to activity while he is spend
ing his spare moments to defeat the
very things that he breaches, is in
deed benefactor! The very action
of Mr.. Hall has delayed the final ac-
ceptance OF the public building
grounds several weeks. But he will
delay it no longer. 1t will be lesson
not wholly lost if the good people of
Mankato will follow Mr.. Halls pub
lished advice, but equal care should
be taken to steer clear of his more
public acts.
The FREE PRESS is always glad and
willing to speak encouragingly and
com plimentary Of any man who will
show by his acts that he is sincere in
his sermons, but it has not and will
not fail to expose hypocrisy wherever
found and in whatsoever garb it may
chance to hide.