The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-09-09

quarters as any store in the city. Il
is doing a good business.
Thomas Bohan will be a candi
date for Judge of Probate before the
Democratic county convention.
E. Smith, Garden City, left Tuesday
morning for Spokane Falls, Wash,
and will spend the winter upon the
coast.
H, J. and Fred Kruse are camp
ing at Swan lake. The first day there
they shot IS ducks. They are having
a fine time.
-Lorin Cray sold the house and lot
belonging to the Mills estate, situated
back of Odjard & Knoff's store, to
that firm for s1250 cash.
The North Mankato public school
opened Monday with Mr.. Muzzy
and Miss Bitner, the latter of St.
Peter, as teachers.
F. M. Currier was in the city a
day or two ago and stated that he is
in the hands of his friends so far as
his denomination to the legislature by
the Peoples party is concerned.
-AtVisalia, CAL, detectives visited
the house of Chris Evans, one of the
Coils train robbers, and dug up on
the premises two bags of silver con-
/
tanning about $1,000.
The health officer has had the
police instruct the various grocery
stores that their delivery boys must
not enter house where a sickness
placard is posted. The packages must
be left outside.
Additional primary rooms having
been opened in the Franklin. Union
and Pleasant Grove buildings, parents
can be assured that there is plenty
of room for all of their children in the
public schools.
"A son of Chas. Moore, living on
N. Fifth street, died Monday night,
aged 81 years. of cholera morbus. The
funeral occurred Wednesday night.
The child bad been sick but few
days.
-MARRIED-In Rapidan, Sept. LIST,
1892, at the residence of Mr.. A. L.
Crane, brother-in-law of the bride, by
Rev. J. lockwood, Mr.. Byron A. Will
son, of Dodge county, to Miss Myra
Smith, of Blue Earth county.
Fred Halmon, of Belgrade town
ship, sent his little sons aged and II
to the house for gun Thursday last.
The younger boy, who carried it &C
cidently discharged the gun, instant
ly killing his brother.
The tourists social and students
reception given by the young people |
of the M. e. church, at the home of |
Mr.. d. L. Clements was largely at
tended. 1t was unique in it's concep-
tiop, brilliant in it's execution and in
structive and amusing in it's conclu-
sion. The guests were served with
ice cream and cake and all expressed
themselves as having delightful
evening.
DIS. Stems has decided to 60 into
the wholesale manufacture of cloth
ing at Chicago, and will move there.
The firm name will be Morris, Gold
smith & Stems. This move will en-
able him to stock his retail stores at
such low figure that be will be able
to give his patrons some rare bar
gains.
The Women's Worlds Fair Auxil
larry are endeavoring to decorate and
furnish the suit of three rooms in the
state building set aside for their use
by the state commission, and with
that end in view all women engaged
in decorating and designing, are earn
estly invited to compete for the work.
All particulars can be obtained from
Mrs. A. f. Brown, chairman of COM
1926 Seventh St. S., Minnea-
polls.
The business men and all citizens
generally owe it to themselves and
their families that they bring to bear
upon the council what influence they
can to have it pass the health ordi-
nance, upon which it has been post
poning action for some months. The
principal excuse given for not taking
action is that some poor people who
own property on Front street may be
put to some expense to make sewer
Cholera is but two
days from Mankato and when it
sweeps over the land and locates in
the germ hatcheries in the rear of
their buildings it will not draw the
line on mans family because he
happens to be poor.
We have received the following
without a signatures:
1.-THE business men of lower town
are justly indignant over the action of
the circus people who visit this city.
Will ethey permit them to cover their
windows with show bills several
months previous to their coming, they
are in return cOmnlnta1v ont off from |