The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-08-05
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Kasota and st. Peter is completed
and teams are passing over it.
-Thos Hughes has just completed
large addition to his residence on
Byron street, and has one of the finest
houses in the city.
The appearance of the Western
Union telegraph Office has been i'm
proved by new paper and a general
renovating.
Cassidy & Co. have bought out l..
G.. Gunstrom's meat market, but in
tend to dispose of it as soon as posi-
BILE.
The school board has given the
contract for painting the exterior OF
the Pleasant Grove building to O..
Throdahl, for S209.50.
Sophia Schroeder, aged Is years,
died yesterday at her home in Bel
grade. The funeral will be held from
the German Lutheran church tOmor-
row.
j. o. Smith, of West Mankato,
says that for all the talk few weeks
ago about this being a backward sea-
son for corn, he has field of corn with
an average growth of nearly nine feet.
The City Hotel is filled with
guests and is enjoying prosperous
fhnSn
taken nearly every night. Henry Him
melman understands how to make it
comfortable for his guests.
R. D. Hubbard has just purchased
So Rambouillet sheep from the noted
farm at Ionia, Mich, for his cattle
ranch in Montana. There are Abrams
and II ewes. This breed is consider
ed to be the best in the world.
p. B. Sparrow received telegram
Friday informing him of the death
of his brother, George E. Sparrow,
who died of heart trouble at Watkins,
N. Y, the 2sth inst. The deceased
paid his brother visit last fall and
renewed several acquaintance made
at Mankato some twenty years ago.
The graduates of the ChautauQua
this year are Mrs. Mary E. Barney, of
this city, and Mrs. Nathan Ford, Mrs.
Isabella Sterling, Mrs. A. q. Watson,
Miss Laura Gowdy, Miss Emma w.
Brink, Mrs. Mary M. Carlton and Mrs.
Cordelia Kennick. Rev. F. M. Rule
presented the diplomas.
Rev. w. G. Bacon, of Eyota, HI. R..
Steensen, of Minneapolis, Geo. w.
Morrell and wife, of Chicago; G. w.
Jones and daughter, of Sioux Falls:
P. Weisberger, Cred Dodahauer and
VIM. Corrson, of st. Peter: and L. L..
Colby, of Albert Lea, spent Sunday in
the city.
ID. E. Crane, Esq, of South Bend,
announces that he has decided to be a
candidate for County Commissioner
from the third district. Mr.. Crane is
young man of energy and good judg-
ment, and if the Republicans of that
district shall see proper to tender him
the nomination they will make no
mistake.
The Andrews Opera Company
goes to Peoria, H., to fill an engage
ment. Ed. Andrews entered the thea
tire there the other evening while an
other company was playing, and being
recognized by the audience received a
fiattering demonstration which he was
obliged to acknowledge. 1t is not
likely that the company will go to
Elysian this season.
DIR. J. w. Andrews, assisted by
Drs. Warner, Harrington and Steele,
performed very important operation
at the hospital this forenoon, upon a
young lady from Lake Crystal. 1t was
the removal of an ovarian tumOr,
weighing six pounds from the right
side and one weighing five ounces
from the left side. The young lady
rallied from the operation and is
doing very well at the present writing.
Reports from the crops indicate
that the yield of wheat will be trifie
less than last year. Geo. M. Palmer
states that the reports which he hears
are of various natures. Upon the
whole, he thinks that the crop in
southern Minnesota will be about
upon an average, but not quite as
good in quality or quantity as last
year, when the crop was exceptionally
good. Other reports received indicate
that the crop has not been damaged
as much as was thought by the recent
storms.
Geo. Norman had cow killed by
lightning last Friday. The animal at
the time was IN the pasture on the
farm, and had her head between two
wires of fence. She dropped in her
tracks. -. Sunday, A. Tweed lost a
good cow on his farm in Butternut
Valley by lightning The animal was
in the center of the pasture at the
time she was killed.-Lake Crystal
Union.
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