The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-03-24

O'Clock Monday and were as
follows:
T. n Rurdick Co. S19,495
w. B. Craig 1910
delaney & Cook, Minneapolis $3.50
The bids will be considered at meet
ing of the trustees next week
The service of the German Catho-
lie church Sunday wasI very interest
{ ing and the church was packed. At
ten O'Clock high mass was conducted
by Bishop Cotter, of Winona, assisted
by fathers Sutor and Sieg and two
others. Father Sieg preached SER
mon in German. The ceremony of
blessing and purifying the bells was
then gone through with, after which
Bishop Cotter preached sermon in
English. The services lasted until
bne o'clock. At three O'Clock an en-
tertainment was gwen by the school
ichildren at the hall.
The concert given at the Normal
/ school Friday night by the Max Dick
Concert Co. was largely attended and
was success. All of the members of
the company were well received. Max
Dick was of course the principal at
traction and is certainly a master OF
the violin. Miss Hamilton possesses
a rich and strong contralto voice,
while Mrs. Winchell as soprano is
pleasing Miss Jessie Rice, of this
city, is the pianist and fultlls her
part very satisfactorily Mr.. Dick
was fortunate in securing her services.
\ Bids for O. Cassidy's residence
| were opened Saturday at H. G. Ger
( lach's office and were as follows: Hen
\ ry Tanger, S3464; E. G. Burdick Co.,
S3447: Adams & Single, $3.50; John
o. Kramer, $3l93; Ernest Mahlke,
S2999: Henry Theisen, S29SS. The fol-
lowing bids were rejected because
they did not contain the the required
certified check of $500: l. Roberts,
$500; w BE Craig, $34OO: HI. d. Hughes,
$780,
If you would encourage your boys
and girls in habits of research and in
yestigation place in your home the
Encyclopedia Britannica, the greatest
library in all literature, and don't
wait to consult all your relatives
about it for it will soon be too late tt
secure it at present prices and on oul
merchants special offer.
p. H. Jorden, member of thu
Democratic committee, informs u
that the committee did not have ;
division of opinion in regard to mayor
four standing for Mr.. Willard and fou
for Mr.. Meagher. Our information
! came from another member of tn
committee and if it is not correct, Q
course we are willing to make the cor
rectiOn.
-Akers & Rooney have torn out tn
partition between their two stores
and now have one of the largest Stor
rooms in the city. 1t is a great i'm
provement. This firm has one of tn
c. bmpletest stocks to be found in thi
section and its business is increasin,
fight along.
The petitions asking that A. r
|Pfau be appointed district attorne
have been largely signed. One bear
I the signatures of all the members @
the Blue Earth county bar and otne
attorneys. Mr. Pfau's chances TO
appointment are believed to be YER
good.
VIM Bodde filed his bond for $50
Friday with Clerk Of Court Thorn,
with Frank Henline and w. G. H9l
as sureties. The bond was necessaI
to continue the injunction upon L.
M Fletcher regarding Minnesot
street.
One day last week r. D. Hubbar
sold fifty car loads of flour, total {
$4,000 sacks. Mr. Hubbard also ha
an order for a car load to be sent t
I the Black Hills in South Dakota, an
! another to Granite Falls, Montana
w. IL. Marshall, of ST. Paul, an
Miss Laura Latourelle, of Minnesot
Lake, were married by Rev. f. \
Rule Fridayevening at the residence
Mr., and Mis-. Keuster in the presen(
Of a few friends:
"A Washington dispatch says tn;
III. Jorgensen, Of this city, has filed a
application for the position of collect,
4 of internal revenue for Minnesot
His numerous friends will certain
hope that he will be successful.
There were 81 teachers examine
Wednesday and Thursday by Sup
Scherer. There was one applicable
for first grade certificate, but I'll
most of the applications were f
third grade certificates.