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

-tTduK Auy Has puTCudScu du
eighty acre farm in Dccoria, covered
with standing timber.
"A Randall, ofsSouth Bend. aged
seventy years, died Friday morn
ing at o'clock. after long illness
following an attack of the grip. The
funeral will occur at 200 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
The injunction suit begun by
! Swanson and Thiessen against Charles
and Frank Hide, to restrain them
from cutting ice on field claimed by
| the plaintiffs, has been satisfactorily
settled, and Swanson & Theissen
again have possession.
County Superintendent Scherer
will hereafter have the services of an
assistant, whose appointment dates
from Fridayevening. He weighs JUS
nine pounds and should be named
after the father Of his country, in
which case ne would bear the same in
itials as has father.
W. P. Coffin, r. L. Houk, Geo. r.
Johnson and James Conroy returned
Saturday from North Galveston,
Texas, and give very favorable re-
port of that section. When they left
the trees were budding, the vegetables
were growing, Strawberries were ripe
and the weather was like May in Min
nesota. r. L. Houk purchased two
city lots, andJ. FL. Greenwood remain
ed to look up some fruit lands.
One of the leading architects in
forms us that this will be very pros
porous year with the brick manufact-
urers. There will be great demand
for brick from all over Southern
MINNESOTA, as there will be an unus-
ually large amount Of building done.
Orders for plans for stores and res
] licences are comming in from all direc-
tons and in greater number than
ever before. Reputation of all kinds
of Mankato building material is
such that it will meet with ready
sale.
The new general charter under
process of construction at st. Pau
provides that work amounting tC
more than 5000 may be let by con
tract, or by two-thirdS vote of the
council may be done by the days work
This provision was made at the in
stance of City Attorney Young, ano
is very similar to the charter OF
this city. 1t prevents contractors
from successfully combining to the
detriment of the city treasury.
The Southern Minnesota Millers
Association held one OF its stated
meetings at The Saulpaugh Friday
Various matters of interest to the in
dustry were talked over, and the
writeup of the spring wheat millers
association, which appeared in the
Minneapolis Journal, afforded an in
tereSting topic for conversation
Among those present from abroad
were A. L. Sackett, ST. Peter; ]. W
Jennison, GAINESVILLE; Chas. L. Roos
VIM. Koch, Chas. Silyerson. New
Ulm; f. L. Selleck, Owatonna; G. f
Johnson, Elysian; A. G. Won Hagen
Sleepy Eye; G. L. Todd, Alden; t. w
Tranesto, Blue Earth City; B. B
Sheffield, Faribault.
-Amboy Herald: We have receive'
a communication from parry il
, Cedaryille, Mimi, to the effect tina
5 a proposed line of railway is to b
; built from this place to Heron Lake
, Jackson Co., MINI. We have beel
asked to put the matter before on
people that it might be acted upol
at the coming spring election. Th
! road is to be built by the Omaha r. r
Company. There is also propose
line of road to run from st. Jane
or Madelia to some point IN Marti
county which will go as near as car
. be learned. about fifteen miles west o
y Amboy One or the other of tn
! roads is sure thing and the question
for US to look at is which will be tn
better for u.s. In either case Ambo
, is interested and we would sugges
= that meeting be called at once an
+ the subject looked up.