The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-01-20
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weeks.
"A concert will be held in the
Young Mems Investment Co.'S build
ing in Decoria, next Saturday night,
to be followed by a dance.
The High school glee club, num-
bering twenty young men. rode to st.
Peter and back Wednesday in one of
the big sleighs. They had fine time.
DIR. Noah Porter, ex-President of
Yale college, says: "You cannot Sc
lect 5000 volumes of the best in all
literature that will equal the Ency-
clopedia Britannica as library"
-Odjard & knott are putting in
their new 25-horse power boiler. 1t
is being bricked UP. The 15-horse
power engine is ready to be set up
These will give the factory double its
present power, which is greatly need
ed.
There has been great demand
for the new Columbian stamps for
sale at the postoffice. The general
opinion is that they are very pretty,
but make good mouthful when it
comes to licking them.
&C. w. Goodman was arrested early
Saturday morning for stealing jug OF
whisky and some sacks from a farm
er's team. He passed the hours in the
lookup singing. This afternoon he
was sent out of the city.
-Supt. Scherer wishes to announce
that owing to the fact that he will be
engaged in visiting schools through
the week for some time to come, he
will be at his office only on Saturdays.
st. Peter Herald: A party will leave
here next Tuesday for California to
spend the winter. The party will
comprise DR.. and Mrs. A. W. Daniels,
of this city; Mr.. and Mrs. J. V. [.
Dodd, of ST. Paul; Mrs. J. K. Moore,
of st. Anthony; G. Evenson, of
Madelia.
"A Santa Anna, Cal, woman and
her girls did all the harvesting in the
alfalfa lot and orchards this year,
while her husband was in Kansas
making speeches and writing articles
for the Alliance newspapers about the
hardships of farmers.-MonOnaa Pro
gress.
The Mankato postoffice is now
under civil service rules and the EN-.
ployees and carriers cannot be re-
moved for political cause. This will
ensure utheir holding their positions
under the new administration, an6
will disappoint many Democrats who
were looking out for the crumbs.
Friday night was the coolest Of the
winter, the temperature dropping
down to twenty-five degrees below
zero. The wind got around into the
south by morning and the mer
curry began to rise quite rapidly. The
cold weather makes business a trif,
dull, but the good sleighlng will en-
sure plenty of trade when the weathe
moderates.
The Hanford Produce Co. ha
lately erected at Sioux City one of thu
largest cold storage plants ever built
complete and thoroughly equipped il
every respect. 1t is four stories high
made Of brick, 100 by $50 feet, and ha
been occupied for two weeks. TIL
company is one of the most enterpris
ing in the Northwest, and the loca
branch is a credit to the parent insti
tuition.
-Madelia Times: The Weisher boy
+ and their sister went to Mankato thi
week to receive the money whic
came to them from their grandmoth
er's estate in Germany. 1t woul
have been very much more than it is
9 had not her will been broken and tn
division made among several othe
:, heirs also. Theirs will be quite mic
, sum, however, and will help the1
considerably.
q "A. Hangar. of Rapidan, wa
a week ago today kicked i
the face by a horse. His lip wa
badly cut, and one eye was rupture
and badly swollen. He entered til
hospital Saturday and is under th
! treatment of Dr. j. Fl. James. 1t
not yet known whether it will be pc
. sible to save the eye, or whether
= will be necessary to remove it.
4 Some sneak thief stole an ovel
h coat from in front of r. f. Jone
n store between and O'Clock Frida
, evening. 1t was hanging on the franz
Il with others, but was the best of thos
!. hanging out at the time, and was va
o ued at SIS. 1t was a dog-skin Goa
h The hanger was found in the sno
!. ACROSS the street this mOrnin!
There is no clue to the thief, but M
Jones offers a reward for the retu1
v of the coat.
k 4, Thomas Griff, champion law
If mower of America, is involved in tt