The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-10-12

college, has consented to give an adj
dress in Scandinavian in this city next
Monday evening, Oct. 10Th. Williams
Hall has been engaged for the occasion
and it will undoubtedly be crowded.
Prof. Carlson is an excellent speaker,
and will give his hearers some facts
that will set them to thinking. He,
will speak under the auspices of the
Scandinavian Republican Club.
Congressman j. T. McCleary was
paid a very high compliment Satur-
day by receiving an invitation from
the Republican state committee, OF
Ohio, to deliver few speeches in
that state during the campaign on
the money question. Mr.. McCleary is
unable to accept the invitation as all
his time is called for up to election.
The sound position he occupies
upon the money question, and
the able, clear and concise manner in
which he presents it has attracted
wide attention and will tend to
greatly increase his influence as a
member of the house, and is another
reason why he should be continued in
congress.
The auctioneer's ordinance has
passed it's first reading in the council,
and it ought to be finally passed at
the next meeting, There are several
auctions now going on, and the ring
ing of bell in front of at least one of
them is a nuisance that ought to be
stopped. Considerable revenue would
be coming into the city if the ordi-
nance were now in force.
In the Eagle Lake items publish
ed in last Saturdays issue of the FREE
PRESS our correspondent in mention
ing the opening of the schools referred
to Miss Viola Hill, of this City as as
sistant. This it seems was mistake
as we are reliably informed that Miss
Hill is the principal of the schools
there and this correction is in justice
due her.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul road is transporting $50 carloads
of stone and so carloads of brick from
this city to Fairmont, Sherburne and
Jackson for use in buildings that are
being erected there. The towns
along the Milwaukee are enjoying
healthy growth.
L. Patterson and G. d. Taylor re-
turned Monday from Chicago, where
they have been with thirty-five car
loads of cattle, shipped by the COM
pany which they represent. They
found the market depressed, but real
lied fairly good prices. They have
twenty-five hundred head left which
theo will ship at later date,
Rev. l. Bergstrom, former pastor
of the Baptists Church of this city
and later convert to the Episcopal
faith, is now stumping the state in
the interest of the Republican cause.
Mr.. B. it making splendid campaign.
Rev. Chas. Mccoy, of the Free
Will Baptist church, of Winnebago
City, and graduate Of the, class of
1898, will preach Sunday morning in
the Swedish Lutheran church it West
MankatO.
The E. G. Burdick Co. has secured
the contract for repairing the steeple
of the Swedish Lutheran church,
which was badly demoralized by
the morning of Sept. Goth.
"A marriage license was granted
today to e. w. Clark and Susan Trye,
both of this city.
EGO to Nerolds gallery corner Main
and Second streets, Mankato, Mimi,
for absolutely the finest photographs
made in southern MINI.
The country roads .are in pretty
good condition, Notwithstanding the
rains of last week, in fact drier than
the streets in the city, as is generally
the case.
L. Patterson & Co. report that
sugar has gone down three-fourths of
cent pound.