The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-07-20
PLEASANT MoUND-Hogs 80, wagons

PLEASANT MoUND-HogS 30, wagons
and carriages 5, sewing ma
chimes 9, watches and clocks 200,
fixtures 80, implements p.
CEREsCO-Hogs 10, wagons and
carriages 25, watches and clocks
200, melodeons and organs *15; fixtures
40.
LINCOLN-Hogs %, watches and
clocks 70, melodeons and organs s,
| fixtures 80.
BUTTEENUT Valley yr. old
horses etc. 4, 3-year-old and over2,
2-year-old cattle 2, all other cattle
ID, sewing machines 3, watches and
clocks 100, melodeons and organs X,
! fixtures $50.
CAMBRIA yr. old horses etc. 4, 3
yr old and over 3, all other cattle so,
hogs 25,wagons and carriages 100, sew
ing machines 80, watches and clocks
80, melodeons and organs 30, fixtures
215, implements So
Lake Crystal Union: An expert
enced wheat buyer requests us to
offer suggestion to farmers who are
about ready to cut their wheat, to
keep separate the wheat damaged by
chinch bugs from the grain the pests
have not touched. 1t will be of great
advantage to them, both in grades
and prices. Charley Lee arrived
in this place from Elgin, H., on a
bicycle, having made the trip in seven
days and travelled over AIS miles. He
made the run from Gilmore to this
place, distance of so miles in about
6 hours. He reports roads very dusty.
The congregation of the First
Presbyterian church, of Mankato,
having vacated their old building, will
occupy the opera house for morning
worship and Sunday school, commence
ing next Sabbath at 1920 o'clock. The
singing will be led by chorus choir
On next Sunday Mrs. Belknap, of Des
Moines, sister of Mrs. Geo. H. Clark,
will sing a solo. An evening hymn
service will be held in the Hope Mis-
sion chapel, n. Broad street, every
Sunday from I to s o'clock. By invi-
tation the Presbyterian congregation
will worship for the rest of this month
in it's midweek service with the
Methodist people.
j. ID. Hilger will open another
clothing store in this city in a day or
two, in the room next to True & Nc
Cadden's grocery store. J. G. Fowler,
who returned last night from Airing
ton, will have charge Of it. The
stock is already arriving, and Mr..
Fowler states that the store will be a
permanent one.
Mrs. S. Messer, a former resident
of this city, and mother of conductor
A. Messer, died last night in ST. Paul.
The remains were taken to Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, today, for burial. Mrs.
Messer was lOvedlby all who knew her,
and honored for her many estimable
qualities.
The summer school at Mapleton
opened Monday with good prospects.
On the second day, 10S teachers were
enrolled. With the thermometer
there at lob in the shade. this inter-
est shows that the teachers are wide
awake, and that County Superinten-
dent Scherer has aroused considerable
interest in the school.
The big pump at the pumping
station has been running continu-
ously for the past thirty-siX hours.
This is the first night run made this
summer, and was due to the exceed
ingly hot weather causing a larger
consumption of water than usual.
Engineer Koke and A. M. Haynes
have been making some investiga-
tions of the city wells, and find the
supply is ample. One well alone
would supply the wants of the city,
and the two will do for years to come.
Martin Meihofer was arrested
yesterday on the charge of emitting
to support his wife. He pleaded not
guilty, and the trial was set for July
25th at 900 a. m.
"A good fire-proof safe for sale at a
bargain. Weight, 1900 pounds. For
particulars inquire of G.. H. Dietz,
Mapleton, Mimi.
-LosT-Last Saturday afternoon, a
package containing a childs white
dress. Kindly return to this office
and be rewarded.
The r. d. Hubbard Milling Co
quote feed at the mill as follows:
Bran, $1,000: shorts, $500: middlings,
$14.00.
The Cassidy market is the first to
handle celery this season. 1t is very
| fine.
SPEAKER CRISP has secured a re-
| 60 e.