The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-11

The state Fair this year will hold a
full week, from Monday morning un-
til Saturday night. Every exhibit
must be in place and ready for in.
spection when the gates open Monday
morning, and the Saturday evening
program will be the most brilliant of
the entire week AS the cities present
no special attractions, the Fair will be
the whole thing and everything will
move with vim that will keep people
waiting and wondering impat1ently
what will come next. The managers
have spent several thousand dollars to
make great all-round fair. with some
thing in it for everybody, and they pro-
pose to keep things humming from
Monday morning until Saturday night,
in order to get in ali the good things
the program promises.
A peddler has been through the coun-
try selling patent medicine at fifty
Today two ladies brought their bottles
to DR.. Follman to be analysed and he
found them to contain nothing but
water and Away, which is coloring
ingredient. 1t would pay people better
to patronize the drug stores if they
want medicine, yet the takers of the
bogus medicine probably imagine them
selves much improved.
Preparations for the Minnesota state
fair, at Hamline, Sept. 4th to 9th, in
elusive, are already so nearly complete
that it is safe to promise really great
exposition of Northwestern live stock,
agricultural and manufacturing inter
ests. AS the cities have agreed to leave
the task of entertaining visitors to the
fair the managers have determined to
carry out q program that will be
worthy of the week set apart for the
great annual agricultural festival, and
have arranged for a brilliant evening
program as we'll as for day events. Par
ticulars will be given later.
Our attention has been called to the
practieeof citizens driving on the BIZ
cycle path which the city has made be-
side the roadway in West Mankato,
thus cutting up the path and crowding
wheelmen off from it. We feel sure
that the practice has been uninten-
-tional and will cease on attention being
called to it.
The town. board of South Bend
should see that someAwork is done on
the hill just beyond the Jones ford
bridge. There is one place where the
dirt has washed out to such an extent
that wagon can just get by, and
there is danger of serious accidents
occurring.
Masters & MeLaurin have been
awarded the contract for plumbing and
lighting Mr.. Noonan's new hotel at
Madelia. The contract price is about
81 900. The hotel is to be lighted by
acetelyne gas.
The Kopischke heirs have agreed on
a settlement of the contested claims in
the probate court. These claims ag
gregated about 5000, and were mostly
for taking care of the deceased before
his death.
All of the city bonds. falling due Aug.
1st have been paid except one, which
has not yet been presented for pay
ment. The new bonds have been
signed up and forwarded.
Mr.. WI. Sucker, of the firm of Sucker
81. Carney, of Fairmont, was in the city
today, purchasing fixtures of Odjard &
knott.
Ed. Schumachers new warehouse in
the rear of his store is nearly COM
pleted. 1t has solid brick walls and
complies with the ordinance.
County Auditor Gunders spent Sun
day in st. James, and accompanied his
family back to Mankato Monday.
A daughter arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Boenhartz
Thursday.
New wheat is quoted at 50 cents for
No. 1. So cents for No. 2. and Sc cents
for No. 3. None has yet been marketed.
The work of regarding Van Brunt
J street is about half done.