The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-10
From Thursdays DaiIy.)

NAo" AhoASooJ 0hJ
Mr.. Geo. E. Brett has decided not
to complete his house next to the Metho-
dist church, on Second street this year,
but will finish it next spring.
Rev. s. G. Smith. of st. Paul, has
chosen "a Visit to Venice" as the SUBJ
ject of the lecture which he will give at
the graduating exercises of the high
school. 1t is an interesting subject.
-Keene, the South Front street pho
tographer, Is putting up a fine brick adj
dition to his gallery, which when COM
pleted will make him as fine and con-
~venient an establishment as is often met
with.
1T is an often expressed wish that
the Minneapolis & st. Louis road would
put on an evening train and also a Sun
day excursion train to Madison Lake.
secure them.
The county commissioners we're in
session again to-day, but did nothing
but routine business. They have been
examining some neat trimmings for the
court house and will furnish the doors
with Yale locks.
Albert Lea Enterprise: Nelson Weed
left Wednesday with his goods for Man
kato, Chas. Ditmer going with him, and
Mankato thus secures two valuable citi-
zens, greatly to the detriment of Albert
Lea. We wish them success in their
new location.
The Methodist church of this city is
represented at the state convention at
st. Paul by Rev. F. M. Rule, Rev. Hair
and Mrs. d. l.. Clements. DR.. E. l..
Halves and Mr.. j.. B. Ogle are the other
delegates chosen, but business prevent
ed their attendance.
The Y. P. s. c. f. of the Congrega-
tional church has chosen the following
delegates to the state convention at st.
Paul Friday, May 18th: Chas. ID. Ged-
des, +. w. Wise, A. B. Smith, and Miss
es Emma Durkee and Dottie Smith.
The anne society of the Methodist
church has chosen ]. G. Miller, John
Rule, and Misses Mary Grannis and Car
RE Lindsey. No Presbyterian dele
gates are to be appointed.
We take pleasure in calling a:ten-
ton to the new advertisement of the
Model One Price Clothing Store. This
firm has been in Mankato but a single
year and has by square dealing already
worked up a reputation second to no
other establishment of the kind the city
has ever had. Call at their store, 325
South Front street, and you may be as
sured of getting what you want at salts
factory prices.
An order has been received by Co.
F setting Tuesday evening next at 1880
o'clock as the time for the election of a
successor TO Capt. ID. F. McGraw. First
Lieut.. w. L. Comstock is the only per-
son mentioned for the position, but it is
said that several of the boys want to step
;otn HE ohnac oc Eirct I foufanonf
Assistant Inspector Jno. Williams
of this grand army district will inspect
the post at MapletOn tomorrow and the
Wilkin post next Wednesday night. Ow-
ing to the reorganization the LeSueur
post is undergoing the date for the in
spectIon of that post has not been set.
GAINESVILLE were Inspected last week, and
Major Williams says that he is gratihed
at their excellent condition.
Mrs. Agatha Dom has been granted
q divorce from the husband, John Dom,
treatment. The plaintiff is 81 years old
and the defendant "a years. They were
married at st. James in 1882, and have
lived in Mankato fol- the past four years.
There is no issue from the marriage.
The complaint charges that Dom has a
violent temper and frequently abused
and inflicted injuries on his wife and
threatened to kill her. At one time he
abused her once a week at meals and
would seize his knife and advance on
her in O threatening manner and she
would escape by running away. He al
80 locked her in the house once. She
left him in April 1888 and is now desti-
tute and helpless.
Mr.. Michael Fallenstein and Miss
Elizabeth Schmaltz were married at the
German Catholic church Tuesday morn
ing. Both of these parties are excellent
young people and their many friends
extend congratulations. MI. Fallenstein
is the popular barber, while Miss
Schmaltz has for nine years been EN-.
ployed in j. G. Griebel's shoe store,
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. Schmaltz,
reside in Belgrade. Onlya few intimate
friends knew when the wedding was to
occur.
Several interesting parallels have &C.
Cured in the experience of Rev. s. G,
Smith and Rev. w. Whitney. They
first met in their early ministerial life az
associate pastors in the pleasant little vii.
lage of Usage, Iowa. Afterwards they
moved to Minnesota, n as pastor in
st. Paul, the other at Mankato. Still
later they both gave up the passionate,
one to become presiding elder of the st
Paul district of the M. E. church, the
other to take charge of the mission work
of the Minnesota Baptist State Conven.
ton. Mr.. Whitney did not follow Mr.
smith in his leap over denominations
lines, but the line of condolences agair
appears in the fact that both appear thil
wear in connection with the graduating
exercises of our schools, one to give the
address to the graduates from the high
school, the other to preach the sermon
to the normal graduates.