The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-10-04
From Thursdays Daily

Mrs. John Williams is quite sick
with pleurisv, but her friends trust that
she will soon lie up.
The case of Hannah =. Smith, adj
minlstratrix, vs.. the W. &St. Z. X. X. Co.
has been set for Oct. oath in the Supreme
court.
There is nothing so healthful as COM
petion. While coal las: year was sold
for SO a ton, il can now be had for $50,
while in neIghboring cities 1t is $3.50.
Bids for the $4,000 water works
bonds, payable in twenty years and
bearing five per cent. interest, will be
received no to Nov. LIST. There is no
doubt but that they can be sold at par.
C. p. Clark, of Gary, S. d., who
thought some OF locating in this city. has
organized basket works at New Ulm,
s. 900 capital. He expects 10 turn out
800 baskets day. Mankato has far su-
peror advantages to New Tim for such
a factory, and should have secured the
works.
DIR. .. VI. Hoyt who returned from
Pierre last night SAYS the newspaper re-
ports of the great excitement at that
place Tuesday are not true, as the cleo
ton passed oil very quietly. The time
for jolliication is of course now being
taken advantage of.
Hon. VIM. Jones, of Judson, thresh-
ed his wheat yesterday, securing 100
bushels, machine measure. The yield
averages twenty-five bushels to the
acre, though portions of it would be a
little less. As showing the excellent
quality of the grain Mr.. Jones says that
by weight measure the 200 bushels
would be increased to over $500.
Hon. d. F. Morgan, of Albert Lea,
candidate for speaker of the house last
winter, has decided to locate in this city,
and Will open law Office here. He is
an excellent attorney and as one of the
young and rising Republicans of the state
has fine future before him. He and
his family will be welcomed to Mankato.
-LeSeuer !SentiHl:-The two men
arrested last week in Iowa for stealing
a horse at kasota and buggy near
Mankato, had hearing on Thursday
last before Justice A. B. French, IN
KasOta township, and were bound over
to the October term of the District
Court in the sum of 81 900 each. They
were taken to the county Jail on the
same dav. Their names, as given are
James Blair and John Rust.
Lars Christensen, farmer of Medo,
WAS brought to this city this morning by
his neighbors, and was sent to the in
sane asylum by Judge Mead. He had
threatened to shoot couple of neigh
bors for assisting in taking him to the
asylum last December, where he stayed
until discharged in MAY. He was gener-
ally off, believing, among other things,
that the neighboring farmers should d.
tic plan.
South Bend is experiencing quite
boom and values of real estate there
have advanced wonderfully during the
past ADbS "phb DSBSi'S
at $40 are now held at $50. a number
of new houses have been erected there,
and several of the old stone ruins have
been made habitable again. Such signs
of prosperity are pleasing.
The new law regarding fees in pro-
bate cOurts went into effect on the LIST of
October throughout the State. The
filing and registering of any paper costs
cents in each case. The hearing of
the probate of a will is 80 cents, and the
issuing ofletters testamentary, admins
tration or guardianship 20 cents. Three
dollars is charged for the hearing on
contested wills; the same for the hearing
of objections on final account and the
hearlngof every contested application
for the appointment or removal of exc
cutor, administrator or guardian 81 each
| day. A deposit of $40 to cover the fees
is REQUIRED on commencing every pro-
ceeding in the matter of the estate Of
dPcedents. There are other fees, but
the ones enumerated are the most
impOrtant