The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-01-25
The new military cornet band will


IT The new military cornet band wi
+ give another of their popular dances q
I Williams hall on the evening of Feb. Is
: Let there be good attendance.
e There is quite lull in social doing
at present, but things will probably pic
- before Lent, which does not begin thi
year until the first part of March.
/. The carnival rates to st. Paul are no
4 being taken advantage of to any appre
ciable extent by our citizens, in the alb
scence of a carnival or other special Mt
) traction.
The work of gathering ice has be
: gun. The ice is about foot thick ant
is unusually clear. 1t is expected tina
prices will range higher than usual mex
summer.
Howard Welsh has been appointed
substitute letter carrier. The increase
IN carriers allowed by the department
made this position vacant. Another car
rier is still needed.
The intimate friends of Mr.. Philip
Lamm, who is visiting in st. Louis, give
it out that he will return about the first
of the next week with bride. Please
don't give it away.
No fish are being taken out of Wash
ington Lake and the prospect is that pis-
catorial sport will be excellent there next
summer. All the Omaha parties who
were there last season have arranged to
return next season.
Lake Crystal Union: Those parties
having unsettled claims on the State
Bank had a meeting to-day. W. Ii. Cole
and w. S. Hughes were authorized to in
vestigate and prosecute unpaid claims,
or take such action as is deemed neces-
sary.
Mrs. Elmer A. Whitcomb, aged %
years, died at her home near the tub
factory last night, of consumption. She
had been married only about a year.
The funeral services will be held in the
M. +. church tomorrow forenoon at 10
o'clock.
NULL ~ W. hnNC oiASeey pO-
gun work on the improvement and en-
largement of their store buildings. An
archway is being cut between the two
stores When completed, the two build
ings will be three stories in height. and
will be fitted with fine plate glass fronts.
There will be no entrance to the part
now occupied as barber shop, the front
consisting of three plates. The front
steps will be removed, and the sidewalk |
restored to the full width. Instead of
lowering the first floor, steps will be |
made within the entrance door.
"A. F. Wendlandt, of Good Thunder,
who recently failed in the hardware
business, was to have been examined be-
fore Judge Severance yesterday in re-
gard to the disposition made of certain
goods. 1t is found that a part of the
goods are not accounted for and that |
Wendlandt Is in the possession of the
proceeds. The latter failed to show up,
claiming that he understood that the ex-
examination was TO have been held on
Jan. IS. Consequently the examination
was postponed until that date. This is
the second postponement.
MIR. Frank Thayer has prepared
plans for new front for the two stores
owned by w. B. Walker, the one oc-
cupied by him and the one just south.
A plate glass front Is to be put in and
both stores are to be extended in the
rear. The Improvement will be very
Mrs. d. l.. Clements entertained
the officers of the M. f. church and
Sunday school and teachers of the latter
at her residence last evening. The COM
pany numbered about forty. Elegant
were served and the even
ing passed pleasantly. 1t was the first
time that such an occasion has occurred
in the church and all present hoped
that it would not be the last.
The trial of the suit of John T. May
vs.. Henry Robel occurred at st. Clair
Yesterday beforeJustice Chas. o. Connor.
The suit was brought to recover $40 for
alleged wages due and the use aud mis-
use VI UOOlp. n II. l. idu dppCdICu iOt |
he defendant and Byron Hughes for
he plaintiff. A number of Mankato
parties were present to witness the trial,
which ended in favor of the defendant.
The plaintiffs costs amounted to nearly
80 in this case, which is the usull way
With Law suits.
An attorney: 1.-The bill introduced
n the House by III. F. Stevens, of st. {
Paul, providing for a vote on a constitu-
ional amendment to allow three-fourths !
If jury to decide a case, is a most per-
licious measure and would destroy the
ury system. Were it in force, juries
would often be trapped into declaring
7erdicts before they intended and with
,ut proper consideration of the evil
fence. AS for the complaint of juror
hanging out an account of spite, there
Ire plenty of opportunities to keep such
men off jury. The bill should never
De passed and 1 don't think it will be. I
should hate to have a mans neck, or
,ven civil suit, depend upon the de-
,ision of three-fourths of jury. A case
should not be decided against a person ,
Unless it is clear enough for all the ju- .
-ors to understand. ,