The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-02-15
From Monday's Daily Free Press. ,

Mr.. and Mrs. T.. l.. Burnett, of Lake
Madison, lost their infant child yester
day.
Hall & Coffin report the sale of the
n9 of the ne of sec. %, los, %, for JOIN
\. Hall to Carl q. Schneeberger, for 81,
H. P. Christensen reports the sale o.
lots 3, and the Ell of lot 5, all in BLOCK
1914, West Mankato, for James F. Thomp
son to Miss Mary Ingerman, for 1915.
DIR. Brandenburg, while at West
Mankato on Saturday afternoon. in the
act of getting in his buggy, slipped, the
step being lev, and had the misfortune
to severely sprain his right limb and
back.
Mrs. Gebhardt, living at st. Clair,
died Yesterday. She was the wife of the
junior partner of the hardware firm of
Weis & Gebhardt, which did business in
block ii few years ago.
On Saturday Girvin Bros. sold their
! foundry to w. +. Lee, owner of the Jack
son street machine shops. This gives
Mr.. Lee additional facilities for doing
all kinds of work in his line.
Mr.. c. J. Thro is singingIshe praises
of an eleven pound boy, which arrived
at his home last week. He tried to make
his friends believe that il weighed twelve
pounds by weighing on his apothecary's
scales.
AT Yesterdays fire there was de-
Law of at least fifteen minutes before
water was secured. The time was suf-
ficlent for the whole inside of the build
ing to have been burned had the fire
been other than smudge. This thing
ought not to be allowed to occur.
Grant Morrison, who has acted as
cashier at the Omaha depot for the past
two years has received the appointment
of station agent at Worthington, and left
for that place last night. Morrison"
has been faithful official and we'll
earned his promotion. Mr.. Robt. Bradley
steps into his shoes at the local station.
DIR. johnson, of Sioux Falls, an eye
and ear specialist, has been very success
full in curing a case of cross eyes In the
daughter of b. Roemer, of West Manka-
to. The latter is satisfied that DIR. John
son is one of the best operators in his
profession in the West. Tile girls eyes
have been completely Strengthened.
Judge Porter performed the cere-
mOny Saturday that made Ole Paulson
and Miss Stella Thorsen one. Chief
Fowler and constable Robel witnessed
the ceremony, everyone else being re-
ligiously excluded. The young couple
are very nice appearing people, and the
fact that they chose to be married by a
justice rather than minister does not
mean any discount on their happiness.
Yesterday afternoon about three
o'clock fire was discovered in Nj. l..
McLoughlin's second hand store on
South Front street The fire depart
ment was called out and soon extin-
guished the blaze before much damage
had been done. The fire originated in
the center of the building from the stove.
stove burned, letting the stove down TO
the ground, distance of about eighteen
inches. a chair or two and table also
burned. The water did little damage,
and the total loss will hardly exceed $25.
Two sections of the old cotton hose burst
while the water was turned on.
The st. Paul Dispatch says that a
movement is on foot to have the Mime
sofa National Guard attend the centen-
NAL celebration of the Inauguration of
George Washington, to be held at New
York City April 30th. 1t Is proposed to
apply the money appropriated for the
annual encampment to the purpose of
defraying the boys expenses to the city.
The entire militia of several States in
the East are to attend, and it Is claimed
the young soldiers would see and hear
things OF more value to their military
knowledge at this great gathering than
in the encampment at Lake City. 1t
would be very expensive undertaking,
we fear, but We should be glad to see the
boys 90.
-Jorgensen d Nvquist are making
business lively. The rush for bargains
at their store is so great that they have
to close the doors at times in order to
wait on customers in routine. One by
one they come out with big smile and
one or two large bundles under their
arms, starting for home to let the neigh
hors know where the place for bargains
is.
The Minneapolis Flambeau Club
goes to the Inauguration over the Bur-
lington route and the B. & o. 4 solid
vestibuled train is to leave about March
LIST and will run through to the capital
without change. The cars will be re.
tanned for sleeping purposes and will
stand in the b. &. o. yards until the re-
turn trip. The fare for the round trip
will be 5000. The officers of the State
Republican League ask all Republicans
throughout the state who are going to
the inauguration to join the Flambeau
Club excursion.