The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-02-22
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The trial Of Robt. Harlan for LARCENY
has beer postponed until Feb. %, ut hal
past one o'clock.
Representative Barr secured tn,
passage in the House YESTERDAY of a bill
restraining cattle from running at large
in the town of South Bend, this county
There is nothing new IN regard t.
Homberg failure at Lake Crystal. 1t il
thought that the assets will not amount
to more than 5000, while the liabilities
are 5000.
Divorce was granted yesterday 10y
Judge Severance to Ida Mickle from her
/. husband Walter +. Mickle on the ground
of cruel and inhuman treatment. No
defense Was entered.
The Minneapolis Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Co, Of which W. l.. Comstock is
agent, yesterday paid NJ. L. McLaugh-
lin, proprietor of the second hand store,
1923, in full settlement of all losses re-
sulting from the fire Sunday. This is
quick work.
The bill allowing the Blue Earth
county commissioners TO issue 10000
court house bonds hrs passed both
branches of the Legislature. This will
enable the building TO be completed this
year.
-Robt. and Will Giryin, formerly the
firm Of Girvin Bros, nave been engaged
by the Mankato Manufacturing Co. TO
take positions in its foundry. These
young men are excellent workmen and
the Manufacturing Co. is TO be congratul-
ated on securing their services.
james Dorr. of this city, who recent
ly took unto himself a better half at
Hamline, yesterday received SSl4 from
the Northwestern Mutual Marriage En-
downment Association, of Minneapolis,
as the full amount of his policy. Mr..
John K. Thomas is the Mankato agent.
Manager Griebel is making arrange
ments with Germania orchestra, where
by a regular theatre orchestra will be
organized. This has long been needed
and with the material in the Germania
orchestra theYr5ES-1 adj :hat enc of
the finest c~onforn0aonE of the KIND in
the State can be made.
Company + has ordered forty over
coats. They are to be OF light blue color
and will be the regulation cape coats.
The coats are greatly needed during the
encampments on night guard duty, on
chilly mornings and during rainy wealth
er. The hoys are also looking around
for a better drill hall than their present
quarters in the City Hall.
A a meeting of Azure Division, No.
&, held at their armory last evening, the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing term:
Sir Knight Com.-Geo. w. Mead.
Lieut.-Geo. ii. Fox.
Herald-F. w. Force.
Treasurer. K. Thomas.
Recorder-J. Il. Richards.
Installing otlicer-Sir knight ID. F.
McGrAw.
Mrs. Ross Conklin, of Lake Crystal,
died at her home this morning of neu-
ralgia of the lungs, after a sickness of
seven weeks. She leaves four children
by her first husband and three by her
second. She was aged forty-five years,
and was wsll-known III the southern
part of the county. The funeral took
place at Garden CITY this afternoon.
Matthias Larson, a teamster living in
this city, was thrown from Il load OF
wood near the poor farm on Tuesday
and suffered a compound fracture of a
leg. As he fell he slipped and his
limb got under the wagon wheel, stop
ping the wagon. The limb was broken
in several places. DIR. Davis has the
cas- in charge.
Mrs. Randolph Mitchell passed
through the city to-day en- route for
Lake Crystal. She is almost overcome
with grief at the sudden death of her
husband, and is i'll. Her attorney, MIR.
Washburn, says she must be allowed to
obtain a little rest and gain a little
strength before she can be expected to
attend to business matters.
In the St. Peter Tribune the early
part OF the week its editor was sarcastic
cally Directing to every cross roads
starting a creamery just because st. Pc
ter is to have one" 1t now appears
from a special to a st. Paul paper that
the boosted plans Of our neIghbor for a
creamery have all fallen through because
the required amour of money could not
be raised. 1t will now become Ed
itor Collins to come down from his high
-aroh uhan ha NAV laaFn that aaVarol /
villages in this county and vicinity which
do not pretend to cut much of a figure
have for several years past been operat-
ing creamerles.
We copied Yesterday from the Lake
Crystal Union a statement made by Mr..
Jefferson that the State bank owed the
the elevator company, and that the So
called elevator company debts were
in fact debts Of the bank. 1t is claimed
by parties here interested in the trans
actions hat such is not the case, that
such a claim would not be made If Mr..
Mitchell were alive; that Mr.. Jefferson
never had a dollar of capital in the bust
ness and that he did not confine his
transactions within the limits of the
partnership business. Like most mat
tiers we suppose there are things on both
sides that the courts are more compe-
tent TO settle than anybody else.
The remains Of Rev. Jno. Fundleen,
the Catholic priest, who died at Easton
this week, were brought to this CITY last
evening, accompanied by a delegation
from that town. This morning quite a
party arrived 10 attend the funeral,
which occurred from the German Catho-
lie church at 1880 o'clock this forenoon.
Father Fundleen's district included
Easton, Danville and Wells. Although
he was a stranger here he desired to be
buried in this city. The funeral was
largely attended. Only the services
were held, the interment of the body