The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03
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From Thursdays Daily.
Ripe Georgia watermelons on tap
at Musser's. 1td&w
The dry goods stores will be clos
ed July 4th. All other stores should
follow suit.
"A marriage license was granted
yesterday to Major B. Gregory, of
Calhoun county, Mich, and Nettie
Schrom, of this county.
John Manderfeld. the man who
was referred to yesterday as having
assaulted and bitten his brother, was
arrested and paid fine of $40 and
costs.
The Good Templars expect to cell
citrate the Fourth at Sibley Mounds
by holding basket picnic, to which
all are most cordially invited. Din
ner about O'Clock p. M.
Miss Eleanor Eichles,. of this city,
and Mr.. Carl Bredlow, of Owatonna,
were married on the 22d, ult. at the
home of the brides grandmother,
Mrs. G S. Weldon, in Mankato. The
young people have the best wishes of
all friends for pleasant journey
through life.
-Ex.Auditor Scattergood has &C
cepted position in large Michigan
mercantile house, and will remove
there this month. He has been res
ident of Mankato for twenty-siX years,
and his friends in every part of the
county will regret his departure.
The dental firm of Burnett Sc
Snow has dissolved, and DR.. Snow will
hereafter conduct the business alone.
His stipulation of purchase prevents
DR.. Burnett from engaging in the
business anywhere in the territory
which they have covered, except west
ward, within five years. DR.. Burnett
has not yet decided where to locate.
DR.. Snow is ruStler and will fill
the place of the two with satisfaction.
-Chas. Jones, bartender for Hen
ry Wolff, was arrested yesterday on
the charge of larceny A stranger
named Vaughn complained that he
passed a five dollar bill to Jones to
pay ten cent bill, and that Jones
only gave him back change for two
dollars. Jones pleaded not guilty and
the examination was set for July 10.
He was released on 800 bonds.
Some notable alterations and re-
pairs are going on at the Normal. By
the removal of the partitions the two
cloak rooms on the upper floor are
added to the adjoining recitation
rooms, materially increasing their
size and convenience. Additional
provision for wraps will be made on
the lower floor. Old ceilings and
black-boards in several rooms have
been removed to be replaced by more
substantial ones. New floors of hard
wood are to replace the old ones in
nearly all the rooms not re-fOOred two
years ago. Solid slate black-boards
are to replace the old ones in the two
mathematical roOms-Miss Phillips
and Miss Weir's.
"A man whose name seems to be
Chas. E. Brown was arrested last night
at the City Hotel and locked up as a
suspicious character. He registered
as Peterson and afterwards gave the
name of Anderson. He had in his
possession some new pipes, pocket
books and a razor, and number of
letters, some in Swede; also bunch
of keys, including one or two skeleton
keys used by burglars. The letters
are evidently from his pal, as they
hint at some business which they had
undertaken and appear to be engaged
in now. They speak in mysterious
terms of "stuff" and 'boXes" and the
like. 1t is supposed that the refer
ence is either to "green goods" or to
stolen property. He has been making
his headquarters with a man named
Stevens at Eagle Lake, whose reputa-
tion is said not to be the best. AS it
could not be ascertained that the pro-
perty found on his possession had been
stolen, he was only held until after
noon. He is smart appearing fell