The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-08-12
John Page and Mrs. Martha Full


everybody should follow them to the
fete tomorrow night.
Good old-fashioned doughnuts and
chocolate will be on tap at colonial
headquarters Friday night;also sweets
of various kinds.
Jensen & Andersen have a small
quantity of binding Irvine left which
they will close out at low figure.
H. P. Christensen has sold lot IA,
block Is, VanBrunt's addition, for
Rev. A. G.. H. Ovren, to Mrs. Alice M.
Morse fer SO, $50.
The first floor to L. G. M. Fetch
er's bank building is now nearly
completed, and the structure gives
promise of being very handsome.
"A divorce was yesterday granted
by Judge Severance to Soren Nelson
from his wife, on the ground Of her
being an habitual drunkard.
Walter, the eight year old son of
Charles Wagon, had the misfortune
to break his ankle Tuesday, while at
the Northwestern depot awaiting the
arrival of his sister.
Felix A. Hottinger, a Mankato
boy, having completed his course of
study at the Western Institute of
Telegraphy has accepted position as
operator on the Omaha Ry., at St.
James, and left for his field of labor
this morning.
"A special train over the Omaha
road bearing the St. Paul, Minneapo-
lis, Duluth, Winnipeg and other dele
cations OF knights Templar to the
Denver conclave, passed through the
city Saturday afternoon in 2 sections.
They were decorated with banners.
The reapers are at work in nearly
every grainfleld in the country. In
driving through the country one hears
the cheerful hum of the self binders
on every hand. The weather for har-
vesting could not be improved. The
wheat crop will be fully up to the
average in quantity in this county, but
not in quality.
Mrs. Ann Dunn, mother Of VIM. ]
Dunn of this city, died at her home
in Watertown, Wis, Aug. s, 1892, of
old age. She was 81 years old. The
deceased was born in Belfast, Ireland,
and came to this country at the age
of IL. Her two surviving children,
MT. VIM. ]. Dunn and Mrs James
Whalen, were at her bedside during
her late illness.
Mrs. G. w. Hinshaw died at her
home at 321 N. Third st. Tuesday of
apoplexy, aged 26 years. She had
been in i'll health for several years
and leaves husband and four child
rem to mourn her demise. The funer-
oil services will be held at the house
at o'clock this evening, Rev. Father
Prior officiating. The remains will
be taken to Scranton, Ia, for inter-
ment.
Word has been received i'm this
city that Frank Shaubut, known to
all our citizens, has been forced to
leave his home at Seattle and go to
Portland for medical treatment. The
nature of the ailment is not positive
ly known but it is feared that he has
cancer of the bowels. Frank has a.
wide circle of friends in Minnesota
who sincerely hope that, whatever
his trouble, he may speedily recover
his former good health.
Referring to the copy of the Man.
kato Weekly Union of Dec. 80, 1854, of
which mention was made in the
FREE Press last week, Bro. Neff of
the Lake Crystal Union, says that
that date was two years prior to his
advent into Mankato, but that upon
his arrival in the city he began work
upon the paper. ''It was then own
ed by w. B. Griswold, and for several
years we were it's foreman" Bro.
Neff closes his remarks by saying:
"The boys beside ourself who worked
in the office at that time are all
dead"
ID. L. Wellman, ESQ.,, of Frazee
City, arrived in Mankato Tuesday
afternoon and will spend few days
in the southwestern counties select
ing cereal in the straw for exhibition
at the Worlds Fair. Mr.. Wellman is
an expert at this business and Mime
sofa through this and other ways will
make showing in the agricultural
interests at Chicago which will be
worthy of the position she occupies as
the leading wheat growing and flour
producing state of the Union. The
State Board of Worlds Fair Managers
will make an earnest effort to cover
every important interest in the State,
and through the liberality of the citi
zens in the various counties in re-
spending to the call for additional
funds, it has been made possible to do
so in an effective and gratifying man
ner. At the State Fair last fall Prof.
Harper was requested and agreed to