The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-09-16
PERSONAL.

J. P. Kirby and wife, of Henderson
are in the city.
Robt. Malzahn, of Good Thunder
was in the city Tuesday.
j. 2. Funk, of Lakefield, was a call
er at the FREE PRESS Office Monday.
Mrs. P, K. Wiser returned Satur
day night from visit with friends in
St. Paul.
III. L. Berry, of Mapleton, entered
the Northwestern Commercial Col
lege Monday morning.
Matt Marvin, of Winona, attended
the funeral of his old comrade in the
First Minnesota, James Cannon
today.
Mrs. J. B. Stickney and Mrs. A. E.
Diments, mother and sister of Mrs.
E. E. Bronson, are visiting in the
city.
Ashley COffman, of the law firm OF
Pfau, Young & Coffman, St. James
spent Monday in the city.
S. H.Grannis went to Morgan Mon.
day afternoon. Hubbard & Palmer
are building an elevator at that point.
We learn that Fred Widell left the
old country for America Sept. 9th.
He is expected home in about three
weeks
Mrs.J. w. Andrews returned Monday
afternoon from Michigan, much i'm
proved i'll health after a course of
baths at the water cure.
Miss Edith Owens, of Deer Creek,
n. d., and Miss Marie Williams en-
tered theCommercial College Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. M. ]. Severance and daughter
Nettie left Monda afternoon for a six
weeks visit to friends in Boston. In
the meantime the Judge will keep
house at the 'old stand"
Burt Matthews left Tuesday fol
Chicago, to enter music store, in.
tending to remain there. w. r. Pow
ell, of Pembina, who has for a month
past been an operator in the Western
Union office, succeeds him.
B. d. Smith has gone on triI
to the east. Ben is the only I'm
married member of the Blue Eartl
county bar, and there are those wht
surmise that he has realized his lone
ly situation and intends to remedy it
Rev. John Barbour left Saturda,
afternoon for Chicago, to attend ;
meeting of the directors of McCor
mick Theological Seminary, which
will be held tomorrow. He will als'
meet his family on their return from
the south, and they will arrive il
Mankato Thursday.
Q. E. Johnson, the new agent of tn,
Chicago & Northwestern, arrived il
the city from Zumbrota Thursday
and took possession of the office. HI
will doubtless make valuable repre-
sentative of the company and keep VI
the business to the high point Mr.
Weston brought it. His family will
follow as soon as he can find house
Gilbert Gutterson came in toattend
the meeting of the Republican can.
didates Tuesday afternoon. He states
that the sO-called Welsh townships
are pulling faithfully for the ticket
and that there is no detection there
He considers the outlook for the tick.
ct excellent.
Prof. McCleary has returned from a
two weeks tour through the district,
during which time he has spoken
nearly every night. He feels very
much encouraged from what he has
seen and learned. The western part
of the district is in better shape than
it has been.
A. G. Wilbur, of Vernon, Republi-
can nominee for the legislature, is in
the city. He reports everything look
ing favorable for the ticket in his To-
cality. Speaking of the crops, he said
that wheat about Vernon is yielding
from Is to 20 bushels to the acre, but
the quality is poor, grading No. 3 and
No. 4, with very little No. 2. He
thinks that the quality will be i'm
proved by sweating in the stack for a
couple of months. He stated that
there was slight frost in his part of
the country last night, which nipped
the tomato plants, but did no injury
to corn. Most of the corn is out of
danger