The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-09-02

WIN, Sfebert will open saloon il
West Mankato as soon as licens
can be granted.
"A license TO wed was Monday
granted to Ernest A. Gleason ant
Hattie L. Barnes, both of LAKE
Crystal.
III. P. Christensen has sold the
north of lot l, Mitchell's subdivision
of the south ] of block II, VanBrunt'.
add, for Mrs. Hannah Girvin. to Mrs
Mary c. Preston, for 81, 250.
The case of the four young men OF
Madison Lake who were arrested fol
resisting an officer was set for Mon.
day, but was postponed in the hope
that an agreement may be reached.
Duck hunters are generally report
ing little success. The wet weather
of the early summer drowned out
many nests and the second brood is
hardly able to fly as yet. The flight
from the north is now awaited. Re-
ports indicate that there are fewer
prairie chickens than for years.
We learn that the new electric
street car line at ST. Cloud is proving
a profitable investment. The old
horse car line which it succeeded was a
constant loss to the company. St.
Cloud is not as large as Mankato.
We believe that there is no doubt but
that an electric line would pay well in
this city.
The two blocks of the Vine street
culyert between Front and Broad
have been completed. This morning
work commenced on the block between
Front and Willow streets. The con-
tractor, Fred circuit, is doing an ex-
cellent job and the culvert seems to
be substantial enough to last for ages.
The season at Lake Madison is
now nearly over. The cottages are
mostly deserted and many of the reg
ular hoarders at the hotel have left
for their homes. 1t has been a good
season and the advantages of the
place as summer resort have been
John Duane was tried Saturday
for the offense of taking
his COW from the pound master some
time ago, when the latter had her in
his possession and was taking her to
the pound. He was found to be tech
nically guilty upon the evidence, but
as he was apparently acting upon
good faith in pasturing the cow where
the poundmaster got her no fine was
imposed.
g. V. McGraw Esq, of Lake
Washington has concluded to retire
from his farm and take up his resi-
dence in Mankato where he can enjoy
the fruits of a well spent life. He
has rented his farm and on Saturday,
Sept. oath, he will dispose of his per-
sonal property at auction. This con-
sists of quantity of stock, farm i'm
plements and machinery and house
hold goods. Mr.. McGraw is an excel
lent gentleman and we are glad that
he is to become permanent resident
of our city.
Joint school district, numbers 1872
and 50, lying in Blue Earth and
Waseca counties and including the
village of Smiths Mills, have become
tangled up in lawsuit, growing out
of an effort made at the last annual
meeting to raise money to the extent
of 81, 800 to build new school house.
A member of the district who is OPP
posed to the improvement has COM
menced suit to enjoin the board and
have the proceedings of the meeting
Cancelled on the grounds of irregular
titles. Messrs. Pau & Young represent
the plaintiff, and the trustees and
district have retained w. r. Geddes
and A. NJ. Rutan.
"A young man named Martin Greg
erson hired team of B. ID. Pay & Son
last Saturday, to go to Lake Madison
With, promising to return it Sunday
He did not return, but on Tuesday
sent the team i'm and sent word that
he was sick. W. III. Pay went out
that morning and ascertained that
GregerSon was not sick and got his
whereabouts. Yesterday Deputy Bow
en- went out and got him upon war
rant under the new law to protect
liverymen. He was taken before
Judge Porter this afternoon and plead
ed guilty and was fined $500 and
costs, in all S22,75. Being unable to
pay it, he was committed to the coun-
ty Jail for thirty days.
The Hessian- Murphy Boyd white
cap case in Nicollet county has been
settled. Cornelius Hessian, Sr. had
says the ST. Peter Herald,
for fields unknown and for fear evil
IDENTIFY that the victory of Murphy
would avail him nothing, warrants
were issued for the arrest of Daniel
Hessian and Cornelius Hessian, Jr.
The charge upon which the warrant