The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-03-10

March 4th, 1873, the temperature
fell to % degrees below zero. This
morning the mercury stood at 10 de-
grees. below zero. 1t is not often that
it so cold in March.
t Albert TheisSen, who is in the
hardware business with Nick Weis,
will this spring erect a $1,000 frame
residence on N. Broad street. ID. Z.
Gerlach is drawing the plans.
Judge Severance has made an
order in the suit of e. G. French VS..
Florence E. Saunders striking out of
the reply all except the first section,
which makes a general denial of the
facts alleged in the complaint.
The Prohibition city committee
has selected the following persons to
act as Judges of election: First ward,
Byron Carpenter; Second ward, B. 5.
Weymouth: Third ward, Chas. A.San-
born: Fourth ward, Ed. Austin; Fifth
ward, S. w. Rouse: Sixth ward: Ed. ii.
Barnard.
"A bank official states that Janu-
uary and February have witnessed
more business in this city than the
same months in any former years.
This has been the case with all kinds
of business, and is very encouraging
statement. The outlook for the year
is very fiattering.
in reference to Max Dick, the st.
Paul Dispatch says: MAX Dick, the
talented young violinist that the au-
dience gave the laurel wreath. He
plays with the hand of a master and
his listeners were held captives by the
sweet strains of his instrument, they
rose to their feet of one accord In en-
thuslastic cheering" At Normal
Hall, Friday, March Il.
, "A final settlement has been reach
. ed in the John Marks estate l.. u
Thompson, who presented claims
! amounting to 1922, agreed to accept
note for 1892 which he had given tt
Mr.. Marks, in full payment OF hi
claims. DR.. Maseley, who presented
= bill for 800 for days services, tool
= one-half of that amount. Will Mark
, left for St. Paul this morning. He i
the only heir and received about 5000
8 in cash.
1t is reported that after the t1rs
! of April the branch passenger will D.
run through to MankatO, instead o
= stopping at Lake Crystal,.W w. =
SAWYER. of Omaha, has sold his farm
:, in Vernon township, consisting of 10
acres, to C. J. Boynton, consideration
: 81. 800. The ia rm is known as the
L. Warner place. Quite numbe
of the Garden City sports went on
wolf hunt on the Blue Earth rive
% last week and succeeded in KILN
Il three large-coons.-Lake Crystt
= Mirror.
:. John Dahm, who was recent
:, taken. to the insane asylum at 5
- Peter, and upon whom nearly $500
- was found, died Saturday. ID
=, was 56 years of age and leaves VIII
ow and one son and one daughter. II
was veteran of the war and boz
II scars received in battle. He receive
small pension. The body will
81 brought to this city for burial. Hem
y, Hillesheim, his guardian, will doub
III less administer his estate. The fu
III eraI occurred at 200 o'clock Sunday.
:. 1t will take considerable cut
N put down the Fifth street sewer. III
- Loweth system, by which all of tt
sewers have been put in, provides +
cut ranging from fourtet feet
lCs Jackson street to thirty feet at PluI
~ The greatest cut is near Mulberr
ei where it is thirty-five feet deep. III
III; would be very costly and is deep
nu than Engineer Haynes thinks is nect
N sary. The deepest sewer yet put
ho was on Lincoln street, where a cut
7r' eighteen feet was made. Mr.. Hayn
III, proposes to make the grade slight
VI and save number of feet of cut.
- August Martarna, whose ARE
at Waseca on the charge Of stealing
ny horse from Washington LatOurell,
{" Danville, we mentioned yesterd;
NC was not brought to the city last eve
W ing, as was expected, but his fatf
III arrived today, and Mr.. Latourell "
NO also in the city. 1t appears that t
." boy, who is II years old, bought t
oso horse but had not paid for it. VIII
' = he went to Waseca to sell it Mr.. l.
'ne ourell became suspicious and follow
'nu him. He did not care to make CO
os' plant against him, and the boy
Che probably been discharged.
~ One of the most pleasant gath
~ ing of the winter occurred Fridaye,
IN ing at the elegant residence of
and Mrs. A. L. Wheeler, of the MOI
side, when the doors of their spaci'
d parlors were thrown open to the me
'eu' bers of Minueopa Rebecca lodge
W this city. Between forty and Fl