The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-01-27
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| -NaVln, one OF Inc prisoners In jail,
is very sick with inf1amatory rheu-
matism.
| WEEKLY FREE PREss--best paper
in the county. Read our clubbing
offers.
"A marriage license was granted
Monday to Lawrence w. Kimble
and Amelia L. Lehman, both of Yer
non Center.
Miss Jones has removed her dress
making ablishment from over w.
G. Stegner & Co.'s store to rooms
over the Mankato National Bank,
where she will be pleased to meet all
her old patrons.
Hogs brought 1925 per hundred
pounds on the foot, today. This is
the highest point yet reached. The
question which the farmers would
| like to know is how much higher the
price will go.
Rev. f. M. Rule Monday unit
ed Frank Clough, of Redwood Falls,
and Miss Mary A. Finley, of this
county, in marriage They left today
for their future home at Redwood
Falls.
Rand, McNally & Co., 1876 Adams
ST., Chicago, ILL.,, desire a local man
| ager to take the management OF the
sale of their new Universal Atlas.
Any one desiring pleasant and
profitable position would do well to
write them.
The Amboy Presbyterian society
has just completed church at cost
of Sc, 900. 1t will be occupied as soon
as the seats and lights arrive. The
church is credit to the society. The
many improvements at Amboy this
winter indicate that the people of
that thriving village are wide awake.
The new school building at Yer
non Center has been made graded
school. The higher classes are in the
upper room under the management of
Miss Nettie Babcock, while Miss Lib
bic Hannay, daughter of County Com
missioner Hannay, has charge of the
primary department on the first floor.
Both are excellent teachers. The
building, when entirely completed,
will cost about $1,000.
The Norwegian Lutheran church,
of which Rev. Hans Allen is pastor,
is endeavoring to raise debt, and to
that end will have an entertainment
at the opera house, Feb. 10Th. The
Valborg Hovlnd Stub Concert Co. will
appear, and very fine entertainment
is promised. An admission of so cts,
will be charged, and we hope that
our citizens will patronize the enter
tainment literally.
The Welsh @. e. society has elect
ed the following officers for the next
quarter: President, Miss Lizzie Davis,
vice-president, Mrs. Hugh Jones; Sec
rotary and treasurer, Miss Anna
Jones: look out committee: Misses
Anna Parry, Susie Hughes and Han
nah Jones, and Messrs. Lewis Davis
and J. Lewis; prayer meeting commit
tee: Miss Jennie Lloyd and MessrS.
Isaac Gritfiths and T. P. Thomas.
Tomorrow a force will be put at
work cleaning the opera house. They
will begin with the basement and go
to the gallery and make everything
clean and neat. The dressing rooms
will be refitted and new carpet put
down. The box Office will be put back
to it's former place at the right of the
entrance. The new management pro-
poses to spare no pains 80 make the
opera house popular with the public,
and bring it back to it's former stand
ing.
The LIE Sueur Neaos says of the
concert last Monday evening-"The
house which greeted the Chicago La
dy quartet on Monday evening last
was certainly a.fattering testimonial
of the appreciation in which their tai
ents as entertainers are held here.
Their program was most agreeable
one almost every number whether
solo, duet or quartet being enthusiast
tically encored. The quartet singing
was particularly fine, their sweet, full
voices harmonizing almost perfectly
Fred T. Allen and Miss Tressie
Collins were married at Webb City
Mo-, Jan. 10Th. Both are prominent
members of the Andrews Opera Co..
and the bride is a former resident oil
this city, where she has many friends
The happy event was celebrated with
the usual honors that are peculiar ttC
the profession, and the presents were
numerous. The contracting partie.
will remain with the company, anC
their friends in and out of the
company wish them all the success
that life can possibly afford.
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SENATOR BARR introduced a bill
into the state senate yesterday ap