The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-02-02

We publish elsewhere in this issue
a notice of the sale of Youmans Bros.
& Hojgin's lumber yard and entire
property interests in this city to the
Hanson & Lampert Co., which will
carry on the business in the future.
We recently published an account of
the negotiations pending, of which
this is the outcome. The sale in
cludeS the three lots at the corner OF
Second and Main streets, where the
lumber yard is located The new
firm starts in with every prospect Of
success, which we hope it may attain.
Mr.. Hanson will continue to reside
In Sleepy Eye, while Mr.. Lampert's
brother will move to this city and be-
come secretary OF the company. The
firm already owns half dozen lum-
Der yards at different points.
-Phineas Hall, of GAINESVILLE. has
begun a suit to recover $265.75 from
VIM. Macbeth, of Eagle Lake. His
statement is that he traded team
of horses, wagon, sleigh and harness
for note and chattel mortgage for
the amount above stated, held by
Mr.. McBetn against John Rhodes, of
South Bend. He claims that Mr..
Macbeth guaranteed that the
property mortgaged was all right
and worth more than the note, where
as it is found to be worth only $50
The plaintiff alleges fraud in the
prOcuration Of the sale and in the Sc
curing of the contract, and he has re-
plevined the team and other property
traded. w. r. Geddes is attorney for
the plaintiff, who is mere boy.
Mrs. John e. Layne, accompanied
by her seven year cid son, frequently
visits her husband at the jail. The
boy is 4 bright little fellow. Mrs.
Layne will remain until after the
trial and seems confident that her
husband is innocent. VIM. Conway
passes some of the spare hours making
pen and ink drawings from memory.
He was once sailor and ocean scenes
are fayorite with him. The trial of
these two men will not occur until all
other cases are disposed of, at the ad-
journed term, commencing week
from tomorrow - <':.-
President Searing's essay on
"Some Suggestions for New Gram
mar" which attracted so much atten-
tion at the recent meeting of the
State Teachers Association at Min
neapolis, will appear in. the February
issue of School Education. Copyright
ed to School Education Publishing
Co., and the company has asked and
received permission to print it in
pamphlet form, believing there will
be a large demand for it. among the
teachers.
The first case to be tried at the
adjourned term of the District court.
which convenes next Tuesday, will be
that of Walter d. Cole VS.. the Omaha
road, to recover $4,000 damages for
alleged personal injuries. He claims
that while he was standing on Hum
phrey street near moving train
brakeman swung himself out from
the train in careless manner, so that
the brakeman's body truck him and
caused permanent rupture. A. J.
Stackpole and W. N. Plymat are at
torneys for the plaintiff and Lorin
Cray for the defendant.
The Clerk of Court issued a mar
rage license Tuesday to Chas. H Ras-
dali and Miss Jennie Grignon, both of
St Clair. They will be united in
marriage at the Catholic church at
S.. Clair Thursd ny. Both of these
Y ung people are of excellent parent
age, are popular and highly este med
in the community in which they have
grown to young manhood and woman
hood, and their friends will wish them
a bright and prosperous future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Wagon lost
their youngest boy, aged about eight
years, Sunday night. He had been sick
for some time with .diphtheria. The
funeral took place at two O'Clock this
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