The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-08
LOCAL ITEMS.
f. G. Heinze has been mentioned
for alderman in the Fourth ward.

"A bounty for female wolf was is
sued today to Lewis M. Lewis, of
Cambria.
No meeting of the school board
was held last night, as less than a
quorum was present.
"A marriage license was granted
today to Ira Chapman, of Butternut
Valley, and Anna J. Arndt, of Cam
bria.
BY a letter received today from
Senator Barr, we learn that Mrs. Barr
sat up Sunday for short time, and is
gaining quite rapidly now
The examination of Louis Walz
on the charge of conducting "blind
pig" at Amboy, was postponed in the
municipal court this morning until
March 2lst.
Judge Mead today appointed
John Johnson guardian for Fred Leh-
man, a minor, and Mary thinner
man guardian for Emma William and
Clara Lehman, minors.
"A marriage license was issued
this afternoon to Victor Anderson
and Elizabeth Lind, both of this city.
Mr.. Anderson is young painter.
Their friends wish them well.
The city of Mankato will draw it's
March apportionment from the county
treasury the fifteenth of this month,
receiving about the same amount as is
usual this month, from SO, 900 toS10, 900.
L. Patterson & Co. received two
full cars of Lenox soap last Saturday,
all of which was distributed to their
customers in this city. Mankato is
evidently going to have a spring clean
up.
The libel suit against the Winona
Republican by Tyndall Palmer of
Philadelphia, for $4,000 was dismiss
ed from court in that city yesterday
because of the non-appearance of the
plaintiff.
w. M. Farr, John Lunn, w. D..
Diamond and VIM. T. Jewson, of this
city, have been drawn as grand jurors
for the March term of the United
States court, which meets in ST. Paul
next Tuesday.
State Supt. Pendergast has sent
word to Supt. Kenaston that he will
expect him to lecture before the
Dodge Co.. Teachers Association next
week and at other associations if he
can get the time.
The Lake Crystal Union states
that Mrs. Lucy E. HickOk died yes
terday morning, aged fifty years. She
was born in Lake county, ILL.,, in 1916,
and came to Minnesota in 1866, resid-
ing here ever since.
B. P. Hinton, of Beaver Creek,
and I'll. e. Bradley, of Lanesberg, have
received their appointments as cadet
at West Point, and alternate, respec-
lively, as result of the recent COM
petive examination held at Pipestone.
The suit of N. S. Nichols VS.. w.
w. Weller, to recover extras on a
building, involving S15.75, was tried
today before Judge Shissler. W. r.
Geddes appeared for the plaintiff
and @. L. Benedict for the defendent.
"A petition is being circulated,
asking that Second street in Parsons
addition and in Dukes addition be
connected. The point of intersection
is near Fowler & Pays lime kiln. The
petition will be presented to the coun-
Gil Saturday night.
L. Patterson & Co. have lately
fitted out two new grocery stores.
One of these is store opened by M.
D. Freiberg at ST. Henry, near LIE
Sueur; and the other is one opened by
Mention & Buethe, successors to r. r.
Turritin, at Kasota.
An important change of time will
go into effect on the Omaha road on
Sunday next. After that date the
short train from ST. Paul, No. 5, which
now arrives here at S:15 p. m. will ar
rive at $40 p. m. 1t will leave Min
neapolis at 11:55 a. M. and St. Paul at
1925 p. m.
-SiXty-one applicants were ex-
amined at the Mapleton teachers ex-
animation Tuesday and Wednesday.
The examination in this city will be-
gin at eight o'clock tomorrow morn
ing at the High school building, and
last for two days. 1t is expected that
$50 teachers will take the examina-
tiOn.
"A spark from the chimney on n.
P. Lees bus barn set fire to the roof
at about 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon.
The fire department was called out.
Had the blaze not been quickly dis
covered, the large amount Of hay in
the barn would have taken fire and a
serious contiagration might have re-
suited as stiff wind was blowing.