The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-06-05
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hail Immediately outside the corpora
tion in any direction.
The National Citizens bank yes
terday declared a semi-annual per
cent dividend to stockholders.
-Jno. r. Thomas and John Robb
got ninety fish at Lake Washington
Sunday, nearly all pike.
Sheriff Bowen took Frank Arnold
to Saltwater Saturday, to serve
his sentence.
Most level-headed men carry their
heads in one of our hats. Model Cloth
ing and Shoe House.
Prof. Theodor S. Reimestad of Aug
usburg Seminary, Minneapolis, is at
tending the Sengerfest.
"A marriage license was granted
Monday to Mark Young and Ella Cor
nell, both of this city.
District court took recess Monday
until June 10th, when Judge Caldwell
Will plOOoOly OIy UllC VI ILlIhhI CdoOS'
If you buy goods cheap you can
sell them cheap. This is the secret of
our selling so many summer suits.
Model Clothing and Shoe House.
The case of Masters &MacLauren,
set for Monday, was continued until
some time to be hereafter agreed up
on by the attorneys.
About ninecouples from this city
attended leap year dance in the
Decoria town ball Saturday night.
All report having fine time.
| The base ball association has
nearly completed third of mile
track at the ball park. 1t will have a
dirt surface, with the proper amount
of slope.
Fred Roberts undertook to trim a
tree Monday, when the ladder
slipped and threw him to the ground.
He received sprained ankle, which
DR.. Davis is treating
-Hulda NJ, nine months old child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Berg, died at
eight O'Clock Monday OF lung fever.
The funeral occurred at two o'clock
Tuesday, from the residence, 924
| North Sixth street.
The St. Peter Journal says that it
is mo wonder ST. Peter got defeated
at Mankato Monday. Letthe supersti-
tious read this: Is men, 13 runs, IL
bats, 13 hits, 13 miles to Mankato by
the sign board and Ii errors in ALL
The board of public works has Or
dered eight drinking fountains,
through E. l. P. Staede. They are of
the finest kind, and cost Sl2 each.
The locations have not been decided
upon, but it is hoped to have them up
by July 4th.
| Friends in this city have received
invitations to the marriage of Miss
Marian, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Silas w. Searles, former residents of
Mankato, and Gustav Albert Coy
kendall, which will take place at ST..
Mary's Episcopal church at Merriam
Park, June 18th.
-Amboy Herald: Joseph Hewson
lost three horses by lightning, Sun
day afternoon. His large team was
killed and another fine young horse.
There was no damage whatever to
the barn. A popularity of the work
of lightning is noticeable in the fact
that four horses were standing close
together, and from where the fluid
entered the barn, the first two were
killed, missing the third horse and
killing the fourth. Mr.. Hewson's loss
is fully covered by insurance in the
Shelby Mutual
/ Anthony Ziller, of Bird Island,
Mimi, drove two of his mares to
| Willard & Fuller's West Lawn Farm
at Mapleton, to be Bred a distance
of ninety miles. Mr.. Ziller has two
coachers sired by West Lawns
famous French coachers and intends
to keep on raising them. 1t is folly
to breed to horse just because he is
near by and cheap. 1t takes six
years to put horse on the market
and it pays to breed to the best if it
| is some distance to go. Messrs.
| Willard & Fuller have placed before
the breeders of Southern Minnesota
four French coach stations that for
individuality, breeding and repro
ducing are peerless, and they worthily
deserve their well-earned popularity,
which is evinced by the fact that
they are now breeding more to their
French coachers than ever before;
something that cannot be said of