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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-04
Nov 13-Dec. 25.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES SALE.

Default having been made in the conditions
OF certain mortgage executed by Humphrey
Williams, mortgagor, to Mary II. Evans mort
gage, dated February 18th. A. d., 1887, and re-
corded in the Office of the register of deeds in
and for the county of Blue Earth in the State
of Minnesota, on the 14th day of February A.
d., 1887 at. ten o'clock in the forenoon, in book
20 of mortgages, on page $50, by which mort
gage there was conveyed and granted the fol-
lowing described real estate, situate in the
county of Blue Earth aforesaid, to-wit: The
west tifty-twO and one-half feet (5215) of lots
nine 80 and ten (10) in block thirty-four (34 of
the City of Mankato as said lots are plated by
5 P. Folsom in 1852 and by E. d. Bruner in
1857, and recorded in the Office of the register
Of deeds of said Blue Earth county to secure
the payment of the sum of three humid, ed
dollars, with interest at the rate of seven per
cent, per annum according to the conditions of
one promlssory note bearing same date as
said mortgage made by said Humphrey VIII
hams to said Mary II. Evans and the said mort
gage having been duly assigned by the said
mortgage to John j. Lewis on the 5th day of
October A. d., 1896, which assignment was on
the 18th day of October. A. D., 1896 recorded in
the office of said register of Deeds in book AZ of
Mortgages, on page 402 and there being due and
unpaid upon said note and mortgage at the
date OF this notice the sum of three hundred
and thlrty-hve and25-1OOdollars, and no action or
proceeding at law or otherwise having been in
stltuted to recover the amount of said mort
gage debt or any part thereof. Now Thereof,
notice Is hereby given that by virtue and per
suance OF power of sale in said mortgage CON
tanned and herewith recorded. and of the
statute IN such case made and provided the
above described premises will be sold at nnblic
auction, at the easterly front door of the court
house, in and for said county of Blue Earth and
at the City of Mankato therein, on Saturday
the 26th of December "A. d. 1896. at ten o'clock in
the forenoon. to satisfy the amount of said
mortgage debt then due and unpaid together
with the costs and expenses of such foreclosure
proceeding including twenty-five dollars attor-
ney's fees as stipulated in said mortgage: and
the said mortgage will be thereby foreclosed.
Dated November 10Th, 1896.
JOHN J. LEWIS,
Assignee and Mortgage.
Thos. Hughes,
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Revers and Color Effects.

For many seasons past if gown was
made with revers, the number used was
always two. Invariably these revers
were an exact counterpart of each other.
Not only in coloring and design were
they alike, but they were the same size
and placed on the gown directly oppo-
site one another.
Now the best dressmakers are no
longer partial to two revers. Either one
or three are used on the most fashiona-
BILE gowns.
One large revers is regarded as very
chic. 1t is usually of the same material
as the bodice and is richly braided or
covered with lace.
When three revers are used, they are
always graduated in size. The first re.
vers is the smallest, the other two acting
as its background.
They look best in three tints of one
color, but all sorts of very pretty color
effects are possible with them. New
York Journal
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Velvet Cloth Coats.

Some of the new Marlborough coats
made Of "velvet cloth" are so hand
somely decorated that they are wholly
appropriate for dress wear. The "velvet
cloths are particularly elegant. They
have velvetlike finish and are as fine
grained as satin, and the new weaves
show colors in Danish and amaranth red,
Cleopatra brown of tawny cast, an at
tractive blue green and beautiful
greenish blue. copper brown deeper than
the Cleopatra dye, gray fawn and hunt
er's green. The richest of these coats
are lined with figured satin, and the
revers and cape collar are bordered with
a costly passementerie made to represent
elaborate bead and silk braidwor
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-04
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First insertion Nov 13 20 27
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF WILL
: TATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
y Earth-ss. In Probate Court, Special Term
November 9th 1896.
In the matter OF the estate of Griffith w
Jones, deceased.
Whereas, An instrument i'll writing purport
ing to be the last will and testament o.
Griffith W. Jones deceased, late OF SAID county
has been delivered to this court:
And whereas, William G. Jones, has flee
Herewith his petition, representing
among other things, that said Griffith W
on the oath day of March, 1896
executor named in said will and testament anG
praying that the said instrument may be ad
mite to probate, and that letters testan en-
tary be to said H. P Edwards issued thereon.
1t is ordered, That the proofs OF said instru
ment, and the said petition be heard before this
court at the probate office in said county
on the eth day of December A. D., 1896, at 1C
O'Clock in the forenoon, when all concerned may
appeal and contest the probate OF said instru
ment;
And it is further ordered That public notice
of the time and place of said hearing be given tC
all persons interested by publication OF these
said day of hearing, in the Mank alto Free Press
weekly newspaper printed and published at
the City of Mankato, in said county.
Dated at the City of Mankato this 10th day
of November A. ID 1896.
By the Court:
Seal. Il. w. MEAD,
Judge of Probate
Thos. Hughes,
Attorney for Petitioner.
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Nov. -2O-27 Dec
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF WILL,
JOHN J. LEWIS,
Assignee and Mortpa oee
mos. hughes,
Attorney for Assignee.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-ss. In Probate Court, Special Term.
November 18th, 1896.
In the matter of the estate of Mary
A. Cheever, deceased.
Whereas an instrument in writing purport-
ing to be the last will and testament of Mary
A. Cheever, deceased, late of said county
has been delivered to this court;
And whereas, Tina G Harrington has filed there
with his petition, represt nting among other
things, that said Mary A. Cheever died in
said county on the oath AZ of October, 1896
testate, and that said petit Toner is the exc.
cutor named in said las will and testament and
praying that the said instrument may be
admitted to probate, and that letters ties.
tamentary be to him issued thereon;
1t is ordered tnat the proofs of said instru.
ment, and the said petition be heard before
this court, at the probate Office in
said county, on the 18th day of December A.
ID. 1896, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, when all
concerned may appear and contest the pro
bate of said instrument,
And it is further ordered that public notice oil
the time and place of said hearing be
given to all persons interested by publication
of these orders for three weeks successfully
previous to said day of hearing, in the MAN
KATo FREE PRESS a weekly newspaper printed
and published at the City of Mankato in said
county.
Dated at the city of Mankato this tn day
of November, A. D., 1896.
By the Court.
Seal of Probate Court. GEO. w. MEAD,
Judge OF Probate.
LoRIN CRAY,
Attorney for petitioner.
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First insertion Nov 27 IL
ORDER FOR HEARING AND NOTICE OF
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
OF ADMINISTRATOR.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth SIS. In Probate Court, Special
Term, November Odd, 1896.
In the matter of the estate of Charles
Bradley. deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of William
P. Bradley, of Mankato, Minnesota, re-
presenting among other things, that Charles
Bradley, late of Manknto on the
18th day of November, A. d. 1896, at Henne
pin county, died intestate, and be
ing an inhabitant of this county
at the time of his death, leaving goods
chattels and estate within this county, and
that the said petitioner is a brother
OF said deceased, and Praying that
administration Of said estate be to him
said William p. Bradley granted 49,
1t is ordered, That said petition be heard be
fore this court ON Saturday, the 9th day o.
December AID, 1885, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, al
the probate Office IN the city OF Mankato, IL
said county.
Ordered further, That notice thereof be giver
to the heirs of said deceased, and to all persons
interested, by publication of this order once IL
each week, for three successive weeks prior &c
said day of hearing, in the Mankato Free
Press, weekly newspaper printed and publish
ed at the city of Manktto in said county.
Dated at the city of Mankato the 23d day o
November A. D. 1896.
By the Court,
Seal of Probate Court. G. W. MEAD.
Judge of Probate.
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made q Difference.

He had just dotted his hat as re.
markedly pretty woman passed, and his
companion enviously congratulated him
upon his acquaintance.
''Oh," he replied carelessly, 'that is
Belle Gotrocks Pretty, isn't she?''
''Bet your life. Know her well?'
swell, I should sayl Why, she's an
old flame of mine"
cold flame of yours?''
'That's what l said.
"You may be an old fame of hers,
but she is not an old flame of yours. -
"What's the diff"
eff you are an old flame of hers, her
father must have put you out?'
"Guess you re right, old man. That's
just what he did Chicago Times
Herald.
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recovered before could return to my
work. While I was idle an old lady, a
very dear friend, kept after me to at
tend Mr.. Moody's meetings, which were
In progress in San Francisco She talked
to me about it for six weeks before
consented. At the first meeting 1 at
tended the Lord talked with me and
yielded. left the stage Immediately. :"
"What impelled you to go upon the
stage?"
"The necessity of earning a living.
was born in Massillon, o. My mother
died when was quite young, and then
my father moved to New York city.
81 went into society there and led
about as useless life as the average So
ciety girl. When my father met revers-
es, and it became necessary for me to
support myself, there was seemingly
nothing for me to do Friends advised
me to try the stage, but [ was born with
some pride and would not enter upon
such life in the city where l had al
ways lived in luxury. So I went out to
California and had no difficulty in OBJ
tanning an engagement with a stock
company, finally becoming the leading
lady"
Mrs. Peake will remain in st. Louis
six weeks, she and her husband going
then to Kansas City. She is woman
of dignified presence, although inclined
to embonpoint. Her hair is golden, and
she arranges it in simple fashion. st.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Nov. Blast Dec. %.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.
Thos. Hughes,
Attorney for Petitioner.

Default having been made in the conditions
of certain mortgage executed by Lucy "A.
Blew, divorced woman, mortgagor to the
Mankato Mutual Building and Loan Associa-
tion a corporation duly created and existing
under and by virtue of the laws of the State of
Minnesota, MORTGAGE, dated May 18th, 1896 and
Blue Earth county, Minnesota on the 1st day of
June, A. d =, 1896 at four o'clock p. m. in book
40 of mortgages on page 81, by which mortgage
there was conveyed and granted by said
mortgagor to said mortgage the following des-
cribed real estate situated in said Blue Earth
county, to-wit: Lot number twentyC2O and the
westerly four ~ feet of lot number nineteen
Q0 of Fletcher's subdivision of lot one u in
block one D of Cummings addition to Manka-
to according to the plat thereof on file and of
record in the office of said register OF deeds to
secure the sum of fifteen hundred and nineteen
and 35-100 dollars with interest at the rate of
eight per cent per annum, according to the con-
ditions of certain promlsssory note hearing
same date as said mortgage made by said
mortgagor to said mortgagee and there being
due and unpaid upon said note and mortgage
at the date of this notice the sum of fifteen
hundred and eighty and 95-lO0 dollars, all of
which said mortgage now declares to be due
and payable to it, together with fifty dollars
stipulated in said mortgage to be paid as at
torney fee, and said default has continued for
more than four months, and no proceeding at
law or otherwise has been instituted to recover
said debt or any part thereof, and said mort
gage contains power of sale.
virtue of the said power of sale and of the
statute in such case made and pro-
vided said mortgage will be fore
closed and the land and premises
therein and above described will be sold by the
sheriff of said Blue Earth county, at public
auction: at the easterly front door of the
court house in and for said county
Mankato therein, on Saturday, the 26th day of
December, A. d. 1896, at eleven o'clock in the
forenoon, to satisfy the amount of SAID mort
gage debt then due and unpaid. together with
the costs and expenses of such foreclosure pro-
ceedings, including said fifty dollars attorney s
fees as stipulated in said mortgage and the
said mortgage will hereby be foreclosed.
Dated November 18th, 1896.
MANKATO MUTUAL BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION, Mortgage
THos. HUGHES, Attorney for Mortgage.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-04
THE ART OF CONVERSATION
1t Means Saying Old Things In New
and Charming Way.

1t Means Saying Old Things IN New
and Charming Way.
Takers are not those who have news
to tell. Their mission is. as Pope de-
scribed the poets, to put into words
what oft was thought before, but not so
we'll expressed. The mind is unequal to
the strain of taking information as such
all the time We read just as we dress
in new garments-not because we are
naked, but because we want to vary our
garments We read poetry for inspira-
ton, science for the laws of life and
nature, newspapers for general informa-
ton, essays and history for relaxation
and the basis of knowledge. Any one
we'll read in these must be an entertain
ing companion, if the faculty of impart-
ing the sum of them be given. In other
words, if he or she be good talker.
Lord Macaulay, one of the best in
formed men of his time, was so irreslst-
ible talker that whole companies sat
for hours to listen. His love of talking
was so inordinate that a cessation of his
wondrous outflow was loosely alluded
to as a brilliant flash of silence. :"
They had, it is true, more time to talk
in other days than we can set aside now,
and there were other occult influences
not less conducive TO engaging garrulity.
In those times the streets were filed
with picturesque shapes and colors-the
nameless grace of costumes and equi-
pages now seen only on the stage. No
wonder that, surrounded by birds Of
such brilliant plumage, courts and kings,
robes and plumes, clashing swords and
rustling silks, our fathers and mothers
talked well. But in revenge we have a
vaster field to draw on for sprightly con-
versation. The schoolboy of today has a
greater fund of knowledge by merely
learning life's needs than the best edu-
Gated of the ancients. But he should be
encouraged to make use of this by talk.
-PhifadelDbia Times
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FlanneIs.

"Last WINTER says housekeeper,
st had $50 worth of fine fannels. used
in my family, destroyed in the washing
this, too, before the winter was half
over. In the spring sent my daughter
to Pratt institute, in Brooklyn, to take
a course in laundry work. I have now
replaced the fannels, and they are
washed each week by our new expert.
Flannels and embroideries are the two
things that the average or even the ex-
ceptionally good washerwoman does not
do well, and as not to do we'll means in
their case to ruin beyond redemption /
consider it valuable thing to have one
member Of the family who understands
the method. New York Times.
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Nov, 13 Dec 25.
NOV. 10. DPC . %.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.
Default having been made in the conditions
of certain mortgage executed by William j.
Dunn and Anna Dunn !, his wife mortgagors,to
citation, corporation duly created and ex-
listing under and by virtue of the laws of the
state of Minnesota, mortgage, dated April
Gath, A. D. 1896, and recorded in the office of
the register of deeds in and for the county of
Blue Earth, in the State of Minnesota, on the
First day of June. A.. d. 1896, at o'clock in the
by which mortgage there was conveyed and
granted the following described real estate
situate in the County of Blue Earth aforesaid
to-wit: Lot Nineteen 90 of Fletcher's sub
division of lot One - in Block % of Cummings
addition to Mankato, except the Westerly
Four a. feet of said lot Nineteen 90, to secure
eighteen dollars, with interest at the rate of
eight per cent per annum, according to the
conditions of certain promissory note bear
ing ing same date as said mortgage, made by said
William j. Dunn and Anna Dunn to said
Mankato Mutual Building and Loan Asso-
! alton, and there being due and unpaid upon
notice the sum of SIX hundred and forty
five dollars, all of which said mortgage
now declares to be due and payable to it, That
said mortgagors have neglected to pay the
taxes assessed and levied against said land be
fore the same became delinquent and said
mortgage has been obliged to and did on June
1st, 1896. pay said taxes against said land
to the sum of Nine and 20-100 and the same is
due and payable to said mortgage with eight
per cent. interest as provided in said mortgage
and no action proceeding at law or otherwise
having been instituted to recover the amount
of said mortgage debt or any part thereof /:
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that by
virtue and in pursuance of power of sale in
said mortgage contained and Herewith re-
corded, and of the statute in such case made
and provided, the above dercribed premises will
be sold at public auction, at the east front door
of the court house, in and for said county of
Blue Earth and at the City of Mankato, there
in, on Saturday. the 26th day of Decem ber.A d.
1896, lat 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy the
amount of said mortgage debt then due and I'M
paid, together with said Nine and 2l-100 dollars
taxes paid by said mortgage aforesaid with
interest thereon at 8 per cent. from June LIST
1896 together with the costs and expenses of
such foreclosure proceeding, including twenty
five dollars attorneys fees as stipulated in said
mortgage; and the said mortgage will be
hereby foreclosed.
Dated November 18th, 1896.
MANKATO MUTUAL BUILDING AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION. Mortgagee
THOS. HUGHES,
Attorney for Mortgage.
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Nov 27. 1
SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE.


Whereas, A petition duly signed and the sig
natures thereto duly acknowledged has been
duly presented to the Board of County Com
missioners of Blue Earth county, Minnesota at
a session of said board held on the tenth day OF
November, 1896, asking for the formation of a
new. school district to be composed of the fol.
lowing described territory, to-wit:
The west half of the northwest quarter OF
section fourteen 90; all of section fifteen (15)
all OF section sixteen Q0 the north east quar-.
ter of section seventeen %; the north half OF
section twenty-one (2D; the north half of sec.
ton twenty-five C29; the south east quarter OF
section twenty-five (29; the south half of the
northwest quarter of section twenty three 23l
all in township one hundred and five QO5) north
of range twenty-six c20 west and in said Blue
Earth county, Minnesota.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given. that a
hearing of parties interested in the matter OF
said petition will be granted at the next session
of said board, commencing on the fifteenth day
of December, A. d. 1896, at the office of the
county auditor, in the City of Mankato in said
county.
By order of the Board of County Commits
sioners
P. A. GUNDERS,
Clerk of Board
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-04

The Nicollet county grand jury
indicted Adam Rockefeller, alias
Charles Clark, on the charge of murder
in the first degree, in shooting John
Strasser in saloon Aug. 10th last.
The court appointed @. r. Davis as
his attorney. 1t will be the first trial
on that charge held in Nicollet county
in quarter of a century. George
Chantler was indicted for shooting
Cyril Jarvis.
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FROM STAGE TO PULPIT.

Once an Actress, Mrs. PealKe Is Now an
Influential Evangelist.
First society girl, then leading lady
in stock company of players, Mrs.
Edith Z. Peake is now rounding out her
life as successful woman evangelist
Mrs. Peake is from San Francisco.
She and her husband, Charles Peake,
formerly business man in San Fran
cisco, arrived in st. Louis Saturday
night, after several months Of evangel-
istic work in Kansas. Their last stop
ping place was Ottawa.
It has been nearly four years since
Mrs. Peake entered upon the work OF an
evangelist, and 16 years since she aban-
doned the stage. She had been seven
years leading lady in stock company
travelling along the coast presenting
Shakespearean plays.
ST wonder if you will understand, -
said Mrs. Peake to reporter, "when
tell you that the Lord called me to my
present work had been many years q
protesting Christian when I was sent
for by the presbytery at San Jose, CAL,
to deliver an address before them. A
few days after they invited me to under
take the work in which am now en-
gagged.
"How did you chance to leave the
stage?'
"Again I must say that it was the
Lords work. l was stricken with ty-
phoid fever. and it was some time after
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The Book He Wanted.

Illustrative of the old saying that a GER
tain class of intelligence can ask more
questions than wise man can answer in
long time, man about Concord, Mass,
recently met Dr. Emerson, son of Ralph
Waldo Emerson, and asked him if he might
borrow some of his books Certainly u
said the doctor. amy you like. A day
or so after the man called. "You said ]
might take book" he began. "You
may have any you like" replied the doc.
tor. "Well, kindly loan me your mileage
book over the Fitchburg railroad.
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Squeaky shoes squeak louder than usual
when a storm is coming.
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First Nov 20 27 Dec q

Schmitt & Wilson,
Attorneys for a administrator.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-11-19
MIDDLE CREEK.

On the bill of fare--Sour-kraut,
Brode-warsht und Buchwatzen
koochen The house vacated by
Isaac Bubb few weeks ago was
burned down on Friday night.
Origin of the fire unknown. The
last of the Xeibers farms was sold
on Saturday to Jacob Reigle. Con-
sideration Sli0G 25 -. On account OF
the bursting OF the stave saw, j. q.
Meyers mill is idle at present 80.
Alvin Ulsh and family and Oscar
Schultz and wife attended the fu-
neral of Mrs. App at Globe Mills on
Saturday ..Wm. III. Kline and fam
lily and Erie Ulsh and family were
visiting at Lewistown on Saturday
and Sunday Harvey Heimbach
and Miss Ada Knepp and James
Lepley aud Miss Sallic Heimbach
were visiting Henry Heimbach near
Middleburgb on Sunday Joseph
Goss OF Mcclure was seen on our
streets on Saturday 4 number of
our people attended Howell's auc-
tion at Mcclure on Saturday zee.
David Deifenbach aud wife left for
their home at Logan last week
After short illness with Typhoid
Fever, Jesse Kline died on Satur-
day evening and was buried in the
Troxelville cemetery on Tuesday
On the sick list-Anthony Stuck,
Miss Gertie Manbeck aud Ira Kline.