The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-22

Clayton Kennedy, deputy county
auditor, is assisting Treasurer Lloyd
during the rush of real estate taxes.
-WANTED-A good cook to begin
work in June. Good wages to the
right person. Apply to 327 Jackson
street.
The board of public works an
nounce that lawn Sprinklers will be
allowed to be used from to s p. m.
only.
Judge Mead has made an order
confirming the sale of land in the
matter of the guardianship of Hannah
Liesner, an insane person.
The civil case of Duball VS.. SOr-
ensen was to have been tried in the
municipal court Monday, but was set
tied and dismissed.
Otto Born pleaded guilty in the
municipal court Friday to the charge
of disturbing the Salvation Army
meeting last night, and paid fine of
$3.50.
A small piece of stone lodged in
the corner of one of Chas. Felt's eyes
while he was working in the quarry
Saturday, but DR.. Webster skillfully re-
moved it.
Julia, the eighteen months old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. p. Murphy, Of
Madison Lake. died Friday after
noon of whooping cough, and the
| funeral occurred at Marysburg at
ten o'clock Saturday forenoon.
The case of Frost VS. Sullivan was
at trial in the municipal court Satur-
| day, and a jury trial was desired. The
court required that the plaintiff
should give security for costs, and a
continuance was taken until June
| 18th.
| Judge Mead has made an order
for hearing proofs of will OF Mary
Richie: issued letters OF administra-
| tion to W. r. Goodies in re estates of
Oliver Warner, aud Thos. WoOdbeck.
Geo. Taylor met the Fourth of
July committee on balloon ascension
Monday, and it was arranged to
sign contract Tuesday night for a
| balloon ascension and parachute
Jump, from height of $500 feet, for
$500. Mr.. Taylor has hot air balloon
stored in this city, and states that he
has made over 300 parachute jumps.
The Chicago & Northwestern road
will run a summer refrigerator car
service between this city and Chicago
| for the accommodation of the dairy
interests, farmers and merchants
along the road. The cars will leave
on Tuesdays at 7:15 a. M, and on Fri.
bays at 3:15 p. m. They will be iced
in Mankato and kept so to Chicago.
Our Mr.. D. S. Stern has just
| bought 1910 suits for spot cash. We
will receive our share of them
early this week, and will offer
you all wool suits worth $40 for S., S12
suits for Sc, S15 suits for $3.50. Come
and see them. Model Clothing and
Shoe House.
Mrs. Charlotte SeaQuist, of
Tivoli, Monday received draft for
ST. 900 from the New York Life Insur-
ance Co., through the company's dis
trict agent, f. w. Force, this amount
| being the insurance carried by her
son, Jno. NJ SeaquiSt, who died April
I'd in California. This is a prompt
| return.
The Blue Earth county Peoples
party convention will be held at Good
Thunder Saturday, June 9th, at 1000
a. M, to select twelve delegates to
| the congressional convention. Man
kato is entitled to sixteen delegates,
| two from the First and Sixth wards,
and three from each of the others.
AT four o'clock Tuesday after
noon, tightening entered the tele-
phone office over wire and set fire
| to the switch board, which blazed up
| The operators in the telegraph office,
| next door, assisted in eXtInguishing
| the flames before much damage had
been done. The telephone operator,
Miss Coughlan, remained bravely at
her post.
One of w. r. Hammett's dray
| horses met with mishap late Mon
day afternoon. In backing up in rear
of store, it slid down twenty feet
or more into an old well, having bro
ken through the board covering.
There was just room enough for the
animal to slide down easily. A der
rick was procured. and after a good
deal of hard work, the horse was lift
ed up and out, not much the worse
for it's experience 1t was narrow
escape.
Mary T., wife of John l. Kerns, of
Spring Island. died at the hospital in
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