The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-01-03
LOCAL ITEMS,


Gazette. is the proud father of son.
"A house, centrally located, for
rent. Inquire of Davies & Jones, Odd
Fellows block.
"A boy is reported at the home of
Victor Anderson, on Lewis street,
which accounts for Victor's broad
smile.
L. Patterson & Co. presented each
of their employees in the office and
warehouse with ten dollar gold
piece for Christmas. Such liberality
is appreciated by the employees.
Riverside, CAL, Press: Harry
Karttens and family of wife and five
children, of Mankato, Mimi, are re-
gistered at the Rowell hotel, this
city. They come to make their home
in Riverside county and will locate in
the Alessandro valley.
The Minnesota Experiment STA
tion has just issued bulletin on hog
cholera and swine plague. 1t is de-
voted to history of the disease and
it's treatment. 1t is valuable treatise
of this matter, and can be had by ad-
dressing the Experiment Station, ST..
Anthony Park, MINI.
Jonas Burrill, one of the substan-
tial farmers of Belgrade, dropped in
to the FREE PRESS Office Friday and
incidentally left dollar for the
fortieth time to pay his annual sub
scription to the WEEKLY FREE PRESS.
Mr.. Burrill comes pretty near being a
member of the family-if length of
years count.
The number of liquor licenses
that will be taken out under the 81 ,00G
rate is estimated all the way from
ten to twenty. Those placing the
number at the latter figure say that
there will be falling off after the
first year. There are now 80 saloons,
and under the new rate there will
have to be sixteen saloons to bring in
the same amount of revenue.
AT the meeting Thursday of
Lodge No. sc, K. of p, it was decided
to have an especially attractive pro-
gram for next Thursday night, the oc-
casion of the installation Of new Of
flcers. The grand chancellor has
been invited to be present, and it is
expected that several interesting
speeches will be, made. After the
close of the lodge, luncheon will be
served and a good time had Every
member of the order in the city is eX-
pected to be present.
st. Peter Herald: The Mankato
FREE PRESS is authority for the news
that the base ball league is started
and will be completed soon. The
towns include ST. Peter, Mankato,
Winona, La Crosse, Austin, Albert
Lea and probably Mason City, Iowa.
The bulk of the old Brainerd team
and the cream of the St. Peter team
will constitute the st. Peter club and
play on a salary and ought to be a
winning team.
The Amboy Herald quotes J. S.
Parks as saying: 81 was looking over
a strip of Pleasant Mound township
three miles wide and six miles in
length, last week, and 1 counted 10
new farm residences, 9 new barns and
10 graneries. I also noticed many
costly new hog houses and G. G.
Oliver has a new hen house which
cost as much as the average farm res
idence few years ago. There is
nothing in our section of the town
ship that indicates hard times"
e. J. Sontag died suddenly Satur-
day afternoon of heart disease. He has
not been well for month past, but he
went to church and called on his
brother in the morning, and was about
until noon. He leaves wife and
eight children, and three brothers
Henry, Jacob and Matt. He was a
member of the German Catholic Bene-
VIOLENT Society, which had charge
of the funeral, and occurred at nine
o'clock Monday from the German
Catholic church. The deceased was
we'll known and his sudden death is to
be regretted.
Geo. Klein is having a severe run
of typhoid fever, but his condition is
not dangerous. His physician, DR..
Andrews, has received letter from
Theo. Manages, d. D. S., secretary of
the American College of Dental Sur
gerry, at Chicago, in which he says, af-
ter expressing his regret at learning