The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-06-04
LOCAL ITEMS.


The ladies of the Christian
church will serve luncheon on Front
street circus days.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. J. Musser, of Garden City, was in
tered Monday. Mr.. and Mrs. Z. h.
Musser, of this city, attended the
funeral.
The trial of Lincoln L. Chapman
on the charge of abandoning his wife,
Katie Chapman, set for trial Friday,
was postponed to time to DE agreed
upon by the attorneys
Judge Mead made an order Satul-
day for hearing the petition for
settlement of the estate of John A.
Polansky: and an order for hearing
petition for administrator of the
estate of Hiram futile, deceased.
Ole Monson, who was arrested on
the charge Of threatening to kill his
wife. gave a bond Wednesday of $500
to keep the peace for six months. His
employer, John E. Miller, signed the
bond with him.
Farmer Lockerby measured the
rainfall of Tuesday and wednesday
and found that it was a tritle over an
inch. The ground was nicely soaked.
The frost did not do as much damage
in the valley of the Blue Earth as up
on the prairie.
"A. r. Latin and John Johnson
were before the court Monday on
the charge of disorderly conduct. Both
pleaded guilty and paid fines of S. and
costs. Their OffenSes were separate,
one taking place at his house, and the
other on the street.
The indications for the season are
that we are going to be oVerrun with
army and cut worms, as we'll as cata-
pillars. The latter are already doing
much damage to apple, plum, oak and
Eastwood trees, a great deal OF the
Eastwood being killed by the pests.
H. P. Christensen reports the sale
of lot nine, block IA, VanBrunt's adj
dition, for Mrs. G. A.Schulte to Mrs. Q.
Spaulding Also lot eight, block four,
VanBrunt's addition, for the Manka-
to Building and Loan Association TO
DIR. E. L. Halves. The latter property
includes a lot and dwelling house.
Geo. B. Owen is having the sec
ond floor of his building fitted up for
the exclusive use Of his piano and
organ department, which will be en-
larged and pushed more than in the
past. Sidney Fraser, who has been
with the Kimball company, will go
on the road for Mr.. Owen at once.
Assessor Lille was busy ali day
listening to people who had been no.
titled that their mortgages were to be
taxed. A number of corrections were
made where part payments or trans
fers had been made. No body object
ed to paying where the mortgage was
as represented on the records.
J. A. Conroy, of Good Thunder, re-
turned Monday from Spokane Falls,
WASH, with his his brother, John
Conroy, who suffered a severe stroke
of paralysis several weeks ago. Mr.
Conroy went to bring his brother
home, and John has improved greatly
Mr.. G. found business picking up al
Spokane Falls.
Ed. Schumacher has new ano
complete steam threshing outfit that
is a little ahead of anything that ha:
been brought into the county. Any
body thinking of purchasing one
should look at this. The separator il
Nichols & Shepard, and the engine
an eighteen horse power. 52t1
Geo. Stubbs, an Is year old boy
was arrested Wednesday on the
charge of disorderly conduct, pleaded
guilty, and in default of fine Of S
and costs was sent to Jail for twent'
DAYS. 1t appears that he abused al
old man named E. L. Pettis, VIII
claims that the boy threw things a
him and struck him.
Rev. J. F. Stout, former pastor O.
the Methodist church in Mankato
now of the First Methodist church
St. Paul, arrived in the city Monda.
night, and Tuesday at II O'Clock
performed the marriage ceremon
uniting Mr.. Clarence Payne, of St
Paul, and Miss Elizabeth Foster, o
Indian Lake He will return to tn
city tomorrow.
The county treasury took il
11,156.33 Saturday, and $1,000 Nor
day. The fact that the banks wer
closed yesterday, the last day for tn
paying of real estate taxes, made
very unpleasant for some of the farm
ers who came in to pay their taxes
The amount of taxes received foOts u
about the same as other years.
The new Minnesota street culver
is being covered with sand from tn
river and dirt. Inspector Halstea
procured $50 loads for the purpos