The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-06-17
LOCAL MENTION.

Mankato is to have circus this sum
mer. Lemon Bros circus will show
here June 28th.
Henry n. Preuss and Alma
A. Darge, of Good Thunder, took out
license to wed, Monday.
Mrs. Oglesby was released from Jail
Monday, having served out her SEN
tence of six months.
John P. jaeger and Alvina Rhode
were married on Monday by Judge
Wilson.
Pass & Schippel are preparing plans
for German Evangelical church to
be erected at Lamberton at a cost of
81, 800.
Fuller & Hanson's assets are esti-
mated at $1,000, including fixtures,
tools and book accounts, and the liza
bilities $500.
A force Of men is at work on the J.
A Willard residence, putting it into
shape for the purposes of the hos
| pital.
Gen. j. II. Baker is stillsconfned to
his house from the effects of the grip,
not having improved much during the
past few days.
Marriage licenses were issued
to Paul A. Garvin and Lillian L.
Drews, and to julius Re. Emerson and
Marie A. Bachtle, all of Mapleton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Guentzel, of
Lime township, were surprised by
about fifty of their. friendsI Monday,
1t being the fifteenth anniversary of
their marriage. TheyIwere presented
with several crystal fpresents. and all
had fine time.
Lemon Bros advertising car No.
was in the city Monday, with J. W.
Smith, f. Ray, K. White, q. Inger.
soil, 81. Bonwell and T. Beer. Bills
were posted, announcing theiicoming
of the circus June 2Sth.
f. N. Schaefer has purchased of
Able Keene 100 acres of land situated
two and a half miles, .toward3 St.
Peter, paying S59.37 an acre or $4,000.
Mr.. Schaefer offered Mr.. Heidwinkle
SS5 an acre for 100 acres near L. G.. M,
Fletcher's farm.
G. L. Benedict, attorney for Mrs.
Azella f. Smith in her action against
Geo. L. Barr and Hubbard & Palmer,
Tuesday afternoon served. notice
of motion to set aside the order dis
missing the action, on the sground
that 1T was not warranted by law.
Geo. Constance, who has. been
travelling through the countryI for q
month, reports that the grain is badly
lodged between Mankato, Mapleton
and Amboy. uReports from other
directions are that grain has lodged
in places but that it would .come up
again with favorable weather.
Judge Wilson made an orderMonday
discharging Josiah Keene as guardian
of Kendall G. Keene; issued letters of
administration to j. E. Drews in the
matter Of the estate of Chas. W.
Kroegel; and issued letters of admin
istration to Frank j. Rothschenk in
the matter of s..the ,estate, of Fred
Voight.
The Mankato cooperative Dairy
Association adjourned.Saturday until
June 25th, after having"secured SUBJ
scriptions for $1,000 of the stock. 1t
is expected that S1,OOOamore can be
disposed OF among those'who were not
present, and an attempt will be made
to do this before the next meeting.
Mrs. Tonner and,herEson called on
County Attorney Hughes Monday and
complained of neighbor, who they
said had used nabusive language
toward them. They said that they
had heard him whipping one of his
children and had gone IN to remon-
strate, when he used bad language
toward them. ! The son swore out
complaint against the neighbor. The
affair occurred Saturday.
Strawberries Care a bountiful crop
this year, sand,1are of good size and
fine quality.C Among the finest we
have seen is specimen left at this
Office by Mr.. Barney Sorenson, of
Spring, Island. They were large and
lucious. Mr.. Sorenson says he has
three. acres of these berries heavily
fruited. Yesterday his son, Ingel,
picked 100 quart boxes Of the berries,
finishing before three O'Clock in the
afternoon.