The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-09-29

have been written in, and forty books
are given free for INDECENT pupils The
new psychologists have arrived.
At the meeting OF the state board of
equalization at st. Paul Monday men
tion was made of the fact that the audi
tor of Blue Earth county had sent out
scouts to other counties and added
5000, 900 to the assessment rolls of
citizens of this county. The state
board has raised the assessment of one
of the banks of this city fifty per cent.
G Fl. Higgs has sold parts of lots six,
seven and eight, block nine. Waite &
Roelofsens addition, to John and S.
v Nordgren, for $3.50. 1t is likely that
a house or two will be erected there
next summer. Davies & Wilhartz
negotiated the sale
Joshua Ady Gied at his home in De-
CORA at four o'clock Tuesday after
noon. aged 81 years, He came to Min
nesota in 1S48. He was in the govern
ment employ with the Indians from
1916 to 1855. His wife and four sons,
Frank, John, James and Robert survive
him. Frank was formerly in the gro
Gerry business in this city. The funeral
occurred from the Catholic church at
st. Clair at o'clock Wednesday morn
ing.
Eugene Ryel appeared in court late
yesterday afternoon and pleaded not
guilty to the charge of assault in the
third degree, preferred by Alouzo Wat
son. The trial was set for Sept Goth
and the defendant was allowed to go on
his own recognizance. Both parties are
residents of Tinkcom's addition.
The building committee for the new
Methodist Episcopal church held a
meeting yesterday afternoon and de.
cided to allow Wesley Arnold, of Chi
cage, the architect of the Algora, Iowa,
M. e. church, to prepare plans subject
to the approval of the committee. The
plans are to be similar to those of the
Algona church.
A numbe: of people from the city
drove out to Geo. Kieffe's farm, three
miles southeast of the city Monday
afternoon and attended a picnic there
About seventy ducks were given away.
JamesBissell, of Mapleton, who was ex-
amined as to his sanity by Drs. Frisbie
a nd Brandenburg Tuesday afternoon,
was discharged, his trouble being due
to nervous prostration. Four parties
from Mapleton gave evidence in the
case
Miss Heidel, the milliner, has leased
the two rear rooms in the Glass Block
building, formerly used for the grocery
and shoe departments and moved her
millinery stock in there today and will
be nicely settled in day or two.
Complaint has been made of bicycle
riding on the sidewalks on State street,
and the police state that arrests will
follow shortly if the practice is not
stopped.
Clerk of Court Thorne today entered
up Judgment for divorce in the case
OF Margaret OFT VS.. John G. OFT. The
case was tried in July, the defendant
making no appearance and G. o Daley
for the plaintiff.
The personal injury suit of Frank
Fairchild against the Omaha road has
been removed to the United States
court on the petition of the defendant.
1t will come on at the term to be held
in this city.
Miss Susie Hughes, of this city, is
now occupying the position of steno-
grapher with the Sheffield Milling Co.
of Faribault.
j. B. Richards and W. B. Torrey
went to st. Paul Tuesday as repre-
sentatives to the grand lodge of
knights of Pythias from the local
lodge
The viewers on ditch No. 8, E J
Sheldon and E. j. Russell, met this
afternoon at the court house.
A deed was filed today transferring
from II E. Young to w. Cross lots four
and five, block twelve, Amboy. for $780,.
J. w. Bowe, the Madison Lake drug
gist, and Geo. w. Allyn, of the same
place, were in Mankato today.
J F. Adams, who is with the Slayton
Gazette, is in the city for few days.
Judge S. w. Graham, of Blue Earth,
was in Mankato over night.
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