The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-03

discuss interestingly and intelligently.
1t is an entirely non political but none
the less instructive
Several residents of North Mankato
are arranging to build new houses in
the fall.
Miss O'Donnell and Miss May
Dougherty are spending some time at
Lake Tetonka.
Miss Barbara Mansfield went to st.
Paul Friday afternoon to visit for
week or two.
A. R. Pau went to Lake Washing
ton Saturday to be the guest of c..
j. Macbeth for couple of days.
Harry Plymat has returned from
few days visit at st. James. He is
thinking some of locating at Wapheton,
n. d.
Gen. J. H. Baker and family went
out to Point Pleasant Saturday
and will spend week at the Meagher
cottage.
Evan Hughes, E. w. Martin and N.
M. Steel and their wives, who have
been enjoying an outing at Lake Te-
tonka for two weeks returned home
Saturday.
A good many Mankato people spent
Sunday at the various lakes. Several
are camping for few weeks at Lake
Emily.
W. P. Coffin reports the sale of an
acre of ground and small dwelling on
Beech street for F. A. Hyke to Ferdi-
nand Kuehne, for $4253
Mrs Hohmuth, who owns the build
ing occupied by Herman Haas as a
saloon has had new plate glass front
put in, which improves its appearance
Henry Zimmerman Jr and Geo.
Hoerr went to st. PaulMonday morning
to look for a team for the delivery
wagon for the new brewery They
have several teams in view.
The first load of new wheat was de-
livered at the big mill Saturday 1t
as raised ON farm in Belgrade
owned by w. A Funk, of this city,
and it graded No. 2.
We note with pleasure that some OF
the young people are again manifest
ing a penchant for horseback riding
This is most commendable, and we
hope soon to see general reawaken-
ing of interest in equestrian recrea-
tions
E. V. Waters is completing some
| extensive improvements on his resi-
| dence ON North Broad street. He has
raised the house, remodeled it and
painted it, and has also laid new
cement walk. Mr.. Waters will be
| much more comfortably housed.
Mrs. Frank Chiquet, of Fort Dodge,
Iowa, accompanied by her grandson
and granddaughter, Flossie and Gill
bert, arrived Saturday for couple
i of weeks visit with her son and fam
lily, A. F. Chiquet, 1876 Poplar street.
The Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother
desire to acknowledge a liberal dona-
tion by Gus. Widell, who has put in
the stone steps at the main entrance to
st. Joshphs hospital. The work has
just been completed at an expense to
Mr.. Widell of over $3.50.
Prof A. NJ Webster, who is teach
ing in the summer school at Water
vile, visited his uncle, Geo. w. Bald
win, Saturday. His home is in Califor-
MIA, but he has decided to study medi-
cine and may move back to Minnesota.
His wife is daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Cassidy, and he formerly
taught at Mapelton.
L. Patterson and daughter, Miss Iva,
left Saturdayafternoon for two weeks
trip down the lakes. They will be
joined at st. Paul by Major Sackett,
of ST. Peter, and will go to the Soc
over that line and take steamer to
| Mackinac island. From there they
will go through the 80, 600 islands OF
! Georgia bay, thence by boat to Owen
Sound, and then by train to Toronto.
They will spend two days at Niagara
Falls and take steamer to the Thou
sand islands. They will return by the
same route, reaching home Aug. 10th.
Offers Bienapf and Thilgen locked
up John Doe Saturday morning He had
tipped over all the furniture in the
house and made all kinds of trouble
He was to be arraigned that afternoon
on the charge of disorderly conduct if
he sobered off sufficiently. AS he is
usually a good citizen, the police did
not care to present much of a charge
against him.
Harry Young, the son of W. K.
Young, former policeman of Man
kato, died Fripay at his home near
Kasota of heart failure, after week s
illness. He was twenty-four years of
age. Funeral services were held at