The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-21
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

IT. NJ Edmands departed Monday for
Mortified where they will attend the
state Congregational conference being
held there.
G. M. Cooper, of Mapleton, and D.
H. Edwards, of Lake Crystal, were
Clifton House guests Monday
Otto Lamm, of Lamm & Landkam-
mer, accompanied by Miss Carrie
Lamm and Miss Minnie Holman, of st.
Louis. departed Monday for week s
visit with friends in Milwaukee -.
Mrs. Frank Luger. of Minneapolis,
who has been visiting L. S. Lamm
and family returned to her home on
Monday afternoon.
S. F. Nordgren, VIM. Bucholtz, Joe
Reynolds and Matilda johnson opera
tor at the Northwestern Telephone
Exchange, were summoned by the
state to appear as witness in the
'Kasota case. - They departed for
there on the noon train.
An argument on application for in
junction was heard before Judge Cray
Monday. The interested parties are
Mary Williams VS.. Lewis Williams
both of 'Judson. A suit for divorce is
now pending between the parties.
Vincent James, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bobt. J. Fields, died at ST. Clair Sunday
night at 10 o'clock. The funeral SER
vices were held at St. Johns
Catholic church in this city Tues
day morning at II o'clock.
Warrants were sworn out Tuesday
noon by Officer Morrow for the arrest
of five young men of West Mankato,
for disturbing the peace. Officer Nor
row warned these young men, who
were creating a disturbance last
night, to desist but they said they
wouldn't, hence the issuing of the
warrants.
Mrs. Henderson reported to the po-
lice Monday that her son was lost.
A search was made but he could not
be found. Tuesday at 6 o'clock
the wandering boy returned from st.
Peter, where he had gone to earn few
dimes at shining shoes.
Boots Polchow pitched two games
of ball for st. Peter team against the
Henderson nine winning both games.
The score for Thursdays game was s
to and Mondays score was to 6.
"Who is ashamed of our record in
China, "asked Gov. Roosevelt, of COW
boy audience in western South Dakota
yesterday, and back from the audience
came the reply "Nobody in Petit
grew"
Hunters report that the water in
Swan lake rose a foot during the last
week.
At Rochester yesterday Judge Snow
handed down decision denying a
new trial for Thomas O'Neil recently
convicted of burglary in the third de-
gree, for breaking into bank at
Dover After reading his decision
Judge Snow passed sentence on O'Neil,
sending him to Saltwater for four
years and six months. When asked
whether he had anything to say why
sentence should not be passed, O'Neil,
though not pleading his innocence,
went on to show where the evidenc e
had failed to prove him guilty. After
the sentence had been passed he was
removed to the county Jail and will be
! taken to Saltwater: as soon as possible.
Last year the street fair directors at
| Winona realized from fair concessions
and privileges $164 30. This year the
amount realized from this source was
1858. This does not includes the sales
of confetti and serpentine of which a
large amount was sold. The this year S
! fair was held last week and prepara-
tions are already being made for a
street fair on gigantic scale next
year.
A cement sidewalk is being laid on
the east side of the court house be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets. The
walk crossing from Walnut to Hickory
street, passing directly in front of
the court house and the driveway on
the east side of the same are also to be
laid with cement walks.
Attorney Funk is passing the cigars
among his friends, all on account of
the arrival at his home Monday
! of nine pound boy. This being the
first occurrence of the kind in four
teen years, Bro. Funk is certainly en-
titled to the warmest congratulations.
| Two cases come before the October
term of the district court are the
foreclosure of mechanics liens cases
of W. G. Fleischman VS.. Jos. J. Safer
ct al. and that of Jos. Manderfeld VS..
Azella M. Smith, Rebekah Bickne1
and Lydia Thomas. In the first named
case Schmitt & Schmitt appear for the
defendant and in the second Schmitt
& Schmitt and Colonel Thomas appear
for Rebekah Bicknell and Lydia
: Thomas.
Max Siebert, Richard Bohn, Harry
Lilly, Jas, Endfeld and VIM. Endfeld
were arraigned before Judge Shissler
this morning on the charge of disturb
/ ing the peace, the warrants being
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