The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-01
June /. 1900
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Falls, was in Mankato Friday.
Carl G.. Iceberg, of Owatonna, is
visiting his parents in this city.
G. j. Gibbs, of st. James, was Saul.
paugh arrival Friday evening.
F. w. Davis and Geo. Slider, of Lake
Crystal were in the city Friday evening.
County Superintendent l. I. Bargen,
of Mountain Lake, was in the city Fri
1day.
David L, Harris has gone to Tracy to
attend the funeral of his sister-in-law,
the late Mrs. Thomas L. Harris.
E. J. Grimes and L. F. Lammers
two promi nent citizens of Heron Lake.
were in the city Saturday.
Mrs. J. A. Lovely, of st. Paul, and
Mrs. D. G. Williamson, of Waseca,
were guestsat The Saulpaugh Thursday
night.
Mrs. G. G. Cain and family have
moved into ]. M. Halfhill's residence,
at the corner of Broad and Cherry
streets.
Mrs. J. A. Willard and son, Robt +,
left Friday afternoon for Jersey City,
n. j., to visit Mrs. Harriet Sibley Ward
for six weeks.
Lamm & Landkammer have receiv-
ed their white funeral car. 1t was
made in Cincinnati and is very hand
some car.
Chas. Johnson, of Kasota, and Anna
Gustafson of this city, were married at
ten o'clock Friday forenoon. They will
reside at st Peter.
Mrs j. M. Schwartz, of Eagle Lake,
who has been in the city for the past
two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. O..
L. Steenberg, returned home Friday.
Mrs. Q. L. Steenberg wishes to thank
her many friends for their kindness
during the recent sickness and death
of her husband; also for the beautiful
flowers.
Mrs. Steenberg, mother of the late
o. L. Steenberg, also an aunt and sister,
who came here to attend the funeral
returned to their home in Wisconsin
Saturday.
Robt. Faulkner, the wrestler, arrived
in the city Friday to witness the wrestl-
ing match between Rooney and De
Scheller. He will also attend the
middle weight match at New Ulm.
Mrs. VIVA Williams Glasier, of st.
Paul, is visiting her mother, Mrs. J. T.
Williams, for couple of weeks. She
will then go to Morris, where her hus-
band is editing the Morris Times.
The children in the rooms of Misses
Liedloff, Firestone and Brewster, at
the Pleasant Grove building enjoyed
a picnic at Sibley Mound Saturday
1t is needless to say the youngsters had
fine time.
Complaints have been made to the
police of bicycle riding on the side
walks. There is no excuse for riding
on the sidewalks when the streets are
in their present fine condition,
Mrs Emma J. Meyer. of Chicago, a
daughter of Mr. and J. M. Schwartz,
of Eagle Lake, who attended the funeral
of the late .. L Steenberg, returned
home Saturday.
County Supt. Freeman will confer
the diplomas upon the two graduates of
the Vernon Center school Friday even
ing next, and upon the eight graduates
of the Lake Crystal school Saturday
evening.
The Good Thunder Herald says that
p. J. Schaefer, who has been engaged
in the drug business for the past three
years, has disposed of his business
there and will remove to St. Peter to
engage in a similar business.
D. V. Williams has received letter
from DIR. J. E. Davis, who has decided
( 10 locate at Weiser. Idaho, town of
5000 population Dr. Davis and son
will return to Mankato next week and
get ready to moye.
III. P. Christensen has sold 49, acres
in section "a. West Mankato, for James
Dougherty to G. N. Andrews, for ST.
900; also the west half of section 80,
Ramsey county, North Dakota, for G.
N. Andrews to James Dougherty, for
$4,000.
The Lake Crystal high school base
ball team defeated the LIE Sueur high
school at this place by score of Is to
5. Batteries-Lake Crystal, Bartlett
and Armstrong; LIE Sueur, Denzer and
Kirk. The features were the heavy
hitting and fast fielding of Lake Crys.
tai.
A. E. Clark. representing the heirs of
thes late Ira Ward, of Bsauford, Fri
day filed a petition in the probate court
asking for the appointment of John
Ward as administrator. The estate is
valued at $50, of which S3,OOo'sis
narsnnal Dronartv and the holoooa raoI