The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13
LOCAL AND Personal.

a-guest at the Saulpaugh. - ., e..
| &C. E. Wise went to Candy toda,
to shoot prairie chlckens.~suntil Friday
night. -
Mrs W. 81. Gabelle of Owatonna :. il
visiting her cousin, Mrs. c. o. Daley
for.a few days. d,
Mrs. Ed. Jones and children. lief
Monday for Mount Sterling, Ohio, sstc
visit for a month. =
II. A. Patterson went to the western
part of the state last evening to shoot
prairie chickens.
Mrs. d. G. Davies and children will
leave tomorrow for Cambria anG
Tracy. to be gone six weeks.
A marriage license was granted to-
day to VIM. Dexter Thayer =. and
Martha A. Hornburg, both Of this city.
&C. Lepper, a contractor of :. blue
Earth, was in the city yesterday, get,
ting prices on building material.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ: Hawkes. of Wa
SEGA were in the city yesterday, secur-
ing plans for an addition to their resi-
dence.
A. B. Ewing has leased his new
residence on South Second street to
Mr.. Burg, proprietor of the white
front dry goods store. S. $50. =. go, 49,.
A. J. O'Grady of GAINESVILLE was.in
the city today on his return from Min
neapolis, where he attended the open
ing. .of. the.. district--court. --.
Miss G. W. Haynes will spend the
remainder of September at Madeline
Island, Lake Superior, as she is re-
ceiving much benefit there.
Misses Grace Robinson and Leo
Jeffreys of Window were guests of
Mrs. G. o. Daley last night while on
their way to Mortified to attend
Carleton college.
S. S. Leeds, a Slayton contractor,
was in the city yesterday and today
securing prices on building material
preparatory to bidding on business
building at Jeffreys.
W. J. Boegan, the Second street
photographer, has returned from st.
Paul, where he attended the photo
graphers' convention. Mr.. Boegen now
has his gallery in good condition, and
is enjoying good trade.
Travel and the rains have developed
some depressions in South Second
street not made by the horse roller,
and the city will put rs to 100 yards
more of red gravel and roll it down
with the steam roller.
W, R, Powell came over from New
Ulm last evening on his way to
Crookston, where he will take the
management ..sof the Western Union
Office. This is promotion that he. is
deserving of in every way. ..-.s--....
.,s Mrs. Geo. - A. Harris, who was
thrown out of the buggy few weeks
ago, was taken to st. Mary's hospital,
two weeks ago, and last
week had an operation for bloating
kidney. She is doing as we'll as could
be expected.
School districtsssNo. 11s, in McPher-
son, has purchased $50 library ...and
is.-making...sother improvements pre-
paratory to....becoming....a first..ssgrade
school. Miss Fitzgerald of Wisconsin,
a graduate of the normal school, has
been .elected.teacher.
q If you are renting farm and.would
like to own one OF your own call on
or address the Central Minnesota I'm
Co. .2O1..& 1903 South Sec
ond street, for prices and terms on one
of the best blocks of cheap lands in
the northwest. S. D. Works, Secy.,
Mankato, MINI. - zs
1t is said that the finest street pa
geantry ever seen in this country is the
ree-streetssparade given this year by
the Adam Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers Goth. Century Colossus, and
it will doubtless delight the thousands
who will throng Ito this city when
those great shows exhibit here on Sat-
urday, Sept. aa14th. - s.sas,.
The three inch pine plank for re-
planking the Blue Earth river bridge
has arrived, and work will begin as
soon as the weather will permit.
1t is related that one hunting party
that went through Belgrade township
secured one prairie chicken and six
pea fowls belonging to prominent
farmer.
City Attorney C. O. Daley has pur-
chased from M. D. Fritz the middle
lot on the latter's Warren street pro-
perty, between Fourth and the alley
He and Mr.. Fritz are arranging to
have the property to the alley graded
down preparatory to erecting resi-
dences for themselves next spring. The
location is very desirable one.
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