The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08

Rev. VIM. E. Evans friends will be
glad to knowssthat hesis better. today.
The ST. Peter Herald reports the
number of births for Nicollet county
for 1900 AS 829, and the deaths 1873. :
Judge shissler has fled IAN order in
favor of thess11defendant in the case Of
August Blissenbach VS.. John Mahowald
which was tried last week.
Notice-For the next thirty days, L
will sell central and northern Mime
sofa lands at exceptionally low prices,
and on easy terms. W. A. Funk,
Mankato MINI.
For Sale--A stockranch of 400 acres.
Plenty of good water. Sidetrack on
ranch. viii sell for IS per acre if sold
soon. For particulars address, Wall
& Pettingill, Frederick, S. D.
More complaints were made Friday to
County Attorney Wilson concerning
Herman Oldenburg. He cannot be
found, and a party who holds mort
gage against him wants to locate him.
Mr.. and Mrs L. P Hunt left on
their Cuban trip Friday morning and
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Brett will leave
tomorrow morning, joining the party
in Chicago. The former will be gone
two months.
The st. Peter Furniture company,
says the Herald, has just closed most
successful year. 1t employs thirty
eight hands and paid out over $14 900
in wages last year, while its sales
amounted to $45, 600.
st. Peter Journal: Chas Kushe
moved his family to Mankato Thuas-
day where they will reside in the
future. Chas. has secured a position
with the Mccormick Machine Com
pany with headquarters at that place.
January will go on record as unusu-
ally warm. There has been no severely
cold weather yet this winter, twelve
degrees below zero being the coolest.
So much open weather everywhere
probably accounts for the prevalence of
the grip.
The nine weeks old child of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. LAWN died Friday night of
bronchitis at the family residence,
1105 North Fifth street, and the
funeral will be..held from the German
Catholic church at one O clock tomor-
row afternoon.
The law business had no attractions
for W.. E. Young Saturday, for he
couldn't keep his mind Oh it. He kept
thinking about the little girl that az
rived at his home this morning II is
the first daughter in the family and he
is greatly "sot up.
Lamm Bros, North Front street
boot and shoe dealers, have dissolved
partnership and the business will be
conducted in the future by Simon G.
Lamm. Albert ]. Lamm Saturday took
charge of The End, recently purchased
by his wife's father, Joseph Safer.
w. A. Funk has purchased all of
U. G. Truax's interest in the Cass
county lands lately purchased of the
Minnesota Land and Colonization
Co., amounting to 2, 400 acres Mr..
Truax will continue his Office in Man
kato and continue making and negotiat-
ing wholesale land deals.
ct e. Two young men were racing their
horses down Front streetFriday evening
when they ran. foul of Officer Bienapf,
who directed them to report at the
city hall this morning. When they ap-
peared, Chief Bowen warned them to
do it no more and allowed them to
go.
Chas. T. Taylor returned Friday night
from st. Paul, where he attended a
meeting of the retail coal dealers of
Minnesota and the two Dakotas. An
organization was effected, to be known
as the Northwestern Retail Coal
Dealers association, and Mr.. Taylor
was made member of the executive
committee. 1t is proposed by the as
ISOLATION to protect the members from
the wholesalers and mine owners
who try to put the screws ON the