The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-25
LOCAL AND Personal.
From Saturday and Mondays Daily.

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Peter on the charge of numbering
Wellner will occur tomorrow.
The Baptist state convention yester-
day chose Geo. M. Palmer of this city
a trustee of Pillsbury academy for four
years.
Rev. F. P. Tilton will move tc
Nashville, Martin county, Dec. 1st,
where he will fill a pulpit.
Albert Dick, Philip Dick and wife,
A. NJ. Anderson and D. A. Nicholson
of st. Peter were Mankato visitors
yesterday.
Mrs Hixon of Lacrosse, Wis, is
the guest of her son, W. l.. Hixon.
Mrs. W. L. Hixon will accompany hel
home tomorrow.
The state school money is expected
to be available this week, as the war
rant has been handed to the state
treasurer by the state auditor.
The normal school foot ball team
was defeated at St. P eter Saturday
afternoon by the foot ball team of the
st. Peter high school by score of &c
to 5.
Oliver Lovett, who is charged with
placing an obstruction on the G. & N.
W. railroad track, has furnished $500
bonds and is at liberty. His mother
and fatherinlaw signed the bond.
Editor 81. P. Rising and wife OF
the Faribault Journal are in the city
today. Editor Rising attended the
Home Print meeting at the Saulpaugh
this afternoon.
Wanted-A good, reliable. German
girl to- general housework for a
family of three adults. Address with
references, Mrs. L. P. Hunt, S11sSec-
oud street, Mankato, MINI.
S. D. Works Columbia bicycle was
stolen last night. He left it in front
of the candy factory last evening, and
it was gone this morning The theft
was reported to the police.
The two Milwaukee work trains
went to work this morning, hauling
dirt to point near the pumping sta
tion. Twenty-Five men are working,
and the filling will be pushed along.
E. B. Butler is in the city to super
intend the erection of the Runnels steel
bridge in Medo, which the American
bridge Co. secured the contract for.
The material will be hauled from this
city.
Mrs. DR.. J. W. Andrews, Mrs. w.
L. Comstock and Mrs. L. P. Hunt re-
turned from Owatonna last evening
where they were in attendance at the
meeting of Federation of Women 8
Cubs.
DR.. and Mrs. w. F. Lewis of Oak
land, CAL, arrived last night to visit
friends in the city. They are old
time residents of sMankato, DR.. Lewis
having at one time been engaged in
the banking business here.
Emil Petersen, who has been on
the Pacific coast and at Washington
in search of health, has returned home
and looks we'll. For several months
Mr.. Petersen has been assisting his
brother in railroad building contracts.
The purchasers of the J. G.. Roller
residence, mentioned by the Free
Press Thursday, are the Drs. Holman
of st. Clair, who will make this city
their future home, fitting up offices in
the house and occupying the remainder
for living purposes, as stated.
''Pressed Flowers From the Holy
Land is the title of an exquisite
little brochure containing flowers
picked, pressed and prepared in the
holy..land, together with brief de-
scriptive text. The dainty booklet
makes charming little gift and it's
author is DESTROYS of securing a good
local agent. Address Harvey B.
Green, Lowell, Mass.
All of the banks in the county will
be asked to furnish at once new bonds,
more complete in detail than the pre-.
sent bonds. This has been directed by
Public Examiner Pope. The same
requirement is general throughout the
state.
Madison Lake continues to yield VI
some beautiful bass and pickerel
"Jack' Sanderson of Minneapolis
still holds the fort at Point Pleasant
dividing his time between angling an(
duck hunting. He is having plenty
of sport at both.
The habeas corpus proc eeding
which W. R. Geddes is preparing tt
secure the release from the city Jail O
Thomas Richardson will probably b.
started tomorrow. The absence O
Judge Cray prevented the action com
ing on today
Evengelists Ely and Travis begal
| their meetings at the First Church o
Christ yesterday with large audience
| in attendance. Prof Travis sang tw
solos very impressively, and won tn
hearts of all. Mr.. Ely preached tw
strong sermons, revealing himself a
both a profound and entertainin
speaker. Services every evening a
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