The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-23
LOCAL AND Personal.

M. N. Leland and wife of Wells were
in the city today.
81. L. Schmitt is at Amboy today on
the Peterson cases.
Mrs. G. g. Spaulding of Mapleton
was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Kitchener have
left Chicago and will reside hereafter
in New York CITY,.
Owatonna Journal: Mrs. Charles
Masters of Mankato is the guest this
week of Miss Jane Jones.
Miss Hattie Kills of Utica, N Y,
arrived last night to visit her uncle,
Judge Buck, for several weeks.
John B. Meagher returned this
morning from Lake Washington, where
he has been spending few days.
Slayton Gazette Mary Vail Tisdale
returned last Saturday from visit
with Mrs. w. E. Barker at Mankato.
General and Mrs. Baker drove over
to Point Pleasant this morning to
spend the day with Miss Van Blar-
cum.
Misses Julia and Jennie Brewer left
this morning to visit friends and rela
tives in Winona, Rushford and the
twin cities.
DR.. I. D. Webster and family re-
turned yesterday from Pennsylvania,
where they spent seven weeks in the
mountains.
John Larson, foreman for J. B.
Nielsen & Co., left today for Brook
ings, S. D., where the firm has several
large contracts.
Wheat is turning out big about
Madison Lake. Threshing reports
show from twenty to twenty-six bu
shells to the acre.
Dan Coughlan had fall of ten feet
at his brothers. quarry this afternoon,
cutting his head quite badly. DIR.
Steel was summoned.
j. D. Hilger of Pierre, South
Dakota, is in the city. Mr.. 81. formerly
owned a clothing store where A. M.
Stein is now located.
The Great Western has again proven
to be the friend of the old soldier and
announces cut rate to the national
encampment at Cleveland.
New Ulm Journal: Mrs. George
Dauber is absent from the city, being
guest Of relatives and friends at
Mankato and West Superior.
Marriage licenses we're granted to-
day to John Uppstrom and Augusta
johnson, both of this city, and Joseph
Goettl and Katie Wittrock, both of
Decoria.
Madelia Messenger: Miss Anna
Hage is spending the week in Man
kato. Mrs. John Zirbel of
Mankato has been visiting the family
of N. Leick this week.
Some one ought to whisper in the
ear of the street sprinkling contractor
to shut off his carts at street crossings.
How would it do for the president of
the board of public works?
J. M. Broome has received postal
card from Congressman McCleary,
sent from Cologne, Germany, and say
ing that he had just arrived there
from Essen and the Krupp works.
Col. Geo. W. Neff, the Horace
Greeley of Lake Crystal, was a Man
kato visitor. today. George is always
a welcome visitor, and nobody likes tc
see him better than the newspaper
boys.
Jno. E. Diamond, who has just re-
turned from South Dakota, reports
that the crops are much better there
than was expected, and that hay is al
good a crop as they have had there il
ten years.
st. Cloud Journal Press: Hugh
Evans, president of the st. Cloud Gro
Gerry company, has returned from Man
kato where he was called by the seri
GUS condition of brother. The sicl
man is but slightly improved.
Tom Griffin set fire to brush pill
on the side of the slough near Levi
street this afternoon, and it spread sc
that it was necessary to call some o
the fremen to help extinguish tn
flames, which threatened buildings.
| J.H. Bolstein, one of the proprietor
of the new wholesale and retail Equo
house, previously referred to by tn
Free Press, has leased the residence a
9O6 South Front street. He and hi
partner, Mr.. Miller, have arrived frou
Sioux City, and will open up mex
Monday.
A man came running to the city hal
at FIVE O'Clock this morning, claimin.
that two men wanted to kill him ant
had been trying to catch him. 81
was taken in and given a cell, and i
! developed that his brain was over
wrought and he was '"seeing things.
His misfortune came upon him yester
day. He was much improved thi
afternoon.
A change occurred in the ownership
of the Union laundry this morning
Cal Limpert, formerly driver for tn
Star Steam laundry, having bough
ont Root 81 Co Mr. Timnert fool