The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-10
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
From Fridey and Saturdays Daily.

Saulpaugh guest last night.
Clean faxseed for sale at Grannis'
cor. Front and Cherry streets.
A cement walk is being laid in front
of the Methodist church, which will
be great Improvement.
There was a heaSing Monday
before Referee Flittie in the Brundin
Bros. bankruptcy case of Albert Lea
New plate glass windows have been
put in the front of J. P. Schweitzer' s
meat market, improving the..appear-
ance.
The giant juniors and the Mankato
juniors played game of base ball to-
day. Score, 0 to 8 in favor of the
latter.
St. Peter is taking steps to put in
a sewer system. 1t is estimated that
the system can be inaugurated for
Sc, 900.
County Commissioner Paddock has
had cement walk laid in front of his
residence property at 423 South Broad
street.
Judge Shissler, who is on the sick
list, is better today. He had fourteen
pieces of bone removed from his toe
this week.
General Manager M. S. Dean of the
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific railway
company was a guest at the Saulpaugh
last night.
Mrs. Perry and daughter of Des
Moines, Ia, are in the city and will
spend the summer with G. E. Black
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs A. G. WILDER of Yer
non Center were in Mankato today.
They have left the farm and located
in the village.
Mrs. Geo. Simpkins will arrive this
evening from San Diego, for visit
with her son, Harry Simpkins, and
family on Pleasant street.
Rev. VIM. E. Evans expects to sail
about June list for Wales, where he
will visit his aged mother He will be
gone two or three months.
Chas. R. Cook of North Dakota has
been elected principal of the Amboy
school, and G. H. Barnes of Elmore
principal of the Lake Crystal school.
Rev. F. E. R. Miller and family
have arrived in the city from Monte
video, and the former preached his
first sermon at the Baptist church yes
terday.
We offer fine eighty acre farm,
we'll improved, good buildings. Blue
earth county, on good terms to close
an estate. Mankato Realty Co., Hunt
building.
Andrew g. johnson, who has been
with the Model, has accepted a posi-
ton with J. B. & D. Richards and
would be pleased to have his friends
call on him there.
J. E. Tone, a member of the firm
of Tone Bros, Des Moines, Iowa,
spent last week with G.. E. Black of
this city, looking over southern Min
nesota. Mr.. Black travels for the above
firm.
Col. Widell has received his uniform
as member of Gov. Van SAINTS staff,
and is now prepared to accompany him
to Buffalo, New Ulm, or any other
places where official visits are to be
made. The uniform is gorgeous one.
The Mankato postoffice is just in re-
ceipt of the new PanAmerican expo
sition postage stamps. They are in
denominations of one. two, five, eight
and ten cent stamps, and are very at
tractive in colors and designs
A. J. Stackpole was down from Lake
Crystal today. He has been on the
sick list for three or four weeks and
still walks with difficulty, but is
gaining steadily. Stacks friends
in Mankato are glad to see him on his
feet once more.
The police were called upon Sun.
day to assist in the settlement of two
little family jars. In one instance the
husband was trying to take two child.
rem away from his wife, with whom
he is not on good terms. He was per.
suaded to leave them. In the other
case, two neighboring women were
engaged in hostilities owing to theil
children, and sticks and stones ha6
been flying. Peace was restored and
no arrests made.
1t is said that before starting out or
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