The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-19
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
From Tuesday Wednesdays Daily.

the day in the city.
DR.. T. T. Warham of Vernon Center
was in the city today.
W. Scott Smith of New Ulm took
in the carnival today.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Davis of Tracy
are visiting in the city.
J. G. Donovan was over from Tracy
today to see the carnival.
Miss Eta Comstock of GAINESVILLE is
visiting Miss Agnes Mcdonald.
Banker l.. Quackenbush and wife of
LIE Sueur were in Mankato today.
The oats harvest is now in full
swing, Threshing of rye has begun.
E. J. Cook, who is travelling for the
Citizens Fire association, is in the
city.
Mrs. Engesser Clark of Blue Earth
is visiting Miss Cora Craver of this
city.
W. 81. Pfeffer, wife and daughter
came over from Window today to see
the carnival
Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. Brooks of Lake
Crystal spent the day with their son,
Walter, and wife,
Geo. w. Boswell, 81. P. Constans
and J. G. Hamlin of Blue Earth were
Saulpaugh guests today.
A marriage license was granted to-
day to Edward Watson and Cora M.
Hamm, both of Mapleton.
Mrs. A. NJ. Clements and children
went to Winnebago City this morning
to visit her parents for couple of
months.
Miss Lillian Walser returned last
night from a two months visit with
friends in st. Cloud, the twin cities
and elsewhere.
Miss Bertell Barker of Slayton,
Mimi, and Miss Alice Robbins of
Minneapolis are visiting the formers
brothers of this city.
Judge o. B. Gould of Winona, a
member of the state board of control,
was in the city today to look after the
affairs of the normal school.
The county board of equalization
will hold an adjourned meeting Aug.
10Th, when the building and loan as
ISOLATION will be given a hearing.
Ex-Mayor Henry Moll of st. Peter
took in the carnival today. He states
that about 400 from his city came to
Mankato today by train or team or on
wheels.
The mercury stood at SO early this
afternoon. The air was dry and the
heat was not nearly Jas prostratings"as
yesterday. There seems to be no hope
for cooler weather this week.
Gustav Gustafson was committed to
the county Jail yesterday from Amboy
to serve sixty day sentence for hav
ing assaulted his wife. He is said to
have cruelty maltreated the woman.
Reports from the country are to the
effect that the chinch bugs have gotten
some distance away from the timber
and are attacking the corn. They
have done good deal of damage to
wheat.
Miss ,Winnifred Lawrence of Mime
apolis is the guest of Mrs. G. L. Ken
nedy. The latter is also entertaining
her mother, Mrs. F. M. Dow, and her
sisters, Misses Edith and Lura, of
Alma City.
W. N. Plymat has received letter
from his son, Walter, who is playing
third base with the Langdon, N. D.,
team. There are nine teams in
North Dakota league and each is to
play the others three times.
At the corner of Minnesota and
ga" streets, Sundays temperature
was as follows: 9 a. m, 81 degrees;
10 a. M, "a; II a. M, 81; noon,
100; p. M, 102; 3 p. M, 104; 3 p.
M, 10s4;4 p M, 1902; p. m, 100;
6 p. m, SO.
The jury that tried Adolph Zeigner
this forenoon on a, warrant charging
him with having assaulted John Lor-
enz retired at II 40 a. m. and an hour
later returned with n verdict for the
defendant, who was found not guilty.
The defense was that Zeigner acted
in self defense in what he did.
Judge Shissler has rendered deci
sion for the defendant in the suit of
Hans Peterson against the Creamery
Package Mfg. Co. Peterson sued to
recover $50 for overtime, and the de-
Tense showed that it had paid Peterson
according to its contract with him and
that he accepted his pay check with
out protest.
The suggestion has been made that
the city ought to purchase four acres
from the Burmister estate this sum-
mer, to include the remainder of Sib-
ley mound and drive way around the
west side of it, at the foot of the
mound. This can be had for about
$500. In case the city does not get
it now, the Great Western road is apt
to obtain it and build high embank-
ment along the picnic ground.
Nothing has been heard in this city
as to what the state board of con troll
has done in regard to the bids for a