The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-26
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
From Tuesday and Wednesdays Daily.

AANONOAO w
Miss Denton of Japan is visiting
Mrs. DR.. James for couple of days.
Miss Luadenslager, who has been
visiting Miss Helen Coffin, went to
Prior Lake today.
The mercury reached 1O2 degrees at
IL 80 this afternoon. 1t was the hot
test day of the hot series.
Mrs. R Bradley and daughter,
Ruth, have gone to Madison Lake for
a visit of week or ten days.
The hearing in the Rogers case has
been continued until Friday, and that
in the Pagel case until Aug. I'd.
The suit of r. l.. Houk against the
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail
way company has been settled and dis
missed.
The board walk along the west side
of the court house grounds has been
torn up preparatory to laying new
cement walk.
Miss Edith Smith and Miss Amy
Martin, who have been guests of the
Misses Grannis, left for their
home this afternoon.
Judge j. Fl. Quinn of Fairmont was
in the city today, looking for material
for new opera house which it is pro-
posed to build in his city.
City Editor E. F. Soaring and wife
are happy over the arrival of son at
their home this morning, weighing
eight and three-fourths pounds.
The Pinkerton detective who was in
the city yesterday looking into John
Widell's death has returned to the
cities There is nothing new in the
case.
Miss Edyth Bowen entertained about
twenty of her young lady friends last
evening for her cousin, Ethel Sanborn
of Tracy. Ice cream and cake were
served.
st. Peter Tribune: The Mankato
Gun club has been challenged by the
st. Peter Gun club to meet them with
their guns in a contest at Lake Emily
at any date they may specify.
Geo. Constans reports the sale for p
K. johnson to John Adams of the west
two-thirds of the north half of lot
fourteen, and the north half of lot fif-
teen, Marsh Bros. addition, for $780,
ST. Peter Tribune: Henry Moll in
forms us that while at Winthrop Mon
day, he was informed that at least 20
horses had died in the harvest fields in
that section up to that time from the
heat.
Rev. j. D. Mccormick, pastor of
the Belgrade avenue church, North
Mankato, was called to his home in
Owatonna this afternoon on account of
the illness of his father, caused from
the excessive heat.
Miss Maud Coughlan left yesterday
for Buffalo for months visit, accom-
panied by her siser, Miss Mildred
She was also accompanied by her
brother, Robert, whom she will place
in a school at toronto to study music.
Carl Olson, who was relieved of a
roll of bills last week in the twin
cities, mention of which has been m ade
in these columns, was formerly an en-
ploye in Widells quarry. He is a
stone cutter by trade and we'll known
in Mankato.
Harry Shissler and his friend, Carl
Benson, of Joliet, ILL.,, will leave for
there tonight after three days visit
with the formers parents, Judge and
Mrs Ira P. Shissler. Both young men
hold positions in the steel and plate
mill which is shut down there on &C
count of the strike.
Superintendent Blake and his force
of men are kept busy this dry hot
weather hauling water for the flowers
and shrubbery in Sibley park. The grass
is almost burned up with the heat and
unless rain comes soon will present vel
low appearance. The trees and nursery
stock at the park are watered twice a
week. During the past few days 100
barrels of water have been hauled daily
John Ray took a ride to his farm
,,oo@o,Jox +broo ,,i1oc on tho Pod
Jacket road and reports corn in a cri-
teal condition on account of the long
heated, dry spell. The stand is good
but lacks ears on the stalks. Mr.. Ray
is of the opinion that no amount of
rain or cooler weather can materially
change the condition and that very
little corn will be husked in that vi
cinity.
Engineer NJ. B. Haynes is drawing
plans for an extension of sewer mains
in Blue Earth. The plans call for nine
blocks of mains, or about for thousand
feet. The Mankato Plumbing Co. has
the contract for laying upwards of six
thousand feet of mains at that place
and this work is now being done. The
present plans of Engineer Haynes will
be made this week, when bids will be
asked for.
Herbert Janka for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct was handed over to
Sheriff Gerlich this morning, who will
board him for fifteen days for failure
to pay his fine of $40 and costs. Janka
was arrested last night and when