The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
LOCAL AND PERSONAL,
From Tuesday and Wednesdays Dal.s.

city today.
J. J. Corneveaux of Austin was ir
the city over night.
Geo. B. Hughes of Redwood Falls
was in Mankato today.
J. G. Cotton of St. Cloud is visiting
with mis- family in this city.
Andrew J. Eckstein of New Ulm
was a guest at the Saulpuagh last
night.
Mrs. T. F. Brown of st. Paul is
visiting her father, John Diamond,
this week.
John 7. Russele purchased today OF
special agent Helm, silver tone
Hackley piano.
Representative James A. Larson OF
Walnut Grove was registered at the
Saulpaugh last night.
Babcock & Kneeland have a farm
of 4S0 acres near Waseca that they
will sell at bargain.
DR.. Geo. W. Davis and w. A. Funk
went to Lakefeld this forenoon to at
tend the Mankato presbytery.
A seven-room brick house on Mime
sofa street for rent at 5000 per
month. Inquire 314 Poplar street.
Howard Diamond of Minneapolis,
who is visiting his father, John Dia-
mond, will not return until Oct. Goth.
A second land seekers excursion to
Idaho will depart Oct. 10th. Those
going will be mostly from Lake Crys-
tai
Miss Margaret Diamond is out again
after her recent accident when she was
thrown from a carriage and one finger
fractured.
The October distribution of the state
school fund gives Blue Earth county
$11, 070. 40. The county is credited
with 8, 9S4 pupils.
Rev. John Stafford formerly of this
city, was assigned to Franklin Ave.
church, Minneapolis, by the Northern
Minnesota conference.
S. 81. Bronson pleaded guilty in the
municipal court to the charge of as =
saulting Livingston Bean and paid a
fine of one dollar and costs.
T. R. Coughlan has commenced lay
ing sawed stone walk around the
National Citizens bank corner. 1t
will be constructed of solid slabs.
Evan Thostad is doing as we'll as
could be expected, but is not yet out
of danger. Ed. J. Sullivan is nearly
we'll and will be discharged from the
hospital in two or three days.
Parties from Lake Crystal are get
ting onto the piano sale of Chase
Hackleys and the general agent has
shipped seven of them to the little
city in the past six months.
Olof Hanson, the architect, went to
Faribault yesterday, expecting to re-
turn tomorrow with his family. He
has leased the residence heretofore &C.
cupied by Walter F. Brooks on Center
street.
County Commissioner Hubert Bruels
returned today from Kenabec county,
where he went with Capt. A. 81. Reed
of Glencoe on business connected with
the proposed Duluth, St. Cloud, Glen
coe & Mankato railway.
John Knutson, who resides near
Spring Island, lost clothing to the
amount of $50 by fire at his house
Saturday. The clothing hung near
the chimney. He had insurance to
partially cover the loss.
Thos. Hughes and W. R. Geddes
will go to st. Paul tomorrow morning
to appear before the supreme court in
the Hunt O. Leary- Hoerr case, which
involves the ownership of land in
North Mankato. Mr.. Hoerr is the
Babcock & Kneeland today sold $50
acres of land for John O. oole of Ely
sian to Chas. j. Macbeth of this city.
Mr.. Macbeth trades in his property
at 31S North Broad street. The land
is located six miles from Waseca and
is fine farm.
M. W. Chaplin, formerly of st.
Paul, travelling salesman for the Lam
pert Lumber Co., on investigation
found he could purchase a silver tone
Hackley for less money than he could
purchase cheaper instrument
of the combine dealers.
The carpets in the A. q. wv. hall
and ladies' parlor have been cleaned
and turned, and the furniture has been
polished. The hall is one of the best
furnished in the state, and all the
lodges which suitcase it should take
an interest in keeping it up.
Officer Bienapf was called to the
north part of the city this morning by
a woman whose boy had gotten the
worst of it in a fight with another
boy. She wanted the other boy ar
rested, but as she was unwilling to
procure warrant nothing was done
Congressman Eddy of Glenwood, the
from the seventh dis
trict, was in the city over night on
his way from Lamberton to St. Paul.
He called on DR.. M. B. Wood, to whom