The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-20
LOCAL AND Personal.
From Tuesday and Wednesdays Dany .

From Tuesday and Wednesdays Dany.
l.. G.. ..Beebe, postmaster at Winnie
bago City, was in town last event ng.
Miss Bessie Kendall of Lake Wash
ington is the guest of Mrs. Frank
Thayer.
A: A. Buck and wife were among
the Mapleton people seen at the theatre
last evening.
A marriage license was granted to-
day to Frederick Rose of LeRay and
Elizabeth Wager of Mankato township.
Marshal Moore of Lamberton was on
our streets today, looking for man
who is wanted for skipping a board
bill
Frank Heidel of Fairmont is in the
city. He is preparing to enter the
Northwestern dental college at Chi
cago.
Henry Kortz of North Mankato
slipped and injured his shoulder last
evening in jumping from a load OF
wood.
The will of the late John Widell was
filed for probate this morning. II
leaves his property to his wife, now
deceased. @ .-x.s
L. LIE Ray Parsons of Estelline,
South Dakota, will return home this
week. having attended school here for
some months
Reece Evans and J. T. Davis of But
ternut Valley were in the city today
in connection with the starting of new
school district 157.
A. P. Griffin of Boston arrived last
evening to visit his daughter, Mrs. e..
A. Patterson, for two or three weeks.
1t is his first visit to Mankato.
A. A. Glotzbach and his sister, Miss
Victoria, came down from Sleepy Eye
last evening to see Chauncy Olcott,
and felt we'll repaid.
The mercury stood at forty degrees
early this morning, with damp, cold
wind from the west Frost is pre-
dicted for tonight.
o. M. Hagwall of this city bid on
L. G.. Dustin's business block at
Jeffers. The contract was awarded to
q. Lepper of Blue Earth for So, 265.
County Surveyor Brooks on Monday
and Tuesday staked out for the double
box stone culvert over the inlet of Rice
lake in Mcpherson, to be known as the
Wingen bridge.
Wanted-A good, reliable German
girl to do general Homework for a
family of three adults. Address with
references, Mrs L. P. Hunt, 81 Sec
oud street, Mankato, MINI.
"The Little Yellow Kid" and
"Cabin Floor" cake walk and two
step. Finest SOC piece ever written,
tomorrow only SC at the great closing
sale, 1909 South. Front. Peter Helm.
Judge J. e. Quinn of Fairmont held
special term of court in this city this
afternoon to try cases in which Judge
Cray has had an interest. All of the
city special assessment cases were con
tinued.
Albert SLIDER will leave tomorrow
morning for Fargo, N. D., to accept 6
position in the Golden Rule store al
that place. If he concludes to remain
there, his family will join him the
first of the year. Mr.. SLIDER has beer
with J. B. & D. Richards for many
years. His friends will wish him sue
cess.
In connection with the agitation fol-
manual training recently started in
this city, it is interesting to know thai
manual training, which was first in
troduced in the Winona normal schoo
a year ago, is to be given a trial il
the public schools of that city. Thu
experiment is to be made in the I'M
graded school in the Washington build
ing for those who come into school lat'
and are not in the regular enrolment
Will Hayes Laird, member of tn,
board of education, has donated thu
benches for this work. W. J. Landor
has donated the tools and J. F. Hen
Messy has given the material will
which to work. The exercises at frs
will be simple and will be gradually
enlarged in scope.