The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-16
LOCAL AND Personal.

by Judge Shissler
Joseph Bienapf is all smiles today
over the arrival of a son at his house
this morning.
A thunder storm came up last eve
ming, but passed around the city, only
a sprinkle falling here.
A marriage license was granted to-
day to Henry G. Zempel of Willow
Creek and Augusta E. Schultz of Beau
ford.
The New Era says wheat in the vi
cinity of Madison Lake is yielding
about % bushels per acre, mostly of
No. grade.
Mr.. Hauck, the candy man, is dis
pensing an extra quality of creams and
soda water on account of a daughter
at his home.
The Western Passenger association
has decided that dogs may be checked
as baggage at the same rates as BIZ
cycles anu UdUy Cd1IioSOS.
Joseph Lang, who has so acres of
land in Decoria township, threshed his
wheat last week and got % bushels to
the acre of No. grade.
The Athletic club ball team is get
ting in shape to challenge the team of
the Royal Arcanum. The latter may
also receive other challenges.
Aid. Deebach would vote for any
thing that anybody wanted if the
council met tonight. It's because a
daughter has arrived at his house.
A heavy rain fell at Tivoli last
night, and the country all about there
was given a good soaking. Corn, po-
tatoes and pasturage will be greatly
benefited.
Certificates for delinquent special as
sessments of more than five years
standing will be out of the market
after Aug. Goth and the title to the
property will rest with the city.
A certain young lady with couple
of lady friends camped out in hastily
constructed building on lot which
she owns in this city, last night, to
secure homestead rights on it. She
proposes to camp there for a few
weeks. expecting it to do her as much
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The county Sunday school conven-
tion will be held in this city August
twenty first and twenty second. A fine
program is prepared. All schools are
requested and urged to send one or
more delegates Those intending to do
so kindly notify Roy Andrews, Man
kato, Mimi, chairman entertainment
committee.
Redwood Falls Reveille: Redwood
Falls is to have new physician.
DR.. William Corpron of Mime
apolis. formerly of Min ne
sofa Lake, was in the city two days
last week and decided to locate here.
He was located at Minnesota Lake for
several years and but recently went to
An order to show cause why judg-
ment should not be opened up was ar
gued before Judge Cray this afternoon,
in .the..case of S. W. Miller VS.. Mary
A. Crandall. The judgment was Sc
cured on service by publication, and
it is claimed that due effort was not
made to secure personal service on the
defendant.
st. Peter Free Press: The wheat
yield is turning out poorer than ex-
pected, from the returns from the
threshing machines. The average
yield is not more than 10 bushels to
the acre, grading No. 2 and 8. This
is only for shock threshing and the
grade may show improvement when
stack threshing begins.
A party of six went out to Thos.
Hodson's, in Belgrade, last evening,
and were caught by the rain and
obliged to remain over night. The
rain was heavy and the roads were
SO bad this morning that it took three
hours to return. Mr. Hodson is max
ing some extensive improvements on
his house, remodeling the kitchen, lay
ing hardwood floors, etc.
The city's offer to pay half the ex-
pense of putting in one block of btu
men pavement as an experiment still
stands open. The cost would be very
little per lot, and the bitumen firm
would put in the very best paving pos
sible, to use as a sample for this
city and surrounding towns. This
offer is snap, and it lisa wonder that
every block in the city has not applied
for it.
Judge Cray has filed decision in
favor of Col. j. J. Thornton in his suit
over 800 sewer assessment with the
village of St. James. w. N. Plymat
was Col. Thornton's attorney and his
defense was that the council had no
authority to levy a special assessment
for sewer purposes in the way in
which it did, under the village char
ter. The court sustains this conten-
tion. - : - :. .-.---. "-1ss'a
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