The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-18
Personal AND LOCAL.

- - NhOA VI ooohsOu Wds saul
paugh guest last night. . -
Attorney Chas. Thompson of Amboy
was on our streets today.
VIM. A. Clark of this city has been
granted pension of $12 month.
M. J. Sontag has gone to Delhi to
visit his daughter, Mrs. Johnson, ss..for
week or ten days.
A marriage license was granted to-
day to Gustav Scheerz of:--Wells1 ,..and
Bertha E. J. Kuehne of Mankato. -
Lyman S. Botten6eld, an osteopaslic
physician, has located in the city.
He has taken rooms Fat 700 South
Second street.
Mosquitoes have become a pest
since the warm days have come, fol-
lowing the wet weather 1t is several
years since they have been so bs3.
Mrs. W. A. Snyder, who was badly
injured in runaway Sunday, rested
we'll again last night and her oyndi-
ton today is favorable ..
Waseca County Democrat: Mankato
celebrated its fftieth birthday ami
versary last week and at such an age
it is pretty lively old chap. !.
A building which o. M. Hagwail Is
erecting at LETTERS was damaged $500
by the wind storm. It was insured
with Theo. Williams of this CITY,
The Madelia Messenger, edited and
published for about five years by W.
R. Estes, has been sold toe. W.
Higgins, formerly of Minneapolis. .--rp
Mrs. E. s. Roberts and children of
st. Paul are visiting the family of
Mr.. and Mrs. l. N. Griffith on South
Front street. Mrs. Roberts is sister
of Mrs. Griffith. - --~ -
W. L. Roblee of Jamestown was in
Mankato today, and appeared before
the county commissioners in regard to
an error in assessment on his and his
neighbor's property.
A. M. Stein will start branch store
at Wells Aug. 10Th, and will place it
in charge of Fl. Szamet, who has held
position in his clothing store in this
city for four years past. ~. --" -.
G. B. Augur of Albert Lea was in
the city over night and left this morn
ing for North Dakota with a party Of
land seekers He and W. A. Funk..re-
Gently disposed of nine sections Of
their land
The subscribers to the fund to as
sist Mrs Frank Jones held a meeting
at the city hall last evening and chose
W. D. Willard, cashier of the First
National bank, trustee. The fund
amounts to $3.50.
M. A. Jensen, nephew of 81. P.
Jensen of this city has interested him
self with A. Charles in the publica-
tion of the Winsted, Mcleod county Re
cord. The boys get out a good paper and
deserve the patronage they are get
ting.
Nothing more has been heard from
the Falk Co., but the negotiations are
still in progress. W. D. Willard has
also gotten into communication with
Minneapolis parties about building a
street railway. There is no intention
Of dropping the matter.
Alexandria Post News: Mrs W.
FL. Girvin and children of Mankato
arrived in Alexandria yesterday to
visit Mrs. Girvin's sister, Mrs W. E.
Nesbitt. They expect to stay all sum-
mer. Miss leila Gilmore, who has
been Visiting at Mankato, returned
with them.
The hearing in the case of Benz.
Brands was today continued until
Saturday at 10 a. M, at the request of
tee defendants attorney, Arthur Scaub.
County Attorney Wilson opposed a
continuance. Brands brother has re.
plevined the horse which he claims the
defendant stole. and will get it back.
Pass & Schipple are preparing
plans for a 800, 900 modern, three
story brick hotel, to be erected at
Madison, Mimi, by 81. L. Henry.
formerly of this city. The village
donates three lots and makes some
other concessions. The hotel will have
forty rooms. Mr.. Henry-is now run
ming a hotel at Olivia.
New Ulm News The jubilee week
in Mankato from June 80 to July 5, in
celebration of the 50th anniversary of
the founding Of the town in 1862, was
the grandest entertainment that south
western Minnesota has ever had. The
people of Mankato, the largest CITY in
the portion of Minnesota named,
stamped upon the mind of all visitors
that they have the intelligence, the
grit and the progressive spirit to
make anything they undertake a sue
cess. The exercises and amusements of
the week filled every day with much
interest, and old settlers day on
Thursday, when addresses were made
by Gov. Van SAINT ex-Gov. Ramsey
and others, and historical papers were
read, was the Tbest of six good days,
and furnished a great deal of: instruc-
tive matter of. absorbing interest.
The attendance was generally largsS
but the resources of the city were
ample. The souvenir editions of the
newspapers of the city were remark