The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-04-18

A. ID. True, or FalrmOnL was III
the city over Sunday.
j. c. Thro attended meeting of
the Democratic state central commit
tee in st. Paul today.
Thos. s. Ingersoll and wife. of
Minneapolis, were Saulpaugh guests
Saturday night.
Senator 8. D. Peterson and W. A.
Hubbard were over from New Ulm
today on business.
Phillip Dick and VIM. q. Gresham,
two we'll known st. Peterites, Sun
dsyed in the city.
A picked up team defeated the
Kawhoos yesterday by a score of ten
to seven.
Joe Cuddy, who was badly injured
Saturday by fall from his bicycle,
is better and will be around again in
day CT two.
Sheriff Gerlich, who is ill, is suffer
ing from an attack of pleuro pneu-
monia. He is quite sick, but is little
better today.
The ST. Peter council does not meet
until week from tonight, and street
railway matters have come to stand
still until that time.
f. A professional beggar has been in
Testing the city for the past two or
three days, and should be taken in
charge BY the police.
Pass & Schippel are preparing plans
for a 50, 500 dwelling house to be
erected by B. Bsngerter, Jr., next to
his residence on North Broad street.
1t will be two story house, and will
be rented.
Albert Annis, who was sentenced
from Blue Earth county on Dec. 8,
1891, to Saltwater prison for twenty
FIVE years and six months for rape, has
applied to the state board OF pardons
for release.
The first Baptist church yesterday
elected Mrs. J. b. Coy delegate to
the state Sunday school convention at
Winona this week. The West Mankato
Baptist church elected Miss Edith
Gibbons.
The decision in the paving matter
will probably not be fled until the
latter part of the week, as Judge Cray
goes to st. James tomorrow to Eold a
special term of court. He will take it
up on his return.
o. M. Hagwall, the North Mankato
contractor and builder, is putting up
a brick residence for Prof. Fred
Smith, of North Mankato. Mr.. Hag-
wall will leave this afternoon for St.
Paul and Minneapolis to figure on con-
tracts in those places.
( Amino Maggie, who has been CON
fined in Jail at Las Cruces, N. M, hat
been released. 1t was said tha
Maggie, who was a member of the
Andrews opera company, had.predict
ed the death of President Mckinley
several months before he was shot al
Buffalo. The case was dismissed.
The Drs. Holman have removed
seven gall stones from Mrs. JOSEPH
Friedel who resides on Marsh street
at st. Joseph's hospital, and she i
getting along nicely. She has beer
sufferer for twenty years. Thes
doctors have also removed tumo
from the leg of M. B. Rasdall, of st
Clair.
Austin has received a proposition
from a Chicago company to put in
, general heating plant to heat stor
, buildings and residences by the no
, water system, in connection with al
3 electric lighting plant. They offer t
3 heat buildings at cost equivalent t
the cost of coal required for heatinj
3 the same amount Of room. Also d
: commercial lighting at reduced cost
and furnish street lights at the loves
8 price municipal ownership has bee
t able to give.
Two new cases of small pox are re
1 ported. q daughter OF Louis Meye
4 and a child of Anton Kohl, both Twin
I on Vine street. This makes seve
children from the German Catholi
parochial school. The Chittende
and Oberlander families, on Popla
and North Fifth streets respectively
Il have been released from quarantine
9 as also has Miss Angeline Smith, til
st. Peter young lady who was take
in charge at the union depot som
time ago.
II Some time ago Postmaster Hur
wrote Congressman McCleary in refel
ence to the government standing til
expense of paving on Jackson stree
in front of the postoffic'
in case the city should pave thu
n street from Second to Broad street
Mr.. McCleary took the matter up I
i the treasury department, and tn
il morning Mr.. Hunt received throug
v Mr.. McCleary the reply of the depar
a ment thereto. The assistant secretal
d says there is no appropriation IL
j. such a purpose and for this reason ii
department is uniformly obliged
# refuse all requests made to join in in
!. provements of such character.
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