The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-08-30
From Thursdays Daily.

persons in the back part of the store
and also Marks himself, saw the taller
of the two men reach over and open
the diamond case. Marks took the tray
| from the mans pocket and the gentle
manly thief laughingly said: "These
diamonds are very accessible; would
advise you to safeguard them.
With a little more banter while
passing the matter off as joke, show
| ing the clerk how easily he could be
yictimlzed. the men left. Five min
utes later Marks took stock in the
diamond case and found six mounted
rings. averaging over $50 apiece, miss
ing. Two years ago two men answer
inc to the same description robbed
Kemp's store of the same amount OF
diamonds.
One Cousins, an emp,eye of Joseph
WINNIE of Austin is missing and also
about forty dollars in cash. About a
month ago Mr.. Wynne employed the
man, who had worked in that vicinity
for some time driving a meat wagon.
Mr.. Wynne furnished him with
team and wagon and he drove through
the country and sold meat to the
farmers, getting a certain percentage
of the proceeds of the sale as his
commission.
For three weeks the man returned
to the city regularly and made cor
rect returns of the business. Last
Thursday he was in Austin and got
fresh supply of meat but as Mr.
Wynne was not at home he did not
make any returns. Saturday evening
he failed to return and Mr.. Wynne
got anxious about his money and
team. Tuesday Mr.. Wynne learned
that the team had been left at a
livery barn at Blooming Prairie. He
went to that point and returned with
the team Wednesday morning.
Friday evening the man drove INTO
Blooming Prairie and left the team
in the livery barn, saying ne would
call for it the next morning. The
same evening he took the train out OF
the village. He left with forty dol
lars belonging to his employer. Mr.
Wynne also had to pay four dollars
livery at Blooming Prairie, making the
loss about forty-four dollars, besides
his trouble. No clues as to the pres
emit whereabouts of the man have yet
been found.
Mrs. G. A. Pickel entertained the
class of 1889 of the Eagle Lake hlgh
school at the Carmen Gable farm
Those from abroad were, Mrs. Hattre
Odell and Mrs. Matte Norris of VIM
nipeg: Mrs. Alice Race, Cambridge
Mrs. Edna Burgess, Maple Creek
Sask.; Mrs. Stella Boegen, Chicago
Those from Eagle Lake were, Mrs
s. NJ. Pressnall, Mrs. j. M. Pressnali
Mrs. f. Pressnall, Mrs. Carrie Dyer
Mrs. Gus Harein, Mrs. Alice Cum
minis, Mrs. George Macbeth, Mrs. Ada
Cummins, Mr.. and Mrs. George Bra
den and Mrs. C. S. Braden.
Miss Carmen Pickel rendered severa
beautiful selections on the piano. A
buffet luncheon was served.
Many of the old time games were
played and anecdotes and jokes OF the
old school days were told and enjoyed
as of days of yore. All expressed
themselves as having a fine time.
| A picture of the entire company was
taken by Mrs. Stella Boegan.
c. f. Gilchrist of Garden City ha'
threshed his flax and received a yielt
of seventeen bushels to the acre, al
though the crop was raised on on
land. The quality is good
There is good deal of threshins
out of the shock, but most OF tn
farmers are stacking.
Judge Cray today filed two decisions
One is in the case of Alburtus Jorda'
VS.. A. H. Jordan and others. In
court finds that in April, 1902, A. d
Jordan gave to Alburtus jordan
, promissory note for $500 payable OF
or before five years, and with nj
wife, Bertha Jordan, gave a mortgag
ON certain land to secure 1t. "A. Il
Jordan and wife did not own the Ian
: that they mortgaged, and intended 7
mortgage other land. The mortgag
was foreclosed and the sheriff OF Blu
Earth county assumed to sell the Ian
,, covered by the mortgage sept. q
l 1905 and the plaintiff bought it
for 5000.
When the case was tried by lur!
I the Jury found that when Mrs. 'orda
: stoned the mortgage it was unde
commission of her husband, and IL a
90 found that the debt had been pal'
The court adopts these findings an
finds that the defendant Bertha oo'
dan is entitled to Judgment again'
: the plaintiff, that the action De u'
missed upon it's merits.
Tn the case of Azella f. Smth
w A. Funk, the court finds Tor I'll
defendant, that he is entitled 10 I'll
ownership of certain lots that ne a.
: ouired through mortgage foreclosure
s From Fridays Daflv.
9 While James Ellis, chauffeur for ID