The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-01

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early next week.
Colonel W. w. Thompson, president
of the famous Bill club, arrived last
evening from Kansas City and is "a
guest at the home of his daughter,
| Mrs. George p Mitchell on Warren
and Second streets.
Mrs. j. E. Cook of Vernon Center,
who has been visiting relatives in
North Dakota for month or so, re-
turned today to Mankato where she
will visit at the home of Henry
Case, on Fulton street, for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Olsen of Max,
n. d., the former of whom has been
in st. Aary's hospital at Rochester
for the past twelve weeks, arrived in
Mankato today on their way home.
and will spend few days visiting at
the home of Henry Case on Fulton
street.
George NJ. Madden, formerly of this
city, now resident of Minneapolis
called on friends here today. Mr.
Madden and his wife spent the sum
mer in the west and he plans soon
to 90 to Washington to engage in
the lumber business. He will be sue
ceeded as salesman in this territory
for a well known hat and glove house
! by E.. M. Haagenson, who resided in
| Mankato until few weeks ago wher
he removed to Hutchinson, and was
until recently travelling representative
for a Minneapolis wholesale grocery
house.
Owatonna Journal: Forty-four years
have elapsed since Lewis G. Berg OF
this city, principal musician of the
Twenty eighth Wisconsin Volunteer In
fantry, was discharged from the
United States military service by rea
son of the close of the Civil War
and it has taken the auditors of the
treasury department at Washington al
that time to find out that the govern
ment still owed Mr.. Berg $6.43. The
other day he received a treasury draft
for the amount, thus closing up the
account The statement accompany
ing the draft shows that Uncle Sam
"shortchanged" Mr.. Berg on pay days
in October, 1862; clothing short Oc
tober, 1868, pay short September, 1864;
and clothing short August %, 1865
the total amounting to $6.43. Mr.
Berg will treasure this draft as a
souvenir of Uncle Sans rapid way
of doing things.
E,ll VII nlyc
ago we stated in these columns that
there were several cases of leprosy in
Yellow Medicine county. Thursday
last DR.. Stoddard of Beaver Falls
brought to Granite Falls man who
lives half mile out of Sacred Heart
who has had the disease for ovel
four years, and consultation OF
physicians was held to determine
whether or not it was a case of lep-
rosy, DIR. LaRue of Appleton and DR.
Rogers of Montevideo being present
The physicians were satisfied that it
was case of leprosy.
Photographs of the man were taken
and one, with the history of the case
was sent to Professor Phiffard of New
York, specialist. While here DR.
Stoddard visited man living in the
town of Sannes who has had the dis
ease so long that his fingers had fallen
OFF, and he is reduced to mere skele-
ton. There is another case in Stony
radius Of ten miles of Granite Falls
Lake Crysta; Union Dr. Dodds,
veterinarian of this place, related an
experience he and Mrs. Dodds had while
returning from Vernon Center one dark
night last week, which for time was
decidedly exciting and their escape
without serious injury or being killed
outright was marvellous. They were in
the doctors single buggy and had gone
but short distance from town where
they met party of three persons in
buggies driving at breakneck speed.
Two of the conveyances ran into them
and things were in state of confusion.
The doctors team went down and one
of the men in one of the buggies was
thrown clear out of their rig, and lit
behind one of the doctors horses, but
escaped without being severely hurt.
One man was scratched and bruised,
all being more or less frightened out
of their wit. All the buggies were
more or less broken, wheel and hubs
smashed and the pole of the doctors
rig was broken. Clarence Day of Am
boy and Geo. Pierce were two of the
party. but the third was unknown.
Assistance came to them from town
with lanterns.
Hanna" White Ash Splint is tine
best soft coal for cook stoves. Ask
your dealer.