The Mankato free press., 1910-01-14

poets soon to begin poultry raising and
gardening near Mankato. He has pur-
chased few acres of land for this
purpose.
Benjamin Taylor was guest at the
regular monthly meeting of the Mems
club of st. Martins parish at Fair
mont last evening and also made the
address of the evening.
! F. i. Lassow will leave today for
Buffalo, y. D., to look after the farm
interests of The Sergeant farm, con-
sisting of 1850 acres. This is Mr.
Lossow's second year there.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Hixon and family,
also Mrs. Hixon's sister, Mrs. Fawcett,
have gone to Minneapolis, and from
there will go to Lacrosse for a visit of
a few days, returning on Monday.
Mrs. katherine Gray who was unable
to return sooner from the holiday va,
cation OH account of the snow blockade
arrived in the city last evening and
will resume her instruction of vocal
music. $500 a.. -.,e ~
n.
and her daughter, Miss Rachael Webb, a
teacher in the public schools of that
city, have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Ellis during the week. They
leave for their home tomorrow
St. Peter Herald: Miss Ida Conkling
of Mankato, this week resigned her po-
sition as teaching in the fifth and sixth
grades at the Central building owing to
ill health. Supt. P. p. Kennedy has
been authorized to appoint her, success
sor. .
Miss Minnie c. Strand left this morn.
ing for Minneapolis, after spending the
holiday vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs c. y. Strand and family of
Rapidan. She is stenographer and
bookkeeeper for one of the largest
firms there.
Miss Mary Grupe, principal Of the
grammar department Of the normal
school spent two days visiting the ele-
mentary, department at the Winona nor
NAL school on her return from her
vacation and will give report before
the normal faculty this afternoon.
Winnebago Enterprise: The Enter
prise recently received letter from
DR.. L. G. Beebe, formerly of this city,
who is now residing at Bellingham,
Wash The doctor states that he and
his wife are well. DR.. and Mrs. Beebe
have whole lot of friends in Winnie
bago and vicinity who would like to
see them again.
st. Paul Pioneer Press: Governor
Eberhart was yesterday presented with
certificate of membership in the In
ternational Abolition society, an Or
lganization founded in Minneapolis in
1906 to- secure the abolition of the
death penalty throughout the world
Accompanying the. certificate was a
letter from the founder and president
of the society, F. Ashley Harvey. OF
Robbinsdale, commencing the governor
for the stand he has taken against in
Fiction of the death penalty in Min
nesota. .,,.ss ~. s j,.. "a
SLEEPY Eye Herald-Dispatch: Conduc
tor Owen Sullivan left for New Ulm
last Sunday to take charge of the pas
senger train now RUNNING from that
citv to Alankato on the Courtland
Nicollete ronte He is succeeded here
bv,i Conductor c. A. Brown, who has
been running on the Sanborn-Vesta
branch. This change is due to the fact
that conductors in line for promotion
have to change around in order not te
lose their chance of getting a run or
the main line and Mr.. Sullivan is now
next in line for a main line run.
Good Thunder Herald: One of the
most horrible crimes ever perpetrated IN
this county now seems to be in Il fan
way of going mprlnished, since Mrs
I.edbeter has been acquitted, the charge
against the Schwandt's to be withdrawn
and the convicted Smith demanding a
new trial 1t now looks reasonable
and right that the coroner's jury be
convened and that their verdict be
changed; that Ledbeter wilfully took his
own life, became tired of the stable grave
and removed lialSe,f by wleeloa?rotS
route to. the new grave in the potato
patch.
Governor A. q. Eberhart has appoint
cd the following to represent minnesota
at the national conference on the sub
iect of uniform state laws, to be heie
in Washington, Jan. 1920 inclusive
Rome G. Brown, Howard S. Abbott, II
V. Mercer, George NJ. Gillette, Rev. S
Banks Nelson, Minneapolis; DAME
Fish, C. A. Severance, Edward Young
Charles W. Farnlam, St. Paul; J. L
Washburn,, c. A. Congdon, Duluth; M
L. Webber, Winona. The conference o
governors Of the states win be held il
Washington at the same time. Mime
sota's executive is expected to attend
Winona Republican and Herald: Sch
ling brothers, the local fishermen who
are fishing Lake Washington near Man
kato this winter, pulled in 10000 pound:
Of fish in their first haul according te
letter received by Cyrus Cook o
this city whose son Arthur is one oi
the fishing party camped on the shores
of the lake. The lake is well LOADED
with carp. thousands of which have
been found dead every spring until Tho
new state law was passed two years
ago, allowing fishermen to use net:
during the winter season. The Sch