The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-18
his home on Byron street with an

his home on Byron street with an
attack of appendicitis.
Judge Pau has filed his order
granting Augusta DEWITT a divorce
from William E.. DEWITT and giving
her $4,000 alimony.
Mrs. Alice Williams was taken
suddenly i'll yesterday. She was re
ported somewhat improved today, bun
is still confined to her bed.
A new front is being placed on the
Henline building in block fourteen,
and the wall arched, so as to double
the size of the Rex billiard room.
Miss Mamie Carlson. deputy clerk
of the United States court, left today
on weeks vacation. and during her
absence her duties will be attended
to by j. A. Flittie.
Loren d. Tenney. formerly resi-.
dent of Mapleton. died recently at
Ell Paso. Texas. of tuberculosis. He
was forty-nine years old. He is sur
vived by widow.
Loren ID. Tenney formerly resi-
dent of Mapleton. died recently at
Ell Paso. Texas, of tuberculosis. He
was forty-nine years old. He is
survived by widow.
The block on Hickory street be-
tween Second and Broad streets was
opened for travel this afternoon. the
pavement having been completed.
If it does not rain, concrete work
viii be resumed on Second street
tomorrow.
Emma Tillman, fifteen years OLD,
has been coming to the city from
eight miles east. every day, to be
treated, but needs come only every
other day after this. She had a piece
of bone removed from near one ear.
She is doing nicely.
Herman Att pleaded guilty this
morning in the municipal court to
the charge of drunkenness, commit
ted yesterday. He said that he is a
farm hand. working eleven miles
south of the city, and came to town
yesterday as it was too wet to work.
He was sentenced to pay fine of
S. and costs, or serve seven days
in Jail at hard labor.
An election will be held at Mime
sofa Lake August 81 for the purpose
of giving the voters of the village
an opportunity to vote on the ques-
ton of separating the village from
the township, in the matter of elec-
tions and assessments. This question
has been debated upon for some time
and in view of the opinions generally
expressed, the village council has
deemed it advisable to call this
special election.
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Judge Comstock found f. w. Lobdell
not guilty of vagrancy and discharg-
ed him. He found that sleeping in a
barn was not of itself violation of
the city ordinance, but that it must
be sustained by other evidence of
inability TO support ones self. He
cautioned Mr.. Lobdell that if the lat
ter ever came before the court and
was convicted he need expect no par
ticular leniency. J. E. Regain appear
ed for the defendant.
LIE Sueur News: 1t is going the
rounds of the press that hunters need
two licenses this year if they want
to go after large game. This is not
exactly true, and for the benefit OF
local hunters who may have read
it we will say if you hunt birds in
your own county only, you need
no license. If you go out of that
county to hunt, you must procure
a license and can get it upon pay.
ment of a dollar to the auditor. II
you want TO hunt game animals, re
CARELESS of whether in your own
county or not, you must get license
| for that kind of hunting, and also
/ I111 bat ut t,p N
until just before the big game season
opens.
| ST. Peter Herald Within the next
two weeks the Simplex Manufacture
ing company will begin operations at
it's new plant and will give employ
ment to force of upwards of ten
men. Foreman r. G. Barnes, who is
to have charge of the local plant, is
rapidly getting things in shape, and
now awaits consignment of mate
rial which has been shipped from
| Chicago. The company will make on
exhibit at the Minnesota, state fair
and the first work that will be done
will be to turn out set of sprayers
| for their booth. Plans are being
made to erect an addition with q
frontage of thirty feet for the storage
of material and manufactured ar
ticles.
st. Peter Herald: Drivers of auto
mobiles will do we'll to keep one eye
on the speed limit while going
through ST. Peter. Frank Lee and
Paul Nettleton, two young men from
Mankato. neglected that precautior
Wednesday afternoon and took q
turn down Minnesota avenue at a
rate better than thirty miles an hour
They were hailed before Justice H
O'Brien yesterday afternoon, when il
developed that Lee was driving the
car. Nettleton was dismissed but
Lee was fined SO and costs, the fine
being RENTED because OF the fac
that the case is the first of it's KIND
to be prosecuted. Mayor Bornemanr
has issued orders to the police
to enforce the speed ordinance, which
limits autos to eight miles an hour
on the streets, and four miles or
crossings. Stop watches will be fur
nished the officers, and they will
keep a close watch for infractiOns O
the ordinance.
Good Thunder Herald: ]. C. Sulli
van and family who have been resi-
dents here for nearly a year past
leave this week for visit at Blue
Earth and Gilmore, where they for