The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-15

the New York Mutual Life insurance
company has returned from a bust.
ness trip to Montgomery. New
Prague. St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Kuhles Of
st. Paul are in the city visiting
at the home of Mrs. Kuhles' parents
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Spellnap. Mrs.
Kuhles will remain here for a week.
Andrew Rudbetg left yesterday for
Madelia where today he attended the
funeral of Mrs. Nels Uleberg. who
died last Sunday. Mrs. Uleberg Is the
wife Of Mr.. Rudbergs brother.in-
law.
Rudolph Robson has returned
from Jordon where he has been TAX
ing treatment, and is now feeling
fine. He resumed his duty in the
baggage room of the union depot
yesterday.
Albert Kitz, who has been q stu.
dent at the Commercial college,
has accepted o position with the
Wells Flour Milling company at
Wells and will leave for that place
tomorrow to take up his new work.
w. l.. Mcqueen of MapIeton, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Haedt, Otto Juliar,
II. A. Hubner and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Kurth Of St. Clair, were in
the city last night to attend the
banquet of the Citizens Telephone
company.
F. F. FRANKIE, who took part In
the rapid calculation contest of the
Commercial college students last
week, has accepted position with
one of the Harold Thorson chain of
banks and win leave for Under.
wood, N. D., tomorrow.
A r. Marks, one of the civil en-
gineers for the J. B. Nielsen Con-
struction company left today for
Sioux Falls, S. D., where he will
begin work on the new 100000 no.
tel: which the Nielsen Construction
company will build this coming
summer.
Winona Republican and Herald: A
report was made public at Mankato
on Saturday to the effect that the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
company was contemplating the cree.
ton Of a new roundhouse at Judson,
a little place about ten miles west
of Mankato with scarcely anything
more there than the railway depot
Superintendent i. e. Nash of this
city, who has charge of the cOnstruc.
ton of roundheuses and would know
IL an Improvement Of this kind was
contemplated, was asked this morn.
ing concerning the report. He said
lit was entirely new to him, and that
there was no foundation for such a
story so far as he was aware. He
said that both the Chicago and
Northwestern and the Omaha roads
had their separate roundhouses at
'Mankato and he could not see what
good would come from building an
other roundhouse out in the country
ten miles further west.
Saturday evening groups of boys
from the high school and Commercial
college met on Front street and
had an interesting and exciting
time for awhile addressing uueom.
plihlentary remarks to each other,
outsiders but their fun was spoiled
by the intervention of the officers.
They dispersed and the next that
al ~ ry,C n
UP the street about eleven O'Clock.
The high school. boys were in the
lead and the Commercial boys were
right after them. The high school
boys decided that the time for a
fight was not yet ripe, so they. all
separated and disappeared into the
darkness. Sunday night few boys
tried to renew the scrap" but decid.
ed that it was not wise to continue
activities then.
Oliver Bell. a young man about
twenty years old was arrested last
night by Officer Andergaard and
taken to the county jail by the de-
putty sheriff, on a warrant sworn
out by Mrs. Ida Bell, who claimed
that her son had abused her ten
year old daughter, Nellie Bell. Mrs.
Bell claimed that Oliver abused her
Sunday night. When he was brought
into municipal court this morning
he waived reading of the warrant
and the date for his hearing was
set for next Tuesday, March 10, at
ten o'clock. He was remanded to the
county Jail to await the hearing.
Owing to the increased business
in the Free Press bindery, the plant
has been moved to larger quarters
on the third floor of the Free Press
building on Jackson street. The
room vacated by the bindery will be
utilized for stock and shipping apart
ments.
John Zimmerman of Kasota was
operated upon for appendicitis yes
terday in local hospital, and Is
doing nicely.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ell. Wilkinson on Saturday, March 3.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert s. Willard on Saturday.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Pleasant Time in kasota.