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

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! was a visitor at the court house to-
day.
i Frank OKeefe of Elysian was a
business visitor. In the city yester-
! day.
/ Miss Adipa .Summerfleld of New
Tim visited friends in Mankato TO-
/ day. Ea. 40. eos.
j Miss Mary Duff of Good Thunder
!, visited friends in Mankato yester.
! day.
i Miss Mary Penn of st. Clair was
the guest of friends in the city
yesterday.
j Stanley Moore of Worthington
was d business visitor In Mankato
yesterday.
Mrs. e. II. Mcleod Of LIE Sueur
is the guest of her daughter, Miss
Ada Mcleod.
i O. W. Roerig of Rapidan will
leave for Yuma, Arizona, tonight
where he expects to remain.
j l.. Currier of Nicollet, who has
been attending one of the local
business colleges, returned home to.
day.
| Mrs. Henderson returned last night
to her home at Bingham Lake after
visiting friends in Mankato yester.
day.
Misses Florence Baynes OF Vernon
Center and Luella haynes Of Rapi.
dan were guests of friends in Man.
kato today.
j Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Hartman and
daughter Olive went to Winnebago
yesterday to attend the funeral OF
! the late James Slater. Mr.. Slater
was cousin of Mr.. Hartman.
! Nels Scherer of South Bend will
dispose of his property and soon de-
part for Montana where he will
make his home. He will go there in
the hope OF benefiting his health.
! Window Reporter: G. A. Peterson
has moved his family to their new
home, the former E. c. Huntington
residence at the north end of Third
avenue. The family Of Mr.. Dagy,
who has been living there the past
year, expect to return to Mankato
April /. The Earl Marshall family
the new owners of the Peterson
: home, which is one of the finest
homes In tho city have taken pos
session. .'.a -.
h Minneapolis Tribune: Henry II.
:! Bertuleit, real estate man, with
toffices at sos Northwestern National
building. and Charles c. Rieger. a
travelling salesman, were arrested by
Detective Howard and the sheriff OF
LIE Sueur county. An indictment re-
turned by, the grand jury in lie
Sueur Center charges the two men
with grand larceny. According to
dispatches from there they stole $780,.
900 worth Of grain stored in eleVa.
tors there. According to the sheriff,
Bertuleit was formerly secretary OF
, the Dakota Cereal company in Ka-
sofa, which he says went into
bankruptcy a year ago. He said
Rieger was an employe of the ce'
!. real company at that time. Accord
ing to dispatches from LIE Sueur
Center. the indictment against the
two charges them with stealing
grain belonging to the company in
April, 1910. Rieger lives at 1907
Humboldt avenue south. ... -.
+ The jury in the district court re-
/, turned verdict of 5000 in favor of
! the plaintiff in the case Martin Lon
ming VS.. Edmund Jones yesterday.
This is an action brought by the
plaintiff who is suing for q commits
ision on some land belonging to the
defendant, for which the plaintiff
found a buyer. There seems to
have been no written agreement to
pay q commission, although a YER
bal one. c. S. Strom and c.. O..
Daley appeared for the plaintiff
and Hughes & Ellsworth were attor-
tneys for the defendant.
/ The case OF National Bank Of
Commerce VS.. c. w. Jessup was begun
in district court this morning. The
Jury in this case was excused this
noon until Wednesday morning at
nine o'clock, while the remainder Of
the jury was excused until Wednes-
day morning at ten o'clock. The
next case to be tried after this one
| is that of Casper Oftedahl VS.. Viz
lage of st. Clair. H. l.. & ]. w.
Schmitt will appear for the plaintiff
while A. r. Pau, Jr., and c. j.
I Laurisch will take the side of the
defendant. g.. E-...,
Jacob Lorentz, a pioneer resident
of South Bend, is very low and his
recovery is doubtful. lie is well
along in years. n.... .s.
From Mondays Daily.
| Einor Hoidaie Married. .,-..- . =.
| Minneapolis Tribune: Romance and
1Iolities go hand and hand in the
life of Einor Hoidale of Minneapo-