The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-24

der, II. j. Clusius of Mankato, r. S.
Shaffan of Elysian, Charles E. Kalaro
of lie Sueur, and s. F. Fitzloff OF
st. Clair.
Amboy Herald: There is an asses
sor In neighboring county that
is certainly doing business with a
proper spirit. When he goes out
to assess and three or four dogs
meet him at the gate he proceeds
calmly to the proprietor of the farm
makes his assessment and asks how
many dogs he has. If the proprietor
says he has none, and that few
dogs just hang around the place.
Mr.. Assessor just pulls out a revol.
YER and speedily dispatches the ca.
mines in sight. He says he. may
not be elected assessor again but
he is going to get the dog tax of his
township while he is on the job
There should be more assessors of
this kind In every county.
Worthington Globe: Mrs. j. M.
Wortz left for, her home in Lake
Crystal Tuesday morning, after a
stay of day or so in this city. Mon
day night Mrs. Wortz was a guest at
the Worthington hotel and had quite
a thrilling experience when the fire
broke out Tuesday morning. She oc-
cupied a room near the rear of the
hotel and was one of the first to
be awakened by the cry of fire. .
in her haste to leave the room, she
lost a valuable locket and diamond
ring. The jewelry was very valu-
able and the loss of the ring and
locket meant much to Mrs. Wortz.
After the fire was over, however, the
missing property was found and re-
stored to her. Apart from being
water-soaked, the jewelry was unin-
jured.
ST. Peter Herald: After the Her.
aid went to press last Thursday Con
Johnson, deputy game warden of
Blue Earth county, came to st. Peter
and arrested Dr. T. F. Williams, O..
r. Maves and Eugene Harris, charg-
ed with illegal fishing. The three
st. Peter men were accused of TAX
ing pike under the size allowed by
law, the alleged offense having been
committed at Lake Washington. 1t
is understood that Mankato parties
made the complaint. They retained
Attorney M. E. Stone to look after
their interests, and their hearing
took place before Justice Harlin at
LIE Sueur Center yesterday. When
the case was called it was dismissed
on. motion of the state, the game
warden having no evidence on which
to convict.
The Waterville Advance has the
following explanation of the arrest
of William Johnson, who was ar
rested in that city last week on a
charge of counterfeiting coins. When
William Johnson was in Cuba in
1901 he brought 5000 Spanish pesetes
made and sold as souvenirs. Since
that time he has sold, given away
or disposed of about 1000 of them.
He took a few up to st. Paul last
week to have them gilded and made
into cuff - buttons, stick pins. etc.
The matter was brought to the at
tention of the United States secret
service in some manner and an Of
fcer came here Saturday last
and demanded the coins on the
grounds that they were counter
felt limitations of money. Mr.. John
son, of course, gave them up, but.
will investigate the matter"
Good Thunder Herald: Mrs. Car
rie Grout passed away at her home,
1926 South Front street, Mankato,
on Tuesday afternoon of this week.
Nine weeks ago she suffered a para
lytic stroke from which she never
recovered. Mrs. Grout was born in
juneau, Dodge county, Wisconsin,
sixty years ago last March, and
leaves two daughters at Mankato,
one at Thief River, and two sons
at Sioux Falls, Iowa. She was
sister of the late Mrs. Almeda Griffin
(our mother) and the only survival
of the Crane family. At one time
the Grout family were residents OF
this village, occupying the farm home
now owned by A. F. Wendlandt, but
removed to Mankato over twenty
years ago. AS we stood at the dy-
ing woman's bedside, We were deep
ly impressed with the scene. The
heavy clouds silently parted and the
beautiful sunlight filled the room,
welcoming the tired spirit
to eternal rest Funeral services will
be held at Mankato today.
From Saturdays Daily.
Mankato Boy to Marry.
Announcement has been made OF
the approaching marriage of Miss
Marie Olson of Rockford, ILL.,, to
Leonard Rosequist, formerly of this
city. The marriage will be cele-
brated some time in July. The
bride-to-be is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. R. Olson, 421 Douglas ave-
nue., Rockford, while the young man
Is linotype operator on The Star
at Rockford He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. O. ]. Rosquist of this city,
and attended school here. He was
linotype operator for three years for
G. K. Mayer of this city, but left |