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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

X" GENEKAl. NATCKE-NO. t.
AN ACT to provide for the redemption
VI the loan Of eighteen hundred and fifty
eight.
Be itcnactcd by the Senate and House
of Representatives OF the United States Of
America, in Congress assembled, that for
the purpose Of redccming the bonds is
sued under the act entitled AN act to au.
tllorize a loan not exceeding tho sum of
twenty millions Of dollars" approved
June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
tifty.cight, a. amended March third,
eighteen hundred md fifty nine, called
tho loan Of eighteen hundrc,: and fifty
eight, it is hereby declared to be the pleas.
urc Of the United States to pay all the
coupon bonds Of said loan on the first day
OF January, eighteen hundred md seven
ty-f0ur, at which date the interest thereon
shall cease, and coin in the Treasury suf-
ticicnt to redeem said coupon bonds is
hereby appropriated for that purpose.
Sec, 2. That the Secretary Of the Treas
ury may issue m equal amount, at par of
principal and interest, Of tivc-per- ccntum
bonds Of the funded loan under the act
for efnnding the national debt, approved
July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
seventy, and the act amendatory thereof,
approved January twentieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy .onc, for any of the
bonds ofthe loan ofeightcen hundred and
fifty eight, which the holders thereof may
on or before February first, eighteen hun,
dred and seventy-four elect to exchange
for the five-pcr.centum bonds of the said
funded loan, with interest from said Jan
nary first: Provided, That no commissions
or allowances whatever shall be paid fol
the exchange Of bonds hereby authorized
and no interest shall be allowed on the
new bonds for any time for which inter
est is paid on the bonds exchanged.
| J. G.. BLAINE
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
| MATT H. CARPENTER
President Of the Senate pro tunporc
Approved December 17th 1879. >'t"
U. s. GRANT.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

h,TATE OF MINI. sofa COU :.
- TY OF NOW Err, So.
In probate court-special term.
In tho mater Of tho estate Of S. A. Dennis
Diseased.
On re"ling and cling the petition Of A. J.
forth the anount of personal es:ate that has
come to bis hands, and the disposition there
Of: the amount Of debts outstanding against
said deceased, and = description Of all the real
estate Ut which said deceased died seised, and
the condition and value Of tho respective por-
tious thereof: md praying that lie ense be tu
him granted to sell the cast half Of tho south
west quarter If section number nineteen
,ownship one hundred and four, range num-
bsr xoventeen, ir Mower County Minnesota,
and it appearing, by said petition, that there
is not sufficient personal estate in the hands OF
said administrator to pay said debts, and that
it is necessary in order to pay the Same, to
sell all, of said real estate:
1t is therefore ordered, That nil persons in :
tcrssted in saih estate. appear before tho
Judge Of this Court. on Monday the 18th day
Of April, A. II. 1874 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at
tie Probate Office in sold County, then and
here to show cause (if any there boy why H.
cense should not be granted t" said admins
traitor to sell real estate according to the pray
or of said petition.
And it 10 further ordered. that . copy Of
this order shall be published for four successive
weeks prior to said day Of bearing-the last
Of which publications shall bo at least fourteen
days before said day Of, hcaring-in tho Mower
County Transcript, a weekly newspaper print
cd and published 1t thu: city Of Austin. in
said county, and personally served on
al persous interested in said estate, resi-
ding in said County, It least fourteen days
:,cfore said dry Of hearing.
Dated 1t Austin tho 23d day Of February
A. D. 1874.
By tho Court, JESSE. ROSE,
nl6-t4 Isl Judge Of Probate.
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Platform Of tho Naaional
GE004e.

The National Grange r. OH. have
unanimously adopted platform .. FOL-
lows: ->.-'
Profoundedly impressed with the
truth that the National Grange Al tho
United States should defsitese, pro.
claim to the world it's seacrsl objects
We hereby unanimously make this dee.
laration Of the purposes Of the Patrons
Of Hu.bandry: ,,'a5 ."I
First, united BY the strong and faith
full tie Of agriculture, We mutually re-
solve To labor tor the good Of our or
der, our country, and mankind.
Second. We heartily endorse the max.
i'm, I'm essentials, unity; in nonessen
tisls: liberty !; in all things charity"
Third, We shalt endesvor to advance
our cause by laboring to accomplish
the following objects: To develop q
better aud higher manhood and woman.
hood smsag ourselves, aad enhance
tue comforts and attractions Of our
homes. and strengthen our attachment
TO our pursuits; to foster mutual un-
Outstanding and co operation to main,
tain 'nvloIate our laws ssd to. emulate
each other to labor to hasten The good
time coming; to reduce our expenses,
both individual and corporote, to buy
less end produce more.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
New Political Party

Topeka, Kansas, Feb. 20.-At a
meeting Of the Farmers Co operative
Ass citation held here tonight with a
view to forming = new political party,
speeches were made by Senator York.
Tx Governor Robinson and others, and
resolutions passed in favor of the repeal
Of the national banking law: 81 revision
of tariffs so az to ra;sc Il revenue from
imported Injuries instead Of articles
necessary for the comfort Of the masses,
and in favor Of Congress controlling
railroads and regulating rates, ircights
and fairs
A committee Of eight was appointed
to fix the time and place Of holding q
State Convention Of anti-moD opoiists
and farmcrs. Not cue hundred per.
sans, all told, we're present, and the
proceedings were very tame. The
Tron:ert passed resolution to-day, by
a largo majority, refusing to make any
paper in tho state their special organ.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
OFFICIAL.

Laws ofthe United States passed at the
First Session of the Forty. Third Con-
gress.
GENERAL NATCRE-NO. 2.
AN ACT making appropriations for sxtraor-
di nary expense Of the naval service.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That the
the following sums be, and they arc here
by, appropriated, to bc paid out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, to meet extraordinary expen-
ses in the naval service during the fiscal
year ending June thirticth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-four, namely:
For pay of the navy; three hundred
thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses OF the Navy
Department.. twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
For the Bercau of Navigation twenty
thousand dollars.
For the Bureau of Ordinance, five hun.
bred thousand dollars.
For the Bureau of Equipment and Re-
cruiting, five hundred thousand dollars.
For the Bureau or Yards and Docks,
twenty thousand dollars.
For the Bureau of Provisions and Clio.
thing, three hundred thousand dollars.
For the Bureau Of Steam Engineering,
three hundred and thirty-five thousand
dollars
For theBureau of Construction and Re-
pair, two million dollars.
Approved, December 81, 1873,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
DEFEREES SALE -STATE OF
IL MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF MOWER.

DEFEREES SALE STATE OF
LII MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF MOWER.
District Court---l0th Judicial District.
Heman Warner and Amanis L. Warner,
Plaintiff, against J. L. Seymour, Lydia Sey-
mour. M. H. Smith aid Mary Smith, Defsa-
dants.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to IN
order of the said District Cour:, made and
enterod in tho above entitled action. on tho
3lst day Of January, 1874, directing the sale
Of tho land hereinafter described, and ap-
pointing tho undersigned referoe to make sale
thereof I shall, on the 9th day Of March,
1874, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. Of said day, 1T tho
front door Of tho Court House, In tho city Of
Austin, in the County Of Mower, aforesaid
offer for sale, and soil st public auction,
to the highest bidder for cash, the following
described land, lying and being in the Coaaty
Of Mower, and State Of Minnesota, to-wit:
Tho north ha:f ofthe north ives t Quarter. and
tho northwest quarter Of the northeast
quarter. Of seotion number four, In township
number one hundred and one, north OF range
number eighteen, west.
Dated Feb 18th. 1874.
GEORGE BAIRD, Roferee.
q. N. CAHseos, Att'y for Plaintiff. 45t7
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

On Thursday, ut this place, Dahl
Cook, u brakeman on freight train on
tho Winona h St. Peter kailroad, had
a narrow escape from a terrible and
suddc" death. While engaged in
coupling couple Of cars loaded with
lumber, the ends Of tho boards prnjcct-
ing . number Of inches over tho ends
OF the cars, camc near together, striking
Cook on each side Of the face, laccra-
ting tho skin and bruisi"S his face.
Had his head been two inches further
towards tho ccnture OF the piles Of
lumber, it would inevitably have been
suashed, aud immediate death must
have cnsued. -Rochcsker Rccor9.
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a Ra0colDy FRaQA.

%.N - ~ 1A1Uoo4Sy EUOO.
49,. ..< WA1ERv1LLE, Mimi. Feb. 20.
Editor st.. Paul Press.
Tuesday last two men, representing
themselves as agents Of eastern parties
lin some cases John Long), bargained
with Pred schef1er, Peter Shi pman
aud Joseph Mctzel. good farmers in
Cordova,: LIE Sneur county, for their
farms, having log printed contracts,
which the men and their wives signed,
the contracts given tn be redeemed in
eight months. The same day. on com.
pairing notes, they sn,ellcd xmice, and
Sche1er took A. s. Hess, of Cordova,
and started in pursuit, overlook them
in Owatoana, where Hess took y Colts
pcrssader aad told then, to hold up.
and they did. He brought thcm back
lnst night. In the center Of the con
tract is "a good note, signed by the
man and wife, payable whenever the
payee sees 6t to demand it. in eight
months, with 10 per cent. interest, for
$3.50.
They had lots of'contracts, some in
Hennepin county and others in Iowa.
70 many Germans they showed doz-
en- or more executed ready to cut out
the note and sell,
It is worth while Cor parties who
have sold their lands lately on contract
to 90 to lie Sueur, MIMI, to SEQ if
their contracts have been sold, or are
in the hands o. those men.
It will be we'll to do it, lest the
technicalitics Of the la- blame them.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

:PELEa WALES" is out with a
graphic md telling cartoon in the Min.
me- polls Tribune representing "DoN-
NELLY wHITBwAsnlNo DONNELLY,"
one little fat man nightly resembling
the Senator from Dakota, vigorously
applying . whitewash brush to q du.
plicats picture Of the same little tat
man. The following poetical tribute
to Donna(ly's genius for solf-invcstiga-
ton accompanies the picture:
DEAR PELsa: -..-s>
1send you my picture,
A duplicate pattern, you sec,
(And bet youth no log cr intlict your
Vile stuff, on the land Of the free"
1t has some relation
10 Investigation
Aud that's what the matter with me |!
I Thought / was living in clover;
laughed and cavortcd in glce;
l found Ramsey rotten all over
And Smith as corrupt rs could be:
When like POMpey, caught mapping.
l"heard sumtin' drappin,"
Aud that's what's the matter with me
Like bolt Of the midsummer thunder
Was the blow that was lcvcled by
Whcelock.
A cloud AM partially under
Cause the railroads would pay INC a
tee
Their bill, il I'd passit-.
And likewise from Bassett-
And that's what's the matter with me.
Oakcs A,ncs never gave me u dollar
He frequently said he would see"
When offered my neck for his collar
And went for the bonds of U. p.
r. But my terms never suited,
- And Pm unpolluted,-
! And that's what's the matter with me
"Tis monstrous and vile allegation
49,. I move to refer it to men
! exclaimcd-so fair cxculpation
! Will follow-if can agree.
To all rcpliest
''I'm fair and unbiased"
And that's what's the matter with me
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
$955,OOO
IN CASH GIFTS,
TO BIZ D1sTRIBU. ED BY THE
Mercantile Prize Association.
OF NEW YORK.
DAILY DRAWINGS
A PRIZE FOR EVERYlTICKET.

400 Gold Watches............ ..........S75 to 800
us Sowing Machines. ......... Gu to 1856
Is klegsat Plan ........ ............250 to 200
50 y elodeons..... ........ so t" 200
Cash Gifts, SilvcrW ure ctc.valued ats 500 900
A chance to draw an, Of tho above prizes
for Is cents. Tickets describing prizes are
SEALED in en- vclopes and we'll mixed. On
receipt OF Is cents q SEALED TICKET is drawn
with out choice, and sent by mail to any ad-
dress. The prize named upon it will be do.
livered to the ticket holder on payment of
ONE DOLLAR. Prizes arc Immediately sent
to any address by express or return mail.
You will know what your prize is before
you pay for it. No blanks. Our patrons can
depend On fair dealing.
OPINIONS or THE FREss.-Fair dealing can
DO relied on.-N. Y. Herald. aug. %. A
genuine distribution.-W World, Sept. 9. Not
ono Of tho humhugs Of tho day Weekly
Tribune. Julv7. They give general salts
faction.-S'aa's Zeit""g. Aug. 5.
EErERExcEs. BY kind permission we 70
fer to the following: Franklin S. Lane,
Louisville, drew $4,000; Miss Hattie Bank
or, Charleston, 81, 600; Mrs. Louisa r. Blake,
St. Paul, Piano 500; Samuel V. Raymond,
Boston, 800; Eugonc 2. Bracket, Pitts
burgh, Watch, $500; Miss Annie Osgood,
Now Orleans, $1,000; Emery L. Pratt, Co.
lumbus. Ohio, $1,000.
OxI CAsH GIFT in every package Of $50
tickets guaranteed. tickets for One DOL
lar: II TOR Two Dollars; IS for Three Dot
lars !; so for Five Dollars; l50 for Fifteen
Dollars.
Agents wantcd, TO whom we offer liberal
Inducements and guarantee satisfaction.
Address, q. r. BARNUM l. CO.,
aom3 4e Broadwsg, NY.
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OFFICIAL

OFFICIAL,
Laws Of the United States passed at the
First Session of the Forty Third Con.
gress.
GENERAL NATURE-NO.S 81
AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An
act making appropriations for suudry civil
expenses Of tho Government for tho fiscal
year ending juno thirtieth, eighteen hundred
aud seventy four. and for other purposes, y
approved March third, eighteen hundred and
sevsnt y-ttree.
BE ttenacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That the
act entitled IAN act making appropria.
tons for sundry civil expenses of the
Government for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-fo and for other purposes" ap
proved March third, eighteen hundred
andseyenty.three, be, and tie same ia here
by, amended by adding to the proviso in
clause of said act relating to the public
printing and binding the following words
land Of the House Of Representatives"
Approved, January %, 1874
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

A class in mental arithmetic was qucs.
toned concerning the number Of men re-
quircd to perform certain piece of work
in a specified time; the answer was,
"Twelvc men and twO-thirds." A bright
lad, pcrcciving the otldity of two.thirds Of
a man, Instantly replied, "Twelve mon
and boy fourteen years old"-fourteen
being two-thirds of twenty ono, tho legal
age Of manhood.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

TUE Senate, BY large majority, de-
cided, in effect, that Mr.. James G,k,l.
Ian could not be compelled to answer
the qustions propounded to him by
tho Pine Land Committee, in re-
gard to the Wilder contract, the infcr-
ssatiouin his possession having been
derived from bis client, aud therefore
vas Of a privileged character, under
the Statute law Of Minnesota.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
THE TRANSCRIPT
------
A. A. HARDWOOD, Editor & Proprietor.
AUSTIN, MIMI
THURSDAY MORNING. FER, 20. 1874.

Tnr Legislature Will continue in
=, s>ion "ine days l. n=er. I" that time
il will formally pass upo" not less than
i've hundred d lFtrent hi!ls--an average
Of something moro than City per day.
Thus Tar, hut :::,l: has been accom-
r'ished. rroiaoiy ;"o previous session.
il ~s exrep, tho one fa"il;arly known
in Democratic times, rs the long parli-
ameut-has ever done 50 much talking
as .:.c preeenr NJ especially impor. |
s.nt railroad legislation has been cou,-
plctsl, several radical measures are
pcnd;"s. but no Que can predict their
fate. The railroad men seem able to
make tie Legislature think that rail
road companies are working in the in
.srests Of the state. aud at az actual
loss to Themselves in tho management
Of thor several lines. Under such an
impression it is not difficult to magnify
IN attempt to restrict them, into a de.
sermiued purpose to effect their
rum and it j. = bogus sym.
patty, manufactured for the occasion,
which prevent IS the enactment Of WHOLE
some laws, for the regulation Of the dit:
fsrept lines Of road. Only a few pro-
tend that railroads are especially re.
mnnerative,' in tho earlier years Of
their operation, but al know that they
have an underlying source Of profit !,
which will not only make good all de-
6cieaees resulting from inexperience
and immature development, but yield
. large dividend upon every dollar, in
vesteds in construction, operation and
repairs. Tho lands and the bonds,
which have been given them by the
general and the state government, and
MUNICIPALITIES aud by private citi.
Gems, are immense, in many cases ex'
seeding 10 value, the entire SUM iu'
vested Neither. the lands nor the bond'
are subject to taxation. while, the one
is>iacfcaaea in valao' each year by tho
kbor of adjacent settlers, aud the other
is doubled every decade BY AN accu
intuition Of interest: The railroad com
7anies are not poor, neither shoule
they be made poor By unfriesdly leg
islation. They are essential to M
tional existence and to indmiaual pros
perity, but because they are, the,
should not 10 permitted to decide, ex
3arte, usoa. what terms their servieel
may be employed .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
Ripple1.

:
MAN is mystery" said q young lady
to her beau, Eyes, DEAR" said he, land q
girl is a MISERY"
"The sun rises in the cast" said cele-
brated author from that locality. "Ycs,
but it don't stay there long," said by
stander from the west
Mother, said little girl who was en-
gagged in making her doll an apron, II be-
up" "How do you ever expect to become
Duchess, my daughter" her mother
to be sure" replied the girl.
"Sir," said the astonished landlaly to q
traveller who sent his cup forward for the
seventh time, "you be very fond Of coffee"
eyes, madam, 1 am," he replied, "or
should never have drank so much water
to get little coffee"
An Englishman, it is said, having heard
great deal about the Yankee propensity
Of Dragging, thought he would make an
experiment in the art himself lie walk
up to Il market woman's stand, and point
ing to some large watermelons, said :
"What, don't you raise any bigger apples
than these, in American" "4Apples!" said
the woman, disdafnfully, "anybody might
know you was an En9llshman. mems
hucklcl'erries."
During the trial of case the witness
persisted in telling what his wife told him.
To this, Of course, the attorneys objected.
He would proceed again to tell "shust how
it vas," when the attorney would sing out,
"How do you know tllat?'
My wife told me,"was the answer,
This was repeated several times Pres.
emily the Judge, becoming unable to con-
tain himself, interrupted:
"Suppose that your wife were to tell
you that the heavens had fallen, what
would you think?''
"Vel1, l tink dey vas down.
A Pittsburgh man, who had paid three
hundred and fifty dollars for his wifcs
molars, being complimented on the pcarly
appearance Of her teeth, growled, scrip.
turally, "Yes. pearls Of great price,"
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First Session Of the Forty-Third Con-
gress.
GENERAL NATURE No. A. .....
AN ACT relstiag to tho linitatio. of steam
pressure Of vessels 1ecd exclusively for towing
and carrying freight "a the Mississippi river
and its tributaries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
prOvisiOns of an act entitled IAN act to
provide for the better security OF life on
vessles propelled in, whole or in part by
steam," &C., approved February twenty
eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy one,
SO far as they relate to the limitation of
steam pressure Of steamboats, used cxclu.
sively for towing and carrying freight on
the Mis-: issippi river and its tributaries,
are hereby 50 fur modified as to substi.
tutc for such boats one hundred and fifty
pounds Of steam pressure in Place of one
hundred and ten pounds, as provided in
said act for the standard pressure upon
standard boilers of forty two inches DIAM
eter, and Of plates Of one quarter Of an
inch in thickness; and such boats may,
on the written. permit of the supervising
inspector of the district in which such
boats shall carry on their business, be
permitted to carry steam above the stan-
dard pressure of one hundred and ten
pounds, but not exceeding the standard
pressure of one hundred and fifty pounds
to the square inch.
Approved, January 6, 1874
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OFFICIAL,

Laws Of the United States, passed at the
First Session of the Forty-Third Con.
gross.
AN ACT to abolish the Office of Deputy
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives ofthc United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
the Office of Deputy Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue. made vacant by the death
Of General B. J. Sweet, be, and the same
tary Of the Treasury may, upon tho rec
omcndation of the Commissioner of Inter.
nal Revenue, designate one of the two re-
naming deputy commissioners as First
Deputy Commissioners, who shall per-
form the duties and he paid only the SAL
ary prescribed for the Office of deputy
commissioner hereby abolished.
Approved, January 20, 1874.
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3"os SooSAOA "a Viz COEty~ AulIu NOu-
gres.
GENERAL NATuRE-No. 8.
AN ACT making appropriations to pay for
reporting tho debates and proceedings Of
Congress. &c..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives Of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, Tia,
there is hereby appropriated out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise AZ
propriated, the sum of twenty-five thous
and one hundred and cighty-five dollars
for the payment Of the five official repor:
tiers OF the proceedings, and debates Of the
House of Representatives during the first
year OF the F0rty.third Congress, said re-
porters to be paid monthly at the rate
fixed by law.
SEC. 2. That there is hereby appropria.
ted, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the sum Of one
thousand six hundred and thirty-six dol
lars and twelve cents to pay D. F. Muir
ply, official reporter of the Senate, 70,
reporting the proceedings and debates OF
the Senate at the special session of March
eighteen hundred and seventy-thrcc, &C
c0rding to the arrangement made with
him by the Committee on Printing of the
Senate, which was reported by said Com
mittce to the Senate on the twenty-firs,
day of March, eighteen hundred and
seventy three.
SEC. 3. That there is hereby appropri
atcd tor reporting the proceedings and
debates Of the Senate for the Congrcssi
onal year ending March four, eighteen
hundred and seventy -four, the sum Of six
thousand dollars, or so much thereof A.
may bo' necessary, which sum shall b<
added to the contingent fund of the Sen
ate and he disbursed by the Secretary Of
the Senate, agreeably to the terms of the
resolution aforesaid: PROVIDED, Tha
from and after the passage of this act &
sum not exceeding forty-two Thousand
dollars shall be paid for reporting the
proceedings Of each House of Congress
for any one Congress, under the direction
of the respective Houses; and all laws in
consistent herewith arc hereby repealed
Approved, January 28, 1874.