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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

AL aDuuuauCo VI KOIu money IN ClrCu-
lation or on deposit is an effect not cause.
1t is symptom Of industrial and com.
mercial prosperity. Contraction of the
currency can never bring it even if mar.
rowed down SO close that but single
greenback dollar remained in existence.
While gold is full legal tender and pa
per money is not, the former will always
be at q premium. Money is made by
coinage, or by printing, or both, and its
value is conferred by law, which makes it
legal tender for:the payment of debts.
Gold and silver bullion are valuable, first
because Of their comparative scarcity, and
second, because they have employed la.
Dor to put them into the market, but they
are not money until accredited by the
stamp of the government. Wheat is the
joint product of the soil and of labor, and
is therefore valuable, but it docs not pass
as currency, because its passage as such
has never been authorized. Congress has
the power to say tha. 50 many pounds Of
wheat properly labeled and attested shall
pass current as legal tender represent
ing uniformly designated value. Wheat
is q product Of all nations, and but for the
fact of inconvenience of such use, it
might just as we'll he employed as medi-
UNI Of exchange as any other commodity.
From this it follows, that the universally
of the production nor the value of the
has anything to do in deter
mining what material shall be employed
as money. The scarity Of gold renders
possible monopoly Of Its ownership or
possession.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10
COUNTY POLITICS.

1t will soon be time for the republicans
Of this county to nominate candidates for |
The various Offices to be filled at the next
election. It Is our desire that the party
should act tremendously. We have never
made war upon any man or faction Of
We have defended the interests
Of the masses against the encroachments
Of the few, and VIC expect to do that when.
eyer occasion may require. We now ex.
press not only willingness but wish to
work side by side with all republicans for
the accomplishment Of any legitimate
party purposes. If our. antagonists have
a similar desire We expect they will modi-
fy their action accordingly. Misrcpre-
scntation will avail but little in this can
vass. It is idle tor our enemies to pre-
tend that there is now in existence in this
county any influence emanatlng from
what was once known as the "Old Ring
or that we, or any of our friends are In
collision with any person or persons who
once formed part Of that organization.
The controlling power in Mower county
politics resides with the people, as indi.
viduals and If any party success has been
achieved within the last two years it is
because the members have been inspired
to do their duty. 1t is an insult to the
masses to intimate that a few men banded
together for corrupt purposes can deceive
the people to such an extent as to gain
their willing support to schemes Of freud
merits the contempt of all sensible men:
There is no star-chamber proceeding by
which local politics may be made the in.
strumcnt to perpetua,e a fraud,-no in
quisatorial process by which men arc
thumb screwed into obedience to q dicta.
tor. Every republican is an independent
citizen, and if honest and intelligent, as
most republicans are, knows his rights
and his duties, and he will defend the one
and perform the other as his own con
science shall dictate. What does it avail
to pirate to such men about the old ring
The time has gone by in this county fol-
working upon the prejudices of the PEG.
pie. An appeal to their common sense
need not be made in vain. They will lis
ten to arguments but will not regard sen,
sational reports. They will trust their
own convictions, and give but little heed
to mere defamation. In order to gain
the confidence Of the people aud secure a
following it will be necessary for the old
ring shriekers to tune their liar ~ upon
different key.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10
First publication August 3rd, 1861

First publication August 3rd, 1861
OTATE OF MINNESOTA NOW
- Err COUNTY - So.
IN Probate Court
In the Matter of the estate Of Adna Keith,
Deceased.
On reading and fling the petition of Ma
rla Keith, If Grand Meadow. re?rescnt-
ing, among other things, that Adna Keith,
late of Grand Meadow, on the Pend
day of July A. d. 1876, at his residencc,
died intestate, and being a resident OF
this County at the time of his death, leaving
goods. chatte's, and estate within this County
and that the said Petitioner is the widow Of
raid deceased, and praying that administra-
ton o: said estate be to her granted, it is or
dered that said petition be heard before the
Judge of this Court, on Saturday the 26t&.
day Of August A. D. 1876. ut I O'clock p. NJ,
At the Probate Office in said County.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be
given to the heirs of said deceased, and to al
persons interested, by publ. shing a copy of
this order for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the Mower County
Transcript weekly newspaper printed aud
published at the city Of Austin, in said Coun-
ty.
Dated At the city of Austin, the goth day
of July A. D. 1876.
By the Court,
SAMUEL HARTER,
1871 Judge of Probate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

First pu blication August 3d.
0TATE OF MINNESOTA COUN-
- TY OF MOWER
In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate Of Charles Cook,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to the heirs Of said
deceased and to all other persons interested
in said estate, that the Petition Of Nina Cook
and W. F. Mcmillan Administrators of the es-
tate Of said deceased, for final settlement Of
their account rs such administrators, and for q
6nal discharge in the premises, will be heard be-
fore me At the Probate Office, in said County,
on Saturday the 18th day of August. ID. 1876,
1t IL O'Clock A. NJ.
Ord cred, That notice of tho time and place
Of said hearing, be given to oil persons inter
ested in said estate, by publication Of tho
foregoing notice, twice before said day Of
hearing in the Mower County Transcript .
weekly newspaper printed and published at
the city of Austin, in said County Of Mower.
Dated At the City of Austin, this 2nd day
Of August 1876.
SAMUEL HARTER,
Judge of Probate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

It is now told that General Sitting Bull
10 . French scholar and reads poetry. Per.
.haps he has been reading some Of Walt
Whitman's, which might account for hi 5
sntipatby 10 the white race.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

fence appreciated by all. 1t must be re.
membcrcd that NO OTHER ROAD runs their
sleeping cars into. Philadelphia direct,
without change. The reduced rates Gre
ated by the railroad war has made the
fares about one.half of the regular tariff.
Round trip Centennial tickets, good for
sixty days, with privilege Of stopping off
at any point, may he purchased over the
Fl. Wayne & Pennsylvania Railway.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

The falling o6 in the attendance ct the
Exhibition has caused the reduction Of
he Railroad fare. The number Of visitors
I'll 81 materially during tho heated term,
ard hss DOT increased with the return Of
pjessast weather.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

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Early in the spring of 81 the Browns
dale Hotel, whose completion had been
delayed by the cold Of the proceeding win
ter, and the want Of labor aud material,
was now completed and opened for the
reception of guests under the auspices of
Mr.. John l.. johnson.
A school house was built by subscrip-
ton and Miss Sarah Ticnor was installed
~ the first teacher, whose school was very
commcndablc for those early times. A
post Office was established here, the mails
being brought from the distant river towns
and received at uncertain intervals Of
about once a week.
A few threshing machines were brought
in during the fall of 80 and put in opera
ton, the farmers receiving but : small
compensation for their wheat after haul
ing it to the Mississippi towns for mar
ket.
In the summer of SO the settlement was
visited by a severe hail storm that destroy.
ed nearly all the crops, both Of wheat and
corn throughout the entire settlement
The storm was accompanied by heavy
thunder and lightning, furious wind and
tremendous fall Of hail, breaking the
glass out of nearly all the houses ON the
north side, and as crops were concerned
it left nothing but destruction on its trail
During all these disastrous and discourag
>-1 never lOSt nope o.
better days to come and better times t.
be in store for them when the settlement
would increase in numbers, when land:
and improvements would increase in value
and the coming Railroad bring them near
er and better markets
The ladies kept alive their spirit of re
MUS and classical attainments that they
had acquired in their earlier years around
tile freside home Of their parent State il
the compiling and production OF a literary
paper called the He'd Rock Ledger. In
which all the current events of the times
was narrated and commented upon, to
gether with essays, poetry, and literature
of various kinds, both original and select
cd. That you may better understand and
appreciate this little literary gem, I will
here introduce it to you by reading the
title page from one Of its numbers, loaned
me by kind friend for the occasion:
1.-THE RED ROCK LEDGER"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10
First insertion June 20.
GTATE OF MINNESOTA NOW.

oEK COUNTY,.
District Court, 10th Judicial District.
T. S. Hodgson and Laura v .Hodgson, Plain
tiffs. against Arnold Lee. Mary Jane Lee,
Joseph G. Gist and E. c. Gist, Defendants.
The State of Minnesota to the Defendants
above named.
You and each of you are hereby summoned
and required to answer the complaint of the
Plaintiff in this action, which has been filed
in the Office of the Clerk Of this Court, in and
for said Mower County, Minnesota, at Austin
in said County, and to serve copy of yous
answer to the said complaint, on the subscriber
at his Office in Austin, in the County Of Now
er and State aforesaid, within twenty days
after the service Of this summons on you,
exclusive Of the day Of such service, and i;
you fail to answer the said complaint within
the time aforesaid. the Plaintiffs will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded in said
complaint and costs of this action.
Dated ut Austin, juno 10th, A. D. 1876.
D. b. JOHNSON. JR.
Plaintiffs Attorney, Austin, Mower County
Minnesota.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10
First publication July 2oth.]

First publication July 2oth.]
SUMMONS.
GTATE OF MINNESOTA COUN-
DTY OF MOWER.
District Court.-Tenth Judicial District.
Albert A. LOOMS, Plaintiff, against Sarah
A. LOOMS, DEPENDENT.
The State of Minnesota to the above named
De'endent:
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint in this action which is
on file in the Office Of the Clerk Of this Court.
at the City Of Austin, County Of Mower, State
of Minnesota, and to serve copy Of your an =
swer to the said complaint, on the subscriber,
1T his ,fice, in tho city of Austin, Mower
County, State of Minnesota, within thirty
days after the service of this summons upon
you, exclusive of the day Of such sofvice, and
if you fail to answer tho said complaint with
in the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this
action will apply to the Court for the reli Of
demanded in said complaint.
Dated, July 18th A. D., 1876.
D. B. JOHNSON,
Pla intiff's Attorney,
City Of Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10
DEATH TO PAIN!

READsR:- Pass me not by but read what
say, and will do you good. Winter is up
on 10 and with it its Pains end ito Aches. 1t
brings Rheumatism. Neuralgia. Il causes
Burns, Freezes, Chilblains, it produces Inas.
nations, Sore Throats, Diptheris: We meet
with accidents, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts Sores,
for which We need something to give relief.
60 to Dorr ! Void and get bottle Of Biz
by's Death to Pain, use it according to d.
reotions, use freely and If it fails to give re-
lief take back tho empty bottle and get your
money. It costs you nothing unless it cures.
Can you desire anything any fsirer7 then
try it. Take mono other. Every druggist au-
thorised to refund tho money if it fails to
give relief.
Ifyour druggist does not keep it have him
sssn.s, 81. Paul, Or to L. Bi15y, o.stonn. s
MIMI, Manufacturer and Proprietor.
,s ". n8-1v
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

The House of Representatives has at
last passed bill repeating the "Resump'
ton Act" We hope that the Senate viii!
do likewise.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

Sallie Ward, Of Louisville, the famous
Kentucky belle, has married her third
husband, Mr.. PARE P. Armstrong.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

Which has stood tho test of 40 years.
There is no Sore it will not heal, no lame
ness it will not cure; no Ache, NO Pain, that
afiiets the Human body, or the body Of q
horse or other domestic animal, that does not
yield to it's magic touch. A bottle costing Csc
soc. or 100, has often saved the life of hu-
man being, aud restored to life and useful
ness many . valuable horse. 4Syl
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

The Acknowledgement orlhwOod- Will
low -Wallcrs," is the starchiest name IF a
ball club we have heard. They hail from
Northwood, Iowa.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10
It is very certain Tilden
Has reform upon the brain,
But to try to End it elsewhere
Would be effort all in vain;
For he keeps it shut up closely
In that closet of his thought.
Whence it can't get into practice,
As the people think it ought.

The Emperors Of Russia, Germany and
Italy, have congratulated General Grant
by letter, on the Centennial Of American
Independence.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10
First publication August 3rd.)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

First publication August 3rd.)
NOTICE. TO CREDITORS.
GTATE OF MIN NESOTA COUN-
ATTY OF MOWERS.
In probate Court.
In tho matter of the estate of Christian
Olson TUT, deceased. ......-
10 whom it may concern: Notice is hereby
given to Ill perscns having claims against
tho estate Of Christian Olson Turf late Of
Move. County, deceased, to present the Same
for examination and hearing, to tho Judge Of
tho Probate Court 70. Mower County. at his
ofice in the City Of Austin, in said County,
within six months, on tho following days, viz:
September 4th, 1876, and February 3rd, 1876.
This notice to be published four consecutive
weeks In tho Mower County Transcript.
Dated August End A. D. 1876.
By the Court,
t SAMUEL HARTER,
Is Judge Of Probate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

The Northern Exposition and Fair at
Wiaona. will be opened September 25th,
continuing one week.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

The last Charlie Ross story, told by a
negro, is a hoax.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

Tired and sleepy, the women and children
lay down on the floors and slept while the
men stood guard over them till morning.
Couriers arrived during the day somewhat
mitigating the previous reports, and rem.
dering the iituation more hopeful. Dur
ing the day most Of the people retraced
their steps toward their homes.
The State was called upon by the gen.
eral government to furnish its quota of
men to make and recruit tho armies Of the
Republic. Quite a number Of our young
and energetic men promptly volunteered
to 6ght the battles in their country's cause
They left their homes, their friends and
families, and rallied around the standard
of Liberty in the cause Of human rights.
Some Of those gallent men returned to
their homes and the friends they left be.
hind, to meet the everlasting gratitude of
their fellow men. and an immortal remem-
brance Of those that are to come after them.
OF those who were left on the battle field,
what shall say Of them, SO long as men
shall hate and scorn slavery and love and
cherisll the free and liberal institutions Of
SELF government, these soldiers of free
dom that died in prison and ON the battle
field, their memory shall be cherished and
their names shalt live In the grateful re-.
membrane Of those now living, and their
gallant doada 10 atOsaf3 mn lhv, f,,fnpo s,o,,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10
Vol. I. FEBRUARY, 1859.

0UR AoTro.-"To hold and trim the torch of
truth
And wave it DER the darkened
Garth"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-10

Gu very extensive ClfCu!atlOn, SecOnu 10
no other paper published in the State, and
its proprietors are constantly striving to
make it more and more interesting to its
numerous readers. They have now Sc
cured some of the ablest and most expert.
cnced writer's Of the day, who write only
for the Red Rock Ledger.
Jeraboam, writes only for the Red Rock
Ledger.
Romeo, writes only for the Red Rock
Ledger.
Lestina, writes only for the Red Rock
Ledger.
Adeline, writes only for the Red Rock
Ledger.
Ver,tas, writes only for the Red Rock
Ledger. Aud score of others whose
only aim is TO make the Ledger interest
ing and profitable to all. We hope that
our list of subscribers will be greatly in
creased during the present year. This
was written and read at our evening gath
crings for some time, and served to add
much to the pleasure and entertainment
Of our long winter evenings. In addition
to this, the ladies had mite societies, sew
ing societies, and other social gatherings,
all Of which had in view elevating the
standard of morality, and the organizing
and carrying out of plans for benevolent
objects.
Among some of the many incidents and
occurrences Of the. early times that may
note, was the birth Of daughter to John
and Melissa johnson, in the summer of
SO, this was the first birth occurring in
the township.
The first religious services were held
occasionally at the house of the Rev. Mo-
SEES Mapes, and was conducted by him.
Among the first marriages that were
solemnized here, were those of Mr.. H. H.
Shook and Miss Emily Panic, and Mr..
Thomas Alfred and Miss Sarah Tlcnor.
The marriage writes were performed by
the Rev. Milo Frany, at the Brownsville
Hotel, both at the same time.
we come now to the second decade,
embracing the interval between 1860 and
1870. The first part of this decade was
somewhat discouraging to settlement, i'm
provemcnt and culture. The war of the
Rebellion breaking out, though we were
somewhat removed from the center of its
fury, yet our people sorely felt its bad eff:
feet In this community.
The Indian massacre of Spirit Lake and
New Ulm, threw the whole State into
commotion. The whole of the settlers in
the south tier of counties, especially those
to the west Of US, on receipt Of the news,
hitched up their teams, gathered their
wives and little ones, and fed to the older
settlements to the east of them. The hotel
here at Brownsdale, was filed on the
night of October 10, 1881 with the flying
fugitives; men, women and children.
Tired and sleepy, the women and children
lay down on the floors and slept while the
men stood guard over them till morning.
Couriers arrived during the day somewhat
mitigating the previous reports, and rem.
dering the fituation more hopeful. Dur.
ing the day most Of the people retraced
their steps toward their homes.
The State was called upon by the gen.
eral government to furnish its quota of
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-09-14
BROWNLOW ASKS A QUESTION.

Ex-senator Brownlow says in late is
sue of the Knoxville (Tenn.) Chronicle ::
Gov Tilden lays great stress upon the
burdens of taxation we are compelled to en-
dure, and the weight of them we are not
disposed to controyert. They are heavy
and grievous, and every time We are pressed
with their weight we feel like hurling anath-
emas at those reckless Democrats who i'm
posed them upon Us. The great republic
was getting along very well in 1860, in so
far as the prosperity of its citizens was con-
cerned and, although the government
credit was bad, it took but S60,000,000 a
of any consequence. Hence there was no
internal revenue necessary, and the great
army of office holders which have grown up
out of the war to fasten and fatten on the
people did not exist. But the Rebel De-
mocracy having failed to elect President
at the ballot-box, revolted and tried to de-
stroy the republic it had shown itself unfit
to govern. 1t waged rebellious war against
the union, to preserve which taxed the en-
ergies and resources of the loyal people for
more than four years of bloody war and ten
more of quarrelsome and laborious peace.
The national debt is, for the most part, a
Democratic debt; and if the principle of
indemnity insisted upon in the late Franco
German war had been carried out in clos
ing up their rebellion, it would not have
been the people of the United States but
the rebel democracy that would have had
to pay that debt. What right hare 7Hlden
and Hendricks, both sympathizers ,oith re-
bellion, to arraign the party ,ohich sared
the Union, for Ierying tares to pay the
interest on the National Debt and make an
utal reductions from the principalP 1t is
not those who pay, but those who make
debts that should be arraigned 2"