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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-11
VOL ".
The Wilder Controversy,

The Wilder Controversy.
1t is a habit nowadays to find
fault with newspaper editors for
abusing candidates Of opposing par
ties, and such wanton abuse is cer-
tainly contemplate. More than
this it is cowardly, for the candidate
abused dares not resent it, because
he will be injured by SO doing. The
editor of this paper has no desire to
and will not, be guilty of conduct so
justly censurable. We will say of
all candidates only what we sincere
ly believe to be true, and this will
be said without fear of injury or
hope of favor.
1t has happened several times that
we have been called upon to allude
to Judge Wilder, and we have in
variably spoken of him in terms of
respect, because we believed that
he merited such treatment. But
it seems that his friends and cham
pions are not satisfied with this, and
are now using these very illusions
for the purpose of proving us incon-
sistent, in that we do not now sup
port him as congressional candi-
date. We desire to ask these gen.
tlemen, one and all, if what we have
said about Judge Wilder is not true ?
Or, rather, if we had not good rea-
son to believe it to be true? If 50,
why should we not have said it, at
the time and under the circumstan-
ces when it was said ? Isn't it al
lowable for an opposing editor to
believe and say of an occasional de-
mocrrt that he is a gentleman :?
When we wrote the extracts used
by MIR. Herbert, in letter on the
fifth page, we did not believe that
Judge Wilder could be prevailed
upon to except a party nomination,
and the careful readers will observe
that what we have said never
amounts to an endorsement of the
Judge, as q deM0cratic candidate, and
that he now submits his claims for
support as tile candidate Of that PAR
ty is plainly set forth in the follow
ing extract from his letter of &C.
ceptance:-
In the fullest and broadest sense
l except and endorse the platform
adopted by our National council at
St. Louis, and in the candidates
there presented to us for President
and Vice President I recognize men
and statemen worthy of the best
days of the republic. accept, too,
the platform adopted by your con-
vention.
In speaking of Major Strait, we
are sorry to say, Mr.. Herbert uses
the stale charges brought against
that gentleman from time to time,
but, never, we believe, sustained by
evidence sufficient to command
credit. These charges are proba-
bly, the offspring of disappointed
competition, party prejudice, and
the acerbity arising from political
strife; for, SO far, as we can discov-
er, there is really no good grounds
for any of them, except, it may be,
the alleged promise to Mr.. Thacher.
And so, on the other hand, it seems
to us that the friends of Mr.. Wilder
allow their zeal for that gentleman
to lead them into utterances con-
siderably more extravagant than
the facts justify. He is a good
man, no doubt, but not faultless;
and MI: Strait has, also, many ex
cellent qualities. When a just CON-
parison is made, we take it, that
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

an Office OF MORTGAGE SALE.
q Default has been made in the con-
IS dit,ons of \ certain mortgage executed
=. and delivered by John P. Peterson and
6 Anna L. Peterson, his wife, mortgagors,
g to Hart B. Baldwin, mortgagee, bearing
q date the seventeenth day of July, A. D.
1874, and recorded as a mortgage in the
- Office of the Register of Deeds of the
R county of Goodhue and State of Min
&, nesota, on the twenty-frst day of July,
& A. D. 1874, at four o'clock and thirty
Sminutes in the afternoon of said day, in
- book twenty-five of mortgage deeds, on
& page four-hundred and sixty
There IS claimed to be due and is due
> upon said mortgage and the debt secur-
& ed thereby, at the date of this notice,
e to wit: October }d, 1876, the sum of
s one hundred thirty-three dollars and
eighty cents ($l33.S0), and no action
e5 at law or otherwise has been instituted
@ to recover the said mortgage debt, or
s any part thereof:
q. Notice is hereby given that, by virtue
a, of the power of sale contained in said
g mortgage and recorded Herewith, and
y. of the statute in such case made and
PAO'AuCu, 0hC StlA lAOItSiSc Will De
g foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged
q premises therein described, which sale
= will be made by the sheriff of said
s. Goodhue county, at the front door of
8 the Court House in the city of Red
8 Wing, in said county of Goodhue and
x State of Minnesota, on Saturday the
3 18th day Of November, A. D. 1876, at
q ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day,
- to satisfy the amount which shall then
e be due on said mortgage, with the in
"a terest thereon and costs and expenses
=, of sale, and fifty dollars attorney fee,
8 stipulated in said mortgage to be paid
- in case of foreclosure.
II The premises described in said mort
q gage and so to be sold is the lot, piece.
E1 or parcel of land, situate in the county
- of GOodhue and State of Minnesota
.aand known and described as follows.
ITO wit: The west half of lot No. nine.
:5teen (l9) of Ladd's out lots to the city
Got Red Wing, according to the recorded
sSplat thereof in the Office of the Register
of Deeds in and for said Goodhue couo-
,$ty:
e Dated at Red Wing, Goodhue county
Minnesota, this Sd day of October, AID.
1876. HART B. BALDWIN,
CoLv1LL e. HoYr, Mortgagee.
Attorneys for Mortgage Sow
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orally urged against him.
The letter published in the St.
Paul Dispatch Of the 9th, over the
signature of "Vindex," is an ex-
tremely ill-advised electioneering
document, for palpable reasons, and
we are sorry it was ever written. It
is too vindictive and bitter to have
any other effect than that of ex-
citing the indignation Of every per-
son who entertains respect for
Judge Wilder.
AS we have already said, there
are two sides to this bounty tax
question, and opposition to it is not
a sure sign of disloyalty. Since the
letter referred to appeared in the
Dispatch, it has called out the other
side. for a hearing, and public at
tention is already cited to several
instances in this county where SOL
diers, fighting in the army at the
time, were compelled to pay boun-
ty tax to save their less patriotic
neighbors from the draft!
One case Of peculiar hardship is
reported, wherein a widow lady,
mother of Mr.. James A. Wright, of
this city, whose three sons Zone of
whom was killed) were then in the
army, had to mortgage her land to
borrow money to pay more than
$500 bounty tax, to aid her able
bodied masculine neighbors, gener-
ally more wealthy than herself, in
avoiding the chances Of the draft.
We have no doubt that Judge VIII.
der was opposed to the war, and
that he occupied the same position
in which Mr.. Tilden and democrats
Of his stripe generally stood. We
do not believe that he will deny
this, nor that he will claim that he
has repented Of the opinions he
then entertained. It is sufficient,
then, for us to oppose him because
he is democaat, and in abandon
ing that line of opposition, and
resortlng to Misrepresentation and
abuse the writer in the Dispatch is
really raising up friends for Judge
Wilder and injuring the prospects
Of Major Strait. If a disguised en-
emy of the Major aiming to effect
his defeat, and he certainly seems
to be, it is our opinion that he is
pursuing the proper course to ac-
complish his object.
There is no reliable news from
the elections in Ohio and Indiana.
The former has probably gone re-
publican by 10000 majority, and in
the latter the contest is very close.
"A State Teachers Institute is
to be held at Rochester on the 10th
inst. We learn that it will be an
especially interesting and instructive
occasion.
The State Fair was a success
so far as to display, but failure
pecuniarily, the attendance being
limited.
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there will not be found enough Diff
ference between these gentlemen to
justify any republican voting for the
democratic nominee. We certainly
do not believe that Major Strait is
materially lacking in merit, for
man, such as his enemies repre-
sent him to be, could never attain
and retain the social, business, and
political positions which he occu-
pies. This fact is, Of itself, suhi-
cient refutation of the charges gen.
orally urged against him.
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where their hard earnings in these
dull times can be most judiciously
invested, and where business is done
on fair and honest principles, it is an
indisputable faction that cannot be
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HORRIBLY!

The great Presidential contest is
at hand. The political kettle is
boiling hot, and that we are to have
a new President is, without doubt, a
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CTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUN-
~ ty Of Goodhue, District Court.
First Judicial District.
Mary P. Jewett, Plaintiff, against Au-
gustus Foglesong and Catherine Fog
lesong, his wife, defendants. Sum
mons for relief.
The State Of Minnesota to the above
named defendants:
You and each of you are hereby sum-
moned and required to answer the COM
plant in the above entitled action,
which has been filed with the clerk of
said Court in his Office at the Court
House in Red Wing in said 3oohue couu-
ty, and which said complaint is now on
file in said Office of said clerk of said
Court and to serve a copy of your ans
wer to the said complaint on the sub
scriber at his Office, in the city of Red
Wing, in the county of Goodhue, and
State aforesaid, within twenty days af-
ter the service Of this summons on you,
exclusive of the day of such service; and
if you fail to answer the said complaint
within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff
will apply to the said Court for the relief
demanded in the said complaint.
Dated Red Wing, Minnesota, this
9Th day Of August, A. D. 1876.
j. G. MCCLURE,
sow Plaintiffs Attorney.
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of people and especially those..who
have to buy Clothing, and it is a
question of more vital Individual i'm
portance, because it is one that
touches the pocket-books, and when
ever a good and sure place can be
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certainty. The struggle will be a
lively one, but yet while it is pro-
crossing, another question is agitat-
ing the inquiring minds of the great
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CONCEALED

every respect complete, and if yoN
intend to spend a dollar for Clothing,
for Men or Boys wear, Furnishing
Goods, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises,
etc.. you will practice economy in
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very great degree by giving me
call, examining my full assortment,
and learning my prices, and I know
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-09
Meyer, Weis 81 Go. VS.. Wiley Nor
gan. No 1870.
Opinion of the Court by SIMRALL, j.

Opinion of the Court by SnMRALL, j.
Morgan brought suit against plaintiffs in
error for damages for violating Instructions
to hold his cotton for an advance, and sell
ing on low market.
The evidence on the question whether
Morgan had authorized the sale was con
ficting. On the point, however, as to i'm
piled ratification, the facts are these:
On April 2nd, 1874, Meyer, Wes & CO.,
advised Morgan of the sale of the COTTON,
giving him statement of the sale, and ex-
pressing his opinion that it was, at the
time, to his interest TO sell, as i'm their judg-
ment the price would not advance. After
this, several letters were written by Nor
gan, in none of which did he com plain of
the sale. He ordered goods subsequently,
and drew drafts on Meyer, Weis & Co. un-
til he exhausted the entire proceeds of
sale. After these acts on July 28th, 1874,
the attorney of Morgan notified Meyer,
Weis & Co., that he claimed compensation
| for his loss.
The court instructed the jury in effect as
follows: Where an agent disobeys instruc-
| tons on notice of it, the principal within q
reasonable time must notify the agent OF
! his dsapproval. That after being in
| formed of the sale it devolved upon Morgan
within reasonable time to express his dis
sent, and unless he did SO it is fair to pre-
| sumo that he aSsented to the sale. And the
court explained to the jury that the legal
rule was that the question of reasonable
time was to be determined by the circum-
stances of each case.
The plaintiffs in error were cotton factors,
and resided in New Orleans, and the de-
PENDANT in error lived in Wilkinson county.
Mississippi. There was verdict for Nor
gan Held:
L. Ratification of an authorized act by an
agent, by the principal need not be expressed
| but it may be inferred from circumstances.
After notice of the act, the principal
should disaffirm; silence will be regarded
as equivalent to approval. And where the
act was a sale against instructions on receipt
of the account of sales, if the principal
made no objection, but drew from the
proceeds of sale, this would he ratification
III. The question of reasonable time il
governed by the facts of the case, the atti
tude of the parties, and the character of tn.
bu siness In the dealings between cotto,
factor and his correspondent there SHOULD
be promptness in responding to business
letters. And on receipt of the account o
sale Morgan was entitled to no more tim
than was needful TO examine the tendene,
of the cotton market and conclude whethe
5 to accept the price paid or take the chanc
of a rise in the market. In this case h
could not keep the matter open more thai
three months, accept the price and the
repudiate the sale. Reversed and re9ndRdeo
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-09
LEcAL iNTELLiCENCE.
SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI,
Cases Decided Monday, March 6.
PREpARED FOR THE rcLaRIoN By FRANK
JOHNSTON. ESQ.
Isaac Jefferson vs.. The state. No.
1912.

Opinion of the Court By TARBEIL, j.
| Plaintiff in error was convicted of murder,
aud by the jury sentenced TO imprisonment
tor life. The case as presented on the writ
of error was this: After the jury was i'm
| panneled and the Indictment read, one OF the
Jurors stated that he was one of the grand
Jurors who found the Indictment. This jul
ror was discharged by the court, and anoth-
er juror substituted. The prisoner did not
claim the right TO challenge the other jul
rors, or any other benefit because of this
change. Nor is it shown how he was in
jured or prejudiced thereby. The witnesses
were placed under the rule. One OF the wit
nesses who heard a part of the evidence was
permitted TO testify. aseH re-
| An instruction TO this effect was refused
for the prisoner: that if, at the time of the
killing, the accused had a reasonable belief
or impression of harm at the hands of the
deceased, then he had right to anticipate
the act and slay him. The fact was, that
the deceased had made an assault, in the
night, on the prisoners house, but was not
killed in the act, but was killed probably
one hundred and fifty yards from the house
where the prisoner had followed him. No
one saw the killing. 1t was insisted that the
defendant was not in court when his motion
tor new trial was overruled. The order
overruling the motion is only contained in
the bill of exceptions. From the whole
record it was manifest that the prisoner
was pEtSGHl WITCH Tic UOllOH WIS dCleQ on.
Held:
l. 1t was within the discretion of the
court to discharge the juror Immediately
upon ascertaining that he was not compe-
tent. In this case there was no abuse of
the power No prejudice resulted to the
prisoner; on the contrary, the presum ption
would be that the juror. having been on the
grand jury, bad formed an opinion unfa-
vorable TO the accused. There is no error
on this point.
III. After placing witnesses under the
rule it is clearly within the discretion of
the Court to permit witness to testify,
| though he may have heard the evidence.
This does not render the witness incompe-
tent.
Ill. The instruction was too broad. The
rule of law is that the danger must be pres
ent, active, apparently real, and imminent,
to create reasonable belief of danger. Be-
sides the instruction was not warranted by
the facts of the case.
" The order of the Court in overruling
the motion for a new trial cannot be cert-
fled in the bill perceptions, but must be
in the record proper; and this Court can
not review any order unless so certified.
The Court, h 1wever, was OF opinion that
the prisoner was in Court when the motion
was heard. Affirmed.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Jackson, March 8, 1876.

EDTToRs CLARION: My attention has just
been called to correspondence from
Brookhaven to the Daily Times of an unfor-
tunate occurrence which took place about
ten days ago in Lawrence county, and as l
am anxious that nothing short of the facts
should be known to the State, / will give
them, according to the best of my informa-
ton, and will call the public mind to the
difference between the actual occurrence
and the statement of the Times.
On or about the 26th ult Mr.. William
Armstrong. of Lawrence, was ambushed
while walking around Mis- pasture, AID shot
by Charles Fox, (col.) about sunset. and
was found by his wife near eleven O'Clock
at night. He was then dead. having
crawled about fifty wards from the spot
where he was shot. Fox was arrested, and.
as | understood, confessed the deed, and
was also expected to implicate others be-
tween whom and Armstrong no good feel
ing existed.
Mr.. Armstrong was most excellent cit
izen, and his death Is much lamented in the
community where he resided. s
49, III. /. BYRD.
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GSatehlngs, Chalmers, FitzGar.,d
M @.ong' H9oker, Johnston, Mendan 1oIe'
Tar ran, 0,dham, Reynolds, sims Stnaa
AayIor and Thompson--IS. ns' 0tohe'
MoCin ENr AND NOT VoTNG--Messrs Allan
MCGUIRE, Nets and ThorntonM1 Alieh'
Senator Reynolds, mofion III
anu tne senate adjourned, to meet a. cn,' y
OF impeachment, at O'clock e' az court
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-09

General r. P. Nicely has been ap,
pointed receiver of the New Orleans, st.
Louis and Chicago railroad, by Governor
Porter, preparatory, no doubt, to sale
of the road to Col Acknowledgements
Appeal. .t.-l
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-09

DAVIS may have taken bride and
deserves removal from, and disqualifica-
ton for, Office but his crime is mole
hill compared to the Belknap mountain
of iniquity.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-09

The Administration pretended to be
very anxious to punish Belknap through
the courts, but it has taken the precau-
ton to let Marsh, the principal witness,
escape.
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Reporters of the Supreme CO"rf

Mr.. EDITOR: Is there any good reason
why the profits and honor of reporting the
decisions of the Supreme Court should DE
enjoyed by Messrs. Harris and Slmraii,
when there are many others as well quail
fed. to san the least, and far more entitled to
the position? INQUIRER
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-09

If Ames, of Mississippi, be impeached,
he intends to employ Matt. Carpenter,
Jere Black and Dan. VOORHEES, to defend
him. If Carpenter gets that job in addi-
ton to the defense of Belknap, he will be
desperately short no longer.-Chicago
Times.
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OLD man Barrentine paid 81 $50 and
got his sons pardon. That's the milk
in the cocoanut.
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THE news from Washington is still
very interesting. The only question is,
who will be the next man to step down
and out?
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robson, Secretary of the Navy, il
expected to be the next Republican
"martyr."
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THE bill to reorganize the Congression
al districts has passed both Houses.
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PINcHBAcK's goose was cooked. Yeas
80; nays 30.
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BELKNAP fell upon desperately short
Mat. Carpenters neck and wept.
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"OUR BRUCE" voted TO seat Pine
back. Alcorn lodged.
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THE argument in the Davis case begins
this morning.
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The House has passed the Court
District bill.
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CONCLUDED TOMORROW. !
The New York herald., 1876-03-23

Major Albion p Howe Fourth artillery, has been
dsbursing duty az Louisville, KY. 1872 Captain
Joseph Sanger, FIRST artillery detached ser
vice, under the orders Of the War Department
INFANTRY ABsRSTEEs.
Colonel Thomas q. Pitcher, already reported 10
Governor OF the Soldiers Home For many years
past the 'od First" has had only field occr the
lieutenant colonel, with IT, and yet II still lives
Colonel August " Kantz, Eighth infantry, Is in
mand OF the Department OF Arizona Colonel John II
King, Ninth infantry, has been stationed IN New Yori
since October. 1874 Superintendent Of the Genera
Recruiting Service aud Colonel Thomas II. Ruger,
Eighteenth infantry, has been superintendent and
comnandant at West Point snce 1871 Lieuten-
ant Colonel John :. Mason, Fourth infantry, Is
Acting Assistant Inspector General IN the Department
OF Texas Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Med. McC0ok
Tenth infantry. Is aide camp TO General sherman,
with the rank and pay OF colonel Lieutenant Colonel
Anderson d. Nelson, Twelfth infantry, was recently
assigned TO dutv as Acting Inspector General in the
Department of Dakota. Lieutenant Colonel Peter I.
Swaine Fifteenth infantry has been dlsbursing officer
at ST. Louis since 1874 and Lieutenant Colonel Oscar
A Mack Twenty-hrs infantry, Is in the War Depart
ment Major George Gibson Flfth infantry, has been
paying bountios &c To coored claimants at memphis,
Tenn, since 1873 Major Robert l.. A. Croton. Seven
teenth infantry has had command OF the recruiting
depot, Governors Island New York HaTbor, since &c
tober, 1874 and Major Edwin &. Mason, Twenty -lrs
infantry, has been IN command OF the b-depot al
Columbus Barrrcks, OHIO, during the same period
Captain Joseph ;. Conrad Second infantry, Is dis
bursting officer TO the Departmental Centennial Board
His last son place. at West Point MS Assistant
Instructor OF Infantry Tactics from July 1871 TO octo
Der, 1874.