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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
Establishment o., che Gen.
! tcuninl Grounds.


\ handsome and commotlious building
will soon bc finished OH the Centennial
grounds, within the walls of which The
Herald is to have compile newspaper cs-
adjustment, with all the facilities and the
most approved accessories known 10 the
art. Every department. of the business
will be amply accommo dated in the best
modern style. The editorial and rcporto-
rial staff will have pleasant and convent
cnt apartments; the composition, "making
up" and kindred processes Will be ac-
commodated fully; the stcreotyping appa-
ratus will be properly provided for; and
the press room will be capable of accom-
modating at one time not less than thou
sand people, who will gaze in some Won
der, VIC may be allowed to suppose, upon
the operations Of lightning press, which
will throw off and fold no less than sevcn-
ty-tive thousand copies OF The Herald
every hour. Beside these editorial and
mechanical departments, there will be
telegraph lines running to the building
and connecting with tho great lines of the
country; and generally all the Necessary
arrangements for printing and publishing
notwithstanding editions of tirst-class
daily newspaper, collecting the news from
all quarters, putting it in shape for the
printer, and finally scattering abroad the
finished sheets sparkling with news not
an hour Old-Phiiatlclpllia Herald.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
Spontaneous Gro.,tI, Of Forests.

Prof Winchc'l, OF the State University,
furnished for our columns some facts in
regard to the natural growth Of timber in
Southern Minnesota. In copying the ar
ticlc into The Evergreen the editor, who
has gwen the subject much consideration,
states that the same process is going on in
Wisconsin. The same may be said of all
the new States where prairie fires had
ragged until settlement by tho whites.
Nature, with but little assistance, will
do great work in this direction. If fires
are kept out of our present groves they
will continually expand, as it were, on
every side, by seeds and otherwise.
Between ST. Paul and Minneapolis some
twenty years or more ago, there We're
many groves of scattered timber, mostly
oak, or rather Il large extent OF country
covered with openings. In many places
the few large trees were cut off for fuel
and fencing, where not grubbcd and bro
ken up for crops. Now there are groves
Of young timber where these lands were
not ovcrrun by the fall or spring fires. a
wonderful change has come over many
parts of the Older portions OF Minnesota,
in the same way: Onc feature Of this new
growth, especially Of rcd or scarlet oak,
is the vast number Of trees that have
sprung up in place of those originally cut
away. They are in reality openings no
longer, but an almost impcnctrable forest
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
Elder Lelsnil's Gift to President Jcficr-
sou Scvcnty.Flvc Years Ago.

I'm the year 1900" said the Rev. DR..
Bowling last evening, -four small Baptist
churchs were leading prccarious cxis-
tcncc in New York statc.' or that in
this city, John Ganot was pastor, ard
Elder Leland was presiding over a con-
grcgation in Cheshire. The latter, hon
orcd with the title of "IIard-shclled,' dc.
serves a position ut the head OF the priest
hood Just after the election of Thomrs
Jefferson to the presidency, in 1901, the
Elder, impressed with the propricty of an
expression Of loyalty by the entire Baptist
denomination, issued 4 proclamation that
all men, "ho'y and g:md,'' Of that faith,
should contribute material for the manu-
facturc OF u ''mammoth cheese to be Civ
en- to the newly elected president. The
result was cheese weighing ,45O pounds
which the Elder placed OH his wagon, and
started for Washington. People tlockcd
from all the country adjoining the towns
through which the sanity man passed.
As he expressed it, II preached all the way
to the capitol and back again. CONVEX
sions were made along the route of the
pastor and his cheese, and u great revival
sprang up in the Baptist churches through
out the land. Mr.. Bowling attributes the
prosperity Of the church to the eccentric
Elder and his gigantic cheese
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13

We are not unlikely, 1t would appear,
IL enter once more upon one Of those un.
pleasant controversies connected with in
,ernatiohal law which give rise to sucl, a
deal of talking and So little satisfactory
result. Under our cxtradi:ion treaty with
Great Britain, we consider that we have a
perfect right to the person Of Winslow,
the Boston forgcr, to try him for any
crimes or misdcmeanors, which he may
have committed in the United States.
The British Government now says no. In
the face Of bona-tide treaty, Parliament
passed m act in 1870, according to the
term Of which no criminal need bc sur.
rendered unless the United States give a
guarantee that lie will not be tried for any
either Oficnsc than the one set forth in tho
~xtrndition papers. Upon first glacc it
would seem that such an act upon
the part Of the British Government
is not only arbitrary, but insulting:
breach Of faith which no government pos
sessed Of amy selcrcspcct would tolerate.
TASTY action is Of course inadvisable, bat
it Is question in which the honor ofthc
country is directly implicated, and it is to
bc hoped that nothing will he done in the
matter which, might cause citizen TO
blush for the credit Of the nation Inter-
Ocean
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
RavaRes Of Scarlet Fever.

A letter from Collinsvillc, Conn, to the
Hartford Post says: "Witlin tho past
eight weeks, in a radius of less than three.
quarters Of 4 mile, not less than twenty
one children have died, all under twelve
years Of age, and nearly all of scarlet fe-
ver- the most Of them very promising
children. One family lost four children,
and three others two each. The above
deaths of children here, when compared
to the population Of Hartford, would make
nearly five hundred deaths of children in
the latter place in tho same time. Win.
fred Shiffault, one of our steady industri.
Gus French citizens, having previously
lost ono child and sister and two chill
drcn At his house, and now. on the sud-
den death Of four OF his remaining eight
children, the father CT led out in his bitter
anguish; What la &c l done that should
bo afflicted sou Tn: remaining four chill
dren have all been sick, but are now re-
covering. The father and mother are
nearly worn out with intense sorrow and
continued watching"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
Mrs. Eaton.

Mrs. Bclknap is not the first woman who
has played the mischief in the cabinet of
apresidcnt. Jackson's secretary of war
also chad wife" Peggy o Neil was the
daughter Of tavern keeper at the famous
town Of Bladcnsburg. She married one
Timberlake, q purscr in the navy, who
soon left her widow. Then she married
General James Eaton. She became the
society leader, and then came scandal, and
1t last IN explosion, when the wife of q
foreign minister refused to sit at the table
with Mrs. Eaton, proudly marching out
Of the room. Then other cabinet wives
cut her, and then she complained to the
president, and the row became general.
designations came IN like autumn leaves,
and Frank Blair, ST., and Amos Kendell
organized the famous Kitchen Cabinet"
Nrs. EltOn's power fell with JacksOn's
retirement, but she had spunk enough to
give Van Buren, piece If her mind, shak-
Ing her fist in His face, and calling him q
''sneaking old fox" Mrs. Eaton became
religious, and gave largely to charity; and
then, when past sixty, married foreign
dancing Msster less than half her age.
He robbed her of her jewels and personal
.pssperty, and eloped with her grand.
il49I|lter. Mrs. Eaten Is still living, or
waex few months ago, supported BY 4
::rdsa~,.'.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
First publication April Is.
nTORTG AGE SALE.

Default having been made in the pay .ncnt
of the sum Of five hundred dollars which is
claimed to be due at the date Of this notice
upon certain Mortgage duly executed and
delivered by James Navin and bridget Navin
his wife to Smith W. Chadbournc, bearing
date the sixteenth day OF September A. b.
1871, and duly recorded in the office ct the
Register Of Deeds, in and for the county OF
Mower and State Of Minnesota, on the 18th
day Of October \. d. 1871, in book NJ, OF
Mortgages, on page 1872, which mortgage has
been duly assigned and the assignment there
OF recorded in the office OF Register Of Deeds
Of said Mower county, in book Il, Of mort
cages, on page 42l, and tho taxes on the land
and 1869 and 1873, having been paid by
Ihos. II. Armstrong assignee Of sail mort
gage, amounting to the sum OF fifteen d,II;,rs
when paid February 18th 1876, and no action
or proceeding at law OF otherwise having been
instituted to recover the debt secured by said
Mortgage, or any part thereof:
Now therefore, Notice is hereby given, tn at
by virtue Ut power Of sale contained in said
Mortgage. and pursuant to the Statute in
such case made and provided, the said mort
gage will be forcclosed, and the land dcscrib-
ed IN and covered by said Mortgage, viz:
North one half Of the northeast quarter OF
section seven (7) in township one hundred
and four llo4) north Of range No. fifteen (l5)
west, in Mower county, and State of Mime
sofa, with the hercditameAts and appurtenan-
ccs, will be sold at public vcndue to the high
est bidder for cash, to pay said debt and in
tcrost, and the taxes aforesaid, and thirty
dollars attorneys fee, as stipulated in and by
said mortgage, in case Of foreclosure, and the
disbursements allowed by law; which sale will
be made by the Sheriff Of said Mower comfy
at the front door Of the Court House, in the
City of Austin, in said county and state, on
the 9th day Of May A. d. 1876. at one o'ciock
p. NJ, Of that day, subject to redemption al
any time within one year from the day d
sale, as provided by law.
Dated, April 18th, a. b. 1876.
THUS. IL. ARMSTRONG;,
THos. IL. ARMSTRONG;, Assignee.
Attorney. 2w7
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
A Generous Emperor.

The Emperor Of Austria has done very
pleasant thing. A Bohemian village boy,
eleven years old, being dissatisfied with
the mechanical trade to which he was ap-
prenticed, addressed tho following letter
unknown to his friends to his Imperial
Majesty:
Mr.. Emperor at Vienna, I should like
TO be priest or teacher. My father is a
poor weaver, and has no money. Have
the kindness, Mr.. Emperor, to send me
some money, that may learn to be priest
or a teacher, just as you wish. l salute
you, the Mrs. Emperor, and the children"
This communication was forwarded by
the Emperor's private secretary to his
master in Hungary, and, touched by its
simplicity, the Kaiser sent ut once an of.
fetal telegram to the burgomaster Of The
village to inquire into the boys circumstan-
ces; and finding them as described, has
provided for his education.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13

The Rev. DR.. Webb, Of the Shawmut
congregational church, B;'ston, told his
congregation last Sunday morning that a
few weeks ago man came to his door dur
ing . severe rain storm, disguised, and
placed in his hands package which he
found to contain two anonymous letters,
one addressed to himself expressing great
sorrow and contrition, aud requesting him
T., forv ard the other TO ITS destination.
The letter was addressed to the Commits
aiouers of Internal Revenue, at Washing
ton, and contained $500, being the princi-
pal and interest Of sum Of which the
government had been (lcfraudetl.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13

4 tramp passed through town last week
from the Black Hills, in which vicinity he
had spent nearly year, and finding star
walton tho only alternative for him in the
Hills, he started homcward, begging his
wry. On his trip back to civilization he
was accompanied by fifteen others, whose
condition made il necessary to plumber
from the trains they met going there. He
says thousands arc suffering for food that
during the winter many were frozen to
death, while others barely escaped with
their lives. He represents that there is no
work for the people, and but little gold
accessible without capital to develop the
mincs.-WindOm Reporter.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
Inducements Offered bY This Ronte
First publication April l3th.1

First publication April l3th.]
GTATE OF MINNESOTA, NOW
~ Err COUNTY.
District Court, Tenth judicial District.
D. D. Smith, Plaintiff, against Abbie L.
Williams and NJ. Schu5ler Defendants.
Tho State of Minnesota, to the Detendsuts
above named:
You, and each Of you are hereby fummou-
ed and required to answer the complaint Of
the plaintiff ia this action, which has been
filed in tho Office of the Clerk of this G urt,
in and for said Mower County, and to serve
copy Of your answer to the said complaint,
on the subscribers at their Office in Austin,
IN the County Of Mower and State aforesaid,
within twenty days after the service Of this
summons on you, exclusive Of the day If
such service, and if you fail to answer the
said complaint within the time Aforesaid,
the plaintiff will take judgment against you
for the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty
Dollars. and interest thereon At the rate 81
ten per cent. per annum from the 10th day Of
April, A. D., 1876, and costs Of this action.
Dated at Austin, April 10th, "A. D., 1876.
CRANDALL & FRENCH,
Plaintiffs Attorneys, Austin, Mower County.
Minnesota. Gw
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
Consumption Cured!

An old physician, retired from active plac-
tee, having 1i IND placed IL his hands by an
pie Vegetable Remedy, for the speedy and
permanent euro of Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma, and oil Throat and Lung
Affections, also Positive and Radical Cure
Tor Nervous Debility and oil Nervous Com
plants, after having thoroughly tested its
wonderful curative powers in Thousands Of
cases, feels it his duty to make it known to
his suffering fellows. Actuatod by this mo
tive, and conscientious desire to relieve h u-.
man suffering, he will ssad free Of charge to
oil who desire it, this recipe, with full direc.
tons for preparing and successfully using.
Sent by return mail by addressing with stamp,
naming this paper.
DR.. W. C. STEVENS.
52-iy Monroe Block, Syracuse, N. Y.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
A. r. STEWART.
Ills DEATH, II, New York Ycstcrilay.-BiO'
graphical Sketch.


New YoEK, April 1O.-A. 7. Stewart,
who has been suffering from inflammation
of the bowels, died this afternoon.
1Alcxan Ter T. Stewart was born near
Belfast, Ireland, October ~, 1902. He
studied at Trinity college, Dublin, but did
not take degree, emigratcd to New York
in 1918, and engaged in teaching. Con-
trary to popular impression, his advent
into the new world was that Of Il young
gentleman of fortune, with ample means
ut his command to indulge his tastes in
foreign travel or otherwise. according to
his inclinations lie arrived III New
York fresh from the university, with the
prestige If high social connections in his
own land, which gave him assured well
come III the best homes in New York city.
In proof Of this we find him domiciled ut
tho outset in tho an Gent family Of Living
stons: and an incident Of his life connect
ed with that period has been tortured into
transforming him into pedagoguc- "A
vcritallc Paddy Whackum''-and grew
out of the fac! that youth Of tho family,
at home from college during vacation, was
reviewed in his studies by Mr.. Stewart.
In 1928, he began business which gradu.
ally Increased until it became one of the
largest mercantile concerns in tho world.
His first investment was about 5000,
quite large sum in those days, and his
first opening was genuine sensation in
Gotham. lie entered the field with lib.
cral culture, and ample capital, and the
f;.shionables crowded his establishment
and continued their patronage ever after,
and assisted him to build up collossol
fortune, only exceeded by ono or two 9th
crs on this continent. After attaining
great wealth, his public bencfactors gave
him tame and distinguished honors. lie
sent ship load Of provisions to ireland
during the faminc Of 1916 and made sim.
liar gifts to the sufferers by the Franco.
German war and by the Chicago fire OF
1871. In 1861, he was chairman of the
honorary commission sent by the United
States government to the Paris exposition
Iu March 1860, President Grant appoint
ed him secretary of the treasury, but hi:
confirmation was prevented by the law,
which excludes from that office all who
are interested in tho importation of mcr
chan.l,sc. Mr.. Stewart has now nearly
completed building costing more than
100000, which is understood to be i'll.
tended as u home for working girls; and
he is also building at Hampstead Plains
Long Island, on tract Of 10000 acres, a
town known as Garden City, which is
supposed to be designed, to a certain dc.
gree at least, for charitable purposes. Mr.
Stewart leaves wife but no children, and
great curiosity exists in regard to the dis
position Of his vast wealth.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
Around tho State.

The masonry for the new iron bridge ut
LeSueur is completed.
Orr Tousley was elected mayor of L.
Sucur without opposition.
Geo. Evans, brakeman on work train
at LeSueur, had his foot badly crushed
Saturday.
Tie st. Cloud Times has entered upon
its 18th volume. The Times IS one of the
best local newspapers in Minnesota.
Mr.. Lackey, blacksmith at Wabaslla,
while shoelng horse, was struck down
by the animal, and had his shoulder dis
located.
The cellar of Peter Ficker's brewery at
Munger was flooded by water Wcdnes-
day, April 9Th, and $4,000 worth Of beer
totally destroyed.
In the election at blue Earth City, We'd
ncsday, April 5tl, the temperance issue
was squarcly made, and the no-licensc tick
ct elected by ten majority. -. 49,
The voters Of Shakopec elected Hon. ,.
$. Macdonald mayor by large majority,
in spite Of his protests that he did not
want the Office, and would not have it.
The tota! vote polled at the Red Wing
election Tuesday, April 4tl,. was 1,O47, the
largest ever polled. F. r. Sterrett, Gcp.)
was elected mayer by $40 majority. A.
W. Pratt (dem.) was elected treasurer by
247 majority.
New York Evening Mail: There arc
giantesses in Minnesota, it seems. A coun.
try paper there, in describing the burning
of dwelling, mention the rescue, "by way
of q window, OF the servant girl fifteen
feet in height, Il
Niles P. johnson, of Taylors Falls, while
coming down from the pinerics, fell from
a wagon on which he was riding, wheel
passed directly over his head. cutting of
one of his ears, breaking his jaw and cut.
ting his face in q shocking manner.
While Mr.. Scott was engaged in sink
ing we'll q: Swede Grove, Mccker coun.
~, the frame work Of the auger fell, crush
ing him to the earth, mangling him bad
ly-onc ugly wound across the forehead
being four inches in length. He will re-
cover.
Last Monday, April Sd, Mrs. Olson, wife
of Gilbert Olson, of Hay Greek, seven
miles iron, Hastings, gave birth to three
children, one boy and two girls, all liv.
ing. The children average about five
pounds in weight each. A little over a
year ago Mrs. Olson gave birth to twins,
both OF which were dead.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
Chicago g. Northwestern
RAILWAY.

Passengers for Chicago. Detroit, Toledo.
Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Pittsburg,
Cincinnati, Rochester, Albany, Toronto, Men
trea,, Quebec, Portland, Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, St.
Louis, Cairo, San Francisco, Sacramento, o.
den. Salt Lake City, Denver, Council Bluffs,
Sioux City. st. Paul, Marquette, Escanaba,
Menasha, Madison, Cheyenne, Omaha, Yank-
ton, W;nona. Duluth, Green Bay, Milwaukee,
and all points North, West, South and East,
should buy their tickets via Chicago ard the
Chicago & Ncrth-w es tern Railway
Close connections are made at Chicago with
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. Mich
igan Central, Baltimore 4 Ohio, Pitt sburg,
Fort Wayne Chicago, Kankakce Line and
Pan Handle Routes, for all points Fast and
Southeast, and with the Chicago & Alton
ane Illinois Central for all points South.
Cloce connections arc also made with the
Union Pacific Il. r. at Omaha for all far west
points.
Close connections are made at junction
points with trains OF oil cross roads.
PULLMAN PALACE CARS
These celebrated cars are run on all night
trains on all the lines of this road.
This is tho only limo running these cars
between Chicago and st. Paul or Chicago and
Milwaukee.
At Omaha our Sleepers connect with the
Overland Sleepers on tho Union Pacific Rail-
road, for all points west of the Missouri Riv.
or. Among the 49,. i j.. .ss.s
Inducements Offered BY This Route
! to the travelling public IRE ell the modernttim-
provcments: Rock and Gravel BalIastcd
Track, Steel Rail, Rock and Iron Bridges,
rarlcr and Drawing Room Day Coaches,
Shaking and Lounging Cars, Westinghouse
! Safety Air Brakes, Mtller's Patent Safety
Coupling and Platforms, Speed, Safety and
Absolute Comfort. = f-.-
Running thr ugh Five Great States,
and operating over 1900 miles Of road, this
Company presents to the traveller facilities
that are not and cannot DO offered by any
Competitor.
All ickct agents can cell you tickets VIZ
| this route.
If you wish the best travelling accommoda-
tons, you will buy your tickets by this route,
and will take no other.
MARVIN HUGHITT,
W. H. sTENNETT,
vsnsms Gen. Passenger Agent
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13

Starving men are beginning to wander
hack from the Black Hills. Ono was ut
Window a few days since and another ut
Sheldon. They say that if the world knew
tho facts they would keep on: Of the Black
lH3il.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
A. A. HARDWOOD, Editor 4 Proprietor

Theo, Triton lecturcd in St. Paul last
evening, ON the "Problcm Of Life" Mr..
Tilton lectures in several places is this
State during the present month.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-13
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