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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17

view Of tho case.t,ost tax payers agree or
VIC are greatly mistaken.
We don't undertake to say that in some
instances tho money paid to officers may
not be disproportionate IL the services re-
quirc.t, nor do we admit that il is. 1t
NAY ne, but lift is that furnishes no excuse
for tho wholesale defamation Of a party by
those who care nothing for the public,
and whose only desire is 10 reap some per:
sonal advantage by traducing better men
than themselves. If there arc instances
in which the public service will permit a
reduction Of salaries, We shall be glad to
have them pointed out anu to see justice
done between the people and their scr
wants, but no man or faction Of men can
build up reputation and gain power, by
= Wholesale arraignment Of the people for
paying salaries which arc just and reason.
able.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17
Tho Mtssissippl senators an Graat's
Southern Policy.

Washington Special to Chicago Tribune.
The debate in executive session Is said
to be very spirited, and the speeches made
by Alcorn and Bruce (colorcd) would,
could they have been reported, made
mighty interesting reading. The former
it is understood, opposed the confirmation
Of Billings, and arraigned Gen. Grants
administration for appointing and sus-
tanning SO many bad officers in the south.
To this policy he attributed many of the
political and other misfortunes that have
ovcrtakcn that part Of the country, and the
disin,egration Of the republican party.
He said that he was good republican.
and would consider the triumph Of the
democratic party asa great calamity to
the south, but he was tired Of seeing the
party forced to carry sucl. men and the
country ruined by them. .a H..
SENATOR BRUCE
is reported to have followed in similar
strain, and promised, when opportunity
presented itself, to speak out his mind in
open session. He is said to have boldly
accused President Grant Of being response
bic for all the troubles in the south, and
to have said that, unless tho policy was
changed, his race would be forced to make
peace with their political enemies, the
democrats. s....
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17
FIRST inoer tiOn Jan. 9th.
MORTGAGE SALE.


Default has been made in the conditions Of q
certain indenture Of mortgage made and exc
cutcd by William Steele and Mary Ann
Steele his wife to Thomas Edwards, bearing
date the 10th day Of May A. ID. 1875, and
recorded in the office Of tho Register of
Deels in and for Mower county Minnesota. on
the goth day Of December A. D. 1875, at II
o'clock A. H., in Book 9 Of mortgages on
page 40. and on the goth day of December
aforesaid duly assigned by tho said Thomas
Edwards to X. l. Smith Of Austin, Minneso-
Ia. which said assignment was fled for record
in the Office Of the Register of Deeds in and
for said county on tho 29th day Of December,
A. D. 1875, at II o'clock A. NJ. aud duly re-
corded in book Q of mortgages on page 40.
Said mortgage was given to secure tho pay
ment Of the sum Of Three Hundred and Twcu-
ty dollars and interest thereon according to
the conditions Of one promissory note made
and executed blythe said William Steele to the
said Thomas Edwards, duo November 10th,
A. D. 1875, and there is claimed to be due
and is due thereon at tho date Of this notice
the sum of Three Hundred Forty 6vo aud Is.
100 dollars (s345.lS) and no proceeding at
Law or otherwise has been had to collect the
same or any part thereof.
Now therefore notice is hereby given that
BY virtue of power of sale in sail mortgage
c0utoIOous AuO pursuant u tDO pIOSISlOud ~
the statute in such case made and provided.
tho said mortgage will be forcclcsed and the
premises therein described to-wit:
Tho east half ~ Of the south west quar-
ter ~ Of section number thirty-two (32) in
township ono hundrcl and two (l02) range
number eighteen (lS) west, containing eighty
acres Of land, be the same more or lees &C.
oording to Government survey In Mower
county, Minnesota, with tho sppurtenance .
there to belonging,
" Will DO sold At public vendue to tho high
est bidder therefor, at tho Office Of Crandall
l. French, in tho City Of Austin. Mower coun-
y. Minnesota, on Saturday the 10th day Of
February, A. D. 1876, at ~ o'clock q. m. to
satisfy the amount then due on said note and
mortgage together with twenty-five dollars
attorneys fees allowed by tho terms Of said
Mortgage in case Of foreclosure besides costs
and expenses allowed by law.
Dated January 9Th, A. D. 1876.
r. I. SMITH,
CRAsDALL L FRExcn, Assignee.
Attorneys for Assignee,
Austin, MINI. 40-W7
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17


The Senate yesterday passed bill ap.
propriating 5000, for centennial purpo.
ses. Senator Smith of this county made
4 speech fovoring tho allowance of $40,
600. We thing that this state ought to
vote $25 900, under proper restrictions,
for the purpose Of making q suitable OK.
hibition Of its products, and its natural
resources. We believe that SO much mon
ey devoted 10 that object would prove 70
be valuable investment, and one that
would meet the appreciation of large
majority of x.paycrs. At all events !,
IS better to vote nothing than to vote
5000. That sum cannot bc used TO any
advantage. 81. t5fs T. sz,..: J.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17
First publication Jan. 13tllQe$
OTATE OF MINNESOTA NOV.


|OER COUNTY. }.s. H.
/ In Probsts Court.
In tho matter OF the Guardianship offcliS.
ton Surfus, Minor.
On reading and fling tho petition Of So
phrenis Joiner Guardian of tho person and
prope rty of said minor, for license to al all
Of the real estate Of her Ward, 1t piivate
sale; and It appearing from said petition that
it is necessary and would DC beneficial to
said Ward, that said real estate should be
sold. !. g..
It is ordered that the next of kin X the
said ward and all persons interest cd inthe es-
tate Of said y ard; shall appear before sad Pro-
bate Cour:, at the pro bntc Office in The, City
Of Austin, in tho county OF Mower aforesaid,
on tho 2lst day Of February, A. D. l76, At
10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cauEe why
= license should not be granted for the sale
Of said estate. /
And il is further ordered that . copy Of
this order be personally served on tho iext Of
kin Of said ward, residing in said Mower
county, and on I'll psrsons interested in said
estate. at least fourteen days before tbs hear
ing of said Petition as aforesaid, and by the
publication thereof for three successive
weeks in the Mover County TRAxscRlpr. q
weekly newspaper printed and published vt
the City Of Austin, in said Mower costy, the
last Of which publications shall be 4 least
fourteen days before said day of he ar:ng.
Dated January 18th, 1876. ~ !.
Dy the Court H.
SAMUEL HARTRR,
4i-wa Judge Of Probate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17
First publication Feb. :a:l
GTATE OF MINNESOTA. COIN.
Airy NR MOWER -

GTATE OF MINNESOTA. COUN-
|0TY OF MOWER. -. i:
In Probate Court--Spccial Torn.
In the matter Of the Estate Of Daniel Cas-
well, Decssfed. Is
On reading and fling the petition Of Sarah
n. Caswell, Administrators. setting forth The
amount OF personal estate that has COME TO
her hands. and the disposition thereof: the
amount OF debte outstanding against said az
ceased, and description Of all tho real estate
Of which said deceased died scised, and the
condition snd value Of the respective portion,
thereof: and praying that lioonso be to her
granted to sell = portion Of said real estate,
and It appearing, by said petition, thai there
10 not sufficient personal estate in the hands
Of said Administratrix to pay said debes, .aud
that It IL necessary in order to pay the Same
TO cell . portion Of said rssl estate:
It is Therefore Ordered, That all persons
interested in said estate, appear before tho
Judge Of this Court, on Saturday the tventi.
eth day Of March 4. D. 1876, at 2 O'Clock P.
NJ, At tho Court House in the City Of Austin,
in said County, then and there to show cause
lit any there be) Why license should not Lc
granted to said Sarah N. Caswell, Admins.
tsatrix to sell said real estate according to
the prayer Of said petition.
Aud it 10 Further Ordered, That . eopy of
this order shall be published for four success
sive weeks prior to said day Of hearing, the
last Of which publication ehall DO at least four
teen days before said day Of hearing, in tho
Mower County .TRANsoRiPT, Weekly News
paper printed and Published 1t the City Of
Austin, in said County, and personally served
on all persons interested in ssid estate, 70.
siding in said County, Ut least fourteen days
before said day Of hearing.
by tho Court, %a;
Dated at Austin, tho Goth day Of January,
A. D. 1876.
SAMUEL HARTER,
Judge Of Probate. Of Mower County, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17
First publication Feb 10th, 1857
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default has been maic in tho. payment Of
Three hundred and seven and 49, 100 dhllars
which is claimed to DO duo at the date Of this
notice on certain Mortgage dated Novcm-
Der 24th A. D. 1869, executed 6y Dwight
Weller Of Lansing, Mower County, Mnncso-
IA, to &. ". HOLSTER, Of Couk Couny, NE
nois. and duly recorded in the Registers Of
6ce Of SAID Mower County, on the ia3 IF its
date. At throe o'clock p. NJ, in n'Sk ':J'' on
page 2l2; and NO action at law or Otherwise
has been instituted to recover tho su:n due on
said Mortgage or any part thereof: !
Now Therefore, Notice Is hereby given that
pursuant to power Ut sale in said Mortgage
contained and OF tho statute In such ease
made and pr.vidcd. tho premises described
in and covered by said Mortgage; :o~w ::
The north half Of lot three 3; OF !,ucE. o:r Il;
ofthe town Of Lansing. Mower County; Min
ncsota, according to the recorded i|ax thereof:
will DO sold at public ycnluc on Eri::;y the
cath day Of March A. u. 1875. h., b, Sac::H
Of said Mower County. ut tea o'clock IA tho
forenoon Of said day. vt the front loos;o. the
Court House, in the city Of Austin, III said
Mower County, to satisfy ths an. 'unt duu o..
said Mortgage together With the e,'g's Q! his
foreclosure. &
Dated February Sth, 1876. 1885,. =.
GEO. ". HOLLISTER,
Mortgages.
r. A. korr, Faribault, Minnesota,
Attorney for Mortga.ee. 457
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17
CENTENNIAL CALENDAR 1876.
Dr.. c. A. MINER, Of Chicago,
CHRONIC DISEASE spEclAllsT
viii visit % follow in Minnesota:

win visit % follow in Minnesota: =
Austin, Fleck House, Fob. 18th and 18th
Spring Valley, Commercial House, Monday
l4th ) p. m. to 18th ppm
Preston, Stanwix House, Tuesday 18th p
m. until noon 10th.
!.anesboro, Lanesboro House, Wednesday
10th 4 p. m. until 3 p. m. 18th.
Rushford, Northwestern Hotel, Thursday
18th p. IN. and 18th.
Chatleid, Modary House, Saturday 10th 3 P.
m. AMI 10Th.
owatonna. Arnold House. Tuesday c2l.
Dodge Centre. Kinney House, Wednesday
23d.
Mantorv;lle. Hubbell House. Thursday 9Th.
kasson, Walker House. Friday 25th and
goth till noon.
Rochester, Bradley House. Saturday 10Th
3 p. m. 9th and 2Sth till noon.
Office in Chicago, Feb. 29th, March lst and
I'd.
Winona, Jewell House, Saturday March
4th. 5th and 6:h, till noon.
Lake City, Lyons House, March 9TH L sth
Red Wing, National Hotel, March 9th and
10th.
Hastings, Reeds Hotel, March 18th and
18th.
Shnkopce, National Hotel, March 18th.
St. Paul, Merchants Hotel, March 18th.
Mortified, Dampier House, March 18th.
Faribault, Barron House, March 18th.
N. B. Consultation free. Terms easy.
Charges moderate.
%Rcmember tho days. WILL positively
stay only Is advertised. llt4
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17
$ja,vrr CpTrausfript
fhs County has no Official Paper.
~ III AUSTIN, MIMI 80
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. II. 1876.
A. A. HARDWOOD, Editor & Proprietor
THE Presidency.

1t will not bc many weeks before tho
Republicans Of this State will bc called
upon to decide whom they prefer fur tho
responsible position of President Of the
United States Cor tho next four years. To
decide properly will require thoughtful
examination Of the whole question, and 4
careful comparison Of the merits Of the
respective candidates. The country needs
in the executive chair some man who is
familiar with the history and the rcsour.
ces Of the govcrnmcnt,-whok Knows how
TO promote ITS various interests and who
has the integrity Of character, and tho ill.,
1lcxibili,y Of purpose required to faithful.
~ execute the laws. Availability should
not he overlooked. We must select
some one that can be successful. In our
judgment tho next Presidential election
viii decide for many years ut least, tho
fate Of this Republic. If it should pass
to the control Of the Democratic party We
may not hope long to survive the transfer
Of power. 1t is idle to suppose that there
is loyalty in the Southern wing Of the
Democratic party. The discussion in
Congress any important question serves
10 exhibit on each successive occasion the
same old spirit Of rebellion which lately
.lcluscd the lanl with blood and filled it
with mourning. Accession to power is
that for which the south is striving. Let
them obtain it again, and the war debt
will be rcpudiatcd, and every man in the
late con&dcrscy who lost anything by
reason Of the war will be invited to
present his claim to Congress, where it
will be allowed without hesitation. The
first thing to he done will he to reduce
the nation to bankruptcy, for then she Will
Dc weak and tiefcnccless. After exhaust
ing her treasury, and her credit, it will
be easy to effect tho work Of dismcmbcr-
mcnt and ruin. This is what the leaders
If the south ardently desire, and in view
Of it VIC feel that solemn duty dcvolves
upon the republican party Of today. Let
!, be discharged in such manner rs not
only TO result in saving the country but
in conducting in the highest degree to the
happiness and prosperity Of the people.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17
DE,lA0O0UEs.

Since the 6rst. organization Of society
there has been contcnding parties In
every thickly populated country the gov.
eminent 10 necessarily representative, l. c.
a few people are delegated with authori.
ty TO make laws for the control If the
whole, and few others to enforce those
laws, or 10 administer the government, as
it Is called. II happens that in the selcc.
ton Of these persons called officers, there
Is seldom complete unanimi.y If actien.
In al countries the people separate into
two classes, leach supporting different
candidates. OF course as rule only one
party can be successful, hcncc-gcncrally
those who arc in tho minority arc con-
slsn,ly misrepresenting those in power.
This u usually done for the purpose Of
getting the 'ins'' out or the 'outs'' in,
aud 50 it occurs that not q few persons
arc very noisy in their advocacy Of what
they call reform. They arc having a
spasm Just now on account OF the salaries
IT officers In some cases it may be that
more IS paid to public servants than they
arc worth, but as rule It IS our opinion
:hat the experience Of a century is worth
something and that all the lawmakers Of
The last hundred years hare not been
scsmps, nor men stwha would Cheat tho
people for the sake III the Influence of .
few Office holders. The ssalsries paid in
This State bear about the sam . proportion
10 those paid elsewhere. that tile duties
required to bc. performed here do to those
coioincd elsewhere. The common, sense
Of mankind is much the same evcrywbeEs
and what the people universally do may.
bo regarded q the expression .o1 their.
convictions as to what il; IS right to do.
Now We hare 10 say tl,st TIC 1qpcst ION
al salario, is ono upon which ths people
have always been thoroughly alIye and
cxcecdipgly sensitive. They Aase dis
ousped It trequeotly and thoroughly, and
IL the main they believe that what they
now pay It is right to pay. With this
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17

Hon. Rcyerdy johnson died very sud-
denly last week at the residence Of Gov
ernor Carroll, at Annapolis, Maryland.
He was eighty years old aud ono Of the
most distinguished lawyers that America
has ever produced.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-17
POLITICAL.

''Thc logic Of events is irresistible"
There is nothing that has mighticr or
more convincing power than accomplish
cd facts. Achievements won uron holly
contested field whether it DC the scene
Of sanguinary strife or Of that higher and
nobler conflict in which opinions strug-
gle for the mastery by the use of such
arguments alone rs reason and intellect
supply, carry with them the force Of an
abiding conviction. and they arc general
]y accepted as right. Making this univcr-
sal truth the basis of an examination, We
find that the republican party Of this
county is not only right but that it is able
to defend itself against all cncroachmcnts
whether they be from protested friends,
"r avowcd enemies. In its latest struggle
for the maintenance Of its supremacy it
achieved double vic.ory.-winn in
spite Of democratic opposition, and not
withstanding tho detection Of a consider.
able number of its own members who sup.
ported boiling movement. The leaders
of that scheme now sec, as they never saw
before the utter futili,y Of any attempt at
disorganization, when based upon no more
worthy motive than the qualification of
personal feeling. The great republican
party Of this nation is au outgrowth Of
principles, and 1t will never descend to
tho work of champlouing individual quar-.
rels. If unhappily contentious serve to
es,rangc members Of the party, and to
mar the pleasure of their hitherto friendly
intercourse. while it occasions profound
regret, 1t must not be allowed to diminish
the efficiency of the party organization,
nor to rctard our march upon the high
way of victory. No opposition which has
only personal reasons for its existence eau
he perpetual, for there orc but few men
indeed who do not sooner or later, learn
that the masses are right in their convic.
,ions and just in the execution Of their
judgments, and that it is idle for ono, TO
contend against a thousand. For these
reasons. and because-in the main, the
opposing faction arc reasonable men We
expect to see the party act in the coming
campaign with much greater unanimity
than it has done during several Of the more
recent years. This We regard - essentlal
not only to local prosperity, but to that
equally important achicyement-the high
est attainablc degree Of party success.
"Lct Us pull" together. ...:.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-25

Republican party who are now in New Or
leans afford to refuse to unite with the
Democrats in exercising supervision over
the doings Of the board, or to give their In
fuence to encourage the board in a pro-
ceeding that discredits in advance its YER
dict if that verdict shall be in favor of the
Republican candidates for the presidency
and vice presidency? We do not think
they can, and if the present doings aud
prospective doings in New Orleans do a
lasting injury to the Republican party, the
men who at this critical juncture are as
suming to represent the party will be re-
sponsible for it. 1t is never good policy to
do evil that good may come of it, and it is
thousand times preferable that the Dem
ocrats shall for the next four years have
control of the executive branch of the gov
eminent than that the Republicans shall
continue to keep control of it by illegiti-
mate means or by means that there is
reasonable ground for suspecting to be il
legitimate
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-25
A LEADING REPUBLICAN JOUR-
NAL DENopNCES THE LOUISE
ANA RETURNING BOARD
AND DEMANDS Z FAIR
COUNT.
The Republican Party will not Sustain
its Leaders in an Attempr to Sc
cure the Election of Hayes
by Fraud.

From the Philadelphia EUeninq Telegram (Rep.),
IA, Noe n.
From the hour Of his nomination up to
the day or the election we gave a con
sistant and zeslous support to Mr.. Hayes,
for the reasons that we believed that, sim
ply on personal grounds, he would make
a better president than Mr.. Tilden; that,
beyond all personal considerations, we be-
lieved him TO be the representative OF
sound and wholesome political principles
and that ii he became president of the
United States he would be enabled to per-
form the duties of his Office under far
better influences than would be possible in
the case of Mr.. Tilden. We desired be-
fore the election to see Mr.. Hayes made
the choice of the nation for the position Of
chief magistrate, and we sincerely hope
now that fair canvass OF the votes will
show that he has been elected. We do
not, however, desire to see Mr.. Hayes be-
come president through any jugglery, and
we feel satisfied that it he is put into the
White House by any dubious actions 10
either Louisiana, South Carolina, or
Florida, death-blow will be given to the
Republican party. The Republican party
cannot afford to have Mr.. Hayes made
president by any other than perfectly fair
means, and if the verdict OF this Louisi-
ana returning board. decided on in secret
session. makes him president. it will be
Impossible ir fair minded paopIe not to
believe that, All hough the forms OF law
may be obryrd, that its spirit has been
most outrageOusly violated.
The returning board, it should be re-
membered, lis u diScredited body, and il
enters upon its presoUt task of counting
the votes Of Louisiana, for presidential
elect ors, with good reasons for suspicious Of
its fairness.
Can The Republican candidates aforC
to be declared the aoinners, IN the great con.
test aohich has gust closed, on the strength O.
a cancoss made by thiS same board sittint
az secret session. We DO NOT THINK +
CAN, Can the representative men of tl
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-25
SCI a r y ~ & r. -

Cor, Michigan AV, and jackson Street,
CHICAGO, Observation-Disclosures. ILL.
THIS elegant hotel acknowledges no r1EaI eltner
] in its management appointments or iocauoh.
and unobstruced view from two of its LOFTY fronts
of Lake Michigan far at the eye can reach. the
finest waterscape view IN America Is ulagonSlIy
onposite the Great Exposition Building, and but
one block from the Wabash Avenue amp State ST.,
lines of Horse Railway, leading to ell parts of the
city. rnd convenient to places of amusement. 1t
has $50 large and elegantly furnished rooms, with
all modern improvements. including Tufts Passen-
ger Elevator. C. FL, GAUBRRT, Proprietor.
FRANK WENTWoRTH. Chief Clerk