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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22
First publication February l5:h.)
kHt ERR nEEs& SATIN

BY virtue Of an cx ecution issued out of the
District Court, Of the County Of Mower, State
Of Minnesota, bearing date the 7th day Of
February A. D. 1877, and to the Sheriff OF
Mower County, Minnesota, directed ind de-
iivercd in favor Of John Walsh, and against
the goods, chattels, lands and tenemcnts Of
Catharine Brown; I have seized and taken
in execution the following described real
estate OF said Catharine Brown, to-vit: Lots
numbers three (3) and four ~, in Block TWEEN
ty-seven (27), in Railroad Addition to the
city of Austin. Mower County, State Of Min
nesota, and the tenements, hercditaments and
apputtenances thcrcuuto belonging, and No.
ticc is hereby given that shall as Sheriff ..
said County of Mower, in pursuance Of the
power in ne vested and Of the statutes in
such case made and provided, expose said
lands and premises for sale at public nucio
to the highest bidder therefor, at the iron,
door of the Court House, in the city of Aus
tin, Mower County, State Of Minnesota, on
Saturday the 3'st day Of March A. D. 1877
at 10 O'Clock in the fornoon Of lid day, or ST.
much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
tho sum OF seventy seven dollars and eighty
cents (77.S0.), and interest thereon from
February 9TH, A. D. 1877, and the cost OF
sale. [46t7] RIO. HALL,
Sheriff in and for Mower Couny.
klSsHAN MERR1CK, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22

In every direction, the indications of re-
wing trade and increasing prosperity
are discernablc. Recently five ocean
steamers left New York in one day with
full cargo"s Of grain, metal, fruit, and 9th,
er products for Europe. With our ill.,
creasing exports and diminished imports
for the last few years, the commercial bal.
ancc is largely in our tavoa, and the flow
of specie is arrested. There is an en-.
couraging activity in cotton factories,
and a decided improvement in the price
of mill stocks. The boot and shoe bust.
ness Is better in Boston, its great centre.
Capital is plenty, and only confidence is
needed to insure its investment. There
are large deposits in all the banks. The
Bank of England asks only two per cent,
and in the East money can be had at four
and five. With gold at 105 3-S, and the
Presidential question in fair process of
adjustment, there is reason to look tor the
gradual approach OF prosperous times,
and a steady return to specie payments.
st. Paul Dispatch.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22

We see that there is pending in the
Legislature a proposition to make the
death penalty in cases Of III urdcr depend
wholly upon the will OF tue Judges before
whom the persons charged with the crime
may be tried, to be inflicted at their dis
erection. We do not think that would be
best. All experience proves that every
fragrant outrage against society or singl,
individuals should subject the offender
to definite penalty and to certain pun
ishment, so that when contemplating the
preparation of crime the would-be GRIM
inal may find no encouragement in the
fact that the law does not irrevocably de,
cree the nature or extent of the penalty
which may be inflicted, besides it is not
best in the case of penal offenses to risk
too much to the discretion of Judges
They should act wholly within the scope
and under the mandate of the law which
they are applying to others.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22
A Chinese printing Office IS greater

A Chinese printing Office IS greater
curiosity than One would suppose. The
alphabet numbers away into the thousands
and cap and lower case goes all the way
round the inside of two story building,
and half way up the roof: 1t takes an ap-
prentice twenty years to learn the case,
and then he has to use a stepladder to get
at the higher branches. A case was pied
once IN Canton and it took five days to
remove the type from the form of the FORE
man. They punctuate wherever they can
drop dot without regard to the prospect
i've. When the editor coins a word the
printer whites out a new character with
his jack knife. The journeymen set by
the square foot and never belong to a
union. They do their presswork by hand
and use boxing gloves to ink the type
with. They have one paper in the empire
a thousand wears old, and the bound vol
umes half fill pagoda. The editors
head is responsible for all items publish
ed. Not an editor has been beheaded in
China for the last five hundred years.
The Chinese have just invented twenty
five cylinder press for printing tea chests
with which they are able to print one
week.-Danbury News.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22
If any man exposes Meies,

If any man exposes Meigs' meanncss,
treason, or racallty, that tool Of corrupt
ion hastens to divert attention from the
facts, by blackguardism and lies. His
master has made him think that a man
who is not rich has neither brians, char
actcr nor rights, which cn:itle him to he
respected either by himself or anyone
else, aud that accounts for Miegs' being
the servile dirty trickster he has publish.
ed himselfto be. When he is lying about
tho pecuniary condition of others he
probably does not remember that it is on.
ly six brief years since he was in a con.
dition of mendicancy so abject as to rem.
der it necessary for this community to
make him an object of its charity to keep
his family from hunger nakedness. When
in that situation lie was an apt pupil in
the art Of meanness, and he has devoted
himself so thoroughly to Its acquisition,
that he knows very little else. A man
who resorts to black guardism because he
can neither answer nor deny positive
charges of a damaging character is a
poor wretch, meriting the universal con.
tempt in which he is held
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22
MHe kn0Wa.,s

Tho following song was the last ono ever
psnned by Prof. p. P. Bliss, and was not
quite completed or revised At the THE Of hi,
death. It, came to Chicago in .hi trunk
(Which fortunately was forwarded ON an.
other train), and is given to tbs public
through the kindness of surviving friend,
At the impressive memorial services. hold n
the First Congregational Church, \ was sung
as closing hymn. 1t seems alm.st prophet
ic of "the ono step just before -
know not what awaits me,
God kindly wells mine eyes,
And DER each step on my onwsrd way
He makes new scenes arise
And every joy He sends me comes
sweet aud glad surprise. p
Cuo.-Whcrc He may lead I'll folliw,
My trust in Him repose,
And every hour in perfect pace
I'll sing, "He knows, lie k,ows."
Ono step see before me,
IT'S all need to SEQ,
The light Of heaven more brightly shines
When earth's illusions fec :.
And swcetly through the silence comes
His loving, "Follow Me-"
o blissful lack Of wisdom,
IT'S blessed not to klow;
He holds mo with His .wu right hand,
Aud will not let me RI,
And lulls my troubled s,ul to rest
In him who loves mo 81.
So on 70, not knowing.
would not if might
I'd rather walk in the dark with God
Than 60 alone in tho light
I'd rather walk by faith Wit, Him
Than 50 alone by sight.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22
1.-THE COUNT

The commission are engaged in hearing
arguments, pro and con, upon the Ore
gon-Cronin case, and will probably con-
clude their session today. None seem to
doubt that their decision will be favor
able to Hayes, and if such shall be
the case he will be entitled to the Prcsi-
dency, but whether he will be inaugurated
or not is Il question yet to he settled. The
Democrats have fillibustcred so much and
SO long as to create the impression that
they intend to defeat the will of the pco-
pie by dilatory proceedings. If they can,
upon one prc,ext or another, prevent the
contamination of the count until the 4th
Of March, the President Of the Senate will
become President 70: one year, and the
country will again essay to elect Chief
Magistrate. That is what the Democrats
seem to be aiming at now
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22
MONEY.

Prisideut Grant has had great anxiety
to see the currency Of the country reduced
to specie basis before the expiration of
hia term, and strong faction Of both
parties are in sympathy with his views,
lie urges the present as the most expedi-
ent time, for the reason that the two classes
Of money have approached so near to each
other as to he separated by only very
small margin. We think the President is
mistaken in the effect which would be
produced by the adoption Of his views.
The premium on gold is very meagre at
present as we all know, but the reason is
plain. The stringency of the times has
put stop 10 importations, and hence gold
is not in demand tor the payment of duties
and as it is no more valuable for any other
purpose than greenbacks, the price of it is
gradually coming down to the standard of
actual value. Let silver be remonetized
and the dollar Of that coin again made re
ceivable in payment Of duties, and gold
"AAA SSAAA AuAtACl NCCIAuC, 1uu tuuS UC COu'
summated what has been so long desired
practical return to specie basis; and tina,
Is all that we eau ever do, for 1t is abso-
lutely impossible ever to return to specie
payment. The reason is that there is no,
enough ofthe precious metals in the world
Tout of the mines) 10 make the money re-
quired to do the business. Paper must
always be our medium Of exchange, and
Il should be SO protected by law that gold
may never be able 10 depreciate its value
If the Presidents plan should succeed, tie
demand for gold would be sudden and
eager, thus increasing its price and widen
ing the chasm between the basis aud the
currency, and that result in these hard
times would be disaster to all the in
dustries from the effects of which they
could not recover in q decade. Make
Rreenbacks legal tender and legal values
will 1t once become actual values.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22
THE DEMOCR ATS.

A few weeks ago they were bound to
have "Tildcn OF b1ood,' but as it seemed
very prebablc that they could not have
"Tildcn" without some modification of
the rule for counting the vote they became
exceedingly anxious for the appointment
of an electoral commission, to prevent the
necessity Of their having "blood." BY
submitting the question Of the Presidency
to the arbitrament of fifteen men selected
in accordance with a plan mutually agreed
upon, the Democrats were relieved from
what would otherwise have been unavoid.
ablc-an obligation to make war; but
since their wishes are not likely to be graf
ificd by the forthcoming decision, they
are anxious to make it appear that blood"
Is still their desire. For this purpose they
have adopted quite AL ingenious plan.
The Democrats in the north are clamorous
for war,-they want to settle this civil con-
test not in the halls of legislation, not in
the high court Of arbitration, but on the
field Of sanguinary strife, "where valor
fought in other days" They are "eager
for the Fray" but on the other hand the
Democrats Of the south have had enough
war-they revere the consti,ution-they
recognize the stupendous frauds by which
Tilden hoped to be ciccted-they see in
Hayes "scendcncy an unjust application
of the laws-an unequal distribution Of
public fayors-a subordination of southern
men and southern principles; yet they
prefer 10 accept all and bear all the evils
which may thus be inflicted upon them, not
because they consider themselves unjusti-
fed in making an armed resistance to
them, but rather because they prefer Civ.
ing 10 the world lesson in moderation,
and showing the depth oftheirlove ofpeace
and the degree of their loyalty to the con-
stitution. The sum is this. The Demo-
Gratis Of the north feel that nothing but
a resort to war is left them as means Of
preserving their honor and Of kcepins up
their reputation, but, you see, they can't
fight unless the south will join them,
which the south won't do, certainly, for
they are tolerant and submissive, and above
all LOYAL! There certainly is a model
scheme for keeping up the reputation Of
the Democratic party. 1t is composed of
heroes, men who would gladly pour out
their blood in defense of their rights, but
men who at the same time tolerate
every species of personal oppression rather
than take the risk Of violating single
provision Of the constitution, or Of show.
ing any lack of regard for the sacredncss
Of the Federal Union. What valor, and
ut the same time, what wisdom and mod
Grafton! Surely the great Democratic
party is the glory Of the present and its
history will be the pride Of generations to
come.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22


By virtue Of an execution issued out Of the
District Court of the county Of Mower, State
Of Minnesonta, bearing date the 7th day of
February, A. D. 1877, and to the Sheriff of
Mower county, Minnesota, directed and de-
livered in favor of Jacob Hangi and against
the goods, chattcls, lands and tenements of
Catharine, Brown; have seized and taken in
execution the following described real estate
Of Catherine Brown;to-wit: lots number, three
(3) and four (4), in Block number twenty
seven (27), in Railroad Addition to thu city
Of Austin, Mower County, State of Minnesota,
together with the tenemeuts, Entertainments.
and appurtenances, thereunto belonging, and
notice is hereby given, that as Sheriff Of said
Mower County, in pursuance Of the power in
me vested and Of the statutes in such Case
made and provided, shall expose said prem
Uses forsalc at public auction, to the highest bid
der, 1T the front door of the Court House, in the
city of Austin. in said County, on Saturday
the 3lst day Of March, A. D. 1877, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon Of that day, or 50
much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
| the sum Of seventy nine dollars and twenty.
two cents, (s79.22) together with interest
thereon from tho It'll day Of February A. D.
1877, and the cost Of sale.
46t7 r. O. HALL,
Sheriff in and for Mower County.
K1NsxAN 4 MERRlcK, Attorneys for Plaintiff
Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22

Quicksilver is now under consideration.
The product of California has increased
so enormously during the past two years
that it has attracted the attention of all
interested in the article throughout the
world. The receipts for the year have
been 63,92s and the exports 4s,O10 TASKS.
In addition to the receipts there, probab-
ly about 5000 TASKS were shipped direct
from the mines to Nevada, thus bringing
the total production to over 10000 TASKS,
a gain in round numbers of from $4,000 to
1900 TASKS over 1875. The exports in
1875 were 1884 TASKS, 1866 less than
in 1875.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22
A Terrible Ride.

We have often heard how pertons who
were trying to steal their way over the
Union and Central Pacific railroads had
secreted themselves ON breakebals, under
the cars, in the tirc-boxes and boilers Of
new engines, and in other perilous posi-.
tons, but the experince of man who was
recently attempting to dead head his way
from the east to this State eclipses any,
thing of the kind that has ever come to
our Knowledge. 1t seems that he board.
ed train at Omaha, and after having
been elected from several trains. he suc
ceedcd in getting to Green River, IN Wyom.
ing Territory. Here the train mca became
more vigilant. and the man saw that he
would have to fiud a very sccu,c hiding
place. Accordingly, while the train men
were busily engaged, he crawled into the
fire-box Of stationary engine hat was
standing on flat car, and which was
going through to sau Francisco. Soon
after the train started some one, purposely
or not we do not know, shut the engine
door, and the man was prisoner. The
mans position was terrible one. He
could not sit down and could scarcely
turn around, and in this way he rode for
four days and nights, without moutllful
of food or drink, excepting a few crackers
he had in his pockets. When the train
arrived at Verdi, Nevada, a distance of
nearly nine hundred miles from Green
river, the man managed to attract the at.
tention of the conductor by scratching on
the inside Of the engine with his finger.
nails. He was liberated from his awful
situation and was almost dead with cold
and hunger and from remaining so long
in cramped position. He was properly
cared for at Verdi, and ut last accounts he
was in fair way to recover. 1t is safe to
conjecture that he will walk after this
rather than attempt to beat his way over
a railroad.-Truckec, New Republican,
Jan. II.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22

The Mankato Record advises farmers
to sow peas and raise hogs as means to
head off the irrepressible 'hoppers. 1t
says bushel of peas is worth as much to
feed hogs as bushcl Of corn, they ripen
early, and the threshing may be dispensed
with OF very largely, as they can be fed to
hogs in the vines, till it becomes too cold
for hogs to be without shelter. Peas are
excellent feed for horses. Mixed with
oats, half and half, they are as good feed
for teams as can be given them. Farmers
who have stock should not despair or
give up the contest
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22

Last week Hotchkiss published mix
ture of b0mbast and falsehood signed by
dirty Meigs, but written by some one else,
for it is we'll known that the poor simple
ton cannot construct single sentence
properly. One division OF his TRADE was
addressed to 'The Editors Of Minnesota"
and the other to "a. A. Harwood." Re-
guarding the first We have only 10 say that
we presume the "ecitors" will give him
all the notice he deserves-quite likely
more. For oursclf It il not necessary for
any reason that we take any notice ofhim.
When man who has been a malicious
interruptions combatant for three years,
10 beaten in every contest, is driven from
enestronghold to another until he is finally
captured in his own citadel and strip.
ped Of all power except that of speech, it
Is expected that he will talk as meanly as
he feels Meigs is really an object of pity.
His weakness and bis folly sink him be-
low the grade Of those whose words or
actions are entitled to notice. When
Henry Ward Beecher was young man,
IT Is related of him, that while going from
his lodgings to the classroom one day,
carrying large commentary under his
arm, skunk crossed the street just before
him. Thinking to dispatch the loathsome
brute he hurled the volume at 1t with all
his might. The skunk, although it had
received blow which sent il rolling over
and over In the dirt, was really uninjured,
while the valuable book was wholly
ruined by the contact. After that exper
fence Nr. Beecher declared it TO be his
intention never again 70 attack a skunk.
We have formed . similar resolution, but
ths mephitio little beast which we recently
knocked over, has got upon his feet again
and resortlng to his only means Of defense
has deluged the cir with an oder so fetid
aud nauseating as 10 sicken and disgust oil
decent psople. 1t is his natural smell.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22
Consumption Cured!

An old physician, retired from active prac-
tice, having had placed in his hands by an
East India Missionary the formula of = sim
plo Vegetable Remedy, for the speedy and
permanent Cure Of Consumption, Bronchitis,
Affections, also Positive and Radical Cure
for Nervous Debility and all 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. Actuatcd by this mo-
tive, and a conscientious desire to relieve hu-
man suffering, he will sead free of charge to
ell who desire it, this receipt, with full direc-
lions for preparing and successfully using.
Sent by return mail by addressing with stamp,
naming this paper. 80
DR.. ". c. STEVENS
SLY onroe Block. Syracuse, N Y.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22
orr MILLING INTERESTS.

| OUN MILLING xN1EN E0xSs
It has long been the theory of eastern
capitalists that Minnesota cannot manu-
facture her great staple product-wheat.
First, because, while it is abundant, the
fruit Of new and strong soil, the facili.
ties for grindingwill be SO costly that they
cannot he supplied by the limited means
at command, and second, for the reason
that ultimately the production Of wheat
will be so greatly diminished as to make
the manufacture Of -four for the purpose
Of merchandising wholly Improbable.
Both theories are wrong, and they are adj
vanced for the benefit OF the milling inter-
csts of the east. Everything possible is
done in the region Of the great money
centers, to keep capital, that is real cash,
from associat,ng or being identified with
labor, the power which produces New
York and New England wish to have a
monopoly of money, and of manufactures
and they are willing 10 concede to the
west the privilege Of laboring and pro-
ducing. These circumstances make money
dear here and our products cheap there
just the result for which the east is con-
stantly struggling. 1t is then plainly the
duty Of Minnesota to make her wheat into
-four before putting it into the worlds
market. If We would prosper we must
SO combine our industry with our accum.
ulated wealth, that what we produce may
be put upon sale in such a condition that
no one can make profit by subjectlng it
to other processes either Of skill or Of
labor. Not until We compel money to
come here to buy, in its most highlylper-
fccted condition, everything which we
produce, will the people realize the full
profit to which their industry and skill
entltle them. We hopo, therefore, that the
millers Of the State will not feel dis
ceuraged. There are temporary obstacles
in the way Of their success, but they are
only temporary and result from purely
transient causes.
At present the scarcity of wheat in this
SsoSS, ssAN sAAS coASSSAuSAs AISA PAASV ACA-
ders 1t impossible for our millers to CON-
pete with manufacturers residing in the
south and in the east where wheat is
abundant and of an inferior quality.
There is a demand for Minnesota -four
on account Of its acknowledged superiori-
ty. but it is not so great as it was when
our wheat cost no more than an article of
corresponding value was worth in other
localities. From the present time until
the maturity of another crop, the Mime
sofa millers will be able to do little more
than pay running expenses, but the time
is coming when they, like the great estab.
lishments Of the east, will keep on hand a
years stock in advance When that time
arrives they will be beyond the vicissi,udes
of changing market-capable of meet.
ing any crisis, no matter how produced
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22

"Dull," exclaimed the proprietor of one
of our barber shops. Hard times! l
should say! Shouldn't think we'd feel 1t:
Well, we do. Why: men who used to get
shaved every day now come in three times
week. Men who used to be here every
other d"y, come twice week, and some
who shaved twice week now come on
Saturday with weeks stubble on their
faces. That's not all. Lots of men who
used to be regular customers have had
their OLD razors sharpcned, and now we
don't see 'em at all. Every man that can
raise respectable full beard does so, and
don't shave at all; and they get their hair
cut just as seldom as possible. As for det
ergcnt and coloritic and hair renovator
generally, there amt any sale for it at all.
BY the way you ought to have a bottle.
'Twould fix that bald spot. No? Fifteen
cents. Thank you. Good day-Ex.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22

Minnesota wheat now is at specie grade
and commands in the Eastern markets a
higher price than any other wheat, and
Minnesota flour is recognized as the best
on the market, that is manufactured from
our spring wheat bringing better price
than the celebrated winter wheat -four of
St. Louis. Minnesota pork is much super:
ior to the pork of the ATTITUDES below as is
Minnesota wheat over their wheat,