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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25
USURY.

Just now the organs which rcprescn,
capital and monopoly, are doing all in
their power to suppress the effort to con
fine the use "f money within proper limits
A bill is pending in the Legislature with
provisions just such rs We recommended
two years ago-viz: making the taking
Of any sum, as interest, in excess Of that
allowed By law, a penal otfense. punish.
able by fine and imprisonment. We be
licve that TO bc right. No man should be
allowed to violate the law with impuniiy
and yet it is being done daily in every
city Of this State, and in consequence o
it farm after farm is beng drawn into
bank We ults, and family after family i:
forced away to the frontier to begin again
and often broken down IN health and III
spirit. There is terrible wrong abou
this business somewhere which should bt
righ'ed, and we believe it may be by
Legislation.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25
LAST LIGHTS or sEvENTx.slx.
~ ELlzA8ErH n. J. cLEAvELAxp.

I saw the day, when growing old. =
Go gently out through gates Of gold,
And watched the rosy light thst lay s.
Whers on tho mount he passed away.
Then, mild and fair, and strangely still,
The moon came DOR tho eastern hill,
And softly looked round for tho sun,
To greet him ere the day Was done.
Then, ~ she climbed up into space.
She turned her pure, bright, spssking face
And brighter eye. rs If to cheer
TIE last hours Of the dying year.
80 beautiful Centennial !" cried
She in voice OF 1--we and pride,
"Do not 90 cut ~ pale ADD fast,
This look on you will be my last.
"Loue have watched bore in the sky,
And. seen hundred years g. by, -.
But never has this eye Of mine
! Looked on q face 30 fair - thine.
40 sweet, my love! do not despair
| Far withered checks and snowy hair;
Brightest and best aud far more dear
Art thou than ali, Centennial year. 3:
| II saw you when your locks were brown,
And white your brow beneath tho crown;
The garlands green and smiles Of May
Seem now ~ it but yesterday.
"Aud did you not, in power and pride,
Fling out your banner Ear and wide,
Till treasures from the land and sea AZ
! We're offered, ~ ON shrine, to thee ,"
Then, - I listened. soft she sung, ;, i,
As higher in tho heavens she hung:
"I'n watch YOU out, old year," sho said,
"I.iks lover fond and true; =
[ care not for the TELLS that ring u
To usher in tho new. %
Go out with smiles, and not With tears;
Remember that my eye
Is gazing on you tcnderly,
Though far of in the sky.
"Aud when see your face no more,
I'll turn my own away;
Behini the western hill III sink,
Nor SEQ the light Of day."
But, while she spoke. glory broke
over the shining snow;
A bright young thing on airy wing
Had heard her mourning so;
Then sadly rallied she to the west,
The stars dropped out Of heaven.
When broke tho dawn end smiled tho u.orn
Of eighteen seventy scven.
-New York Ohtrrer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25

A novel plan for the solution Of the In.
dian difficulties has been suggested by a
western man. He proposes to the govern.
ment to organize regiment Of untametl
Sioux, the worst he can find on the from
tier, aud, by some peculiar metamorpho.
sis known only to himself, to convert them
into regular soldies-probably raw re.
cruits. After en,isting the requisite mum.
Der he will take them to Washington and
camp them in front of the White House.
What lie will do with them there he does
not reveal, and what he will accomplish is
left to he guessed. He claims to be able
IN enlist 1000 Indians In less than six
months, and have them ready for field
service. But while We have General
Crook looking after these interests there
is scarcely any need Of this new project.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25

Democratic anxiety and interest IN Mr.
Blaine are at an end He has written q
letter in which he denies that he has ever
said or done anything which would war.
rant anybody in forming any judgment aa
10 what course he intends to take on the
Presidential dispute. He states that DO.
ing new senator he does not intend to
sneak on the subject at all. He declares
that he has seen nothing to change bis
6rst impression that Hayes and Wheeler
are elected. and that being the ease. .he
does not see why any compromise should
be made.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25

1t IS reported in Washington that the
Democratic managers in New York had
to raise large sum Of money for David
Dudley Field before he consented to 60
to Congress and take charge Of their case
and get up counter irritation 70 draw
attention from the Oregon fraud. Aud
now the Democratic managers admit they
made bad investment, 40 Mr.. Fields
exploits hate been barren Of results-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25
@9wtr On Trausfript
fHS. COMPROMISE.

fHS COMPROMISE.
In our last issue We gave an outline Of
the plan proposed by the Joint Congress-
ioual Committee for settling the Prcsi
Dental difficulty. Since its presentation
to Congress in the form of bill it has
been thoroughly discussed by members
and by the public generally. We think
ths current feeling is favorable to its pass
sge, but it cannot be denied that some Of
the ablest and most patriotic men in the
nation oppose it. We have never doubled
that the Vice President has right under
the Cou.i,ution to open and present before
the two Houses, in JOINT session, the Ger
tidcates which show for whom the cleo.
ioral vote Of the several States has been
cast, and in the absence Of any OBJ
lection sustained by the concurrent action
Of the two Houses, to count and declare the
came. Ordinarily both parties have
agreed upon the method, but the vote is 80
close that there will be no cordial acqui.
esccncc in any count that may be made by
the arbitrary will Of single man. We
believe that Hayes is legally elected and
that it will be 50 held should the question
be sumitted to the proposed commission,
but we fear the consequences ofa compro.
mise. and especially Of one which is made
under duress It cannot be denied that
the threats which the Democrats have
made were potent IN shaping the present
proposition. 1t is in accordance with the
Mississippi plant is the effect Of the
shotgun aud cat.o-nlne. tails rolicy-it is
the Democracy bulldozing the Republi-
cans, and yet We are not prepared to say
that the compromise ough to berejected,
because a very large part Of tue people are
in favor Of it, and the public judgment is
generally correct; still We cannot resist
the impression that their support Of this
measure IS not based upon the conviction
that it is right. urests rather upon be.
lief that 1t can make matters no worse and
ahope that it will make them much bet.
ter. They think they sec in it an escape
from civil strife, and restoration Of bust
ness prosperity and these they regard
temporarily as Of more consequence than
that the Presidential question should be
settled in accordance with constitutional
ferns and constant usage. We are will
ing to adopt the scheme, not because We
fear the threatenings Of traitors, nor because
We believe it to be demanded in the inter-
es,s of justice, but for the sole reason that
the majority seem to desire it. We believe
in ,nsjoritits, and yet the voice Of the peo-
pie is not at all times The voice of God.
When the people are intimida.ed they
are incapable of self:preserv;.tion by any
other means than surrender Of their
rights and this compromise ne regard as
such surrender, and yet it is possible
.ha. good results may follow its adoption.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25
First publication Januray 4th.\

First publication January 4th.)
OTA1E or MINNESOTA, COUN-
~ TY OF MOWER.-ss.
In Probate Court.
In the matter Of tho estate Of James Foster,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given to the heirs Of said
deceased and to all other persons interested
in said estate that the petition Of Judith
and William, NJ. Foster, executors Of tho e.
tate of said deceased, for final settlement Of
their account as such executors and for ,
final discharge in tho premises vii! DO heard
before the Judge of Probate for said County
at the Probate ONCE, in the city Of Austin,
on Saturday the 9th day Of January. A. D.
1877, at l o'clock P. NJ.
Ordered. That notice ofthe time and place
Of said hearing be given to all persons inter.
csted in said estate, by. publication Of the
foregoing notice in tho Mower County Tran
script. for the term of three weeks previous
to said day Of hearing.
Dated 1T tho city Of Austin, this LIST day Of
January A. D. 1877.
SAMEUL HAkTER,
40-t4 Judge Of Probate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25
MEIaS ". DuNNELL.

In the Republican Of to day, there ar.
pears an article signed By A. E. Meige,
denunciatory of Hon. NJ. H. Dunnell.
We shall at present attempt no review or
criticism Of it. No surprise is occasioncd
by It. Everybody who knows Meigs ex.
pected that lie would do just the mean.
dirty thing that he has done. Everybody
who knows him. believes that he would
be. il he were required to he, just the sup.
plicat tool that he says he has been-that
herwould, for the sake Of holding an office.
be driven like dog, without resistance,
wherever hc was told, just as he asserts
that he has been. and nobody VII" knows
him will be disappointed at the meanness
which he has displayed. He ia naturally
mean. He is a traitor to his friends and
a tool in the hands Of his enemies, and
more than all he confesses it, and stranger
than all, he 10 fool enough to think that
the confession which he makes is credit.
able to him. 1le held the postoftice nearly
six years. and because he could not hold
It perpetually he is mad. Why did he
not write his letter before he went out If
office! Ifhe was an honest man why did
he contribute so long and 30 much to
''corrupt the public services" and if he
was indignant ut the treatment which he
received. whv did he for five years sup
press his righteous emotions: 1fhe could
keep the post office he was willing to do
anv work. however vile. and support any
man. however mean. REQUIRE Of me to
lie, TO bc n spy among your enemies. and
a traitor to my friends, and let me keep
the postoff1ce, and I will do all and be
all.-.lis Is the language Of his action
during the last five years, and now because
he has lost the position from which he de-
rived tho means that he used in the ncfar.
i"ns practices Of which h" confcsses him.
self guilty.. he disc'oses hi; own inf;.my
in the vain hope ~ injuring the man who
found him in condition Of mendicancy
and put brea.l into his mouth and clothes
upon his back; but it should be known
that in doing this he yields to the d,cta
ton Of another man u tyrant whom he
hates but fears.
Meigs signs his name to an article, fol-
which, perhaps, he furnished portion OF
the material. but which he never compos-
ed, for he IS as ignorant of lingual pro-
prie,ies and the forms Of speech rs he j.
subservient and tricky. If Dunnell has
been his Lord heretofore, he has now
turned to another, who is his Baal He is
not "emancipated" as he alleges, for he is
incapable Of freedom. He is chattlc
still, but he acknowledges a difcren,
owner now The character Of his service
is Of the same that he says it has been, bu,
it is intensified in degree. Poor fellow
Why could he not die without killing
himself:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25
Consumption Cured!

An old physician, retired from active prse-
ticc, having had placed in his bands by an
East India Missionary tie formula Of q sim
pic Vegetable Remedy, for the speedy and
permanent Cure OF Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and Lung
Affections. also a POsiti~e and Radical euro
Tor Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having thoroughly tested it,.
wonderful curative powers in Thousands Of
cases, feels it his duty t" make it known 70
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this mo-
tive, and u conscientious desire 10 relieve hu-
man suffering, he will send free Of charge 70
all who desire it, this receipt, with full dl!ee-
tious ior preparing and successfn!!! as'se@
Sent by return mail by addressing with stsnps
naming this paper. .rrvrcs
52.1v onroe Block. Syracuss, n. 7.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25

A little boy was much. exercised for
fear he would not know his father when
he got to Heaven, but his mother cased
his mind by saying. "all You have to d"
is to look for an angel with red nose "
This must have been one Of Cronin's OF:
apring.-St. Cloud Journal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25

There were nearly forty sacks of mail
for Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois on the
railway train wrecked at Ash'abula. In
addition there was paper mail for Ne
braska, Dakota, Missouri, Kansas and
Colorado, and a foreign mail for Chicago
and points west IF Chicago.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25
First insertion December 2sth.I
M ORTGAGE SALE.

Default has been made in the payment oil
! the sum Of Two hundred and ninety dollars,
which is claimed t. be due 1T the date Of this
notice upon a certain mortgage, duly execu.
ted and delivered b., Ole Olson Staae, t. Ole
Benson, bearing date the 18th day of Novem-
Der A. D. 1875, and duly recorded in the
office OF the Register Of Deeds, in and tor tue
County Of Mower, and State Of Minnesota, on
the 2Oth day OF November A. d. 1878, ~ IL
o'clock 4. NJ, in Book %" Vi Mortgages, on
page 4ls. Said mortgage was, on the 18th
day Of December A. d. 1876, duly assigned
ard transferred BY the said Ole Benson to W.
I. Wilkins, and said assignment was duly re-
corded in the office Of the Register Ut Deeds
iolesaid, On the 18th day Ut Deccmbe. A. b.
1875, in Book ''S'' Of mortgages, n'pags lis
And 40 action or pro cceding at law ar other
wise having been instituted to recover the
debt secured by said Mortgage, or uny par,
| thereof:
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, tina,
by virtue Of Y power OF sale con txined il
| said mortgage, aud pursuant to the statute in
such c.se made and provided, the said Mart
gage will be i"reclos.d by sale Vi the prem
iscs described in snd Covered by said mort
gage. viz: The East half ri the North. Eas
quarter Of Section number twenty-six (26)
also three ~ acres "n the Moth side Ut til.
South half OF the North East quarter Of thu
Southwest quarter OF Section number TWEEN
ty-eight (2s), all in Township number on
hundred and one (lol), North of Range sew
cntecn (l7) west, in Mower County. an.
State Of Minnesota, with the hereditament
| and appurtenances, will be sold at publ,
auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, t
pay said debt and interest, and the taxes, j
any, Oh said premises, which will be mad
by the Sheriff Of said Mower County
Ut tho front door Of the Court Hou.e
in the city Of Austin, in said Count,
aud State, on tho lO;h day Of Feb
ruary A. d. 1877, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, Of tina
day, subjuct to redemption at any time with
in one year from the day Of sale, rs provided
by law.
Dated, December 2Sth, A. D. 1876.
W. I. WILKINS.
D. B. JOHNSON. JR., Attorney. SET
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25
First publication Dec. II.
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default has been made In the conditions Of
. certain mortgage bsarinx dste the goth day
Of December A. D. 1874, executed BY Houston
Halstead. Of Mower County, Minnesota, to
Mary :. Barnes. Of Mower County, Ainneso-
ia, which mortgage was, on the 9Th day Of
January A. b. 1875, At three o'clock P. H.,
recorded in the office Of Register Of Deeds in
and for Mower County, Minnesota, in book
20" Of mortgages. on pages. Said mortgage
contains . clause that. in casa Of default Of
payment, or 10 the performan Of any Of tho
conditions of said mortgage, it shall DO lawful
for said mortgage. OF her assigns, to declare
the whole sum specified in said mortgage to
b. due and payable. and tho said mortgage,
by virtue Of said clause. default having been
made in the payment Of Six Hundred. Fifty
five and 81 ITO dollars, and interest. aud de-
fault having been made in the payment OF
twenty-five and 53-lV0 dollars, taxes for the
years a. b. 1874 and 1878, mentioned in said
mortgage, hereby declares the whole sum
specified in said mortgage to b. due. The
real estate and premises described in and
covered by said mortgage are ~ follows. to.
wit: The South Half Of the North east quar-
ter Of Section thirty-four [34]. Township one
hundred and ono (lVl], North OF Range
eighteen lSl west, containing eighty acres
more or less. Said mortgage contains a
SI0OSo IOT AuS p6yuACuS " &VeSy OOAsASS Az
torney's fees in case Of . foreclosure Of said
mortgage, which will DO claimed by thil
mortgage. There 10 claimed to bs due 81
the date Of this notice on said mortgage the
sum Of Nine hundred 6fty-fve and 27-100
dollars. and tho sum Of twenty-five and
$4,000 dollars, tax es Is above, paid BY the
mortga gee, in all the sum Of Nine hundred
seventy eight aud So leo dollars. No action
OF proceeding at law has been instituted t.
recover tho debt remaining secured by said
mortgage or any part thereof. Now therefore
Notice is hereby given, thst by virtue Of 1
power Of sale contained in said Mortgage
which has become operative by .aid default
and by virtue Of the statute in such CAS-,
made and provided, said mortgage will b
for.closei by sale At public vendue Of th,
abvvc described real estate and InortgaXed
premises ut tue tron. door Of tho Court House
in the city IT Austin, Mower County. Mime
sofa. on Saturday the 26,h day If January A
d. 1877, 1T the hour Of ~ o'clock A. NJ, u
said day, 70 satisfy the d.bt remaining sc
cured by said mortgage, attorneys fees, aud
costs Of foreclosure.
Dated at Austin, the 18th day of December
A. b. 1876.
MARY J. BARNES,
Mortgage.
CRANDALL / FRENCH. Attorneys for Mort.
ravee Ausfin Minn 37-7w
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25

The Democrats have a great deal to say
about The subvcrsi"n of State rights by
Grant and the Republican party, but the
Democratic House Of Representatives in
ordering the arrest of the Louisiana Re-
turning Board for contempt in refusing t"
surrender TO Congressional committee
the original returns in their custody, have
in that single act, done more to overthrow
and demol,sh the Constitutional rights OF
the State thap was ever even attempted he.
fore since the foundation Of the Republic.
1t is an &C, Of centralized desputism which
has no preccdcnt,and is in fragrant viola
tinn of the laws ut Louisiana and the Con.
stitutio' 'fthc Uni;e.l States. II they have
the power to arrest one department of the
State government they have authority III
arrest any other-to demand the executive
archives of the State from the Governor ol
the judicial records from the supreme
court, and if refused, to arrest the Govcrno.
and the Judges, carry them to Washing
ton and imprison them. This is too grave
= crime against the Constitution to pass
unrebuked. No such dangerous and rev
oluti.,nary cnroachment on the c'nstitu
tional rights Of the States was ever before
attempted. When the violence Of party
passion hurries the Democracy into crimes
like this it is about time for the American
people to cry hal. in tones that will be
hecded-Pioneer Press.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25

A FATAL M,srAKE.-A man may drink
moderately bu, steadily all his life, with
no apparent harm 10 himself, but lis
daughters become nervous wrecks. his
sons epileptics, libertines or drunkards,
the hereditary tendency to crime having
its pathology and UNMARRIED laws, precisely
as scrofula, consumption, or any other
purely physical disease. These are stale
truths to medical men, hut the majority
of parents, even those Of average intclll-
gence, are either ignorant or ~ickedly re-
CARELESS Of them. There will be chance
of Kidding our iails and almshouses of
half their tenants when our people are
brought to treat drunkenness as a disease
Of the stomach and the blood as we'll us
of the soul, to meet it with common sense
and physician, as we'll rs with threats
Of eternal damnation. and to remove the
gin shop and gin sellers for the same rca'
son that they would stagnant ponds or
unclean sewers.-'rrade List.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25

The lfnrmons are making strenuous
efforts to.get bill through Congress for
the admission of their territory to the
Onion, with. no very catering prospects
Of present success.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25
Chjcaqo ( Northwestern Railway.

s Time Of departure Of passenger trains from
Cedar Rspids. q ass-..-ses. >l.s -.
Leave for Chicago and the East, $50 a. m.
500 p. M.
" Council Bluffs and West, $40 >. N.
81" $50 p. m.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25
First publication Dec. 28th.]
MORTGAGE SALE.


M ORTGAGE SALE.
Default has been made in the payment Of
the sum Of Five Hundred Eighty Two and
45.lOO 1852 As l0O) Dollars, which is claimed
to be due Ut the date Of this notice upon
certain mortgate. duly executed and deliver
cd by Al"nz" Fairbanks and Ellen NJ. Fair
banks. his wife to William E. Wheat, bearing
date the 23d day Of December A. n 1871, and
duly recorded in the office Of the Re ,ister of
Deeds, in and for the County If Mower. and
State Of Minnesota, on the 23d day Of DO
cember A. D. 1871, At 2 O'Clock, p. NJ, 10
Book M" If Mortgages, ON page 1855. Said
mortgage is conditioned that If default be
| made in nnr Of the provisions therein con
aimed. it shall be awful for said mort sagee,
his assigns, or attorney, to declare tho whole
amount thereof 10 be due, and pursuant to
by said mortgage remaining unpaid, to wit
the sum Of Five Hundred Eighty-two and as
! 100 D.l,are, is hereby declared to be due, and
the said sum is claimed to be due At the date
! Of this notice. Aud no action or proceeding
! 1T law or otherwise having been instituted to
recover tho debt secured by said mortgage,
| Or any part thereof:
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that
| by virtue Of power Of sale contained in said
mortgage. ana pursuant to tho statute in
such case made and provided. the said mor:-
gage will be iorecloscd, and the prcmise'
desert ocd in and covered by said mortgage
viz: the west half Of the southeast quarter
OF section number thirty-two ,32 township
number one bun.ired aud two (l02', north 0
range number seventeen (l7). west. situated
in Mower county. and State Of Minnesota
with the hcreditamcnts and appurtcnances
wiI'..t he sold at public auction, to the highes
,dLer, tor cash, to pay said debt and inter
est, and the taxes, if any, on said premises
ard Fifty (5u) dollars attorneys Ice, as stipu
lated in and by said mortgage, in case o
foreclosure. and the disbursements allowed
| by law; which sale will b. made by thu
Sheriff Of Said Mower County, vt the office o
Crandall l. French, in the city Of Austin, il
said County and State, on tho 18th day 0
February A. b. 1917, at ~ o'clock A. NJ, q
that day. subject t" redemption ut any tim
within ono year from tho day IT sale, A. pro
vidci BY law.
| Dated, December 2sth, A. d. 1876.
WILLIAM +. WHEAT.
CRANDALL l. FRENCH, Mor;g.gee.
| ATTORNEYS for Murtgageo. 1877,