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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-02-06
THE WEST.

=. :. HAYES, former comptroller 81 Chicago,
and for many years leading business man of
that city, died OF the 2sth, aged 81.
Col. NrIsoN TgusLEE, United States district
attorney, fell dead in tho Opera house at III
danapolis. Oh the 10th, Of apoplcxy.
REv. ApoLPH BALrzER, president of the Ger
man Evangelical Synod Of North America. pro-
fcssor Of theology at the German Evangelical
Theological institute, near Martinsvil!c. No.,
and cditor-in-chcf OF the FraHiCh11bOie. died nj
81. Charles, Mo-, on the 2sth, Of heart disease,
aged ~. Mr.. Baltzer was cassnatc and great
admircr of Prince Bismarck, and came to this
country when quite young.
IHE Laclc,le Iron Works, III North 81. Louis,
resumed work on the 2Sth. after suspension Of
nearly year. They employ about 500 men.
MAJ"R MoIRow is furnishing Victoras band
Of Apachcs severely in the San Matcn mountain
In tl.r last fight Morrow captured one
hundred horscS and mules, and large quantities
Of property stolen i'll Mexico.
L. II. MuRnAY has been colrilrrn"d ly tho
senate as governor Of Utah.
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NEWS OFTHE WEEK.
THE EAST.

Al present there are SO steamers, 90 ships,
iS4 barks and 90 brigs in the port Of New York,
which is the largest fleet of vessels ever known
to be in that harbor ut one time, making an az
gregatc tonnage, exclusive Of steamers, Of &c.,
900 tons.
Cart. J"nS CARSON, Of the L. :. revenue
cutter Manhattan, died in Oswego, n. Y, ON
the 10th.
AFTER hearing tho answer Of the Supreme
Court To their questions on tho 18th, the Fu-
sion legislature Of Maine adjourned 10 meet on
the iifst wednesday III August next. Some of
the members departed for home and others took
their seats with the Republican legislature.
OBJECTIONS to the probate OF the late Frank
Lesbos will were filed at Now York on the 9th
10y his two sons Alfred and Henry. Henry,
who calls himself Frank Leslie, Jr. AYERS that
The making of the will was caused by fraud and
cucnmrcntion, and undue influence practised
against the deccdcnt by the person named w
eNecntrix IN the will, whose maiden name was
Marian Florence Foln. That such person was
not ut the death Of Frank Leslie, nor ut any
time, the wife Of Frank Leslie.
TIM Supreme judicial court of Maine rCndcr-
cd its decision in answer TO the questions sub
united hy tho Fusion Legislature, on the 18th.
II declines to recognize the Fusion legislature
and declares tho Republicans the legal organ-
COuslutrCu NJ III emu.
On the 10Th, the United States government,
through the collector Of internal revenue al
Philadelphia, seized upon some Of tho property
OF the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad CONF
rany for claims amounting TO nearly half mill
l"n dollars. The cause II the seizure in the
issue of certificates by the railroad company Ia
pay the employees and officers. Under the inter-
nal revenue law, providing that every person,
hrm, association, other than national bank Assoc
cations, and every corporation, state bank or
state banking association shall pay tax Of ten
per ccntum upon the amount Of their own notes
used for circulation and paid ont hy them, the
government made q demand for Si6s.O00, the
tax upon Sl,GS0,O00 Of scrip issued, which the
railroad refused Ia pay, cuntcndmg that such
action was not contemplated i'll the provisions of
the act referred to. This refusal led Ia the
seizure. Nearly tive million dollars IN scrip has
boon issued by the company, 40 that the gov
crIrmcnts claim will ultimately amount TO half
million dollars.
GEoR0E II. SIsrAIE, wcll-known New York
banker, died on the Goth. aged II.
Tux conflict Of political elements still contin-
ncs III Mainc although, up to the 25th. no
armed violence had resulted The Republicans
hold the state house. nj Augusta. which il
guarded by militia. The Fusion arscnal-keeper
having refused q demand for arms by the Re-
publican authorities, he was ousted by de-
tachment from the First regiment, who now
hold the place.
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Warranted Rubber Root.

The "Candec" Rubber Co., Of New Haven,
Conn, is making n now rubber boot, which IL
lust what outdoor men have long been looking
for, viz, one that Ia warranted. These boots
are called the "95" Per Cent. Sterling Rubber
Boot. They warrant them three months, and
II your boot cracks or gives way in that time,
you can secure new pair free Of charge, pro-
vidcd the boots have had fair usage.
That there may be no question about tho
three months, when You buy the "95" Boots,
the storckccpcr punches tho date in the top OF tho
leg, in spaces provided for that purpose, and
the warrant begins from that date and cannot
be disputed. These "95" Per Cent. Boots arc
IA pure as can be made and will last FIX months
hard wear. The exposed portions are doubled,
and the solcs arc half nm inch thick, OF SOLID
rubber, and will outwear three pairs OF any other
rubber boots. Illustrated catalogues with iull
particulars are supplied by tho "car.'ee " COM
pany on application, or the boots can be Seei' III
most stores.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-02-06
A Hand. Organ Among Indians.

Yesterday, whilo one Of them was sit
ting at his window, the melodious rounds
of hand-organ was heard in the dis
lance. In short time Savoyard hove
in sight with his instrument, and the
whole party Of braves gathered at the
window to witness the strange sight.
The musician was finally induced by the
offer of several pennies to go into the
Of the hotel and serenade the aborigines.
As soon as he began to turn the crank it
was too much for Indian blood, and a
retreat from the window followed. Head
ed by Jack, the party silently filed down
stairs, out through the kitchen into the
yard and scrutinized the wonderful thing.
After giving them an hour Of unalloyed
pleasure the grinder, becoming weary
was forced to desist and the Indians re-
turned to their room. The music had
done its work, however, for when they
got up stairs series of dances were in
dulged in which would have made song
and dance man turn pale with envy
WasHia0tOu RCDubkicdn.
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CASUALTIES.

Ar Ottawa, Canada, on the 3Oth grave dig
ger had thrown three or four shovelfus Of sand
on the coffin Of small pOY victim, he fancicd
he heard q noise. The coffin was raised and il
was found the person still lived. He was taken
back to the hospital.
EDWARD McLAUGHLIS was sufrocated by
slight lire in the Union Wadding mills at Paw
tuckct, Il. l., on the S0th.
FIELD Il Co.'S bakery, corner Of Dcsplaincs
and Washington streets, Chicago. burned on
tho night Of the 3Dth. Loss on building and
stock about $50, 900; insurance 535,000.
THE steamer Louisiana il ashore near New
Orleans. Freight valued az $4,000 was
thrown overheard.
TmE Sanders house at Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
with several other buildings in the vicinity, was
burned on the 29th. Loss nearly S50,0U0;
partly covered by insurance.
Al Syracuse, n. y, on the 2Sth, Elias Geb-
hart, aged IL, clerk in hardware store, waa
instantly killed by customer who was buying
pistol. The revolver contained three balls. II
vas not known to be loaded.
a YOUNG girl named Emma Cox, was burned
to death Ou the 2stb, near Grcencastlc Ind,
by her clothes taking fire.
At the Scranton, Pa, file works on the 9th q
large grindstono burst, killing William FAIRIES
and SCATTERING the building.
WHILE Il party Of boys were playing on tho ice
on Randalls pond near North Providence, Il. l.,
on tho 10Th, tive broke through and drowned.
THE steamboat Charmer, with 2,l00 bales OF
cotton, was totally destroyed by fire, fifteen
miles above tho mouth Of Red river, ON the
2Bth. Eight lives were lost--two chamber
maids, two cooks, two cabin boys, one fireman
and one dockhand. The boat and cargo were
valued nj Sl30,000.
TIN: Carpenter house. st. Paul, Mimi, burned
on the Goth. Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
SEVERAL stores and offices were burned at
Mason City, H., on tho Goth. Loss 100000.
A FIRE on the 10Th originating from furnace
in the basement Of Kits & Wernos' jowolry
store at Louisville, KY, damaged tho stock TO
the stock to the amount Of S40, 900 and fixtures
SlS,O00; insurance $4,000, tho building WAS
damaged 10 the extent Of $4,000.
The shoe shop Of tho Kings county pcnitcn-
tiary, Brooklyn, burned OH the Goth. The
building cost tho county 100000. The lay
state shoe and leather company who had leased
the convict labor, had very large stock and
lost about S200,00O. Total insurance 1906, 900.
None OF the prisoners escaped.
AN ongino on an elevated railway train in
New York city jumped the rails Oh tho 2ith and
plunged TO the pavement below, q distance OF
twenty-five feet. -Four employees on the engine
wore more or less injured, but none were killed.
The breaking OF u coupling saved tho balance Of
tho train, the first car Of which hung over the
edge when the coupler broke.
THREE OF the crew OF tho fishing schooner
Plymoth Rock were drowned on tho Banks by
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-02-06
Reauty Of the BethIchem Women.

Were l not already verging into the
years that usually bring with them Sc
dateness and sobriety, rather than gal
lantry, l might speak OF the proverbial
beauty of the females of Bethlehem. /
may, however, quote the language of n
younger traveller; Everybody" he
says, "has heard of the beauty of the
females of Bethlehem, but nobody has
heard enough" One of this young
travellers companions says: 1.-THE girls
of Bethlehem are charming He had
been visiting family in which were two
daughters-one about 1G, aud the other
IL years of age. "Such lovely eyes,
dark and lustrous, such black, glossy
hair, rich and wavy; such teeth OF pearly
Wilderness; such finely rounded limbs,
and every movement graceful. How 1
wished I could have spoken to them in
their native tongue. They showed us
the curiosities of their home, and their
clever needlework, with frankness and
modesty which an English lady might
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The AstOr Fool.

ScW lOlk ltltcf 10 NOcNChtcf D'hIOSTht.
II is nh old saying that " the Astors
have IN idiot i'll every generation. John
jacobs son was in this condition, and
was kept in private asylum. He lived
to be IN old man, survived his father %
years, and mt his death was placed III the
family vault, and the private asylum was
transferred to other purposes. Will
liam's son, Henry Aston, is not much
better than an idiot, and as William
learned the unfortunate condition of the
boy, he placed him on the farm at Rhine
beck, where he seemed safe from all
temptation. Williams mistake was in
not muring him up in IL private asylum,
as had been done with the first idiot.
Henry imagined himself q preacher, and
would occasionally entertain the kitchen
circle with a sermon, clad for the occasion
i'll IL night-shirt. Ii any one smiled dur
ing the sermon, he might expect blow
from the indignant preacher. Henry be-
came the companion Of the farm hands,
through whose medium he became nc
quainted with M inferior family, where
Il matrimonial trap was soon successfully
sprung. William was thundcrstruck by
the news that his imbCcilc son was not
only married but was living mt his wife's
home. Henry Aston, while preaching in
the kitchen, awoke the merriment Of II
young girl, whcreupon lie picked up n
washbasin and dealt her severe blow.
This WIS followed by other violence, and
the result was that the girls parents
sued him for assault and battery, laying
the damages Mt $20,0 900. The Astors were
seriously pcrplexed by this difficulty, but
concluded to defend the case. A heavy
verdict, however, was rendered against
the would-be preacher, whose relatives
then placed him under sufficient restraint
to prevent any recurrence of the trouble.
The family which captured him is said to
be satisfactorily pensioned, and Henry
il now the object of his brothers. care.
They are his guardians, and the present
sale of tho Aston House is merely to set
tie the estate and place his share in IL
separate shane.
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tho eapsizing Of dory while attending tho

tho eapsizing Of q dory while attending tho
travis.
Pa, on tho Gath, killed Joseph Grant and Seth
Do Garno instantly.
The schooner Cherubim from Miragoane, Do
lost her captbin and mate 0. j. and NJ. T.. Lank
from yellow fever. She IN ut New York quaran-
tine.
STEPHEN WHITMAN 4 Sons confectionery
establishment, Philadelphia, burned on tho
afternoon of the 25th, involving loss OF $780,
900.
The sash and moulding factory Of Chns, A..
Docr 4 Son, Spring Garden street, Philadelphia,
was destroyed by fire on the 25th. Loss &c.,
900; insurance $4,000.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Al a meeting Of the Western Iron association
at Pittsburg, Pa, on the 30th, the Price Of iron
was advanced four cents.
&. VI. SPITzER 4 Co., bankers, Cleveland,
under the name Of tie German American bank,
spcculated in stocks. Liabilities So, 200.
Assets small.
TnE senate has confirmed the following nom-
nations: TO he ENJOYS extraordinary and min
listers plenipotentiaT-Jam Russell Lowell,
Of Massachusetts, TO Great Britain; John W..
Foster, Of Indiana, to Russia; LlIcius Faircl,ild,
Of Wisconsin, to Spain; Philip 4. Morgan, OF
Louisiana, 10 Mexico. To BE- United States
consuls-Lewis Richmond, of Rhode Island, at
Belfast; James ". Tyler, of Arkansas, at May
agucz.
PRor. CLARK, Of Cleveland, and Dick MUIR
ray, of New York, had prize fight near Dundee,
Mich, on the 24th, for 500 q side. Twenty
ninc rounds were fought in one hour and twelve
minutes, when Clark was declared the winner.
Murray was roughly handled.
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TWO AMERICANS IN MEXICO.
Narrative Of Ono Of the Two Wen Who
slew Thirty Armed bandits.

from the tOrtiuuu frebb.
Our readers will remember brief as
ISOLATED press dispatch which appeared
in the Press the other morning, telling
how two men in u stage coach in Mexico,
named Frank Senter and George Green,
drove Off band of highwaymen with
Winchester rifles. Frank Sentcr Is a
Portland boy, n nephew of William Sen
ter, Esq, and was until lately in the
jewelry business with his uncle on Ex-
change street. We extract the following
account of the affair in Mexico from u
private letter written by Mr.. Senter
home:
eve left Guanahlata ut 3 o'clock A.
NJ, December 10th. The weather was
biting cold, but M usual We took our
seats on top of the coach with reyolvers
and cartridges about us and Winchester
carbincs on our knees. After riding
about three hours, and just ut light, we
heard II rush OF horses at our side, and
II shot fired over our heads with an order
to get down and surrender. We All
swcrcd the summons with two shots into
the crowd, and the man in front Of
Georges rifle fell and his companion
started for the leading mules TO stop
them and tanglo them up, but when
twenty yards from me rolled him from
his horse and did not see him move Il
limb aftcrward We then turned to see
thirty wcll-armed and mounted Mexicans
following and firing. We put in quick
shooting and soon drove them back sew
enty yards or more They then tried to
circle us, but III We turned our attention
TO the head men they all broke and col
lccted i'll II bunch. We then had our
coats off and placed in front OF us with II
hundred rounds between us, and we or
dercd the couch to be stopped and began
our fine work Mt sharpshOoting. This
seemed to make them wild, and with II
yell like COmanche Indians, twenty or
thirty of them came down on us ut full
full speed, firing all the way, and Wild
er sight | never care to see. 1t was no
use to give up then, as they would have
cut us to pieces il we had surrendered,
so we met them in solid style, showing
what Winchester rifle was good for,
and, rs luck would have it, after firing
siXty-tive shots, we drove them ut full
speed. One fellow whose horse | shot
from under him, jumped behind the dead
animal and deliberately emptied four
shells ut me over the saddle, and lodged,
under the horse, two of my shots, but
the third "took his wind" In the ailray
George was shot in the shoulder, but it
was only flesh wound, and We held our
waywitha gIarlof eleven furnishedusat
the next city, four miles beyond. There
were SO many bushes we could not tell
exactly how many were killed, but we
were sure five robbers and four horses
will not trouble travellers again.
"lnsde the coach was Spaniard who
threw his revolver from the window, II
Mexican who wrapped his head in Il
blanket and put his revolver under him,
n German who had II pocket pistol and
wisely did not shoot, and lady who did
the praying; SO yon see what party We
had to depend on, and what Il lucky
escape we had. | shall never get better
help from any one man than L did there
from George"
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CmcAGo, January 31-3:O0 r. M.--wheat-
Unsettled and generally higher at Sligo for
cash; Sl.l9st for seller February; sI.2I for
seller March. Corn-Steady at 3Gs &c for cash;
4l%ic bid for seller May. Oats Weak ut 32I &c
for cash; SIC for seller May. Eyc-75c bid.
Bmlcy-SOc bid. Pork-Stropgcr at sl3.77lG
for cash; $l3.52}9 for seller March. Lard
FirGer at s7.35 for cash: S7.i7IG for seller
March. whisky-A SI.Os. IIUgs-Iieccipts
$4,000 head; quiet aud steady; light in fair de-
mand aud &c higher at $i.356,i. 90; heavy un-
changed; shipping at S4.5O@i.75; packing at
Si.3Oci.5O. Cattle-Iteccipts 600 head; strong
or; on shipping firm at S3.70G5.00; butchers
steady ut S2.00a3.G0; feeders and stocLers at
S2.9O63.70; good clearance.
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screamed for help, and our dragoon, Mr..
Hany, and q muleteer Mt once went to
their assistance and brought them out.
Miss Stevens was not alarmed and swal.
lowed no water, but the poor maid did,
and the result is, that both her
lungs aro infamed and she
is dangerously i'll. We, however, will
take her to Cairo, which the doctor says
is the best place for her. Fortunately
we Ind sedan chair with us, in which
we carried her to Jerusalem.
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have envied." He is surely sure to soy

have envied." He is surely sure to soy
it was an unavoidable accident. sup
pose almost every ono hos, at some time,
when standing near the verge, or passing
along the edge, of dangerous height,
experienced an almost irresistible temp
tation to throw himself down headlong.
/ once heard it suggested that this was
the DEVILS temptation to our Lord when
he took him to the pinnacle of the tenn
pie and babe him cast himself down. l
have often seen places that are really
worse; but never Travelled on any road
so certainly smitten. All, well, there is
such thing as love at first sight; wheth-
or this be such the reader can determine
~ well rs I.-NdtiOnak Repository.
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Tins on SI,inl,Oard.

Upon II transatlantic steamship, rs
elsewhere, the taste for tips is shared by
all the stewards underlings i'll m eminent
degree. They seem to select their
victims MS they come on board. 1t is
evident, moreover, that early on the
first day, within the inner precincts Of
the pantry, its secret conclave assembled,
they lay out the programme for the
voyage, and solemnly ratify and confirm
to one another those cases which instinct
and experience alike encourage them
respectively to work up. lnscnsibly, MS
time passes, there steals through the
voyager's soul the impression that some
how he has come to be somebody's man.,
and that invisible tolls are being woven
around him, growing stronger every
hour. AS the end of the voyage APP
proachcs, the chains become evident to
all, while the fell agent of this enslave-
meut alternately appears elatcd or de-
pressed by hopes and fears. Sometimes
IN amusing scene is Witnessed when the
entire corps OF walters draw III kind OF
military order rs the passengers go
ashore. Then the successful manipula-
tors of men put on their best smiles,
while the less expert assume the mask Oh
the Tragic Muse, looking, not cork
screws, but daggers. In corner it
would not be mprofessioual for the in
terestcd party to suggest to the voyager
the proprieiy of remembering the waiter,
but more than one quizzical, cold-blood-
ell individual has improved snch an oc-
casion by saying, while scanning the
victim from head to feet, eyes, think
| shall DO able to remember you.
This, however, would prove more CALLING
than the action of great New York
millionaire, now gone on that voyage
whence the traveller meier returns, but
who, Oh finishing I'M ocean trip, III m
access of frugality, sent tive-frmc
piece to the steward to be divided
amongst the corps. Something, how
ever, is to be said ON the other side, for
there is, perhaps, nothing that tries the
temper more than this business Of tips.
Often is the tourists soul stirred with
righteous wrath by the beggarly and i'll
dcfensible efforts SO necessarily employ
ed to deplcte his purse. T. M
costa, n HoT2I'r'S Moya=jnc.
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THE MARKETS.
Reported 10y CHANDLER, BnowH n Co., CCnnis.io,
Merchants, Milwaukee aud Chicago.
New York.

Nominal ut 1886. Flour-Dull; receipts
5000 bbls; sales 5000 bbl1 at s5.35@5.75 Tor
common to extra; western hoop unchanged;
rye flour firm and unchanged. Whcat-Spring
quiet and nominal; winter without decided
change; receipts $4,000 bus; sales 49,, 900 bus
No. white seller February at $l.ill4. Rye
Steady at 9l@9sISc. Conl-Scarcc; rcccipts
3D. 900 bus; sales $4,000 bus ut G0@G21.c barley
Dull and nominal. Oats-Quict; receipts ! 900
bus; sales 10000 bus; mixed western un-
changed; 49, ,m52c for white. Pork-Firncr
and unchanged. I.ard-Stronser at :7.95
Whisky--At $1.l3. Sugar Unchanged. Eggs
AT l0@lS. Pctrocum-Crudcu unchanged; re-
fined at 7s+c. Iallow-Unchanged. Coal
Dull: Leather-In buyers favor aud quiet.
WOOl-Firm and in less demand.
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milwaukee,.

MILWAUKEE, January $500 r. M.-Flour
- Very dull, but steady at previous quotations;
standard extras at S5.156n5.9O: choice extras at
s5.75m6.0o. Wheat-Quiet but firm; No. leash
at Sl.lS}g; No. $ Mt Sl.05; No. 1 ut 9SI1c;
No. seller February nj Sl.1SM1. 1877; No.
2 seller March at S1.l9I 5@l.20. Corn Dull
Mt SEC for new. Oats--Tamc at 321<c Rye
Quiet at 7ic. Barley-Strongcr at 72c Pork
Dull but firm at Sl2.iO cash. Larl--At 81. 40
cash. lIogs--Dull ut 9i.20Gi.50.
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Arsenic In Wall.DaDer,

Formerly, suspicion fell on a green
wallpaper only; but there was certain
reason for this, because there is really not
the slightest excuse for using arsenic in
even brilliant colors of any other shade
than green. Paper-stainers, however,
have found that it is such IN unusually
profitable practice, that now they are
not contented To use arsenic in green
wallpaper only, but are introducing it
into even the palest white drawing-room
papers, and especiallyinto those that have
I'm enameled ground. Some recent an
alyses has resulted in the startly disclos-
ure that many of the pale-colored wall
papers contain from fifteen TO twenty-five
grains Of arsenic per square foot, or n
quantity in excess Of that which il con-
tanned in most of the brilliant green pa-
pers. by attempting to make the color
of the pattern as dead rs possible, the
evil is increased, for the arsenical color
ing matter is put on in such loose and
powdery form that II mere friction Of Il
coat or dress against the paper is suf1i-
cient to bring off quantities of arsenic
which can be detected by q chemical test.