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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
The Commercial Traveller.


What would do without ''the boys?
How often they have been my friends.
go to new town. don't know one ho-
tel from another. l don't know where
to go. The man with the samples gets
off ut the same station. / follow him
without a word or a tremor. He calls to
the bus driver by name and orders him
to "get out of this now," as soon as we
are seated And when I follow him 1
am inevitably sure to go to the best
house there is in the place. He shouts
at the clerk by name, and fires joke at
the landlord as we 60 In. He looks over
my shoulder as register after him, and
hands me his card with a shout of
recognition. He peeps at the register
again aud watches the clerk assign me to
ninety-eight. "Ninety nothing" he
shouts, "who's in fifteen?" The clerk
says he is saving fifteen for Judge Dry
asdust. "Wel, he be bowed" says my
CHEEKY friend, "give him the attic and
put this gentleman in fifteen" And if
the clerk hesitates, he siezes the pen and
gives me fifteen himself, and then he
calls the porter, orders him to carry up
my baggage and put fire in fifteen, and
then in the same breath adds, "What
time will you be down to supper, Mr..
Burdette?" And he waits for me, and,
seeing that / am stranger in the town,
he sees that am cared for, and that the
walters do not neglect me; he tells me
about the town, the people, and the
business. He is breezy, cheerful,
sociable, full of new stories, always good
natured, he frisks with cigars and over
flows with "thousand-mile tickets" he
knows all the best rooms in all the
hotels; he always has a key for the car
seats, and turns a seat for himself and
his friends without troubling the brake
man, but he will ride on the woodbox or
stand outside to accommodate lady, or
he will give his seat to an old man. /
know him pretty well, for three years /
have been travelling with him, from Col
orado to Maine. and / have seen the
worst and the best of him, and I know
the best far outweighs the worst. ]
could hardly get along without him, and
am glad he is numerous.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30

OF one of his legs; but whether it was
that legs are not sensitive part of the
spiders organization, or that this parti-
cular insect had an ovefpowering
penchant for the blood of young parrots,
he would not let go until, his pain be COM
ing too intense for endurance, he turned
on the mother, twining all his legs
firmly about her neck, was just arrang-
ing for good long suck in that quarter,
when she gave him an awful dig in the
belly with her beak, whereupon he fell
over, dragging her to the ground with
him. Then / shot him, and released the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30

THE MARKETS.
Reported by CHANDLER. BRowS K Co., Commission
Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago


New York.
NEW YORK, April 2i-3:00 p. M.-Flour-
Dull and strongly in buyers favor; receipts
9,45S bbls; round hoop Ohio at S4.9O@5.75;
choice do ut S5.S0@6.75: super western at S3.9
04.55; common to good extra do ut S4.OO0
400; choice do at S4.9507.OO; choice white
wheat do at Si.8095.25. Wheat-Irregular and
feyerish; unsettled; spring about lc and winter
lose lower; dull; sales 5000 bus No. 2 red
seller April at S1.31; $4,000 bus do seller May ut
S1.281 @1.2914; $4,000 bus do seller June at
sl.222s oil 414. Corn-Dull and &c lower;
mixed western spot at 54@55115c; do future at
473s@5219c. Oats -11lc lower and heavy; west
en at 40950c. Beef-Quiet and unchanged;
new plaIn III rs at $1,000; new extra do at $1,000
@l1.0O. Pork--Dul and heavy; new mess at
SlO.75. Lard-Lower and weak; steam rem
dered at $685.. Butter-Dull and unsettled;
Ohio at 14@23c. Cheese-Quite firm at 100
15hc for poor to choice. Whisky-Nominal;
western at S1.106D1.1l. Sugar-Stcady and
quiet. Molasses-Fair demand and firm. Pc
troleum-Dull and nominal. Rice-Uuchanged
and dull. Coffee-Dull and heavy. Freights-
Weak. Spirits of Turpentme-Dull at 311s@
3215c. Realistically at S1.35D1.40. Tallow-
Dull at GAG 11-1Gc for western. Eggs-Dull
and heavy at 10@1l1 &c for fair TO choice.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30

PRESIDENT McCosH says in regard to
Princeton: "To counterfeit the prevail
ing materialism of the day there are
three of us teaching the various branch
es of philosophy. In the younger classes
we subdivide the work Of instruction SO
that every student is called to recite to q
professor almost every day. In the old
er classes we allow the student to make
a limited selection of studies to suit his
tastes and destination in life, and the
professor gives instruction in the branch
which he has specially studied and seeks
to stimulate original reading and re.
search.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
Chicago.

CHICAGO, April 24-3:OO p. M.-Wheat-
Steady and easier at S1.12 for cash; S1.13h
for seller May; S1.083s for seller June. Corn
Unsettled, closing steady at 361lc for cash,
seller May and seller June; SEC for seller July.
Oats-Steady at 2914 @293sc for cash; 293sc for
seller May. Rye-Firmer at 72c. Barley-At
Bic. Pork Unsettled; closing frmer at
S9.82lz for cash; 1895 for seller June; S10.O5
for seller July. Lard-Steady at $685. for
cash; $685. bid for seller June; 300 for sell
Ter July. Whisky-At SLOT. Hogs-Receipts
$500 head; active and firm and Sc higher; all
sold; light at S4.S5@4.55; mixed packing at
S4.25@4.26; shipping at S4.45@O4.7O. Cattle
Receipts l Zoo head; steady and active: shipping
at S3.90@5.10; corn fed Texans at S3.SOd4. 20;
butchers at S2.00CD4.0O.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
Java Parrot and Spider.
(From All the Year Round.l

The spider, whose body is as large as
a small birds, dropped down upon q
small parrot whose mamma was from
home, and, spreading its huge claws
over the nest, began sucking its blood.
When the mother returned she natural
ly went for the spider, and seized hold
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
FOR SKIN DISEASES.
TORONTO, July %, 1879.

TORONTO, July %, 1879.
ii. i. STEVENS, ESQ.,:
Dear Sir-IIaving been troubled with bad skin
disease breaking out into little Sores over my face
was recommended "a take VEGETINE. am happy
TO inform you that 1t has completely cured after
taking three bottles. can highly recommend it to
any one who IL troubled with skin disease.
Yours, faithfully, CHAS. l.. BUTT.
We hereby certify that the above testimonial il
true, the man being in employ at the time he
sick. WESTMAN BAKER,
1l9 BAY Street, Toronto.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
Milwaukee,.

MILWAUKEE, April z4-3:00 p. M.-Flour-
Quiet but strong; shipping extras at S4.70@4.S5;
common extras at s4.5Oa 4.6O; choice extras at
S5.0O@5.25. Wheat-Steadier; No. 2 seller May
at sl.10l4@1.11T; seller June at S1.O814@
1.09l4; No. cash at Silt; No. 2 at S1.1012;
No. 5 at S1.O0. Corn-Dull at 3G19c. Oats
Steady at Soc. Barley-Quiet at Zoe. Rye-Dull
at II c. observation-disclosures. Pork-At $3.50
for cash. Lard-At $3.50 for cash.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30

A SAILOR ia not o sailor when he Is
board; q sailor is not q sailor when he
is shore; but he must be either ashore
or aboard; therefore Q sailor IL not q
sailor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
E'Orcigal.

LONDON, April 24-12:3O p. M.-Loverpool
wheat market opens strong. Floating cargoes
quieter; on passage improving; good cargoes
mixed American corn OFF coast ut PCS Cd.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30

4 Book on the Liver, its diseases and their
treatment sent free. Including treatises upon
Liver Complaint, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Bill
iousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspepsia,
Malaria, etc. Address DIR. Sanford, 1872 Broad
way. New York city, N Y
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30

The exodus from Nova Scotia to the
United States continues, and the news
papers say that If it cannot be limited
soon the consequences Of those Left be-
hind will be most serious.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
AI2OuSci,oId Need.

DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup gives by far the best
satisfaction and takes the lead OF all cough
preparations on our shclveS.-Carpenter d Pal
meter, jamestown, N. y.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30

The VOltaic lseIt Co., Marshall, Mich.
Viii send their Electro-N oltaic Belts to the af-
fctcd upon 30 days trial. See their advertise
ment i'll this paper headed son 30 Days Trial"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
How to Get Well,

WHEN exhausted by mental labor take
Kidney-Wort to maintain healthy action
of all organs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30

Two-THIRDs of all the axle grease used in the
United States il made by the Frazer Lubricator
Company. Buy the genuine.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30

4 CARD.-To all who suffering from the errors
and ndisc Of youth weakness en- y decay
loss Of manhood etc will send Recipe that viii cure
covered by a missionary in South America Send a self
addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH +. INMAN,
Station ID, Seu York City.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
GET c. Gilbct's Linen Starch and try it.

LYoN's Heel Stiffeners keep boots and shoes
straight. Sold by shoe and hardware dealers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30

VEGETINE has restored thousands to health
who had been long and painful sufferers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
How TO Get Sick.

HOW 10 Get SICK.
Expose yourself day and night; eat too
much without exercise; work too hard
without rest; doctor all the time; take all
the vile nostrums advertised; and then
you will want to know
How to Get Well,
Which is answered in three words-Take
Hop Bitters See other column.-Er-
press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-19
Not the Bendefs.

1t turns out that the parties arrested
in Nebraska and held in prison for
several days awaiting Identification
were not the notorious Benders, after
all. A dispatch of the 18th, from
DesMoines, Iowa, says: "A letter to
the State Register from a responsible
cItizen of this State, Mr.. s. A. James,
of Sigourney, gives information on the
authority of an eye witness, also a re-
sponsible man, that the notorious Ben
der family, four in number, were CAP
tuIed soon after the discovery of the
murder of Colonel Yorke's brother.
He says the four were stood up in a
row, facing nine riflemen, we're told
their fate, aud that they were pluck to
the last and called upon their captors
to shoot and be damned, aud that the
four bodies were buried at the corner
of the four counties of Labrette, Will.
SON. Neosho and Montgomery.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-19

The following from the Philadel-
phia North American, leading and
ably conducted Republican journsl, is
a sufficient reply 10 the vile slanders
and abuse which the Republican pa
pers are daily snd weekly pouring out
against General Hancock:
Republicans are very foolish who
try to make capital tor their party by
assailiDg the character OF Gen. Ham
cock. They do more harm than good
all the time. They are friends of the
bird from whom intelligent Republi-
cans will pray to be saved. a good
many foolish things have been said
about Gen. iIancock's letter to Gen.
Sherman in the winter of 1876. Now
that the full text of that letter has
been published, eXac' ly. how foolish
those things were IS made apparent.
Jealous but indiscrset adherepts to
Garfield and Arthur cannot be i'm
pressed too strongly with tie fact that
Gen. Hancock record is simply un-
assailablc. They waste powder and
shot when they train their batteries
against IL. Attack should be directed
against The weak points of an enemy 5
detenses, not against those which are
invuinerable.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-19
That Fee.

Garfield's defense against the charge
of taking bribe in the matter of the
swindling DeGolyer pavement, is tha,
the 5000 which he received for Sc
curing the adoption of the worthless
patent, was that it was a fee for his
services as an attorney. But Chitten.
den, the agent of DeGolyer s. Nc
Clellan, did not so understand it. Al.
ter he had secured Garfield, he wrote
to his employers thus:
ITO days and to nights aOork has
secured The assistance Of Gen. Gar
fetd. You cannot oreyrate this acces-
sion. He is the Chairman Of the Com
mittee Of Appropriations, ond HOLDS
THE PURSE STRINGS OF THE NATIONAL
TREASURY. THROUGH HIM MUST COME
EVERY DOLLAR OF APPROPRIATIONS. I
need not sag that I no,c feel certain
Of success"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-19

LUKE POLAND and N. i. Banks have
come to Garfield's relief in the Credit
Mebilier matter and are trying TO
prove that they lied, under oaIb, when
as an investigating committee on tha,
subject they reported after hearing all
the testimony i'm the case that "the
facts i'm regard TO MIR. Garfield, az
found by the committee, are that he
agreed with Mr.. Ames to take ten
shares of Credit Mobiliea stock, but
did not pay for the game. Mr.. Ames
received the eighty per cent. dividend
in bonds and sold them for ninety
seven per cent, and also received the
sixty per cent. cash dividend, which,
together with the price of the stock
and interest, l2ft a balance of 1929
This sum was paid over TO Mr.. Gar
field by q check on the Sergeant at
Arms, and Mr.. Garfield then under.
stood this sum was the balance of div
idends after paying for the stock
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-19
The political obituary of James A.
Garfield is in type.

The political obituary of James "A.
Garfield is in type.
TaE death of sectionslism will end
the career of the Republican party.
The evidences of Senator COnkling s
reconciliation don't seem to accumu-
late very rapidly. He don't seem TO
be ovsrfiowing full of enthusiasm for
parson Garfield.
DR.. TANNER is making up for lost
time, and is rapidly gaining in flesh,
his long fast apparently not having
impaired his stomach and digestive
organs. His share of the receipts is
said to have been 81, 800.
The Republican " Ring" took time
by the ferelock Saturday morning, and
got the ears of the rural delegates so
early that the petition of the kickers
was sat down upon and 30 completely
fattened out that it never saw the light
OF day, poor thing.
ACCORDING to the papers OF the two
parties, the Presidency is q choice be
tween candidates, one of whom swears
profanely and the other falsely. Take
your choice, gentlemen. For our art
we prefer little OF the "By the Eter-
ail" TO perjury.
The Cleveland Leader. in one col
umn Iabors to prove that Gen. Han
cock is addicted to profanity, in the
next to show that Rev. James A. was
never q preacher. Aint this a little
too thin to cOnsistI
GEO. WILKES, the able editor Of the
New York Spirit of the Times (now
in Paris) has written q sirong letter in
favor of the election of Hancock aud
English. Mr.. Wilkes has alwsys hith
erto been a strong Republican.
Hon. j. PROCTOR KNOTT is reported
to have been shot end mOrtally wound
ed at Mt. Washington, KY, by Hon.
John w. Lewis, Republican EIector
for the State at large, on Monday af-
ternoou,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-19
Congres.iona, Convention.

The Democratic Congressional Con-
yention of this District Will be he!o
in Warren OIL Thursday, August 20 u.
on which occasion the Democrats of
Trurlbuit Comfy will meet III Con
yention 10 nominate fheic County
Ticket. II is expected that Gen. A.
l.. Pearson and Hou. Il IL tars'nson
of Pittsburg. and Hon. l.. ID fhonan,
of Youngstown. Wi; bs present and
address ihe Couven. 5oa.
The Democrats OF Trumhnil extend
q cordial Invitation "a their brethi
of the District to attend the Conven'
ton.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-19
GarfieIdss shoes.

The Republicans of this Q9tb) Con-
eressiOnal District met al the CITY
Hall i'm Warren. on Thursday last, and
nominated Judge Ezra Il. Taylor. OF
Warren. as their candidate for Con-
gress, on the eighth ballot, TO succeed
Gen. Garfield. There were five cam
didates before The Convention, and
the contest, though short, was quite
sharp. On The sixth ballot the vote
stood, Howland, 81, Norihway, 81.
Burrows. 3-Hitchcock aud Taylor
having been Withdrawn from the race
and Howland was declared nomi-
mated; bnt upon counting up 'he vote
il was found that Tho RAIDS had been
practIcing their old game of siuffing
the ballot box, which, when they are
unable to employ against ihe Demo
crafts, they practice upon each other,
merely from force of habit. They had
got more votes i'm the box than there
were voters, aud the ballot wai set
aside, aud an "honcst vote and
fair count ordered. The seventh
ballot was had, which resulted in no
choice, and recess was taken Till s 30
i'm the evening. During the adjourn
ment the matter was patched up, and
upon The reasscmbiing of The Comven-
tion Judge Tsylor's name was again
presented, and he was nominated on
the Ssh ballot, The vote standing, Ta5 :
lor, ia; Norihway, AZ; Howland, 13
Hinsdale. 9; Perkins, l.
Judge Taylor is native OF Portage
County, ami is well known to It's peo-
pie. He is n gentleman of ability, and
will more than make good the position
SO long occupied by General Garfield,
for he cannot be cOaxed or wheedIed
into any swindling jobs like the Cred
it Mobilier, DeGolyer pavement, sal
airy grab p.unders. But the Judge is
an unreienfing Radical partisan, al
ways following the lead OF his party,
and ~ such, il is the duty of Demo-
Gratis to oppose his election by every
honorable means i'm their power.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-19
A Soldier. Erut;tuae 10 ~,

A Soldiers st:raIilude 10 Hancock .
The following touching incident is
sent 10 us by a friend in Man!ua. who
ia acquainted with the soldier named
therein, and is prepared TO vouch for
The entire iruthfniness of the story
AS IN ins auce of Haucock's broad,
generous :. mpaIhy, and his devotion
80 The Interests OF his soldiers, we
meHtion the case of a soldier who
now resides in this city, who was
known Tor IL coura. @ aud pluck, We
ra:er 40 JuhsDn Beach, who. nj Ine
battle oi Geti, shurg, h4d been over
come by the heat, and was iptt bV ms
companions under n tree to lake care
OF himself. H. was utterly PROSTATE
and unable 10 move. aud found death
staring him in the face Gen Han
cock aud staff came gaIloping bv, and
rs the gallant comtnan-ter saw the
prostrain s"l.iier nnder The tree, be
reined in his horse aud asked what
allied him. Beach WAS unable to re-
ply, except with 9roan Hancock
leaped from his hors Q and, kueeling
down by the soldier, sooa learned
what was the trouble. He at once
produced a flask of liquor and q cam
teen of water, and, alter giving him a
drink, proCe 3ded with his own hands
to bathe Beach's face and head, and
succeeded i'm SO far restoring him that
he could speak. Hancock then order
ed al ambulance a ID sent him off the
field. "Ani now, when he saved my
life, can L forget him?' says Beach !;
and though he has ever been a Repub-
lican, there is no danger OF his ever
forgetting the big-hearted General
who cared for the private soldier.
Beach was too good soldier to forget.
Il Adrian (Mich.) Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-19

WHEN the Republican papers tell
about Garfield's covering his share of
the back-pay salary grab back into the
Treasury, they forget TO mention the
fact that nearly two months elapsed
after the passage of The plnnder bill
before he did 90. and in the mean time
a mass convention of his political
friends was held at Warren 10 express
it's Indignation al his connection with
the steal. which emphaticaliy demand
ed that he should resign his seat. IT
was not till long after that that he was
Induced to come ommediately down.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-19

WHILE the Republican papers are
charging the Democrats with SANDER.
ing General Garfield and lying about
him, it should not be forgotten that
every charge uttered against the Men
tor statesman was originally uttered,
sworn to and proved by Republican
witnesses. And these charges are es-
tablished by the most incontestible
nc00f.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-19
Republican Convention,

The Republicans of Portage County
held their nominating Convention at
Citizens Hall I'm this village on Satnr-
day last and nominated the folio " ing
ticket:
AHdiiOr-L. A. DIN, OF Franklin.
William Wilcox. CARROTS
vile.
CommissioDer-P. &. Nichols, Of
Hiram.
Director OF Infirmary-Amzi Will
mot, of Man.uG.
ner-A. III. Brr!ow. Or Roots
town.
The nomination of Gaorgc Ssckeit.
of Cnyahega Fs;ils, for Member of the
State Board of Equalization rom The
district composed of Sammit and
Portage counties, was ratified.
There was no incident in The pro-
ceedings worthy of special note, ex
cept in The contest between she dozen
~ so candidates for Sheriff. on one OF
,he ballots it. was found that The box
had been stuffed, and more votes were
counted out ib1n The whole number
of delegates 10 the convention. This
thing is becoming of so frequent oc-
currence IN Republican Conventions
a. to raise a well grounded suspicion
in the minds of even some Republi-
cans that their professions of iesi c
for honest elections and fair counts
are not altogether sincere.
1t will be observed that Isavenna is
not represented in the ticket nomi
mated, but that was exactly according
10 the program arranged by the party
| managers here, who preferred 10 wat
| till next year and secure the fai lakes
that will then be offered.