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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30

The weather is a fictitious imp, Who'll
ly unreliable. 1t jumps about from
warm to cold, from sunshiny:to cloudy,
from quietness to breezy. During the
past week all of these changes have &C.
cured, Sunday it showed nearly all day,
and Sunday night blew the fine teathery
particles into every cut and packed
them tor keeps. Monday morning the
thermometer ran race to see how far
down they could travel without COL
lapsing, and the lowest reached was 20
degrees. The telegraph wires lay
stretched upon the ground cutting off
the electric current; the railroads were
blocked from every direction and our
people rested upon their oars awaiting
the pleasure of the weather bureau with
the same patience as with a balky horse.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
POPULAR PRICES AS FOLLOWS

And so on could give you prices of hun
dred kinds, but rather you would come and zee
goods aud prices together. have received some
splendid goods for the Fall trade, for both men
and women A School Boot ! warrant three
months
, 1880-04-25

A correspondent writes us that the friends
Of the third-term candidate everywhere
throughout the State are urging those Re
| publicans who wish the nomination OF hlr.
Washburne to vote for Grant delegates " as
the best way to promote the nomination of
Mr. Washburne! This is snare, even if it
may not be called fraud. Mr. Washburne
is not a candidate for the Presidential nomi-
nation in the sense Of opposing Gen. Grant.
His candidacy will in no event begin until
that of Gen. Grant has ended.
The persons who favor the nomination Of
Mr. Washburne are generally those who op-
pose third term Of any candidate. The per-
sous who favor the nomination Of third
term candidate have Of necessity but one
choice, to whom, from like necessity, they
will adhere until his nomination ceases to be
possible and is abandoned. II there be
majority of the delegates elected in favor
Of q third term, then Gen. Grant will be
nominated on.the first ballot, as his friends
claim he will be, and the candidacy of Mr..
Washburne will die before it has been born.
For those who prefer Mr.. Washburne to r
tlird-term candidate to elect delegates to
vote for the third-term candidate, Is to yote to
secure the nomination Of the third-term
candidate, and thus not only defeat Wash
burne, but prevent his being candidate
at all. If, however, the Republicans who
prefer Mr.. Washburne to the third-term
candidate Will elect Washburne delegates
directly, or elect delegates who will vote
against and defeat third-term candidate,
then they will vote to remove from the can
didacy the only man who keeps Washburne
out of the list of candidates, and will thereby
permit Washburne Abecom not only CAP
didate, but probably the nominee Of the
Convention, and it is admitted by all observ-
ing and rejecting men that he will be elected
President II nominated.
, 1880-04-25

It often requires great abuses to produce
great reforms. It is often true that notoriou.
abuses, disgracetul practices, and shameless
inconsistencies are perpetuated year after
year, and are endured and submitted to de
spite the fagrancy Of their wrong. Such l.
the case Of Congressional publication known
for many years as the Congressional Globe
but Of late years as the Congressional Rec
| ord. The Globe was private publication:
the Record Is g publication BY the two Houses
| Of Congress. The publication has grown ill
magnitude Of proportions and in cost. The
annual cost of the work now reaches, we
think, S25o,00o. The Record has degen-
| Grated from register of debates to a
mere record of personal puerilities,-
| a sort Of album in which members
write the evidence Of their own ig-
| norance, inlbecility, and vanity. AS q pho
tograph of actual proceedings, even If such a
thing was desirable or creditable, It is a
fraud, a Justification Of what does take place.
As register Of debates, it is disgrace to the
Congress and to the country. In fact, but a
small portion Of the ponderous volumes even
profess to give debates; the bulk of the vol
umes is taken up with controversies as to the
order of proceedings, wrangles over the prece-
dence Of bills, and to such an extent is this
carried that in the hands Of competent ed
itor nearly two-thirds Of the Record might
be cut out without lessening its value, or the
loss of single idea, q practical thought. or
intelligent statement.
But the greatest of all abuses is one Of
long standing by which reams of so-called
speeches fare filed with the Clerk of the
House, atd published in the Record, which
speeches have never been delivered or read
In the House. Under this fraudulent ar-
r:ngement the greatest possible amount Of
trash has been published at every session,
which has gone Oh the record, when not a
word of it has been uttered in the House.
Members unable to make speech. and
wholly ignorant Of any subject on which a
speech could be made, have obtained
speeches made for them, and have had these
speeches tled and printed without having
been delivered. In this way mem
bers have astonished their con-
stltuents with printed copies Of speeches of
which the reputed authors were as innocent
as babes unborn. This disgracefu1 abuse
will probably be now abolished in conse-
Quence Of the latest and most extraordinary
performance.
MIR. $. ". Downey, native of Western
Maryland, an educated man. a lawyer by
profession, and one who has been in public
lie for some years, and now Delegate from
the Territory Of Wyoming, recently intro
duced bill into the House OF Representa-
tlves declaring the United States to be q
Christian Nation, and holding the faith re-
cited in the ''Apostle's Creed" and appro-
priating half million Of dollars for paint
1ngs to be placed in the Capitol commemorate
'ns the Life and death OF the Savior, This
, 1880-04-25

am. Souths at 11h. GIN. 380s- a. N. Sets at Oh,
635im- p. m.
The suns upper limb rises Friday at 4581< q.
| IN. Souths at Lib. 57m. G.0s. a. m. Sets at Oh.
5snn. p. m.
sidereal time Thursday noon, 2h aem. 14.los.
| The moon was at the full about o'clock 1asa
1evening. Tomorrow morning she will be at
her least distance from the earth: hence very
bright to night if the sky be clear She will be
| in her last quarter at 8:G3H next Saturday
morning.
Monday morning Mercury will rise at nearly
his greatest elongaton, II degrees west, from
the sun. He rises ut 4:l2, or only so minutes be-
| fore the sun, though so far removed in loneI-
tude, and hence Is a very difficult object to rec
ognize at that time. The reason why is the fact
that the line joining Mercury and the sun will
rise nearly parallel to the horizon. owing to the
great southern decllnation Of the planet as
compared with the sun. Mercury is now near
the most southerly point in his orbit In addi-
uon to being near a portion Of the ec1iptic
which rises very obl1quely, giving the harvest
moon few months later.
Venus will rise Thursday morning at Alt, and
is then only about two degrees west from
Saturn. The distance will diminish to about
hrce-fourths Of q degree, Saturday morning,
Venus being the most northerly Of the two.
That Is the time Of their nearest apparent an
proach. Venus souths Thursday at 1O:43 q, m.
and Saturn at 10:50a. m.
Jupiter will rise Thursday ut 3:44 a. IN. and
south ut 9:52 d. N. He is now the most westerly
of the four planets which rise before the sun.
and is conspicuous object in the twilight, when
the sky Is clear down to the eastern horizon.
Mars will south Thursday atl4:14 p. n1., and set
ut l1:o4 p. m. He is now among the stars or
Gcn1int, and not very brilliant object, being
stationary, which means that Ao is at a much
grenter distance from the earth than when II,
opposition last autumn.
Neptune Is now with the sum- and invisible
even through the telescope
The observations on the planet Jupiter from
the dearborn Observatory made from Sept 25
last to Feb. 10 show period Of hours 81 min
utes 31H seconds, siderenl rotation. This eives
N,4i434 sidereal days, or 10,47314 solar dars. on
tue planet In each year Of jupiter Tho
observations referred to were made On
tne position of the big sspot.n wbfch
the measures show is $1,000 miles
long, and its centre 0.1o (of the polar radIug}
south from the planets equator. They show
uniform rate Of rotation, which indicates that
tne spot about which SO much has been said
IS really fixture on the surface Of the planet:
resembling, possibly, the result of an upheayai
such as has given some Of our mountain Chains
Ihe spots that have been at different times nh
served near tho planets equator, having a yarf-
aolo movement, and short existence. are 11n
oouotedly OF another character to this. The
pink spot" above referred to appeara tn
nave been observed by Nader In 1874. and
away back into the time Of the Cassint fomi1n
Of astronomers. >@'A''''
, 1880-04-25

centres teemtng with wealth and population.
! With the equalization Of suffrage will come
| the reduction Of taxation.
With Government that cannot be other
wise than popular and pe17aded by the sentf-
! ments Of the people will come the end Of the
personal government that has been exercised
by Lord Beaconsfield, and that has originated
and enforced policies even without the
knowledge Of Parliament, Foreign wars,
inaugurated in the interests Of his dramatic
yainglory and for conquest, will cease
The oppressed nationalitles will hail this
election with delight. Suffering Greece may
now expect relief from the last yestiges of
Turkish misrule, and that enlargement Of
her boundaries which the Tories first prom
ised and then refused to grant The Ar
menian Christians may look for their free
dom from Moslem intolerance. The newly
fedged Slavic nationalities can at least ex-
pect friendly sympathy and counsel,
instead Of GOODNESS and indifference.
We may now look to see. the
Treaty Of Berlin executed in sympathy
with its spirit and letter; a policy either Of
frank accord or frank defiance Of Russia;
the paci6cation Of Afghanistan, with some
guaranty for its independence; the fnaugu-
ration of reforms in the administration Of
India and the relief of its suffering people; d
demand upon Turkey that she shall execute
every reform forthwith that she has promised
over and over again to the Tories upon
penalty Of the extinction of the last remnant
Of Turkish rule in Europe. These are the
leading features of the Liberal program;
every one of them is in the direction Of more
republican form of government and in con-
sonance with the spirit Of political progress;
and with such man as Mr.. Gladstone at the
helm there will be resolute effort made to
execute them. The surest proof Of the
republican tendency of this great victory is
the bitter feeling manifested by Tories every
where, and especially by the German. JUS
trian, and Turkish Courts, towards the Lib
erals, and especially towards Mr.. Gladstone,
whose sympatnies with the Slavic Christians
and with oppressed nationalities everywhere
are well enough known to them. What Mr..
Gladstones power will be is foreshadowed
in an editorial article in the London Times
of April 10, which says: j" In Office or ont Of
it, he will have it in his power to sway to an
incalculable extent the destinies Of the new
Ministry. It will be impossible for them to
arrive at any decisions or introduce any
measures without taking into account the
views he may be likely to adopt"
, 1880-04-25

VASDERB1LT's large Investments In United
States bonds excite the concern Of the Keosuk
Gate City, which In leading article, enatled
The Rich Mans Folly" says: II sver he
National bonds get into the hands Of few 1ef.
sons they will be repudiated. There Will %
little use to argue about the wickedness Of III Il
will be done. The widespread latent desire ~
ready existent throughout the country thai US
bonds should be rcpudiated has been eaau
kept from getting much vitality BY the taouea'
that the bonds were in the hands OF fafmess'
widows, orphans, saving banks, working people.
small capitalists, great body Of investors. ous
let few very wealthy men OF corporations 81. y.
ownership OF the bonds and the situation VIII
be changed
, 1880-04-25

GoDEILE, Bonapartist, in speech in the
Chamber OF Deputies few days ago, asserted
that ~ injurious suspicious rested on the head Of
the brother Of the President OF the Republic" :"
This language N. Gambetta. the President Of
the Chamber, declared to be insulting to Prest-
dent Grtvy, and he sentenced N. Godelle to e1-
clusion from the Chamber for fifteen days; to
receive only one months pay for two months
service, and to bear the expense Of placarding
the offensive expression throughout the district
which he represents The punishment is re-
garzied as very severe, for language as offensive
as that used has been frequently tudulgcd In by
other members without calling for any reproof.
N. Gambetta's action smacks Of his old-tlme
Dictatorship,
, 1880-04-25

SOME two weeks ago, at meeting Of the
friends OF Senator Blaine and Mr.. Washbnrne
comprising some fifty Of the most reliable and
influential gentlemen of tho Twelfth ward -
committee OF SIX was selected as an Executive
committee to conduct the canvass in the IN.
&c, te,ess OF THESE TWO gentlemen, and to combine
~ opposluon To the nomination Of Gen. Grant
for third term as President. M p,a1ae... -
terests on that committee ara ronraaartns -
a4o. Everett and Ruwleixh and + Fr.n,
lawrence, and Mr.. Washburne's by R. E. Jan-
klns' ". ii. Beebe. and Alexander White With
4nstucuons at such time as they deem proper
70 report ticket tor delegates to be supnorted
, 1880-04-25

IT is proposed to restore West Point, which
4 lev years ago was made separate military
department. to the Military Department OF the
East, Of which Gen. Hancock is the commander.
The object Of this move seems to be to get rid
OF Gen. gchoneld as Superintendent Of the Ma
Aonal Military Academy.
, 1880-04-25
THE WESTERN INDIANA RAILROAD FRAN
GHISE

The new ordinance pending before the City
Council granting the right Of way to the
Western Indiana Railroad Company provides
substantially and practically for the occu-
pancy Of all the land, Including the streets.
from Twelfth to Harrison street, from line
100 feet west of State street to line 100 feet
east Of Clark street. This is solid block of
half mile from north to south and 400 feet
wide The ordinance, Of course, requires the
consent OF the Owners of majority Of the
frontage on each Of the streets, but the con-
sent of bare majority carries with it the
abandonment by the whole Of all the proper
ty included within the limits described. It
includes also the vacation for all purposes
other than that of the Railway Company of
Third and Fourth avenues and of Dearborn
street.
TuE TRIBUNE has on repeated occasions
urged the City Council to deal 1iberally and
encouragingly with this and all other rail-
roads seeking admission to the city. The
general and public interests Of the city ought
not to be subordinated to private interests,
but at the same time private rights should, in
the spirit of the State Constitution, be care
fully and studiously, as well as legally, pro-
tected and observed. The franchise pro
posed to be granted to this Railroad Company
is large one; tt is q permanent one, and,
though Of great value now, it will be even iu
the near future one of the most valuable
held in this city by any corporation.
We have urged, and do now again urge,
that the Council should grant to this and all
other railroads desirous Of gaining access to
the city the most liberal privileges. Chicago
has opened her doors wide to all the rail
roads in the past, giving them conYeuiences
, 1880-04-25

TIE shooting Of Charles De Young by
Kal1och, junior, seems to have been done with
out any immediate provocaHon. The murderer
had been on one Of his usual sprees during the
week, and made frequent threats against his
victim, but no notice was taken Of what was
considered the mere vaporing Of drunken
bully. The shooting took place in the Chronicle
Office The murderer approached his victim with
out any warning, and fired four shots in quick
succession, all but the fourth being without ef-
feet, and De Young was about to raise his pistol
in sclf-defense when the fatal bullet crashed
through his skull He died in few minutes.
The unfortunate mans mother, who seems to
have regarded her son with even more than a
mothers affection, has been completely pros
trnted since the occurrence. The statements
made as to the purpose Of De Young's
visit East seem to be entirely without
foundation. Great part Of the time he spent
in Washington urging the Congressman from
the Pacific Slope to use their best efforts to OBJ
tain repeal Of the duties on print~paper, the
remainder Of the time was spent in making ar
rangements in connection With contemplated
Improvements In his paper, go that he did not
have much time to hunt up the elder KaiIoch's
bad record. Indeed, that was an entirely un-
necessary work as the reverend Mayors history
is black enough just now, and does not need to
be presented in any darker light
, 1880-04-25

TIE death Of thirteen children on board
the German passenger steamer Ohio is said to be
sntireIy ewing to the crowding and the inade-
suate sanitary arrangements Of that part Of the
vessel set apart for steerage passengers An
otcf.l inquiry is likely to be Instituted IN regard
to the matter. The prices paid for passage
1lckets would seem to warrant fair accommoda-
tons, yet it is VIGOROUSLY the fact that for years
the unfortunate Immigrants have been treated
ecsudalo1s1y on board these emfRrant vessels"
Fhe food is bad, the cooking Is worse, the bed
, 1880-04-25

FRIDAY the desk on which Thomas Jeffer-
son wrote the Declaration Of Independence was
presented to Congress, and on motion Of Mr..
Crapo, Of Massachusetts, was accepted In the
name Of the s'Nation." Some Of the Demo-
cratic members-notably Randolph Tucker.
Of Virginia-privately objected to the term
"Nation,'' and wanted Mr.. Crapo to
substitute the words F" United States," but the
latter objected, and the matter was not further
pressed. The Congressional Record has the
words "United States" however, while the
House journal has the word "Naton." Tho
change was evidently made at the instigaion Of
the Bourbons, whose devotion TO oState-soverefgn-
ity doctrines impels themto resort to mean and
disreputablc practices to give effect to their
iinas
, 1880-04-25

TIE officers of the relief ship Constellation
arc being treated with the greatest cordially IN
Ireland. All classes unite in extending them
courteses. The Duke Of Edinbarg, at present
in charge Of the British tleet stadoncd at
Queenstown. has invited them to dine with him,
the Cork Councilmen propose to banquet them
on Thursday, and the hosptalit1es Of the prtncd-
pal Irish cities have been freely extended
, 1880-04-25
rn1R11NE BRANCH OFFICES.

THY CHICAGO TRIBUNE has established branch
u6oes for the receipt Of subscriptions and advertise
paen1s as follows:
NEW YORk-Room . Tf0xxe Building. T. r. Nc
FADpEx, Manager.
GLASGOW, Scotland-Annn's American NeWs
Agency. 81 Renneldst-
LONDON, EnG-American Exchange @0 suaao'
HExnT F. GfLL1G, Agent
WASHINGTON, D. C-El9 street.
, 1880-04-25

In regard to the report started in Wash
ington, and now going the rounds, that II tho
Blaine delegates from Ohio do not Tote for
Sherman as long as the latter is before the Con.
venuon, the Sherman delegates will punish
Blaine by going over to Grant and nominating
him. the Cincinnati Commercial -Sha1maas
Ohio mouthpiece-makes this comment:
The suggestion is shrewd one, but It lacts
the backing of truth. There Is no sort Of alb.
ance between Sherman and Grant, and It y not
possible that one can be made. The program
upon which Grant Is being run for the Prest-
denct is that the office belongs to hiH,-that tug
Presidency Of the United States Ia the personal
perquistt Of the savior Of his country, and thas
he is the savior. The candidacy Of Sherman i,
therefore, regarded Us an i'm mpertinenee. aad
Grant will never more forgive him than he Htl
condone the sin Of Stanley Matthews In berg
with Carl Schurz and George Huadley IN tda
Cincinnati Convention In 152 II the contest
between candidates Mt Chicago narrows aoTa ta "a
Grant and Blaine, the Ohio man who goes lot
Grant will misrepresent his constituency 6at
if Grant does not go into the Convention W.T. 3
votes enough to nominate him at once, la IT'LL
not be nominated at ali.
, 1880-04-25

FIVE hundred coal-miners have struck for
higher wages at 6ttlson, Cherokee County. Kas-
They threaten all persons who would take their
places, and arc said to be organized and deter
mined The mine-owners propose to employ
coiored men in their places, and hare called on
Gov. St. John tor protection.
, 1880-04-25

l. CYCLONE swept over portion of Adams
County. Illinois. Friday night which did consid-
erable damage. Trees were uprooted, cattle In
1urcd, and houses ieveled with the ground, and
several people seriously If not fatally injured
, 1880-04-25

CONVENTIONS were held yesterday in
Menard, White, Boone, and Lawrence Counties in
this State. Lawrence and White Counties, which
are entitled to three delegates each. have in-
structed for Grant. The Mcuard County Con-
veut1on laid resolutions in favor Of Grant on
the table. Boone sends five Blaine delegates
headed By Gen. Hur1but- The primaries held
throughout Iroquois County indicate beyond
doubt that the delegation from that county will
be solid for Blaine.
, 1880-04-25

A DRY-GooDs store at Paw Paw. Mich,
was struck By lightning yesterday morning and
set On fire. The flames extended to the adjacent
buildings, and before the fire could be brought
under control several business houses were
, 1880-04-25

TIE delegates from Oregon to the Chicago
Convention have been instructed for Blaine
The West Virginia State Convention yesterday
Instructed its delegates for Blaine also. An
other break in tho Solid South. which is solid for
the third term no longer.
, 1880-04-25
SUNDAY, APRIL Is, 1850.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, celebrated the centen-
1ial of its incorporation yesterday.

SECRETARY SHERMAN visited Philadelphia
yesterday and received cordial reception from
The members of the Stock Exchange.