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Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-02-09

Interest such as the Poultry Yard, Entomology
Bee Keeping, Green house and Grapery, Veterinary
Replies, Farm Questions and Answers, Fireeide
Reading, Domestic ECONOMY, and q summary Of
the News Of the Week. It's MARKET REPORTS are
unusually complete, and more information can be
gathered from It's columns than from any other
source with regard to the Prospects Of the Crops AZ
throwing light upon one of the most important of all
qnestions-WAes to Buy ard WAen to Sell. 1t is
hberaliy illustrated, and constitutes TO Q greater
degree than any of its contemporaries A LIVE
AGRICULTURAL NEWSPAPER
OF neverfailing interest both to Producers and Con
sumers of every class.
The COUNTRY GENTLEMAN - published Weekly
on the following terms, when paid strictly In ad
vance: One Copy, one year, $3.50; -Four Copies
slO, and on addtttonu! copy for tie gear free to
ne seadev Of the Clst' Ten Copies, go, and an
sddisionG! soT'y for IL yeor rree 10 tAe se~der of
As C9v6.
For the year 1880, theee prices include copy Of
ths ANNUAL REGISTER OF RURAL AFFAIRS, 70 each
ubscriber-a book of IA pages and about 12O ne
Eravings--a gift by the Publishers.
Az New Ssbscribers for 1880, paptae in ad-
Soaoe noso, will receive the paper WEEKLY, from
receipt Of regsittG~ce 70 Jo~s0vv LEI, 1880, with
out charge.
s%specimcn copies of the paper free. Address,
~ LUTHER TUCKER SON, Pabai.hOrs,
Albany. N Y.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-02-09
Te.ct Boob Uniformity.
RESULT WHERE BOOKS HAVE TO
STAND ON THEIR OWN MERIT.

At Convention of School Directors, Of
Centre County, held Bellefonte, Decem-
Der 26, 1878, pursuant to the call of III.
Meyer, Esq, County Superintendent, for
the purpose of considering the propriety
of taking measures to secure uniformity
of the textbooks used in the schools Of
said county, the following action was
taken, over fifty directors being present
and nearly all the district in the county
being represented
COPY OF MINUTES. ..'..
Upon motion of c. p. StOnerod, of Snow
Shoe township, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS: Great expense and waste are
frequently incurred by the present and con-
nstatly changing variety of textbooks used in
the common schools of Centre county, there
fore, be it
Resolued, BY the representative directors
here IN session, that system of textbooks,
suitable, complete and uniform, be adopted in
accordance with the laws of the State,
throughout the county.
Upon motion of j. G. Z. Jones, the follow
ing plan was adopted with but one dissenting
vote, to carry into effect the following pre-
amble and resolutions
FfrSt. The various publishing houses to
send samples of their books to each scho]
Doard IN the county Tor examination and to
submit herewith the lowest exchange, intr
OF time they will guarantee to furnish them
at said price.
Second. No agent ofany publishing house
to be permitted to do any work in the county,
to be either general or local agent, beyond
sending his books and terms as above stated
Any house or agent violating this under
standing, their books to be counted ou of the
contest. IN.
Third The several school boards of the
county. after examination, of the various
books which may have been submitted, to
hold meeting at which each director shall
make out list of the books which he prefers
to have adopted In the county, and send it to
Henry Meyer, Esq, County Superindent, Mt
Rebersburg, Pa, prior to the first day of
June, 1879, who shall ma ......,...e g
several statements so sent, and the books up
on the various branches having the ighest
number of votes or preference shall be the
series recommended for county uniformity.
The County Superintendent, af,er having
made the above canvaOs as above, to send the
result Of the same to each of the papers i'm the
county for publication.
w. G. HEINLE, Chairman.
J. q. z. JONES, Secretary.
The following is the result of the votes
of the Directors OF Centre county, Pa, on
the uniformity Of Textbooks in said
county, with the number of votes cast fro
each book, under the foregoing plan and
resolutions:
READERS. No. vote.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-08-07
THE STATE CIsEs.

At last, says the Albany Democrat,
the somewhat famous cases Of the State
against Gov. Grover, s. F. Chadwick and
A. II, Brown have been decided, and one
ef fbe best, and most-used Republican
campaign guns has been spiked, for Judge
Deadly, to whom the testimony was refer
red, reports virtually that no charges of
cofrupsioA can be sustained against them.
He finds. that they, as the Board Of
School Land Commissioners, are delin-
quens in the sum of $3,67O.94, but shows
plainly that twas caused by careless
ok-keeping, for in sey,ral instances the
clerk had accounted for. considerable
more money than. had actually been re-
ceiyed,. This has been talked Of for
several years and great deal of the peo-
Pies money spent in looking IN to it,
and now it has been referred to Judge
Deady, this is the result. What must
the people think Of that investig atine
committee nowf
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-08-07
NARkET REPORT.

l.. PORTLAND, July p, 1880.
FLOUG--Extra s oo@4 Is; superhne IS IS
1 @3 90
H'aE.4 RI s5@l 40 per GENITAL Nominal.
OATS -42a(G45 cts. pee bushei.
HAtOS-oldes l21
Hams I:A@l3. Shoulders s@s.
LARD-In kegs l2t; in 10 fb thus. ia.
hU1Y'ER-Chuice dairy, 22A@25. Roll in
lfine. 20@224. Solid in Kegs, lS@2O.
Store batter, lz3GlS.
iPpLES, .SUN.URIED-Sacks 10; kegs,
10.
PLUMS, SUN-DRLED-Pitless, l4@l5.
DRIED FRUlT-Piulbmer process-Ap-
plies, l2tGlzA. Pears, ll@12 Plums, 10
EGGs-22a. CHlChENS-1@4
HIDES-Llloice l6 cents; Good Culls. IL;
Murrein hides, cts. Green; salted, u
cts; Dry Deer Skins, Z5@3U.
TdLLOW-54 cts
| WOUL-Wiilamel,c, 1890. Estern Ore.
| gon, 2O92j.
WUOL S.4CKS-52i to SIS.
| WHEAT B.AGS-iVt@ll. . -
| POFd lUES-25 ceats per bushel.
! We have received direct from Japan new
crop Tea packed expressly for us--,'ur brand.
Steamer ''CaiifornIa" arrived last evening
with SlS lbs. San Juan Lime, Eureka Co.
for US No better lime ever brought to Port
land from amy place. We have also Port
| land and liosedaie Cement, Plaster Paris
Cedar Lumber. Cedsr Shingles, ETC., all ii
the lowest market rates.
- wApHAMs 4 EL1IoTr.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-08-07
eCR PxsSIDs<r To ss.
lfrosn The Nella walIA Wstchn,an.l


Bs h Aapoock . Garfield, Or Garfield
or Hancock, the Fatchman will not mur-
muir at ths result pf the coming election.
Bets are .uade daily, even hourly and in
this city and county. Hancock men evinc--
ing the most grit fur betting They take
all the even bets obtainable and are will
ing to dc, little better and bet two to
one, hpt let them bet Those who ven
tuse athe nost before lslestion, usually
take the least interest in it after it is all
over. We take no stock insuch, bnt the
copntry " to 10 congratulated that the
,nominatioHs for the next presidential
election have fallen upon men Of such
high integrity. 1t is sometimes said,
principles, not men; but the true doctrine
is, princiHies and men. Men are the en-
'bodiment Of principles, and bad men, ac-
.cording to the measure of their influence,
mean bad government. It is true, integ-
3rity does, not necessarily mean stateman-
ship, but there is no true statemanship
without it; and state-craft, which implies
the absence. of it, has ever been the fruit
full source Of mischief. Politicians can
never understand the value Of conscienti-
business and Of high moral purpose It
Is sometimes ridiculed in Mr. Gladstone,
but it is certainly the noblest thing abovt
him, and full of promise for the future
of English institutions. As measured
by her prime ministers ever since the
revolutien, the one, certain fact is that
England has been rising higher and
higher in the scale of integrity Her
politics have not purified men, but men
have purified her politics. Politics, ex-
.cept for the influence OF conscientious,
hlghtoned- leaders, inevitably become de-
generats.- Nothing connected with hu-
rnans institutions ID naturally so demor-
slizing. This is especially true in Re.
puhlicE unless there is constant infus.
ion Of virtue from the fountain source.
De Tocqueviile tells US that virtue is the
life of republics; and it is certainly true
that IL it prevails at the White House
and the capitol, it will operate in like de.
gree throughout the entire country. 1t
may seem 4 little thing to say that Gen
rfaf Garfield was an attendant at religious
serSices on Sunday which occurred at the
Chicago convention, and that General
Hancock is regular worshipper at the
Protessan: Episcopal church, but such
examples are full Of significance. There
is nc more hopeful sign Of the time than
that men. are wanted at the head of af
fairs whose characters are above reproach
and who will be an example to the ma
ltion, Of high-lninded conduct and manly
character. Sach are the expressed senti
ments Of. ali independent journals anG
iadependent men. Hence when one
rsPawoaches US upon the subject, we feel
not like betting the last dollar on any
pasticular candidate, but like vi i,hins
'yhem bcth succe s;g, The Republican par
y has already gained victory by an
hihilating the third term boom. The
rest of the political dght can now bs
fought upon neutral ground, and be il
Garfield or Hancock, our country ma,
rest in peace, for in either case, all i
well.
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-08-07

Gen Winfield S. Hancock,
.' George H. Thomas.
I" George B. Mcclellan,
w. G. Rosecranz,
!" Fighting Joe Hooker.
>" H. w. Slocum.
/" Franz Seigel,
- John NJ Palmer,
= Geo. w. Morgan, @
'' Thomas Ewing,
!" Alfred Terry, 70.
!" John F. Farnsworth,
" ]. NJ. sshofeld,
Gabe Bouek,
/" Bragg,
Stoneman,
:" john NJ. Corse, the hero of
Altona,
i" John A. McClernand,
John j. Steadnan, the hero of
Chicamaugua,
." George A. Custer, sacrificed by
Republican President,
/, a. Fredrick Steele,
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-08-07

together with heroic thousands Of officers
lower in rank, yet no loss brave and pat
riotic.-ABany Democrat
Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-08-07
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SHOW THEM TINE LIST,

When Republicans rear back on thei,
dignity aud claim all the credit Of put.
ting down the rebellion, tell them plain.
ly that the Democratic States furnished
more Union. soldiers than did the Re.
publican States. and show them the fol
lowing list Of Dstnocratic Generals who
were distinguished for bravery and who
fought on the side of the Union:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-30
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

=
rEFAULT having been made in the cond-
hJtions of n certain mort gage executed by John
W. Brill and Helen l. ErIll his wife, of Manka-
to, minnesota Mortgagors, 10 George W. Fletch.
or. mortgage, dated March -, 4. ID 1876, and
recorded In the office Of the Register Of Deeds In
aud for lh county of Blue Earth, In the State of
Minnesota, on the I'D day of March, \. ID. 1876,
al IL o'clock noon, In Book : Of Mortgages, on
page III, by which mortgage there was conveyed
and granted the following described real estate
situate in ihe county oi Blue Earth aforesaid, to-
wit:
Lots four and five Is and 81 IN block fourteen
Q4). Van Brunts addition to Mankato. according
To The plat thereof recorded In the Office of the
Register Of Deeds for said county OF Blue Earth,
to secure the payment Of the sum Of Five Humid
red and hiteen dollars, with interest at the rate
of IL per cent per annum until paid, according
To the conditions of one promissoIy note bearing
same date ~ said mortgage, made by said John
w. Brill aud Helen J.. brill, TO said George w.
Fletcher. and there being due and unpaid upon
said note and mortgage nj the date Of this notice
the cum Of six hundred and siXty-ntne and 2S-l0O
dollar. and the rum Of thirty-slx and De 100 dol.
lars unpaid and delinquent taxes necessarily
paid by this mortgage TO redeem said lots IRON
tax sale forfeltures and interest thereon due and
to protect the rights of this mortgage. and the
sum Of thirteen aud i4.lOO dollars taxes Of 1879
all paid January IL, 1879, and for which said
Fletcher holds the receipts OF the Treasurer OF
Blue Earth county, and no action or proceeding
ut law or otherwise having been Instituted TO re
cover the amount Of said mortgage debt or any
part thereof;
Now therefore, notice is hereby given that by
virtue and In pursuance of power II sale In said
mortgage contained and Herewith recorded, and
of the statute in sucn case made and provided
the above described premises will be sold at pub
lie auction, at the front door of the Office of Tho
Register Of Deeds In and for said county OF Blut
Earth and at the city Of Mankato therein, on
Monday, the LIST day of March, 1880
at 10 o'clock In the forenoon, to satisfy th,
amount of SAID mortgage debt then due and un
paid and the taxes delinquent and paid by thl
assignee as aforesaid. together with the cost
| and expenses Of such foreclosure proceedings
including ffty dollars attorneys fees az stipufa
| ted IN said mortgage; and the said mortgage vii
| be thereby foreclosed.
Dated Mankato January 10th, 1880.
GEORGE ". FLETCHER,
G. w. GILMORE, Mortgages
Atty for Mortgage, jl6f27
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-30
SOCIETY CHAT.

The social event OF the week was the
complimentary hop given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Burt, OF the Mankato House, to
their friends. They were assisted by ].
II. Larkiu and Mandel Marks. The
toilets We're elegant and the music very
good. All in attendance pronounce II
an elegant entertainment and will long
remember the pleasures of the occasion.
Mrs. Geo. +. Brett, accompanied 10y
her mother Mrs. Maxield, have gone on
visit 10 ST. Louis.
Leap year parties are quite the thing
in neighboring towns. When will the
Mankatesc ladies inaugurate theirs
Lent will begin on Ash Wednesday,
the llth Of February. Then the winter
festivities must close.
Miss Phoebe NJ. Haynes, formerly OF
the Normal school in this city, gives us
some good items from Dresden.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-30
THE GOSPEL MEETINGS.

The white McGranahau 9ospe'
meetings have been in progress during
the week. with undated interest On
further hearing, We find no occasion to
revise our previous estimate OF Mai
White. and am confirmed in its Ccuer-
al correctness. Mr.. Veterinarian hay
ing convaIesced, has put in an appear
ance, and we find him possessed OF Il
high, rich and sympathetic tenor voice
He waivers on some Of his notes, how.
ever, but his voice is mclOdiOus and full
of feeling. His part in the gospel pro
gramme is well sustained The meet
ingc have been throngcd and Jane,
with auditors. The attendance has beer
50 large rs TO Justify what aic callco
overflow meetings, in the NJ. +. church
for those unable TO procure admission
After the regular services, each evening
there have been held inquiry meetings,
for those who desire to enter upon new
life. On Monday night, some twenty
five persons were present, and ten o
these rose and indicated that they pro
posed to lead christian lives. Thcs,
meetings will continue as heretofore an
nounced, till the public are duly advis
ed of their discontinuancc. We hope tina
these meetings may be AS productive o
good as those who devised them, hav
hoped
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-30
PROF. JOHN RETURNING no
THE MINISTRY.

Prof. John, principal of the Mankato
Normal School, has been rendered, by
Bisnop Peck, the vacant Presiding Ed
ership of the WInona District. This
district had become unexpectedly vacant
by the call of Presiding Elder, VIM. Nc
Kinley, to the pastorsts Of tho Church
of Endelvor, Brooklyn, N. Y, which
was the church Of Rev. Edward Eggles-
ton. The Brooklyn church offered Ed
er Mckinley $4,000 salary, and tho cali
was effsctual. Bishop Peck was very
earnest in insisting that Prof. John
should accept the vacancy. Prof. John
has, being strongly pressed by high
church influences, concluded so to do.
He will continue in charge OF the Nor
NAL School till the close of this session
which will be the middle Of April. We
shall part with Prof. John with reluc.
lance. But his church will be the gain
err. As preacher, true sermonizer,
the Prof. has few equals in this State
He is one OF the very foremost pulpit
men in the NJ. E. church in the North
west. He is man Of culture, abilit,
and great promise. We can comment
him to his new field as q man, in ever,
way, fitted for the position.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-30
Our FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Our fire department may now be cou.
sidercd rs fully organized under the
present system. We have our water
works, and now the new Hose Carriages,
with 1000 feet of additional hose, max
ing three hose carriages and 1900 feet
of hose, completes Mankato's outfit for
fire protection. The Excelsior and Su.
pcrior companies are well organized.
What they now require is good Chief
Engineer, and then some drill and dis
cipline, 10 as to know just how 10 man
age the implements they have. With
these organizations perfected in this way,
this city may be regarded as well MS
protected. II remains now only to have
fire ordinance No. 81 strictly carried
out. Fire Wardens should be duly ap-
pointed TO see TINT fire-traps are not
erected within the fire limits.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-30
LET us HAVE a SUGAR REIN
ERH Nv M4SKaTO.

A new industry opens it's doors to
Mankato. II is one of those local CEN
tres beat adapted to the location of n
sugar and syrup refinery, from amber
cane in the State. Ii is now an cstab-
lished fact that the Minnesota early Am
Der cane contains in its juices the pow
or to cryStalize, even with crude ma
chincry. What is now desired is cen
trail rctincries. with the most approved
machinery for the purchase and rein
ing OF crude syrups, and sugars made in
To commercial article and a place
where the cane can be delivered in bulk
by the farmer, who does not care To re-
duce it himself, at 81 much per ton.
There isl large profit in refining the
syrup. But il requires expensive ma
chincry, and takes skill and experts 10
handle il. This, each farmer cannot at
ford. But local centre, like Mankatc,
with our abundant advantages, should
establish such II refinery, where all the
surroun ling country can find market
for the cane by the ton, or for crude
syrups al remuncrative prices. We are on
the eve of great results in this state. in
The making of fine syrups and sugar
from oar own cane. This city wants to
he in The fore front Of this movement.
and secure by company organization, or
by individual enterprise, such An cstab
lishment rs will hr commensurate with
the wants of the surrounding country.
In neiShboring cities, even crude mills
have paid high per cent on the invest
ncnt. Once let il he known To our farm
ny population, that We have in Man
iato Il syrup and sugar refinery, filled
With the most approved machinery
Known, and the cane in bulk, and the
'emi-syrup will pour in in abundance.
Il will come more readily than flax
iced Ia the Oil Mill Company. The
eccnt meeting al the Amber Cane
irowerS Association, supplies all the
acis requisite. Ether toy combination,
n by individual enterprise, can't we have
refinery
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-30
PORK FROM Blue EATH corn

We have gathered statistics from all
portions of the county, and find from
the most reliable sources, that about
fifty car loads of hogs have been ship
ped from this county since cold wealth
cr. Tho cars averaged about 10000 lbs
to the car. This gives us about one
million pounds of pork as the export of
this county. This is independent of
quite II large amount which has been
packed in this city. j. II. Davis and
James NJ. Karmany, have packed It large
quantity. Charles Wagon has also
packed good many hogs. This cxhi-
bit shows that stock raising is steadily
on the increase in this county. Blue
Earth county may he safely set down rs
Il stock growing region. In five years
more, blue grass, tame grasses, cattle
and dairy products, corn and hogs will
have driven ont grain-growing, and our
will be changed substantially
for all time. We we'll remember that
So short time as within twelve years,
We imported pretty much all our pork
Our grocery stores then rctailcd pork to
the farmers. Pork some years before
that, was sold ut $40. per barrel BY
recalling these facts We can appreciate
The change
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-30
Shall the Wells Branch be brought
into the Heart or the Cify?

The Southern MINI. II. r., have been,
during the past week, making surveys
within the city limits, with view of
getting a suitable track along the bank
Of the river, to gain access to the bust.
ness centers of the city. G. II. Wood
worth, the engineer of Chicago, has
also been extending these surveys
through to the Mankato Mills, and the
stone quarries, with view of extending
the line that far. These lines are pre-
liminary to an understanding on the
part of the company as TO the Feasibility
Of the line, and the cost. The purpose
on the part of tho company to build
will depend largely upon securing the
right OF way upon reasonable terms
We are informed that greedy spirit on
the part of property owners will defeat
the project. As this Is a matter of grea,
importance to the business of the city
We trupt that property owners vii
make the terms so reasonable as to in
duce the certain extension Of this road
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-30
PERSONAL .NENTIOI.


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i POSITION on the MO- racine Railroad,
where ne Will SNetch Tor the season Tor
tue railroad company
f.H.larhey returned, ohi>uhday, from
MS trip 10 CINCINNATI ana ST Louis,
where he mad been purchasing stock.
'. Is. Seward, attorney nj Marshall. IS
on visit with his parents. III this city.
John n. Hail. ESQ., left on Tuesday
morning, tor Chicago, and will be alb
sent all the week.
Mr.. Geo. l. Lidgerwood has gone to
Chicago to look after his spring pur-
chases.
J. II. Hartman returned last week
from jackson where he spent the past
four months in building the banking