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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-15
Teachers Examinations.

Teachers Examinations will be held as follows.
At MapletOn Friday and Saturday, Oct, 9Th and
9th.
At Garden City Wednesday and Thursday. Oct.
Goth and 21st.
At Mankato Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22nd
and 23rd.
will hold an institute for the benefit Of teachers,
ut Mapleton, Oct, 9th and It'll. and at Garden
City, Oct, 18th and 10th, the two days proceeding
Of the MankatO Normal School will deliver q
lecture at each place. All teachers should attend
these institutes. EDWIN ROGERS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-15

Let every republican In Blue Earth
county be decided to cast straight
republican vote next month.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-15


The RericW seems perplexed ut the
unanimity of feeling which prevails
among the republicans in their sup.
port of their ticket, and thus endeav.
ors IS create disturbance by saying:
II l. reported that one of the nominees sur.
rendered in advance of the nomination. and
this little bit Of bulldOzIng il 10 test the
nerves of the remaining Ward candidates and
the chairman Of the county committee. Come
down, gentlemen. or defeat and disgrace II
your fate.
This sarcastic innuendo undoubted.
" refers to our county attorney, and
the report that our neighbOl
heard, eminated from his own imag,
NATIVE brain. The matter was gen.
orally understood and acquiesced in,
that no reference to the congressional
fight should he allowed in the nomi
nation of the county ticket. But it is
plain To be seen that an effort is made
by Democrats to create dissatisfac-
ton among the Republicans of the
county, with an ultimate hope that
such dissatisfaction may rebound to
the success of their candidates. II
is a vain hope, and no true Republic
can will be deceived by it, but will
stand shoulder to shoulder and carry
their ticket through to success.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-15

OF course not. Oh, no; not as long
as the Repiew gets from four to five
hundred dollars worth of printing
from the Office each year. Don't let
ii rotate, oh don't.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-15

The democrats are talking of kick.
ing English out Of their party.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-15


The Rcrirw lays great stress in
this weeks issue, upon what Il mon
>trous and gigantic evil the tariff is;
how it envelopes the agricultural
classes with poverty and hardships,
and subjects them to eXorhitant tax.
alton Ia support home manufacturers.
None of this silly bosh is believed by
The RericW, but is dished up to its
readers because it is the principle
dish on the democratic bill of fare,
and will spoil if not kept actively
stirred. The Rtriew says:
The growers OF wheat, pork and beef get
none of the benefits Of protection but they are
| made IL foot the bills for those who do.
If that be so, why is 1t that there
is duty Of twenty cents bushel on
wheat, ten cents Il bushel on corn,
ten cents on oats, fifteen cents on rye,
fifteen cents on barley, four cents on
butter, fifteen cents buShel on
potatoes, twenty per cent. on all ami.
mails, horses, cows, oxen, steers,
sheep, hogs and pigs, except those
for breeding purposes, and those are
admitted free to benefit the farmers;
wool from ten To twelve cents per
pound, and from ten to twelve per
cent. added, and hay, twenty per
cent. These duties are one and all
protective, and were imposed on pur-
pose to protect the farmers, those in
the west as well rs those in the east;
to keep the home market, where
ninety.two per cent. of all they pro-
duCc is consumed, exclusively for
their benefit, free from competition.
History and statistics conclusively
proves that no branch of industry in
this country is more thoroughly pro-
tectcd than the farming interest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-15
For Sale Cheap.

Two s-horse Power Portable Engines and Boil.
ers, made by Wood, Taber IL Morse In good
condition for immediate use.
Suitable for thrcshing machines, &c.
Terms--Cnsh, or time with sufficient security.
Inouirc Mt MANKATO OIL MILL,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-15

We do not claim that Judge Porter In the only
man In the onnnly capable Of dischsrging the
dnliea Of probate judge, but we do claim that
he has niled that office better and more saisfac-
tory 10 the public Than any man who ever held
the office. The fact that he has been In tho office
for six years Ia no disqualification.
y
The lattor's position II Ia the nature Of a Judi.
clal trust, aud does not belong TO that class OF
offices 10 which the argument ofrotation applies
- RcpicW.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-15

Indiana Hoosiers Disgruntled
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06
OTTAWA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY, MARCH s. 1880

for II had from death and the Of his
taking IT," told him not to love but Dr. White the
Inventor OF this great medicine selling from eight To
fifteen bottles week OF your Pulm0narls.
You're truly, W. ECKLEs.
sold In Ottawa by Forbes Gthring nOvl5
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06
Ghosts.

Not Col. lLgcrsolrs "aristocracy Of the air, >
but real h1nidn ghosts. Ghosts that were once
healthy men and women, but are now simply the
GHOSTS of what they once were" As We meet
them, and inquire the cause OF all this change
they repeat the old, old story, "a cold" meg
lcctcd cough" "catorrh," 'oyerwork," or "dys
pcpsia,' liver complaint" and constipation, y
with successful physicians and remedies. In Of
fering his Golden Medical Discovery and Pleas
ant Purgative Pellets for the cure of the above
affections, Br. Pierce does not recommend then
as 'sure cure" IN all stages. For if the lungs bt
half wasted away, or there be II cancerous com
plicaton, no physician or medicine can cure
The Discovery is, however, an unequalcd pector
al and blood purifier 1t speedily cures the mos
aggravated cough, or cold, and in Its early OF
middle stages, consumption. BY correcting al
irregularities OF the stomach and liver, 1t readil,
cures blotches, pimples, scrofuouS ulcers
"bunches," or tumors. Hundreds testify that L
has restored their health, after eminent physi
clans has failed For constipation, use the Pei
let's. As II local remedy for catarrh, use DR.
Sagc's Catarrh Remedy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06
Skilled Labor

amer and every thing relating To mechanics ant
labor saving Is carefully recorded There page deVSes
~ he latest nh,ses of the markets Crops, Ner
ssns,se Nc Sc valuable feature found In the spe
;siiy renortcd prices and conditions OF
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06

A mathematician who has been figuring on
it says that, simple rs it may appear to the
eye, the number of possible movements of the
blocks is l,307,G7i30S,00O, 1t is stated that
two men ia Boston who have encountered
these combinations have actually gone insane
over them. Yet many, IN wrestling with the
blocks, have succeeded in arranging them IN
the order required, though none have yet been
found who can do 1t q second, third or fourth
time with ease and certainty. A reporter of
the New York Herold, who pretends to have
solved the whole problem, says the secret lies
in placing the board in certain position. He
lmagines the bottom OF the box to be divided
into white and black squares, equal to the
quarter section of a chess board, and the num-
bers on the blocks to be either white or black
square numbers If any two numbers be re
versed, one of which is black square mum
Der and the other belongs on white square
the problem is insolublc. So the puzzle can
only be solved by placing the board IN another
position. II the numbers come wrong it is
because u black and white square number
have been reversed and by readjusting the
board so that block No. will come on diff
fcreut Imaginary color the arrangement OF
the blocks is easy. Without this change III
the position Of the board the arrangement OF
the numbers ls impossible.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06

I the cylinder, his right hand was caught BY
the spikes and terribly laccrated. lie sup
posed before entering his hand into the cylin
der that the belt had been thrown on as was
intended, but when too late realized his mis-.
take. The cords Of the fingers were torn out,
the bones crushed, and IN fact the whole hand
ground to pieces by the spikes OF the cylinder
A doctor summoned found amputatlon ncccs
sary to save the arm, and the hand was taken
oft at the wrist Joint.
Miss Hineka, of Nebraska City, Nebraska,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. 5. Gonlz.
Mcssrs. Zimmerman and liorirston nave
moved to York, Nebraska.
Mr.. Geo. Butner will start for Iowa to,mor
row.
Martin Bower has taken to himself the bet
ter half,
Mr. Swltzcnburger is building very fine
barn. HARRY DALE'
THE GAME OF FIFTEEN-A few months
ago deaf mute in Hartford, in toying with
some wooden blocks and undertaking to ar
range them in a certain way, fell upon the now
famous Puzzle of Fifteen. He cut out few
sets of the blocks and sent them to his friends,
and thus they came to attract the attention OF
the great Boston mind, which saw in the toy
more than mere pu2zle,-in fact recognized
4
it as great mathematical study. a Mr.. Rice,
Boston wood-turner, began to manufacture
the square wooden blocks and paper boxes,
and soon found such demand for them that
he erected expensive machinery and began to
coin money, Every street peddler was offering
the puzzle for sale it got INTO stores, depOts,
hotels, became nuisance in public schools
and joy in boarding houses. Next it in
vaded New York, and in week the great me-
tropols was more crazy over 1t than Boston.
1t assembled the Hudson to Albany and mem
bers of the legislature became so absorbed in
study of Its mysteries that the public business
was neglected. Philadelphia caught 1t next,
and now it is shaking up the Chicago mind
and will soon, no doubt, be recognized as an
influence in subduing the tiercencss Of hood
lumism in san Francisco.
AS To the puzzle itself, 1t consists in placing
- square blocks In a paste board box, with a
smooth bottom, just large enough to hold 10
blocks The absence Of the 10Th block in the
box affords room for the movement OF the
others. The game Is to disarrange the blocks
and then bring the numbers into consecutive
order by shifting into place without lifting
one off the bottom of the box. For instance,
as dlsarranged in the box the blocks may hap
pen i'm this order
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06

Exchange on Chicago and New York
And all the principal cities east and vest,
BOUGHT AND SOL?.
Exchange England. Ireland Scotland ami u! i'm
porant pen Continental Europe drawn in sums TO suit
purchasers.
U. =. Revenue Siam ps OF ali deaom nations COO
stanty hand and for sale.
United States Bonds. Local Securities, Cold sad
Silver bought and sold.
Banking hours from 3 A. N. 10 Pm.
Jan TO- 1873 +. S. EAMEs, Cashier.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06

~ NIcDOUGAIII., (successor To Cameron & Nc
~. Dougall) Attorney and Counselor AT Law. Office IN
Glover Cooks Block, Ottawa, III. Also United Sate
Commissioner dec2I6
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06

DOCK FIT BODKS.-Then nest English, Ger
OSNAN Il HAfEMANS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06
"SAVED HIS LIFE."

sPRIsoFIELD. TgSs., May 6. 1879.
Dr. A H. NnIrE-Dedr Sir: sm selling great deal OF
your ftlnlonsria have large demsnd for It. and
mend IL 10 all the best cough medicine In the
AN not AFRAID 10 recommend IT, rs had II thoroughly
tested on one OF custopers who given up TO die
Afer taking three my bottles OF Pslmonara
meneed improving. and he had taken the NTH bottle
he was up and In my svre and said IT LrFK.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06
OTTAWA, March i. 1880.
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, March >, 1850.
The Times of Friday says tue board Of trade
markets were generally strong and steady on yes
terday. Not much activity was exhibited in the
trading, but the movement rather favored sellers,
and the former prices were we'll sustained. On
Change cash property closed Mt the following
nrirn.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06

M the WEEKLY HERALD gives the latest as well as the mos
suggestions and discoveries relating To the dul
~ The farmer hints for raising Cattle, foury Grams
Trees Vegetables &c, SC, with suggestions Tor keepih
and farming utensils in repair. This ~ supple
mented by awelledited department widely copied uhue
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06

DINE ENGLISH AMI FIR ENCH
r srATIONARY-plaiu sndsnittlated-st
OSMAN HAPFrANe
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06

Morning train makes close connection at Aurora fe all
points east. ,,, g.. :, II r. n nuo,.,.r poo,,
Cars HCrons Reclining Chair Cars and the e. H. q fal.
nee Dining Cars by this route. All Information about rates
Of fare sleeping accommodations and time tables WIN
be cheerfuly gwen by applying 20 :, u,onn
General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
c. w. SMITH, =, VIZ r.ynpx-
Agent at Ottawa.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06
The Home,

rocI,cs for practical dishes hints for making cloth
n for keeping up with the latest fashions at the owes
,,,e Every item cooking economy suggested IN I'M
IA practically tested by experts before puhca
tan Letters ros Paris and London correspondent
an the latest fashions Inc Home iePart' VI -.
Wysxry HERALD will save the housewife more than on
nar rod res the price of the paper. The Interests OF
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-06
The Weekly Herald
Political News

The most valuable chronicle in the world as IL Is the cheap
cst Ey,ry week is given faithful report OF
New-York tribune., 1880-01-07
USIC.
THE PHILHARMONIC CLUE.

Last evening was most unfayorable for tho con-
cert of tho Philharmonic Club, for the rain of course
kent many people away, and made the audience
scantv one The moisture also affected the strings,
so tnat it was mpossb bic for the players to keep in
tune. The programme was excellent. Ii included
the Beethoven Trio op 07 for violin, violoncello and
piano an Adagietto by Bicet. scheHo from
one of CherubnPs Quartets, q Duo for hute
and piano By Schubert, and the Quartet in + by
Mozart. The club has evidently practised assidu-
ousy. The men play we'll together and with yilOr.
their shading is good, aud they work intellgently.
and though thero is lack of that spiritual quail
;tv which shond be the soul of performance,
their work is yet useful and interesting. The Bicet
Adagretto, Il charming little composition. was ex
ceently played, and had TO be repeated.
Both the Beethoven and Mozart numbers
were vigorously rendered, though their
effect was marred by tho incorrectness of
intonatlon before referred to. Miss Anna Book,
who took the piano parts. is young lady Of excel
lent promise. She has a fine technique plenty of
power. good left hand, and while she is immature,
she plays with intelligence and taste. Some of the
variations in the Schubert duo were exceedingly
we'll done and Mr.. Wiener also did his part in this
piece admirably. The next concert of the Club will
be on February 3.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-07

that constitutional requirements as to the
form and manner of making returns are IN
tended to protect the suffrage, and must not
be so interpreted as to destroy it. In har-
mony with these principles the Supreme Court
pronounced an opinion which utterly over
threw the Governor. When that headstrong
gentleman read it he was probably more
astonishcd than ever before in his lie; ana
we have little doubt that the catastrophe LETT
him without plan. What he had bound
himself to do under these circumstances by his
acceptance of the arbitration is plain enough
but the man who was bold enough to defy the
public opinion of the United States by count
ing out a legally elected Legislature was not
bold enough to do his duty when it had been
pointed ouC to him by advisers OF his own
choice. Courage sometimes is a caprlclOus
quality. DR.. Garcelon retires to private life
to-day with singular reputation, as the Gov
ernor who was not afraid to do wrong, but
was afraid to acknowledge that he had made
q mistake.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-07

Lima, which has eliminated since MS departure
IN a revolution and the installation OF Pleroia as
Dictator. IL is true that President Prado declares
in the interesting talk with him given else
where. that he is merely on his way to Europe
upon mission of State, aud processes great
astonishment at the report that he has
been superseded in the supreme ONCE
But an incredulOus public Will, no DOUBT
continue to believe that the President OF
q South American Republic who was lately
OBLIGED TO return from the field TO the capital
in order TO prevent a revolution, ana VINO lett
behind him q gathering mutiny which broke
out soon after he left his troops, would hardly
choose such time for European tour, unless
he expected to leave his own country for MS own
good. BE this as it may, there Is no doubt
of the deposition of the Presidents OF bOth
the allied Republics, and it is plain that this
sudden popular vengeance is the penalty Oh
ignominious failure in the war against Chill.
The issue of the war is in singular contrast
to its beginning. All the first successes were
with the Allies, but the rapid and brilliant
victories of the Chilians which followed were
thus made all the more striking. The Allied
navy was swept from the seas by the superior
land followed this triumph on the sea. The
Allies quarreled The Peruvians had been
drawn into the war only by secret treaty
of alliance which had been made some
years before with Bolivia. but once involved
in It, found themselves compelled to bear the
burden of tho conflict. The Bolivian troops
took keener interest in home politics than
the preservation of the National honor on the
field of battle and at last accounts many oil
them had started for home with the avowed
object of deposing the President. That heroic
purpose has now been accomplished.
The triumph of Chill could not have been
more decisively marked than by these events.
1t is due to those elements of National char
acter which cause Chill to approach the North
American ideal of a republic more closely than
any of her sister countries. Good credit and
good currency make strong sinews of war; and
intelligence and public virtue have aided Ill tins
signal victory over two countries which are
honeycombed with corruption, and sunk deep
in ignorance and slOth.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-07
xpvv voKK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Z, 1880

say No" except in such way that everybody
has understood him to say Yes." His recent Ia
bored effort to say he was not candidate ior the
Presidency has proved no exception to the ruie'
The Democrats have pretty generally understoou
it to mean that he would accept nomination.
There is really only way for the Ex-Governor 10
put an end to this perverse spirit OF his hearers.
Let him request somebody to draw up deciarltlon
like this II am not a candidate for the Presidency
and will consent TO be one under no circumstances
and then et him sign 1t. That womid settle the
question forever. Will he do 1t The man VINO
would bet in favor of his doing 1t would DC Sent 10
a lunatic asylum by aunanlmous vote oil MS lriehus'
Garceon says proudly that he is the most abused
in the country. He evidently enjoys the knoWl-
edge that he fully deserves the dlStlnctlon
The Democratic editors who are aghast at the
partisan character Of the answer OF the Maine Su-
preme Court to Garcelon's points should endeavor
to calm themselves with the information that one
of the Judges, Libbey, is straight-out Democrat'
He signed the partisan findings without protest.
Congress reopens little more stupid than ever.
The donkey's kicking-strap Is evidently solld.
The excessive harmony of the Republicans at Al
banv seems to have a rasping etect'upon the Demo-
Gratis. II strikes them as peril to the Republic.
They should not thus confOund themselves WIN uhe
Republic.
n report was current IN w asninRtoh iasU "o0A
that there had been o great falling Oil In the he-
publican sentiment for Grant in Indiana, and that
the chances for delegation to the National Con-
venion in his favor had suddenly passed from good
to bad. The indianapolis Journals canvass supports
this report. OF the 2,615 names canyassed up to
Monday last SS2 were for Blaine, 723 for Sher-
man and 7O7 for Grant, with i n0n-cOmmltfal and
1874 scattering This shows that for every Republi-
can in Indiana who prefers Grant for candldate
there are three who prefer some one else, as MS
vote is only triHe more than one-fourth of the
whole number
New-York tribune., 1880-01-07

to one of the truest men in American
politics to-day. General Garfield represents
the best element in the party which
is and must be the hope OF the
country, and this unanimous nomination, put
ting aside all thought of the personal distinc-
ton designed for HIM, is a proof OF the IN
stinct with which the Republican party IN
stirring periods seeks the leadership of It's
best men. When it is remembered what
distinguished Republicans have been pro-
posed as candidates for the place 10
which General Garfield has been chosen with
out dissenting voice, the honor Is seen 10 DC
great indeed. Considered in its Presidential
significance, this must be regarded as haho-
some gain for Secretary Sherman, especially
as one of the candidates mentioned against
the General was an ardent Grant man.
The situation in Maine where the LeSisia-
ture meets to-day, remains substantially uh-
changed. Neither party can be SAID 10 nave
gained or lost much. For the Republicans, how
ever, to hold the ground they had already
won is prophecy of victory. Mr.. voter the
counted-in Fusionist who was visited at
his home by a delegation in the hope
that he might be persuaded at the
last moment to accept his certificate,
adheres maniully to his position. -Four
other Fusionists are known to have refused
their certificates making the five members mem
toned Yesterday as trustworthy opponents OF
the fraud. 1t has already been stated that in
House of 151 members where the Fusion
lists have rs, a detection OF three OF
these, followed by the Withdrawal OF the
Republicans in body, accompanied by these
three members. would be sufficient to de-
stroy the quorum, and prevent the
organization of the body. But the Fu-
sionists now claim that smaller quo
rum will be legal. There are rs Fusion
members and 81 Republicans, with ~ elections
declared void by the Council. The new claim Is
that a quorum will consist of a majority
of the members to whom certificates were
issued If this assertion were correct seventy
members would form quorum, and the Fusion
lists would still have prospect of controlling the
House. But there are signs OF growing DIS
Indignation among them. A Democratic men-
ber-elect has declared that he will not
participate in the organization OF the
House until the mandate of the Supreme Court
Is obeyed, and a Greenback member-elect
has made substantially the same announcement.
Declarations like these afford strong hope
that when the Legislature meets to-day 1t
will be found that the historic fraud OF Name
has been defeated by the men who were ex-
pected to give it its finishing touches.