The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-09
Miscellaneous Clips.


Miscellaneous Clips.
The new mayor of New Orll ans Ii
named Shakespeare.
Gen. Hancock's vote in Indiana, as
official declared, reads backward and
forward the same-225 ,522.
In Poughkcepsie, n. Y with 81, ZOO
inhabitants, there are sos people over
80 years of age, 40 over ~, and over
100.
Three hundred hides were sold at
Vermillion recently, taken from the
cattle which persisted in the October
blizzard.
The United States government will
soon publish the "Records of the
War; IL work filling nearly 1900
octave pages.
Susan b. Anthony and Mrs. Z. Cady
Stanton have been ut work together
all summer on II book that will place
man just where he belongs.
1t was an Indiana man who said he
couldn't ride Il encyclopedia to save
his neck, but darned if he feared to
tackle any mule he ever saw.
A cross.eyed man who said he was
gong to "vOte as he shot," had his
ballot carefully put among the "scaJ.
tering' by the judic.0us inspector.
Tuesday the prince Of Wales
entered upon his 10th year. His
royal and imperial mother is now in
her 62d year, and has reigned 43 years.
Hundreds of New England country
girls are docking into Boston, looking
Tor work and not finding it. Country
girls should keep away from the large
cities.
The Weslayans in England are pre-.
pairing for Il great congress. Delegates
are expected form America and Aus
tralia, representing near one million
members.
The Indians in the United States
cultivated nearly half million acres
last year. The number of cattle and
sheep owned by them aggregate about
100000 head.
The population of Alaska, which
has been partially enumerated by the
agents of the Census Bureau, is esti.
mated ut about 10000, of whom only
3 U are whites.
In the month Of October more than
10000 barrels of Florada oranges
were shipped TO the Northwest.
There were large shipments also to
the Northeastern cities.
Both the Times and the Press of
Deadwood favor the proposition to
divide Dakota on the 10th parallel
and secure the admission of the
southern halt US a state.
Mr.. LongfellGw can take worth.
less sheet of paper and by writing a
poem on it make it worth $50. That's
genius. Mr.. Vanderbilt can write
fewer words on similar sheet, and
make it worth $50,O0O,OOO. That's
capital.
Bishop Whipple said in Il lecture
in Benson the other day he had
never found IN instance in which the
plighied word of IN Indian had been
broken, but that the Indian term for
white man was synonymous with
liar"
The M.nkato FREE PRESS brags
that parties who sold wheat ut the
City Mills one day last week received
their pay in gold. That's nothing,
Chase Il Cordry of this place have
been paying gold for wheat these last
two monlhs.-JdnesriHe Argus.
The syndicate has closed the con.
tract with the Northern Pacific Road
for forty millions of its bonds. They
are To he issued as the road is finished
and accepted by the government.
They ARE to run forty years at six per
cent. This insures the completion Of
The road.
Eight Of our presidents-W Washing.
ton, Jackson, Van Buren,, Harrison,
Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln, and John.
'on-never received u college educa.
lion. One --Grant-was educated ut
West Point. The rest of our
presidents have been college graduates.
Scientists tell us that rainwater
brings down yearly about twelve
pounds of ammonia per acre of ground.
To supply IN equal amount Of sui.
plate of ammonia ut six cents per
pound would cost the farmer So 80,
md this is therefore the manurial
value of the rain.
The golden tide rolling in on the
United States keeps increasing. Ar.
were made yesterday for
The withdrawal from the Bank Of
France of 1880 900 francs in gold
for shipment to this country. From
The Bank of England fl35.000 gold
was withdrawn for shipment to New
York. Steamers arriving there yes.
terday brought 81 300, 900 in gold.
The number of cattle lost in cross.
ng the Atlantic is a great obstacle to
.he development of the export trade
N ca tie. During three months end.
ne Oct. 3lst nlt., seven per cent. Of
he total number exported were thus
ost. This is largely due to the
of the ocean steamers
70 this particular class of cargo.