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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-26
CASUALTIES.

RECORDER SEXTON, of Montreal, died on
the 18th inst, and next morning some drapery
about the remains took fire from the tapefs.
The result was the interior of the house was
ruined and the body Of Sexton slightly burned.
Mrs. Sexton and three Other women were, with
difficulty, rescued from the roof. ..-,--..5-
The tobacco factories Of Wood d. Co., Flood
& Smith and Hancock a. MoOrInan, ut Lynch
burg, Va, burned on the 18th inst. Loss from
S60,O00 to $4,000; insurance about one-half.
FIRE on the night of the 18th inst, de-
stroycd the Chicago ivory button mandatory
together with the adjoining soda water factory
and two dwellings, making total loss Of go,
900; insurance. 900.
AT Amville, Pa, on the night Of the 18th,
while number of passengers were standing on
the track adjoining the depot, the west bound
fast express came laundering past and dashed
through the crowd with terrible effect. Michael
Bachman, Of Fontana was caught by the pilot
of the engine aud hurled against the station
rail, killing him instantly. John Flickinger,
James Dohner, A. Griffith and man whose
name has not yet been ascertained, were thrown
n considerable distance and badly hurt.
The sLipF d Palmer reports that on Febru-
airy IS, latitude 80 longitude 80, she spoke the
steamer Derwent. from Glasgow for the island
Of Trinidad. The cargo in her afterhold was on
| fire for four days. The steamer Aoped TO be
able TO reach Trinidad. .... -.~--
On the 18th inst, Tcriwiniger's safe factory,
New York city, was damaged by fire to the ex-
tent of S2b, 900. . $4,000. nh.
Two little tugs Gem of Pentwater and
Lamont, started from Pentwater, Mich, on the
! 18th inst. on q S25 race on Lake Michigan.
The former arrived Mt Ludington the destina-
ton, but after twice going out in search Of the
Lamont that tug was finally discovered capsized,
with her crew missing and doubtless drowned.
Charles Lamont, his son George, and Palmer
Hill, oil Of Pentwater, were on the Lament.
The steamship City of Sydney was damaged
TO tho extent of $4,000 by fire at San Fran
cisco on the 18th. II was only by great exer-
ton that the ship was saved.
The brewery Of Gottleib Gluyck, Minneapo.
Lis, burned on tho 18th inst. Loss go, 900; in.
surance $4,000.
The residence Of Mr. Richard Johnson, q
farmer near Dennison, Crawford county, Iowa,
was burned on the 18th inst, and two daugh.
ters persisted in the flames. Mr.. and Mrs. John
son and seven other children had a narrow
escape. ..-....H. al Ia. .l
The body Of an old man named I. Tenan,
was found ON the 18th inst, on the plains two
miles from Hat Greek, $50 miles north Of Chey.
enne, frozen TO death during the recent storms
which prevailed throughout Wyoming.
Mrs. DAVID GRIFFIN, of Norwich, n. Y,
made her viii on the 18th inst, and the follow.
ing morning her house burned and she persisted
in the flames,
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New York.

New York, March $1,000 p. M.-Flour-
without decided change; receipts II, $40 bbls;
round hoop Ohio ut s5.050D6OO; choice do
at SG.05@7 80; superfine western at "a. zoos so;
common 10 good extra do at s5.2O05. 60;
choice do ut S5.6508.00; choice white wheat
do at s5.85@6.50. Wheat-Spring quiet and
firm; winter about go better and fairly active;
sales 5000 bus No. 2 northwest seller April at
s1.39; $4,000 bus No. white seller April at
s1.4O]S@1.41; 100000 bus No. q red
seller April at 1.45f1, 45l 40 900 bus do seller
May at u, 42S% al IA. Corii-Quiet and without
decided change; mixed western spot at 5719
@59c; do future ct b2i{GD57c. Oats-Quiet
and unchanged; western at 45@481<c. Beef
Dull and prices unaltered; new plain mess at
go. 6091l 90, new extra do ut 81 .00Dl2.0o.
Pork-Quiet and firm; new mess at S12.00.
Latd--A shade firmer and quiet; steam rendered
at S7.b711. Butter-very firm; good inquiry;
Ohio at 16@33c. Cheese-Quiet at 11@f41Sc
for poor to choice. Whisky-Nominal; western
at &1.1O. Sugar-Quiet and firm. Molasses-
Fair request; very full prices. Petroleum
Firm and quiet. Recovery strong; good in
quiry. Coffee--Dull and weak. Freights-Firm.
Spirits Of Tmpentine Steady at 49@491Ec.
Resin--Firm at S1.5O@i.66. Talow-Dull al
6-16@6aSc for western. Eggs-Dull at 100
I2c for fair To choice
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speedily published. The editors Of these sheets
have turned the communications ever to the po-
hce authorities, who are endeayoring TO discover
their authors.
A DANGEROUS $40 United STATES treasury note
has made its appearance m the west. II Is Of
the series of 1876, Letter G, and printed on imi-
tation fibre paper. Tho shading under the
words "United States" IN darker than In the
genuine note, but the general appearance Of the
Bill IL good.
Texas 10 suffering from Q severe norther,
which has killed the fruit and necessitated the
replanting Of corn. Ho,
The governor Of Maryland has vetoed the
bill, recently passed by the legislature OF that
state, requiring nonresident statesmen to take
out licenses.
/ AS result of the bargain between the Pa
cihc railroad companies and the Pacific Mail
Steamship company, freights from New York
to China have been advanced from $50 to $3.50
faciiic Mail steamers plying between San Franz
cisco and Oriental ports leaves them practical
masters of the situation 10 far ~ the Ahiatic
trade IN concerned.
A DISPATCH from Admiral isogers at Panama
pp0rts the dismissal by the Peruvian authori-
ties Of the officers who arrested As istant Sur
geon Russell and Cadet SIidshipman Glennon
while on leave Of absence In q mountain VII
hge.
JOHN b. HAwLEY, assistant secretary Of the
treasury, has resigned to engage in the political
canvass In Illinois. -,
An order has been issued by John King, IT,,
receiver Of the Ohio 4 Mississippi railroad, that
after the beginning of April LIST the wages of
employees shall be restored TO what they were
before the reduction In July, 1877.
WM. i. TAYLOR, late auditor Of public ac-
counts Of Virginia, was found dead In bed ON the
morning Of the 18th inst. Age CT.
AT Washington, D. c., ON the 18th inst,
Judge Hagner refused TO grant a new trial In
the case Of the nogroes, Babe Bedford, Edward
Queenan and sandy Penn, convicted Of the
January It'll last, aud sentenced them to be
hanged April "a. .r.
A DISPATCH from Stamford, KY, says two
brothers named Cobb, on Sine Creek, Rock
Castle county, shot and killed man named
Decker, in quarrel over O stolen horse. The
Cobbs were arrested.
NATHAN p. PRATT, treasurer Of the Reading,
Mass, Savings bank, tried upon iifty-two counts
for embezzlement, has been found guilty On
twenty=nine counts. The case goes to the SUI
preme Court. Pratt's bail Is $4,000. SHORTLY
after the conviction startling paper, in possess
sion OF Pratts counsel, was made public. 1t Is
the confession of Sidney i, Pratt, son Of the
prisoner, and up to within few months chief
clerk, bookkeeper and cashier Of the bank Of
which the father was treasurer. He takes the
entire responsibility of the defalcstions, and
details the manner in which the stealings were
effected. The son cannot be found, having
fed beiore the Arrest of bis father.
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How Our Girls Walk.


A curious and somewhat painful fact
revealed by the prevailing fashion Of
short frocks is that very large number
of the young women of America turn in
their toes in walking. This may be
thought too delicate subject to be treat
ed in the columns of daily journal, but
no false considerations of modesty should
lead the press to shirk its duty as the
public censor of the morals and manners
of the times. 1t is fact which con-
fronts the student of humanity daily
upon the streets, that our young women,
as rule, do not walk we'll; that many of
them, as has been said, turn in their
toes, and very large number turn in
the toes of one foot. When this tenden-
cy should be shown upon one side more
than another, and especially why the left
foot should be the most notorious Often
der, it would be difficult to explain. The
question certainly deserves the attention
of surgeons and shoemakers-for it is
possible that the latter are in some de-
gree responsible. But the general sub
iect demands the attention of parents
and teachers. The truth is that children
nowadays are not taught to walk. They
are allowed to shuttle along as they
please, aud the result is the sad display
to which the Times reluctantly has
drawn attention. 1t may be too late to
correct the evil in adult life, but it is not
too late to guard against it in growing
children. Teach the girls and boys to
walk. Teach them to hold up their
heads md turn out their toes and to
carry themselves with the dignity befit-
ting those who are to be men and women.
It would be worth more than half the
mostelaborated system of "grade stu
dies" to have this taught in the schools,
and the board of education would do q
good thing to extend its curriculum thus
far. II this cannot be done send the
children to dancing school. Do some
thing for them, anything, rather than
let them grow up to turn in their toes
and run down their pretty French heels.
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Camellia ladies dress. Why, then, did
she call upon Austrian bad taste for COS
tune which confded to Laferiiere or
Worth would have been irreproachable ?
The French are indulgent over minor
peccadilloes; they viii forgive the infrac-
ton of the entire decalogue, but VEINS
herself would be Missed II she should ap.
pear with cabbage roses rs big as SOUP.
plate embroidered ON the back Of ball
dress. Two or three more such out
RACES on fashion, and the iconoclasts will
begin to demolish the idol, although she
has chance in her favor in the indigna-
ton certain to be aroused by the pro-
duction of Wagners operas, now con.
templated by the limited in number, but
extremely noisy, sect Of which this CON-
poser is the prophet and pontiff.
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A Parting scene.

tFrom the Commercial Adysrtfserl
Did you ever hear two married women
take leave of each other, at the gate on q
summer evening? This is the way they
do it:
Goodbye"
Goodbye! Come down and see us
right soon."
"Yes, SO I viii. You come up right
SOON"
"I win. Good-bye!'
Goodbye. Don't forget to come
SOON"
ono, I won't. Don't forget to come
up"
81 won't. Be sure and bring Sally
Jane with you next time"
81 viii. I'd have brought her up
this time, but she wasn't very well. She
wanted to come awful bad"
Did she, now? That was too bad.
Be sure and bring her next time"
81 will; and you be sure and bring the
baby"
81 will. I forgot to tell you, he's cut
another tooth"
"You don't say! How many has lie
got now?"
"Five. IT makes him awful cross"
81 guess it does, this hot weather.
Well, goodbye! Don't forget to come
down."
"No, 1 won't. Don't You forget to
come up. Good-bye!"
And they separate.
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New York Corr Springfield Rcbublican.l
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont is in town
once more, although whether permanent
ly or temporarily I do not know. 1t
seems strange that 80 remarkable O
woman should be living very quietly
anywhere, for you have but to meet her
to feel that she is the kind of a woman
who moves mountains through her own
inherent force. What life of vicissi-
tudes has been hers! Beginning with
her runaway marriage, her existence had
more elements of romance than the lives
of q thousand ordinary women. She has
dispensed seemingly boundless wealth,
and has touched the depths Of actual
poverty; she has been the foremost
feminine figure in the public vision,
representing most of what was charming
in her sex, and she has dropped into an
almost unnoted niche in the social
world, She is in high sense mascu-
line woman, not a manish woman. Her
powers are those we call masculine as
representing greater strength, not in the
ordinary sense of sex. If she had had
the fortune to be born q man, she would
beyond doubt have achieved place
among the controlling spirits of this
country from which the limitations of
her sex have debarred her. It was no
great disappointment that General Ere
mont was never president; but ] think
we oil regret that his wife should never
have been Mrs. President. Now, in the
days of their poverty and misfortune, it
seems doubly pity, since the common
experience of life does not seem to be a
part of the natural birthright Of woman
| like her. When she was married she
had every reason to believe that great
career lay before her husband, and
through him before her. An almost
fabulous fortune from the new mines,
distinction as an officer, remote but
probable political prospects; and in all
of this, sway for the talents she must
have felt strong within herself What
could an ambitious woman desire beyond
this? In one way and another every.
thing has fallen short of the promise;
and yet to-day, perhaps she is a more
remarkable figure in the midst OF her
unsuccess than she would have been had
she reached her goal.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY THOMPSON says the
Constellation cannot bring back emigrants on
her return voyage from Ireland, as there h no
authority for such action and the vessel pos
Sesses no accommodation for the purpose.
LABOR troubles continue IN various parts of
the country. -Four hundred men employed In
the Pacific railroad shops at st. Louis have
struck for more pay, and 1t il supposed that
others viii follow their example. Pennsylvania
iron works are shutting down daily, and the
mines in the Clearfield region are dHclosed.
A MYSTERIOUS society Of French socialists is
causing something of sensation In Montreal
Copies Of circular urging the French TO drive
the English and Irish from Canada have been
sent to several newspaper Offices, accompanied
by threats Of murder and arson II they are not
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LIVERPOOL, March 2O-2:O0 p. M.-Wheat-
Declined Id all round; floating cargoes Califor-
mia wheat declined Is; cargoes Of No. 2 spring
declined I'd; cargoes to arrive declined Cd; mar
ket steady at decline.
LONDON, March 20-12:30 p. M.-Liverpool
wheat market opens rather easier; California
club at lis 7d9l2s ID; average California at lis
4d@11s Sd; spring at 9s 9d@1fs Sd. Floating
cargoes steady; on passage steady. Good car
goes of No. 2 spring wheat of coast at 5Ss; good
cargoes California wheat off coast ut 53s; good
cargoes mixed American corn OFF coast ut 27s Sd
@2S; fair average No. Chicago spring wheat
for shipment, &C., at 51s; fair average California
wheat, just shipped, at 49s Cd; nearly due ut
10. al ..
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vegetine put up in this form comes within the
reach of ali. BY making the medicine yourself
you can, from q 50c package containing tho
banks, roots and herbs, make two bottles OF the
liquid vegetine. Thousands will, gladly avail
themselves OF this opportunity, who have the
conveniences to make the medicine. Full direc-
tons in every package.
vegetine in powder form IL sold by all drug
gists and general stores. If YOU cannot buy 1t
Of them, enclose fifty cents in postage stamps
for one package, or one dollar for two packages,
and viii send ii by return mail II. II. Ste
vens, Boston, Mass.
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The Wife.


A delicate attention to the minute
wants and wishes of wife tends, per-
haps, more than anything else to the
promotion of domestic happiness. 1t re-
quires no sacrifices, occupies but small
degree of attention, yet is the fertile
source of bliss; since it convinces the
object of your regard that, with the du-
ties of n husband you have united the
most punctilious behavior of lover.
These trivial tokens of regard certainly
make much way in the affections of a
woman of sense and discernment, who
looks not to the value of the gifts she re-
ceives, but perceives in their frequency
continued evidence of the existence and
ardor of that love on which the super
structure of her happiness has been
erected. To preserve unimpaired the
affections of her associate, to convince
him that in his judgment of her charac-
ter, formed antecedently to marriage, he
was neither blinded by Partially nor de-
luded by artifce, win be the study Of
every woman who consults her own hap
piness and the rules of Christian duty.
The strongest attachment will decline, if
it is suspected that it is received with di-
minished warmth.
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Chicago.

CHICAGO, March 20-3.0O p. M.--Wheat-
Firm, closing easy at si.1s for cash or seller
May; $1.17s4 for seller April Corn-wesk and
lower at 364c for cash; 34Ilc for seller April;
1890 asked for seller May. Oats-Heavy at
2S1lc for cash, S2ssc for seller May. Rye
Easier At r0@7316c. Barley-At ITO. Whisky
AT S1.06. Pork-Weak and lower ut go. 70
for cash; $10.s5 for seller May. Lard--Easy at
S7.00 for cash; $7.l0 asked for seller May.
Hogs-Reeeipts 900 head; quality poor; &c
lower, light at s4.25@4.4a; mixed packing at
Receipts 1000 head slow, and shipping at
$500 80; butchers at o.. 40D3.6 60; stockers at
S3,00O4.00; feeders at S3.SOCD4.30.
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Girls as Cannon Shot.
fErop, tho New York Tifuea-

IfrOm tuc Now iuFk Iiiucbl
Whether other nations will regard the
use of girls by the British artillerists as
contrary to the law of nations is a grave
Question, In former days chain-shot
was not permitted to be used except in
sea fights, on the ground thatit inflicted
an unnecessary amount of suffering.
But girl, when fred into compact
body of men, would do far greater exc
cution than any chain shot. Hundreds
would be wounded by flying hair pins
and buttons. That girls thus used
would demoralize an enemy IN the open
field can not be doubted. We can imag-
inc what panic. would have seized the
Confederate army if the Federal guns
had begun to fire New England school
mistresses. Men who might have been
perfectly willing to- face the dreadful
hail of iron bolts would have fled in abb
ject terror after few rounds OF girls Of
the kind In question.
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An old physician, retired from Practice having had
placed in his hands by East Ipdis missionary this
and permanent cure for Consumption biuhchitis, Ca
tarr Asthma, and all Throat and LAis affections also
Nervous Complaints after having wonderful
curative powers in thousands OF .sts has ielt II his
Ated by this motive and desire TO rei.se hAn suffer.
ing will send free Of charge 10 Who deeiie u, this
recipe, in German French EpLish tut oiec.
tons for preparing and using Sent W man ~ address
ing with stan%1p, naming Sn this P,pei.w shERAR
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PATHS Shocking Dress
fparis latter IN the New York Times,

The year 1880 will be for Nine. Patti
the death song of the swan, and, If any
one doubts her waning popularity, let
him read the criticisms ofthe fashionable
dailies upon her toilets. Nothing kills
SO quickly or 30 certainly in Paris as
ridicule, and, seriously speaking, no
woman who respects herself would have
ventured--so soy Partisan experts-on
such gowns az she portedpin /" violetta.
She ought to know by this time how
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How to (,et 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.
Express.
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EMBROIDERY is invading all domains,
and only awaits the spring to blossom III
full splendor-embroidery in silk or
chenille, mixed with beads, embroidery
entirely of beads, in various colors, or Of
one color only
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A REVISION of the distribution Of taxes in
Prussia shows that the house rent paid by an
average family Of five members in that country
is: In Berlin, $50; in Saxon cities, Si3; in
Hsnoyarisn cities, S43; in towns Of Silesia, $50;
of Pomerania, $40; in Posen, $50, and in towns
Of eastern Prussia SAC. This points TO very
cheap living in Germany, outside of Few great
cities. House rent in Berlin has declined enor-
molsly since 1875.
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positively cure Female WsaEness such as Fane Of the
Womb Whites, Chronic Inflammation liberation of
the Womb, Incidental Hemoirhase o. Flooding Painful
reliable remedy send postal card for pamphlet with
patients to Howarth Ballard. Utica N Y Sold By all
lruR a--& Z D4rh Ofila
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Leaving All to the Wife who Killed Him.
[From the New York Evening Postl


Another pitiable suicide, brought
about by the alleged wickedness of
woman, took place in the town of Pas
saic, in New Jersey. The unfortunate
victim was O respectable citizen Of that
place, who has led for years creditable
life, and who by honest industry had &C
cumulated considerable fortune. That
the misconduct Of his wife drove this poor
man, w. @. G. Drumming, to his death,
was made plain by letters he left behind
him. He destroyed himself with laud-
anum. The letters setting forth his
reasons for the net were found near his
body, and close by them was an open
bible. It is o noteworthy and affecting
circumstance that Mr.. Drumming left in
structions that all his effects should 60
to the woman who had treated him, % 10
alleged, 30 Ill, and because OF whose con-
duct he geye up life. I
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Milwaukee,

MILWAUKEE, March 2O-30O 2. M.-Flour-
Dull; common spring at s4.so@5.OO; choice
Lat S1.1G; No. at S1.14; No. s at
S10613; No. 4 ct s1.01Sk; rejected at 92c; seller
April at S1.i4ss; seller May at S1.17E. Corn
Firm at S61Sc. Oats-Dun at Sic. Rye-Quiet
at 74c. Barley-Quiet al 591Sc. Pork-Dull at
$10.75 cash. Lard-At 800 cash. Hogs
Dull at "a, 1904. 80.
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THE German war department. Is busy with n
plan for the fertilization of Berlin after the
fashion of Paris Several Of the continental
newspapers are already discussing the details.
The defence will include some twenty outlying
forta
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RUSSIA is busy rebuilding Sebastopol, not
outstanding her Nihilistic and other internal
troubles. Sixty steel cannon Of the largest
size, md many armor plates have recently been
ordered in European foundries.
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GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

OWING to the difficulty in obtaining loan the
Russian COVE nment Ii contemplating reduc-
ton Of pensions and a stipulation that forty
years service must be given before pension
can be granted.
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WHEN exhausted by mental labor take
Kidney-Wort to maintain healthy action
Of all organs.