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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-25

brains. lie was found lying on his back and
his boot rested on the trigger of the gun he had
with him. A note was found beside him stating
that he was tired of living and he was going to
that place where the smUke of his everlasting
torment would forever ascend:
Ihs West National bank, of Brattleboro, VT,
is insolvent and the president missing. Poor in
vestments is partial cause of the deficiency
which will probably reach 100000.
A LUNATIc named Thomas Johnston, who re-
sided near Corinth, Ont, cut his brothers
throat on the 10th inst, whilo the latter was
esleep, and thon cut his own.
PREsIDEKT HAYES vetoed the U. s. marshal's
bill on the 10Th.
THE senate has confirmed James Longstreet,
OF Georgia, minister resident of tho United
States in Turkey.
been retired and Gen. Richard C. Drum appoint
cd TO the position.
Col. GIRARD SMITH, eX-mayor of New Or
leans and for third of a century connected
with the PicdyuIae, il dead.
Ex-Gov. ALBERT G. Brown, of Mississippi,
was thrown from his horse in pond near his
home on the 10Th inst, and drowned. De-
ceased resided near Jackson, Miss, was OF
years old; WAS governor OF Mississippi two
terms; served his state as member of congress,
and was elected TO the United States senate in
1853 and reelected in 1857 for second term of
six years, from March 4, 1859 TO 1865.
W. c. STAINS, the Norman immigration agent.
states that the movement of European Mormon
proselytes toward this country il greater than
ever before. Twenty missionaries at work in
the southern states are meeting with encourage
ing success.
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CASUALTIES.

JAMES DUR, bridge Waterman on the Day
ton and Southeastern railroad, near Chillicothe,
o., went to sleep with one arm over the rail on
the 18th instant. 4 gravel train backed down
upon him and the entire train was thrown from
the track. Duffy was fatally injured. John
Kennedy had both legs broken and then fell
into the river and was drowned. Martin Cuylcs
and Marcus Miller were fatally injured.
A RUNAWAY accident at Cleveland, on the 18th
instant, resulted in the killing of one lady, the
serious woundng of another, and boy.
CLEVELAND dispatch of the 18th inst, is as
follows: "a special says the large Touring
mill of Russell, Dairy q Co., one of the finest
in the state, filled with flour and wheat, was
totally destroyed by fire this afternoon. Valued
at $4,000 to $4,000; insurance SIG, 800. Part
Of the flour was saved"
LEWIS CHATTERToN was killed and fireman
wounded by the fall of a wall at fire at Auburn,
n. Y, on the nth inst.
Al Columbus, o., on the 10th, Edward L.
Moylcr, O brakeman OH the Pan Handle road
vas run over by locomotive and killed.
UP 10 the 18th inst, the death roll of the Mar
ragansctt-Stonington collision OH Long Island
sound numbered tllirty-lIine persons, Of whom
six were not identified.
ON the 18th inst, three hundred niles cast OF
Sandy Hook, during dense fog, the steamer
Queen came into collision with the steamer
Auchoria, from New York for Glasgow Both
vessels were very seriously damaged and for
while il was thought both would go down. The
Queens bow was stove in The Queen took off
all the passcngcrs of the AnchOria, one hum
drcd and eighty III number, and brought them
to New York. The Anchoria succeeded III
reaching port in sinking condition.
Tue storm Of the 18th inst. was very general
throughout Iniiana and Southern Ohio. At
Cicero, Ind, many houses were blown down.
David Gerhcl's house was blown over, and Miss
Gerber fatally injured. The Methodist and
German Lutheran church was completely dc
strOycd. 81 Glendale u HlnGhcc Of houses were
mroOfcd aud Ihc village almost wholly de-
spoiled of shade and fruit trees. At Ripley, o.,
l. A. TWCcd's tobacco warehouse was struck by
lightning and destroyed. Loss $4,000; i'll
giIrauce ~, 0O0. Al Shelbyyillc, Ind, Abraham
Clark WIS caught by the wind and carried into
the air. When he fell nc received fatal INJURIES
A GREAsER lad of IS, in love with girl of 10,
at San Antonio, but unable 10 marry her, owing
to the objections of her parents, shot himself
through the heart.
poisoned nj the Free Methodist camy-meeting
| grounds, near ElSin, ILL.,, OH the 18th inst, by
| eating canned beef.
! Two farmers had quarrel at picnic held
near Atlanta, Ga. One Of the rartics LETT the
picnic grounds, got his shotgun, and, coming
back, shot his antagonist, INJECTING mortal
wounds.
Tux entire region OF the Upper Wolf river in
Wisconsin is covered with water, and great de-
struction Of property has resulted in conse-
qience. Several bridges have been swept away,
and nearly the entire log crop has been set afioat
! and is drifting in every direction. The En-
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What Can be Found In a Cod.

From All the Year hound.l
A fruitful source of specimens were
the carcasses of fish. Many scores of
curious creatures could be taken from
the stomach of Goldfish. Indeed, the
cod may well be dubbed the alderman of
the deep, 80 voracious is his appetite,
and 80 omnivorous his taste. A list of
the luxuries which have travelled down
his capacious NAV may remind one of
the menu of fish dinner Mt Greenwich.
The catalogue comprises huge number
of little crabs and Holsters, served whole
in their shells, by way of tickling the
palate. Then come, If not fishy
omclet, Mt least some eggs of fish, those
of the dogfish being eaten in their trans
parent pot of capsule, to give them u
nice crispness, like the cracking OF roast
pig. Next day we counted some sea-
cucumbers. served in lieu of salad, with
q quart or 80 of shrimps. Then dainty
dish of zoophytes, followed by few sea-
urchins, which seem to give smack of
cannabilism, by way of further relish.
For game, there appears to be q skeleton
of a partridge, plainly gulped down in
it's feathers; while o cluster OF ripe
beechnuts serve for the dessert. Final
", there figures in the list Of Injuries a
little bit of pewter, with the fragment OF
some cloth, MS If the glutton, in his
haste, had swallowed his spoon and nap
kin while waiting for his soup.
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FOREIGN.

Troops in Cabanas Fortress, Havana, re-
VOTED, but were forced int, Submission. Six
Of the mutinaora were shot. The cause of the
uprising was the non-layment of troops for the
past SIX months.
TnE prospects of the Ceylon coffee crop are
a ;ain untavorable, and the government Weld of
Java will probably he 80, 900 tons below that of
1879.
TIE prizes to exhibitors at the international
fishery exhibition. at Berlin, were distributed on
the 18th inst. The first honorary prize was
awarded to Prof. Baird. The United States
Finance department and the United States Fish
cries commission were awarded gold medals
with special honorary mention. Commissioner
Chase, of Detroit, received gold medal.
The viceroy of India tolegraphs there il no
doubt that Afghan leaders opposed to each
other art trying 10 gather men in the Zurmat
and Madam districts. There is large gather
nS of men nj GhuZncc.
4 LOCUST plague has inflicted enormous dam
ages in that portion of Asiatic Turkey lying
south of the Caucasian mountains. Over 20, 900
men are employed i'll endeayoring TO destroy
them.
The new four and one half per cent. Indian
government loan of COS, 900, 900 has been taken
by asyndlcate of French capitalists at los $40.
Sr. PErEGsBURa dispatch of the 10th says:
"Grand Duke Constantine inspected seven men-
of-waf which are 10 reinforce the fleet of east
crn waters. Two cruisers sailed for the Pacific
Sunday. Another cruiser and floating battery
will sail for NIadivOstock the end of the week
and the remainder i'll the course Of 4 month"
GREEK pirates have been ravaging the coast
of Asia Minor recently. One town has been
entirely sacked by the marauders.
CHILL demands rather exacting terms of peace
from Bolivia and Peru. Bolivia will DC obliged
to ccdc ITS coast territory, and Peru to pay the
handsome sum of 1900, 100000 AZ n war indcm-
nifty.
BuESos AYREs and Eusanada, in the Argen-
tine Republic, have refused to receive the
mlsllIng between the partisans of the rival
presidential candidates has already commenced
and no doubt il entertained that protractcd
civil war will be the result.
WHEN the Chilians took africa, Peru, they
made prisoners of the garrison. The Peruvian
corvette Marco Copac was sunk
TWELVE thousand eight hundred and sixty
nine emigrants from Germany went to the
United States during the first quarter of the
current year.
WHILE the Spanish war ship Cuba Espanola
WAS entering the harbor of Santiago dc Cuba,
Oh the 18th inst, her boiler exploded, killing
twenty persons and wounding ll3, of which 81
were troops being transported.
IIERBERT NAV, tea and coffee merchant,
Manchester, has failed. liabilities f70.000.
An Alexandria dispatch says the Egyptian
obelisk has sailed for the United States.
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Birds Nests.

DIR. ID. q. F. Macdonald writes: "the
time of year has arrived when woods,
coppices and hedgerows are searched for
birds nests by lynx-eyed urchins and
professionals. Every likely tree, shrub,
bush, and tuft of grass is closely exam
med, and when nest is discovered it is
at once pillaged of eggs or nestlings
with n shout of triumph! Surely it is a
pity that thousands of eggs should be
taken away to be blown, and put on n
string like beads, rendering them prac-
tically valueless. Surely 1t is wicked to
capture fledglings that sson die for want
of proper food. Surely it is cruel to
leave their disconsolate parents to
mourn over the cold, deserted nest, since
birds sorrow as keenly, rs deeply, and
sincerely rs any man or woman who ever
lost children. Poor little birds! The
very sylvan beauty of their homes fades
before the dimming away of their grief.
No doubt evil is wrought by want of
thought MS well as want of heart. AL
low me, then, to ask those who desire to
protect the eggs and callow broods of our
pretty little feathered friends to be on the
alert and do NIL they can to save them.
Blackbirds, thrushes, finches, larks, lin
nets and robins will repay us with notes
of thankfulness. They will charm our
ears with grateful and pious songs. Let
lib watchfully protect them from the
ruthless hands of the spoiler."
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The GirdIe Around the Earth.


If you send telegraph dispatch from
Paris it will reach Alexandria, Egypt, in
s hours; Berlin, l hour 80 minutes;
Basic, / hour Is minutes; Bucharest, in
s hours; Constantinople, in hours; Co
penhagen, in hours; Cuba, in 10
hours; Edinburg, in l hour 30 minutes;
Dublin, in 3 hours; Frankfort-on-the-
Main, i'll / hour 20 minutes; Geneva, in
] hour Is minutes; Hong Kong, in -
hours; Hamburg, in hours 30 minutes;
Jerusalem, in 6 hours; Liverpool, in 2
hours; London, in l hour ID minutes;
Madrid, in 2hours 80 minutes; Manches-
ter, in 2 hours, 30 minutes; New York,
in 4 hours; New Orleans, in 8 hours;
Rio Janeiro, in Shours; Rome, in hour
80 minutes; San Francisco, in IL hours;
st. Petersburg, in 8 hours; Saigon, in
11hours; Southampton, in 3 hours; sgd
ney (Australin), in Is hours; Valparaiso,
in IL hours; vi ma, in / hour 45 min
utes; Washington, in 6 hours; Yokoha-
ma, in II hours, and. Zanzibar, IN
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MISCELLANEOUS.

CAPT. KENNEDY, of the British steamship
Deronda, which arrived at New Orleans from
Liverpool, on the 18th inst, reports that on
June Is he picked up the British steamship
Edmonton about 100 miles north Of Key West
The steamer was abandoned. Capt. Kennedy
placed his chief engineer, chiefoilicer, carpenter
and number Of seamen on board with instruc-
tons to take the steamer TO Key West. The
Edmonton did not appear disabled.
The Democrats of North Carolina have re-
nominated Gov. Carr and Lieutenant Gov.
Robinson. All other incumbcnts were rcnomi
mated without serious opposition except for
auditor, Gen. w. L. Roberts receiving the nom-
nation.
The prohibition national convention was held
at Cleveland on the 18th inst. Twelve states
were represented. Neal Dow, Of Maine, was
nominated for president, and A. W. Thompson,
Of Westville, o., for vice president.
THE Louisiana Supreme Court decides that
that part of the Louisiana license law taxing
commercial travellers from other states S25 per
month, IL unconstitutional.
DURING the session of congress which ter
minated on the 10th inst. !, 1877 bills and joint
resolutions were introduced in the senate and
4,2S8 bills and joint resolutions in the house OF
representatives. The number introduced dur
ing the first or extra session were respectively
773 and 2,526, making n grand total OF 1854
bills ald joint resolutions introduced besides Q
great number Of measures not yet returned
from committees There remained about 800
bills and joint resolutions ON the senate eaior,-
dar, including some oUO pension ana other prl-
waite bills, Which have been reported with com
mittee recommendations for passage.
The senate confirmed Colonel Drum, adjutant
general; Otto Mears of Colorado, John d. b.
Bowman of Kentucky, Alfred b. Meacham OF
Washington, ID. c., Geo. w. Moneypenny OF
Columbus, o., John ]. Russell OF Iowa, COM
missioners TO ratify the agreement with the
Ute Indians; Col. Meyer, chief signal officer,
bigadier general.
YOUNG man named Noah Towner, of Central
| Station, w. w., suicided by blowing out bis
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Richard the Thirds Bed.

fFrom " British Battles on Land and Sca."l
In the corporation records of Leicester
there is still preserved n story curiously
illustrative of the darkness and precau-
ton of Richards character. Among his
camp baggage it was his custom to carry
cumbersome wooden bedstead, which
he averred was the only couch he could
sleep in, but in which he contrived to
have a secret receptacle for treasure, 50
that it WAS concealed under weight of
timber. After Bosworth Field the troops
of Henry pillaged Leicester; but the
royal bed was neglected by every plum
derer as useless lumber. The owner of
the bed afterwards, discovering the
hoard, became suddenly rich, without
any visible cause. He bought land, and
Mt lei 9Th became mayor of Leicester.
Many years afterwards his widow, who
had been left in great affiuence, was as
sassinated by her servant, who had been
privy to the affair; and Mt the trial of this
culprit and her acc; mplices the whole
transaction came to light. Concerning
this bed, public print of 1880 states
that "about half a century since the
relic was purchased by furniture
broker of Leicester, who slept in it for
many years and showed it to the curious;
it continues in as good condition, appar-
emily, as when used by King Richard,
being formed of oak, and having high
polish. The daughter of the broker
married one Babipgton, of Rothley. near
Leicester, and the bed was removed to
Babington's house, where it is still pre-
served.
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THE MARKETS.
Reported by CHANDLER, Brown & Co., Commission
Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
New York.

New YORK, June 1880 =. M.-Flour-
Dull and in buyers favor; receipts 1913 bbls;
round hoop Ohio at $4.600D5.00; choice do at
$5.1O@6.25; superiine western at $3.3O6D4 25;
common to good extra do at So. 1904. 40; choice
do at S4.5OD7.00; choice white wheat do at $4.65
@5.0O. Wheat-Spring dull and nominal; win
ter red &c and white &c lower and heavy; sales
$4,000 bus No. red seller June at 81 25;
10000 bus do seller July Mt S1.1415;
No. l white seller June, .$1.2O bid; $l.20iI
asked. COrn-A shade easier; moderately ac-
tive; mixed western spot at 5OG5Ol5c do future
at 50SEN5212c. Oats-A shade easier; western
at 37Cai0c. Beef-In firm demand; moderate;
new plain mess at $3.50; new extra do ut $1,000.
Pork-Opened stronger, afterwards weak; new
mess at $1,000. Lard-Heavy at S7.2715. But
ter-Dull and declining; Ohio at i2@22c.
CheeseDull and depressed at 1001O94c for
poor to choice. isky-Nominal; western ut
SL12@1.l3. Sugar-Moderate demand and
very firm. Molasses-Firm; fair inquiry. Pc
troleum-Quite strong. Ricc-In good demand;
full late prices. Coffce-Quiet.. and steady.
Freights-Firm. Spirits of Turpentine Steady
at 2S02S19c. Resin-Unchanged at S1.4O6
1.5O. Taow-Steady at 61s0G Slice for west
ern. Eggs-Weak at 12CD1Sc for fair to choice
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GOSSIP For THE LADIES.



sentinel angel, sittin high In glory,
Heard this shrill wall ng out from purgstory:
Have mercy, mghtyngel. Hear my storyl
al loved and, hind yth passionate lore, fell;
Love brought ms dowito death, and dtath 10 hell;
For God Is just, and oath for sin Is well.
! do not rage a,ainstliis high decree;
Nor, for myself do asl that grace shalbe;
But for my loycbn earh who mourns Tor me!
"Great spirit, II me s,e my love again,
Ana oomfort nh one lpur; and wercfain
Topay thousad years Of fire and pain"
Then spake thscntinel angel: "Nay, repent
That wild vow;ee the dial fingers bent
Down to the lashour of your punishment"
But still she waed: al pray you, letne gol
cannot rise tdeaoe and leave him ~;
Oh let me socae him in his bitter weep
The brazen gas swung suddenly aj,r.
And upward, kous, like O riEing star,
She rose, and iniHhed In the ether far.
But soon, adop the dying sunset sailing,
And like wonded bird her pinions trailing,
She nuttered Ack, with broken-hcartcd wailing.
She sobbed; found him by the Summer Sea
Keclned, hislead upon maiden'S kncei
She curled b hair and kissed him; woe is mel"
She vailed Now let my punishment begin;
have been fnd and foolish, let me in,
To eSpiate III sorrow and my SIM"
The plying NIGEL answered: "Nay, sad soul, G
To be DECEIVE in thy true hearts desire
Were bittcrethan thousand years Of fire."
--Ciacinaat Enquirer.
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balras and Pigeon rivers in the vicinity are also
Hooded, and proportionate damage has been
done.
MICHAEL WIENBERaER, boy Of 10, attempt
cd to jump on an ascending elevator in the fac
tory of S. N. Brown, Dayton, O., the 18th inst,
and fell beneath it, plunging head downward
fifty feet, dashing bus brains out on the cellar
pavement
A TORNADO al pittsfeld, N. H.. ON the 18th
nsts caused damage TO the amount of $1OO,
600. Acres of trees from two TO four feet in
diameter snapped like pipe stems.
The boiler in Waldeck & Wirths distillery,
Milwaukee, Wis.,, blew up on the 14th, instantly
killing Dettlof Hansen and seriously init,iing
several others, The distlllery was badly wrecked
CAmh. MutroRp & Co.'S planning mill and
sash and door factory burned on the 14th III
slant, ut Muscatine, Ia. Loss S35, 900: insur-
ancc $4,000. Several tiremen were hurt; none
seriously.
The imported thoroughbred John ID. Rysikc,
valued at 10000, was burned to death at st
Thomas, Ont, on the 18th instant.
The steamers StOnington and Narragansett
collided of Connecticut river, Long Island
Sound, on the night of the 18th inst. The Nara
gansctt took fire and afterwards sunk. She had
large list Of passengers, about fifty of whom
lost their lives. The books Of the steamer were
lost, making 1t hard matter to arrive at the
exact loss by the disaster. As usual i'll sudden
casualties of this nature much confusion and
excitement helped swell the death list.
A PORTLAND, Oregon dispatch, says several
fishermen are reported drowned Oh the 10Th
inst, on Columbia river bar. 1t is believed
seven are surely lost, their boats having been
picked up and the occupants not reported, and
II is believed Il number Of others have persisted.
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THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

SAMUEL SAMPSON HOWARD was hanged at
BastOrOp, Texas, Oh the 18th inst, for the muir
dcI of Alexander Farmer, May Sth.
AT Cincinnati, on the 18th inst, Vim. Con-
dOrc, a variety performer, quarreled with Lou
Henry, q girl with whom he had been living
short time, and struck her on the head with a
banjo, crushing her skull, causing her death in
half an hour.
4 WHITE woman named Stevens, living near
Little Rock, Ark, was ravshed and afterwards
murdered on the 10th inst. -Four arrests have
been made.
ROBERT DE CoURcIER, sentenced to be hanged
on the 10th inst, for the murder of his brother
at Hampton Mills, died suddenly in his cell on
the 10Th inst. II is thought that he poisoned
himself.
NEW and dangerous counterfeit 800 note on
the National Exchange Bank of Baltimore, Md,
has made its appearance. The note il of the
series of 1875, and is printed on fibre paper.
The body Of Martin Quirl a dissipated shoe
maker was found in an old well at Pittsburg,
Pa, on the 18th, with wounds aud COMMISSIONS
upon ii indicative OF violence.
HARRIS, the well-known engravcr of counter
felt notes, has been arrested at Toronto. He
surrendered five plates, two being of United
States legal tender notes.
Two harncssmakcrs ut Cincinnati had a
wordy dispute on the 18th inst, which ended in
their attacking each other with avis and knives.
One Of the men was fatally injured.
w. w. BAILEY, a respected farmer residing
near Como, Miss, was shot and killed by man
named Shiycy, on the 18th inst. Report says
the killing was unproyoked. Shesey escaped.
Oh the 18th inst, Mrs. Campbell, wife Of
Joseph Campbell, Il farmer living near Kinds
boro, III, became derangod, and while her hus-
band was in bed attempted to dispatch him with
an axe. She succeeded only in badly disfguring
his face and causing him to nearly bleed to
death. She then fled with her bloody weapon
going towards neighbours Louise for the pur-
pose of killing him also, but she fell into ditch
from exhaustion and was secured. She IL tho
mother of twelve children.
Ar Gcorgesyille, Ohio, on the 18th instant,
David Williams was shot dead by an unknown
assassin while seated in grove with young
lady named Kate Turner.
ELIJAH PENDERGAsT (colored). cut his wifc's
throat from ear TO ear, on the 18th instant, at
her home in California, suburb Of Louisville.
They had been separated some time on account
Of jealousy. PcndergaSt escaped.
MARY DEAN YoUNd, colored woman living
in tenement house, New York, who had de-
serted her husband, was brutally murdered on
the 18th instant, by her paramount, Augustus
Lytton, who cut her throat from car TO ear.
NEAR Lawrence, Ind, on the 18th instant,
the body Of John Williams (colored), was found
in field near his house. i'm badly decomposed
state. Further investigation brought to light
the fact that foul murder had been commit
ted. Mrs. Williams was found in the house
nearly dead from wounds.