The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK
MISCELLANEOUS


MISCELl.ANEOVS
Sir Samuel Baker. tho English
traveller and African explorer, is in
New York.
The Panama canal now employs
l.2OO men, and expects soon to in
crease to 5000.
Large numbers of cattle are being
driven across tho mountains to Puget
Sound to supply the markets during
the coming winter.
Henry Krupp, Of Essen, has ac-
cepted contract for tho expectation
OF $4,000 tons Of steel rails to the
United States.
The thirteen trees which Alexan-
der Hamilton planted on his grounds
in New York City, in honor OF the
thirteen States of tho Union are still
standing.
An enraged belle 1T White Sulphur
Springs bit the cheek of Il young
man 1t a moment when he expected
kiss, and her dentist bill will not he
much below 500.
The shoe.peg factory at Arlington,
VT, turns out $50 bushels of pegs
per day. which arc mainly shipped
TO Germany and France. The timber
used is yellow and black birch.
Flax may no sown during IL longer
period in the spring than any kind
of grain, but on ground that is some.
what foul it should be- sown early SO
that tho weeds will not get the start
of the flax.
The pickle factory at Palmyra Wis,
has been closed for the season, after
shipping upward of twelve thousand
bushels OF cucumberS to Milwaukee,
Five acres Of cucumbors yielded one
grower over $500.
Close brothers are advertising for
three hundred renters for their farms
in Lyon and Osceola counties, Iowa.
on each farm u good house. stable
FOR eight horses, corn.crib and gran
AIRY will TIE furnished.
Henry Ward Beecher has been
using his slate and pencil. and us he
figures it out. three fourths of the
inhabitants of heaven are women.
Unless this was the case it wouldn't
he heaven for Beecher.
Ex.President Hayes is the reported
owner vi u wheat farm near Bismark.
Dakota. He bought it for about IS
cents per acre, and it is now worth
Sl5 per acre. He had 500 acres in
wheat last year and made 900
from the crop.
Such a transformation Of pastures
is has taken place within the past
TWO weeks WAS never before witnessed
IN Tennessee. They are as verdant
its they were in May, and the promise
is that stock will be in good condition
when winter comes.
President Arthur has asserted that
the whole years salary of the Presi.
dents office shall go to Mrs. Garfield.
He will thus serve the government
for six months without pay. His
gift is the largest and noblest that
!.
Kingston Nv. " Freeman.
The great peril which menaces
President Arthur is that of the sycO-
plants and spoils hunters. Could
Garfield speak from his grave to his
successor, his voice would he "a warn
ins against camp followers, destitute
or principle, whose code was pillage,
irrespective Of the agencies required
for its accomplishment. Care Canum,
Mrs. Garfield will have $4,000
To l4.OOO per annum as interest on
the "Garfie!d Fund.-" a pension of
$4,000, $4,000 us one years salary
of the late president, SIS 900 from
his estate, and So, 900 insurance on
his life. The family will be well
provided for, but will consider this
endowment of wealth, a poor compen.
Satlon for the loss OF the noble hus.
band and father.
There are some fears Of n coal
famine in the West during the com.
ing Winter. The Chicago Times has
been investigating the matter, and
finds that the stock now on hand in
that city is no larger than ut this
time last fall. Last year the supply
proved insufficient to meet the de.
mand i'm many localities west of Chi.
cage. and before spring opened coal
could not be purchased ut any price
in some places. None of the Chicago
dealers have yet been able to fill
ira at. 90 4,
The demand is expected to exceed
that OF last winter by Is per cent.
and how it Ia to he met is All import
ant problem just now.
This has reference to the supply
Of hard coal, the supply of soft coal
IS reported as abundant and the differ.
ent railroad companies will see that
the settlers along their lines are
supplied.
''Irof. Swing closed q recent SER
mon in Chicago with these words:
'Behold now what must be the inspi.
ration Of all the moral work which
lies around us to be done. The mo.
tive can not lie in the material
profits that might accrue. The
noblest empl0yments will not add to
your wealth. You can not ask gold
u inilame your zeal, you can not
appeal To the charm of fame, you
can not assume that happiness will
never disappoint nor fOrsake you,
yuu can not wait for your soul To be
stirred by the rivalry Of sects. The
moral toiler Of to-day must look back
t. Palestine and see that one who, i'm
three summer times, overthrow IN
old civilization and set going an era
that will be called after his name for
ever, and while they mark that
divine outline against the eastern
sky, they will hear the words simple
and true and everlasting: Il must
work the work OF Him that sent mo
while it Is day, for the night cOmsth
in which no man can work.
At "a late hour on the evening of
October 5, President Gariield's re.
mains were transferred very quietly
from tho cssket In which they came
from ElberOn to an alright casket
made Of sheet bronze. Mayor Her.
lick has received u letter, dated Sep
TENDER 20, stating that Oh the repre-.
sentation OF the Union League Club
and prominent citizens of New York
the body WAS not placed in proper
receptacle, and the Metallic Burial
Case Company Of New York offered
casket which was made especially
FOR the purpose. Mrs. Garfield and
DR.. J. IL. Robinson were summoned
by telegraph, and reached Cleveland
ON the 4th to see the casket, which
was sent on by a special car. Mrs.
GARFIELD was much pleased with the
gift, and In accordance with her wish