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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10

Chambers Journal, in speaking of
ClIc vru"1'o s." ZEALAND says:
In Il social point of view, Ireland
is a strange problem. With immense
advantages us regards situation, it's
near neighborliood to England, and
its political status as member Of the
United Kingdom, it lags behind in
general peace and prosperity. 10 a
certain extent it continues medieval,
amidst the surroundings Of advanced
civilization. On all occasions there
is something wrong with it. Some
times it is afflicted with bad harvests
and terrible famines, and out of pub
lie compassion, it has to be helped by
charitable contributions. At other
times, though the harvest happens to
be favorable, there is bitter cry that
the tenant farmers are oppres ed by
landlords, who must by all means be
got rid Of. Laws to meliorate alleged
evils have been frequently applied,
but with a quali(iedly beneficial effect.
Whatever you do, Irish clamor ap.
pears to suffer no diminution. Alps
ON Alps arise. The press tolls with.
out intermission to keep readers
abreast of Irish wants. So much,
one way OF another, is said about
Ireland, its woes, wishes, and disor-
ders, and so much has been done for
it first and last, that people give up
the subject in despair. The problem
seems beyond solving. 1t is as If the
ills of Irelan were incurable.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10

ample of what public sentiment has
accomplished In the older States in
this behalf. Its principal provisions
are as follows: Owners and keepers
of dogs must cause them to be regis
tered and licensed for one year from
each succeeding first of April, and
provide a collar for each dog with the
owners name distinctly marked, to-
gether with its registered number.
and shall pay for each license, two
dollars.
Now we have no chronic antipathy
to the canine. We recognize the fact
that a useful dog is valuable domes.
tic animal, and that various kinds, or
breeds, that have been produced for
various uses serve a good purpose ;
and it is not right that the entire ca.
nine race shall suffer for the sins of
the sheep.killing culprits. The owner
or valuable dog, however, will
hardly object to pay reasonable tax
for the privilege of keeping the ami.
maj; nor will he fail to recognize the
justice of protecting sheep-owners
from loss by reason of the ravages of
the worthless ours with which the
land is infested. Farmer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10
General G0Ffefd's Family as 1t
Reached sVGshiH0fOn.

a Washington telegram of March
to the Chicago Tribune says Gen.
Garfield tenderly assisted his mother
as she stepped from the car, and Civ
ing her his arm, walked with her to
the carriage of the President. when
heintrusted her to the charge of Mr..
Webb Hayes, who went with her to
the White House. Sne WIN at unCe
occupy the room which her daughter
in-law has selected for her, and, when
President Garfield enters the White
House after his inauguration, she
will welcome him. She is rather
stout, thick set, old lady, somewhat
bowed with the weight Of eighty
years, but active and observing. She
wore black silk dress and a silk
cloak lined with fur. Gen. Garfield
wore dark blue morning suit and a
brown overcOat with a soft felt hat
set OH one side of his head. Mrs.
Garfield wore a light gray cashmere
suit, with silk cloak lined with fur,
and Miss Carried wore light gray
cashmere travelling suit. Mrs. Shell
don wore long black satin cloak.
Four colorcd servants accompanied
the party, carrying a lot of floral dec.
orations and bouquets which had
been presented on the way. General
Garfield and his party, with the ex.
ception of his mother, were driven to
Riggs House, and Immediately after
his arrival he received the reception
committee in his private parlor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10
Then Made a. Mistake.

a Baltimore paper states that Mrs.
Emma Simms dropped roll of bills
amounting to $1,000 on the streets in
Baltimore the other day. The money,
somewhat scattered about, was picked
up by Mr.. John Myers. He remem-
bered that it was the day of the grand
procession and looked upon the shower
of greenbacks as a sham or some
advertising delusion; he at once re-
solved to make it complete give
away, and handed the money around
to all who desired it with an abandon
beautiful to hebold. Scenes that
were ludicrous in the extreme en-.
sued, though their ending was
serious.
The ideas of Mr.. Myers took read.
lily, and five cent cigars were coolly
lighted with 800 notes, nearly all of
the money being in notes Of that de.
nomination. Street gamins posted a
few around on awning posts to deceive
unsuspecting strangers. a boy sold
one 800 note for rs cents; and it is
said $500 additional were sold for the
same amount. a lady, residing not
fer away, got a $40 note, which she
said she would keep in memory of
the great celebration. "A friend
begged her for it that she might
frame it and keep it, and the lady
gave it to her. Mrs. Simms, mean
while, informed an officer of her loss
He fastened to the spot and man
aged to recover $3.50 of the amount
among it the $40 note gotten by thu
lady mentioned above. The discov
cry of the facts caused CONSERVATION
among those who had so freely mad
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10
Protection Of sheep from Dogs.

All. or nearly all the States have
laws upon their statute books intend.
ed to protect property of farmers who
raise sheep, from loss by dogs, but
unfortunately these laws, in large
majority of the States, are little bet
ter than dead letter; hence sheep
husbandry is hazardous in any locality.
In Illinois the owner of any dog or
dogs are liable in an action in the case
for all damages that may accrue to
any person or persons who by reason
of loss by such animals in killing.
wounding, or chasing sheep Tor other
domestic animal), and when the
amount does not exceed 500, the
same may be recovered by an action
before a justice of the peace.
The law Of Vermont Is good ex
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10
Gen. Grants Gaycno Home.

! Galena Gazette.
Gen. Grants residence in this city
is great object of interest to tourists
and others passing over the Illinois
Central. Not Il few remain over foi
the purpose of inspecting the historic
premises, while others take especial
delight in viewing the place from the
cars while journeying through the
city. The house is under the charge
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mahood, who
take especial pride in keeping it in
perfect order. The sleeping apart
ments of Gen. and Mrs. Grant, the
| library of the former, and the parlor,
are in the same condition they were
iii when the distinguished owners
left for New York, and are ready for
their immediate reception, should
they see fit To return TO Galena with
out giving notice to the present occu-
pants. Persons of note, and others
accompanied by responsible parties
known to Mr.. and Mrs. MahOod, are
admitted and shown throughout the
house, and given an explanation OF
the various objects of interest with
which the rooms abound. Very
many of the presents bestowed upon
the Gen. and Mrs. Grant. during their
sojourn in China and Japan, are to he
seen in the parlor and library, includ-
ing a large and deliberately inlaid
cabinet made ont of camphor wood,
richly embroidered hangings for the
walls, valuable specimens of majolca
and china crockery, the famous saddle
and gold-mounted trappings presented
to Gen. Grant by the mikado of
Japan, paintings of the Holy Land,
and thousand-and, one smaller curl.
0sities from all parts of the globe.
The Generals library is filled with Il
choice variety of books on historical,
scientific ard art subjects, sports of
the field and stream, warfare, agri-
culture, mechanics, ETC., with a smat-
tering of the best works of fiction
and poetry. The Gen. and Mrs.
Grant are expected to return to their
Galena home in the spring, where
they will remain until the advent of
the hot season, which they will spend
at Long Branch.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10
The Wickedest Flea orr Record,

Manchester, N. H., Mirror.
A Hollis family by the name of
Patch is tormented with fleas to a
degree heretofore unknown in Il civil
lied country. 1t appears that in 1875
a member of the family came from a
seaport town in a secondhand suit of
clothing. Shortly after, the father,
mother, and three members of the
household discovered the presence of
"a black insect This insect is called
flea by the Hollis people. He bur-
rows under the skin of the victim
and tortures him day and night. Ar.
tificial heat makes HIM more lively,
and hence the family have little or
no fire in the house, preferring to en-
dure the cold rather than a terrible
burning and itching. They have
baked their clothes and burned their
beds, they have consulted medical
men at home and abroad, have tried
internal and external remedies, and
still get no relief. They are isolated
from the community and are in deer
trouble.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10
HAVE HOPE.
BY FATHER RYAN.


The shadow of the mountain falls athwart the
lowly plain,
And the shadow of the cloudlet hangs
above the mountains head;
And the highest hearts and lowest wear the
shadow of some pain,
And the smile has scarcely fitted ere the
anguished tear is shed.
For no eyes have there been ever without a
weary tear,
And those lips cannot be human which have
never hcaved II sigh;
For without the drcary winter there has never
been year,
And the tcmpcsts hide their terrors I'm the
calmcst summer sky.
So this drcary life IL passing, and we move
amid its maze,
And we grOpe along together, half In dark
ness, half In light
And our hearts are often hardened by the
mysteries of our ways.
Which are never all In shadow and are
never wholly bright.
And our dim eyesask a beacon and our weary
feet guide
And our hearts of all life's mysteries seek
the meaning and the key;
And a cross CLEANS DER our pathway,-on II
hangs the Crucified.
And no answers all our ycarnings by the
whisper, Follow Me-"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10
A Horse without Hair.

Cincinnati people are wondering
over q horse which is quite destitute
of hair. He has no name whatever,
and his tail consists only of hairless
stump, and even inside the ears no
hair can be found. The horse has
not been shaved, for the closest ex-
animation fails to discover the slight
est sign Of bristle on any part of
the body. The horse was four years
old, was never sick, and until year
ago was like others of his kind.
Physicians who have examined him
can discover no signs Of disease, and
are at a loss to account for the case.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10
Hone Gas scas First Used


Great was the amazement of all
England when, at the close Of the
last century, William Murdoch dis
covered the use Of combustible air,
or gas. So little was the invention
understood and believed in by those
who had not seen it in use, that even
great and wise men laughed at the
idea. How could there be light
without a wickr said n member of
Parliament when the subject was
brought besore the House. Even
Sir Humphrey Davy ridiculed the
idea of lighting towns by gas, and
asked uhc 81 the proprictuGs IL lie
meant to take the dome of st. PauPs
for gas-meter. Sir Walter Scott,
too, made himself merry over the
idea of Illuminating London by smoke
though he was glad enough not so
long after, To make his own house at
Abbotsford light and cheerful on
wintry nights by the use of that very
smoke. When the House of Com
mons was lighted by gas, the archi-
tect imagined that the gas ran on fire
through the pipes, and therefore he
insisted OH their being placed several
inches from the wall, for fear of the
building taking fire. The members
might be observed carefully touching
the pipes with their gloved hands,
and wondering why they did not feel
warm. The first shop lighted in
London by the new method was Mr..
Alderman on the Strand, in 1910;
and one lady of rank was SO delighted
with the brilliancy of the gas lamp
Oh the counter that she asked to be
allowed to take it home in her car,
riage.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10

Young men VINO are intending to
be farmers should remember that
agriculture is both science and an
art, to be carefully studied and then
practically carried out. The day has
gone by when the ignorant can be.
come successful farmers. Within
the past ten years, agriculture has
undergone a great revolution, but the
next ten years will see greater
changes than have yet been witnessed.
The leading agriculturists will be the
leading men Of the country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10

Henry Edwards, an actor in Wal
lacks New York Theater, has a
collection of 100000 butterflies. com
prising 10000 varieties, some from
their scarcity valued at $50 each by
entomologists, and gathered from
every cline on earth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10

The census is said to show an ex-
cess of ss,29s males in this country,
there being only o6,5l9 females to
every loo, 900 males, against o7.S0l in
1870. This should be leveled up in
the next decade. The refining infu.
ence Of lovely woman cannot be
shared in this country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10
Legislative ApportiOnment.

The following is the final grouping
of the several representative districts
as provided in the bill that passed the
Legislature, together with the num-
Der of Senators and Representatives
to which the districts are entitled
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10

Lame back, lumbago, sciatica and
all diseases of the Kidneys, bladder
and urinary organs are positively and
permanently cured by the wonderful
new remedy, Prof. Guilmette's Kid
ney Pad.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10

away with what they believed to be
bogus treasure, and much regret was
expressed for the loss sustained by
Mrs. Simms. The case is decidedly
one Of the most singular on record.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-03-10

The rate for carrying emigrants
from New York to Chicago, which
was 50 a head last week, has been
raised to Sl3 by the several trunk
lines.
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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-07-28

meuds century OF dumb submie.
ion-end entire non-resistance to
the Russians who, for q hundred
years, have seen their sons by
thousands dragged to death or
exile, no one knows which in this
worse than Venetian mystery OF
police, and their maidens fogged
to death in the market. place, ahd
who share the same fate II they
presume to ask the reason why.
"It is unfortunate,n says Jefferson,
"tbat the efforts of mankind to se-
cure the freedom of which they
have been deprived should be ac-
companied with violence and even
with crime. But while we weep
over the means, we must pray for
the end.p Prsy fearlessly for such
end; there is no risk! "Men are
all tories by nature" says Arnold,
"when tolerably we'll off; only
monstrou5 Injustice and atrocious
cruelty can rouse them.n Some
talk of the rashness of the unedu-
Gated classes. Alasl ignorance is
far oftener obstinate than rash.
Against one French revolution
the scarecrow of ,he ages-weigh
Asia, "csIved ia stone," and
thousand years Of Europe, with
her haif-dozen nations meted out
and trocden down to be the dull
and contented footstools of priests
and Kings. The customs of q thou
sand years ago are the sheet-anchor
of the passing generation, so deep
ly buried. SO fixed. that the most
violent efforts of the maddest fa-
natio can drag 1t but a hands
breadth.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-07-28
CertiA cate of SPECIAL
Partnership.

This Is to certify that the undersigned
have formed a Especial partnership, pur-
suant to the provisions Of the Civil Code
of the state of California.
That the name or firm under which
such partnership y to be conducted is
That the general nature of the business
TO be transacted is raising and trading in
cattle, sheep, horses and other stock, in
cluding wool raising. dairy business,
pasturing animals anu all other business
incidental to such general business.
That The names of all the general and
Blxby, who resides in Los Angeles coun-
ty, State Of CALIFORNIA;; and lothian Blk
by, who resides in the same county and
State, each and both of whom are the
general partners; and 1saias W. He'll.
man, who resldes in the city and county
of Los Angeles, in said State, who is the
special partner.
That said Isaias W. Hellman has con.
tributed the sum of (5l8,856 G7-lO0) six
teen thousand six hundred and sixty-six
67-l00 dollars as capital to the common
stock, and as his portion of the capital
of said partnership.
That the principal place of business OF
said partnership is and shall be In said
mia.
That the said partnership Is to COM
mence on the llth day of July, A. d. 1881,
and is to terminate on the Ilth day OF
July, A. d. 1885.
Dated at Los Angeles, this 9th day of
July, A. ID. 1881.
JOHN w. .BIXBY.
LOTHIAN BIXBY.
ISAIA5 W. HELLMAN.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-07-28
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9. w. A. Pallett. plaintiff, VS. James A.
Stewart and Bette stewart, defendants.
Action broug hit in theSuperiOrCourtO OF the
State of California, in and for the county
Of Los Angeles, and the complaint nled
fce of the CLERK of said Superior Court.
The People of the State of California
send greeting to James A. stewart and
Bette Stewart, Defendants.
You are hereby required to appear in
an action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff in the Superior
Court of the State OF California, in and
for the county OF Los Angeles, and to
answer the complaint dled therein,
within ten days-exolusive of the day of
service-after the service on you of this
summons-ifs servedwithin this county;
or. II served elsewhere, within thirty
days-or Judgment by default will be
taken against you, according to the
prayer OF said com plant.
The said actlon is brought to recover o
Judgment against the defendant James
A. stewart Tor the sum OF 1858 93 In gold
coin, with interest thereon at IN per
cent. per month from the 29th day of N o.
vember, 1880, balance due plaint f from
said stewart for money loaned May l.,
1873, and to foreclose mortgage on block
81, town of Downey, county OF Los An
geles, state of Cal fOrnia, given to secure
said sum, and which said mortgage is
contained in a deed made by John G..
Eowney to plaintiff on the 9th day OF
Decembe 1879, and which deed was
made to plaintiff at the request of said
stewart and was intended rs mortgage
to secure said sum, and also to declare
the claims of Bette stewart to said land
subj ect to said mortgage, and for costs OF
SUIT.
Reference is had to complaint for par
t1culars.
And you are hereby notified that II you
fail to appear and answer the said oOm-
plant as above required. the said plain
tin will apply to the court for the relief
therein demanded.
Given under my hand and the seal OF
theSuperior Court of the State of Califor-
MIA, in and for the county of Los Angeles,
this second day of July, in the year OF
and eighty one. ISeai.1
A. w. POTTS, Clerk.
By A. KIMPAU, Deputy.
GRAVES q CHAPMAN. Attorneys fol
plaintiffs. jy22-2m