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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

The rejection by the Senate of Rev.
David Burt for State Superintendent Of
Public Instruction, was surprise to very
many in this part of the State, and deeply
regretted. Doubtless his firm stand in
opposition to the Merrill text books had
much to do with his n.conflrmation.
Prof. y. V. Tousley, Of Minneapolis. was
next appointed and promptly confirmed.
He is understood to be very able man,
but fully as positive and set as his prede-
cessor. A man who has opinions ard
dare MAINTAIN them on oil proper occa.
sions. Is TO be admired,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

LAST Tuesday, the Minnesota House.
in committee of the whole, recommended
to pass the bill increasing the salaries OF
district Judges from $4,000 to $4,000
Why this rashness these hard times? We
are in favor of an increase-enoush 10
fully cover all travelling expenses. We
think an increase to $1,000 about the tair
thing, which would be $1,000 more than
the ordinary Judge would earn at his
profession, with cash in hand, no ba d
debts, and a vacation (for the majority OF
the judges of about 6 months in the year
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

LAST week Tuesday the Minnesota
House of Representativ adopted reso.
luton fixing the unit Of representation in
the Senate at 10000, and in the House at
5000. 1t the Senate concurs, this basis
will limit the number of Senators to 80,
now ~, and of representatives to 81, now
105. This action will not probably dis.
turb the representation of Mower county
from one senator and two representatives
as now constituted.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

SENATOR OFFICER is member Of the
joint committee appointed to investigate
the charges Of secta.ianism made by the
Rev. o. NJ. McNlff against the manage
ment Of the st. Cloud Normal School. II
is said to flavor too strongly of Presbyter
ianism. A little more Christian love and
union, broth ers, and little less ism.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

WE ARE fearful for the fate of Mr.. Of
6cer's bill giving four sections to the mile
of swamp lands to the Austin s. st. Cloud
r. R. On the 1st inst, the bill was dis
cussed in committee of the whole, and
encountered considerable opposition.
was referred to the judiciary committee
in tho pigeon holes of whose desks it viii
probably remain for the present.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

ABOUT twenty.three thousand citizens
of Minnesota, over twenty one years OF
age, have already signed the petition to
the legislature asking that woman be
given the ballot on all questions affecting
the traffic in intoxicating liquors.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

The Democrats are becoming very
anxious about Senator David Davis, who
has recently voted with the Republicans
on all important questions. 1t is sus
pected that after the 4th of March he
will openly unite with the Republicans
a motive for such change is found in
the supposed desire of the Senator tc
return to the Supreme Bench.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

IT is thought Prof. Tousley will no,
accept the position of Superintendent OF
Public Instruction, as he cannot do so
without pecuniary sacrifice. He re-
ceivcs an annual salary Of s. 800 at Min
neapolis, while the state pays but $2,5O0
The State had better raise the bid and
hold on to Tousley, as he is well worth
tho vnOnnv
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

THE Legislature has appointed COM
mlttees to take into consideration the
matter Of re adjusting the judicial dis
tricts of the State. 1.-THE salary ofjudges
is to be increased to $4,000, one or two of
the present districts might be dispensed
with, dividing up the territory among
the remaining districts, and giving the
judges an opportunity TO earn their sala.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
CHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue Of an execution, issued out Of
trict, In and for the county Of Mower, and state
Of Minnesota. upon q Judgment issued and
TENDER. A. D. 1850, in certain action, where
in John v. Farwell, Charles B. Farwell, w.
D. Farwel, Simeon Farwell and John K. Har-
mon, co-partners as John v. Farwel Z
Company" plaintiffs, and ]. A. Mcconnell
defendant, in favor Of said plaintiffs, and
against said defendant, for the sum Of two hun
have, on the eth day Of January, A. D. 1881,
levied upon all the right. title and interest Of
the said defendant, J. A. Mcconnell, to the
following described real estate situated in
the county Of Mower, and state of Minnesota,
tO-wit:
Lot number seven ~, in block thirty-one
t3ll, In the village of Austin, Minnesota,
And will sell the same, or so much thereon
as may be necessary to satisfy said execution
aud costs, at the front door of the Court
House, in the city Of Austin, in the county
and state aforesaid, on SATURDAY, !1e 2eTH
DAY OF FEBRUARY, A. D. 1851, at 10 O'Clock 4.
II. Of that day.
Dated January eth, 1851.
Sheriff OF Mower County, Minnesota,
By d. II. 8TNS0N, Deputy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
To Our Farmer Readarp.

There is not one of our farmers but should
subsc ribe for the Iona Farmer, published at
stock Journal Of the northwest. The ablest
and most noted agricultural writer's Of the
day are among its editors and contributors.
It costs the small sum Of one dollar per year,
or ten copies for $3.50. Send to them for sam.
pie COPY and get up q club of ten, or send
them 600 tor your own subscription.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

JUSTICE SwAYNE resigned his position
on the o. S. Supreme Bench the other
day, hauding the document to the Presi-
dent in person. It is no hardship at all
for Supreme Court Judge to resign.
The same salary goes on as long as he
lives, and he has nothing to do.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Mrs. Partin1ton SAYS.

Don't take any of the Quaok rostrums, rs
they are regimental to the human eistern;
but put your trust in Hop Bitters, which will
cure general dilapidation. costiye habits and
Q severe extract of tripod foyer. They are
the ~ plus usxna of medicines.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

Miss K1rTER1LL 10 clerk of the Nevada
house Of representatives. The judge who ad-
ministered the oath of ONCE assured the young
lady that ''she was not eligible as q servant Of
the state If she had, since the adoption Of the
constitution of Nevada, fought duel, acted
as second at duel, or carried a challenge
To flnht a duol."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Druggists Heard From.

I'VE know the value Of malt, hops, calisaya
and iron composing MALT Bitters."
"Our lady customers highly praise them. -
'Physicians prescribe them in this town. -
1.-THE largest bottle and best medicine"
"Best blood purifier on our shelves"
''Our best people take Malt Bitters.'"
''Sure cure for chills and liver diseases"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
AUSTIN, MINNESOTA:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 9, 1881.

The Register says the county receives
we'll toward, a 1000 year as the per
cent. interest on the $4,000 courthouse
fund. Bro. Basford is success at CON-
putting lnterest-only $500 out of the way.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
seIah Chamberlain's Proposition.

Mr.. Selah Cham berlain, who holds or
controls thousand Minnesota State rail
road bonds, having face value Of one
million dollars, appeared with his attor-
ncy, Gordon E. Cole, before the joint CON-
mittee of the Senate and House last Thurs
day afternoon, and presented written
proposition to the legislature for settle
ment His proposition is to put his bonds
with coupons attached in the hands Of
the State Auditor to be held by him IN
trust: that the question Of the legality of
their issue, and Of the States liability
therefor and its extent be submitted to the
supreme court for its decision; that If the
court shall decide against the validity of
such bonds, then the State Auditor
is authorized to cancel and destroy
them; but if the court shall decide that
such bonds are valid obligations against
the State, in whole or in part, then he
will accept in full satisfaction of such
bonds and coupons, new 6 per cent. thir-
ty.year bonds of the State to an amount
equal to one half the amount which the
court shall decide the State owes thereon.
Gen. Cole made an able argument in
favor of settlement Of these dishonored
obligations-an unanswer able argument,
as we believe. His statement of the case
was candid and honest, and should be
read and pondered over by every voter.
We are now, and always have been, in
favor OF fair and equitable settlement of
this claim against the state. There is an
equity in those bonds which it seems to
US no honest man can deny. Selah
Chamberlain expended at least several
hundred thousand dollars of his own mon
ey in grading road-beds in this state, and
received for his pay.-his only recompense
what these dishonored Minnesota rail-
road bonds. Yet there are men in this
state, intelligent men, who favor the
utter and entire reputation Of this debt.
Certainly Mr.. Chamberlain should be
paid on these bonds an amount equal to
what they originally co st him and rea'
sonable interest on the money. We be-
lieve this amount was once determined
by commission appointed by the Leg.
islature several years ago at about 40
cents on the dollar. The State toreclosed
on these 200 miles of graded road-bed,
bridges and entertainments and a land
grant of millions of acres, which were
the equitable property of Chamberlain and
the other bond-holders, and to which the
state had no claim, unless she paid the
bonds. The state took possession of this
immense property, gave it away to new
companies without requiring them to
assume the obligat ions, and the state it.
self, by = constitutional amendment,
utterly and basely repudiating the debt.
Gentlemen of the legislature, business
men, tillers Of the soil, was this honest
Can Minnesota afford to enlore repudia.
ton? We say no-and we believe the
people will yet say no.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Dated December 9th, 1880.
G. NJ. CAMERON, Judge of Probate.
F MINNESOTA, COUNTY

GTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY
~ OF MOWER, So.
In Probate Court: Special Term, held at
Austin, January 18th, 1881.
In the matter OF the estate of Patrick Gillas-
pie, ST., deceased.
Whereas, an instrument in writing, pur-
porting to be the last will and testament of
Patrick Gillespie, ST., deceased, late of said
county, has been delivered to this Court;
And whereas. William n. Cavanaugh has
fled Herewith his petition, representing
among other things that said Patrick Gillas-
pie, Sr., died in said county on the 18th day Of
December, 1880, testate, and praying that the
| said instrument may be admitted to probate,
and that letters of administration with the
will annexed be to him issued thereon;
1t is ordered, that the proofs Of said instru
ment, and the said petition, be heard before
this Court, at the Probate Office, in said coun-
| ty, on the 18th day of February, A. d. 1881, at
| two o'clock in the afternoon, when all con-
| cerned may appear and contest the probate
| of said instrument.
| And it is further ordered, that public notice
of the time and place of said hearing be given
to all persons interested, by publication of
these orders for three weeks successfully
previous to said day of hearing, in the MOWER
COUNTY TRANsCRIPr, a newspaper printed
and published at'Austin. in said county.
ORMANZO ALLEN,
jan194t Judge Of Probate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
nIssOLUTION OF CO.PARTNEF

~ SHIP.
Notice is hereby given, that tho co-partner-
ship heretofore existing under the firm namo
of FRIEDRICH & GlES, was this day dis
solved, by mutual conssnt-Peter Giles retir-
Ing. The meat business will be continued at
the old stand by A. FRIEDRICH, who asks tho
continued patronage of the public:
The books of the lato firm will be found
with A. friedrich, and the accounts may be
settled with either Mr.. Friedrich or Mr.. Gios.
AUSTIN, Minn., February 3, 1881.
ANTON FRIEDRICH,
feb9-3t PETER 0IES.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

ADVERTISED LETTERS.
AUSTIN Posi- Office, Mower Co., Mimi,
Feb. 8, 1881. I
The following is a list of letters which have
been in this Office thirty days, and for which
no call has been made. To obtain them appli-
cants should ask for advertised letters, and
give the date of this notice:
Mrs Observation-Disclosures Mrs Anna r. Thompson
son Bert Wilson
SILVER Petersen CS Pound
T Jansen Maggie Madden
Joseph Leonard Win Harris
Sarah GOvy Emery Clark
John L Cas0.
II not delivered within four weeks, they
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
C. II. DAVIDSON. P. NJ.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

nDTTIlG Hozphins Habit cared n 10 10 - days.
|VIlUM No pay til eassd. Oh. J. s7!111Ha,
Lebonou, Ohio. Ply
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
GTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY

SlA1E VI M1NNEOOlA, COCN L
In Probate Court. General Term, Deem
Der 6, 1880.
IN the matter of the estate Of Warren H.
Dean, deceased:
Letters testamentary on the estate of said
deceased being this day granted unto So
phronia Dean, and Joel NJ. Gloyd,
1t is ordered, that all claims and demands Of
all persons against said estate be presented
to this Court for examination and hearing, at
the Probate Office, in Austin. in said county,
on the following days, to-wit:, On the first
Monday of the months of March, April, and
June, 1881, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said days.
It is further ordered, that six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to
present their claims against said estate, at
the expiration of which time all claims not
presented to said Court, or not proven to its
satisfaction, shall be forever barred, unless
for cause shown further time be allowed.
Ordered further, that notice of the times
and place Of said hearing be given by publish
ing notice thereof for four weeks successive
~ previous to said day Of hearing, in the
MOWER COUNTY TRANSCRIPT, q weekly news
paper, printed and published at Austin, in
said county.
Dated December 9th, 1880.
G.. NJ. CAMERON, Judge of Probate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
MORTGAGE SALE.
START q UUVE, ACLU1
ian26-7t

Notice is hereby given, that default has
been made in the conditions of a certain
mortgage, executed and delivered by Daniel
McCaskill. to Nathan S. Richardson, dated the
second day of October, A. D., 1878, and duly
recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds
of the county of Mower, and state of Mime
sofa, on the 14th day Of October, 1878, at 4
o clOck p. m.
That by the terms of said mortgage the in
terest on the principal sum of $4,000, is paya-
BILE annually at the rate of IL per cent, and it
is stipulated that in case of default in any Of
lawful for the mortgage, his heirs, executors.
or attorney, to declare the whole sum secured
by said mortgage to be due. That two years
interest is now past due, and unpaid, and
therefore the full amount secured by said
mortgage, principal and interest, amounting,
at the date of this notice, to five hundred
seventy and 75-100 dollars, is declared, and
claimed to be due.
That no suit or proceeding has been COM
menced at law or otherwise to collect any
part of said sum, and that by virtue of
power of sale therein contained, the said
mortgage will be fOreclosed by sale of the
mOrtgaged premises, at public auction, at the
front door of the Mower County Bank, in the
city of Austin, in said Mower county. MIMI,
1881, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to make
the amount then due on said mortgage, with
costs and expenses of sale, and thirty-tive
dollars attorneys fees stipulated for therein.
The premises covered by said mortgage,
and so TO be sold are situated in said Mower
county, and described as the south half of the
northwest quarter Of section number
ten QO), in township one hundred and two
102, range number fourteen QD west.
Dated December 9th, 1880.
NATHAN S. RICHARDSON, Mortgage.
N. P. COLBuRN, lAttorney. dec29-7t
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

s1S n NOT THE DTANDARD3>
Published by 9. &c. MERRIAM. Springfield, Mass.
Also Webster's National Pictorial Dictionary.
1910 Pages oetayo. coo EngravinVs. -
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-22
Our Young Readers.
An ABUSED CHILD.

Well. know you d think it was horrid, too,
If you did the thing that they make me do;
And guess you'd worry, and whine, ana
tease,
Fyou never once could do as you please.
The ;de of making believe it is true
That, if you are good, yOull b. happy. too!
They always are writing it down in books;
think they IN ght know how silly 1t looks.
There's nothing under the sun could be worse
nurse;
And another thing perfectly hate
Is to 60 To Ded exactly ut eight.
| IN crazy to cut my hair in Il bang,
And trIlzle the ends and let them hang.
A II the stylish girls in our school do tnat,
But they make me wear mine perfectly lat.
A girl in our cass, named Matilda Chase.
Has Il lovely pink oyrrShirt trimmed with
lace,
And OF course. wanted to have one, too,
But they said | must make my Old one do.
/ hate to do sums, and hate to spell,
And don like geography very well:
In music they bother about my touch,
And they make me practice the scales too
much.
| was reading splendid book last night,
Called "A Nuns revenge, or the Hidden
Blight
And wanted to read the rest 'o-day,
But when they saw it they took it away.
When I'm grown up. I'll do us l PLEASE,
And then sham have to worry AMI tease.
Then I'll be good an pleas an all day,
For all want is to have my own way.
-lsabtl Frances Be,tomS, IN 81. Nicholas.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-22
How a Nevada Mans Watch Goes.

A man of Captain Cuttle's build and
general tone was, yesterday, at work
in front of the regulator at Frederick s
jewelry store with an old silver watch
Of warmingpan dimensions. As he
turned the hands of his watch about
with a big brass key, gentleman said
to him in assioking way, That's a
fine, healthy -Moking w.Ach you've Got
there. Commodok" ''Well, yes"
said the owner of tbs ,gas h: - Il don't
know that she keeps Wy better time
than this here big clockssithh all the
hands and fxins' to it, butun ., keeps
more of it. She is is a ratta n t.Aaa-I
You see me settin' of her now Yad Civ
in of her an even start with tie big
clock; well, now, before that biz old
hummer up there on the wall has waded
through twelve hours she will spin of
from fourteen to sixteen, just as she
happens to be .inthe humOr.l- She amt
handsome. but | tell you she's q fattler
to co. Virginia Enterprise.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-22

the finger ends for holding any weight,
they will press and dig into the pa
tents flesh, causing him great discom-
fort, particularly if the part be at all
in famed; but if your whole hand. with
fingers a little spread out, divide the
weight over its surface, no discomf ort
or as little as possible is produced.
Persons DESTROYS of ascertaining the
true state of their lungs are directed to
draw in as much breath as they con-
veniently can; they are then to count
as far as they are able i'll slow and
audible voice without, drawing in more
breath. The number of seconds they
can continue must be carefully OBJ
served. In consumption the time does
not exceed ten and is frequently less
than six SECONDS. In pleurisy and
pneumonia it ranges from nine to four
seconds When the lungs are in sound
condition the time will range as high as
from twenty to thirty-five seconds.
To keep ice in the sick room: Cut of
flannel about nine inches square and
secure it by ligature round the mouth
of an ordinary tumbler so rs to leave
the cup shape depression of flannel
within the tumbler to about half its
depth. In the flannel cup so formed
pieces of ice may be preserved many
hours, all the longer if piece of fan
mel from four to five inches square be
used as a loose cover to the ice cup.
Cheap flannel with comparatively open
meshes is preferable, as the water cas- y
drains through it and the ice is kept
quite drv-Cor. Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-22
In front of Colonel Thomas Mead 8

I'm front of Colonel Thomas Mead $
house in Greenwich, Conn, stands q
sycamore, OF ballwood tree, which is
III years old, having been planted in
l71O It is about $50 feet high, and fiji
teen feet from the ground its circumfer-
ence is twenty-eight feet. and it's diam
eter nine feet. A hole in the trunk,
which is now no bigger than a man $
hand, was not many years ago large
enough for a man to crawl into, and
was once used by children as sort of
playhouse. AS the tree has grown of
late years, the aperture has gradually
closed.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-22
A FAIRY AFLOAT.

The following description Of the fairy
vessel represented on this page is from the
Cincinnati Commercial: The hull is of the
finest selected white oak, braced, bolted
and riveted in the most skilltul and work
manlike manner, and is "a feet in length,
IA feet breadth Of beam, p feet depth of
hold, and draws twenty inches OF water.
She carries atubular boil CT, and two beauti-
full little engines, made expressly for her,
by the Ohio Machine Co., Middleport 0.
The dining-room is situated between the
boiler and engine rooms, and is artisticalIy
grained, with trescoed ceiling. 1t is fur
nished in the Queen Anne style, and the
silver, china and table linen are OF the finest
character. The pilot-house, cabin, main
salon and Captains Office are on the saloon
deck and are luxurious in their furnishing
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-22

Wealth, unallied to benevolence
and sense of responsibility. is perilous
to our eternal interests. Faithfully
used as a,means of imparting happiness,
relieving suffering and enliggh At IfF ig.
lnorance, il IS one Of the preatest Of
blessings.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-22

and decorations The saloon proper is
trescoed and gilded in Eastlake style and
the flooring is covered with Turkish carpet
The furniture, in raw silk and walnut, Of
the Queen Anne pattern, like that OF the.
dining-hall, and rich curtains of damask
complete the impression ola veritable float
ing palace. The four state-rooms. contain
ing two berths each, are also carpeted with
Brussels and handsomely furnished. The
boat belongs to and was built under the
directions of Mcssrs A. Eogcler & Co.,
Baltimore, Md, for their own exclusive use
upon the Ohio, Mississippi and other West
ern rivers and is run by picked crew of
officers and men in their employ. The
object of this little steamer Is to carry
neither freight nor passengers. She was
built for the firm above named, to be used
exclusively by them for distributing their
printed matter in the river towns for ST.
JACOBS OIL, the Great German Remedy
for rheumatism and other painful ailments.