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, 1881-09-30
A SWINDLING BILL.
The County Commissioners and
Their Cheeky Grab
Ths Travelling and Other Expenses
Of Their Guests Paid by
the County.
Singnlnr Discrepancies In the Items
WHO Will ray for the Eight Gal-
lons OF Wlttsky3

In AS+AS Al Il
"' "''~t oP""e'eo ;" 'to AseAa-
Who Will paT for the Eight Gal-
1nnv of W1txtvf
,.....,. - ---....- -....
to tho tmntv 1,our,,. Il, whnm sst;. IN I'M, tnen
voted tho day before TO detray The expense Of
Inc Ccrs,an;, esr,r,,,n. ea,,cG NJ iho t'scs ~
tpu County Treasurer and Rnt bis money a
moments later be wns In bis u,j,cc on tho Soutl
a,',e a"S e' su.sounaea W ue's VI commissioners
una reporters, and. after taking exception !"
which fnult .itninr bo VIII. io!nc,, f,y Tine" ,rhn
hud croatc,t Tho i,i, hn nr.x"n,,o; ~ cxr,ntn
supp'smen,|nn @ b,s with .ho 1p. rcu,ark
that he was prepared to chow where every cent
had goac.
Thu i,rst mistake tho patrr. ,,a,t ,nodo, sc
s.,,',,,.ss ,.h.s's.' ~ .,an.
e.''s",.ss. "oe.e"s ~ t"o's we're '"M' tno
nu..s ,,. .o"sS.sa =. esa.es" pcrs"n.' anu t"K-
wv SsMks nr T,,r
10 start with werc Commissioners clnrk. Avnrs.
Kuonf. nhe;nwaL Fnrrsa w.,,s,. @ Wa,,r ~ at',
M''er, ND The H.. Of xue.,s ea'Srste' t County I
Clerk klokkc, Superior Court CInrk 1tuaIy.
cn.n'y Attorney w!'lett, County agent
.", w..,a. ,,,,e mn. 1,.,u to.y -.sc't1 Echhh"''
warden Mills Criminal Court Clerk Stephens,
board, and Chris Manner ftcr rc,tlnv ,hn
r.. acknowledgements -, .,a w "u..n ,'.'.
opposis each on "ss:' The t:s,, he saiti. repre-
sci'ted tue amount tho scsoruI individuals hui
paid out On tho trip. 4lb OF which hnd bcuu tor
c.r fnrr md n for IN ,,t.o bire mr., ,,,,ut,,yr
imrnvcrm ~ tx y. % na
~ S:t.i n tha t,.tai ~ c.nts,r ,1t ,,i II
nSt b. s sos ana nn app'yioS hI,n.st to
Ing car. fAA for IN extra cnrriaKc and $i4 Tor
| tho hire Of servant to wht upon the pnrty FOR
tne ttip. Inen cnstsnx Ms eye up t!io e,'l.ltnn
Rt w"
a. . re S,t.. ano ins bfnres! sS oe sho sum
toy, of ha. als "a except ta he went 20
eur,ionl.t: the amount opposit his name, and
nag tt asseaMp pasa f.'r Or taa cnr; ,r,,.., ,,
when was indorsol =. correct hy several Cam;
tnsn aa ,reeerte for T. the reGrter SGT about
'"'F ''''"S' :" ''ii n,h1,tt hISe''''lN'S oF '''s
hsrss ~ the sssass!on haa f., ecn authorized
1.stte,n annnI: rhnt ri TX ttc n",ttop ,1.ns IL
of tto County. for ibe banuca, M nf ~ ,bi. ar nnd
sassf asny .nS Hay on n" w9cn tae 9i .s
lint 1hIs i,ar.i ~ Cnmmissi%ncrs sItnnii 1 1I,a
tuGeral 431 Il a.! y body" 49,.
clevnin,d was mair an1i tha Hi "g HI. ~ wne
| iuc,,rrel and M ntlch huy,nv heen irorneG
tho scribe turned ills nIt entIoiI IL nthnr snifrccs
mud foupH great tienl Df i,,alxnnti,n oppressed
over the whoIo atfNEr wherever he wont.
C0unty~Cgrk Kinkkt said he had paid bis ex-
penses out tof BY own pocket; nnd III ouco rushed
accept cent fro,a tho ~ couuty. @ % aua oppst ] H. h.
mint nun. on The iist 'neiaorAndum M to that effect
fasc, 26u for bis carriage ride, aad 81 fur tho
pny of tue aGrvant.
amt nc, too, WIS indignant. ilc hui
| NivElt THOUGHT Of THE COUNTY PAYING
- MS ESrESsEs,
oclH!HM"luH NHHt ~ 4Nu pAta, And AnH never
, 1881-09-30

WsLt.lAAsH,sr, Ia. Sept. s9.-The Demo-
cratic StAts Convention adjourned 1t 2:ls this
morning. Tbs report Of tho Committee on
Rules was finally withdrawn by NF. tiensel atto'
suMud the ehals. J. X. 1logUrt, ot LuzeFne, VIA
electel Chairman u the HtAt0 Ce.uaa!ttee.
, 1881-09-30
AT AKRON. O,

AKNoN, O., Bept. 29.-l4a1t night n fro broke
out IN the ptan,us-miti Of Weary. Snyder & wi.
COZ and damaged tho building. mnchinsry, and
contents ~ tho amount Of $lu,010: insured.
, 1881-09-30

AT ELAtIitA, n. i.
EtAtHA, N. T., Sept. .a-Thc furniture waro-
house OF ]. N. Robinson & Sons, oil iakc street,
burned. Loss over e1o0,0O0; insuranuo $4,000.
, 1881-09-30
CAPTURE OF r1tA1S-aoDuEns,

CAFTUsE OF TRANSFORMERS.
LiTTLE ltocx, Hrk., sopt :o.-lnforuadou re-
cojvea tanight stases that all taroa robbers whu
captured and robbed tho trnln TN tho Iron
Mountain ltoad last Thursday night wero capt.
urcd yesterday. One near Sulphur DluT, lamp
ton County, Tex. and two in tic taiian Nation.
Tho pursuit bus been vigorously &olpwcl up by
Capt. Clark Hall. coudnctor on tho Iron Mount
nin ltoad, who followed ths robbers with posse
to the villnRo Of 1.cn Lotnond, In sovior County.
There the robhcrs separated. ono going into
Texas and two into tho Indian Ter
rlioFy. Tho pursuing party divided,
Capt. Hail following tho Texas boSnd rubber
ftis efforts wcra rewarded by coming up with
hl,n carly ycatorday morning, whore tho robbcr
was taking breakfast. Hall'pulletl down On him
With a oubla-barrelcd shot gun. Tho robber
surrendered, saying, "If you had aivon mo
minutes more notice would have given yon
itva!y doal." The remaining two robbets wero
followed in the ludlan Territory and cnpturod
#lth no ttoabia, All three were brought to
Hope tonight aud lodged In jail. No doubt they
are Lbs right pastios, having becn fully idonti-
fed,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-28
Restored lands.

The restoration of lands to the pub
lie domain which took place in this
district on las. Saturday caused quite
a lively time in Colfax. As early as
o'elock in the morning u crowd of
men assembled in front of the land
Office, each getting as nearthe entrance
as possible and waiting in the freezing
air for two hours until the Office was
opened for business In the mean
time the door had been SO arranged as
to only allow one man to en'er at a
time. When the hours for opening
came, Judge Sweet stationed himself
at the door and gave each man num-
Der as he entered. The issuing of
rumbers was resorted to to prevent a
rush and quarrelling, and by his mum
Der each man knew when he would be
served and consequently was given o
chance to go out and get his papers
prepared. Each person was waited on
according to number and sixtyhve en-
tries and filings were received during
the day. During the first hour and {
half, forty file entries and filings were
received, this being at the rate of on'
in every two minutes. The utmos
peace and harmony prevailed durin.
1.-THE day and the numbering plan proves
a perfect success. p Ga<ette.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-28

Greater Than we Hoped TO be.

We arc greater than we thought our
selves, which will be regarded as a re
markable thing in many parts of the
world where our reputation is consd-
cradle for an inflated self -conceit.
Gen. Walker is not yet able to publish
the exact figures, but his recent bulle
tin, which depends upon Il few esti
mate places the population Of the
United States at so, 800, The
complete returns will not materially al
ter this report The population has
increased hey ond the expectation of the
most sanguine, and few could be found
six months ago who would hazard an
| opinion that the census returns would
show more than 100000 inhaoi-
tants. The great cities, including the
seatest, have thought themselves great
err than they proved to be, st. Louis
humiliation being bitter i'll the extreme
but tie country has not been overboast-
full Its growth has been swifter than
we knew, and our cantci has been
briskdr than even Mr.. Gladscne sus
pected Who shall venture to predict
from The data of the last decade, what
will lie the magnitude of the popula
ton twenty years hence when the
year ! 800 has been ushered in} VII
the progress be as rapid as during h
last decade, when the gain was | /,
594, lSS, or 80 s per cent! / so, w
, shall then be a nation of more thai
rs, 000, 900 people. Will the empir
state hold its place in the sisterhood o
state4l More than onatenth Of IL,
entire population of the Republic nov
belongs to New York, her population
being 5,0S3,l73. In 1890 she was u
the head of the list, with l,312,ll
inhabitants,A and her growth since the
, has zen marvellous. 1t may DC tina
I great states of the west and south wi
some day approach her in popalatio
but ahe will be greater than she think
. herself if her people harbor any SUI
1 pcion that she can ever be Invested {
S lhe proud title, "the Empire State,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-28
The Horseshoe Ornament.

A writer in Ba'doias Konihly endeavors to
show that the use of the horseshoe form of
figures IN religious rites originated with the
Colts that this race I'm very earley times"
had patron saints, and eiiigies of saints that
over the heads of such figures glory was
represented by a ,ircular piece of polished
metal to convey the effect of the shining
halo ornimbus frequently seen in illustrations
of the Virgin and other Scripture subjects. "
The writer is far from the truth. The horse
shoe symbol belongs to a religion ages older
than his Celts. 1t had very remarkable
significance, a meaning touch ing the very
origin of man, and bore no relation to mod
crn saints, although it had very intimate
relations with virginity. 1t is thousands Of
years older than the New Testament period
it is seen in the crescent over figures OF
Astarte, the Ashtaroth of the Old Testament
If the original significance of the horseshoe
| fgnre were generally known we doubt if its
Use would be so popular in fashionable jew
| clrV
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-28
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sheep Dru wned.

We are informed that Mr.. Woodley
lost ONE five hundred sheep on Union
FIAc ~ drowning during the freshet
Inst week, Our informant states that
the sheep were on raised place in the
fla; when he water began to raise and
surrounded them In endeavoring to
got the band across the sheet Of water
some i've hundred were drowned We
do not accept the above as perfectly
C street., as our source Of Information is
u3t direct. p. Gazette.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-28

\ ColfaX man sent twenty-five cents
in response to an advertisement head
ed; "iiow to make your own eye wa
ter" The return mail brought back
the receipt and it read as follows:
stick your finger in it. Gazette.
Your Colfax man is not the only
one who has had his eyes water from
sending his money in response to an
eastern advertisement. Some Of US
publishers have been equally bilked.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-28

Il Suitable awl, and through this open
ing pa Is white thread which is Sc
cutelv fastened to the end Of small
tough stick the size Of the hole in
the ice, by means Of the strin. pull
the stick tightly into the opening half
an inch, aud then you have both
thread and stick i'll the hand with a
lumpof icesecurely attached to theend
of them. With this convenient and
hastily constructed device nearly every
portion of The throat may be expedi-
ously and safely treated smoothly,
gently and repeatedly moistening and
cooling the inhaming part. lnasmuch
as ice $ valuable local application
for dinhthcria it is here suggested that
water, artiliciaily containing and chem
ically Or mechanically combining one
or more of the generally accepted
remedies employed by practitioners,
he frozen in a solid cylindrical form
one half an inch in diameter and six
inches in length and thus preserved in
he ice chest for immediate and future
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-28
Death OF A. j. Banta.

After being confined to his room for
short season by that fatal disease
consumption Mr. A. J. Banta high
ly respected and honorable member of
the Colfax bar, breathed his last on
Friday morning. During the political
campaign last Fall, Mr.. Banta was a
candidate for the office of prosecuting
att orney, and defeated his opponent
by nearly three hundred votes. Ga
settle
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-28
Irish Situation and the Pope.

The Pope has been known to have
40 sympathy with Mr.. Parnell in his
Indictment of Irish tenants to acts of
violence, and the letter he is now re
ported to have written to the Arch
bishop of Doublin declares that Ireland
will more readily obtain what she de-
sires from the government if she keeps
within the strict limit of legality.
This declaration exactly comedies with
the opinion of Rev. DIR. Hepworth,
whose experience in Ireland give his
words peculiar value, and who severely
condemns the course of Mr. Parnell
and other agitators. Pope Lee e
presses the most hearty sympathy with
the purposes of irish reformers, and
this fact will give the more weight to
his warning against q resort to vio-
lence. His let twill be very useful to
Mr.. Gladstone Just at this iunc'ure,
since it will calm The turbulence of the
peasantry, and perhaps give Parlia-
meut an interval Of quiet i'll which to
reform the land law. A sreatrespons-
Utility rests on the House of Lords,
since it's rejection of a measure by the
House of Commons for the redress of
Irish grievances would be followed by
an appeal Of Mr.. Gladstone to the peo-
pie. Should a popular election fail to
provide for Irish relief, it is probable
that anarchy would take possession of
the Emerald Isle, and its soil would
be deluged in blood.--N Y. Daily
| MAIL
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-28
Probable.

Tive men fired simultaneously t each other
in Salt Lake bar-room and the bullets came
into collision. There could be no doubt of
this, for one bullet dropped to the floor mid
feet apart, ard the other was turned upward
to he ceiling, while both were iiattened. E1
The above is not quite on a par with the
hunters who killed. 20 deer with only one
bullet The first one shot through his deer
while the other stood upon the other side
of the deer and caught the bullet in the
muzzle OF his rifle. then loaded and shot his
deer while the first caught the bullet in the
mnzzle of his rifle, and so on till the 20 We
killed We did not stop to see whether ths
bullet became tlattened.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-28

the Ne~ Northeast in speaking of the
disgraceful ''coin fight" in Nevada for the
L. $. senatorship aptly says; ''One of the
anomalies of this representative government
is that this ''rotton borough" with bu;
81, 900 turbulent inhabitants, has two sena
tors, while Washington, with more and
better population and greater resources il
everything that tends to, make country
! prosperons, remains q territory
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
WILLOW CREEK.

At n regular meeting Of Pleasant
Mound Grange, held May IA, 1881.
the following resolutions were pre-
scented and unanimously adopted
Resolved, That this Grange highly disap-
pulling our wheat crop before IL IL ana
that we believe not more than two thirds III
the usual crops Of small grains can be sOwn
TINS =. =nsSnm,n the prospec, Tor pn %h , avSra We
can by no means calculate on more than null
an average crop In this part Of Blue Earth
Ounty
Resolved, That the above DO sent to the
FREE PRESS for publication.
MRs. NJ. +. MCkIBBEN,
Secretary.
Ii the proper authorities would only
dispense with the services of the pres
ent Clerk Of the weather, and engage
some n who would be satisfied with
giving us not to exceed eight rainy
days in u week, those farmers who
are trying to make hay would be will
ing to give him Il chrome.
Mr.. ii. j. Knox, of CerescO, has
rented his farm and intends to hiber
nate in Wisconsin.
Mrs. +. ID. Cornish, and her littl'
son. Eddie, have been experiencing
i'll the pleasures Of Il siege of genuin'
ague and fever.
The late rains creating u rise in tn
Blue Earth river, took out the no,
portion of the mill dam at Vernon
; recently put in.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES SALE.

nEFAULT having been made in the condi-
~ tiOns Of q certain mortgage executed by
Christopher Weigen, Jens J. Aspass and Le-
ander G.. TOrresOn, mOrtgagors, to George Cul-
yer and John Harrington, mortgages, dated
February Bird, A. ID. 1877, and recorded In the
Office OF the Register of Deeds In and for the
county of Blu Earth, in the State of Minnc-
sofa, ON the 9th day of April, AID. 1877, ut six
o'clock I'm the afternoon, In Book 8 of Mort
cages, On page So by which mortgage there
was conveyed and granted the following de-
Blue Earth aforesaid, tO-wit Lots Nos. Two
() and Fifteen O5), I'm Culver and ~FarringtOn's
Subdivision of tho Southeast Quarter of Sec
ton Three tS. Township One Hundred md Six
QO6, Range Twenty-seven (2O, to secure the
payment of the sum Of One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars, with interest ut the rate OF 10 per cent.
per annum according to the conditions OF one
mortgage, made by said Christopher Weigen,
Jens j. Aspass and Leander Torreeon, to said
George Culver and John burlington, partners,
the said George Culver having since died. and
and mortgage ut the date of this notice the
sum of One Hundred and Forty-ive and 80-l00
Dollars, and no action or proceeding ut law or
otherwise having been instituted to recover
the amount OF said mortgage debt or any part
thereof : Now, therefore,, notice Is hereby
given that by virtue and In pursuance OF u
power Of sale I'm said mortgage contained and
case made n provided, the above described
premises will be sold at public auction, ut the
front door Of the Office of the Register of
Deeds in and for said county. Of Blue Earth,
and at the city of MankatO therein, on Satur-
day, the 18th day Of October, A. ID. 1881, at I
O'Clock in the afternoon, to satisfy the amount
of said mortgage debt then due and unpaid,
with the costs and expenses of such
foreclosure proceedings, including twenty-five
dollars attorneys fees rs stipulated In said
and the said mortgage will be
thereby fOreclOsed.
Dated MankatO, Sept. %, 1881.
JOHN HARRINGTON,
Surviving Partner of the late firm
of Culver & Harrington.
BROWN q WIswRLL,
Attorneys for Mortgages.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23

GUITEAU.-One of the first in.
quiries that will naturally spring to
the mind Of every citizen Of these
United States, now that President
Garfield is dead, will be, what will be
done with Guiteau, the assassin! IL
the law is allowed to take its course,
which we sincerely hope and pray
will be the case, the Constitution of
our Country, the palladium of our
Liberties affords an answer, rejecting
in strong light the wisdom of its
founders, of sacred memory. These
are their nords, which they ~engrafted
on that revered instrument
mo person shall be held to answer
for "a capital or otherwise Infamous
crime unless on presentment or in
dictment of the grand jury, and in
all criminal prosecutions tho accused
shall enjoy the right to "a speedy and
public trial by an impartial jury OF
the state and district wherein the
crime shall have been committed"
A nice point is presented as to
Guiteau's place Of trial. BY the
laws of New Jersey, the trial and
punishment for murder have to take
place @here the crime is committed.
President Garfield was shot in Wash
ington, his death, resulting from that
shot. occurred in Long Branch in the
State of New Jersey.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, The Legislature at its last regu.
lar session, passed on act for the adjustment
OF the "MinnesOta State railroad bonds upon
a proposition submitted by the holders of
said bonds
AND WHEREAS, Tho Legislature at the same
session also passed AN act proposing an
amendment to the constitution deyoting the
proceeds Of the internal Improvement lands
To the payment of the new bonds authorized
To be issued In the adjustment OF said railroad
bonds, which IL to be submitted TO the people
NJ the approaching general election
AND WHEREAS, the Supreme Court OF this
State has declared both the adjustment act
aforesaid and the constitutional amendment
Of 1880, to be null and void. thus rendering all
of said Legislation imperative
AND WHEREAS, the said Court has decided
that full and final power and authority to
provide for tho settlement OF said bonds IL
vested I'm the Legislature
AND WHEREAS, More than 81, OOO,O 900 Of the
whole issue Of 81, 275, OO0 Of said bOnds.are now
deposited with the State Auditor to he sur
rendered for new bonds or cash ut 80 cents Oh
the dollar, and the State may yet avail itselI
Of the proposition Of tho bOndhOlders and thu,
save more than 8 1900, 600, provided tho settle
mcnt DO Immediately cOnsummatcd;
AND WHEREAS, Most of said bonds will
mature before provision can be made 70
settlement by the next regular session OF tn
legislature, thus placing the State In tn
position of II total rcpudiator OF Its solcm
obligations;
Now therefore, In order to complete tn
proposed adjustment, and firmly bclicyin
that the best interests of the State reQuir
the immediate assembling Of the Legislator,
], John s. Pillsbury, Governor Of the State {
Minnesota, do hereby Issue this, my PrOclan
alton. summOning the member of the tw
Houses OF the Legislature to convene I'm exit
session ut the Capitol In st. PAUL on Tuesda,
y y the eleventh day of October, A. ID. 1881, at
o'clock A. NJ, to u such action as sha
0 seem requisite to protect the credit and hon,
y and subserve the welfare OF the State.
0 Given under my hand and the Great Seal
State, this 10Th day of September, A. d. lSs
by the Governor,
j. s. PILLsBURY.
FRED Won BAUMBACH,
Secretary OF State.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.
Willow Creek.

Willow Cfctks
| noticed in last week issue of the
FREE Press an article written by
'Cosine," in which he says that the
Blue Earth Valley Stock show and
Agricultural Fair will be held at my
place Oh the 9Th and 9th of October.
He surely has forgotten the date
The 4th and the 5th of October were
the days set apart for that purpose,
as will be seen in previous numbers
Of the FREE PRESS from our Pleasant
Mound correspondent /; the 4th being
principally devoted to making ar
rangements, while the 5th is the day
for exhibition. While all are cordial.
ly invited to attend, dinner will only
be furnished for u few who cannot
conveniently bring their dinner with
them. Hot water will be furnished
gratis to those wishing to make tea.
DO not forget that the 5th is the day
of the Fair. l.. Il. MCKIBBEN.