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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
Republican County Convention.

AT II meeting Of the Republican Npunty
Central Committee, held in Mankato Aug. a.
ISL. there were present all the member Of
the Committee. l.. l.. Pierce was elected See
rotary. on motion of Mr.. Lassow. the ratio
Of representation was iiNedai one delegate b
every - Republican votes. or major fraction
thereof. east for the Presidential ticket in 1850
On motion of MIR. Hughes. il was ordered
thai the town caucu-cs hc held al the usual
places of holding caucuses in each town from
3until O'Clock l.. NJ. on September ~. ISL,
and that the delegates lie chosen by ballot, I'm.
less otherwise ordered 10y the town committee
hut the Town in each town may
change the time at meeting aud manner OF
electing delegates.
On motion Of MIR. Spaulding. il was ordered
that the Republican County Convention b,
HELD IN M.NKATo. SEPTEMBER -,
AT O'Clock l.. NJ, at the Court House. Ia cleo
delegates II the Republican state and Judi
cial Conventions. and To nominate candidate,
for COUNT offices ~ follows:
Dnc sheriff.
onc Treasurer.
pnr Clerk of Court.
On. Register of Deeds.
One County superintendent Of Schools.
One County surveyor.
one Coroner.
one County Commissioner from 2nd Dist.
one County Commissioner from d Dist.
Eight Delegates L. State Convention.
Delegates t. Judicial Convention.
The several towns Of the county will be en-
titled Ia r, presentation as follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

On the whole, the atmosphere of
Long Branch seems to have "a bracing
effect upon President Garfield. With
the exception of last Sabbath, when
he experienced some discOmfOrts from
coughing and eXpectoration, he is
apparently bracing up. and evinces
new anxiety in relation to Govern.
nient affairs. Last Saturday Sec'y
Window was summoned to his bed.
side, from Washington, and i'm a brief
interview, he asked how the refund.
Ing was getting OH, and being assured
1t was being carried out successfully,
1t greatly pleased him. Other mem.
beers Of the Cabinet made short calls
OH him. all apparently pleased with
his improved condition. Postmaster.
General James called on the Presi.
dent Monday evening, the 18th inst.
and was highly encouraged ut his i'm
provement in voice, the bright ex.
preston Of his eyes, and general
appearance. If universal hopes and
anxieties, aided by the most fervent
prayers and the best medical skill OF
the country a carry him through,
there will be a thanksgiving replete
with JOY to millions of now aching
hearts. God speed the day of his up
lift from a bed of suffering to that OF
restored health and usefulness to the
country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

If we were to attempt to chronicle
all the suicides occurring weekly in
this country, it would demand a large
space in every issue of the FREE
Press. 1t would seem that the ratio
Of increase was in advance of that
Of population. Some are driven to
the act by sudden and unforeseen
misfortunes in business, others from
domestic infelicity and inidelity, and
others still from a desire to achieve
fame for assumed bravery. To us, it
Is a sickening, revolving kind of
literature, and unless an amazing
change should come over us, we have
no idea of dying as a fslo-dsse. Rather
by far, if Providence should so ordain,
glide gently into the clean and slip
pered pa%ntaloon," and when the dread
summons came, wrap our mantle
round us and lie down to pleasant
dreams.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
WITH all the timely notices given

WITH all the timely notices given
by the newspaper presses and by con.
spicuOus handbills, saying, "Beware
Of pick pockets" every Fair, circus
or considerable show turns out q new
batch Of unfortunates who carry their
money so carelessly that the adroit
thief plies his vocation successfully
The Minneapolis exposition had a full
representation Of these nicely dressed
whelps, who had y fine run in the
way of cash, gold watches and the
like. Our wonder Is increased that
so very few Of them fall under the
observation of the police. A poke,
in a shirt is q wholesome protection,
and a small amount Of small change
for temporary 8 not thus Gagged
would spoil the fun Of these chevalier.
d industrie.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

TIE Pioneer Press says that i'm.
mediately after the decision Of the
Supreme Court was announced, the
attorneys of Selah Chamberlin tele.
graphed that gentleman the result,
asking him if he was willing to renew
the proposition, taking SO cents on
the dollar in new 80 year bonds,
bearing 5 per cent. interest, condi.
TONED that the Governor call an extra
session of the Legislature and the
necessary legislation was obtained !
TO this MI. Chamberlin responded
afirmatively, and that Gov. Pillsbury
being advised of this action, has
taken the question of calling an extra
session of the Legislature under con.
siderati0n.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
SITTING BULL, it has been deter.

SITTING BULL, it has been deter.
mined, by Secretary Kirkwood with
the concurrence of Secretary Lincoln,
to remove from Standing Rock to
Fort Randall, away from the hostile
bands over which he had so much
control and influence. When the
steamer Gen. Sherman arrived to
transport the chief, he utterly refus.
cd to leave Standing Rock, threathen-
ing awful revenge, saying he would
make his escape and calling his war
riors about him would wreak swift
vengeance upon all the whites on the
upper Missouri and burn all the gov.
eminent posts and agency buildings.
So belligerent was he that it was
necessary to bind him hand and foot
and carry him on board the
steamer, and but for careful prepare.
tons made against surprise. a mutt.
ny would probably have occurred.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
ASSIGNEE'S SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that on the 2Sth
~ day Of September, 1881, at the o of 10
O'Clock A. NJ, Of said day, / will sell at pub
lie auction, ut the Lumber Yard of H. b. lis
dale on Front street, in the city of Mankato,
MIMI, the entire stock Of the late firm of
Tisdale & Bro, consisting of every descrip-
ton Of Pine Lumber, Lath. Shingles, Doors,
Sash, Building Paper, also Office. Safe, FIX
lures, Barn, Sheds, &c.
Terms Of sale, cash I'm hand.
NICHOLAS LANG, Assignee.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

TIE trial OF Rev. DIR. Thomas, of
the NJ. +. church, Chicago, for heresy
has been concluded, and he has been
a~djudged guilty. His case now goes
over to the Annual Conference to be
held in sycamore in October next.
AT the close of his sermon last Sab
bath, Mr.. Thomas, abiding TO the
finding of the ecclesiastical court said:
Whatever the result of the confer.
ence, | will be able to return to my
work. If am acquitted, / can re-
main with you without objection, and
if Am expelled, the conference will
have no jurisdiction over me, and my
work here viii not interfere with my
appeal to Il higher court.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
Republican State Convention.

A Republican State Convention will he held
IN the Opera Hours. -. Paul, commencing at
II o'clock noon, On
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2sru,
for the nomination of candidates for the fol-
lowing offices, tu-wit
GOVERNOR.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
SECRET Any OF STATE.
TREASURER.
AUDITOR.
ATToR>ENIsENERAL
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
TuREE ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF SUPREME
CouRT.
CLERk on THE PRE- COURT.
The basis at representation will he the same
n heretofore. Viz. one delegate for each or
raniz.d COUNTY. and one delegate for each 100
Republican votes, or major fraction thereof,
cast nj the last general election. The several
counties will he entitled IL representation as
follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

TIE state Fair at Rochester, af.
fords a tale briefly told. 1t was in
augurated in a ~drencbing rain, and
closed with the same gloomy and in.
suspicious surroundings. 1t il as.
serted that the stock exhibit was
never before equalled in the State,
Wisconsin having contributed largely
to this department. 1t is now claimed,
with all the drawbacks of the most
disagreeable weather, all expenses
were met, and so per cent. Of the
premiums paid down.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

Guiteau called the attention of his
guards to the fact that he was 40
years Of age Thursday, and intima-
ted his readiness to receive presents.
He Is working up the plea of insanity.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

In Nevada the cattle owners nearly
kill their critters by numerous brands,
and the loss in the value of hides, by
so much branding, is estimated al
$lO0,OOO a year. An old brand spoils
a hide fOurbits' worth and a new one
81. Some bands of cattle are SO
much marked and branded as to make
their hides worthless,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

ACTIVE preparations are noticeable
al Washington to avert further Indian
massacres, as will be seen from a
recent conference between Sec'y
Kirkwood, Adjutant-G General Drum
and Governor Fremont Of Arizona
Territory, resulting in an order plac.
ing the requisite arms in the hands of
the inhabitants of Arizona, to curb
the ferocity of the hostile Indians:
W~AsHfSGToS, Sept. 11.-Sccretary Kirk
wood, Adjutant General Drum and Gov. Ere
mont had II conference to-day relative TO the
defense ~ the inhabitants of Arizona from
the hostile movements On the part Of the
Apache Indians. II was decided 10 furnish
the needed supply of arms to he distributed
among the people Of that portion Of the
Territory threatened with Invasion. Gov.
Fremont left for Arizona Tonight.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
August Il

On account OF the extreme drouth
in Canada, it is reported from Lon
don, Ontario, that cattle are dying on
all sides.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
LOST !

Between o and the old Wells Depot a
black cashmere clOack, trimmed with black
lace. A suitable reward will be given for its
return TO this ONCE. M. C. JENSEN,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
j. z. JONES,
Druggist and. ApOtlGcaPy,

BY strict attention to the
business Of Druggist and
Apothecary alone. using
every effort to secure the
perfect dispensing Of the
purest medicines. I hope
to merit q share Of the
public patronage. Please
remember nv location
The Warner Drug Store
SOUTH sThE EE2Sr % s MfkszsSHA.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

GUiTEAu came near being brighten
ed 10 death last week from a rifle
shot that came crashing through the
window at which he was at the time
standing. 1t is said the fright was so
great that he skunk back to one corner
of his cell, coiling himself up in the
smallest possible form, like a hedge
hog prepared for the worst. The
shot was fired by a sergeant Of the
guard said to have been crazed by
some stimulant.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

\ SPECIAL election for the choice
of Il representative i'll Congress to fill
the vacancy occasioned 10y the resig-
nation of Senator Frye, ex-Gov.
Dingley, republican. was elected by a
handsome majority. This is the
news from Maine, of the 18th instant
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

~ fFVs 'NENb"ttrs ~
X. BLAKEIEY, Chairman
Republican State Central Committee.
4. W. JOHNSON. secretary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
FOR SALE !

Railroad.
Also the undivided half Of Southwest Quar-
ter Of Section ., Town 101, Range %, Blue
Earth County. ]. G. OSWALD,
6wla Minneapolis, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
FOR SALE CHEAP.

Two Cane Mills with Cooks Evaporators.-
Also Coolers and other fixtures ready for use.
ENQUIRE at FREE PRESS office. Part STOCK
would be takeni In payment.
Aug. 20, 1881. w. Il. WlLSON
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
DIMINISHED FERTILITY.

Owing to a general system of treatment cs-
sentially bad, there has been Il great degen-
eracy I'm the fertility of American soil. This
general system, SO far, has been to get all we
could from the soil, and return nothing to II.
In its present Impoverished condition, agri-
culture IL far less profitable than il once was.
The same labor that formerly produced two
bushels of wheat will now scarcely produce
one, while amid the multitude of insect enc
mics our course has invited, II is often qucs-
tionable whether II will produce anything.
The large profits in agriculture once accruing
from TN abundant yield, with little cost of
production, are never more To be known In
the occupied States. Diminished profits,
then, have largely and naturally taken from
agriculture its attractiveness But diminish
cd profits are not wholly due to II diminished
fertility. They are partly due in the West to
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

JIG FOWLER,
T.. l.. PIERCE.
GO SPAULDING, Committee.
FRED. LASSDW,
wM. :. HUGHES,
M4uksfn anun1-f .!
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
NEW INDUSTRIES.

mention, secondly, the rise and growth of
new industries. Railroads and ~tolegraphs,
in particular, offer attractive employment
with definite and onparatively liberal re-
muncration, to thousands of our more intclli-
gent and enterprising young men. The busi-
ness colleges are filled with farmers o n
who are seeking a hasty preparation for posi-
lions I'm the gift of these corporations, and I'm
insurance Offices, banks, counting rooms, etc.
Thus country homes and the profession of
agriculture are deprived Of their most PROM
ising youth. Unless this is checked, the ulti
mate result is what l have described In New
England ana New YOrk-the falling of agri-
culture, as a mental employment, into the
hands of an inferior class Of foreigners, who
live more cheaply, and are content with
smaller returns than the original proprictors
thew aucceed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
BEAUTY RAPIDLY AND cHEApLY CREATED.

The time required to create the pleasant
surroundings describe is astonishingly short.
A few years ago I became for the first time
the owner of IL piece of ground. Its trees
were two oak and n c~rab-apple. Its weeds
were u host whom no man could number To
drive away those plundering weeds seemed
to me no more a duty than to plant GLADDEN.
ing trees. Before the frost was fairly out of
the ground the following spring, with spade In
hand I went To a neighbor and bargained for
a numbc Of naples. Selecting them with
care I dug them myself and on one shoulder
carried them home. They cost me two hours
work and the sum of Eve cents each, or q
total for the twenty Of one dollar-in FIRE.
deemable currency. The trees wero for a
row In the street, were planted with care by
my own hands, and gurdcd rs things beloved.
The result was that I'm six years their graceful
and equal tops looked down upon me from q
height of nearly 30 feet, their branches had
already interlaced, they were things of beauty
and a perennial Joy to owner md neighbOrs.
What u tritiing cost for what q beneflcent and
speedy RESULT / have since planted other
scores, and even hundreds of trees, and only
with increasing evidence of how cheaply and
rapidly a bleak n barren spot can, under
tho hand Of their true lover, be transformed
into one full of verdant and abiding delight.
PECUNIARY VALUE OF BEAUTY.
This subject Of home adornment appeals
not only to a mans other interests, but to
those of his pocket. Could l, for instance,
have invested that dollar moro advantageous
ly, looking at 1t from . purely financial stand
point? Did not the investment materially
enhance the value of my property Do not
the attractive surroundings Of a farmers
home add to the money value Of his farm ?
1 venture the assertion that upon the average
farm no investment of money and labor will
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
A GENERAL OvER.PRODUCTION,

Notwithstanding diminished fertility. Too
many farmers have been engaged in growing
too much grain at too great II cost of produc-
ton. 1. O., the West Is too exclusively agricul-
tural. The bulk of Its products no longer
hnds Il home market-production Is immense
ly In excess Of home demand, and the excess
must find a market Il thousand miles and
moro away
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
HEALTH OF COUNTRY LIFE,

Not only do tho unconventional creations
and beauties OF Nature-fields, hills. valleys,
streams, trees, the over-arching sky, and the
clouds that have their homo there-nnd I'm
man an appreciation which shows they were
designed to please him, and he was consti-
tuted to enjoy them, but the country affords
the best conditions for his physical develop
mcnt and welfare. There is, or ought to be,
the highest health in country life. Its pure
air, Its sunshine, its freedom, Its opportunity
for abundant n varied physical activity, its
superior Tor what ought to 10 superior) food,
both of fruit and fiesh-these make the coun-
try the natural dwelling place Of health and
strength.
AGRICULTURE A NATURAL EMPLOYMENT.
As country life must nave preceded city
life, and "a Genesis Informs US that the FIRST
man was a horticulturist, sole member Of q
profession nearly identical with that Of agri-
culture, am / wrong in saying that the cul-
ture OF the fields, whether In the production
of fruit or grain, is the most natural employ
ment Of man? 1t certainly is, and has been
his most natural employment ever since 1.-THE
Lord God planted q garden eastward in
Eden," and there put the man whom he had
formed. Other employments were Of later
origin, created by the more artificial wants
Of men.
In these respects. my friends, farmers Of
Minnesota. jewellers in q favored State, cult
vators Of broad and rich and beautiful fields
in these respects you may magnify your call
ing. our employment 10 the most natural,
the most healthful, and the most delightful
Of all.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

It is q too common opinion that anybody
can DO q farmer who is bred to the business f;
that It requires no high Intelligence, that In
fact an intelligence cultivated In the schools
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

NV Snou'u 10 omPioSCus
THE FARMERS MOVEMENT COMMENDED.
Hore allow me to express my unmixed graft
hcation at the recent great uprising OF the
agriculturists Of the country. ! can sec In 1t
little or NO evil, but ON the contrary great
and Astounding good. Something has been
felt to be wrong. Something is wrong. Yes,
many things are wrOng--and this%O organized
uprising Of the farmers will inevitably result
I'm u clearer apprehension Of the wrong, and
an honest effort Ia right 1t. l understand the
chief object Of the Grange organization Is
mutual Improvement, the promotion of gem
eral and technical intelligence, and social in
tercOurse among Its members. IT this he its
object, the organization has not come a day
too soon. 1t has a great and useful work be-
fore 1t, and l already sec evidences of It's In
telligent appreciation Of that work.
Allow INC to address the balance of my
remarks to you not only as individual farm
ers but Us farmers collectively, gathered I'm an
organization whose object IL, as / have said,
mutual Improvement. Yours Is an indispen-
sable employment.
1t ought to bc an Attractive and profit
able employment 1t ought to be a pro-
icooiou uoVuicinB III intciiIBcncc, sklii, power
and interest. YOu ought to have and to keep
a due proportion of the best men and women.
Yea, owing to the innate attractiveness In
rural life, of which l havo spoken, you ought
to have and to keep an undue proportion of
the best men and women. Not only the In
terests of agriculture would be promoted by
this, but tho State would be benefited there
by. II tho time comes when from virtuous
and Intelligent farmers homes the State shall
cease to obtain her best and most influential
citizens, then the State itself will be far on
the read to decay.
In the interests Of agriculture, which !
would see honored and advanced, I submit
for your consideration five suggestions look
ing to that result.
I submit, first, as the most important and
fundamental, that the interests Of agriculture
demand
MORE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND
TECHNICAL.
It IL a too common opinion that anybody
can be q farmer who IL bred to the business +;
that It requires no high intelligence, that In
fact an intelligence cultivated In the schools
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

mention first the fact that the profits Of
| agriculture have been diminished, II result in
| turn flowing from two causcs-dimished fer
/ tility and ov~cr-production.
, 1881-02-06
TRACK TALK.


TRAN 11nM fn.f,. ;,,
The Rochester Driving fark Will give
running meeting next summer.
Dwver nros. have sold Jericho to j. II. Nc
..:,, H., ~ ,t crocscountrv
ooluA'A" ,l A' "''A -
"otA' - .,;. o,+,. h,c enid
Mr. y. b. DICKINSON. OF tllts city, ns s';.o
to Mr. L. c. Merrlck the black mare M1nnle'
we'll l;noysn tn road riders Price, 81 ,QG0-
~. Ta,, .ot. ca,,,,,o,a hxr Australian.
NJ: heene tSi,. ~ ~ for tho E,s1m Drrby by
he turf writers of the English sporting pa
ners.
~. p,,-&-o,r tho ,,o,1-tno;vn trainer.
1uonaa ., - E,;ynlan'd - assist .Iacob Piucu5
nas EviS ~ II piarra tS.. a. nr;11ar,is horses at
Waa,,narret Y nsmn "'' ''e0'
l, .,o .,.,-, ,,,ro
Nike Duihe 131s 'ias e,,ii oTd wi1f trnt her
1e.rl1 ~, ~ D'N ~ Rmrke nIso has several
nther nIns trntfnrs and viii hereafter devote d
po'dou u "t7 >'Ae - ~11A
The American horses recently sent " ni a.t,
gland were sold at 1attelsalis receutH; ail
proagh! la;d ;da Pitt h,,f &c haif nozen died on
ttu'n ..e'.so .s tIe va'tnre was not paving one
LIE 'osaec7 VIC 'e1.NA~ ,',,s~ :. ~
Rose Of Washington 1eGoru i,s:,er :, o
Ing wintercd at the staple ~ ne, t,st,a VMn.i'
William Sinsaoausn, on nta1ao F,!, 10 Hoc;-
Rose has entirely recoVeIea oa1ar nUM tIv 1son nf
qelt @ anna msuen 1+>'a oeA 0|
1aet oeason .uo++or. o,,r,,ad
Gus wilson, VINO u1Nts sto W. ,s.os IN
by MI. w. Z. France, o. 2l. Lou!s' 'c+",. n,,r- -
Chicago last week ara uutank ,, MtH Sn' nara
chased from Gus t1!!uosn a ~ ~ ptaoIwnnd fnT
Blackwood Mag, ~ io a son u DINA oo~'' 10A
MI. beuols'' u '0'' 1o .1,.r;e+or o