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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05
Communication.
Editors Free Press

Editors Free Press:
On several occasions in recent issues
of the Recisp. the delectable editor of
that retrogressive sheet has seen fit to
display, through the columns of his
paper, specimens of what he would
term Southern chivalry," us prac
ticed in the region of the beds
where he was born.
Evidently he has not discovered
that he lives north of Mason & Dixon s
line, and that which is applauded as
good breeding and gentlemanly among
the ancient boys of Maryland, would
be consider ed the height of meanness
here.
His late article concerning I. ID.
Francis, Esq, is fair sample of the
low morals of the man who wrote it,
and is rs overlooking with falsehoOds
as its author is of self.cOnceit. A
man who will deliberately sit down
and pen such an article for the public
eye, making it out of whole cloth,
would rob school children of their
dinners, which is said to be the worst
crime man can commit. He need
not worry about Mr.. Francis, who is
abundantly able to take care of him.
self, and can do his own writing
without even the aid OF an 4" emanu.
ensis."
The Recieo seems to have a whole.
some dread of " Francis and Cornish"
judging from the frequency with
which he notices them, and is fearful
lest he too become another victim"
to their long list already obtained.
He need not be surprised to see his
scalp dangling from our belts at no
distant day. This is thrown out mere.
ly as a hint that he may prepare him.
self for the sacrifice. Evidently what
little conscience he has left, if any,
troubles him, but ! would remind him
that "the wicked flee when no man
pursueth." But the fat boy" warns
me that he intends to destroy me with
my kindred, which ! suppose is held
put to brighten me from taking his
scalp. If he knows any good of that
q kindred" he evidently knows more
han any one else, and the relatives
would pay reasonable bonus to the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

THE search foI the Williams broth
ers. the Wisconsin desperadoes, has
been abandoned. The large scale up
on which the hunt for them was or.
ganized and has now been abandoned
reminds us of IA old and familiar
couplet-
In king Of France with forty thousand
men.
Mar, h'i up the hin arid then marched down
again -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

THE receipt by Mrs. Garfield, OH
August 2, Of a draft for f1OO from
the churches of Southampton, Liver.
pool, etc., as a contribution to the
building fund of the Church of the
Disciples in Washington city, with
which the President is connected, to-
gether with u letter of coincidence
and sympathy. are among the items
multiplying on every hand of the
deep interest felt in the President s
condition and qualification towards
his promised recovery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

BY the agency of electric apparatus
il is said that DR.. Bell has found
the Judgment of the bullet in Presi-
dent Garfield. lie says it lies five
inches below the navel. and one half
inch 10 the right OF the median line,
imbedded abou. one and one-half
inches below the surface of the ante.
rior wall of the abdomen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

THE bond tribunal had been in ses.
sion 1T st. Paul one whole week last
Tuesday, on which day they got fair.
ly down to business. Attorney Gen.
eral Hahn opened with Il brOadside
on the part of the people, denying the
cOnstitutiOnality of the act creating
this tribunal rs in direct conflict with
the anti-bond amendment of 1850.
He claimed that the obligation to pay
the bonds were imperfect because
there are and were no specific prOvis
ions made for their payment. That
the faith and credit Of the State was
what was pledged, but no particular
fund provided for their cancellation
He claimed that the bOndholders
never had Il solitary element neces
sary to constitute remedy, and cited
the fact of the creation of this tri
bunal as conclusive and which proved
clearly to his mind they had nc
remedy. If remedy they had, it Ia:
not and cannot be taken away. Hi:
argument was long, critical and ap
parently exhaustive, for he supported
his positions by Il mass of citation.
from Blackstone down through all tn,
black-letter and legal lore of the age.
to the present time. He was followed
by Hon. Daniel Buck, Of this city, OF
the same side.
TO the mass of our readers the dis
cussions incident to the application
to the Supreme Court for writ o
prohibition against this bond tribuna
rs unconstitutional, non.entit,
whose acts and findings can have n,
binding force, there will be very lit
tie relish. They will watch and wal
patiently the outcome, to see if ther'
is any labyrinthine way by which thu
payment of these bonds can be Ell
forced except by first submitting thu
question to the people.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

PRESIDENT GARFIELD is reported
"a saying Oh August I'd, " swain. l
know what | want-it is peaches :"
and peaches were given him, which
he deyourcd with relish. y sea voy-
age is now longed for by the Presi.
dent. and it is thought that in the
course OF three weeks, with his pres
ent ratio of improvement, he will he
able 10 go out To the sea in Il ship.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05
SUMMONS.

SUMMONS.
CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Blue
y Earth, ss.-District Court, Sixth Judicial
District
Anna M. Willard, Plaintiff,
vs..
John Young, Defendant.
The State Of Minnesota to the above named
Defendant:
You, John Young, are hereby summoned
and required to answer the complaint Of the
Plaintiff in the above entitled action, which
is filed in the Office Of the Clerk Of this Court
Mt Mankato. in said county and State. and to
serve u copy of your answer to said complaint
ON the subscriber, at his Office, in the city Of
Mankato, in the county Of Blue Earth, with
in twenty days after the service Of this sum-
mons upon you, exclusive Of the day Of such
service; and II you fail to answer said COM
plant within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff
In this action will take Judgment against you
lars, together with interest on 900 thereof at
10 per cent. per annum from March 9th, 1879,
with the costs and disbursements
herein.
Dated July 3Oth, A. D. 1881.
N. g. WILLARD. Pr9e Attorney.
ew@ Mankato, MIMI
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

The Dell Rapids Exponent, Il spicy
PAPER printed at Dell Rapids, Dakota,
says that over in the vicinity of
Mitchell the papers say many fields
Of wheat viii 20 forty bushels to the
acre. and few less than twenty" and
remarks, Knight rs well tell Il big
one rs any other
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

rHE atmosphere has of late been
highly charged with electricity. and
many animals OF the higher rs well
Is the lower orders have been killed
and great injury done to buildings.
The lightning rod men Will reproduce
al these terrors in aid of their voca.
ton.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

won the hearts Of the people, and i'm.
pressed them with the conviction that
he is u man of God, pure and Jealous.
lie informed us that he had Travelled
twenty thousand miles during the last
year, and that he averaged six calls
Tor services for every Sabbath. Our
bishops are surely an example to us
OF labors abundant, rs they 60 from
city to city burdened with the care
OF all the churches. They are worthy
successors to Wesley and Asbury.
j. Il.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

THE Louisville Courier JoUrndi says
tina, when Boston girl is presented
with bouquet she says: 'oh, how
dcllclously sweet its fragrance i'm.
prcmlates the entire atmosphere OF
the room. \ down east girl simply
says. Iii smells Scrumptious thanks
Z .aben -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

II is estimated that ut least i0. 600
Americans are iecreating this sum
iner on the Continent of Europe.
Ghpy went there TO escape the heat
uf or cities in the sultry season, but
were recently struck with Il hot wave
when the thermometer went up from
as to;@lo Fab. in the shade. That
VIII call for frequent potations Of
larrant's pale ale ard old Brown
stout, 10 keep their spirits buoyant.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05
McGRArH and McDavitt, charged

MCGEATII and McDaVltt, Charged
with the attempt TO blow up the
Liverpool town hall, were promptly
arrested. tried, convicted and SEN
fenced. one for life and one for Is
years. How VIII such dispatch of
business by the English compare with
the procrastination of that celebrated
case = Jarndyce VS.. Jarndyce, so
finely reported by Charles Dickens
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

WHILE France has a formidable
unpeasaniness in Algeria. the Eng
lish planning to get away from Trans.
wal. and other empires threatened
with popular connections, how quiet
rctre here in the United States under
our Republican form of government,
where every man can sit under his
own vine and liz tree with no one to
lnolcst or make afraid.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

SOME of President Garlield's humor.
on, remarks, considering his critical
condition, have aroused the sentimen.
tality of the Philadelphia Press, which
guSheS rs follows:
:" lnk.. ON oh heari of nak. inkr on e.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05
THE wheat harvest in Southern

THE wheat harvest in Southern
Minnesota, pretty generally com.
menced last week under the most
favorable weather, will DO mainly
completed 10y tomorrow. August 9th.
AS our farmers have been reaping,
stacking, and, in some instances,
threshing from the shock, their medi-
tations have naturally been occupied
by the prospective loss OF gain of this
wheat crop of 1881. The FREE PRESS
will he most happy to hear from them
briefly on this subject. that We may
spread the result before our numerous
agricultural readers. For short
period before the commencement of
harvest, the reports from various
points were so conflicting and unreli.
able rs to leave the matter in doubt.
That wet weather, the great album
dance of weeds, and the presence of
chinch-bugs and the Hessian fly have
seriously injured many fields is very
generally conceded. 1t is now time
to begin to post the books and obtain
reliable data whether cOnsecutively
cropping to wheat for ten, fifteen and
twenty years, and making wheat rails
ing the leading branch, OF whether
rotation OF crops, diversified farming
such rs raising more cattle, horses
sheep and hogs, and cultivating tina
very sure crop, corn, to feed them
and sorghum to sweeten ourselves, il
not where the index finger of expert
ence and good sense ut present points
How long and cOnsecutively may w
crop to wheat without exhausting it
fertility and wearing the land com
pletely out! These are stubborn
= questions and have got to be met can
didly. manfully.
There was, to our mind, gram
text for the consideration of farmer
in the communication of our CORES
pondent 3D." from Vernon Center
/ published in last weeks FREE PRES,
l which we commend to a second reat
, ing, and we reproduce it here:
II might he well for farmers to rememb,
that the Hcssian lily never hurtsa cd!f, shse
horse, hog, and that all of these are prof
= able for II farmer To keep on farm.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

DURING Il heavy storm along the
Hudson river on the IA inst, the new
state capitol ii Albany was struck
lay lightning and several laborers
killed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

\ FRIEND writing from Lake City
of the date of August |, says:
| have noticed for some weeks past the cN-
ccllcnt typographical appearance of the FREE
fEL>~
We fully appreciate the compliment
and thank its author.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

The condition of President Gar.
field continues improving. and is APP
paren;ly very satisfactory to his at
tending physicians.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

THERE are over 900 patients in the
insane asylum nj Utica. n. Y. DIR.
John L. Gray is the superintendent,
very eminent and skillful physician
for the insane.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

\ WAX has broken out among the
brewers Of 81. Louis. resulting i'm the
reduction Of from s. to r. per barrel
III the price Of beer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05
MANKATo FREE Press.
FRIDAY, AUGUST ), lssi..

LOID LoRNE, Governor-Genera of
Canada. and suite were at Winnepe,,
August lst.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

W. G.. FARGO. mayor of Buffalo
and president of the American Ex-
press company, died on the sd inst :,
aged O. years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

TIE Lincoln county JOurnoi has Il
capital story illustrating what is com.
monty denOminated muddle. The
sheriff of that county was enroute
with a prisoner named Chapman for
the Hennepin county Jail, when the
prisoner, through his attorney, sued
out writ of hdbeos corpus before Hon.
Chas. Richardson, court commission
er of Lyon county, through which
county the sheriff had to pass with
his prisoner. Divers writs were here
issued, returned and dismissed, and
others unheard.Of multiplying so rap
idly as to befOg all parties, and even.
tually it became disputed point
whether the sheriff was not in reality
the prisoner instead of Chapman ! In
this dilemma, after much argument,
it was decided to call it u "draw
game" and the counsel, sheriff and
Chapman all agreeing that this habeas
corpus was Il mysterious proceeding,
departed for their respective homes
We should think that Chapman wonld
crow, and the average lawye indulge
in hearty outlaws.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05
WITH the recent murder of one of

WITH the recent murder of one Of
his revenue officers down in the Caro-
linas where the moOnshiners " do
80 abound, (which is only another
name for illicit whiskey distillers),
and the recent discovery that large
quantities of sweetened whiskey,
dashed with Il little opium, are largely
sold rs medicine in many of the States
where the prohibitOry laws are being
enforced, the energies of the Com.
missioner of Internal Revenue are
taxed To the utmost. 1t is now clear
proved that the makers and vendors
of patent medicines are transacting
an enormous business under this tran
sparent disguise. by which the reven-
ues of the United States are largely
defrauded. Probably ere this, DR..
Wedge has been warned by circulars
to keep sharp lookout through his
district, and that he has instructed
his vigilant deputy, ID. B. Owen, Esq.
to be on the alert that our strictly
temperate localities are not invaded
by this adulterated, Intoxicating drug
Lager beer enters SO largely into thu
beverage Of our people that we do no
believe that any very thriving bust
ness in sugared whiskey dashed with
opium will be attempted in Mime
sofa.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

They move in a mysterious way,
Their wundcr, Ia perform
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

SOME of our exchanges. not over.
cautious intheir ntteranccs, have this
10 SAY of our noted railroad magnatcs !:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

a farmer named Wilson, living near the
line Of the Kingston & Pembroke railway, in
Canada, while passing through the woods,
was torn IL pieces 10y Il bear and nearly de
vourcd before his fate was learned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05
E. ID. CORNISH.

THE latest bear story we have seen
comes TO us from Canada, and runs Us
follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

joke on oh hear, Of OAK. joke on r.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-16

RICHMOND, Nov. ia meeting of leading
Readjusters will be held here on Monday next
to discuss important questions likely to come
before the Legislature when it meets in De-
cember. Among the most prominent of these
will be the Senatorship and the election of four
Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals. In
dications seem TO point to Capt. Rddleberger
as the strongest aspirant for the first mention
ed honor. Some of the best informed Read
iuster leaders iu the State, and who are very
close friends of Gen. Malone, say that he will
not accept place in the Cabinet if it is tend
cred to him BY President Arthur. He would
not. these gentlemen think, surrender his seat
in the Senate to take any Cabinet position
likely to be offered him. 1t is more probable
honor for one of his lieutenants- S. Wise
of this city, it may be. 1t seems to be the inn
preston in Democratic circles that there is
such a scarcity of able lawyers in Mahone's
party that it will be difficult to find four men
of sufficient legal attachments on that side to
fill the positions in the Courts of Appeals. So
far from this being the case, several of the
most eminent members of the Bar in the State
have indicated their willingness to serve in
these olaces if chosen. The Readjuster have
many able lawyers in sympathy with them.
Some of these, it is true, have not taken any
active part in the Readjuster fight since the
inception of that movement. 1t is said that
a contingency may arise in the Senatorial con-
test in which several Readjuster members of
the Legislature will not act in concert with
their associates. AS distinct and emphatic
understanding is declared to have been had
with all the Readjuster candidates for that
body before the election, this is not likely to
occur. Those in position to know say that
every Readiuster nominee for the Legislature
agreed to abide by the acts of his party caucus
in the legislature.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-16
MASSACHUSETTS.
Accident or Foul PLAY.

ATHoL, Nov. 15.-This morning, on the
Fitchburg, railroad, the body of man was
found lying by the track near Kennebunk
Mills, a mile east of Athol station, with a
frightful wound in the head. He IS supposed
to have been one of the ledge hands but his
name is not ascertained. 1t is not known
whether he was run over by the night trains or
whether there has been foul play Deceased and
two other men were together last night intox-
icated. John Brovnan was arrested this
morning to await the result of the inquest.
The Garfield Professorship.
SPRINGFIELD, Nov. 15-Thei amount al
ready subscribed for the Garfield memorial
professorship at Williams College is $17.710. 1t
is hoped to make the total $50, 900 at least.
The Ninth Massachusetts Regiment.
BOSTON, Nov. 15.-The committee on the
rumor and charges against the Ninth Massa-
chnsetts regiment growing out of the recent
trip to Yorktown. have made their report to
the Governor. A number of the gravest ru-
mors are pronounced false, among them the
statement that 100 men were locked up in
Richmond; that the authorities of that city
addressed an official complaint to Gen. Hau-
cock, and that Gene. Lee ordered the regiment
out of line at the review; that the lunch at
Wilmington, Del, was not paid for, and that
their train coming homeward from Richmond
was stoned They find. however. grounds for
many of the charges made of misconduct in
Richmond and recommend searching investi-
CATION with view to fixing the guilt upon
and 6ischarging the men responsible for the
alleged dishonorable conduct and report with
in thirty days the names of the culprits. If
these are not forthcoming the entire regiment
should be held strictly responsible and be liza
BILE to such action as the Governor may there
upon direct
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-16
The Mormon Question.

New York, Nov. ia Washington dis
patch says there will probably be an extended
discussion of the Mormon problem in the
House of Representatives very soon after that
body assemblies. Delegate Cannon holds the
certificate of the secretary of Utah. while Mr..
Campbell holds that of the Governor: The
secretary of state is not authorized by law to
give any certificate The law provides that it
shall be given by the Governor, who shall
state in it who received the greatest number OF
votes. Governor Murray's certificates state
that Mr.. Campbell received more votes than
any other citizen of Utah. The Supreme
Court having decided that Cannon is not cit
izen of the United States, there would seem to
be little doubt that Mr.. Campbell will get his
seat. Cannon is polygamist, having three or
four wives in Utah. Hitherto the Democrats
iu Congress have been the indirect champions
of polygamy by sustaining the Mormons in
their contest in Congress, and it is supposed!
they will do SO again. II is the purpose OF
some of the Republicans to object to the adj
mission of Mr.. Cannon to his seat, and this
will bring on the contest, if there is to be one.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-16
MINOR rELEGRAMs.

A fire broke out in the shoe factory of Bel
lows & Moore, Albany, N. Y. yesterday af-
ternoon. Loss heavy.
Three hundred and fifty New York hack
drivers are on strike for advanced wages.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago has vetoed re-
cent ordinance of the council, authorizing the
printing of the city ordinances in German.
Col Charles Worthingtop, statistician of the
department of agriculture at Washington, has
resigned. j. r. Dodge succeeds him.
Charles X. Hyde, chief inspector of build
ings for New York, was yesterday removed
from office for neglect of duty.
VIM. Ahern, night Waterman at Hartford,
Conn, fell through hatchway early yester-
day morning and was killed.
James Morrisey of Springfield, Mass, 16
years of age, was fatally shot yesterday with a
pistol by Fred Markham, also 16, who did not
know the weapon was loaded.
Stiles Stanton, president of the First Nation
al Bank of Stoughton, Conn.,, and prominent
citizen, died last night, aged 49,
Fire at Fairburn, Ca, yesterday, destroyed
ten stores and dwellings. Loss is not yet
known.
The forthcoming annual report of the Secre-
tary of the Interior is largely devoted to a
fresh discussion of the Indian question.