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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-11

RALEIGH, N, O., August 10 The N,U,
and obiptr hSs The official retutns from
seventy.thrte counties, which give 9s.s0S
nnajotity aeAinlt ptohibttlon, with twenty.
three Gou6lies 10 be heAtd from. Hay.
wood county, with 81 nGpti'y for ptchl-
billion, 90 iAf stands alone,
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IFfssuIaFity OF n COfnmiaAlOn PlFin.
TOLEDO, August 10 --RumOrs have been
10 circulation for Aems days past Of gross
inegulsiily Oh the part Of a prominent
VrAin commission firm ot this city. II
has ,fanspired that the firm in
question Is that oil Err Williams 4 Bro,
Khoes suspension was announced to-day,
AZ led ttat numerous fraudulent bills oil
lhdirg had been issnsd by thetn coveiing
Imaginary CAignes Of grain, on which
lalys advances bad bsen secured.
The amount Involves several tranRsC.
iors, va,inusly estimated At from $780, 900
10 100000. Both members oil the ftn,
have left the city, and 1t Ia understood
hSt warrants have been isened Tor tlei,
ATTEST oil tbs charge Of iItgety aud obtain.
ng money nndef false pietensBs.
The meeting ol the Bard Of DifeC' Or
oi The PtuduCe Exchange, which was cali
ed for .n'Asy 10 lAks AC!ljn in the mILte'
yae adj ,uttled,
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LAHORE, August 1O.-Ayoob KhAn's
supply ol arms IL becoming short, and, II
10 reported from Quella, that a portion Of
the chiefs and people are dissAfTscted
towards him. The Amesf has collected
i,b00 regular troops at Khelat.i. 1hilzGi.
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w.,,.rp Nail Association, in sea'
~ pD,,burgh yesterday, advanced
~ y. y J, IS. and reported a satisfactory
'll i', y v, and outlook OF and for the
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nULLGIIS NEpORrs.
Condition OF the PEesldem As RInled BY
the PbysiClAUB,


EXECUTIVE MAN.IoN, |
WAsulNaTON, Angus 10 -SA M J
TIE President slept soundly during the
night aud this morning his TEN perA'ure Ia
normal, although his pulse issliIl frequent.
At pieeent It 10 lO4i temperature, 90 81
respiration, 10.
ATTENDING PuYsfCIANs,
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for dinner.


May Dowuirg, c1ntinusd--I went out
into street, asked Riggs as passed him
what he wss doing there. He threw up
bis hand TO be still; saw wilkins and
Weir when started ont; one was leaning
al window and the other mott don't 10.
msmtst which lbpoke to George, tell:
ing him stetl was In there listening, and
he said he didn't care II be was, When l
went back Riggs wSs still standing there;
Riysi got up and went ont. He told me
bitptySrds ha was mad At me ior telling
Ljp1YRe; vaa d. Rggs hotse often alter
,hat; would soc Riggs there; sometimes
Es would come In aud look at bis feyul.
yers and load them. | saw them three
times; tbibk once In came week oi Christ
mas. Once he was yli ( down, and 80 "a
not 10 lle IN Il, he TOOK II out aud laid II
OH The naCbiHe. Once he showed IL 10
ns willis loading he took ou, three halls
ard put IN seven had two pistols. 0Ie
night BIZ came 10 aud loaded and went out.
Fred Keys, jt.-Live beie, but work In
" heelIns; wss al FinkH on Christmas
when the band vas there saw Weir there
eaW Riggs; heard nothing said ty weif
about shooting; | went with Thos. TAYLOR
10 yet hls picture taken; yhen we heard
that Weir had ehot Riggs, Taylot said
Weir had told him he would shoo. him
not 10 minutes ago.
sephus Wa'son-Live north Of here
Wa hers from September Till las. Aufll
! have seen Riggs alter night saw him be
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lomolul BuIlsiln.l


lP.M-'Fbe President Ia getting through
the day In very satisfactory manner
He has asked for and taken u small guam.
tity Of solid food in addition to the liquid
nuurishment allowed. At the morning
dressing the disChsrgs OF pus through the
new opening was more Tree than at any
previous time. It's character was good.
The wound looks we'll. His temperature
and respiration continue within the nor.
NAL range, though the debility following
the operation iB atill vhown by frequency
Of pulse. AT present his pnlseis ITO, TEN.
pefatute 9S 6. respiration 10
ATTENDING PHYSICIANS
".
WASHINGTON, August 10 The follow.
log was sent this afternoon to Mr.. Lowell,
Minister at London;
"At / o'clock =. N. the Presidents con.
dtion has not essentially changed since
the morning report. At noon he signed
all important public document, 10 which
his signature was Indispensable, with a
CLEAR iirm hand.
Signed BLAINE, Secretary"
v.
LOmcilll
ExEcuTIvE MANSION, 4:30 p M-Dh
Bliss reports at 4:9O p. NJ, that, notwith.
standing the high pulse shown BY The noon
bulletin, the President had very com.
Portable day. The rapidity Of his pulse was
An indication ot weakness resulting from
the operation and from the Diminished
quantity Il food given him Yesterday and
Monday, but this is q transient condition
and and will not, II Ia thought, last longer
than to morrow. AlfeadY the pulse has
fallen ak beats since the noon bulletin,
and the Temperature Ia only y little HbJve
normal. The patient has taken more nout.
iahment to-day than At any time since per.
forming the operation and iiis clndltitn
ia, Ia the opinion OF all the surge1hP, much
better than II was twenty tour hours ago.
This President performed this afternoon
his first official act HLCe the second ,ol
July, by signing . fotmA nqnililion for
the exlfadli1n II a Grin1iha, whc, come
time since, took refuge In CaradA, aud 10
now In the custody al Canadian Authorl'
ties peudi X the SCtion OF this Govern
nlehL .l t
VI.
EXECUTIVE MANSION 7P M--Tlie Ptesi.
dent passed an excellent day. The drain
age Of the wound Is now efficient, and the
nus Rectetsd by lie deeper portion has
sen coming sway. The afternoon rise oI
ianusTatufe waA almost dtgtte less thAu
Yesterday and day before HE pulse o.!
present is los, temperature lOl, rs'pira'
tt.. ATTHHntnn HHVlICIANn.
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Cts gntelGgsaffr
.. aud n YOur's'nth street.

a,,l.i,s Mill declares semi'annuAl
Il' IS D' al eisht per cent, making sixteen
Srd'Y' =, ~ stockholders in the year past
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DIRh.

wELLs-oisAa, son Oi ThsO. p.and Mar, X.
wells.
FunstaI notice lo.mot,os.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made IN the condi
IL tions of Il certain mortgage executed by
Joseph Fawcett, Arthur Ewens and james
Ewens, mOrtgagors, to james A. James mort
gagcc, dated February 25th, A. ID. 1880, and
recorded in the Office of the Register OF
Deeds In and for the county OF Blue Earth
I'm the State of Minnesota, on the 10Th day OF
February A. ID. 1880, at five o'clock in the
afternoon, I'm book 10 Of mortgages, on page
81; by which mortgage there was conveyed
and granted the following described real
estate situate in the county of Blue Earth
aforesaid, tO-wit: The east sixty acres of the
south half of the southwest quarter and the
west twenty acres of the said south half of
said southwest quarter OF section four In
Township One Hundred and eight, Q09 north
of Range Twenty-Five (2J) west, containing
eighty acres according to government survey
TO secure the payment OF the sum OF Eight
Hundred 900 dollars, with interest ut the
rate of seven per cent. per annum TILL due,
and aftor due at the rate OF ten per cent
according to the conditions of seven promis-
sorry notes bearing Rlme date as said mortgage,
made by said Joseph Fawcett, Arthur Ewens
and James Ewens to said James A. James;
and there being due and unpaid upon said
note and mortgage ut tho date of this notice
the sum of Two Hundred tifty-seven and 68-100
(257.66) 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 a power Of sale in said mortgage contained
and herewith recorded, and Of the statute in
such case made and provided, the above des-
cribed premises will be sold at public auction,
AT 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 l4th day Of May, A. d. 1881, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy the amount
of said mortgage debt then due and unpaid,
together with the costs and expenses of such
foreclosure proceedings, including fifty dol
lars attorneys fees as stipulated In said
mortgage; and the said mortgage will be
thereby fOreclosed.
Dated March 18th, 1881.
o. o. PEs1R, Attorney Ter xsStgasss.
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MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINas.

The value of the domestic breadstuffs
exported from this country for the eight
months ending Feb. 2s, Of this year, was
S1S2, 42S,S 1926. The value Of the same class OF
goods exported during the eight months end
ing Feb. 20, 1880, was s1ss, s35,659
Reports Of serious injury to winter
wheat have reached st. Louis merchants.
James Gordon Bennett has ordered q
yacht In which he can cross the ocean. 1t will
be 225 feet long and forty-hve feet beam.
The Chief Engineer of Mexico has
surveyed the Tehuantspsc route. and he re-
ports Capt Eads' project entirely practicable.
Commodore Robert W. Shufeldt, OF
the United States navy, has accepted the COM
mand Of the navy Of China at salary OF
$40, 900 per year. Secretary Blaine aided the
scheme a. blow to England's supremacy in
the East.
Judge Spier, Of the Superior Court Of
New York, has issued an injunction to restrain
the Northern Pacific railroad from issuing and
distributing $1s, 900, 900 common stock. Part,
IL not all, Of this stock has already been dis
tributed and placed in the market with COM
mon stock previously issued. The application
for the injunction was made In the interest of
the Willard pool
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We said in a f

We said former advertisement =" To person OF some
cheaper to-day and in the long in Blue Earth
per than 80 50 one hundred miles
from timber BY the time the settler these vast prares has
his and bridges got churches and schools and bought
timber until he grow his his land will cost
him than $40 per acre. We again emphasized by
the October blizzard the stormswep prares lying
hundred of miles to the losses stock are reported
lost largely because there is timber with which to utilize the
hay and straw for shelter
We have large of farming lands for sale in Blue
Earth adjoining counties and suit customer either with i'm
proved umprove Lands have been rising since harvest
and will likely keep going up present prices they will bet
investment than at interest Parties who are
thinking buying will betor bargains now than along towards
spring
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J. F. MEAGHER, Mankato
PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
y Earth-ss-In Probate Court. Special
Term.
In the matter Of the estate of Harvey
Meacham, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition Of James
Wilson, administrator of the estate Of Harvey
Meacham, deceased, representing among
other things, that the said deceased died,
seized Of certain real estate therein described,
and that 1t is necessary to sell the same to
pay the debts of said deceased, and praying
for license to sell the same, and 1t appearing
to the Court that ii is necessary to sell said
real estate for that purpose.
1t is therefore ordered that all persons i'll
terested in said estate appear before the
Judge of this court on Thursday the 2lst day
of April, A. ID. 1881, ut III o'clock In the fore
noon, at the Probate Office in said county,
then and there to show cause, II any there be,
why license should not be granted to said
administrator to sell said real estate accord
ing to the prayer of said petition.
And 1t is further ordered that copy OF this
prior to said day of hearing, the last of which
publications shall be at least fourteen days
before said day of hearing, in the MANKATo
FREE Press, u weekly newspaper printed and
published ut Mankato, in said county, and
personally served ON all persons interested in
said estate residing in said county, ut least
fourteen days before said day of hearing, and
upon all other persons interested according
to lazy.
Dated at Maukato the 7th day Of March, A.
ID. 1851.
BY the Court G. w. MEAD,
37w6 Judge Of Probate.
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MORTGAGE roREcLosuRE SALE.

nEFAULT having been made in the condi-
- lions OF certain mortgage, executed
by Albert l.. Eldredge and Lavina his wife,
mOrtgagors, to John G. Noe. mortgage, dated
August LIST, A. ID. 1874, and recorded In the
Office of the Register of Deeds In and for the
county of Blue Earth in the State of Mlnne-
sofa, on the first day OF August, A. ID. 1874, at
four o'clock In the afternoon, In Book No. 2
of mortgages, oa pages ~ and ~, by which
mortgage there was conveyed and granted
the following described real estate, situate I'm
the county OF Blue Earth aforesaid, to-wit:
The east half "a Of the southeast quarter %
OF Section twenty-eyht (25) In township one
hundred and five Q0j) north of range twenty
seven GU west, containing eighty 800 acres,
to secure the payment of the sum of Four
Hundred go dollars, with interest ut the rate
OF ten per cent. per unnum, according to the
conditions OF Il promissory note bearing same
date Us said mortgage, made by said Albert
H. Eldredge to said John q. Noe, and the said
mortgage having been duly assigned by the
said mortgagce to Margaret Kimball and
Bethia l.. Kimball on the fifth day OF August,
n. ID. 1874, which assignment was, on tho said
fifth day Of August, A. ID. 1874, recorded In
he Office Of said Register OF Deeds, In Book
y OF mortgages, on page UT, and there being
,lue, unpaid, and claimed upon said note and
mortgage, NJ the date Of this notice, the sum
e Four Hundred and twenty eight dollars,
and thirty-fOur cents, and no action or pro-
ceCding at law or otherwise having been In
situated To recover the amount or said mort
gage debt or any part thereof: NowtherefOre
notice il hereby given that by virtue and in
pursuance of power of sale in said mort
gage contained and Herewith recorded, and
Of the statute In such case made and provided
the above described premises will be sold ut
public auction, by the sheriff OF Blue Earth
county, ut the front door Of tho Office Of the
Register Of Deeds ia and for said county Of
Blue Earth and ut the city of Mankato therein
On Friday the twenty-ninth day OF April, A.
ID. 1881, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, to satis-
~ the amount Of said mortgage debt then
due and unpaid, together with the costs and
expenses Of such foreclosure proceeding, in
Guiding twenty tive dollars attorneys fees Us
stipulated In said mortgage; and the said
mortgage will be thereby foreclosed.
Dated March 10th, 1881.
MAltGAltET KIMBALL,
BETHIA l.. KlMBALL,
ASsignees Of Mortgage.
JNO. {. NOE, Attorney for Assignees.
l3Sw7l
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PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA-County Of Blue
y Earth-ss-ln Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate Of Mary L. Jones
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition Of Hum
phrey Williams Of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, representing, among other things,
that Mary L. Jones late Of MankatO, on the
End day Of March, A. ID. 1881, ut MankatO died
intestate, and being resident of this county
ut the time Of her death, leaving goods,
chattels, and estate within this county, and
that the said petitioner Is interested i'll the
estate Of said deceased, and praying that ad.
ministration Of said estate be To him, said
Humphrey Williams, granted, 1t is ordered
that said petition be heard before the Judge
of this court, on Monday the 18th dnyof April,
A. ID. 1881, at ~ O'Clock A. NJ, at the Probate
Office In said county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be
given to the heirs Of said deceased, and to all
persons interested, by publishing copy of
this order for three successive weeks prior To
said day Of hearing, in the MANKATO FREE
PRESS weekly newspaper, printed and pub
lished at Mankato In said county.
Dated at Mankato the 2lst day Of March, a.
ID. 1881.
BY tho Court. q. w. MEAD,
39w4 Judge OF Probate.
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DOMESTIC INTELLI0ENCE.
Eaat.

Hugh j. Jewett has been chosen to
succeed Gen. Grant a. President Of the Worlds
lair Commission.
The Connecticut Legislature has re-
pealed the law providing for the examination
OF railroad engineers and conductors 30 Is to
guard against the employment Of oolor-blind
persons in those positions.
Seven masked men robbed the house
Of John Conner, of Catfish, Pa, Of $4,000 in
money and bonds, after binding and gaggins
the old couple.
William A. Hunter, son Of an e1.
Mayor Of Brooklyn, having been detected In
embezzling money for speculation, shot
himself in grove near Fall River, Mass.
Joseph w. Milne, who was paying
teller In q national bank at Fall River, Mass,
pleaded guilty TO the smbezzlsment Of $1,000,
and was sentenced to Ave years In prison
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sHER1rrs rxEcur1oN SALE.

RY virtue of three executions issued out OF
Land under the seal OF the District Court IN
and for the county Of Blue Earth and State OF
Minnesota upon three judgments respective.
ly rendered and dOcketed In said county, the
first on the 18th day OF May, A. ID. 1877, foi
the sum Of fifty-twO and 44-lO0 dollars; the
second, on the 18th day Of May, A. ID. 1877, for
tho sum of fifty-two and 6i-l0O dollars; the
third, on the END day of January, A. ID. 1873,
for the sum Of twenty-five and 2G-l00 dollars
In all of said actions wherein Frederick Fox
Ia plaintiff, and In tho said first action Nathan
lei Stevens, Jr., Is defendant; and IN the Sec
Is impleaded with others as defendants, and
In the third Of said actions said Nathaniel
Stevens, Jr., and Galloway Stevens are de-
PENDANTS; have this 18th day Of March, A. ID.
1881, levied upon all the right, title and inter-
est or the said defendant, Nathaniel Stevens,
Jr., In and to the following described real
estate, situate In the county Of Blue Earth
and State OF Minnesota, known and described
~ follows: the west half OF the southwest
quarter OF Section twenty-nine (29), I'm Town
ship one hundred and five Q05), Of Range twen-
ty-eight (28), west. Now, therefore, notice Is
hereby given that will sell the above describ-
cd real property to the highest bidder for
Cash at public auction at the front door of the
county aforesaid, I'm the city of Manl1ato there
I'm, on Friday, tho 10Th day Of April, A. ID. 1881
at ten O'Clock In the forenoon of that day, to
satisfy the said execution, together with the
interest and cost thereon.
Dated March 18th, 1881.
PETER SCHWEITZER, Sheriff
Of Blue Earth County, MINI.
FREEMAN & Pau, Attorneys for Plaintiff and
Judgment Creditor.
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CTATE OF MINNESOTA-Countyo of Blue
y Earth-ss-In Probate Court. Special
Term.
In the matter Of the estate Of George w.
Cooper, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demands of all persons against George w.
Cooper, deceased, late of Blue Earth county,
will be received, examined and adjusted by
the Judge of this Court, ut the Probate otlice
i'm said county, on Tuesday the 14th day of
June, and on Tuesday the 18th day Of Sep
TENDER, A. ID. 1881, at 10 o'clock In the fore
noon on each Os said days.
Also that six months from and after the
date hereof, is the time limited for creditors
of said George w. Cooper, deceased, to pre-
sent their claims for examination and allow.
ance. At the expiration of which time all
claims not presented to this court or not
proven to its satisfaction shall be forever
barred unless for cause shown further time
be allowed.
And that the administrative of said estate
give public notice of the time and place of
said hearings, and Of the time limited TO cred
itors TO present their claims by posting q
copy of this order In four OF the most public
places In said county, and by the publication
Of the said order for four weeks successfully
in the MANKATo FREE PRESS, a weekly news
paper, printed and published at the city of
Mankato in said county.
Dated at Mankato the 10th day of March, A.
d. 1881.
BY the Court. g. w. MEAD,
SSw5) Judge of Probate.
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PROBATE NOTICE.


STATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Blue
- Earth-ss-ln Probate Court, Special Term
March 18th, 1881.
In the matter Of the estate of John j. Evans,
deceased.
Whereas, an instrument in writing, purport-
ing TO be tho last will and testament of John
J. Evans, deceased late Of said county has been
delivered to this Court. And, wherSils, Evan
L. Evans has fllod herewith his petitions rep
rcsenting, among other things, that said John
j. Evans died In said county On the 18th day
Of February, 1881, testate, and that Rev. W.
NJ. Jones and William Thomas are executors
named In said last will and testament, and
praying that the said instrument may be adj
mitted to probate, and that letters testament
airy be TO said w. n. Jones and William
Thomas 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 Monday the End day Of May A. ID. 1881,
at O'clock In the afternoon, when all con-
cerned may appear and contest the probate
Of said instrument. And it is further or
dered 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 Mankato FREE PRESS,
newspaper printed and published at Man
kato, in said county.
BY the Court, 6. w. MEAD,
38wi Judge of Probate.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

cTATE OF MINNESOTA--County Of Blue
- Earth-ss-In Probate Court, Special
Term, March 18th, 1881.
In the matter Of tho estate Of William II.
Price, deceased.
Letters Testamentary on the estate of said
deceased having been granted unto Henry
s. Holman and Thomas J. Jones of said
county.
1t is ordered that all claims and de-
mands Of all persons against said estate be
presented to this court for examination and
hearing, ut the Probate office, in Mankato Oh
the following days, viz;
On Monday the 27th day Of June and on
Monday the 10th day of September, A. ID. 1881,
ut ~ O'clock In the forenoon on each OF said
days.
1t 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 said executors as
aforesaid, shall cause notice of the time and
place of the hearing and examination of said
claims and demands, by publishing a notice
thereof for four weeks successfully in the
MANKATO FREE Press, a newspaper printed
and published ut Mankato in said county.
Dated March 18th, 1881.
BY the Court. G. w. MEAD,
39w4 Judge of Probate.