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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

OF Mahone's future prospects of
carrying Virginia and controlling the
politics of that State, Congressman
JOrgenson, who is a Repul lican tells
a New York Tribune reporter that the
following is about the situation with
Malone
The Readjusters will not be able to
carry the State or the next legisla.
ture without united and enthusiastic
support of the Republican party in
Virginia, for the reason that Gen.
Malone, by his course in the senate.
has alienated thousands of Democrat
ic Readjusters. Probably in the next
State election he will control $4,000
or 10000 of that vote, which with
the united support of the Republicans
would give him the State and legisla.
ture that elects "a successor to Sena.
tor johnson. While Republicans
sympathize with Malone and his
liberal sentiments, as expressed in
the senate, yet the past experience of
him and the frequency with which he
can change front leads them to dis.
trust him, unless they have trust.
worthy assurances from him that he
will act ST. as not to disintegrate
their organization and leave them
again where they were in 1879, when
through mis- influence and money Gil.
bert $. Walker was nominated by
bolters from the Republican conven-
ton. Administration and Republican
senators, in giving Gen. Malone
support and cOuntenance, as they
have done, have caused such divisions
in the Republican ranks in Virginia
that it will be difficult to hold the
rank and file together for a straight
ticket. If Malone is wise as a great
political leader should be, he will
take such course as will win for him
the united support of the Republicans
oe Virginia, without which he is
doomed to failure, and the smallness
of his vote will prove how much
weakened he has become under the
assaults of the Bourbon Democrats.
If he should boldly and openly pro-
claim himself Republican the
result would be new departure in
the South, the building up of a new
party, of which he would be the ack-
nowledged leader. the only trouble
being the debt question.
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State News.


The RiTey.Page case at Austin Was
again postponed until early This
week. Ri
Z. A. Keller, indicted for mail
robbery while route agent on the
Southern Minnesota railroad, has
finally secured bail. Judge II. >.
Bassett and Capt. W. w. Braden, Of
Preston, and army comrades II
Keller, have signed his bail bond. u.
Duluth seems to have again caught
a business boom and promises to
grow and flourish once more. A. daily
paper is talked of and manufactures
are increasing, and u telephone OK.
change has been organized there.
Agents for agricultural machinery
are doing rushing business among
the farmers.
The safe at the railroad depot In
Henderson was broken open the 9th.
er night and $40 taken.
After being blockaded for two
months the people of Jackson last
week welcomed the opening Of rail-
road communication with the outer
world.
At recent session of the Olmstead
County Horticultural Society held at
Rochester, several of the citizens re.
ported good yields of fruit in that
vicinity and predicted the present
winter favorable tor good crop the
coming season.
A man giving the name of William
son was arrested at Jordan, on Wed.
nesday, by the sheriff of Freeborn
county, and taken to the Albert Lea
Jail. The charge against him is
swindling farmers by patent hay.
fork trick, securing signatures to a
note representing 1T to be contract
to act as agent. Williamson is al
legged to be a member of a band
operating in Iowa. ~
N. w. Kittson, of st. Paul, has re.
ceived those fancy horses purchased
in New York and will establish, a
stock farm near that city for breed,
| ing high bloods, .,-,
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This little neighborhood has manifest
ed greater change and far more pleas
ant hopes of prosperity in the coming
future than in the past. A few of its
inmates, particularly favored, are more
disposed to feel the weight of their
honor, since others have publicly raised
their banner of popularity" even if
numbered with attendants at horse
races or trades.
Miss S. Fletcher has again been en-.
gagged to teach the school here this sum-
mer. She seems to be "the teacher" in
the vicinity, as success here alone be.
longs to her.
Mr.. Geo. jefferson and Miss Ida Steel
returned last week from their respective
campaigns in teaching.
Mr.. James Sharp left town last week
only to return with new housekeeper
We extend our happy congratulations
with fervent hope of a pleasant life to
the new couple.
Mrs. Trask and daughter left on the
Goth ult., to visit relatives in Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer entertain very
restless hopes of spring and very i'm
patiently await an opportunity for a
tour to their friends and their new farm
in Dakota.
We advise them to "hold1heir peace;'
spring must surely come and each and
every one long to see the railroads clear,
and we also take the liberty to warn
them of "the more haste the less speed"
which we find is generally the ease this
winter. A SUBSCRIBER.
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Two months of the worst roads we
ever saw Is over with.
Probably more stock lost this win.
ter in this county than enough to pay
all the taxes.
There is so much interest being
awakened about planting groves, 1
would advise planting the hardy Cat
alta as being easy to raise from seed,
is fast grower, and the most desir.
able timber known for posts, etc. A
few ounces of seed will supply thou.
sands of trees.
The Blue Earth Valley Stock Co.
is the most promising enterprise in
this vicinity. The first crop of colts,
now four years old, are being eagerly
sought for. Several have been sold
at 5000 and $500. The company have
recently sent J. A. Latimer and Mel
son Latin east to purchase another
imported Norman stallion. Officer.
just elected are:
President-J. A. Latimer, Winnebago City
Treasurer. s. Parks, Pleasant Mound.
Secretary-Oliver Ashby, Madelia.
The officers of the Pleasant Mound
Grange, lately installed, are:
Master-N. Casper.
Overseer-F. o. Marks.
Lecturer. S. Parks.
Steward-A. NJ. Stephens.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Chamberlin.
Chaplain-L. F. McKibben.
Treasurer-T. H. Dredge.
Secretary-Mrs. NJ. T. McKibben.
Gate-keeper--H. Bigelow.
Stewardess-Mrs. VIM. Chamberlin.
AGENT.
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HAVING published Mr.. Bookwalter's
unwarranted attack upon Mr.. Burger,
it seems as If fair play at least would
have induced the editors Of the FREE
PRESS to have given the latter gentle.
man chance to be heard in defense.
Unless it was willing to do so, the
attack should not have been published.
The desire to preserve the unity of
the Republican party will not be
deemed sufficient excuse for deny.
ing Mr.. Burger a hearing after pub.
fishing the attack, for the Republi.
cans of this county are like the gen.
erality Of humanity-they like fair
play.-Repiew.
Mr.. Burger having chosen the Reuisv
as first in which to wash a little
Republican dirty linen, the FREE
PRESS surrenders to its contemporary
all the honor and glory that may be
gathered from said communication.
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Communication.

Editor Free Press -
After travelling three or four days
over the snow, beautiful snow, we
find our eyesight is not improyed,in
the least. But nevertheless we wish
to furnish the readers of your excel.
lent paper short description of a
trip overland from Mankato to Mar.
shall. The first day or two the
weather was excellent and we were
congratulating ourselves upon our
good fortune in selecting the time we
did for making the trip. But alas!
our happiness was short lived, for
upon arriving at Redwood Falls we
found it to be among the impossibili.
ties for us to proceed direct on our
way, for the roads were not broken.
Communication not having been had
between the two towns distance 40
miles, since January 10th, except by
way of Burns, and very few teams
having been through in that direction,
we concluded to hang up at Redwood
and "let nature" open the road. It
did so in rather an unexpected man
ner, thawing during the day it would
freeze crust on the same by mid
night that would bare up a loaded
team. Arrived here at 6 p. m. March
20, and about half past 7 it commenc-
ed showing and blowing by all means
the worst storm of the season, but we
were happy, sitting by the fireside of
our old and esteemed friend c. w.
Andrews, formerly manager of the
Andrews family Swiss Bell Ringers.
now a member of the best law and
collecting firms in the State, under
the firm name of Mathews & Andrews.
We find Marshall as lively as ever
with the exception of the railroad
eating house and hotels. We do not
find one-sixteenth part of that .edis.
tress" which is reported to exist
through the country. r, Ia
Stock has been lost to a consider.
able extent but, after considerable
inquiry, 1 have heard of no human
beings being lost. d. Yours, &c.,, =.
DAKOTA DAVE.
| MARSHALL, MIMI, April LIST. e..
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knew it was more profitable to raise
stock, and I naturally wanted Tn know

knew it was more profitable to raise
stock. and naturally wanted to know
what he knew about it, and conse.
quently wrote to the FREE PRESS
asking for information but 1 have
never got any information on the sub.
ject, only mems say so, and that /
care nothing about. Now, Mr.. ",
give us your facts, and the modus
operandi in stock raising, and then we
will have something to go by. 1 gave
you facts and figures in what I had
done in raising wheat, not what others
had done, and here in Blue Earth
county, not in Africa. So, let us
have your facts in raising stock. l
don't want to know what some one
has told You; want to know what
you know; I don't want to discuss
this subject for the sake of arguing.
If / can have no information on the
subject, then drop it. 1 respect a
man who differs with me, if he differ
honestly, and not for the sake of
argument.
Well, Mr.. Editor, / guess this is
going to pan ont an old.fashioned win.
ter before it gets through-the 4th of
April, and good, solid winter yet.
But there is one consolation. as some
say, If we have an old-tashioned win.
ter we will have good crop. 1t may
be so. but can't see the philosophy
Of the saying. I have no doubt if the
weather Is suitable, we will have a
good crop If we do our part, not
otherwise. We don't get something
for nothing, when we get it honestly
If we undertake to do no more than
we can do well, we will most general
ly succeed /; but If we undertake more
than we can do well, then we are APT
to fail. One great trouble with Min
nesota farming, we have too much
land, we often undertake to do more
than we can do and do it as it ought
to be done-hence the failure.
J. DoBIE.
Srupr ma Aprfl ifb
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Sterling.


That idea of Mr.. ", your Danville
correspondent, of the Governor filling
the offices Of Representatives in Con.
gress, would be a novel one, and why
not run it little farther and have the
Governor fill the offices of State Sena.
tors and Representatives as we'll, and
then 60 back to monarchial or i'm
perial government Governor Pills
bury is man of the people, and the
people have said 80 for three terms,
but that is no reason why he should
hold the Office for life. There Is just
as good fish in the sea as have been
caught. Gov. Pillsbury appointed
Edgerton, because it was his place to
do so until the Legislature met then
it becomes their duty to elect Sena-
tor, and if Gov. Pillsbury had mp
pointed any other good man the peo-
pie would have been satisfied. No.
Mr.. Editor, we-the people-will fill
the offices, and do without one.man
power, even if we have to contend
with machine politicians! If there
was little trouble about eleeting a
Representative to Congress for the
First District last time, thatis no
reason why it should be so again
the people have a right to say who
they want, irrespective of political
tricksters. Z
Now, Mr.. Editor, If Mr.. ". Is a
stockman, as suppose he isby his
remarks, why doesn't he give Us some
facts regarding stock raising, and not
live on the honey produced by others
as any other drone doesi We don't
need to 60 to Texas or Colorado to
raise cattle in Minnesota, neither do
we want to 60 to Dakota to raise
wheat in Blue Earth county, Let us
understand what we can do In these
industries here. I have no hobby to
ride. If any one can show me that I
can make 1t more profitable in raising
stock than in raising wheat, + will
raise stock; but until then will fol.
low my own judgment in the matter.
In an issue Of the FREE PhRss pre-
vious to my first article, q prominent
man remarked to the editor that he
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

THERE is trouble in the Northern
Pacific railroad management. The
eastern end and the Oregon construct.
ing company are at loggerheads, and
now President Billings and others
talk Of uniting with the Union Pacific
which is now building a branch
through to the Umatilla river, and If
so it will materially disturb the Ore.
gon company. But this great rail.
road building monopoly is beyond the
comprehension of ordinary men, so
who Is wiser for saying anything
about the matteri
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

LAST Sunday Congress, of course,
was not in session and Conkling and
Vice President Arthur had time to
go down and eat peaches and cream
and other goodies with Kate Chase
Sprague~ The papers say that a Mrs.
Moore was there, too, and Conkling
sent her lone of the handsomest
bouquets of cut flowers that money
could buy" If Mr.. Moore is at all
particular in regard to his domestic
affairs he himself had better buy
Mrs. MS bouquets and let Roscoe
keen his
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

THE political debate in the Senate
and Malone and all the exciting
topics at Washington were last Satur.
day lost in the one great and impor.
tant question Of female etiquette
whether the wives of cabinet minis
tiers were expected to return calls
made by wives of Senators and such
like common herd of humanity. At
least that was about the grit of the
thing, and Washington society was
all store up over the one absorbing
question. Happy must have been
old bachelor Devens of the last cab.
met who was relieved of all these
high and mighty questions of calico
courtesy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07
THE MISSOURI RIVER Fl .ooDs

The flood on the upper M issouri
river was a serious one to Nj mdan,
across the river from Bismarck and
from a telegram of the 3lst ulti mo,
descriptive of the graphic scene, we
extract the following:
"Last night was cold, with a Ii vely
wind from the north. The mer. curry
fell to eight above zero, which was
sufficient to stop the thawing and
help solidify the gorge at Fort Lin.
coin. The broad expanse Of water
this morning was free from flo; lting
ice, and the scene suggested p lacid
bay. The water was at stand still,
and the outlook for fall was dist our
aging. The Northern Pacific trans
fer was still safe, and the capitul ated
warehouses were yet clinging to- the
bluff. The field.glass showed no
change in the situation in Mandan.
The people were evidently abroad,
and no sign of any flag of distress was
visible. The plucky citizens, men,
women and children were staying at
home, contented to fight it out on
that line if it takes all summer.
They had passed an uncomfortable
night, but were not willing TO desert
the spot. They have a few boats, and
with them they are able to 60 where
it is not over the boot tops. With
to-day's chilly wind and to-night's
frost the situation will become mOnot-
onous. Besides the damage to furni-
ture and stocks of goods, it is believed
that 100000 railroad ties have been
washed away and thus loss of
$35 900 inflicted upon the Northern
Pacific. The incident of the day was
the rescue of five men in the woods
on the bottoms south of Bismarck.
Mayor George Peoples and one man
took Il skiff and rowed Il mile to the
timber and ice There Peoples got
out of the boat and stepped upon the
blocks of ice and went in search of
the men believed to be in the woods.
1t required staunch heart to 60
single-handed and alone through a
wood that was nothing more than a
mighty gorge of ice. From block to
block he skipped until he found four
men in two skiffs, safe and sound.
They had prepared for the flood, but
confessed it was more of a shower
than they had expected. They had
provisions and could have held out
several days. A fifth man was found
upon cake of ice, badly exhausted
He had been knocked around in a way
that made him say his prayers. He
had iloated a considerable distance
upon the ice before it finally rested in
the trees. When he started he was
upon the roof of a house, from which
he was hurled into the current by a
huge cake of ice. He went down,
but managed when he came up to
make Il raft of that cake. The mayor
brought his five captives out and saw
them safe in Bismarck. He Travelled
about four miles over the blocks OF
ice. Dutch Jake, a ranchman in the
bottoms, stayed with his house anG
cellar of potatoes, and is in all proba
bility lost. Norman Faulkner los
twenty-three head of cattle, and VIM
Wolfe six yoke of oxen, two COW!
and span of ponies. Farmer Sails
bury, on Apple creek, was obliged t.
e take to the second story of his house
and with his family was rescued thi
morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

TIE Washington correspondent of
the Minneapolis Tribune says that
Dunnell is not out of the field as a
candidate for Speaker-not much,
Mary Ann-but on the contrary still
has hopes. He argues that Hiscock
is still candidate, while New York
has its Postmaster General, and Kas-
son is candidate, with Kirkwood in
the Cabinet, and why should Dunnell
withdraw just because the great State
of Minnesota is honored with Cabi-
net position? Sure enough-take
down the brush and daub on the war.
paint and 60 in, say we, Mr.. Dunnell.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

GEN. j. W. BISHOP has resigned
the general managership of the st.
Paul, Minneapolis s Omaha road and
has united with Hon. r. B. Langdon,
of Minneapolis, in purely railroad
constructing. In all probability as a
money venture the latter capacity
pays the best. But the Generals old
friends will miss him as a courteous
railroad official.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

AMBITIOUS politicians contemplate
ing settlement in Dakota, had better
beware! A Washington correspon.
dent of the Pioneer Press has recently
taken the measure of a few of those
already settled in the Territory, but
who are temporarily looking after
their interests at the Capital. and the
following are the dimensions Gov.
Ordway, height 6 feet, 4 inches,
weight 282 Judge Kidder, height S
feet inches, weight 1872; Judge
Bennett, height feet ! inch, weight
1876; Register Campbell. height feet,
weight 24l; Col. Lounsberry, height
s feet 10 inches, weight 249; average
height, 6 feet; average weight, 234.
All below the above average height
and weight are advised to remain in
the States!
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

IT was a red.hot day in the Senate
last Friday. Lamar talked, Hoar and
Dawes of Massachusetts, replied,
Logan and Hamburg Butler had a
tilt, and Voorhees, and Malone
"twitted" each other. 1t was the
same old story, Southern Bourbonism
and buster, the Dixie representatives
all claiming that everything had been
lovely down in that rebellious com.
munity and all wrong up this way,
while the Senators from the North
showed by record and history from
where the trouble came.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

The New York World has attacked
Secretary Window, and claims be.
cause he happens to be stakeholder
in the North Pacific Railroad that the
Secretary is in completely with the
railroad monopolists. When any
paper attacks Mr.. Window on the
transportation question, it will touch
a point where his record is the
clearaSt
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

WE take very little stock in all
this newspaper talk about cabinet
officers resigning merely because GER
tain appointments do not suit those
said cabinet officers. We would
about as soon expect Dunnell to re-
sign and come home as those gentle
men well seated in fat four-years'
Office would surrender their place
just to please some jealous politician.
Do not put too much faith in this
cabinet-wrecking talk 80 early in the
administration history.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

THE Republican Senators in caucus
last Monday voted to stick to the
Dawes resolution and proceed to the
election of officers. The Pioneer Press
says they shouldn't have done 50.
Strange how those short-sighted Sem
ators fail to consult the great paper
before taking an important party step.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

THE city of Vermillion, Dakota,
is reported to have been cut off
entirely by t lie rampageous Missouri
and left high and dry on the Nebraska
side. This is Judge Kidder's town
and we were wondering if he would mt
turn up candidate for United States
Senator from Nebraska instead of
from the proposed new common
wealth of Dakota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-07

WISCONSIN has taken long stride
in temperance reform, the legisla.
ture having passed law making it a
crime for creating" friend. A
man can still buy the stuff in quanti-
ty and guzzle and tipple until he is
jolly drunk and not so to prison or
be fined,
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Hebron.

The young people of this place have
organized a literary society.
Mr.. H. Myers, Of Nicollet, died on
March 9th, 1881. He had been Su.
pervisor for nearly eight years.
Mr.. NJ. Tusler, an old and respected
citizen of this place, has sold his
farm with the intention of moving to
Iowa, having purchased a farm in
that State. Mr.. A. Jones has also
disposed of his farm, and will accom-.
pany Mr.. Tusler to Iowa.
Mrs. Lorenzo Rist is insane. 1t was
thought she would have to be taken
TO the hospital, but we understand
she Is improving.
Mrs. NJ. Brook II very sick and not
expected to live. H. @.
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THE Red Wing Republican has come
across an old army paper published
years ago, and calls attention to a de-
layed nomination and as much as hints
at Gen. Hubbard's probable candida
cy for Governor in the approaching
canvass:
1--WE CHANGED upon an old copy of
paper called "The Tenth Minneso.
to-" printed and published at Meridi-
an, Miss, by NJ. r. Prendergast, a
private of Co. II. of the 10th Reg't,
MINI. Vols. 1t bears date June 80,
1855. We noticed series of nomin.
ations which the editor then made
from the regiments serving in that
army, as follows GO For Governor,
Col. VIM. r. Marshall for 1t. Gov.
ernor, Brig. Gen'l l.. F. Hubbard /;
for Secretary of State, Brew. Col. S.
p. Jennison for Treasurer, Mai. II.
b. Strait for Auditor, 1t. Col II. p.
Grant ; for Atty Gen'l, 1t. Col. II.
G. Rogers "
The reader will observe that of the
above nominated, Gen. Hubbard alone
has not come to the place assigned
him, or an equivalent honor. We sub.
nit to those who have been earlier
complimented, that a promotion is at
length fairly his due, and that he is
fairly entitled to the support Of his
comrades whom he has so Loyalty aid
ed on all fields and in all campaigns"