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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-27
ManlSatO and Saint Cloud Railroad.

W. Il. Mitchell, editor OF the ST..
Cloud journal Press, has written Il
letter from st. Paul to his paper in
which he makes the following refer
cnce to this projected road, the con-
struction Of which is of So much i'm.
portance to this county:
| had n conversation to-day with Senator
boutwell, Of Mcleod county, who speaks In
the most encouraging manner Of the pros
poets for the early building Of the st. Cloud
and Manhato railroad. II will be remember
cd that b II was passed at the last session of
the legislature providing for the transfer Of
the swamp land grant Of the old st. Cloudand
Minneapolis railroad company to the Saint
Cloud ana Mankato company upon the con-
soldation OF the two organizations. The
charter of the former company is under the
control Of +. j. Wilson Of Minneapolis. and a
great difficulty has been experienced in bring
ing about the necessary consolidation, but
Scnitor Bonniwcll says that this has been sat
isfactorily arranged Tor and will be fully
completed in few days. Mr.. Il, further
says ,hat he proposes introducing n bill max
ing an additional grant Of two sections of
ltiIu per fnl. u:iu tliS nC ~ very cOIlUic'lt Oh
getting. This would make an endowment Of
six sections per mile, ana would prove a nc
small attraction 10 railroad operators, In adj
dition to the great advantage this line Offers
in the way OF II heavy traffic which would
grow rapidly with the development o. the
exceedingly rich country through which II
passes. Ex-senator Meagher of Manl:ato,
who was present at the time, SAID he had di-
rect information that the Chicago, ST. Paul &
Minneapolis company fully expects to build
this road. The survey made last summer
from ST. Paul To Mankato and from Mankato
to Austin, was very satisfactory to the parties
interested, and developed a route over which
Il road could DC very cheaply built. Both
these gentlemen, who have given the matter
much attention, are very confident Of the
early construction Of this road, which is of so
much importance TO st. Cloud, Mankato and
Austin, and the C. untry betwecn.-Giencos
Ent,TPr,se.
Mankato is directly interested in
seeing this road luilt, for there is
nothing that will benefit us so much
us its completion. Many Of our peo.
pie will watch with interest any &C.
ton that is taken on the matter.
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ing been eighteen years since they were

ing been eighteen years since they were
last there.
Parties from MankatO have been scour-
ing this section for timothy seed, offer
ing as high as $s.O5 per busllcl.
Considering the ruling prices in Chi
cago 1885 and better, that is hardly
what buyers can afford to pay here.
T.. d. Francis having spent jolly
week in MankatO returned to America
on Saturdays train.
l am credibly informed that there are
no less than four members of the farm
ers board Of trade who are engaged in
other business than farming, contrary to
the intent Of the law passed creating
that body 1t is said one is a member
of n firm who buys grain, and another
manufactures agriculture implements,
while another deals in general mcrchan-
disc. Sect. one of the law says the men,
Der shall not be "directly or indirectly
connected with any association which
has FOR its object the buying and selling
ofproduce." Here is something for our
Legislators to investigate.
Accept congratulations on the greatly
improved appearance of the PRESS, and
my worst wish is that it may continue to
improve and that its circulation may
continue to increase as it justly deserves,
till copy enters every household in the
State. COsINE.
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unication.

Editor Free Press:
Mr.. Norrisl. one of the finance com
mittee of the House. in reporting
back the bill for repairs Of the State
Normal school at this place. took oc-
casion to cast reflections upon the
manner in which the work was done.
and that it should have been let by
contract. etc.
The facts are that the work was
more than half done. and the roof
nearly if not quite enclosed 50 as to
protect the building from damage by
rains, before the plans were complet-
ed. Mr.. Bassford, the architect
made the ground plan or frame work
and sent ii up here about ten days after
the roof blew off, and it was about
twenty days after before the whole
plans and specifications were COM
pleted.
If the building had been allowed TO
stand until the plans were completed
and "a reasonable notice given for bids.
the rains at that time would have
damaged the building more than the
cost of the roof. AS it was, the rain
done about half as much damage rs
the cost of the roof.
The resident director acted under
the advice Of the Governor and the
Normal Board, and spent about three
months time in looking after il with
out any compensation. and to be cen
sured by parties without any know.
ledge of the facts seems to he unjust
JUSTICE.
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EAGLE LAKE.

The neck-tie party at Mr.. Nathan
BENEFITS was grand success both as
regards fun and finance. The net pro
cecds from the sale of neckties, peanuts
and popcorn, some of which was sold
at ruinOus rates, nctted the creditable
sum of $l4.40. The occasion was one
of merriment for the young folks who
gathered from Eagle Lake, Mankato,
and the White school house. Every
thing was as merry rs a marriage bell.
The giant tread of the great and
mighty Lu Miner is heard on our rick
ETY. elm sidewalks, surprising Caesars
triumphant march into Rome. It's a
boy. Let the good work go on, until
every natural born citizen is Repub-
lican from its birth.
Our enterprising fellow townsman,
Hon. Horace Cummins, is getting lum-
Der On the ground at Smiths mills for a
mercantile establishment of cOnsidera-
Die magnitude.
We learn that the hiring of a teacher
for the ensuing term of our summer
school is left to the treasurer, Mr.. Hag-
gard, who is making an extensive tour
among the school marms that are rusti-
eating in our vicinity this winter, with
a view Of securing the choicest of the
many.
Miss Emma Edget, living two miles
south Of town, was married the 2lst
inst. TO Mr. E. Ii. Higgins, Of Iowa, by
Rev. Z. d. Cook, at his residence.
There is to be meeting of the credi-
tors of Mr.. Nathaniel York, who left
town short time ago, suddenly and
silently, with several unpaid bills he
hind. Mr.. Phelps is the prime mover
in collecting reliable information con-
corning the assets of the gentleman who
so unwillingly tore himself from our
midst. SLAB.
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BOokwalter has the clearest con.
science of any member in the legisla.
ture, with the exception of Senator
Buck of your county. These two
are the only ones in the entire body
who refused pass from the railroad
companies, and while others took
them, we do not wish to impugn
their motives in so doing. for they
can if they SO desire, be as independ.
ent in all their actions with them in
their pocket us without, but the ques.
ton arises, will they?
The finance committee, to which
was referred the bill of repairs for
the Normal school at MankatO, made
serious objections to allowing or rec.
ommending the bill until the neces.
sary vouchers were received from the
proper authorities. specifying the
items used i'm the repairs. That, the
committee thought, was the only true
method of doing business. While
none doubted the correctness of the
account in general, yet they wanted
il satisfactory statement from the
board ut MankatO.
Your scathing denunciatiOn re.
speeding the actions of Andrew C..
Dunn, meets with the approval of
every member who read it, for his
course while here has been severely
criticised.
+. j. Pierce secured the clerkship
of the en9rossing committee.
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NiYRNA.

From present apoearances VIC shall
have six weeks Of slcighi-g IN January
this year. 1t is over ten wee',s slEcc The
snow came to stay, and the sleighing
has beer good ever since Owing to
the snow on the track between the Lake
and Mankato, the Blue Earth train fail
ed to &c. through to Mankato Friday
and returned without or usual mail.
Next day it did better and succeeded in
getting to Mankato and returned on
time.
Hon. Joseph Bookwalter returned to
the "bosom" of his constituents on Sat.
urday tram, Coz q short visit.
MIR. .Jonn ID. Heritage has been under
the doctors care for several days, but l
am able to STATE is getting better.
Mr.. and MRS. j. W. Mead let last
Monday for visit to Wi3cocsin, it nav
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MAPLETON.


Mr.. VIM. Randall of Sterling has
gone to Minneapolis to attend the State
Cane-growing Association. Mr.. Ran
dali makes the very best quality OF
sorghum, still he is man of new ideas,
and may learn something new.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh of Brandon, Wis.
are here visiting their brother and fam
lily Mr.. and Mrs. COmstock. Both the
couple are near seventy, have raised
large families, married in York State
and now after many years meet again in
Minnesota.
Our drayman Mr.. Marshall Tenny and
Mr.. David Smith have each lost horse
last week.
Mrs. S. c. Brooks has been quite sick
but is some better LOW.
Mr.. c. G.. Spaulding and his little
daughter Mary have gone to Charles
City, Iowa, to attend re union OF his
family. His mothers birthday was the
22nd of this month when six surviving
out of the ten children would meet with
her.
A wedding party gathered at tie
residence of Mr.. Deremer in Medic last
Saturday, Jan. 22nd, to witness the
marriage ceremony of his oldest son
James Dcrcmcr and Ida Eastman. They
We're united by Elder Kelly, of James,
vile. Many friends unite in wishing
them long and prosperous lite.
Another wedding took place at the
Catholic church Sunday morning Jan.
23rd, Mr.. James Daily and Miss Mary
Mahoney.
Nearly every baby in Mapleton is on
the sick list. S.
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MOrfguye Foreclosure SAFE.

DEFAULT having been made in the condi-
- lions Of certain mortgage executed by
Charles +. Curtis and Ella j. Curtis, his wife,
mortgagors, to Samuel l.. Osborn mortgage,
and recorded in the Office of he Register of
Deeds in and for the county Of Blue. Earth.
in the State Of Minnesota, on the fifth day of
March, A. ID. 1873, at ~ o'clock noon, in Book
mortgage there was conveyed and granted
the following described real estate situate in
the county of Blue Earth aforesaid, to-wit
The wet half Of the northeast quarter of
section twenty-four In township one hundred
and seven, range twenty-nine, to secure the
payment of the sum of Four Hundred and
nifty dollars, with interest at the rate of seven
per cent, per annum from December lst. 1873,
the interest to be December LIST, 1879, and an
nually thereafter according To the conditions
Of the promissory notes described in and
bearing the same date rs said mortgage made
by said Charles +. Curtis 10 said Samuel l..
Osborn, and there being due and unpaid OF
principal and interest upon said notes and
mortgage ut the date of this notice, the sum
OF Ninety-three and 35-lt0 dollars, Four Hum
dred dollars Of the principal sum with inter-
est thereon from December LIST, 1.so, still to
become due, together with the taxes on said
land, paid by said mortgage as follows, to-
wit: $9E paid May q, looo, for the tax of
1870, and $l1.3S paid January $, ISL, ms the
tax for 1880, all of which taxes were neceSsa-
rily paid by said MORTGAGE, to protect his
rights under said mortgage, and for all of
which taxes said mortgagee holds The receipts
OF the Treasurer of said Blue Earth county,
making now due and claimed To be due at the
date Of this notice FOR said taxes and interest
thereon to date and upon said mortgage as
provided by law, and in addition To the
amount due on sad notes the sum of twenty
and 9J-lOO dollars, and no action or proceed
ing ut law or otherwise having been institute
cd 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 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 AT
public auction, ut the front door of the office
Of the Register of Deeds in and for said
county of Blue Earth and ut the city of Man
katO therein, on Friday the llth day of March
A. ID: 1881, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to
satisfy the amount of said mortgage debt
then due and unpaid, Including the taxes paid
rs aforesaid by said mortgagec, together with
the cost and expenses of such foreclosure
proceedings, ana the said mortgage will be
thereby fOreclosed.
Dated January 20. 1881.
SAMUEL l.. OSBORN,
3lw7 Mortgagee.
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LINCOLN,

Did you think that we were all dead
down here because you didn't hear from
us /! Far from it; we are as lively as the
circumstances will allow, and they are
about as follows Feed the stock, chop
wood, eat, sleep and gossip, and we ge,
a great deal of the latter from reading
the FREE Press, that comes as regular
as meal-time. Although we are more
accessible to Lake Crystal than Mankatc,
yet we fell interested in everything that
goes on in any part Of the county, and
your complete report Of the County Com
missioncrs proceedings and extensive
county correspondence furnishes us with
ample news from our neighbors. JOSH.
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County Correspondence.
DANXIIlE.

Joseph Ilinkey, living near the center
of the town, was kicked by colt last
Friday morning, and very badly injured.
His teeth on the left side and front,
were knocked out, his jaw broken in
two places and his face cut open in Il
frighttul manner. He is doing as well
as can be expected. The week before,
Johnny Schmidt, boy of twelve years
and ncighbor of Mr.. Hinkey, was in
iurcd in the same way though not as
severely.
A pleasure loving crowd from Mimi
esota Lake and Danvillc. called at J. p.
Eschbach's Tuesday evening, taking
them by surprise. Music, dancing,
games and splendid supper passed the
time very pleasantly until morning. All
decided that it was just the place to so
for Il good time. w.
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articles of agreement are going to be
signed. and ii he will be witness.
Did you ever see such bcastly win
ter us this has been. often wish that
l had run for the Legislature last fall, NO
l could have been boarding at u first
class hotel at the expense of the State,
but never mind Will Hall can tell us al
about it when he comes home.
VIM. Ellis, our postmaster, town
clerk and storekeeper occupies a envi-
able position for he, like Nasby's Bas-
com mt the corners, can hear all that's
going on and if he would only tell we
might find something worth writing
about.
Uncle Conrad an old rcsidenter OF
this town, is waiting anxiously for some
one to get license so that he can keen
in practice repeating the code of
"What God Joins together
Let no man put asunder."
SCIOPA.
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ANfBOY.

II. Brush and b. Peterson have got
home from Milwaukee where they had
gone with stock. We should Judge
from their smiling sountenances that
they made good thing.
Chas. Herman will ship five cars OF
black walnut logs, in a few days to
Chicago.
The singing school taught by Prof.
Randall, is proving a grand success.
lie has about thirty-fivc scholars.
Miss Fannie Houck and Miss Phoebe
Doble, the two lady clerks at j. NJ.
Mores, after spending the holidays at
their homes in Good Thunder are back
again, and We notice that the young
men, once more, do their trading at j.
NJ. Mores.
The wheat market is on boom at
this place, our buyers are paying 80 cts
for No. 2 wheat, being from three to
seven cents above any market around
us. That is right boys, "Hoop it up
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ST. PAUL LETTER NO. 4.
THE CAPITOL, January 24tl

THE CAPITOL, January Gath.
Still the wheel of time rolls around.
and at each rising of the sun brings
the usual sixty days session nearer its
close.
There will be about one thousand
bills passed this session, from present
indications, some of which will have
direct bearing upon various sections
of the State, but the most of them
will only be printed to serve as re.
minders that they have a legitimate
parentage.
Representative Burgers OleOmar.
garine bill was deficient in many re.
spects as introduced by it's originator,
to the effect that it contained no pro.
visions for prohibiting the manufac-
turing olemargarine and shipping il
outside the State. But it passed the
House without any opposition and
was placed in the hands of the judi
ciary committee who. put it in proper
shape for it's further wanderlngs.
1t is possible that memorial will
soon be introduced mOmOralizing
Congress to place the Minnesota
river upon the list of unnavagable
streams above St. Peter. The ami.
mus OF such {. bill is very easily seen.
If such was done by Congress it
would Obviate the necessity in the
future Of providing "draws" in
bridges that crossed the river. While
this would not meet with any mate.
rial objection, yet the ebOny.hued
gentleman in the wOOdpile is not OBJ.
served. How easy it would be after
getting Congress to commit such a
simple act of accommodation, for the
Saint Peter people and those towns
on the river from there to its mouth,
to ask the same Congress for an ap.
prop iatiOn of several thousand dol.
lars to improve the river so as to
make il .lavigable rs far as st. Peter
thus cutting MankatO off entirely
from such IA possibility. There may
not he anything to this mode of rea.
soning, but it is always safe to look
al ;I:c question in all its possible
bearings.
REPRESENTATIVE BoOkwalter went
home to spend Sunday. By the way,
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DANVILLE.

l was reading some days ago state
mcnt of the relative wealth of nations
found the United States accredited with
a valuation 1889 ,0OO, 100000. Danville's
proportion of this vast sum is $4l4, 800.
These are the figures as returned to Il. p.
Porter, special agent of the tenth census
for collecting the wealth, debt and taxa
ton statistics. So much for our wealth.
AS to our health, let me say there has
not been death within three miles of
here in year, nor severe case of sick
ness; neither have we had law suit of
Importance IN this town in five years Ii
other communities were like this, doctors
and lawyers would be classcd with the
rest of fallen humanity and have to earn
their bread by the sweat of their brow.
A serious accident happened to Joseph
IIankic few days ago. While leading
his colts to water one of them kicked
striking him in the face, breaking his
jaw and knocking out several teeth.
In answer to your Medo correspondent
in regard to the relative fitness of farm
ers and lawyers for Legislators, let me
cite him to one instance. Three years
ago this winter, the railroad clique in ST.
Paul introduced bill in the House, the
same being an amendment to an existing
statute. The advocates of the bill claimed
it was an improvement, that none but
the courts were interested. II passed the
House, ia majority of which were farm
crs,) without opposition, and was sent to
the Senate. There Gen. Edgerton, OF
Dodge county, ia lawycr,) exposed the
'swindle connected Herewith Had that
bill passed the Senate and met the Gov
errors approv'ifs' the s7,OcO,ooO bond
swindle would have been securely fasten-
ed upon the State, for the amendment,
Us it passed the House, virtually exempted
the railroad company from paying taxes
until the old railroad bonds were all paid
up, principal and interest. So much for
lawyers in our Legislative halls! AS for
us, we will entrust our interests in Saint
Paul in the hands of such men as our
present Senator, Hon. Daniel Buck or
Judge Dickinson, in preference to any
farmer in the county, although we belong
to the latter class. V.
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LITTLE COBB.

Can't there be some way devised to
have our mail carrier furnish the mail
for Little Cobb and Medic according to
contract. If there is no way, we had
better not have any mail route at all, for
the way in which it is run at present
there is no accommodations furnished.
Stir up the bones of the contractor anu
see if something can't be done.
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The butter trade is becoming a
very important element in the busI-
ness of Mapleton. During the year
1850. $1,000 pounds of butter WAS
shipped from this point by our mcr-
chants. OF this amount Mr.. L..
Troendle shipped $4,000 ponnds-3.-
600 pounds more than all the others.
During the same year Mr.. TrOendlc
shipped 1900 dozen of eggs. II,
seems that farmers are realizing more
and more the necessity of diversity
ing the products, and there will prob.
ably he much heavier shipments dur.
ing the present year than last year.
There is now Il strong prospect that
Mapleton will add II cheese factory
to her enterprises.-CensOr.
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NIl;I)O.

+. b. ii. Norton, of this place is on
the anxious seat for county sheriff next
fall. Mr. Norton has done great deal
of good work for the Republican party
in the county and thinks that he should
be recognized. As the Eastern part of
the county has had but very little repre-
scntation the past years, it is no more
than just 10 make application early.
Dh .
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STERLING.

Why is it that q certain young man
in this town will insist on walking
nearly two miles every night no matter
what the thermometer is, to talk politics
with another farmers daughter. The
latters father was telling us about it.,
and said he had gained considerable ex-
perience from these visits, and from the
shape things we're taking, thought his
girl was learning more, for most every
day sine can be heard humming to her
self
"Thcre's home over there"
And h6Mouders to himself when the
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EAGl.E LAKE,.

What shall we do with our wood,
that's the question. There is pied up
at this place awaiting shipment thous-
ands of cords. Phelps & Allyn are the
heaviest dealers and have on hand about
5000 cords, while Shcllcck & Peck are
shipping considerable of theirs. Other
parties are waiting until favorable
to sell.
1t would be a good idea if the towns
of LeRay and Mankato would put a
little work ON the road between here
and Mankato in the spring. JEP.
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The United States supreme Court.
having decided that the income tax
is constitutional. the prosecutions
against Uncle Sammy ridden, the old
marine from the unsalted sea. will be
resumed. These suits are Il worse
inlliction than a second nomination
for the Presidency.