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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
Napoleon.

Harvesting is well under way. Crop
of wheat will be small. but of good
quality, If the weather continues dry.
Mrs. Bliss and daughter of Manka-
to have been here visiting their
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

FL. election of Miller and Lapham,
- fill the vacancies of the y. Y. re.
cusant senator's. Conkling and Plat.
leaves the complexion of Congress,
al present, as follows
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

THE YOUNGERs. - The st. Paul
Daily Globe of the eth inst. says that
on Tuesday afternoon last, Gov.
Pillsbury was visited by an uncle and
cousin of the Younger boys now con-
fined in the State prison ut saltwater,
with an earnest and affecting plea for
their pardon. The Governor after
listening attentively to all the points
advanced by Col. LittletOn p.
Younger, uncle of the prisoners, re-
piled that while he fully apprecia-
ted the feelings of the petition.
ers, it was impossible for him to grant
their request. He said:
Without prOvocation of any kind
they had invaded Minnesota and taken
the life Of two of her citizens, one of
whom was killed after they had
failed in the robbery upon which they
had entered, and when there was no
palliation for the deed. They had
been afforded a fair trial, and but for
the clemency of our laws, would now
be beyond the reach of earthly assist
ance. The governor bore willing
testimony to the cOmmendable con-
duct of the boys since their conflne.
ment in the penitentiary, and also
expressed his sorrow that the three
men, so well fitted to become honOra-
BILE members of society, should have
placed themselves in such "a situation;
but further he could not go. The
case was an aggravated one, and,
while he could sympathize with their
misfortune, he could not step i'm and
relieve them of the punishment the
laws of the State had imposed
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
SETTLED At LAST.

The deadlock ut Albany was broken
on Saturday last by the election of Z.
G. Lapham, rs u. $. Senator in the
place OF Roscoe Conkling resigned,
the final vote standing rs follows:
Lapham. ..........................9
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

OURnew Commissioner, DIR. I.Oring,
has sent Commodore Saunders down
to South Carolina to investigate ex.
commissioner lie Dues progress in
tea culture thereat, and to report how
remunerative and encouraging the
$4,000 appropriated by Congress
promises to become. His report
shows that LIE Dues tea farm is
simply one of those exhausted plan
tations with which the South abOunds,
literally worn out and exhausted by
successive crops without care or the
use OF fertilizers.
There is upon the place the ruins OF an old
mansion once occupied by a former governor
Of the state and an artificial lake in which Is
by Gen. lie Due thus far seems to have been
mainly appropriated to remove the old ruins
ana in attempting to rebuild the mansion and
laying out nm avenue through the grounds.
II does not appear what particular relation
the expenditure Of money for that purpose
has To the cultivation of tea. Gen. LIE Due
proposes to NIL up the lake, build an iron
bridge over IL. and possibly to cultivate his
according Ia Saunders report is poor, hungry
sand, some portion of which may possibly
have once been classcd as Il poor sandy loan,
but II now can support only the scantcst kind
OF vegetation, and has scarcely trace of
loan. II is la no sense adapted to tea-culturc.
Mr.. Saunders reports that at present some
5000 per month is being paid for tho SUPER
vision of $50 worth Of labor. Tho only result
of the $l5,0so appropriated by congress for
tea-culturc are To be found on the farm. The
place has not even u stable for the mules,
Mr.. Saunders recommends that the farm he
abandoned and that one person he retained to
take charge of the tea plants already there
Dr. Loring, judging from his practical good
sense and New England energy, will take the
matter under adviscment and rid his depart
ment Of all shams thus expensive and barren
of rcmuncratve results.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
LOST.

About July 2lst, Red Irish Setter Pup,
nine months old. liberal reward will be
paid for bis return to DIR. JACOBY,
% MankatO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

THERE Is really no need of expanding q
L dollar in advertising, as we can sell all
the McCOrmicks we can get without any cost
for printers ink, but perhaps It Is duty we
owe the farmers with whom we have main.
tanned such friendly relations 80 many years
to let them know where they can procure the
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-04
RiY Trees.

We hitched couple of farm horses to
spring wagon, filled it with provisions,
tents and blankets, and struck out for
the mountains, travelling from fifteen 10
twenty miles per day. The first place
we reached of. Importance was tho Big
Trees of Calayeras county. must ad-
NIT that they staggered my imagination.
and exceeded anything in the vegetable
growth had ever seen. In the stump
Of one Of these trees a ballroom thirty
three feet across is built, and it requires
4 ladder Of eighteen steps to ascend to
the top Of the log, on which was built
ten-pin alley. II has been burnt up,
but the body Of the old charrcd mon-
arch OF the forest still remains. Think
OF it !! hollow log through which one
can ride on horseback loo feet and com.
out through = knot-hole! There ars
some ninety Of these trees, measuring
from fifty to 100 feet in circumference,
and reaching up to the skies-iroM 400
to 45O feet. They are the rem-
nant Of past tlora that one
time WAS more common. but are
now confined to some dozen groves
scattered from here to Kings river
grand old trees, that have withstood tho
storms Of thousands Of winters, and were
sapling whens Moses WAS = little hoy,
found in the bulrushes Of the Nile.
What history could they tell What
q monument Of growth Enough to
shame the vanity Of proud Cheops. the
builder of the Pyramids. They have
grown and lifted their heads higher and
higher, while the proud Kings and en-
pires Of Egypt, Persia, Greece and Rome
have passed away. They lived and
flourished when Christ preached repen-
tance to the Jews, and were full-grawn
trees when our Anglo-Saxon ancestors
ran wild in the woods and painted their
faces like the Indians. From the rings
that denote the annual growth Of these
trees science has estimated some Of then,
to be four 1000 years old, while they
stand over the fallen bodies of much.
older growth, covered over with earth
and large growing trees, AS it is one d
the pbculiarities Of this timber not I.
decay. 1t appears to be a species oI
redwood. - Correspondent San Fran
cisco Examiner.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-04

Probably the only history which gives
color TO the theory that Booth WAS insane
i that by J. s. Blackburn. principal If
an academy Ut Alexandria, Va. aud ".
N. Mcdonald. principal Il male high
school At Louisville. Ny. In their his
tory. which ia being extensively nscl in
Southern schools. they say: Booth
committed the act under the fanatical
idea that the war would terminate and
The South gain her freedom il Lincoln
were killed" This same history al
vancAs, among the causes Il the failure
Of the rebels. the following: "rhe
primary cause u the failure of the Con-
lederacy Was that the people of the South
were not unanimous in their efforts II
gain their liberty. In the history IL tho
world united people. struggling f"r
liberty, have nercr been subjngated. !"
The itaiics are the work u Messrs.
Blackburn and Mcdonald. Booth was
shot In : harm At GArrett's farm. near
Bowling Green, and died soon after.
That was April 26. lS65.-Chicago IL
h~e- nsrnn
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-04
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Ih0 failure ID announced Of the Nor.
wich (Ct.) Pistol Company, with liabilities of
go, 600 and assets OF 100000.
|, One hundred men were thrown out Of
employment and loss Of tl5O, 900 inflicted, by
the burning Of the piano factory Of Pratt,
Head 4 Co., At Deep River, Ct.
A terrible explosion took place at the
distillery Of the Woolner Bros, Peoria, ILL.,, by
which eighteen persons were badly injured,
nine OF whom have since died aud several more
are not expected to live. The distillery was
burned ON June 9, and the proprietors were
engaged in trying to save tub Of beer that
was saved from the fire, and, through the de-
fects Of the machinery and the pipes, the still
tub exploded with fearful results.
Two Mexicans and two miners have
been murdered by tho Indians near Fort Nc
Crea, New Mexico, and company Of tho Ninth
cavalry Is in pursuit OF the butchers.
For the year ending June 80, 1881,
l2,676 vessels entered the port OF Chicago.
The total receipts during the same period for
imports was ~, 700, 7O7, and, with the addition
from various sources, e2,7s9,Oso, making Chi
NA6O AuC nAAtu tOAN III llO OtuSCA 6lHtGbs
Perry county, Ark, has been placed
under martial law by the Governor Of tho
State. A perfect reign Of terror exists.
The Mississippi steamers Idlewild and
Osccola Belle burned At Memphis, Tenn. The
Idlewild Was worth s25O, 900, and insured for
$4,000.
Superintendent Davis, Of the New Or
leans Mint, reports to tho Treasury Depart
ment that he will, during tho movement Of the
cotton and sugar-cane crops, put out from
New Orleans ss,0OO,OO0 Or el0,OOO,OOO Of
standard silver dollars.
An extensive bed Of bituminous coal
has been discovered It point twelve miles
southwest Of Marshall Texas. The deposit
lies but eight feet below the surface.
Joseph L. Hayden. Assistant District
Attorney at Wasl ington, puts forth CLAIM,
that he saved cx-Presidcnt Hayes from assassi-
nation, on the morning Of his Inauguration, BY
turning over to the detectives lnnatic who
had carefully laid his plans for the murder.
The census Of Canada shows a polm-
la,ion OF 4,35a,93S, an increase during the
decade of $50. l9s.
In an interview with representative
of tho New York T'ribunc Guitcau expressed
desire to be defended by Gen. Benjamin L.
Butler or States Attorney Mills, Of Chicago.
The Chief of Police of Rome has
been dismissed for neglect Of duty on the oc-
casion Of the riots over the remains Of the
Pope.
Gar Alexander has entered Moscow,
the ancient capital Of Russia, safely. and was
received with enthusiasm by the inhabitants.
His iirst public act was to offer prayers ut the
Cathedral.
Bismarck has received threatening
letter. and his organs ascrbc it to the iniln. nee
Of the Radical press, and warn the Radical e,.-
itors to beware Of the consequences which will
follow il German Gnlteau should turn ns.'
The Radical press insinnatcs that the threaten
. ing letter Ii "a weak device Of the enemy" FOR
the purpose Of exciting hostility to the p,o-
gressist or Radical party.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-04
Women M Rulers.

The talents displayed by women
as rulers n position which strangely has
been accorded them in All ages and
stages Of civilization have frequently
excited admiration. II has been re-
pruachfully said. too. that I'M this posi-
ton she has been cruel. treachernns and
bigoted IA man can be: hut this only
proves that talents, however rare. can
not supply the place Of principles in
woman or man. But women ~ philan.
thropists have accomplished most for
their race aud won rea.licst acknoMl.
edgments.
Queen Esther's one act, risking her
life for the sake Of the people, won her .
place in history for all time. The Re-
man matron pleading for the salvation
Of the doomed city touches every heart.
Queen isabella. the patron Of Columbus.
through hermistaken Judgment, suffered
the dread inanisition. yet is remembered
lieved the good Of her subjects. Eliza.
beth, Of England. because she became II
s.rock Of refuge. to the prosecuted fol
conscience sake, has mantle oi
charity thrown over many weaknesses,
aud is good Queen Bess. Glancing
at examples III lnlmbler walks. The
very name OF Dorcas has become d
synonym Of benesolence. Not only
sll England. but America, and the sloa
German States. We're moved by the per-
sonal efforts Of the large hearted Quaker
matron, Elizabeth Fry, to make lasting
reforms md render justice III the inter
est Of outcast, condemned humanity.
Irls small thing to he wronged, bu
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-04
CUTTING 4 MANS EYES OUT.


1llndasse Removed ny tho Use - the
kM1ge.
A Chronicle reporter happened to be
present in the Frederick House ycstor-
day when very interesting operation
was performed by DR.. NckmnI. The
patient was Antoine Garcia, from near
Eureka. About two years ago Garcia
lost tile sight Of his right eve and shortly
the sight Of the other began 10 fail also.
He called on DR.. Rockmar, then prnc-
ticing IN Eureka, who found that he was
suffering from hard lcnticular cataract
Of the right eye, aud that the left oye
was also commencing to harden, hut M
he still could NE with il the doctors ad-
vised him not to have II operated upon
until the sight was entirely gone, and
then to have both attended to at once.
About three months ago total blindncs 3
resulted. Learning the other day that
DR.. Rockham had settled in Virginia,
Garcia and his son came on, arriving
here ON Wednesday. Yesterday after.
noon was the time fixed for the opera
ton, and Garcia, with q stolidity more
Dutch than Italian, laid himself on his
back on lounge, as directed by the doc
tor. The surgeon stood behind his pa.
tient's head and propped the eye-lids
apart with q little instrument, This
done, the doctor took q narrow bladcd
knife and commencing little below the
middle Of the outer margin or the black
ring (or corne0), pushed the knife
through till it passed out at the opposite
margin, and then kept on cutting till it
reached the upper margin, when.
cutting this through, the knife came out.
The lid was then allowed to close for
about five minutes, TO allow the eve 10
I'LL up with water, as the doctor stated.
Then the lids were again opened, when
tho doctor introduced . needle hook
through the gaping wound aud scratched
across the eye 10 open the capsule, 40
that the hard lens which is enclosed III
the capsule might escape. He then
pressed the handle OF the knife upon
the upper part Of the eye, when ont
came the lens through the pupil and
through the open wound, whence ii fell
on the pale facc Of the hard breathing
patient. The doctor worked rapidly for
. moment, closed the lids aud kept them
30 for five minutes. Then tho doctor
opened them, and Garcia in great ex.
element, cried: Doctor, sec you y
The poor fellow seemed overwhelmed
with Joy. Ten minutes later the same
operation was performed on the other
eye. After putting cotton pads upon
both eyes and bandaging them, the pa.
tient was put to bed with strict orders
10 keep quiet.
All this WAS done without chloruform.
and how 4 man without the aid of d
pain-deadener can stand to have his eyes
cut to pieces is something in the way oi
nerve the reporter can admire but not
understand.
As to the result, DIR. Rockman said
that if supparation does not set in Gar
cia will have the sight of both eyes,
though he may have to use convex
glasses. AS the patient is q compare.
lively young man, and Of robust cons.i-
tuition, the doctor has no doubt that he
will come through MI right Virgin ia
(Ncu.l Chronicle.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

At Yokohama, Japan, the Fourth Of
July was being celebrated BY American resi-
dents when the news Of the Presidents assaai-
nation brought the festivities to IN abrupt
ending.
Discussions have broken out among
the Tunisians, and several tribes have sought
assistance from tho French
1t is stated that the sentence Of death
passed on Midhat Pasha has been commuted by
tho sultan to exile.
Baron Won Geyss. : bright young army
officer, was shot dead in 4 duel at Berlin, aud
student at Gottingen was mortally wounded
in an affair Of honor.
In duel between two Spanish off,
GERS at Gibraltar, . Captain WAS killed and a
Lieutenant seriously wounded
The military establishments in IRE.
land will for some time be maintained at their
present strength Capt Boycott aud wife
have returned to their residence at I4ongh
Mask.
Cabs has been captured by the French
squadron, which landed small force Of sailors
aud occupied the town. In assau.tng two
adjacent villages seven sailors only wera
wounded.
Continual persecution Of the Jews in
Russia has caused the desertion Of seventeen
villages.
G. G. Bruhus, the eminent German
astronomer. is dead.
On the arrival Of the steamer Alicanti
at Havana, the embezzlers Of the branch Span-
ish bank at Matanzas were captured with sso,-
09O in their possession.
Another Nihilist plot for the assassina-
ton OF the Czar has been discovered 1t st.
Petersburg. One Of tho consplrators who be-
traycd his accomplices WAS found murdered in
the outskirts u the city.
Midhat pasha and the others recently
convicted OF tho murder Of Abdul Axiz, ex-
ccpt Izzet PAsha. Seyd Pasha and tho two
actual assassins, have been sent from Constan-
tinople to Arabia, where they will remain in
exile Tor life or until they can escape.
The customs officials at Cork and
Queenstown have been warned 10 10 cautious
in handling suspicious parcels.
News comes from India to the effect
that Ayoob Khan has defeated tho Ameer Ab-
durrahman Khan. During the engagement be-
tween the two armies 4 regiment OF the Ameer )
deserted, and thereupon the balance of the
army ANONYMOUSLY fed, leaving their guns and
baggage behind. England must either REIN
state tho Ameer, Or, by leaving him to his fate,
lose the prestige sho gained in that country at
an enormous cost Of lives and treasure. The
Indian Government are greatly concerned a,
the gravity OF the situation.
! The Grand Jury ut Liverpool has in-
( dicted McGra,h and Mekesitt for Attempting
to blow up the Town Hall in JuLs.
! Mr.. c. s. Read, an English agriculture
al expert, said ut recent meeting that th.
! British harvest this year would not he great
one.
| The climate Of Tunis does not appear
to agrea with the French troops. Large num-
bsrs q. them are reported 10 be DYING oi
malayial fever.
AT Hammershein, West Prussia. thers
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-04
,rIsCELLANEoUs 0LEANINos.

Nathan Clifford, one Of the JUS
tices OF the United States Supreme
Court, died 1t his home in Cornish, Mo-, on the
25th Of July. Tie deceased Was born In Rum
noy, N. H.. Ang. IL, 1903. and removed to
Maine at the age OF "a. He was elected TO
Congress in 1888, and reelected in ls40.
He WAS Attorney General in the
Cabinet OF President Polk from Oct
II, 1916, to June, lS4S, following which he was
for some time Minister to Mexico In 1853
President Buchanan appointed him al Asso-
clate Justice Of the United States Supreme Court,
and as such he ofliciated till few months ago,
when hs Was completely ipcapacitated by
disease. He Was member OF the Electoral
Commission that seated President Hayes.
Burned: A portion OF the steamship
yards Of Pusey b Jones. Wilmington, Del,
loss t2OO. 900 part OF the works OF the Boston
Rubber shoe Company, Maiden, Mass., loss
$4,000; A. r. Wright 4 Co.'S cotton ware,
house at Thomasyille, Ga, loss 100000, a
chair factory ut Erie. Pa. and church fnrn'
ture factory at kichmond, Ind, losses respect
lively s50.0l0 and 100000.
4 eablegram from Glasgow announces
tho arrival ~ good eonditioa u consignment
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proppcd up In bed fer ! while. Tins re-
quest was granted by the surgeons, and for
half m hour or no tho President, supported by
pillows, rat up nearly erect In bed. This
change Of position gave him considerable re-
lief. and, upon lying down again, he fell
asleep. All his surgeons speak most hopefully
of him. None OF them really fear m absccHs,
though they are prepared for Il should one form.
DIR. Bliss said that the wound II healing slowly,
but fast enough, and the surgeons do not now
fear an abeccss. The fever declines 10 quickly
every evening that the doctors now attribute
much Of the rise In temperature to the dress-
ing OF the wound. That IL necessarily painful,
and the President seems 70 dread II moro In
the evening.
WASHINGTON, Aug. l.
The President IL progressing very favorably.
his condition during the past two days being
unmarked by even the slightest bad feature.
SO much confidence Ii felt in his continued
progress to health that Secretary Blame has
informed Minister Lowell, at London, thai
ho will discontinue sending any more official
dispatches. DR.. Bliss believes that, with the
Aamc progress toward convalesccnce continued
for short time longer, there is no reason vii.
the President should be unable 10 leave his
sick-room in three weeks.
The location of tho bullet has been deter
mined with such exactness Nh To confirm the
original opinion Of Dr. Bliss, which was that ii
had found lodgment in the front wall OF the
abdomen. l,elrs indicator, tho new ma
chine invented to detect the whereabouts oi
tul.cts buried out Of sight, was given a trial
yesterday, and, although the machine was no;
in perfect working order, 1t indicated the pres
ciice Of the bali in the front wall Of the aldo-
men about five inches below and TO the r,gat
Of the naval, and just over the groin. Il iscon-
sidered by no means certain that the removal ol
tho ball will he necessary, as Il il giving no
trouble ut present. Another and more thor.
ougn .ral M wIL the indicator M y 20 De nsa' ana
shall have bcen determined thereby 1t il prob
able that no new incison will be made to 10.
cure ita removal. In any event the surgeons
will be in no hurry to subject tho sufferer to
this new ordeal, II, indeed. it IL to be suffered
at al.
Steward Crump and another attache Of the
White House have been completely prostrated
BY the malaria Of the Potomac.