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Items of Interest from the
Metropolis.
DECISION IN A RAILROAD CASE.

Judgment for Defendant in the Placerville
and Sacramento Railroad Trial.
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THE INVESTIGATION INTO MINT AFFAIRS

Further in Regard to the Politics of the
City.
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.E=e Il -l-aL-a &Sg CO,
ACCTIoNEERs,
WILL SILL
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY goth,

At 1880 o'clock sharp, and without reserve.
At The Residence of {. Constable.
NoRTH SIDE OF J STREET, BETWEEN SIN.
~ teenth and Seventeenth, all the weIl.kept
FURNITURE and HOUSEHOLD GOODS, consist.
ing in part. of six fine Parlor Chairs one fine
Turkish Reclining Chair, one Rep Bed Lounge, two
fine Walnut Bedsteads, with Clipper edge, Spring
and Hair Mattresses, Feather Pillows, Blankets,
Spreads Sheets and Pillow slips; five Ingram
Carpets, as good as new one S foot Walnut EN-
tension Table six Dlping Chairs; one No. Buck
Cook Stove, with Fixtures Complete Kitchen Safe,
Crockery Glass and Woodenware, three dozen Glass
Fruit Jars, Garden Tools, etc.
ar Sale positive. "a
jy27- re. CT BELL, Auctioneer.
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MRS. HYDE.

ENoRMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS.
L Natural Gifted FORTUNE TELLER, ~
aud CLAtRyoYANT, has taken rooms at No
6l2 h STREET, between Sixth and Seventh
(Cpstalrs), Rooms aud .. Reveals Past, Present
and the Future, in manner that is wonderful
Also, parties wishing 10 get communications from
friends in Spirit Life viii do web 10 consult MRS
HYDE, as she Is q Medium Of high merit, aud in
this particular has no equal. Call and see and be
convinced for yourself iy2S-Iplm.
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STUDIES VILE BE EsUMED
MONDAY. AUGUST l. 1881.

Azr For particulars, apply to BRO. DIRECTOR.
iy25 2plw
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IN AMERICAN KID SLIPPER
London Toe, LOac Square Heel, O1n0ne,tted
acith q Fancy Kid BOac and steel BMchte !;
sizes, IL to 3. Price. 81 TO-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-05
T.co Editions OT a Paper Issued at
DicEsbHTg.
CORRESPONDENCE Milwaukee, Sentinel.

Correspondence Milwaukee Sentinel.
have on file the last issue of the
Doiiy citizen, j. NJ. Swords, proprie
tor, Vicksburg. Miss, issued Thurs
day, July >, 1868, OH half-sheet OF
wall paper, in which among other in
teresting items, appear the following
remarkable editorials, viz:
On Dit.-That the great Ulysses
the Yankee generalisimo, named
Grant-nas expressed his intention oil
dining in Vicksburg on Saturday next
and celebrate the 4th of July by &
great dinner. and so forth. When
asked if he would invite Gen. 10.
Johnston to join, he said: "NO! fol
fear there will he row at the table >
Ulysses must get into the city before
he dimes in it. The way to cook 4
rabbit is - first to catch the rabbit. .
etc.
And at the end of the fourth and
last column:
Note, July 1, lS63.-Two days
bring about great changes. The ban
ner of the Union floats over Vicks
burg. Gen. Grant has caught the
rabbit" he has dined III Vicksburg
and he did bring his dinner with him
The " citizen" lives to see it. Fol
the last time it appears on wall paper
No more will it eulogize the luxury
of fricasseed kitten-urge southern
warriors to such diet never more
This is the last wall paper edition
and is, excepting these notes, from the
types as we found them. 1t will be
valuable hereafter as Il curiosity.
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Brick ds BHiIdinO Material.

Brick is one of the most durable of
all building materials, more durable
than most kinds of stone and better
able to resist fire. The great national
collections of Europe, the British
museum foremost in the number,
show us bricks, sun-dried and baked,
from the ruins at Nineveh, and from
the days Of that city to the present
moment bricks have never ceased to
be an important instrument in the
hands of the builder. That through.
out Asia Minor they were largely en-
pl0yed has been proved by M. Bayet,
who, IN his work on Miletus, has
shown that the far-famed palace of
Cr9sus was built of no more costly
materials than honest bricks. What
those bricks were, and their qualities,
are even to this day appreciated by
the natives, who for many centuries
have plumdered the ruins to build or
to patch up their own even more
ruinOus houses. The use of bricks
among the Romans, who largely EN-.
ployed them as building materials, as
we see in the familiar instance of the
Temple of Concord, has been more
than once the subject of the inquiry
of industrious antiquaries, for the
Romans were not content with pro.
ducing the fiat tile-like brick which
is so often to be met with in the lower
portions of antique structures scat.
tered over the empire, and that are
known in England, but their bricks
were indelibly stamped with the mark
of their maker, the names of the
reigning consuls, and sometimes the
year. From this source, then, more
than one patient Archaeological has
gathered rich store of information.
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The Effects Of D,'Oufh.

The CO,tRtty Genttemam recommends
early planting in rich soil us likely
to preserve vegetables from the effects
Of drouth. 1t is well known to far
mers that a serious check is often
given to vegetables which require
water in their first stages of growth,
by severe drouths early in the season.
Irrigation at such times is rarely
practicable. The best remedy, there
fore, is to plant early and give well
enriched soil. Early planting will
often push the plants so far in growth
that their roots will sustain them in
dry times. But still more helpful is
a rich soil-in two ways-One, by
pushing the young plants on, and the
other by holding more moisture than
a thin soil can do. Very early plant.
ing can be practiced only on hardy
plants. Tender ones are less injured
by drouth. Take the onion crop, for
instance, which will bear very early
sowing. Nothing hurts it more than
a drOuth when the plants are the size
of goosequills. Hence the most
certain and heavy crops come from
early planting and rich soils. Weeds
are of course more or less fatal, but
no good cultivator need be advised to
keep Il perfectly clean surface.
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4 VirDiaian Who Thinks Malone
b7'OHid Fight,

Washington Letter in New York sun.
viii Malone fight :" This qucs.
ton was addressed to IL Virginian in
the course of Il talk about the alter.
cation between Malone and Hill.
Il know Malone pretty well"
said the gentleman addressed. I" He
has undoubtcd personal courage, is
over quick to give and take offense,
and think would stand his ground
in almost any extremity. He was Il
respectable brigadier in the Confed.
crate army. and is understood never
to have shirked. In the affairs of
the world he is rather above the
average. think Malone has DELHI.
erately chosen his part, and perhaps
not without certain fact. From the
start he has been il successful man in
life. HIS tactics have ever been the
same; and he is probably convinced
that they will serve him to the end.
Yes, / think Malone would fight, and
that he rather seeks the chance with
Hill. He is good shot-nOne bet
ter
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UVashtsiOfOn at Yorktown.

The London Telegraph publishes the
following incident, and remarks that
"there is much in the memories of
Yorktown even now to draw living
EnglIshmen and Americans nearer
together, and unquestiOnably the
bearing of General Washingt on ut
the supreme moment toward his van
qushed and Inundated enemy was of
that character which it is meet and
right that historians should not will
ingly let die:
When, on the 18th of October,
1881, Lord CORVALLIS had lost his
two advanced redoubts by storm, he
made an attempt to escape with his
rank and file who were still fit for
duty-rather more than 1000 in num-
ber-acrOss the river to Gloucester.
The attempt was frustrated, rs might
have been expected, when it is re-
membered that the opposing forces,
French and American, vastly out
numbered the British, and that a
French fleet of more than thirty sail.
under Comte de Grasse, lay in the adj.
joining river and roads. On the
morning of the 18th of October,
Lord CORVALLIS accepted the inevita-
bic, and the terms of capitulation
were settled between him, as repre-
senting the British side, and General
Washington and the Comte de Roch.
ambeaus, as severally representing
the triumphant forces Of America
and France. But it is not generally
known that ut the moment when
Lord CORVALLIS surrendered to Gen.
Washington, the humbled English
man simultaneously uncovered his
head. With characteristic thought
fulness General Washington prayed
him to put on his hat, as-the weather
being chilly and wet-there was dan
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counsel, and at the trial the prisoner
was acquitted.
The young man then determined to
leave the place of his birth forever
Making his way to New York, he took
ship to Holland, the land of his ances.
tors, paying for his passage by working
on. the steamer. At Amsterdam he
made the acquaintance of Adam Jou-
bert, his fathers brother, captain of a
ship in the South African and East In
dia trade. With his uncle he made
several voyages to the Bocr country in
Africa. In 1869, hearing of the Amcri-
can war, he returned to New York,
Enlisting in the United States Navy, he
served with distinction under Admiral
Dupont, and others, and lost an eye at
the bombardment of Charleston, for
which disability he now receives pen
sion from our governments.
He Is next heard of as captain of II
negro compsny in the Army OF the PO-
tomac. He served under General Wet
eel, and his men marched with Wetzel's
other colOred troops, who, after Lees
surrender, took possession of Richmond.
After his discharge he visited Union
town under an assumed name. He
revealed himself, however, to the Hon.
Daniel Sturgeon, then aged 80 years,
by whom he was warmly welcomed
In a few weeks he again sailed for lIol-
land, and from there to the country of
the Beers in South Africa, becoming a
resident and citizen Of the Dutch Re-
public. lie was in 1875 elected Woolg
or Representative to their Congress from
the Province of the Department of
Ohaitgi. When the late war broke ont
between the Beers and the British, Dan
iel Sturgeon Joubert was promoted from
one military office to another, until he
is now COmmander-in-chicf of all the
Boer armies.
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THOUSANDS Of DEAD CATTLE.
C0vc0sses that Sfreso the shores Of
the Platte and Arkansas Rtrers.

Denver Tribune.
Drawing q line fifty miles east of
the mountains, from the north to the
south boundary Of the state, running
parallel with the foothills, Capt.
WetZell. secretary of the board of
cattle inspection, presented diagram
of the dry section, or that portion of
Colorado rendered barren of pastur.
age by the drought of last summer.
Within this belt there were before
winter set in 300, 900 head of cattle.
Upon the approach Of cold weather
100, 900 were sent out of the state
and 100, 900 driven east to the grass
lands and to the mountains, leaving
1000 in the dry belt. OF these 25,-
900 have been wintered in Larimer
and Boulder counties principally.
Among these the loss has been insig
niiicant, The remaining $4,000 have
given most of the victims to the win
ter harvest. In the mountains there
has been no loss except in South Park,
where only few deaths have &C.
Cured. Out of this 5000 the loss is
estimated ut 10 per cent. The great.
est number of dead cattle is to be
found along the Platte and Arkansas
rivers. Within the section Of coun-
try lying between these streams there
is but little loss, the number, how
ever, being counted in the total esti-
mate. The count of dead cattle on
the Platte begins at Julesburg, run.
ming west. The total number counted
on both sides of the stream for q
distance of twenty-five miles was
LOO. These were from the herds
that drifted along the streams all the
season. At this ratio the number of
deaths within one hundred miles-the
extent of the range-would be 5000.
and it is assumed that at least 1000
are Wyoming cattle. The count of
dead cattle on the Arkansas was
made simultaneous with that OF the
Platte. The count was made from
Bent's Ford to Fort Lyon, a distance
of forty-ive miles, and 1900 dead
bodies were found. At the same
ratio, taken from the state line west
to the foothills, the numbers would
foot up 5000 head, the great bulk of
dead animals lying within 100 yards
of the river on either side. This
number is subtracted from 100000
head that have drifted along the river
during the entire season. The dead
cattle here are principally those that
have been driven from Texas or
drifted eastward and southwark from
the dry belt, together with a large
number of old cows. Capt. Wetzell
estimates the number of cattle in the
state at $4,000, and in order to cover
all the territory bases his estimate of
mortality at double the number
known to be dead. The number as
certained by actual count foOts up
only IA per cent. Doubling this
percentage he gives the estimated
number of dead cattle at about 22,O0S
head out of $4,000. This number
he says, is larger than ever before
known.
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ger of his catching cold. 1t does
not much matter what becomes of
me- exclaimed the detected English
man; TO which, in firm voice, Gen
eral Washington at once replied: "On
the contrary, my lord, anticipate for
you Il long career of distinction and
honor in the service of your king and
country How truly these generous
and prophetic words were borne out
may be seen by those who care to
read the epitaph upon the monument
erected by grateful country to
Charles. First Marquis CORVALLIS. In
st. Pauis Cathedral. Yet memories
of this kind serve only to remind us
that, in Keble's beautiful words,
brothers are brothers evermOre; no
distance and, it may be added, no
chickering's" breaks their tie of
blood" England is, happily, on
terms of the closest amity both with
France and the United States, and no
" celebrations OF events which
happened Il century since are likely to
diminish the cOrdiality of their
friendship.
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An IMlDOrf0Ht Decision.

Judge +. st. Julien Cox of this judi
cial district has filed an opinion in
case of ciectment against Harace N.
Randall; by the w. IL st. Peter X. X.
in favor of Randall; one which if sus:
tanned 10y the Supreme Court, will prove
"A Gud-scnd TO some Of the settlers In
Lyon county, within the railroad limits.
The facts in brief are that in December,
1853, the defcndcnt fled for presumption
upon lands in town 100, X. 40, dating
his settlement May previous. He subse-
quently proved up and paid for the
same, receiving his duplicate. Some six
or seven years afterwards, the commits
sioncrs of the general land office cancel
ed Randall's entry with number Of
others. Randall had made valuable
improvements on his land and lived on
it Us his home up to the time OF receiv-
ing his duplicate. In 1874 these lands
were certified to the state by the Secre-
tary of the Interior, and the same year
Governor Davis gave the w. s. st. Peter
II. II. n deed of them. The railroad
company now sues Randall to put him
off the land and get possession OF it.
The opinion which is very long docu-
ment. goes extensively into the history
of the original surveys of the L. s. Gov
eminent. The withdrawal OF the lands
from market. The omission OF the
Governor to file plat OF the surveyed
line of the railroad. The rights Of
settlers in Minnesota to settle on un-
surveyed lands to the exclusion of the
railroads. The commission OF company
or state to file map of route Of X. Il.
line after survey by L. S., west of range
IS. The conferred rights of settlers in
Minnesota to file and enter public, sur
viewed or unsurvcyed lands prior to
Withdrawal of lands from entry by
Secretary of interior. The Secretary's
power or right to withdraw until q plat
was filed by the Governor. The opinion
is accompanied with II plat or diagram
with official endorsements and evasions
which enter into and form formidable
part of the discussion. Judge Cox
holds that whilst the grant to the state
took effect upon its appearance that as
to unsurveycd lands the state could ac-
quire no rights against an actual settler
upon such lands. That there can benO
such thing as odd sections for the grant
to operate upon, and that the ilroad
companies can acquire no rights by
virtue of the grant to the state until
the odd sections are defined and laid
down upon the map by a competent
survey by the United States as in the
case of settlers upon lands that after
survey prove to be school sections.
Whether judge Cox is right Or wrong
he has evidently given the case very
exhaustive and laborious examination
and supported 1t by reference to a great
many very high authorities in the
various subjects examined into by him.
We learn that there are several other
suits of a like character pending in
Lyon and Lincoln Counties in which if
the X. r. Co. is successful quite num-
ben of settlers will lose their homes
and improvements.
Hon. Thomas Wilson, we are inform
ed, is the plaintiffs attorney, and Mr..
c. II. Davis and Hon. Summer Lada Of
this place attorneys for Mr.. Randall.
st. Peter Tribune.
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care for SfansssserinD.

NJ. A. Chervin, French physician,
has paid special attention to the phe
nomena of stammering. . He believes
the affection to be partly matter OF
habit, partly of nervous origin. 1t
takes place whenever the rythm of res
piration is interrupted by the effort to
speak being made at the wrong stage
of breathing. Speech should be CO.
incident with the exploratory movements.
If one tries to speak while drawing his
breath, he will have to halt, and will
be thrown by his continued efforts at
utterance into kind of convulsive
movement of the organs. If, although
speaking during the exploratory move
ment, he does not begin until it is near
ly over, he will get out of breath and
stammer. The spasm may be relieved
sometimes by helping to pronounce
the difficult word, sometimes by divert
ing the attention of the stammerer.
Singing, reciting a cadence, reading
aloud with companion and in uniform
measure, and articulation in low voice,
are recommended as suitable exercises
to help in the cure of the affection.
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The Story Of 0n Ecsntfui Life.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
1t will probably surprise many Of
your readers to learn that Joubert, the
Boer General who has whipped the
British in several battles, is native OF
UniontOwn, Fayette county, Pa, about
sixty miles east of Pittsburg. Forty
one years ago Jacob Joubert and his
wife Barbara emigrated from Holland
and settled in Brownsville, Fayette
county, Pa. A few months afterward
they removed to Uniontown, the same
county, where they lived two years
Jacob working at his trade--that OF
molding brick by hand. Sometimes
he did odd jobs for the Hon. Daniel
Sturgeon, resident of Uniontown
then United States Senator from Penn
sylvania. In the spring of 1s4l Barba'
ra gave birth to son, Daniel Sturgeon
Joabert. In 1850 both of the parents
died, leaving Daniel to be cared for by
strangers. He fell into good hands
however, was we'll clothed and fed, and
sent to school. April II, 1855, for al
legged assault and battery upon man
named johnson, young Joubert was
arrested and lodged in Jail in Union
town. Senator Sturgeon employed
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Did IL Pay ?
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
A GriswOld street lawyer was look
ing out of his window yesterday when
he recognized familiar figure and
made hurried preparations to vacate
his room, leaving Oh his desk a card
bearing the legend:
"GOne over to Circuit COurt-be
back in two hours
He was scarcely out of sight when
the individual seen from the window
entered the room, read the card, and
at once planted himself in a chair
with the look of man who meant to
sit right there for twice two hours if
necessary. But it wasn't necessary.
He left the room in about half an
hour, and the owner hurried back to
find a note reading:
DEAR SIR came up this morn
ing to borrow SIS of you to help me
out OH my board. You were not in,
but one of your clients has called and
left SO. | have receipted for the
money in your name, and will consider
it as a loan until see you again.
TA-TA."
The lawyer wasn't over ten seconds
realizing that he could have saved IS
by staying and lending as much, and
he wasn't of any good the rest of the
day.
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The Illustrated Scientific Nesrs.

The April number OF this interesting
and popular magazine is just out.
Among the various subjects illustrs-
ted in this number is an engraving Of
the late Emperor Of Russia's steam
yacht Lividia; series of views illus.
trating wood working attachments for
foot lathes; Prof. Secchi's solar photo
graphic apparatus, with six distinct
views of the sun taken by this instru-
ment; engravings of the boats and appa-
ratus used on Lake Geneva for deter
mining the velocity of sound in water;
new machine for decorating enameled
surfaces; engravings of several curious
ANIMALS and objects in natural history,
and an deliberately illustrated article on
Bee Culture.
Every number contains thirty-two
pages. full of engravings of novelties in
science and the useful arts. Published BY
Mum & Co., 81 Park Row, New York,
at $3.50 year, and sold ~ all news
dealers.
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Mantorville, Claremont and Owa-
tonna are all talking about having the
Red Wing & Iowa railroad cross the
Winona & st. Peter at those points
and the newspapers of the respective
places are urging the citizens to raise
means to help construct the road if
lit will only come to those points.
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MANKATo. FREE Press.
GrmS---Sl. SO Der AnnuIn in Advance
ADVERTISING RATES

Local NOTICES will Ice inserted nj the fol-
lowing raics-Fiyr lines ar less, 30 cents; 10
cents for each additional line.
Jon PRINTING. both Plain and Ornamental,
executed with ncatucSs and promptncss, and
AT prices that will compare favorably with
any other job Printing House in the country.
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nnpach'd W" viii sell the following
AL and an UIstu M n
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Ri SAMB0RN & VALZ, 81.
Grand and Only Opportunity to Buy Sewing
| Machine at Less than Cost
UNPRECEDENTED FIGURES!

Manufacture will sell th
Sewing Machines these
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
Supposed owner andal

Stinson, Brown 81 Ramsey's Addition to St..
} Paul.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02

drop of the delicious cordial with her.
She drank one glass of it, and found it
so much to her liking that she could not
well resist the temptation to try another.
1t was so fragrant, so delicious, so sweet
and SO smooth!