davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-08-30

Rev. DR. Howard Crosby says the old
version OF the New Testament has some
''little lnsldious absolescences" running
through It. We had noticed them, but
said nothing about il, taking 1t for granted
that the rcyscrs would see them aud mash
them on their theological thumb nails
NorriStO,cn Herald.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-08-30

PROFITABLE PATIENTS The most won
derful and marvellous success in cases
where persons are sick or wasting away
from condition OF miserableness, that no
one knows what ails them, profitable pat
tents for doctors, is obtained by the use Of
Hop Bitters. They begin to cure from the
first dose and keep It up until perfect health
and strength l. restored. Whoever il
afflicted in this way need not suffer, when
they can get Hop Bitters.-CmciIulaf
star.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
WASHINGTON NOTES.

A large number of reports have been
received at the State Department from ConsulS
abroad relative TO the Introduction OF American
pork. The war upon our products seems to be
melted by jealousy of our increasing trade, and
not from fear OF disease.
The situation in Dakota WAS theme
of discussion CT Il Cabinet meeting last week.
President Garfield called attention to tie
destitute condition Of hundreds of homeless
sufferers 10y Hoods. and expressed an
earnest do.lr6 20 have every needed
relief extended with the least possible
delay. 1t WAS decided TO authorize the
issuing OF army ratiOns for two weeks, and
clothing and supplies. An arrangement was
also made by which salt meat. which cannot be
furnished at needed points IN sufficient quanti-
lics by the War Department. be furnished
through the Interior Department from the In
iisn supplies, TO bo replaced eventually by the
War Department.
Several of the new clerks appointed TO
$4,000 positions in the Pension Office have
been found incompetent TO perform the duties
dsvolviHa upon the clerks of this class, and
have been assigned to mailing circulars with
ladies drawing $50 month.
Secretary Window is a bi.metsllist in
the fullest sense of tho word, and it will
be- his policy to get coin into circulation az
rapidly as possible. With that end in view, it
is understood that as, - and ii legal tenders
will be Withdrawn from circulation ~ fast as
they come into the treasury, and II this be
found to work no inconvenience the process
will be extended to the SO notes.
A physician OF Washington asserts
that Blame il u victim OF Brght's disease
the desperation of the attack being shown by
blesohed ears.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

nEFAULT having been made I'm the condi-
~ lions of certain mortgage executed by
Joseph Fawcett, Arthur Ewens and james
Ewens, mortgagors, To james A. James mort.
gagce, dated February 18th, A. ID. $780, and
recorded In the Office of the Register of
Deeds in and for the county of Blue Earth
In the State of Minnesota ON the 18th day of
February A. ID. 1850 nj five o'clock In the
afternoon, in book 10 of mortgages, on page
81; by which mortgage there was conveyed
and granted the following described real
estate situate in the county of Blue Earth
aforesaid tG-wit: The east sixty acres of the
south half of the southwest quarter and the
west twenty acres of the said south half of
said southwest quarter OF section four in
Township One Hundred and eight, (lOsD north
of Range Twenty-Five C2E) west, 1containing
eighty acres according to government survey
to secure the payment Of the sum OF Eight
Hundred 900 dollars, with interest at the
rate of seven per cent per anntm till due,
and after due ut the rate of ten per cent
according to the conditions of seven prOmls-
sorry notes bearing same date as said mortgage,
made by said Joseph Fawcctt, Arthur Ewcns
ana james EwcnS to said james A. James;
and there being due and unpaid upon said
note and mortgage at the date Of this notice
the sum Of Two Hundred fifty-scvcn and 66-l00
(257. GO dollars, ana no action or proceeding at
law or otherwise having been Instituted to
recover the amount of said mortgage debt or
any part thereof; Now, therefore, notice Is
hereby given that by virtue and In pursuance
of II power of sale in said mortgage contained
and Herewith recorded, and of the statute In
such case made and provided, the above des-
cribed premises will bc sold at public auction,
at the front door Of the office of the Register
of Deeds in ana for said county of Blue Earth
and nj the city of MankatO, therein on Satur-
day, the l4th day OF May, A. ID. 1881, at 10
O'Clock In the forenoon, to satisfy the amount
of said mortgage debt then due and unpaid,
together with the costs and expenses OF such
foreclosure proceedings, including fifty dol
hrs attorneys fees as stipulated In said
mortgage; and the said mortgage will be
thereby foreclOscd.
Dated March 18th, 1881.
JAMES A. JAMES, Mortgage.
90. PITCHER, Attorney for M0rtgagce.
4OW7
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
Hepor,s nom every sectlon in Kansas

Reports nom every seotion in Kansas
indicate that the wheat crop promises exceed
insly we'll Only a very small proportion has
been winter killed.
e. r. Blakeslee, postal clerk on the
New York and Chicago fast mail, was arrested
1t Toledo with several packages OF opened lot
tiers in his possession, and at once confessed
his guilt. He was formerly Lieutenant
Colonel in the regular army, and owns large
farm near st. Johns, Mich.
South.
The notorious James brothers are iv-
ing neer Andersonvillc, Ky.
Heavy frosts have prevailed through
out Texas, and considerable damage has been
done to the corn, cotton, fruit and vegetable
crops. 90,
Mary A. Murray, an employee Of the
Baltimore Postoffice, sued Postmaster e. b.
Tyler for 800, 900 damages for an indecent as
sault upon her. The jury gave her $1,000.
War has broken out between the
American and Mexican residents Of FL Paso
Texas. Six men have already been killed.
A negro burglar ut Butler, Ga, on be-
ing sentenced to ton years i'll the State prison,
punched out his eyes.
Miss Jane Schell, of Frostburg, Md,
has been jailed for stranGlng her two newly
born children, whose corpses were found III
meadow.
Tho exodus of colored people from the
south to Kansas has begun again.
A colored assassin was taken from jail
Al Quincy, Fla, by disguised men, and hanged
to tree.
Mrs. Mutt, of Camden, Ark, in an m
sane tit, threw her fvo children into well,
whore they persisted
Additional particulars respecting the
killing OF hor Ave children by Mrs. Mutt, neal
Camden, Ark, mentioned heretofore, are, thai
the frenxiea woman called her eldest child. q
| boy II years old, from field where he wal
p.oulng, knocked him on the head, and threw
| hun into the we'll, where she had previousl,
| thrown her four other children. Finding that
one Of the children was not drowned, but Wal
clingins to the side of the well. she descended
into the well and tore away its grasp and thrust
| Il down into tho water. thus completing hen
diabolical work.
At Uvaldc, Tex. shooting atfray &C.
| Cured bstweea Gen. John L. Baylor and sor
| on one side, and Mr.. Gillhurst and two sons OF
he other. Baylor escaped unhurt, but his sol
WAS wounded. Gillhurst was killed one Sol
was fatally ToUnded, and another well filled
| with buckshet.
Thomas De Jarnette, the young maj
| who murdered his sister at Danville, Va. be
cause she had entered upon a life of shame
has boon acquitted upon the ground of in
sanity.
A block of the principal business
houses in Sheridan, Miss, has been destroyed
| by fire. Loss, $3.50, 900; insurance $4,000
| The fire was the work of an ipcendiary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
FAR NJ L A Nd S !

We said III former advertisement =" To person OF some
MEANS land is cheaper today and in the long in Blue Earth
county at per than So hundred miles
from timber BY the time the settler on these vast ae has
made his roads and bridges got churches schools and bought
irewood timber until he grow his his land will cost
him 800 per acre. We repeat again emphasized by
the results the blizzard the raries lying
for hundred miles the wereat losses stock reported
lost largely there is timber with which to utilize the
hay and straw for shelter . -
We have a large amount of farming lands for sale in Blue
Earth and adjoining counties and suit customer either with I'M
proved nmprove Lands have been rising since harvest
will likely keep going up At present prices they will pay bet
than money interest Parties who are
thinking buying will get better bargains now than along towards
spring
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
Financial, Commercial and Indus
trial Points,
FOREIGN NEWS.

The great anti-Jewish petition Inns
been sent 10 Bismarck. II consists of twenty
six volumes. aggregating $4,000 sheets, with
255. 900 signatures
The Rev. William Morley Punshon, Il
celebrated Wesleyan preacher of England, ID
dead.
The Rothschilds refuse to loan money
to Italy for the resumption OF specie payments
while the difficulties with France remain UNI
settled.
A telegram from Alexandria announces
that the King of AbySsinia is dead and has
been succeeded by his son Michael. The King
fell in battle with the Asssimerks.
All the Nihilists condemned for CON-
plcity in the murder OF the Car of Russia, Ok
oept the woman Hoffman,, we're hanged III the
presence Of an immense ccncourse OF specta-
tors There was no disturbance. RouSSakof
tainted at the last moment.
Bismarck and tho Crown Prince both
condemn the anti-Jewish agitation in Germany
All efforts to induce the Bey of Tunis
10 peacefully permit French troops to enter his
domain have proved unayaiiinS.
Further news from Tripoli leaves lit
tie hope that the French Col. Flattors or any Of
his escort escaped massacre.
No Russian lad between the ages Of
10 and Is years will be allowed TO cmigrsto
without obtaining emission.
Advices from Bagdad state that the
rayages of the plague ut that place are terrible.
Tbs disease assumes very y!rulent form, and
thousands OF people are dying, and villages
that are the most infected with the poison are
being burnt
A fierce dispute Is raging IN the En-
elish papers respecting Sir William Jenner 3
refusal 10 meet Dr.. Kidd because the latter i.
suspected Of treating Lord Beaconsiied homeo-
pathically Dr. Kidd seems to have been IN
graciously treated by the orthodox sllopath but
bore himself well, and has the qualification Of
having pulled Lord Besconsfeld through the
worst phases of his sickness.
The Sultan of the Sooloo islands, in
the Indian ocean, is dead, and a civil war has
broken ont over the election OF his successor
Parnell maintains that the Land bill,
as at present framed will not provide the
slightest protection for small tenants, but will
rather tend TO their destruction.
The international Monetary Confer
enoe was opened at Paris by St. Hilare, Minis
ter Of Foreign Affairs. On motion of Mr..
Evarts, NJ. Magnin, the French Finance Minis
Ter, was chosen President
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
[ly;LzIEYdCIdI;EI:ISIIsU
FACTS WORTH KNoWINC.s

/ Ginger, Buchu, Mandrake, StiIlingia and
many other Of thebest medicines known are so,
IsIillfully combined In PARKER's GINoER TOXIC,
las to make 1t the greatest Blood Purifier snd I
The Best Health and Strength Rsstoref
Ever Used.
so perfect Il the composition Of PARKIR's'
,GINoER TONIC that no disease can long exist.
where Il Is used. II you have DYpep:is, Head,
tsche, rheumatism, Neuralgia, Bowel, Kidney
|or Liver Disorder, or II you need al mild slim slim
Iicine for you, as Il Is highly curative and In
(yigorating but never Intoxicating.
if YOU are slowly wasting away With Con.
sum ption or any sickness, II you have o Painful
lCouah or bad Cold, PARKLR's Gnorn TONIC
win surely help you It gives new Life and
vigor to the feeble and aged, and is certain
tcure for rheumatism and cholera lnfsntum.
III Has Saved Hundreds Of Lives, II May
Save Yours. .
I II you arc feeling miserable don't wait until
Iyou are down sick, but use the TONIC to-day.
mo matter what your disease or symptoms may
Remember [ PARKEn's GnorR Toso Is not
Ia rum drink but the Best and Purest Family
medicine ever made, compounded by new
process, and entirely different from Bitters,
Ieinger preparations and all other Tones. Try,
q Soc bottle. Your druggist can supply you.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
POLITICAL POINTS.

John Kelly's foes inside of Tammany
Hall are making a desperate effort for his do
thronemeut, and, it Is said. the disarection is
really formidable.
The President has been waited upon
by two delegations OF Virginia Republicans.
The first urged him to recognize the Malone
element in that State, while the second repre-
sented that no coalition could possibly be
formed betwoon the Rsadjustors and the Re-
Dnblicans
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
sHERIFFs EXECUTION SALE.

RY virtue of three executions issued out Of
Land under the seal OF the District Court in
and for the3Ounty of Blue Earth and state Of
Minnesota, Upon three Judgments respective
ly rendered and dOcketcd in said county, the
first ON the 18th day of May, a. ID. 1877, for
the sum of fifty-twO and 4i-I00 dollars; the
second, ON the 18th day Of May, A. ID. 1877, for
the sum OF fifty-two ana 81 100 dollars: the
third, ON the End day of January, A. ID. 1873.
for the sum of twenty-five and 100 dollars; ;
I'm all of said actions wherein Frederick Fox
Is plaintiff and i'm the said first action Nathan
lei Stevens, Jr., is defendant; and la the soc
is impleaded with others rs defendants, and
in the third OF said actions said Nathaniel
Stevens, .Jr., and Galloway Stevens are de-
PENDANTS; have this 18th day of March, AID.
1881, levied upon all the right, title and inter
est of the said defendant, Nathaniel Stevens,
Jr., I'm and to the following described real
estate, situate In the county of Blue Earth
and State OF Minnesota, known and described
as follows: the west half of the southwest
quarter Of Section twenty-ninc (29), i'm Town
ship one hundred and five 00j) of Range TWEEN
ty-eight (2S), west. Now, therefore, notice is
hereby given that will sell the above dcscrib-
ed real property to the highest bidder for
cash at public auction at the front door of the
Office of the Register of Deeds of Blue Earth
county aforesaid, in the city of Manlfato there
at ten o'clock i'm the forenoon of that day, to
satisfy the said execution, together with the
interest and cost thereon.
Dated March 18th, 1881.
PETER SCHWEITZER, Sheriff
Of Blue Earth County, MINI.
FREEMAN & PAU, Attorneys for Plaintiff and
Judgment Creditor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINas.

The large iewelry store of William
Wise. in Br0cAlyn, N. Y, was burglarized a few
nights ago. Six large holes were bored in a
safe containing $4,000 worth OF diamonds, but
the steel plates broke the drill. Another safe,
weighing 400 pounds, was lifted out of tho wall
by jackscrews, and robbed OF 100 watches, val
ued at $4,000.
During the month of March, A, 1875
immigrants arrived in this country.
The iron and steel industries of the
United States are l,005 in number, with capt.
tai Of $3.50, 1854. Pennsylvania leads of
with nearly half the product Of the country,
Ohio taking second rank
Fruit-growers on the Delaware PENN
sula assert positively that there will be no
peach crop there this season. In the large
orchards trees have been killed by Millions
and those still standing have largely been up
rooted to give place to corn and wheat.
The April reports received at the Ag-
ricultural Bureau show al increase Of nearly 4
per cent in the area sown in winter wheat.
Gen. Grants visit to the City of Mexi-
co is regarded with grave suspicion by the
Gressers. Noreception whatever was rendered
him.
A mysterious disease has carried off
more than 100 Cinnamon employed on the
Canadian Pacific railroad in British Columbia
Death ensues within fifteen minutes after the
victim is attacked.
Col. Fred Grant has resigned his com
mission in the army.
Ex-President Hayes, in letter to
Western journalist, admits that when he be-
came President he WAS not total abstainer
from intoxicating liquors, but for the past
three years has refrained from the use Of slim
nlants, and will continue to do So
The Commissioner of Agriculture ex-
presses the opinion that the winter wheat crop
has been badly damaged by tho severity Of the
past winter, especially where the ground is badly
drained. He says, from personal observation
in several Western States, he is convinced that
the crop has suffered greatly, and that tho best
Of it will be set back some time.
A new and dangerous counterfeit 80
gold piece has appeared in San Francisco.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
GireM ,sp by Doctors.

ais it possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up
and at work, and cured by so simple
remedys"
I assure you it is true that he is en-.
tirely cured, and with nothing but Hop
Bitters and only ten days ago his doc
tors gave him up and said he must die!"
"Well-a-day That is remarkable !!
l will 20 this day and get some for my
poor George know hops are good"
Salon Post.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28

nNE hundred thousand StrOng.-ln the past
" few months there has been more than
800 900 bottles of Shiloh's cure sold. Out of
the vast number of people who have used il.
more than 1000 cases of consumption have
been cured. All coughs, Group, Tsthalaa ana
bronchitis, yield ut once, hence it is that
everybody speaks in its praise. To those who
have not used II, let us say, If you have a
cough, or your child the Group, and you value
life, don't fail to try il. For lame back, side
or chest use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold 10y
your Druggist, n. WEBSTER.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28

S,TATE OF MINNESOTA-County of Blue
y Earth--ss--In Probate Court. Special
Term, April 10Th, 1881
In the matter of the estate of John ComestOck,
deceased.
On production of Il writing purporting to
he II duly authenticated copy of the will of
John COmeslOck, late of Wabasha county, of
the State of Indiana, deceased, and the pro-
bate thereof in said Wabasha county, and
also the accompanying petition of John j.
Shaubut, of MankatO, Blue Earth county,
representing among other things that the said
John ComcstOck lately died ut said Wabasha
county; that said instrument was duly ali-
thenticated copy of the last will of said de-
ceased and the probate thereof, and PRAYING
that said copy and the probate thereof he filed
and recorded as the last will and testament of
said John COmcstOck, deceased, and that let
tiers thereon be issued to John Fisher Of said
Wabasha county, Indiana.
IL is ordered that said petition and the
proofs of said instrument be heard before
this court at the probate Office i'm said Blue
Earth county, on the 10Th day Of May, A. ID.
1881, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon.
II is further ordered, that notice OF the time
and place of such hearing be given to all per-
sons interested, by publication of these orders
for three weeks successfully previous to said
day of hearing, in the MANKATO FREE PRESS,
weekly newspaper printed and published ut
MankatO in said Blue Earth county.
by the Court GEORGE. w. MEAD,
i3wD Judge Of Probate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28

StTATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
y Earth.-ss.-In Probate Court Special
Term, March %, 1881.
In the matter of the estate of Henry G. Lewis,
deceased.
Letters Tcstamentary on the estate of said
deceased, having been duly granted unto IL.
Z. Edwards, OF Faribault county.
1t Ia ordered, that all claims and demands of
all persons against said estate he presented
to this Court for examination and hearing,
at the Probate Office, in MankatO, Blue Earth
county on the following days, viz: On the
23d day of June and on the 9th day of Sep
TENDER, 1881, ut 10 o'clock in the forenoon on
each OF said days.
IL IL further ordered, that six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to
present their claims against said estate, at
the expiration Of which time all claims not
presented to said Court, or not proven to its
satisfaction, shall be forever barred, unless
for cause shown further time be allowed.
Ordered further, That said executor as
aforesaid, shall cause notice of the time and
place Of the hearing and examination of said
claims and demands, by publishing notice
thereof for four weeks successfully, in the
MANKATO FREE PRESS, IL newspaper printed
and published ut Mankato in said county.
Dated March 90, 1881.
BY the Court, GEO. w. MEAD,
4Qw5 Judge of Probate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
The Greatest Blessing.

A simple. pure, harmless remedy,
that cures every time, and prevents dis
ease by keeping the blood pure, stomach
regular, kidneys and liver active, is the
greatest blessing ever conferred upon
man. Hop Bittcrs is that.remedy, and
its proprictors are being blessed by
thousands who have been saved and
cured by it. Will you try 1t See
another column.-Edgie.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
Prof. Guilmette's French Liver Pad

win positively cure Fever and Ague, Dumb
Ague, Ague Cake, Bilious Fever, Jaundice,
Dyspepsia, and all diseases of the Liver,
Stomach and Blood. Price 81 80 by mail.
send for Prof. Guimettes Treatise on the
Kidneys and Liver, free by mail. Address
FRENCH PAD CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
\. WEBSTER, Sole Ag't, Blue Earth Co.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28

cTATE OF MINNESOTA-County of Blue
- Earth-ss-ln Probate Court, Special
Term, April 18th, 1891.
In the matter of the estate Of Samuel ID.
Brown, deceased.
Whereas, An instrument in writing, pur-
porting to be the last will and testament of
Samuel ID. Brown, deceased, late of said coun-
ty has been delivered to this court
And, whereas, f. =. Freeman, Esq, has filed
Herewith his petition, representing among
other things that said Samuel ID. Brown died
In said county on the ID day of April, lasl,
testate, and that said petitioner is the sole
executor named in said last will and tcsta-
ment, and praying that the said instrument
may be admitted to probate, and that letters
testamentary he to him issued thereon.
1t Is ordered, that the proofs Of said instrll-
ment and the said petition, be heard before
this court at the Probate Office at Mankato,
in said county, on the 9TH day Of May, A. ID.
1851, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, when all
concerned may appear and contest the pro-
bate of said instrument.
And IL is further ordered, that public notice
Of the time and place Of SAID hearing be given
to all persons interested, by publication of
these orders for three weeks successfully pre-
vious to said day of hearing, in the MASKATO
FREE PRESS, a newspaper printed and pub
lished at Mankato I'm said county.
BY the Court. G. w. MEAD,
42w4 Judge of Probate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
Lifting Witnesses.

The hundreds of strong, hearty, rug
ged and healthy looking men, women
and children, that have been rescued
from beds of pain, sickness and well
nigh death, by Parker's Ginger Tonic,
are the best evidences in the world Of
its sterling merit and worth. You
will find such in almost every commun
ity. Read of it in another column.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
clio 7 H N G.

SQUIRE N. c. ScoTT, Sylvania, o.,
writes: 81 have been great sufferer
for Is years with Bright's disease of the
kidneys. For weeks at time was UNI
able to get out of bed: used various
internal remedies, but they gave me no
relief. I wore two of Prof. Guilmettc's
Kidney Pads six weeks, and know now
| am entirely cured. (43w4