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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
FAR NJ LAND !!

We said in former advertisement =" TO person of
MEANS land is cheaper today and in the long rum in Blue Earth
county $50 than at 50 Sd per hundred miles
from timber by the time the settler these prairics
made his roads and bridges got churches schools bought
rewood and timber until he grow his own his land will
him more than $50 per acre. We repeat again emphasized by
for hundred of miles the losses reported
lost largely because there timber with which to utilize the
hay and straw for shelter
We have large of farming lands sale in Blue
Earth and adjoining counties and suit either with
proved or unove Lands have been rising since harvest
and Will likely keep going At present prices they will pay bet
ter investment than money Parties
thinking OF buying will get better bargains than along towards
spring
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Modern Locals.

Starting new journals seems pas
time down in Salem. There must be
something to warrant the innovation,
and we fancy it is the method of scrv-
ing the newsstand the news itself. At
any rate. the Gazette of that city takes
off the new ventures by these specimens
of what it calls Modern Locals"
Mr.. Bertram X. Perkins, who resides
Mt 156 Pleasant-strcet Avenue, has had
new knob added to his front door.
He contemplates making other i'm
provements. 1t is very gratifying to
witness this enterprising spirit on the
part of our citizens.
A new Lot of peanuts has been re-
ceived at 926 Washington Street.
These were manufactured expressly for
that enterprising establishment. and
are of good flavor and finish. Mr.. N.
o. Ursee, the proprietor, is one of our
most enterprising traders. Every actu-
al quart that he sells will always be
found to contain two pints, and no rot
ten ones are ever found at the bottom.
One Of the most respected Of Salem's
dlvlnes had narrow escape yesterday.
lilo was quietly crossing Essex Street
from MIR. Ives store to the First Church
when a team was coming down in from:
OF A. A. Smiths at quite rapid trot.
just rs the team reached Daniel 4.
Smiths corner, the driver providential.
ly turned into Washington Street. II
he had kept on, the minister would un-
doubleday have been run over, and per-
haps killed. Truly, 'In the midst of
life we are in deathr'
DIR. ID. A. Stanley, the popular dentist,
is Overrun with custom since he began
TO advertise in our paper. He can ex-
tract teeth with more skill than any
other man in the profession. He recent
ly pulled scventy-five teeth out of one
mans mouth in exactly 4 3-4 minutes.
The popular doctor charges only II 1-2
cents per tooth. and makes no extra
charge where portions Of the jaw come
Also
Mr.. U. Damphool, the popular and
accomplished editor of the Bungtown
ROarer, having been six months in
business in tho Aourishing city of
Bungtown. is now engaged inssgiving a
series of valuable lectures upon ''the
conditions essential 10 success in life."
Mr. ID. is only twenty-five years old,
and most of those inhabitants who are
upwards of sixty-iive years Of age are
manifesting deep interest in the lee
lures. from which they derive much
valuable practical information.
A new paper is TO be started in Salem
next Monday. 1t is to be called the
Midnight Wide Awake. 1t is to be de-
livered at the houses of subscribers at
about ono o'clock in the morning. at
which hour the door.bells will be rung
by the carriers for the benefit of any
who may have thoughtlessly retired be-
fore the arrival Of the paper. 1t will
contain all the local news that transpires
during the four preceding hours, and
will supply want that has long been
felt at Salem.-P. s. Six good carriers
are wanted for this paper. The position
is an extremely desirable one, and is
attended with many perquisites-the
free contribution Of boots and shoes
alone, in places where this enterprise
has been tried, amounting to several
hundred dollars annually.
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Disastrous Hail storm.

The North Pacific country which
has been so fervently depicted us the
veritable land flowing with milk and
honey. and where they raise from IN
to so bushels of wheat to the acre
year after year, has met with set
back of more than ordinary dimen-
sions. as we find related in the Bis
marck Trfbxne.
The standing grain OH several farms
near the city WAS completely destroy
ed. Most of the grain near town,
however, was in the shock, and was
therefore not injured to any great
extent. Mr.. Van Etten's was nearly
all cut. Marshall, Quinlan, Jack.
man and many others also had theirs
cut. Mr.. Lounsberry. Mr.. Macnider,
Mr.. Mason, Mr.. Wallace and Il few
others are heavy losers. The best
crops in the county being those in
the neishborhood of the Il. b. Hayes
farm, are uninjured. The same is
true of the crops six miles south of
town. The Steele farm neighbor-
hood also escaped. Mr.. Mason loses
in brick and crops about $1,000, and
other losses will run the damage up
to $1,000. The rainfall was also very
heavy. The government gauge
measured two inches and then ran
over. How much more fell none can
tell. 1t is fortunate that these storms
are an incident of this year, caused,
no doubt, by the perihelion of the
planets.
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a Woman Farmer.

Just before dusk, Wednesday eve
ming, Il brown faced and pleasant
looking woman. with Il short, well.
built figure and firm step, fastened Il
plump. notwithstanding bay horse
in front of the Boston Tea Store, and
tossed a nolasses jug out of her
wagon. She wore Il widow s veil and
shawl. "Therc." said gentleman,
sis one of the most wonderful women
in the country. Mrs. Os2Ood, of MinOt
Center. the woman farmer" So
when Mrs. Osgood came out of the
store, with her strong arms full OF
oiasses.jug, saltboX and this-and
lat, the JoDrn0i scribe began to ply
is intcrrogations. "IIow much hay
lyou cut this year. Twelve
fifteen tons. I've cut about six
IS already. commenced moving
O'Clock this morning, and moved
most of the forenoon. spread thirty
five common stacks of hay, and after
dinner got in four good one-hOrsc
loads, in season TO get down here at
4 O'Clock and market Il lot of berries.
"Do yon cut your hay with machine
or Scythe :" 4" Both; / can NOW
either way. have one-horse
mower "Do you have any help!"
"Only what get from the children.
There's Il girl of IA years and Il boy of
IL, who help me Il little g" Is the
girl going to make Il farmer!' 81
don't know. want To make Il farmer
of her, but she says she don't like
the idea very we'll" "IIOw much of
q farm haze youf" al have now
about forty acres. have planted
this year half an acre of onions, two
acres Of potatoes. three-fourths of an
acre of beans. and sowed half an acre
of oats. l have done all the work
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myself. ! have run the farm five
years, and haven't paid out cent,
not one cent, for help, and ! amt
going to either with much emphasis).
Last winter went down in the
woods, and cut and teamed out ten
cords of cord wood "Docs your
farm pay well!' "Ycs. it's beginn ng
to pay pretty well now. IL was all
run down when | came there and
commenced work. IL only cut hay
enough for COW and II horse. Now
it cuts twelve tons. have dug out
the rocks and leveled off the fields
with my own hands, so l shan't he
thrown out when ride my moving
machine. keep two cows, one horse,
and Il lot of sheep. and there are Il
lot of hens running around"
Mrs. OsgOOd then starded Dobbin
for home. Here is woman who
finds time between planting her acres
of potatoes and onions, moving Il
dozen tons of hay, chopping ten cords
of wood in snow knee-deep, and all
the hard work of running forty.acre
farm, to take care of the milk of two
cows, make butter and bread, and do
all the kneading, cooking, and sewing
on buttons for family of children,
and yet has nothing to say about
woman wrongs or woman's rights.
|-Lariston (.Ne.) JoHrndi.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

oTATE OF MINNESOTA-COlin of Blue
- Earth-ss-ln Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Tonnes Lccg-
son, deceased
On reading and filing the petition of Thron
HoversOn, administrator of the estate OF
Tonnes Lecgson, deceased, representing
among other things that he has fully admin.
istercd said estate, and praying that time
and place be fixed for examining and allow.
ing his account of his administration and for
the assignment Of the residue of said estate
to heirs,
1t IL ordered that said account be examined
and petition heard by the Judge of this Court
on Saturday, the 10th day of August, at two
O'Clock p. M. ut the Probate Office in said
county.
And II IL further ordered that notice there
of bc given to all persons Interested by pub.
fishing u copy of this order for three success
sivc weeks prior to said day of hearing In the
MankatO FKnE PRESS, weekly newspaper
printed and published ut Mankato, In said
county.
Dated at Mankato, the 2sth day of July, A.
ID. 1881.
by the Court. q. w. MEAD,
5w4 Judge of Probate,
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Another County Heard From

Mr.. NJ. 5. Barney of Wisconsin
township stepped into our office the
other day and gave us II few points
on farming in Jackson county. lie
had just returned from an inspection
off his wheat field and he informed us
that his hopes of decent yield, us
well us of the wheat, were badly
"blasted." lie had raised wheat for
Is years and he had come to the
conclusion that he must either quit
it or go into bankruptcy. But i'm the
meantime had been trying 4 little
stock-raising experiment with the
following result: He secured 10 cows
Within two years from the time of
their purchase he raised from them
young stock to the value of $3.50, be-
sides supplying his family with milk
and butter and selling considerable
of the latter. lie also bought Is
hogs, paying therefor $9j. He real.
lied from them in one year $500 and
calculated that the corn he fed them
brought him, in this way, fully 50
cents per bushel. Mr.. b. is Il man
whose word is good and The RpubIc
will vouch for the above figures.
They argue plainly that the farmers
of Jackson county .cA make money
"hand over fist if they will only go
about it in the right way.-JaclsOa
Republic.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

NTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-ss.-ln Probate Court.
In tho matter Of the estatc Of William l.. Glib
son, deceased.
Letters tcstanentary on the estate of said
deceased having been granted unto Lydia ID.
Gibson, Noah Webster and William &. Dur
kce, of said county,
Ii Ia ordered that all claims and demands of
all persons against said estate be presented to
this court for examination and hearing ut the
Probate Office, In MankatO, on the following
days, viz: On the 18th day of October, 1851,
and on the 18th day of january, 1882, mt 10
O'clock u. III. on each of said days.
1t III further ordered that six months from
the date hereof he allowed to creditors to
present their claims against said estate, ut the
expiration of which time all claims not pre-
scnted to said court or not proven to its sat
isfactiOn shall be forever barred, unless for
cause shown, further time be allowed.
Ordered further, that said executors as
aforesaid shall cause notice of the time and
place OF the hearing and examination of said
claims and demands by publishing II notice
thereof for four weeks successfully in THE
MANKATO FREE PRESS, II newspaper printed
and published ut MankatO in said county
Dated July 18th, 1881.
BY the Court, q. w. MEAD,
AVA Judge of Probate.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
~ Earth, ss.--ln Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Sarah Hunt, de-
ceased
On reading and Hing the petition of H. o.
Hunt, OF Lake Crystal, Blue Earth county,
representing among other things that Sarah
Hunt, late Of Blue Earth county, on the 27th
any Of June, A. ID. 1881, M Lake Crystal, died
Interstate, and hcing u resident of this county
at the time of her death, leaving goods, chat.
tells and estate within this county, and that
the said petitioner IL the husband of said dc
ceased, and praying that administration Of
said estate be to him, said petitioner, granted,
u IL ordered that said petition be heard before
the Judge of this Court, on Monday, the 18th
day of August, A. ID. 1881, ut 2 o'clock r. M.
ut the Probate Office I'm said county.
Ordered further that notice thereof he given
to the heirs of said deceased and to all persons
Interested, by publishing II copy of this order
for three successive weeks prior to said day
of hearing In THE MANKATO FREE Press, Il
weekly newspaper printed and published al
MankatO In said county.
Dated ut MankatO, the End day of August
A. ID. 1881.
by the Court, q. W. MEAD,
8w4 Judge of Probate
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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

nEFAULT having been made in the condi-
IL lions of Il certain mortgage executed by
Seth s. Phelps and ElSpa r., his wife, mort
gagOrs, to Daniel Z. Rogers, mortgagee, dated
office of the Register of Deeds in ana for the
county of Blue Earth, in the State of Mime
sofa, on the twenty-tifth day Of October, A. ID.
1873, ut three o'clock in the afternoon, in Book
No. OF Mortgages, on page 5S6, by which
mortgage there was conveyed and granted
the following described real estate situate in
the county of Blue Earth aforesaid to-wit
teen az, and the North Half ca of the North
east Quarter "a Of Section Twenty Coz, all in
Township One Hundred and Eight lOs) north,
of Range Twenty-Five C25), west of the fifth
principal meridian, containing two hundred
and forty GAO acres of land, according To
Government survey, subject however to the
right-Of-way of the Winona l. st. Peter Rail
road Company over the North Half of the
Southeast Quarter of Section Seventeen, To
secure the payment of the sum of Twelve
Hundred dollars. with interest ut the rate Of
ten per cent per annum, according to the
conditions of Il certain prOmissory note bear
ing same date as said mortgage, made by said
Seth 3. Phelps to said Daniel Il. Rogers; and
there being due and unpaid upon said note
and mortgage at the date of this notice the
sum of Thirteen Hundred and Eight dollars
and SiXty-six cents ($l,3OSG6), which sum is
hereby claimed and declared to he due on said
note and mortgage; and no action or pro-
cccding ut law or otherwise having been i'll
stituted to recover the amount of said mort
gage debt or any part thereof; Now, there
fore, notice is hereby given that by virtue and
in pursuance of u power of sale In said mort
gage contained and Herewith recorded, and
of the statute In such case made and provid cd,
the above described premises will bc sold nj
public auction, by the Sheriff of Blue Earth
county, ut the front door of the Office of the
Register of Deeds in and for said county, and
at the city of MankatO therein, Oh Monday the
eleventh day of July, A. ID. 1881, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon, to satisfy the amount of said
M ri OaU Ilhf m ptlt I'm hon
with the costs and expenses of such foreclosure
proceedings. including sevcnty-tive dollars
attorneys fees as stipulated in said mortgage;
and the said mortgage will be thereby fore
closed.
Dated May 18th, 1881.
DANIEL 4. ROGERS,
JNO. G. NOE, Mortgage.
Attorney for MOrtgagec.
The above sale is adjourned until Monday,
August Sth, ut same hour and place.
Dated July 18th, 1881.
DANIEL L. ROGERS, Mortgage.
JNO. G. NOE, Attorney, :}wi
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Letter from Tennessee.
wAvERLy, Tenn, July ~, 1881.

wAvERLY, Tenn, July Al, 1881.
Editors Free Pren:
AS we read of the frequent and
terrible storms that have passed over
Minnesota, our sympathy is raised
for the sufferers and we pray that
such storms may cease. We know
what it is to fear the approach of IN
angry cloud, but have suffered COM
paratively little during the present
season, for here the elements, like
the people, are seldom in connection.
Here it is so different from the
busy Northwest. People are not drift
ing in from all parts of the world +,
neither are they going out. Young
men do not 60 West rs soon rs they
are old enough, but settle down near
home and contentedly follow their
chosen life-work. There are many
intelligent, moral and some religious
young men now in Waverly, who are
engaged rs mechanics, clerks, or ut
professional callings, and two are
editing the Waverly Journai in Il very
creditable manner. There is very
little drunkenness in Waverly, Ill.
though liquor is kept and sold by
every grocer, and the Democrats, in
stead of being made up mostly of the
low and depraved, are true gentle
men. and live in perfect harmony
with their Republican neighbors.
You should have witnessed the ex.
pressiOns of deep sympathy that went
up from every heart when our Presi.
dent was shot, and no people could
have shown more adherence for the
would be-assassin than the good peO-
pie of Waverly.
1t has been very healthy here this
summer, notwithstanding it is claim
ed to be the hottest and dryest sea-
son known for years. The peanut
and corn crop will, it is feared, be Il
failure, which cuts off the supply for
hogs and cattle, as the peanut vine
is largely depended on for feed for
stock.
Timber land is plentiful, and we
are told that it can be bought for one
dollar per acre. while for the timber
alone we would have to pay Fright
smart" There is much land here
that is entirely worthless, and in
Georgia, Il man from that State tells
MS, that tile soil is so poor that they
can scarcely raise Il difficulty!
The sweet potato crop promises a
large yield, and some farmers have
threshcd as much rs four hundred
bushels of wheat. Fruit and veget-
ables are scarce and inferior.
\ farmer, who took dinner with us
today, reports that everything is dry
ing up. and feed will he so scarce it
will he hard to carry stock through
the coming winter. The CONVERSE
ton taking II political turn, he said
that during the war he lost all his
slaves and ut the time thought very
hard of it, but considering how fast
the country is improving, he now
thinks the freedom Of the slave Il
blessing. Mrs. DANIELS.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA-COuntyO of Blue
y Earth--ss-In Probate Court.
In the matter of the last will and testament
of Hugh Il. Jones, deceased.
Whereas, an instrument In writing purpOr-
ting to he the last will and testament Of Hugh
4. JONES' deceased, late of said county, has
been delivered to this court.
1t IL ordered that the proofs of said in
strument be heard before this court at the
Probate Office In said county, on the 27th day
noon, when all concerned may appear and
contest the probate of said instrument.
And 1t Is further ordered, that public notice
Ia all persons Interested, by publication of
these orders for three weeks successfully pre-
viOus to said day Of hearing, In the MANKATO
FREE PRESS, n weekly newspaper printed and
published ut MankatO In said county.
Dated August 2, 1881.
l3y the Court. q. w. MEAD,
6w4) Judge OF Probate.
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Boys composition after doing the
menagerie: The rhinOzerus lives in
Ashar, and you kant stick o pin in i'm.
cause his werskit is bilt ov ole stoves.
When rhinozerus is gonter be kid.
WI muz alwaze go up to him from be-
fore, soez he'll kno somethin' of it, an
try an make a place for built to git
i'm. His nose has got an upper teeth
that's got no business whar it IL, and il
q boy should set down on it he better
stay plugged up with the tooth, rels
he'll be all one pore. I'd rather be .
pOlliwog. If I was rhinozsrus, tho ]
spose t. wuz ! woodn't.
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If you will stop all your extravagant
and wrong notions in dOctoring yourself
and families with expensive doctors or
humbug cure-alls, that do harm always,
and use only natures simple remedies
for all your ailments-yOu will be wise,
well and happy, and save great expense.
The greatest remedy for this, the great,
wise and good will tell you, is Hop Bit
ters-rely on it. See another column.
Press.
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The Height Of Folly.

To wait until you are down on your
bed with disease you may not get over
for months, is the height Of folly, when
you might be easily cured during the
early symptoms by using Parker's
Ginger Tonic. 1t costs only Il triilc,
can never do any harm, and possesses
curative properties in the highest de-
gree. We have known the palest, sick
liest looking men, women and children
become the rosiest and healthiest, from
the timely use Of this pure family me-
dicine. See advertisement in other col
umn.-Obseroer. aug
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Tho James Boys.
81. Louis GlOl,c-DcmOcrut.

st. Louis GlOlc-DcmOcrat.
The Chicago Tribune wants to know
what the people of Missouri will do
with the james boys. Well, as the
cookbook lady says about the hare :
" First, catch your hare" The peo.
pie of Missouri would like To catch
the James boys. In some sections
they would probably hang them, but
in strong Democratic counties they
would be more apt to elect them 10
the legislature. There are several
counties in this State in which the
James boys would beat the best of
Republican candidates. But perhaps
the james boys wouldn't consent to
serve in the Missouri Legislature -
and we wouldn't blame them much.
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Mrs. Minszer of Philadelphia, OBJ
tanned q divorce from her husband and
an order compelling him to pay $50 a
mont h for her support. Mintzer quit
ted the city TO avoid paying. The
woman's lawyers applied to Judge
Mitchell, of the supreme court, for an
order of sequestratiOn, on which all
the property of the absentee could be
seized in contempt and held until he
Obeyed the order Of the court. 1t was
conceded that such writ had never
been issued in Pennsylvania, though il
was the practice in England. The mo-
ton was granted.
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PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
~ Earth-ss.-ln Probate Court.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
~ Earth-ss.-ln Probate Court.
In tho matter Of the estate Of James NJ. Will
son, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition Of Lydia
A. Wilson, of MankatO, representing among
other things that James NJ. Wilson, late of
MankatO, ON the 2lst day of June. A. ID. 1881,
ut MankatO died interstate, and being resi-
dent of this county at the time of his death,
leaving goods, chattels and estate within this
county, and that the said petitioner Is the
widow Of said deceased, and praying that nd
ministrati0n of said estate DO to her, Lydia A.
Wilson, granted, II IL ordered that said petit
ton bic heard before the Judge Of this Court,
on Tuesday, the Both day Of August, A. ID.
1881, ut 10 O'Clock A. NJ. ut the Probate Office
In said county
Ordered, further, that notice thereof be
given to the heirs of said deceased and to all
persons interested by publishing a copy OF
this order for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the MANKArO FREE
PRESS, u weekly newspaper printed aud pub
lished ut MankatO In said county.
Dated at Mankato, the Bird day Of August,
A. ID. 1881.
BY the Court. q. w. MEAD,
8w4 Judge Of Probate.