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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-20
STATE NEWS.

Creameries are what the farmers
in the southern part of the State are
now talking most about. Sensible.
The city of Saltwater, the fourth
city in size in the State. has Just
dedicated one Of the finest opera
houses in the Northwest.
New Ulm people are now specula.
ting how they are to keep their beer
cool during the approaching hot
season. The recent flood washed
away the only ice.hOuse in the city.
N, w. Kittson, OF st. Paul has ex.
pended 100000 in stocking a fine
farm near st. Paul with fancy herds
of horses. The driving-park where
the state fair was held is now known
as Kittsondale.
The KassOn Republican says: "An
Iowa cattle dealer made his appear.
ance in town on Saturday last, for
the purpose of buying up a drove of
young cattle to be raised on the fine
grazing lands of southern Iowa. If
our farmers understand their business
they will hold on to their young
stock and add their growth to the
profits of their farms. 1t will pay
them better than wheat raising"
S. S. Merrill and w. Van Horn,
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul railroad, met the committee of
citizens Of Austin on Thursday Of
last week, and looked over the site
selected for the machine shops Of
their road which are proposed to be
erected there. The site includes the
eighty acres of land between the de-
pot and mill pond. No action was
taken, the company only asking for
a site, with no bonus. 1t is regarded
certain that the offer will be accepted.
There is some comfort in knowing
that there have been worse seasons
than the present. Twenty-eight years
ago the 7th inst, Maj. b. II. Randall,
of st. Peter, landed at Fort Ridgely.
He says that between st. Peter and
that place, at that time, there was no
grass not even signs Of grass. He
says that on the 10Th of May they
had q big snow storm, and that on
the 4th of July they found enough Of
snow in the ravines remaining from
the drifts Of the winter to make
Roman punch with. The LIST of May
in early times was not considered late
to SOW wheat. 1t is only in the last
few years that people have got the
id "a that they must SOW their wheat
in March.
There was a remarkable case Of
throat-cutting-Of female razor-man.
pulating about the jugular vein. at
last week. A young
man named Greisemer had been en-. |
gagged as laborer on the farm of a
Mr.. Kelley, who had a daughter Ida. |
The young man loved Ida, and Ida
'eciprocated altogether too confiden.
tally. The parents opposed the two
and they talked elope: but
.fter time Greisemer left for his
home in Illinois. They correspondent,
he promised to elope, proposed a
'landestine meeting-they happened
o meet one night at the haystack
lear the Kelley domicile-there hap
'ened to be razor in Ida's hand,
md she evidently used it with that
lextrous hand about Griesmer's
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throat. The two differ about the
throat.cutting, she claiming she did
IL IN self.defense and he that it was
done coolly and deliberately while
the girl was lovingly reclining on his
lap, and before he mistrusted for
what purpos rhe was unbuttoning his
shirt collar. lie still survives and
Ida was bound over to the June term
or court in Dakota county. 1t is q
very peculiar case.
st. Paul Globe: Old settlers often
tell OF the ravine which once existed
at the crossing of Jackson and Fourth
street, out of which Lot Moffett's
castle rose, story by story being added
as the ravine was filed, and along
which ravine there ran In the pre-.
historic days II purling brook. Fright
abont here,' said one old settler the
other day, rs he was watching the
excavations of Gilfillan's block, "stood
Tom Towards tinshop." And sure
enough they have found a pile of tin
ana iron scraps, buried when the
ravine was filled. This bank of the
ravine,' said another, was covered
with Eastwood trees, which they cut
down when the ravine was filed. And
there are the password stumps or the
indisputable remnants of them to
prove his assertion. But yesterday
Game u more remarkable confirmation
OF an old settlers memory. Judge
Goodrich occasionally traces municipal
j0bbery in st. Paul back to certain
stone drain or sewer which was laid
along the bottom of this sewer, and
which, for convenience of the con.
tractor, was built in winter on the
surface of the Recovered creek.
The assessment for the sewer was
rather heavy, considering the value
of the property supposed to be bene.
fitted, and the judge had to sell his
lot at the corner OF Jackson an d
Fourth. to pay the assessment. TO
test the ground with reference to
making the foundations of the Gil.
fillan block, a shaft has been sunk to
the bottom of the old ravine, about
thirty feet below the level of Jackson
street, and there, at the bottom, the
diggers found the old sewer. or rather
the stones of which it was built, still
in place, like an arch, If they were
laid on the ice.
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.
Good Thunder.


All of our merchants are receiving
their Summer stock of goods, and we
Judge from the quantity and variety
that a brisk trade is anticipated.
Austin & Flanagan are removing
their saw and feed mill to the south
part of town, and in few days will
be ready to resume work.
Some miserably mean off securing
who is a disgrace to his Darwinian
progenitors, entered Mr.. Schwanen.
bergs yard on Wednesday night and
stole feather bed that had been left
out for airing.
The usual monotony of our village
was somewhat disturbed last Monday
morning by two of our worthy citi.
zsns undertaking the consideration of
the science of pugilism. Words led
to fisticuffs, and fisticuffs led, not to
the use of a sling as with David and
Goliath, but to the use of pegging
hammer. The little David of shoe.
maker fame, undertook to tap" the
mighty Goliath, but he applied the
tap" to the Uranium instead of the
sole of the foot, and the mighty Go.
Hath could not Withstand the ordeal,
and the fracas Immediately termina-
ted in a "dead-lock."
Henry Dyer is the champion shoot
list. On Wednesday evening he OBJ
served some fowl in lake near his
farm and shot them, killing two and
wounding one. Upon retrieving them
the birds proved to he white pelicans
of the Pelecamus Americanus species.
They were novel sight and attracted
much notice.
Ye Editor, call upon Good Thunder
some other time and make more ex-
tended visit and view our village and
vicinity under more favorable circum-
stances.
All are pleased to see the FREE
PRESS advancing to the position it
deserves, and hope that the fondest
hopes of the proprietors will sosn be
realized. A fourishing city like Man.
kato, in the hest county in the State,
should, and can, support good state
paper. With railroad and telegraph
lines extending to all the cardinal
points, the facilities fer cleaning the
news are rs good as are necessary.
All that is needed is the hearty sup
port of the citizens of southern Min
nessta to enable the parties to sus
tain such an enterprise.
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The Gre ut shows Great Indorsers

To employ an appropriate sailors
simile, Sells Brothers. Millionaire Con-
federation Of Stup ,ndous Railroad Shows
which is to erect its Railroad, Electric
Lighted City of Wonders, at Mankato
on Saturday June 4th "boxcs" the entire
of press praise and compliment. The
great journals Of the North, South, East
and West lead off in unanimous recOg.
milton Of its rare integrity in fulfilling
every advertised promise, and all other
dailies and weeklies join, with hearty
good will, in the same splendid indorse-
ments. We re-publish, as fair and
legitimate sample Of the tenor of all of
them, such extracts as our space will
permit. Read them, and you can not
fail to appreciate the weight and value
of such after evidence: The Buffalo IN.
W Daily Republican says: thereafter
Sells Brothers name will be as good on
show bill us Vanderbilt's is on bank
check. They will draw the cash" The
Buffalo IN. W Aorning Erpress says
at is all that is represented, instructive
amusing and interesting, and with very
enterprising and agreeable gentlemen
as its proprietors, the Messrs. Sells.
The Rochester IN. W Ecening Erpress
says: 1.-THE complimentary notices of
this mammoth cstab lishment heretofore
published were no eXaggeration. In
everything that goes to make up first
class amusement establishment The
Sells Brothers have reached the pinnacle. -"
The Pittsburgh Pa.) Evening Leade,
says: at has gained unimpeachable
credit and universal popularity here,
by faithfully presenting every feature
and feat promised" The st. Paul
(Minn) Pioneer Press says: "A grand
and honest exhibition was that Of the
Sells Brothers in st. Paul yesterday
They performed all that they promised
and will he welcome again" The Min
neapolis (AIinn.) Ecening Journal says
''TO be brief and to the point, Sells
Brothers circus, menagerie and muse
um aggregation is the best and most
complete We have ever seen. Positive
ly there is not one feature advertised on
the bills that is not present within the
Canvass"
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COSKLING's DRESS PARADE.

Conkling and his adjutant Plat
having resigned. The next move will
be a review of the battalion nov
armed and equipped at Albany. Thu
great commander will order:
Attention, battalioni'
a majority Of the column will
front face"
Ito the rear, open order, march !!
The command will promptly obey
and await further orders.
First sergeants to the front ant
center, march !"
OF course they report the com
mand call present or accounted for
and return to their posts.
q" Attention 10 0rdersi"
Perhaps the orders are not publicly
read by the " Adjutant," but they
ny. giyen Just the same and obeyed
with true military promptness. The
EorlIlaader then orders the "parade
dis, issed," all the captains and lieu.
t0ants salute him, and he dons the
plum. cunts his high horse and
Hd''azN--o his tent.
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MapletOn.
Miss Sarah Quinn is 81,

@'AAoS '"cA"A NGoshAt Ao oA>"s
There was dance at Sprague's hall
last night.
Miss Olive Brooks is taking some
very nice pictures.
Lawyers Plymat and Berry, were
attending court ut Mankato this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin of Winneba-
go City, are visiting their sister Mrs.
Dyer.
The Baptists expect to baptize two
candidates next Sunday in the Maple
river.
Our German butcher, Lutz, Is again
behind the counter weighing out meat
to his customers.
Elder Crimson held quarterly meet
ing at Alma City, last Sunday. Elder
Abrams and Elder Nash filled his
two appointments here.
Nathan G. Tenney, Norman
bishop, who came here from New
Mexico, two years ago as Il missionary
to recruit for the Norman church. left
for his home last Friday, accompa.
MED by his brother, L. J. Tenney.
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Willow Creek.

At a regular meeting of Pleasant
Mound Grange, held May ID, 1881
the following resolutions were pre-
sented and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That this Grange highly disap
prove of the Pioneer-Press, and other papers
pulling our wheat crop before II is sown, and
the usual crops of small grains can be sowr
this season-that the prospect for an average
crop of wheat is very doubtful, and that We
can by no means calculate on moro than halt
an average crop I'm this part of Blue Earth
county.
Resolved, That the above be sent to the
FREE PRESS for publication.
Mrs. M. I. MoKIBBEE,
Secretary.
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We are glad to see 50 universal en-.
dorsement of the administration in
the matter of the recent nominations.
1t cannot be expected that even a
President is perfect, and for one OF
two possible mistakes he should not
be condemned. Then again, we
should be charitable and inquire if it
is not possible the mistakes may be
with other parties instead Of the
President. We believe President
Garfield is sincere in doing what he
regards for the best interests of the
country and the party, and large
majority Of Republicans endorse his
acts
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dent as shall be decided upon will be
placed in the hand of Mr.. G. F. Cakes,
the very efficient and enterprising.
manager of Wizards Oregon Railway
& Navigation Company. This would
not imply the displacement of Gen.
Haupt.
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Sterling

Sterling matters progress finely
Wheat and oats never looked better.
Seed corn is scarce but the good hon.
est farmers are supplying one another
for two dollars a bushel irrespective
of what it cost. Whoever has a crib
of two years old corn that will grow
he just welcomes his neighbors to
come and get all they want for that
price, which is dog cheap, too. Why,
only think, man would better pay
five dollars a bushel than not have
it, but you know that would not look
well for our good honest granger
farmers to charge that. But how
true that passage is which says "This
world it is a barber shop and every
mans a barber"
This is very applicable, coming
from a farmer, but probably he
hasn't Il crib of corn
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Tivoli

The report of the school in District
No. for the month ending May l4th
is as follows: Number Of scholars
enrolled, "a. Time lost by being
late, hours and 80 minutes. Those
who stand 100 in punctuality are :
Charles Purdy, Carrie Macbeth, Lu.
cinda Harvey, May Harvey, Alice
Hoagland, Belle IIoag,and, Charles
Hoagland, Homer Fuller, Claud Full
Ter, Eugene Fuller, Mile Ruegg.
SARAH HILL, Teacher.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA-County of Blue
y Earth--ss-In Probate Court. Speca
Term, May l4th, 1881.
In the matter of the estate of William jenkins
deceased.
Whereas, an instrument in writing purpor
ting to be the last will and testament OF viii
lam Jenkins, deceased, late of said county
has been delivered to this court.
And whereas, Mary jenkins has filed here
with her petition representing among Other
things that said William Jcnk ms died in Sai'
county on the 2Sth day Of April, 1881, tcstulc
and that said petitioner is the sole cXccutril
named In said last will and testament, unt
praying that the said instrument may be- AL
mitted to probate, and that letters testament
airy be to her issued thereon.
1t Is ordered that the proofs of said in
| strument and the said petition lie heard he
fore this court at the prnbnt" Office In salt
county, on the 2Ith day of June, a. ID. 1881
at O'Clock In the afternoon, when all con
cerned may appear and cont st the prnba;.
of said instrument.
And ii is further ordered, that public not c,
OF the time and place of said hearing be give!
| to all persons interested, by publication a
these orders for three successive weeks prio
to said day Of hearing, In the MANKATO FREI
PRESS, Il newspaper printed and published II
Mankato in said county.
BY the Court. GEORGE. W. MEAD,
| A7wD Judge of Probate
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Lake Crystal.
HowARD's CoRN.PLANTER.

LAKE CRYSTAL, May II, 1881
EDITORS FREE PRESS 1t is an
old saying that knowledge is pow.
err" and l feel that l have more "pow.
or" to day than possessed last week
as have just learned how to plant
corn. Our neighbor, II. G. Howard,
it is well known, does not spend all
his time in selling Harvesters and
Irvine Binders, but has a splendid
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''1F / can't whip you." said the
little chap who was whipped by the
other boy, II can make faces at your
sister, any way" So with Conkling,
ifhe can't come out ahead of Garfield,
no can resign.
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JUDGE W. III. ROBERTSON, whose
nomination. has caused so muc!
trouble, politically, was unanimously
confirmed by the Senate last Wednes
DAY
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No TRUE and sincere Republican
will let the little difficulty at Wash
ington influence his general course and
loyalty TO the cause. We have one
or two cases of removals and antici.
rated removals from Office in this
district. Let the outs and ms and the
going-outs and coming-ins be calm
and not show signs of spite and jeal.
ousy. Principle is of more account
than Office.
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CoNKLiNG, you see. wanted a
'plume'' like Blaine. so he thought
he would resign, so home and get re,
elected, and go back again decked out
with plume. But if he shouldn't
happen 10 be reelected, then how
about the plume1
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-20

DECORATION DAY, May 30th,
promises to be very generally cele'
brated throughout the country.
There is something tender and grand
about this practice of gathering choice
flowers and scattering them over the
graves of the patriotic dead who died
that our country might survive. For.
tunate that there is one occasion du.
ring the year that thoughts and
efforts of even a few are diverted
from the hurry burly of bitter party
commotion.
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MIS-. GARFIELD was dangerously
i'll for 4 few days last week. but Sun
day there were moro favorable symp-
toms and since then her health has
steadily improved.
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SUMMONS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Blue
- Earth-ss.-DistrictC ourt-Sixth Judicial
District.
Charles G. Davis, Plaintiff,
vs..
Morris Sargent, Defendant.
The State Of Minnesota to the above named
Defendant:
You. Norris Sargent are hereby summoned
and required to answer the complaint of
the plaintiff In the above entitled action,
which is filed I'm the office Of the clerk Of this
court, In the city OF Mankato, In said county
and State, and to serve q copy Of your an
swor to said complaint on the subscriber, at
his office, in tho city of MankatO, In the coun-
ty OF Blue Earth, within twenty days after
the service Of this summons upon you, ex-
elusive of the day Of such service; and, If
you fail to answer the said complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this action
will apply to the court for the relief demanded
In the said complaint, together with the costs
and disbursements herein.
Dated MankatO, Mimi, May ID, A. D. 1881.
II. G. WILLARD,
47w8 Plaintiffs Attorney.
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SEALED BIDS

Will be received ut the County Auditors
office mt st. james, Watonwan county, Mimi,
until May 18th, for tho construction Of a fire
proof brick vault. For plans and specifica-
tons apply tothe County Auditor. The right
reject MI bids ia reserved.
st. James, May 7th, 1881.
GEORGE KNUDSON,
4Bw2 County Auditor WatOnwun 10 Mimi
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STANLEY MATTHEWS squeezed
through by one majority and is now
a full fiedged and duly installed AS,
sociste Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-20

HoN. F. II. L. CORNELL, of Min
neapoliS, and Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court, is dangerously
i'll, with little hope of recovery.
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YESTERDAY papers announce sew
eral Minnesota gentlemen booked for
foreign appointments. General An
drews is TO he recommended for Min.
lister 10 Mexico. Col. Hans Mattson
for Minister TO Denmark, and Prof.
O. V. Tousley for an important con-
sulship.
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THE reception of the telegram an.
neuncing the confirmation of Judge
Robertson was celebrated blythe New
York State Senate. of which Robert
son is president pro tenn, with marked
enthusiasm and the lucky individual
was accorded a serenade, and al
which several very happy and exult
ing speeches were made. An un
preju1iced reader would naturally in
dulge in the remark that they, too
will be accused of OVERRIDING the
thing if they do not check their un'
bndled enthusiasm.
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DIR. \. c. WEDGE. Of Albert Lea,
has been appointed Internal Revenue
Collector of this district. to succeed
A. c. smith, of Rochester. This ap
pointment indicates that Mr.. Dunnell
has lost his grip on this position, for
DR.. Wedge fought with the Ward
wing last fall. The Doctor is a very
pleasant gentleman and one Of those
men whose bread always falls butter
side up. He will make an efficient
officer and we congratulate him on
his last stroke of luck.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-20

MISTER RosCoE CoNKLING, Utica,
n. Y" That is now the plain and
modest post Office address.
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Real Estate.

The following is list of real estate trans
fers recorded ut the Registers Office during
the week ending May 9th:
st. Paul & Sioux City Railroad COM
pany to Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apolis & Omaha Railway company
to ST. Paul & Sioux City railroad
from st. Paul to Sioux City and
Iowa Falls & Sioux City railroad
from LIE Mars to Sioux City, and
tracks, right Of way, bridges, de-
pot grounds, ferry boats and other
property, and other considerations.
This is accompanied by mortgage
covering same property. l OF
MankatO City, Matthias Lang, Sen.,
to John Banner, lot 1, block H.. $50 90
Mankato city, Joseph Safer to VIE
cent Ruler, lot 10, block 81. ..... IT'S OF
Cambria, John Ahlenstorf and wife
to Frederick Bobzin, lot of gov
eminent lot 4, sec 2............... $50 0C
Danville, Franklin Hunt to James
Shelby, Geo. j. Hoffman to Horace
Kenney, 5 acres sec 22............. 100 OK
Shelby, John Diamond to E. Cross,5
acres in sec Is. Observation-Disclosures. 10 OK
Shelby, Edwin Cross to David e.
Cross, acres in sec 3S......... 100 Ok
West kankato, Laverna J. House
maj, man to Annie ]. Cleveland, lot 4, .oo M
Beaufort o d. VIM. 4 Sellers to Sarah wv W
A. Sellers, n y ne 4 ne y sec d.. $50 0C
Beauford, Geo. Hossing and wife to
Ole Larson, acres in sec 3d.. 20 %
Judson, Stephen Lamm and wife to
Henry Z. Anderson, und y 80 Hsw
u, sec II ........................ ESQ 0c
Judson. &. L. Rosebrook and wife to
Henry e. Anderson, und y sc 4
sw 4, sec H.. ............. SoO W
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THE way TO resign is to resign.
Nothing unconstitutional about that
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IHnow look rs if the woods would
be full Of candidates for Governor.
Blue Earth county will undoubtedly
present her favorite son, Gen. Baker
who has strong claims for the place,
and Faribault, we understand, has
Clark Thompson in training. Divis.
ion, you see, on the start and right at
homo
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-20

SOUTHERN MINNESOTA is likely to
he 5e"ten in the usual way in the
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THE Pioneer Press tells what the
"Aontirtdeo Free Press says on the
Governor question, and the Mime
apolis Tribune speaks of Hon. J. \.
Webster, of Goodhue, asa candidate.
II wouldn't do those "HOosiers' and
imported editors any harm to read
Up little on suburban geography
and learn the names of some of their
country friends.
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MANKATo FREE PRESS

FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1851.