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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-18
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

)EFAULT having been 4ade in the condi-
IONS or u certain mortgage executed by
christopher Wcigcn, JenS }. Aspass and Ic-
anuer Y; Torreson, inortgagors, to George Gull
yer ana John Harrington, mortgagees, dated
February Bird, A. ID. l5H, and recorded I'm the
Office OF the Register Of Deeds I'm and for the
county Of Blue Earth, in the State of Minnie
snta, on the 0th day Of April, a. d. 1877, at six
CLOCK IN the AFTERNOON, in Book OF Mort
cages, on page 63 by which mortgage there
was conveyed and granted the following de-
scribed real estate situate In the county Of
Blue Earth aforesaid, to-wit Lots Nos. Two
q and Fifteen QG), IN Culver and Farrington's
subdivision of the Southeast Quarter OF Sec
ton Three (D, Township One Hundred and Six
llOo), Range Twenty-seyen CID, to secure the
Dollars, with interest ut the rate of 10 per cent.
per annum, according to the conditions of one
promissory note, bearing same date as said
mortgage, made by said Christopher Weigen,
Jens j. Aspass and Leander TOrreson, to said
George Culver and John Harrington, partners,
the said George Culver having since died, and
there being due and unpaid upon said note
and mortgage ut the date of this notice the
sum of One Hundred and Forty-seven & $500
Dollars, and no action or proceeding ut 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 Il
power of sale In said mortgage contained and
herewith recorded, and of tho statute In such
case made and provided, the above described
premises will be sold at public auction, at the
front door of the Office Of the Register of
Deeds In and for said county Of Blue Earth,
and ut the city Of MankatO therein, on Satur-
day, the 18th day of December, A. ID. 1881, ut
of said mortgage debt then due and unpaid,
together with the costs and expenses of such
neutrality-suspicious. including twenty-five
dollars attorneys fees Us stipulated in said
mortgage and the said mortgage will be
thereby foroclOsed.
Dated Munkato, Nov. l, 1881.
JOHN HARRINGTON.
Surviving Partner Of the late firm
OF Culver g. Harrington.
BROWN & WIswELL.
Attorneys for Mortgages.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-18
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

WHEREAS, default has been made I'm the
w conditions of a certain mortgage execut-
ed and deliveredby Cephas s. Terry and Susie
L. Terry his wife, mortsSgors, to The British
corporation duly created, organized and ex-
listing under and by virtue of the laws of
Great Britain. mortgagee, dated the first day
of january, A. d.. eighteen hundred and
eighty, and recorded in the office of the Reg
lister of Deeds of the county of Blue Earth, in
the State of Minnesota, ON the 18th day Of
"ll' OF Mortgages, on page Is, on which there
is claimed to be due at tho date of this notice
the amount Of 1'hirty-two and S5-lO0 dollars,
and no action or proceeding has been institu-
ted at law or In equity to recover tho debt Sc
cured by said mortgage or any part thereof.
Now, notice Is hereby given that by virtue of
power OF sale contained in said mortgage,
and Of the statute In such case made and pro-
yided, said mortgage will be foreclOsed by sale
of the mortgaged premises therein described,
at public auction at the front door OF the Office
of the Register of Deeds In and for the cOun-
ty Of Blue Earth and State Of Minnesota, and
at the city Of Mankato therein, on Saturday,
the 18th day OF December, A. ID. eighteen hum
dred and eighty one, ut 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, to satisfy the amount which shall then
be due on said mortgage, with the interest
Fifty dollars attorneys fees, ~ stipulated In
said mortgage in case OF foreclosure. The
premises described I'm said mortgage, and so
to be sold, Is the lot, piece or parcel Of land
situated In the county Of Blue Earth and
State of Minnesota, and known and described
as follows, to-wit: The East Half III of the
Southeast Quarter [Al Of Section Twenty-Five
81. In Township One Hundred and Eight
tlOsl, north, Range Twenty-eight [2Sl, west of
the fifth [5thl principal meridian, except one
and 36-lOO acres in the Southeast Quarter (ial
of said Section Twenty-Five 1921 heretofore
conveyed to the Saint Paul & Sioux City Rail-
road Company by deed dated December 10th,
1869.
THE BRITISH & AMERICAN MORTGAGE
COMPANY [LIMITEDl,
Mortgage.
THOMAS & WAsHBURN,
Attorneys for Mortgage.
Dated November z, 1881.
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of the present season. He expects 10
enlarge his works still more another
season and add two fifty horse power
boilers, SO rs to Use steam entirely
FOR evaporating purposes, using the
bagasse for fuel. He is certain that
much can be done to cheaper the
cost of production by giving clean
cultivation to the cane. Not u weed
is allowed to go to seed on his cane
ground, which he has cropped with
little intermission for sixteen years,
and from which he continues to get
good crops. The cost of growing
cane he places Mt very little more
than corn, and that it pays the pro-
duccr well at $3.50 Il ton. He has
worked considerable this season with
out stripping the leaves, and thinks
this can lee done safely If the cane is
properly piled.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-18
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made In the condi-
~ tions of certain mortgage executed by
Cephas 3. Terry and Susie L. Terry, his wife,
mortgagors, to The British and American
Mortgage Company Limited, u corporation
duly created, organized and existing under
and by virtue of the laws of Great Britain,
mortgagee, dated January LIST, A. ID. 1880, 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 26th day of Janu-
airy, A. ID. 1850, at IL O'Clock noon, in Book
III or Mortgages, on page Il by which
mo there was conveyed ana granted
the county of Blue Earth aforesaid, tO-wit:
The South Half III of the Northwest Quarter
ll4l of Section Twenty l2Ol, In Township One
s 81 81 f prn
cipal meridian, to secure the payment OF the
sum of Seven Hundred dollars, with interest
at the rate of eight per cent. per annum, pay
able semi-annually, according to the condi-
same date as said mortgage, made by said
Cephas s. Terry to said British and American
Mortgage Company [Limitedl; and there be-
gage ut the date of this notice the sum OF
Twenty-eight and 75l0O dollars and no
action or proceeding at law or otherwise hav-
ing 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 pow II OF sale In
said mortgage contained and Herewith re-
corded, and OF the statute IN such case made
and provided, the above described premises
will be sold at public auction, at the front
door of the Office of the Register of Deeds In
and for said county of Blue Earth, and at the
city of Mankato therein, on Saturday, the nth
day OF December, A. d. 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 foreclos
ure proceeding, including fifty dollars attor.
ney's fees as stipulated in said mortgage; and
the said mortgage will be thereby foreclosed.
Dated November I'd, 1881.
THE BRITISH q AMERICAN MORTGAGE
Mortgage.
THOMAS & WAsHBURN,
Attorneys for NsrtgAgss.
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WASHES OF FASHION.

Heavy double box.plaited ruchings
adorn the bottom of the skirt Of many
handsome costumes.
Ombre de Burmah is a new cloth
for ladies suits. 1t comes with u
wide fancy border for trimming.
Large collars are worn by children.
girls in their teens, young ladies',
matrons and elderly women.
Red paper fishes with blue eyes are
the latest novelty in japanese hang
ing ornaments for rooms.
Striped novelty fabrics with shot
threads of gold in hair lines are much
used in composite costumes.
Pretty fancy aprons are made of
silk, satin and MORE with trimmings
Of lace and artificial flowers.
Broad Byron collars, trimmed with
Tunis lace laid on over the linen to
look like embroidery. are worn.
All sorts of felt. plush, and furry
beaver hats and bOnnets will be worn,
but pokes are the first fayOrites.
One of the most effective stripes
in new cOlors is Of orange with hair
lines of gold and edged with black.
Jackets are giving place to long
dolmans, French pelisses, circle and
PompadOur or Mother Hubbard
ClOaks.
Moirc and Surah are frequently
combined in the same suit with one
or more materials, and trimmings be-
sides.
Pendant pockets of white satin and
MORE trimmed with Spanish lace
make pretty additions to evening
demi.tOilets.
The rage for Japanese ornaments
of all kinds for rooms. halls, parlOrs.
chambers and boudOirs is on the in
crease.
Cancels hair cloth serges. new
light cloth called RhadameS are the
leading wooden dress goods of the
season.
The two most charming heather
mixtures In cheviots take the name
of heather in sunshine and heather
in shade.
Silver gray silk trimmed with silver
MORE and steel and silver bead en-
brOiderics, is a much admired COM
bination.
Feathers of all kinds. from whole
and half birds, heads and wings, to
ostrich plumes and tips, are extremely
fashionable.
Among house decorations none are
so handsome as jardimieres of fine
majOlica filled with artificial leaf
plants and flowers.
The Tourtillon (cloud) tunic is late
imported novelty on evening full
dress toilets. 1t is Of tulle or tarla
tan, or gauzy stuffs.
Velvet, plush, and novelty ribbons
are used to make handsome hanging
pockets or reticules that can be worn
with any dress.
Basques of MORE, in black and dark
colors, i'm blue, plum, bOttle-green and
maroon, will be worn with skirts or
various kinds.
Over.dresses and all draperies are
looped high giving the panier effect
around the hips, and the rooster tail
effect in the back.
Among other fashionable pendant
ornaments for rooms are quaint, odd
shaped little baskets 81 split bamboo
japanese, of course.
Wall papers are now brought out
i'm imitation of tapestries, including
even the famous Gobelins, which are
admirably initiated.
Large. very large bonnets are the
most fashionable, but small and med.
ium sizes and cottage and turban
shapes continue in vogue.
70 Neck-kerchiefs of foulard and
Surah have lace borders appliqued
on with gold thread chain-stich EN-.
broidery, inclosing floral designs.
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That Little Ratchet.

"Come heah. George Washington,
you black aper' exclaimed Rev. Ami
dab Bledsoe, Of the Aus in Blue-light
Colored Tabernacle, to Il Sunday-sch0ol
scholar who had just removed big
wad of something or other from his
mouth. The boys trembling limbs
carried him into the immediate pres
ence of the irate shepherd.
eyer was chawin' terbacKer in de
house OBJ de Lawd."
IL owns right up, parson. l was
chawin' terbacker, but woa't do so
no NOAH"
George Washington, chawin' ter
hacker am bad enough, Lawd knows;
but when yer has got so shameless yer
don't chen try to lie out of it. hit am
time to take you in hand, so yer won't
grow up and disgrace de fadder of his
country. Lean ODER dat knee, George"
And for about ten minutes people liv-
ing several blocks off imagined their
neighbors were preparing tough beef.
steak with an axe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-18
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

-. -
hEFAuLT having been made in the cOndi-
~ tons oi certain mortgage made and
executed by Seth ). Phelps and Elspa T..
Phelps. his wife, mortgagOrs. to the British
ana American Mortgage Company Limited,
corporation duly created, organized and cX-
lsting under by virtue of the laws of Great
Britain, mGrtgagee, dated July LIST A. ID. 1879,
anu recorded i'll the Office of the Register of
Deeds in and for the County of Blue Earth, in
the state of Minnesota, ON the Sth day of No
Vcmbcr, \. ID. 1879, at o'clock I'm the after
noon, in Book ''9' of Mortgages, on page 524 !;
by which mortgage there was conveyed and
granted tine following described real estate
in the county of Blue Earth aforesaid, tO-wit:
The southwest Quarter "a of Section Four
teen II, and the Lots numbered One III,
Two III, Three III. and Four al; and the
Northwest Quarter "a of the Northeast Quar-
ter tll. ali III Section Ihirty-fiyc l35l, all in
TowGshipOnc Hundred and Eight ll0sl north,
of Range Twenty-Five l:5l, west of the fifth
principal meridian, and containing in all
Three Hundred and Scycnty-threc 1851 acres,
10 secure the payment of the sum of Twenty
five Hundred Dollars in gold, with interest
AT the rate of Eight per cent. per annum, nc
according to the conditions of one coupon bond
bearing same dllc AS said mortgage, made by
Suiu n'tn :. IhcipS 10 sam BRUSH ana tinerl-
Gun h"Tlga':c S"nlPanS lLlIhltedl anu there
p'"S uuS 'tiiu 'ihpaiu upon sdiu DOnu ana
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-18
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

WHEREAS, default has been made in the
w conditions of a certain mortgage eXecut-
ed and delivered by Jasper E. Talcott and
Margaret Talcott his wife mortgagors, to
Daniel A. Dickinson mortgage, dated the
30th day of December A. ID. eighteen hundred
and seventy and recorded In the Office of the
Register of Deeds Of the county OF Blue Earth
in the state Of Minnesota, on the 30th day OF
December, A. ID. 1870, at III o'clock p NJ, in
book 81" of mortgages, on page ~ i9, seSur,
per cent interest thereon from date of mort
gage, on which there IL claimed to be due. at
the date of this notice, the amount of Nine
Hundred and seventy-three 10-l00 dollars and
no action or proceeding has been instituted
at Inv or in equity to recover the debt secur-
ed by said mortgage OF any part thereof.
Now, notice is hereby given, that by virtue
of a power of sale contained In said mortgage,
and Of the statute in such case made and
provided, said mortgage will be foreclOsed by
sale of the mortgaged premises therein des-
cribcd, At public auction at the front door of
the office of Register of Deeds I'm the city of
MankatO I'm the county of Blue Earth and
State of Minnesota, on Saturday the oath day
of December, A. D., eighteen hundred and
eighty-one, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to
satisfy the amount which shall then be due on
said mortgage, with the interest thereon, and
costs and expenses OF sale, and Twenty-Five
dollars attorneys fees, as stipulated in said
mortgage In case of foreclosure. The prem
Uses described I'm said mortgage. and so TO be
sold, are the lot, piece or parcel of land situ-
Minnesota, and known and described as fol-
lows. to-wit The west half Of the northwest
quarter of Section Thirteen Q3) In Township
One Hundred and five Q06) north Range Tween
ty-six (26) west of the tifthprincipal meridian.
DANIEL A. DICKINSON,
THOMAS & wAsHBURN, Mortgagee.
Attorneys of Mortgage.
Dated November 10th, 1881.
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PROBATE NOTICE,

STATE OF MINNESOTA-County of Blue
y Earth--ss-ln Probate Court, Special
Term.
In the matter Of the estate Of James NJ. Viii.
son, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Lydia
A. Wilson, administratrix Of the estate of
James NJ. Wilson, deceased, setting forth the
amount OF personal estate that has come to
her hands and the disposition thereof, the
amount of debts outstanding against said
deceased, and description of all the real es-
tate of which said deceased died seized, and
the condition and value of the respective por-
tions thereof, and praying that license be to
her granted to sell all of said real estate of
pearing by said petition that there is not suf-
ficient personal estate I'm the hands of said
administrative to pay said debit, and that 1t
Is necessary in order to pay the same to sell
all of said real estate.
1t is therefore ordered that all persons in
terested in said estate appear before the
Judge of this Court, on Monday the 18th day
of December, a, ID. 1881, at 10 o'clock A. nj. at
the Probate Office In Mankato in said county,
then and there to show cause Qf any there
be- why license should not be granted to said
Lydia A. Wilson administrative, to sell said
real estate according to the prayer of said
petition.
And it is furtherordered, that a copy of this
order shall be published for TOUR successive
weeks prior to said day Of hearing, the last
of which publications shall be at least four
teen days before said day of hearing, in the
MANKATO FREE PRESS, a weekly newspaper
printed and published at Maniato in said
county and personally served on all persons
interested in said estate residing in said
county at least fourteen days before said day
of hearing and upon all persons interested
according to law.
Dated at Mankato the 24th day of October,
4. ID. 1881.
BY the Court, G. W. MEAD,
ISw4 Judge of Probate.
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faru and ascusshola.

\ farmer In Henry county, Indiana,
realized SEQ from the watermelons
raised this season on two acres of
swamp land.
American beef is selling on Euro
pean markets ut from l. to 49, cents,
and the supply is not equal to the
demand.
Far-seeing farmers in many por-
tions of Nebraska are borrowing
money on land, AMI investing largely
in bloodcd cattle.
Capt. Kennedy. the great cattle
king of southern Texas, says there
is no truth in the report that he has
sold his great ranch. 1t was reported
that he had accepted $l.0OO.O0O for
his interest.
Texas contains over five million
head of cattle. over one million of
horses, and about six million of sheep.
In cattle-raising il stands first among
the states in the union. in horse-rais-
ing second, and in sheep-raising third,
if not second.
SkOCh SItillh lV "NiA
during the Winter, for when unpro-
tected from the cold winds and snow
storms 4 great deal of the food con-
sumCd goes to keep up animal heat,
instead of adding pounds of flesh to
the animal. The scarcity of grain
and the consequent high prices will
make this winter Il good time to try
the experiment of economiZlnS feed
by sheltering stock.
y few years ago PORK raisers sue
ceeded in producing hogs that might
well be designated as specimens Of
"animatel lard" They We're not
content with hogs that would make
two barrels of pork each. but the
desire WAS Ia raise hogs that would
weigh from six hundred 10 one
thousand pounds. After time the
rage for hogs rs large as elephants
and AS fat us seals ahatcd, and farm
ers aScegtained that butchers, packers,
and consumers wC!G better satisfied
with mcdium.SiZed hogs that con-
tanned some lean meat. Lard was
acknowledged 10 lie good. hut there
WAS 4 demand Tor hams. shoulders.
rerihS. and sausage. The con-
sentative English. who bought many
of our hogs, desired lean bacon. and
preferred the hogs raised in Tie
woods and mountains of the south 10
the highly-Iailened specimens pro.
duced where corn WAS plenty. At
present hogs are not kept as long OF
fattened Ia the extent they were Il
few years ago. Al are better salts.
fed with the result. The farmer
makes more on the amount of corn
he feeds and the butcher and con-
sumner make less complaint about
WASTE CHECK" Tints.
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Convenient Wedding Presents.

The giving of bank checks as pres.
ents at weddings 10y the fathers of COM
tracing parties is becoming quite FASH
ionable. The guests are not supposed
to know whether the donors have or
have not bank accounts, hence the Gus
tom will become a widespread one. 1t
is nice thing to have people talk
about and looks very nice in the papers,
which are carefully informed of the
fact that "Mr. Blanks gift to the bride
was check for $4,000" After the
wedding the checks can be destroyed
and the world be none the wiser. An
official OF bank on which one of these
checks was given was present at "a GER
emory and created a sensation by as
serlino that the giver had not dollar
OH deposit; but such thing might not
occur again in century.
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Spiders.

Every housewife declares war to the
spider. but what are her injuries from
the industrious spinner compared to
the woes Of the japanese surveyor, for
the Scientific American asserts that in
that country the trees bordering the
highways swarm with spiders, which
spin their webs everywhere, interfering
with the laying of telegraph wires, and
covering alike earth, posts. insulators.
trees and conducting wires. Men are
employed with bamboo brushes to
sweep the wires continually, but the
spiders are so industrious that they
usually get the best Of it.
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He WINGED His Man.

Warren WATSON is well. known
throughout Nevada rs dead shot with
a revolver. In old times he owned a
ranch in Douglas county, and man
who happened to be out of ranches
jumped Wasson's property. Warren
demonstrated, when the jumper said:
See here, I've got this place. and
I'm goin' to keep it. If you come on
this ranch again, I'll kill you"
"Well, jim" said WATSON, 81 won't
kill you; wouldn't think of it, but l
want you to move. need this ranch
right now, and need it bad. l won't
kill you, but if you stay fifteen minutes
I'll wing you suren' Christ"
Hostilities commenced, and the jump
err came to earth with leg crippled for
life.-Reno (Nec.) Gozette.
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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

nEFAULT having been made I'm the cOndi-
IL tions of Il certain mortgage executed 10y
Charles w. Hermann and Nelly Hermann,
his wife, m9rtgagors to Frederick Affolter,
mOrtgagcc, dated July 9th, \. ID. 1870, and re-
corded in the Office Of the Register of Deeds
in and for Blue Earth county, i'm the State of
Minnesota. on the 10th day OF August, A. ID.
1870, at lil2 o'clock in the forenoon, in hook X
Of Mortgages, on page 6l0, by which mort
gage there was conveyed and granted the fol-
lowing described real estate situate in the
county of Blue Earth aforesaid, to-wit: The
north half of the southeast quarter of Section
twenty-five, In Township one hundred and
five, north, Range twenty-eight, containing
eighty acres, tn secure the pay ment of the sum
of Six Hundred and Forty-thrce dollars, with
interest AT the rate of II per cent: per annum
until paid, according to the conditions of
prOmissory note bearing same date as said
mortgage, made by said Charles w Hermann
to said Frederick Anoltcr, and the said mort
gage having been duly assigned by the said
mortgage to Elijah l.. Case on the 3rd day of
December, y. ID. 1870, which assignment was
on the 18th day of August, a. ID. 1850, record
ed in the office of the Register of Deeds i'm
Book II of Mortgages. ON page 49,, and there
being due and unpaid upon Suid note anC
mortgage at the date of this notice the sum of
two hundred and fOrty-SiX dollars, and no
action or proceeding III law or otherwise hay
ing been instituted To- recover the amount of
said mortgage debt or any part thereof
Now therefore, notice il hereby given that by
virtue and in pursuance of II power of sale in
said mortgage contained and Herewith re-
corded. and of the statue in such case made
and provided, the above described premises
will he sold az public auction, at the front
door of the Office of the Register of Deeds in
and for said county uf Blue Earth, and ut the
city of MankatO therein, on Saturday, the fifth
day of November, \. ID. 1851, 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 foreclos-
urc proceeding, including twenty-five dollars
attorneys fees as stipulated in said mortgage;
closed.
ELIJAH L. CASE,
Assignee of Mortgage.
FREEMAN & PFAU,
Attorneys for Assignee.
The above sale is postponed until Saturday