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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth, ss.-ln Probate COurt-Spec0l
Term, July list, 1881.
In the matter of the estate of Eliza $. Blake
ley,deceased.
Letters Of administration on the estate Of
said deceased having been granted unto w.
r. MurstOIl. of said county,
1t IL ordered, that ull claims and demands
Of all persons against said estate be pre-:
scented to this court for examination ana
hearing, mt the Probate Office In MankatO, IN
said county, on the following days, viz: On
Monday the 81 day of October, and ON Mon
day the 9Th day of December, 1881, at
o'clock ON each Of said days.
II IN further ordered, that six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to
present their claims against said estate, ut
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 administrator
as aforesaid, shall cause notice OF the time
and place Of tho hearing and examination OF
said claims and demands, by publishing a no
tice thereof for four weeks succcssivelv, IN
the MANKArO FREE PREss, II newspaper
printed and published ut Mankato In SAID
county.
Dated July LIST, 1881.
BY the Court, G: W. MEAD.
Iva Judge of Probate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East,

The Yale and Harvard boat race at
New London. Ct, was won by the Yale crew by
two lengths. Yales time for the three-mile
course was 22:lS; Harvard was 22l9.
A cyclone i'll Tangier sound, Chesa-
peake bay. lasted nearly four holrs, wrecked q
number Of schooners and fishing boats, and
caused the los, OF vera! lives.
Three children OF Charles Moody, col.
ored, persisted by the burning OF a tenement
house at Duko Village, y. II.
Two 100000 coniiagrations took
place one might last week WOODEN mills at
Adams. Mass, and stove works at Spring
City. Ia.
Gov. Cornell has vetoed the bill for
constructing waterworks aqueduct for New
York city. The Governor says '' The city il
sufficiently supplied with water. Every effort
should De made 10 lquidate the present debt Of
the city. 500, 100000"
At a special meeting of the New York
Chamber Of Commerce it was decided, as q
testimonial Of appreciation for the noble char
acter Of President Garfield, TO raise the sum
Of s25O. O00 10 be invested in United States
children.
Ex-senator Conkling has written to
the Attorney General suggesting that the
would-bo murderer Guiteau should he melted a
his victim.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

Mexico is becoming the favorite field
for missionary enterprise. The Metho-
dist Church South appropriates S., SOC
this year, and other denominations are
showing increased energy in that direc-
ton. Mexico will, Mt this rate, soon
outrank China and Africa in missionary
antarurise
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF ADMINISTRATIONS of Blue
- Earth-ss-In Probate Court, Special
Term, June 4th, 1881.

oTATE OF MINNESOTA-County of Blue
~ Earth-ss-In Probate Court, Special
Term, June 4th, 1881.
In tho matter of the estate of Ezra Mullin,
deceased.
Letters Testamentary on the estate OF said
deceased, having been granted unto Al
mira Mnllin and }. N. Mullin Of said county:
II IL ordered, that NIL claims and demands OF
all persons against said estate be presented
to this Court for examination ana nearing,
at the Probate Office, In Mankato, ON the fOi-
lowing days, viz: On the 9Th day 81 Septeni-
Der, 1881, and or the 9th day Of December,
1881, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon ON each OF
said days.
II IL 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
presented To said Court, or not proven to its
satisfaction. shall be forever barred, unless
for cause shown further time he allowed.
Ordered further, That said executors as
aforesaid, shall cause notice of the time ana
place of the hearing and examination OF SAID
claims and demands, by publishing notice
thereof for four weeks successfully, IN the
MANKATO FREE PRESS, u weekly newspaper
printed and published ut MankatO In said
county.
Dated June 4th, 1881.
nv the Court, q. w. MEAD,
5Owb Judge of Probate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

VERA Cruz is not natural harbor,
there being simply roadstead separated
from the gulf by low coral reef, which
affords little protection from the fierce
northerly storms. The work which Capt.
Eads has contracted with the Mexican
Government to do there is to build a
jetty wall to connect the upper end OF
the reef with the land. forming break
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
Wese.


From March to June 90, this year,
the number Of hogs packed in Chicago was
l,225, 600 against !. 800 900 for the correspond
ing season last year.
A duel was fought near New Albany,
Ind, between William Willis and Robert Bru-
nett. in which the former was dangerously
wounded IN the face.
The Opera House Mt San Jose, CAL,
valued at $50, 1000, and eleven other buildings
were swept away by fire.
The robbery of a stage-coach near
FL Paso by twelve Indians has already been
announced II is now learned that Thomas X.
Pugh, son Of the ex-senator, was carried into
captivity, and that John NJ. Comstock, OF Cali
fornia, a representative Of John W. Mackey,
escaped ia the darkness.
A dispatch dated Los Cruces, Mexico,
says Advices received here state that the
south-bound stage Oh the FL Paso and Chi
huahus line was attacked by Apache Indians
about 100 miles south OF III Paso and its four
Passengers and two drivers killed. One pass
enSer escaped wounded. report has also
reached Los Cruces to the effect that the en-
tire surveying party-thirty persons--of the
Mexican Central railway have been killed by
Apache Indians IN Old Mexico. company Of
Mexican cavalry has been sent out from Chi
hushus TO investigate the report.
In Cincinnati, flames broke out in
Msrquiaz carriage factory and speedily extend
ed TO and destroyed tho Union furniture works,
Closterman's chair factory and Mcadcr's fur
niture shop. Charles Peat persisted in the
flames and five persons were injured. ThelOss
will reach $500, 600.
South.
Two picnic trains on the Kentucky
Central road collided near Covington KY, on
the 4th Of july, by which four persons OF that
city were killed and fourteen wounded. Two
Of the wrecked coaches took fire, and were re-
duced to ashes.
Three children of Sheriff Micken, a
fernando county, Fla, aged 4, II and IA, were
murdered by a negro in whose charge they
were left After robbing the house, the hend
sndeavored 10 kill the father on his way homo,
but, instead, Mas captured, confessed his
crime, and was lynched in presence Of zoe
citizens.
Samuel Drivias was hanged at Alexan-
dria, La, for the murder OF A. }. Hanna.
During thunderstorm near De-
catur, Ala, lightning struck barn where
number of people had sought refuge. -Four
were killed a,,d eight seriously injured.
James X. Keene gave to the poor OF
Paris 5000 francs from the grand prize Won
by Poxhali.
The flooring of chamber in a barrack
OF Paris gave way, dropping 100 soldiers into
tie room beneath. Eight were seriously hun
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

TEE new Rhode Island Liquor law
provides that no license shall be granted
for any place situated within 400 feet Of
q public school, and that majority of
the landowners within 100 feet of the
place for which the license is asked shall
be sufficient TO prevent the granting Of
the license.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

THOUSANDS have been cured of the dumb
Il ague, bilious disorders, jaundice, dys
pcpsia, and all diseases Of the liver, blood and
stomach, when all other remedies have failed
by using Prof. Guilmette's French Liver Pad
which Is a quick and permanent cure for
those disorders. Ask your druggist for the
great remedy, and take no other, and IL the
does not keep 1t send 81 80 In u letter to the
French Pad Co., Toledo. o., and receive one
by mail, postpaid.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

WASH MCDANIEL was convicted OF
wife murder in Georgia, but tho Gov
ernor committed his sentence to impris-
onment for life. A fellow-convict in the
Dade county coal-mines concluded that
Mcdaniel deserved capital punishment,
took upon himself the Office of execu
toner, and killed him with IL pickax.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

VAsILY ToHooMAK, aged 96 years, has
Just diod in the hospital of tho Odessa
prison, with the reputation of having in
the course Of his existence committed,
alone or in conjunction with others,
eighty murders, and also of having es-
capped no fewer than five times from
Siberin,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
Orr of l0l Derbvs, Prince of Wales

Our of l0l Dcrbys. II Prince of Wales
has won once, in 17SS; Royal Duke,
York, in 1916 and 1922; other Dukes,
ten times Lords, twenty-five times a
foreign Count once, 1865 n foreign Bar
on twice, 1871 and 1879; foreign Prince
In 1875, and an American sovereign in
1881. Other winners have been English
commoners
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

ACCORDING to Herr Fuchs annual re-
port ON the subject of volcanic eruptions,
the activity Of volcanoes in 1880 was
rather small; the only remarkable erup-
ton was that Of Mauna Loa, on the
Island of Hawaii, on Nov. 5.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

ONE hundred thousand Strong.-ln the past
~ few months there has been more than
tho vast number Of people who have used 1t,
more than 1000 cases of consumption have
been cured. All coughs, Group, asthama and
bronchitis, yield at once, hence Il Is that
nave not used 1t, let us say, II you have
cough, or your child the Group, ana you value
life. don't fail to try 1t. For lame back, side
or chest use Shiloh's Porous Plaster: S0,a py
your Druggist, n. WEbcrnn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Auditor French, Commissioner OF
Railroads. WIS dismissed by Secretary Kirk
wood. The reason for this action WAS q vio-
lation Of the law which required him to report
his action TO the Secretary Of tho Interior, aud
not TO the officers Of the Central Pacific
railroad.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

AT Saratoga, N. Y, the Temperance
Convention passed II resolution thanking
the Almighty for the growth of popular
interest in the cause of temperance, and
strenuously insisting that the duty OF
all men as patriots or Christians WAS to
be total abstainers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

The descendants of Lafayette who are
coming to the Yorktown centennial will
come as passengers on the United States
man-of-war Trenton, which will be sent
from this country early in September.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
WHEN the Tenth Massachusetts, regi

WHEN the Tenth Massachusetts, regi-
ment OF volunteers went to the war q
drummer boy Of II years accompanied
it and served his term of enlistment.
That boy is now o millionaire, and entel.
tanned the survivors of the regiment al
his residence near Boston the other day.
Twelve years ago he was earning a sala-
~ Of $40 month, but, by energy, enter
prise and the use of his brains, he dis
covered that there is always room at
the top"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

Ono women are as enterprising as her
men. Tho papers give an account of one
who was divorced from her husband,
and ten minutes afterward was married
to Pittsburgh man and en- route from
the State.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

Mr.. j. II. WADE has offered to the
city of Cleveland private park of 100
acres opened and maintained by him in
the Seventeenth ward of that city, ON
condition that the municipality shall
cxpend from $4,000 to Sl75, 900 in tia
improvement of the property. He re-
serves for an institution, supposed to be
educational or charitable, within the
grounds lot not exceeding eight acres.
The proposed park will have frontage
of /, 100 feet on Euclid avenue.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

SAN Francisco rejoices over q one
pound-and-a-half baby, and mothers
and physicians seem equally pleased
and astonished. The child is we'll
formed and in good health.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
TIM B Err LAND s !

We think the extension of railroads greatly increase
the call for all kinds of wood and timber However much
hay be used tor fuel timber is absolute necessity
ttude Of purposes The constantly increasing demand will rapidly
absorb surplus. We look for stronger more rapid
improvement in timber than in farm lands.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
From Mankaao (Minn.) ReviesS, Sept 20, 1880.
The Babies Who Cut 100 Acres
with q Wood Self.Binder.

"Mr. Everett. our local artist. at the instance
Of Mr.. J. r. Meagher, has taken cabinet pho
ilgcnt and fine-l0oking children. who ran
a Moods Irvine Self Binder. in Decoria, in this
county, during the recent harvest. cutting and
binding 1870 acres Of wheat These children
are the youngest ever known to operate
efforts Speaks volumes for the great simplicity
of the Wood Machine. The Harvester liz 81
feet cut. and In this instance was drawn by
four horses-threc on the wheel and one
len'ier-Mr. Girlich thinking II safest to allow
the children to use his Oldest horses. Paul
in,. a bright intelligent girl Of ten years. rode
the leader; Johnny. six year old boy. rode
the oil wheel horse: and Willie, nino years
lhe IN ,,.hine as successfully as grown per-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
Prof. Guilmette's French Liver Pad

Will positively cure Fever and Ague, Dumb
Aguc, Aguc Cake, Bilious Fever, Jaundice,
Dyspepsia, and all diseases of the Liver,
Stomach and Blood. Price 81 80 by mail.
Send for Prof. Guilmette's Treatise on tho
Kidneys and Liver, free by mail. Address
FRENCH PAD CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
N. WEBSTER. Sole Art. Blue Earth Co.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
CURRENT NOTES.

YALE CoLLEaR has 10S instructors,
1,037 students, and l26, 900 volumes in
the libraries.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
Manifest Destiny Points TO MankatO +!

the great distributing center of Southwestern Mnnesotats
busy industries fast multiplying will be pushed to the
most to supply the rapidly developing country beyond
us-a ootold will be worth fortune the future
yon want home, You want business location, and
lend a hand to make
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

(STRANGE PEOPLE.-DO you know that
- there are strange people In our conimuil'
ity I've say strange because they seem To
prefer to suffer and pass their days miserably,
made so by dyspepsia, liver complaint, indi'
gcstiOn, constipation and general debility,
when ShilOh's vitalizer is guaranteed to cure
them. Sold by N. WEBSTER.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

son. The three make very pretty group, AZ
bright and Is intelligent az We have seen for
many day, and one which promises To attain
great celebrity for the remarkable feat accom-
plished by them.
The field they worked in was adjacent 4,
the public highway. and was visited during
harvest by many persons passing that way. u
well az by neighbOrs. Some expressed ~,
prise that children 30 young should be- e.
mitted To ride on horseback in front OF the
sickle, and also assume the r. spOnsib;liiy q
managing Harvester; but they went through
without q scratch, which IL more than older
people do. II Is a big card for the W. 100,
elfBinder and nothing could more com
pletely illustrate its simplicity ana excel
lence.
Mr.. Girlich has large farm. a'd has tw"
Wood Wire Binders also. and IL Is t. d. Pup
posed that the father occasionally looked to
the children and the Irvine binder alss.
Should any one doubt the story. we ad.i'e
writing either tn Mr. Girlich or To- f. Mtnghcr
q man who Ia known tn the people Of Minrc-
sofa as one Of the leading citizens Of the State.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
Investments in Real Estate
AND
AROUND MANKAT0,
Where carefully made at present prices will pay better
than money at interest

The manufacturing interests of Mankato full
tide OF successful prosperity mechanics work. labor
employed than ever before enterprises being projected
hatabe tenement occupied and the prospects
the rapid growth OF the city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

The President, ON the very day he
WAS shot, made the following appointments
Hannibal Hamlin. Minister TO Spain George
w. Carter, OF Louisiana. Minister to Vcne-
zuela II. II. Garnett, Of New York, Munster
to Liberia
During the fiscal year just ended our
mints coined slo6, 7ss $40. OF which s27 6s7. s5i
was In silver dollars.
Walker Blaine, son to the Secretary
Of State, has entered on the duties OF Third
Assistant Secretary OF State. He was ap
pointed to the position last week by the Presi'
dent.
Prof. O. v. Riley has been appointed
Entomologist Of the Department Of Agriculture.
In place Of J. II. Comstock. resigned
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

A SAN Francisco undertaken made q
contract to bury the city's pauper dead
for 60 cents each. AS that price would
not begin to cover the cost Of the regu.
lation coffin and the digging Of a
grave, much curiosity arose as to the
expected source of profit. The mater
is now clear. He advertises for relatives
or friends of every pauper who dies,
and keeps the remains as long as posi-
BILE for recognition. In half the cases
somebody comes forward to pay well for
q burial elsewhere than in Potter's Field
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

MTnA WEEK.. Sra day at home easily made. Costly
d ILoutfit free Address TRUE & Co. Augusta. Name
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

BROCKroN, Mass, now manufactures
more sewing-machine needles than all
Europe combined. They are turned out
by the million and shipped all over the
world. The needle, made Of tho best Of
steel, passes through thirty different
hands in It's manufacture before leaving
the factory it is Of various sizes and
shapes, curved, straight, two-eyed twin
holes), and the cheapest costs three
quarters of a cent.
AN American in Paris il said TO have
offered Meissonier 10, 600 francs for one of
his sketches, to which thepainterreplied:
"The price is 10000" Twenty thou
sand? ?" asked the American, who thought
his offer of ten had been extremely ill.,
eral; "but it did not take you more than
day to do it." "True," replied Meis-
sonier, "but it took me fifteen years to
learn how to do it in a day."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
PEOPLE WHO LIVE
Through the Seven Great Cite
st. Paul, Minneapolis

and the entire North and Northwest, and to
the Lumber districts of Northern Wisconsin.
At IT. Paul. connections are made with
the Eastern DiriSiOM of the Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis Il Omaha Line, for North
and Central Wisconsin, and for Chicago and
all points East, and the running of trains is so
arranged that passengers from the Western
Division of this Line can have from one to
one and Il half hours tn attend to business
matters in st. Paul il desired.
When NOM go South or South-Wes be
sure and go over this Line through the
Great cities. and when you go North, East
or Northwest, go through NJ. f'0Mi. the
Great Railroad Center of the Great
Northwest.
Two Passenger Trains daily, st. Paul to
Chicago, through Elroy and Madison, with
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on each train.
THROUGH TICKETS over this Line are
and all principal stations. BE sure and buy
through ticket, us they are generally cheaper.
but il you cannot get the tickets you desire,
or the Information wanted about rates, con-
nectiOns, &C., at your home station, write to
the undersigned, and yOur letter will receive
prompt attention. 4. w. TEASDALE.
F. b. CLARKE, General Agent,
Gen. Traffic Manager. ST. PAUL, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

ar IA M1flper day ut home. Samples worth IS free.
81 III 0kuAddress SriNsoN & Co. Portland. Maine.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

Secretary Window las just issued the
loath call. 1t il for per cent registered
bonds, issued under the acts Of July IA, 1870.
and Jan. 70, 1871, which will be paid Oct. I,
1881.
The public-debt statement issued July
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15
M ANK ATO
THE LEADING CITY OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA

We can offer Lots in the city proper suitable for business
locations Lots in all the Additions long time if parties will
improve.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

The Waller H. Wood SJ Binding Harst,
oi timothy. Their ausubaay
of uOrk
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

MRS. DEACON GROVER, aged 6O, was
seated mending:: her sons stockings in
his house in the town of Households,
N. Y, when a tramp entered and asked
Tor something to eat. The old lady went
10 the cellar and when she came back her
gold-rimmed spectaclcs were gone. SIN
said to the tramp "You've got M,
specs" He denied it, and, quietly lay.
ing down the plate, she went to bureau
took revolver therefrom, pointed it ~
the tramp and told him if he didn't Ia,
those specs ON the table she would shoot
him where he stood. The tramp tool
the spectacles from his pocket and mild
ly laid them down. "Now," said she,
"eat what have brought for you and
get out" He ate and departed. When
her son Augustus appeared, the old lady,
again taking the revolver from the bu-
reau, said to him: Augustus how do
you cook this weapon ?"
THB late English census shows that
the city Of London, including all its
various municipal divisions. contains
1914 ,671 inhabitants. The increase in
ten years has been $50, 81, or little
over II per cent. London is by far the
largest city in the world. II London
should continue to increase ct the same
rate as it has during the last twenty
years it would contain about z, 900, 900
people in 1925. The city has increased
one-third in twerty years, and is three
times as large as it was sixty years ago,
II contains nearly as many inhabitants
as the six chief cities Of the United
States.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-15

A CURIOUS romance occurred ct the
Jail in Cincinnati. Cheeky George, ~
who is in for stealing buggy, became nc.
quainted with fellow-prisoner, Alice
Burke, who was under sentence
for larceny, and the two agreed
to be married. As soon as A.
ices term expired clergyman
was sent for and the two were made
one. Alice now visits her husband daily,
bringing him food and flowers. and wLer
he goes to the penitentiary, to serve his
sentence of one year, she proposes "a
accompany him. 1t is said to be a case
of pure love laughing at locksmiths.