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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

JUDGE Robertson, who was ap.
pointed by President Garfield to the
Col.ectOrship of the port Of New
York, resigned his post as vice-presi-
dent of the New York Senate, on the
ODD inst, position which he has
held during the illness of Lieut.. Gov.
Hoskins, and will enter upon his new
and responsible post as collector on
the first of August. Much confidence
is felt that Judge Robertson's admin.
istration will mark new era i'm the
affairs OK that office, he having been
elevated To the place without any
expectation or solicitation on his part,
and more particularly on account of
his uprightness as Il man, and his
freedom from the cabals that too
often control this great Office.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

CHEATING the United States gov.
eminent, by some men, is regarded us
a smart if not legitimate thing. A
Mr.. John l.. Roberts is i'm fair way
of furnishing an example to people of
that ilk, for he has just been re.arrest.
ed by U. S. government officers as a
false weight cOnspirator. at Standing
Rock. AS long ago rs Dec. 1880, this
John l.. Roberts. II. S. Parkins, Jo-
scph Sayitz and Edward Donohue
were hauled up Oh charge of receiv-
ing goods stolen from the u. S. and
attempts to defraud the government.
the facts. briefly stated, being as fol.
lows
N. T.. Clark 4 Co. had a contract TO
furnish beef to the Indians at Stand.
ing Rock agency. Roberts was the
representative of their firm and herder
of their cattle. In June, 1880, Ro
berts turned over q lot of beef to
Father Stephan, Indian agent at
Standing Rock. In weighing the
cattle Lient. Chubb, who had been
detailed by the interior department
to investigate suspected frauds, found
that holes had been bored around the
rims of the weights and filed with
cork. Gen. Carlin. then in command
ut Fort Yates, inaugurated an investi.
CATION. which developed that the
weights had been taken from Stand.
ing Rock to Bismark, plugged and
returned to Standing Rock, but it was
not discovered who committed the
crime. The trial of Roberts took
place on Monday, December 81, the
taking of testimony consuming only
one day. The jury retired with
instructions to bring in a sealed yer.
dict. which they did the following
day. Greatly to the surprise of the
public, Roberts was aquitted, though
the evidence against him seemed very
positive. The other cases duly
eliminated in the conviction of the
accused parties, and thus the matter
has since renamed until now, when
the famous case has been re.opened as
above set forth.
1t is to be hoped that all this class
of men who have been the source of SO
much trouble to the government in
locating near our Indian agencies and
cheating not only the government but
also the red men whenever an oppor.
tunity offered, will be promptley
punished to the extent that their
crimes merit, and their places filled
by honest men.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.
AnbOy.


Miss Hattie LathrOp, of MapletOn
is visiting her brother at this place.
The Eau Clair Lumber Co. will
commence at once to erect large sheds
for their lumber.
j. M. More, the wheat.buyer fol-
the miller's association, is paying one
dollar and five Isl .05) for No 2wheat,
this week.
Milo Aldridgc arrived home from
Dakota last Tuesday, and made up
his mind that Dakota is no place for
him.
II. F. Brush will ship five car loads
of hogs from this place this week.
He always knows just when to buy,
to strike good market.
Some Of the farmers have com.
menced harvesting this week, and
most of them will do so by the first
of next week. They are complaining
very much about the blight in wheat.
A great many say their wheat is not
worth cutting, but 1t may not be as
bad as they suppose when they come
to examine it closely.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
Danvtlle.
Harvesting has begun.

Mr.. J. p. Eschbach lost valuable
COW by lightning last week.
Schools are all closed and the school
mains have departed.
Miss Rosa Eschbach and Miss Rosa
Kremer are visiting friends in Wells.
Charles Kline has been plastering
his house, built last summer.
Quite a number of children in this
town are sick with chicken.pOx.
The Kaufman boys had a house
warming last Saturday evening.
Music and dancing formed the chief
amusement.
j. p. Kremer's new barn can he
seen for miles. 1t is said to be the
largest barn in the county, being
4OxS4 and sixty feet from the lower
floor to top Of cupola. 1t was built
by John Albert of Mankato. Dan.
vile has done a good deal in the way
of building this summer. Mr.. Carl
Habeck has new house, Mr.. Schwartz
has a large upright and wing just
completed and Mrs. Kaufman has
had an addition, 18x28, built to their
old house. The Lutherans have built
a new church and several more
are to be put up after
harvest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29


WHILE the Pioneer Press is charac-
terizing all those who strenuously
object to the settlement of the old
railroad bonds by q tribunal of five
judges rs regulators and r ascals,
would it be out of place to inquire
what induced the prOprietors of that
journal in 1859 to boldly advocate hat
no adjustment or settlement of these same
bonds should bs made without sub.
mission to tie people. If our memory
serves us, that was the issue upon
which the campaign of that year
was waged, and most bitterly too.
The great majority of those who were
emphatic in 1859, that this question
could only be settled by the popular
vote, are to-day. as strongly advocat-
ing that the question must be settled
without submitting it to the popular
vote. Gen. j. ii, Baker, Of this
county, we believe, was an active
participant in that campaign and
stands to-day upon the same platform,
that the people are the only tribunal
to which the settlement of the ques
ton should be referred. and we are
firmly convinced that if a fair, square
proposition, free from any ifs or
and's should be set before the people
in it's proper light, as final settle.
ment of the bonds, they would vote
to sustain it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
The Wheat Crop.

Editors Free Press:
For some days the wheat has been
very singularly growing thinner and
of a rather dead, whitish cast. The
cause of its growing thinner is one
with which many people are not
familiar. In passing through the
fields it will be observed that many
stalks are lying upon the ground, fall.
ing in every direction. 1t will be
found on examining the stalk at the
point where it is broken that some.
thing has caused it to partially decay
and become unable to support the up.
per part. The creature that has done
this work is the Hessian fly. Its
mode of operation is briefly this: In
April and May fly, with long,
slender body, two wings, six legs, the
body and legs each being about one
half inch or less in length, loosely
and delicately constructed, made its
appearance in the fields of wheat. It
deposited its eggs on the blades in
about ten days they Matched, 1.-THE
number of days required to hatch
varies according to the weather,) and
the larv;e, or grub, followed the leaf
down between it and the stalk until
it came to the joint, where it., in most
cases, still remains. During its growth
it lives upon the sap of the stalk,
which, in time, proves fatal to the
life of the stalk. 1t attains its full
growth in about six weeks, and then
is about three-eighths of an inch in |
length. At about this age the pupe
forms. i. e., the grub undergOes q |
metamorphOsis like the common cat.
erpillar, and in due time becomes q |
fly. In most cases the pupe, which
is Il small chrysalis very much re-
sembling a flax seed, may now be
found on examining the stalk at the
joint where it is broken.
Much of the wheat in this section
is thus affected. There seems as yet
to have been no practicable means
discovered to destroy this pest, ex.
cept to stop raising that on which it
subsists. Those, however, who have
made this insect study recommend,
as means of destroying the pupe, the
BURNING OF THE sTUBBLE as soon as
possible after harvest, and the straw
soon after threshing. Also, the SOW
ing of wood ashes late in the spring
over the young wheat is said to work
we'll, putting on about two bushels to
the acre. Many of the pupe mature
and become flies in the fall, but the
ate ones remain in tho ground dur.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

THERE is considerable satisfaction
for those who have clung TO Conklinp
through the bitter political fight just
ended ut Albany, To know that Presi
dent Garfield did not express himself
in the language attributed to him
when Lapham was declared elected,
of "Thank God"
a gentleman who was in the sick
room, and who heard the dispatch
announcing the result read to the
President, said the President only
said: Well, i am glad it is over;
am sorry Cor Conkling; j should like
to give him Il foreign mission.
This exhibits the true character OF
thePresident' S course all through, and
is free from any vindictiveness OF
disposition to trample upon fallen
foe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

erOusly delivered on track thirty Car.
loads of gravel, free of cost, to be used
in the grading of the streets of our
beautiful little village. They have
also made the name of their place of
business the same as of the village,
" Vernon Center" instead of edge.
wood" Almost the entire communi.
ty is greatly pleas ed with the change.
Mr.. Paul Lewis, the agent. is doing
much to build up the business of the
company by his strict attention to
business and equal courtesy to all.
Since his arrival the people are about
persuaded that the railroad is crea.
ture with soul.
Prof. C. M. Green, the successful
principal of the Kasson public schools
his sister. Miss Clara, who has also
been employed in the same schools,
are spending the summer with their
parents, the Hon. Geo. Green and
wife.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

UNWILLING A STATUE. - On July
%. the anniversary of the death of
Gen. j. b. Mcpherson, who fell in
battle near Atlanta, Ga, a pedestrian
statue, the gift of the army of the Ten.
nessee was unveiled with appropriate
ceremonies, in the presence of 5000
spectators. On the platform were
Mrs. Mcpherson, the widow of the
general, and her daughter, Mrs.
VandercOok, together with l,00O
people. Ex-President Hayes deliver.
ed an Grafton and was followed by
eloquent speeches by Gems. Force and
Strong, after which the statue was
unveiled by Gen. Sherman. No man
who took part in defence of our union
was more deserving of this grateful
tribute of his countrymen than James
Birdseye Mcpherson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

THE printed circulars issued from
the heads of the various departments
At Washington. defining the duties
of postmasters. collectors of customs,
&c, do not always meet that punctual
compliance intended. Postmaster
General James has just issued an
order TO postmasters well calculated
to remedy that evil in his department,
for lie says where quarterly returns
are not promptly made, the omission
will be regarded rs sufficient reason
for removal. Rigid responsibility i'm
the Government service is of the first
importance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

GAME TO THE LAsT.-The brief yet
gamy letter of congratulation to his
fellow " stalwart's," from ex senator
Conkling, 10 be found on the 4th page
of this days FREE PRESS. will at.
tract the attention and cause smile
among politicians of. all shades of
opinion. 1t is now given out that
this somewhat discounted marpl0t
talks of an immediate tour ON the
continent of Europe, and TO return in
the fall in season to attend the cotton
exposition at Atlanta, Georgia, and
to stump the South and undeceive
them as to the ends and aims of
Roscoe Conkling. What wiU Mrs.
Grundy say?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

THAT l00-year.old rum and wine
which the physicians have been pres.
cribing in infinitessimal doses to
President Garfield. we have no fears
of inducing dangerous habit upon
so strongminded and evenly balanced
Il head rs that of the President.
Why. the average indulger in intoxi.
eating drinks would spit "cotton at
the very contemplation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

ing the winter and come out in the
spring. Early blowing and thorough
narrowing are recommended to de.
strOy them.
1t might be well for farmers to re-.
member that the Hessian fly never
hurts a cay, sleep, a horse, or log,
and that all these are profitable to
keep OH farm. b.
VERNON CENTER, July 9th.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

The draft of the convention pre-
pared by the royal commissioner virtu-
ally retrocedes the whole of Trans.
wal TO the Beers. The total of the
claims which the Beers are disposed
to accept does not exceed $50, 1000.
The draft has not yet been accepted
by the Beers who are still consider.
ing the clauses relating to the natives
and finances.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

Two boys aged Il and 10 years,
were hung in Missouri last week
upon the charge of killing their
father, but they maintained that
they were innocent to the last. The
scene is said to have been very affect.
ing. This is one of the perniciOus
results Of capital punishment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

CONSCIENCE MONEY On the 22nd
Ian received from Il missionary Just
returned TO Vermont. 800. The sen.
der explained that he served rs chap
lain in the army during the rebellion,
and was of the opinion that the meth
cd of computing forage was not a
proper one. and he concluded he had
received the above sum in excess of
what was rightfully due him. Good
missionary that
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

lT is now confidently reported and
believed that England has concluded
to give up Transyaal To the Beers.
This Transyaal Republic is in south
ern Africa. between latitude % and Is
south. and longitude % and 81 l., east,
comprising an area of 1854 square
miles. We should think England had
seen enough of the country since she
seized upon il October :, ISL, notably
because of its Astounding rich mineral
deposits, among which are iron, tin
lead, copper, gold. silver, saltpetre
marble. coal and diamonds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
Worm IL mt be well IN inonire.

WOULD it not be well to inquire,
who, among the five Judges comp0s-
ing the Bond Tribunal which some
of our state papers are trying to frigh
ten by prematurely cOndemning their
actions before they have acted, are
open to assault
These legal gentlemen, who com.
prise this tribunal, are not there of
their own free will, but accepted the
trust in accordance with the request
of the chief executive of the state.
They have rs yet done nothing to
warrant the prsjudged opinion of the
press, and it seems to us that if this
tribunal could be intlunced either one
way or the other III their ultimate
decision Of the question under cOnsid.
Grafton, they would more likely be
prejudiced against the wishes of the
majority from these premature and
unjust accusations, than otherwise.
We have too high respect for their
intellectual ability to think they will
endeavor i'm the least to misinterprct
the exact meaning of the constitution
which is the fundamental law OF the
state. We firmly believe that the
majority of this tribunal are of the
opinion that the whole question ought
to be relegated to the voters of the
state, but yet they must perform the
duties assigned them without fear OF
favor. While we are unqualiliedly OF
the opinion that the proper tribunal
for the adjustment of this vexed ques
ton is the people. we will not, ant
others ought not condemn tho actio,
of this tribunal before they know
what those actions are to be.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

SOME of our contemporaries of the
press are giving biographical sketches
of that miserable whelp, Guiteau.
who essayed to assassinate the beloved
President of $4,000. 900 people. We
don't want any such literature in ours,
and the readers of the FREE Press
may rest assured they will not be in
suited 10y the details of this murder.
er's present or past history.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

MAJ. ID. II. Brotherton, eth infant.
ry. commanding ut Fort Buford, says.
that hy actual count, lS7 indians
composed the party which came in
with Sitting Bull, 30 families being
left behind at Woody Mountain, whose
arrival is looked for daily.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
Good Thunder.

We feel in duty bound to compli.
ment our new station agent, Mr.. Stew
art, on the order, neatness and taste
prevailing about the depot under his
administration. He seems q worthy
successor, indeed, to our friend w. II.
NichOl.
Who could help noticing the bear
ing of Mr.. Frank Halves, us he ap-
peared in town the fore part of the
week? His step did not seem to be
remarkably elastic, OWING. no doubt,
to a large carbuncle situated in the
region of those bones which the ear
lier anatomists said owing to their
peculiar shape,) should be nameless.
But the expression Of mingled pride
and pleasure that might have been
seen in his cOuntenance indicated that
something unusually gratifying had
occurred at his house. On inquiry
we found that it is a boy-weight
91a pounds.
Mrs. w. IL. NichOl lett last Tues
day to join her husband at Egan, ID
4. The best wishes of the good PEG
pie of Good Thunder 80 with her.
Harvest has been begun, we believe
by several in this vicinity, and tn,
reports that come in are not so dis
couraging rs many anticipated.
The happenings here are as you see
neither numerous nor interesting
The weather is much like that which
we are expecting in paradise til,
mornings beautiful, the evenings de
licious, the midday calm, and til,
nights so cool that the inevitable mus
quito fOrgets his tenor. and the mos
oppressed can slumber in peace. L
is such weather as this that make.
the Minnesotian forget the intens,
cold of winter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
MANKATO FREE Press.
FRIDAY, JULY -. 1851.

Now that Sitting Bull, the heroic
Indian chief Of the Northwest, has
capitulated for want of something to
eat. the government officials are per.
picked To know what to do with him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

On motion ordered that the following
changes be made in the different valua-
ton OF the various classes of personal
property in the several assessment dist
ricts us returned by assessors and that
the following percentage bc added to
or deducted from the value as returned
by assessors.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

1t now looks as if the Republican
predominance in the next Congress
would be maintained, although in
politics, as in some other things. the
indians conclusion. that the white
man is mighty uncertain, may
change the complexion of this august
body.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
The Ambov and Mapleton base ball

The Amboy and Mapleton base ball
clubs, played a matched game last
Saturday Mt Mapleton. The score
stood, MapletOn, 7 Amboy, 1. Our
boys have only played two games this
year. which accounts for their getting
beaten.
The masons have finished plastering
the Presbyterian church, and it will
be ready to hold meetings in Il week
hence. The methodists have conclutL
ed not to finish their church till after
harvest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

Necessary to u choice IS. The
happy termination of this protracted
contest will be hailed with delight by
republicans all over the country,
inasmuch rs the result is well calcul.
ated to allay apprehensions which
began to arise that the future unity
and strength of the republican party
in the empire State. might be leopard
lied. The good feeling that ensued,
indicates that the asperities which at
times marked the contest will die ont
and soon he forgotten, and not be
kept alive to give courage and hope
to the opposition that the State would
go over to the Democracy.
All over the State the result was
received with demonstrations of joy,
which was duplicated in Albany by
speech making, serenades and frat.
ernization most cheering among the
members of the legislature, before
their departure for their homes
which they determined Oh by prompt
adjournment on the morrow.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

July 10Th. 1t was ordered that the
assessment on household and office furni-
turc as returned by the assessors DC
increased in the following named towns
as follows
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
COW LOST /!
POCKET BOOK LOST!

On Monday, July 18th, between Beebe's
grocery store and McMahans Hill, a Morocco
Pocket Book. containing one five dollar bill,
National Bank for $i00; an order from DIR.
McMahan on John MahOwald for $40 ANY
ono finding and returning tho same will be
suitably rewarded by leaving the Same ut this
Office, or with MRS. w. Ii. CRAIG,
lw MankatO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
Best Harvesting Machinery

as long as 1t lasts. We have wondered why
McCormicks are short of machines year after
year, with their immense factory running
night and day, and are forced to the cOnclli-
sion that 1t IL because SO much machinery Is
worn out and thrown aside after year or two
Of use--thus throwing a great burden upon
Mccormick to keep the supply large enough
to meet the wants of farmers, Our McCor-
mick Binders Of 1878 are doing lust as good
work now as the first year and are good for
SIX or seven more, while 1t Is fact well
Wire Binders Of that year are worn out or
thrown aside.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

On motion it was ordered that the
assessment on agricultural tools, nipple
ments and machinery as returned by the
assessors be increased in the following
named towns as follows
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
Minutes of the Board of Equalization.

The Board Of County Commissioners
met rs an equalization board July 18th,
and elected j. Ii. Swan as chairman and
Auditor 5cuttcrgood, clerk.
The following classes of property
were averaged as follows :
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29
POINT TO BE CONSIDERED !

We keep in stock $1,000 to $1,000 worth of
repairs. We can go into our repair room and
ind repairs on hand to build any machin e
years, except some portions Of the wood
work, which any carpenter or wagon maker
can make. This is point you should re-
member, as there are hundreds of machines
put one side and thousands OF dollars lost
every year because farmers buy machines of
agents who care nothing for the machine
and think nothing about extras after they
get the machines settled fOr-many of them
arc not In the machine business after year
or two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

On motion ordered that the assessment
on agricultural tools, implements and
machinery, as returned by the different
assessors, be decreased in the following
towns as follows
bifiic. ~