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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-15
SPECI AITTFS

Photograph and Autograph Albums. Pho.
tograph Frames, Easels Panel Pictures, Ladies'
Hand Bags. Dressing Cases. Odor Cases, Card
Cases. Work Cases, Pocket Books Diaries, Ink.
stands, Paper Weights, Writing Desks and hun.
dreds of articles which we have not time to
mention. Our stock in China. MajolIca, Deco.
rated English Ware. &C.. &C., &C., is larger than
all others combined. consisting in part of French
China and Decorated English Tea and Dinner
Sets, Desert Sets, Chamber Sets, Bread and
Milk Sets, Teate a-Ttte Sets, Fancy Plates
(cheap) single or by the dozen. Pitchers, Cuspi-
doris. Cups and Saucers livery large stock and
very low prices,) a fine stock of Lamps, and a
Great Many OTHER thing of utility too nu.
merOus to MENTION.
Call and look through our Stock, ask for
prices. then iny when and where you please.
E~DONT hesitate tn look our goods because
you don't wish to BUY.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-15
Holiday Goods !
POPULAR PRICES
J. II. CHAPMAN'S.

Our New Stock of BOOKS, THIS year. Is
VERY MUCH larger than LAST years and
from TWO to THREE times as large as any in
the city. Our stock of fancy goods in the BOOK
and STATIONERY department alone, Is by
Tar the LARGEST in town, and REMEMBER
we DO NOT show you LAST years goods,
THOSE FEW We keep 10y themselves, not al.
lowing them to be displayed. We mention be-
low very few
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-15
Attention

I would respect
fully call the atten-
the BURLINGTON Moro N
SCHOOL
FURNITURE.
I have also HALL,
CHURCH and Of
FICE FURNITURE
fer salc
! have all OF Camps
New Physical and
outline maps, globes.
black boards and
bells.
All sold ct the
very lowest prices.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-09

the way of OUR advancement.
Standing there, We have a right to
protest-espeeially if we can sug-
gest methods of relief for them
and ourselves.
l would suggest that it i'll be-
comes us now to be Over-sangume
and confident of Government aid,
lest apathy seize us and we cease
10 work, trusting in those who
have WARNED us not to trust.
Rather, as the Yazoo Delta is ONE
spot of the Mississippi's various
deposits, let us become a UNIT as
a peOple-making of ourselves
thereby force and power which,
through ONE, at least, of MissiS-
slppi's Congressman can and will
be felt at the proper time and
place, when we want aid from the
Government.
Shall VIC have the opportunity
afforded us of at least making the
effort to place ourselves in that
position which is of consequence
in the eyes of others, who esteem
concert and cooperation of value
in welding political forcesi Or
shall we, as INDIVIDUALS, fight
our own battles on our own ground
and i'll our own way.
We who are most vitally inter
ested in this matter, think we know
what we want, and what is best fol-
us, for some of MS are pretty fair
doctors. But if others at a dist.
ance, who have not felt our pulse,
think they can make a better dag
nosis than we, to such | would
say, political epidemics are DANCE
rous, as well as yellow fever-es
pecially to some people. To sucl
| would say that preventive is
better than quarantine, for the
disease is as often found at the
bfeech as at the muzzle, and the
ghn may be turned in any direc
ton. MORE ANON.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-09
The Indiana Election Swindle.

1t was generally believed during
the late Presidential lcampaign that
il the Republicans could carry In
diana, they would win the elec.
ton; and into that State, there
fore, they threw all their strength
and money. Under the command
of the shrewd but unscrupulous
Dorsey they were finally victori-
Gus, but the vote, particularly the
Republican vote Of the State, was
so swollen as to arouse suspicion.
How correct these suspicious were
is now shown by the census re-
turns. These unfortunately do not
show how many voters there are
in each county, but only how many
males, over 21 years of age, inclu-
ding idiots, conyicts and unnatu-
ralized foreigners. The total male
population of Indiana, over 81
years, is 40S,427. Omitting non.
citizens, those refused the ballot
from some incapacity, the voting
population of the "IIoosier State''
is 46S,044, while the total vote in
1880 was 470,673, or considerably
larger--althongh among the form
er are included the sick, the inva.
lid, the bed-ridden, the paupers,
and all similar classes, who evi-
IDENTIFY could not go to the polls.
If we go to the counties, the swim
die becomes still more conspicu.
Gus. Whitley county, for instance,
which contained only 4,274 adult
males, Of whom less than 4,OOC
were citizens, cast vote of 4,203
Warrick, with 4,476 adults, luna
tics included, cast 4,432 votes
while Switzerland cast a vote Of
/ 3, 100, against a total male popula
tion of 3,216; and so on. Is thit
| possiblei Are % out Of every 10t
males in Indiana voters, and Dc al
Of them 60 TO the polls and vote
! =. o. Times. Democrat.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-09
BIS. arH DISTRICT
KeUrr COURT.

f1nnfy-Begins on the lst
Mareh and October, and may
Iadieial days.
tonnty-Begins on the 2nd
/ Nareh and October, and may
E judicial days.
eeuhiy-Begins on the 4th
L MARCH, and October, and may
4 jadicial days.
= tohnty-Begins on the 2nd
- Ehe 4th Monday of March
|1zr. and may continue 6 ju-
tounty-Begins on the. 3rd
|Iu he 4th Monday Of March
|eF and may continue 6 judicial
- coanty-Begins on the 18th
|II6 fhe 4th Monday Of march
md may continued judicial
eounty-Begins on the
81 affer the ith Monday Of
& 0cfeber, and may continue -
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-09
Steplens Opens the CampaIgn.
Special to The Times-Democrat.

Special to The imes-DemOcrat.
Atlanta, Aug. 31--Alexander II.
Stevens, Democratic nominee for
Governor Of Georgia, opened his
campaign tonight in a two hours
speech to an immense crowd, in
De Gives Opera-House. lie was
introduced by Capt. Henry Jack
son, chairman of the State execu-
tive committee. Stephens weighs
los pounds more than ever beforel
and looked really robust. His
voice was remarkable good, being
sery strong, and at intervals he
rose to .impassioned eloquence,
ar0using much enthusiasm.
lie began by eulogizing the I'M
ion, saying we had the best govern.
ment in the world, but stated that
the liberty of this country is now
impcrilcd by the alarming tenden-
dency of the Republican party to
eentralizc the powers of the States
in the general government, wiping
out, as ii were State lines. The
rights of States must be maintain
ed by the Democratic party. Quot
ing Washington, lie declared that
when bad men eonspire together
good men must unite or the c0un-
try would drop into imperialism.
whats Georgia going to do 7"
he said.
| "More money will be spent to
carry Georgia against the Demo
cratic party than any other State"
There was but one way to saye
Georgia from the fate of Virginia,
Tennessee aud other States. 1t was
by organization. We must work
together and whip out the central
izing party represented by indie
pendeutism in Georgia. He assail'
ed DR.. Fol on, Of the Seventh Dis
trict, saying that his object was to
destroy the Democratic party. He
said that everything Indicated that
tho negroes of the State would
vote solidly against him. The nom
incc warned them If they did, the
whites would go solidly for him
and u race conflict would be the
result.
He drew the colored line condi
tionally, and appealed to colore,
men to vote for him on the groun,
that he was their friend, giving
proof from his record. He woun,
up by detailing his record, as show
ing his devotion to Georgia, an,
thought, as the nominee of th'
Democracy, that every man with
spark of Democratic fire in hi
breast would vote for him agains
Gatrell, and thus save the STATE
from ruin and the country iron
prospective imperialism.
The speech had wonderful ei
feet in making votes. Steven
will stump the State, making abon
10 speeches in all. lie goes froi
here to Macon.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-09
Temperature of Well Water.


II is well known to every drink
er of well water that when fresh
from the well it appears cooler in
summer than in winter. This is
usually explained by the fact that
tho temperature of cool well water
in summer is in such striking con.
trast to that of the air, and is
therefore especially grateful to the
thirsty drinker. But it is not gen.
orally known that the water of
many wells is actually colder in
mid-summer-as shown. by the
themometer--than il is IN midwln-
ter. Observations OH sub-earth
temperature have been conducted
for a hundred years in one of the
vaults of Paris, the thermometer
being placed ut the depth of nine
ty feet below the surface of the
earth. During the whole of that
long period the temperature was
found to be uniform, day and night
the year round, and from year to
year. Later observations made at
different points in the North TEN.
peratc Zone, show that even at the
depth Of fifty feet the changes of
temperature with the seasons are
not noticeable. Between the sur
face and a depth of fifty feet the
temperature varies at different
seasons IN inverse proportions to
the depth. This variation is due
to the change in the temperature
of the air above the surface with
the different seasons. In the sum-
mer the mean temperature of the
air is 50 degrees, at Atlanta, Ga,
and the winter mean about 40.
The mean temperature of the year
is about G1 degrees. If we had
summer weather all the time the
temperature of our ordinary well
water would correspond very
closely with the temperature ofthe
air, and we would be compelled to
drink water Of the temperature of
80 degrees-as they do in the tro-
pics-unless ice or other artificial
means be employed to reduce it.
BY observation 1t has been found
that the average temperature OF
well water il about the same as
the mean annual temperature Of
tic air. gin the shadel At. Of a few
ieel above, the surface Of the earth.
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-09

Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.l
Helena, Ark, Aug. 2S.-The sad

Especial to Cincinnati Enquirer
Helena, Ark, Aug. 2S.-The sad
dest suicide this country ever ex-
perieneed has occurred II miles
from Helena. But a few weeks
since a bright and handsome young
lady of Clarksville, Miss Mary
Barnes, a relative of the family of
Gen. Jas. L. Alcorn, of Coahoma
county, visited Helena to attend a
party, in company with the daugh-
ters of Gen. Alcorn, and was gen
orally admired. She had recently
graduated with honor at the Uni
versity of Jackson, Tenn, and be-
loved by both tutors and scholars.
Her accomplishments were many,
and il was not strange she should
be n favorite wherever she ap-
peared. A relative of Col. John
Clarke, she lived there, and there
was no one among her large circle
of friends and acquaintances who
had aught but kind wishes for her.
Saturday, the 10th, this charm
ing lady died, and there was a gen
eral feeling of gloom in the entire
neighborhood; but a death like
this'is not as uncommon as the Sc
quel, which was most extraordi-
nary in its startling and sad char
acter. Thomas Page was a young
gentleman of the locality, and had
been engaged to be married to
Miss Barnes for several years, but,
for some reasons, several post
pcnements took place. These rea'
sons did not affect the standing OF
character of the lover, who was
known as a deserving man and q
gentleman in every particular, and
it is said, they would have been
united in the coming winter. Per
haps some Of the relatives of th,
lady did not fancy the gentleman
as well as they might. At al
events, this was probably the cause
of tho estrangemc,It. The lady
was buried on the Sunday follow
ing her death, and, though Mr.
Page showed unmistakable evi
denco of grief, it was not thought
that he was so utterly inconsolablt
as to be lost to all reasonable un
derstanding; but it was SO. Pro
curing a bottle Of morphine OF
Sunday night last and board, HI
betOok himself to the side Of tn,
grave of his beloved, and, lying
down at full length, he swallowed
the terrible drug, and awoke II,
more. His body was found mex
day, cold and icy, aud past all hop,
of resuscitation, and was interre'
to-day.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-09
THE MISSOURI Outlaws.
GovssseF critssndea Tells what has bseams
Of tie James Gang.

Of tie James Gang.
Governor I. I. Crittenden, of
Missouri, was interviewed III Gin.
cinnati by a reporter of the En-
quirer. The Governor said:
"You may say all the James
gang are either dead, in prison, or
under the control of the officials,
with the exception of Frank james
for whose arrest and conviction
there is still a reward of $4,000
offered. The Lewis brothers are
in Jail awaiting trial, aud will GER
tainly be convicted. The Meyers
gang are all dead or in the peni.
tentiary and the Mason gang-the
Brookfeld bank robbers-were
captured, tried, convicted, seuten-
ced to % 5years' Imprisonment each
and placed in the penitcntiary in
less than one week after the rob
berry of the bank
The Governor said he wished to
impress the reporter with the fact
that all these gangs were not Mis-
sourians, and wanted the public to
know the same. He said that the
Mason gang was from Indiana,
aud was led by Frank Mason, who
once taught school near Terre
Iaute, whore he was well known /;
and that the Meyers gang were
from Illinois. lie thought these
men had been attracted to the
State by the successful raids of
James brothers, and the fact that
Notwithstanding the amount of
travel and traffic over and through
the State, they were afforded pro
lection and shelter by its compar.
atively unsettled condition.
In answer to the question Ms to
probable whereabouts of Frank
james, Governor Crittenden said
that his place of residence, IL he
had any, was unknown, though he
admitted having received % tele.
gram some few days ago to the
effect that Frank was living in one
of the uppercountics in this State.
He also said that, in his opinion,
Frank james was u much better
man than Jesse, and stated that he
knew Of several instances in which
he had saved human life at the risk
Of his own. Members of the gang
relate that Frank had many and
frequent quarrels with Jesse on
account of his reckless disregard
for human life, and for u long time
he would not forgive Jesse foI
, shooting Express Messenger West
| field IN the Winton train robbery
when ii had been agreed that n,
murder should be committed m
less absolutely necessary for tbeil
safety. 1t viii be remcmbere,
that Westfeld was shot down by
Jesse in cold blood, while unresis
ting, IN order to show his accom-
plices what would become of then
: if they should betray him.
The Governor said that tho mo
, ther and wife of Frank James ha,
called upon him in Jefferson City
: Missouri, to see whether Franl
: would be allowed to surrende
, and be free from charges agains
= him. lie answered that under tn
{ constitution of the State he ha,
: no power to pardon before con
J viction, but advised him to com
, in, stand trial, and run the chanc
t of being acquitted. He though
=. Frank James was disposed to b
a quiet and law-abiding either
: and anticipates no trouble what
/ ever from him. lie would expires
l no opinion as to the feeling towar
: the Ford boys, who killed jess
James, but declared the majorit
= of the people of tire State wcr
! with him in every move he made.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-09

company, which was one of the
most efficient in the service. The
Hudson battery was detached af-
ter Shiloh and assigned to Rust's
brigade as was also the Ninth Ark
ansas. The Tenth was ordered to
JeffThompsOn. These are believed
to be all the changes made until
Bowen left the brigade-taking
with him his old regiment, the First
Missouri-to assume command of
the Missouri division as successor
to Gen. Price. This occurred in
the last part of October 1862, at
COldwater, near Holly Springs,
and the command universally la
mented his loss. His subsequent
career is well known in Vicksburg
of which he was perhaps the ablest
defender. OF his ante-bellum life,
something may here be said. He
was a native of Georgia and his
first official position. even before
his appointment as cadet, was that
of foreman of a fire company in
Savannah. He resigned from the
army about two years before the
war and commenced the business
of architect at st. Louis, but was
soon called into the State service
to command a regiment against the
Jay-hawkers on the Kansas bor-
der. When the war finally came
he brought the first Missouri to
Memphis, went into camp and him
self started for Virginia to procure
arms. Gen. Lowry was identified
with the brigade which he ulti-
mately commanded, and would be
a very proper person to lead the
proposed movement. Capt. w.
A. Percy, of Greenville, also serv-
ed on Bowen's staff as A. |. G..
Capt. w. NJ. Chamberlain, of this
city, had the honor to serve under
the general in his Missouri divi-
sion, commanding a company in the
Third Missouri. Capt. Il. +.
Owens was a member of the Twen-
ty-second Mississippi, one compa-
ny of. which was raised here.
There are doubtless many other
members of the brigade and they
should lot themselves be known.
There could certainly be nc better
way to celebrate the next anniver.
sary of Shiloh than by a reunion
and the re-interment here of our
dead chieftain. Mrs. Bowen, as
heroic and devoted u woman as
ever the South produced-and
that is saying very much-still
lives in st. Louis and should be
consulted though there seems no
valid reason why she should not
consent. She and her son, who
was cradled in q Confederate
camp--for a prominent trait OF
Gen Bowen was the fact that he
never left his men to seek comfort
able quarters in house-might
well and fitly be invited to be
present on the occasion and would
probably accept it. The very
generous and grateful donation by
Judge Speed of lot to be sold tC
defray expenses, ought to be utili
zed by the members of the old bri
gade and of any other command
which ever served under the bril-
liant leadership of Bowen. Let
some movement be made to place
the affair in proper shape, and le
our exchanges, in counties from
: which any of the command enlist
ed, help to make the project gen
orally known.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-09
Bowers "0ld Brigade"
lVicksburg Commercially |

Vicksburg Commercial.
The recent renewal Of interest in
that distinguished officer, Major
General John S. Bowen, c0nse-
Quent on the discussion of the re-
moval and re-interment of his re-
mains, renders timely sketch of
his old brigade, which was mainly
composed of Mississippi COM
mands. The First Missouri, than
which no better regiment ever
marched, the Ninth and Tenth
Arkansas, and the Water.Battery
of Louisiana artillery were tho
only exceptions. The first organ
lied at Camp Beauregard, just
outside the village of Feliciana,
twenty eight miles east of Colum-
bus, Kentucky. The personnel OF
the command at first consisted OF
the two Arkansas regiments named
above. The Twenty-second Miss.
issippi a mixed regiment com
manded by Col. John ID. Martin,
which afterwards became Maj. A.
M. Rayburn's battalion of Miss
issippi sharpshootcrs, and the
Hudson battery, Mississippi ar
tilery. After Belmont the Watson
battery was added and subsequent
ly the Sixth and Fifteenth Mississ
issippi, of the former of which
our present governor was the gal
liant colonel. The commander OF
the Fifteenth, which joined at Muir
freesboro on the retreat from
Bowling Green, was Michael Far
rell, an Irishman, than whom II,
more intrepid officer ever drew
sword. Statham had been its frs
colonel with Gen. Walthall SECOND
in command, aud 1t had greatl,
distinguished itself in the disas
trous fight at Fishing Creek. Thu
Sixth also was one of the hes
regiments in the service.
In February, 1862, the brigade
had marched overland to Bowlin,
Green, having been relieved b.
Alcorn's brigade of Mississippi
militia. AT Bowling Green wai
assigned to the general command
Of all the works.
On the retreat, after leavin,
Nashville, the brigade was gener
ally in the rear, which was also the
case after Shiloh and again aftc
the terrible repnlse at Corinth
where Gen. Bowen saved all tina
was left Of the army by his sue
cessful stand at Tuscumbia Creel
against a vastly superior force
commanded by his old class-mate
| Mcpherson.
At Shiloh the command, witt
the exception of one regiment
and that not a Mississippi one-dit
effective service and suffere'
heavy loss. Gen. Bowen himsel
and at least two members of hi
staff-one of them his commissar
were severely wounded. The Firs
Missouri lost its colonel and tn
Hudson battery its commander
Capt. Alfred Hudson of Pamela
who had seen service in Mexic
and had the honor to be pre-
nounced by Gen. Bowen one G
the best volunteers officers he hal
ever known. The Watson ba tier
then commanded by Lientenant
Col. Beltzhoorer was subsequent
" under command of Captain
afterwards Majorl 1. A. Burslez
who died in this city during th
fever plague OF 1878. Mr.. ". Mel
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-09

The seventeen foot cut channel
Of Mobile barbor, was completed
on the 10th inst, and Mobile now
has seventeen feet Of water ut low
tide, from the wharves to the sea,
If we correctly interpret the cngi-
neer's report. We have no doubt
but that Senator Morgan consid.
crs the appropriation for this work
perfectly legitimate, and VIC hope
to see him exercise little more
liberality IN the future in the mat.
ter of voting aid to the improve
ment of those water ways that are
regarded by the people living with.
in their sphere of drainage as of
as vital Importance to their adj
yancement and prosperity as is
Mobile Bay to the citizens of the
beautiful city whose commerce it
fosters. Noxubee river,-an inter.
State stream-Sipsey, Old Town
Creek, and many other water cour-
ses that would be regarded with
respect in Europe and our Eastern
States, are tributaries of the Tom.
bigbee and capable of adding
greatly to the wealth and import.
ance of Mobile If so fostercd and
developed by Government aid as
to make them available for the
cheap transportation of lumber,
produce and the other wealth-giy.
ing resources of their valleys to
the sea, and if it is not good states.
manship to labor in this behalf,
then the sooner we abandon
craftsmanship and come down to
hard digging and grubbing and
blasting and scraping, the better.
Aberdeen Examiner.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-09
Presbytsrlan Church

Preaching at n a M and I y m every Sunday
Communion III Sunday IN February, Mry, Au-
gust aud November Prayer meeting every
Wednesday Night. ; Archer Pastor Sunday
school ~ Sam. Brown sup.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-09
Mrs. Surratt's Daughter.
lCincinnati Commercial.

tV'''s'tC% ''t-fsl
Annie Surratt, tho poor girl who
suffered so terribly as to make her
old while yet yonng in years, lives
near her brother John. She is the
wife of Prot. Tonry, who is the
leading chemist of Baltimore. Af.
ter her mother had been hanged,
and her own mental faculties had
been shattered By the agonies she
had undergone, the innocent girl
was ostracized and prosecuted to
an extent that is o disgrace to our
so-called Christian civilization.
Years after, when Mr.. Tonry-
then a government clerk-dared
to marry her, he was dismissed
from Office for the offense. For a
time they were very poor, but be-
ing turned out of the government
grind proved to be the making of
him after all. They are now pros
porous enough in worldly point
Of view, but the once blithe and
beautiful Annie is a wreck, both
mentally and physically, with hair
as white as the driven snow,
though but little more than thirty
years Of age. She never recoy-
cred from the shock of that awful
day, the last of her mothers life,
and is subject to fits of extreme
nervousness, bordering upon de-
Iifium.