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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-17
The Wolf and His Inconsiderate Son.

A Wolf who had arrived at a good
old age and no longer felt able to 90
out and play the string game on the In
nOcent and Unconfiding, called his Son
to him one dav and said:
"My cantankerous Offspring, I am
growing old. / am stiff in the Joints,
troubled with Dyspepsia. and no longer
have the sand to 90 out and tackle any
thing bigger than yearling Lamb.
feel that it is time for me to hang up"
The Son humbly agreed. and the Old
Wolf continued:
al have managed, as you are aware.
by strict attention to Poker, Faro and q
few other Family Amusements, to Law
by some Sugar for my old age. 1 shall
turn over everything to you, Beloved
Offspring, and depend upon YOU to care
for me during the few brief years of my
stay on Earth
Excellent idea. Governor-very ex-
cellent," replied the Son, and he went
out behind the houseto crack his Heels
together and poke himself in the Ribs.
That same evening the Old Wolf sat
down for a Smoke. but before he had
drawn six whiffs from his Pipe the Be-
loved Son remarked:
THAT habit is both digusting and ex-
pensive. and I'd advise you to quit
The Pipe was laid aside, and the Old
Man went to the cupboard to take a
Nip OF Red Eye for the Stomach's sake.
And you also want to chop off on
that" observed the Beloved. "Whis-
Ky not only costs Money, but Degrades
the Intellect
The Old Man replaced the Bottle
with a heartfelt sigh and humbly in
CURED If there was any Cold Chicken
left from supper
Cold Chickenl Well. you have got
Cheek, and no mistake. If Goldfish
isn't good enough for you you'd better
Travelr'
You will, at least, permit me to stav
in the House over night, 1 hope" said
the Father.
"Why. have no objection to your
sleeping on the floor tonight, but YOU d
better Dig Out pretty early in the Morn
ing"
Then the Venerable Parent fell upon
the Beloved Offspring and made his
Heels break his Neck, and flung him
out doors and over the Fence. and
gave him to Understand that hence
forth he was a Wanderer and a Horse
Thief.
MORAL:
Don't begin on the Old Folks too
soon.-Detr0it Free Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-17

An Atlanta (Ga-) sight the Other
day was cart drawn by team of tame
allgators.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-17

Don't begin on the Old Folks to,
soon--Detr0i Free Press.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02

when in his power to do so; it is true that
no man wrote to him without receiving
considerate reply; and it is true that, in
common parlance, he has pulled the
wires, even if less successfully than Win
dom and the Pioneer Press ring But it
is equally true that Mr.. Whites nomina-
ton will not erase from the minds of the
people of this state the fact that no rep
resentative of Minnesota ever stood high
er in the House than Mr.. Dunnell. Twelve
years of faithful service, a firm and
right position on the questions of cur
rency at all times, an intelligent under
standing Of the tariff, and devotion to
party unmixed with bigotry, are facts
that will not down and vanish at the first
reverse of their author. Wonderful
strokes of legislation are the outgrowth
of century; they can be credited to no
one man. If statesman is to be gagged
by the number of such bills he may in
troduce, we fear that American legisla-
tors Of the past and present will suffer a
terrible decimation; but if they are to be
known and remembered for long, labor
lOus years of honest, consistent voting
and committee work, and combined with
them an earnest effort to aid his constitu-
ents in any private business with the gov
eminent, then Mark II. Dunnell will be
long in the minds of the people of his
state and district
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02
LEGAL.
SALE.

.h ne s. paving been made in the payment of
i .ng SUN .rh OF fourteen hundred and forty dol
th;s, wnca Is claimed to be due at the date of
gage duly executed and delivered hv Ga mors
Erickson and Anne K. Erickson. his WIFE ta
M aT. n is7s eearl arr date the 18th day Of
taereln contained, duly recorded in the Office
Of TIE Register of Deeds in and for the co%n tv
day Of Nav ua sf6te 1s Sf the 18th
Book q OF Mortgages, on page sa5 wh ,i ~
mortgage was duly sold and ASSIGNED NV ssid
f aealy t to Sohn Cook on July -, 1885, and
sald assignment was on July FL 1882 at 2
oci0ck p. M. duly recorded in said Register
OF Deeds office in Book of morteaTes on
page E az, ana sald mortgage was by Frances
>: Cook, who became the owner thereof under
the last will and testament of John X, Cook.
deceased; duly sold and assigned to said
Ge9rge Healy, on February Is, 1882, and said
o'clock P. M, duly recorded in said Register
OF Deeds Office in Book of Mortgages on
P ae1 M ana no action or proceeding having
part thereof: "'
~ Nov therefore, notice is hereby given, that
uy virtue OF the power of sale contained in
saiu mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in
sucn case MADE and provided, the said mort
gage WIN ne ioreclosed by sale of the prem
| lscs described in AID conveyed by said mort
gage, viz: 1-''A'
The south west quarter and the west half of
the south east quarter, both of section thir-
teen, and the north half of the north west
| quarter of section twenty-four, all in town
ship one hundred and four north, of range
sixteen west IN Mower county, Minnesota,
which sale will be made by the Sheriff of said
Mower county, at the front door of the court
house. in the city of Austin in said county
aud state, on the 9th day of September, A. d.
1882 ut eleven O'Clock a. m, of that day ut
puolic vendue, to the highest bidder for cash,
| TO pay said debt and interest, and fifty dollars
atttorney's fees, and the disbursements al
| lowed by law. ~
Dated July oath, A. D. 1882.
! GEORGE. HEALY,
| Mortgage and Assignee.
ARTHUR l.. COVE, Attorney, Rochester, Mimi.
! iul
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
AUDITORS OFFICE. MOWER Co. /
AUSTIN, Mimi, July "a, 1882. {

AUDITORS OFFICE, MOWER Co.
AUSTIN, MIMI, July "a, 1882.
Board of County Commissioners of Now
er county met at County Auditors Office at
2:3O p. m. pursuant to law. Members
present, W. i. Nilsson, R. A. Donaldson,
H. G. Anderson and J. B. Graves.
On motion Board adjourned to the Court
Room.
On motion the petition of S. Emerson to
have the e1sseI 20-l0l-l7 set off from
Dist. 8, and have the same attached to and
made part Of school district IL, was this
day granted.
Petition of w. Seaborn and others for
rehearing of the change in school district
60 and l08, to attaching section 3l-l03-l5
to school district lG8, was adjourned to the
first Wednesday in January, 1883.
On motion the petition of Thomas Craig
to have the seAl8-l02-l7 set off from
school district % and have the same at
tached to and made part of school district
q, was this day granted.
On motion the petition Of John Muncy
to have the se1426-lo4-l7 set off from
school district 81, and have the same at
tached to and made part Of school dis
trict 80, was this day granted.
On motion the petition Of w. Bryons to
have the nw14 l7-l02-l4 set off from school
district IS and have the same attached to
and made part Of school district 05, was
this day granted.
The petition Of F. Green to have the sw
L241Q4-l4 set off from school district "a
and have the same attached to and made a
part Of school district l26, joint, was this
day received, and County Auditor instruct
ed to correspond with Auditor of Fillmore
county, and set dav of hearing.
On motion Board adjourned until a. m.
July 25, 1882.
8 o'clock a. m. July rs.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Members present, W. B. Nilsson, II. c..
Anderson, j. B. Graves, r. A. Donaldson
and Oscar Ayers.
/ Commissioners Graves and Donaldson
were appointed committee to settle with
Treasurer.
On motion the action Of the Board Aug.
%, 81, rejecting certain bills-witness fees
in Riley case-was reconsidered.
Whereas. by the decision Of Chief JUS
tice Gill6llan, 81 MINI. 459, it appears
that witnesses on the part of the State in
criminal cases are entitled to fees. There
fore resolved, that the following bills be
allowed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02
ONE of the most extraordinary sacra-

ONE of the most extraordinary sacra-
mental services ever held in Kentuc ky
was that in which thirty three convicts in
the penitentiary were baptized by INNER
sion. The ''Mountain Evangelist"
Barnes, had been preaching to the prison
ers with such effect that these thirtythree
protested conversion. They preferred to
testify their faith and repentance by being
baptized by immersion. There being no
law of Kentucky against baptizing con-
victs in this way, the consent of the peni-
Tertiary authorities was granted. The
whole company was sent to the river in
wagons, as there was no baptistry in the
prison. Each wagon was furnished with
an armed guard, ready to put bullets
into any of the converts who should
manifest a desire to get away But there
was no effort to escape. The converts
all behaved admirably.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02

urer upon the presentation of such esti-
mates.
On motion the following named persons:
were selected to serve as Jurors in place Of
those who were retired by reason of hav-
ing served as jurors at the last term Of
Court, and whose names have been struck
from the original jury list now on file with
the Clerk of the District Court, Mower
county, 10th Judicial District.
FOR GRAND JURY.
City of Austin-E. e. Dorr, 4. Dunkelmann.
Austin-W H. Officer.
Lansing-H. M. Mcintyre, Frank Brand and
E. Fl. Wells
Grand Meadow-F. Remington, D. Dickens
Racine-D r. Clement.
Pleasant Vallcy-L. S. Bates.
Udolpho-B. E. Stimson, F. heller.
LIE Roy-John Hopp. R. shutz. W. L. Prosser.
Clayton-S. Shearer.
Bennington-Wm. Beach. z. B. Cox.
FOR PETIT JURORS
City of Austin-J. schwau, Chas. johnson. PEI
er Haley.
Lansing-P. ID. Vaughan.
Austin-Eaton Officer
Lyle-Wm. Stanley, J. o. Myher.
Nevada.-John Jacobson, Ole Sampson.
Wlndom-J. Walker, NJ. F. Miner, T. Harmon.
Marshall-P. Olson.
Frankford-Wm. Harper, R. F. Eugle.
Grand Meadow-J. Joyce.
Kacinc-Geo. Correll, W. F. Glover.
Pleasant Valley-T. o. Goldberg.
Udolpho-B. CARL, P. Setter. G. 8. butcher.
Dexter-W. K. Payne. J. E. Peters.
Red Rock-E. w. Wilder.
Waltham-Amos Colby, F. J. Hill.
lie Roy-Henry Mckee.
Lodi-Geo. Griffin, N. II. Miller.
On motion Board adjourned until 8 O..
clock a. m. July q, 1852.
8 q. m. July 81, 1882.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Members present, MitsoD, Donaldson
and Graves.
On motion the following bills were al
lowed:
R; A. Donaldson. com'r fees~..........~..s.74 4
). B. Graves, " " ::::..:::..:::...:.: IS q
On motion Board adjourned, sine die.
w. B. MIrsoS,
Chm BID. Co. Com.
Attest: H. w. ELNs,
County Auditor.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default has been made in the payment Of
the sum of two hundred and forty dollars
which is claimed 10 be due at the date OF this
ed and delivered by Dwight Weller and
Amanda Weller his wife to Pratt Roberts
bearing date the Sd day of February A. D.
1880, and duly recorded in the Office of the
Register Of Deeds, in aud for the county of
Mower and state of Minnesota, on the lst day
81 %o Mare9 a; p; 1sso at sa5 O'clock p m' in
Said mortgage is conditioned that if default
be made in any OF the provisions therein con-
tanned, 1t shall be lawful for said mortgagee,
amount thereof TO be due, and pursuant to
said conditions, the whole amount secured by
! said mortgage remaining unpaid, to-wit: the
sum of seventeen hundred and seventy-six
dollars, is hereby declared to be due, and the
SAD sum IS claimed to be due at the date OF
this notice:
erwise having been instituted to recover the
debt secured by said mortgage, or any part
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, That
by virtue OF power of sale cnntained in said
! mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided, the said mortgage
! will be foreclOsed, and the premises described
In and covered by said mortgage, viz:
The northwest quarter of tho northeast
quarter OF section ten (1O) and the southwest
quarter of the northeast quarter and the
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter
and the northeast quarter of the south west
quarter Of the northwest quarter and the
| SOOCu>udll VI Iuc SOuCu.WCSL QuArCer OF the
| northwest quarter of section eleven lD ex-
! cept piece in the last above described tract
sixteen Q6) rods north and south and eigh-
teen 0S) rods east and west owned by O. c.
LaBar all of said land being in township one
hundred and three U03) north, and of range
eighteen Qs) west and containing 148 2-10acres
in Mower County, and state of Minnesota,
with the hereditaments and appurtenances,
| Will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash, to pay said debt and interest,
and the taxes, If any. on said premises, and
| g to6 IL,
! and by said mortgage, in case of foreclosure,
and the disbursements allowed by law; which
sale will be made by the sheriff of said Mower
in the city of Austin in said county and state,
on the 9th day of September, A. D. 1882, al
ten O'clock a. m, Of that day, subject to re-
| the day of sale. as provided by law.
Dated at Austin, Minn., July 25th, A D. 1882
| CHARLES w. ROBERTS,
! Executor of the will of Pratt Roberts, deceased
OkMANZO ALLEN, Attorney for executor
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02
.HERIFFS SALE.

By virtue of an execution issued out of the
District Court for the Tenth Judicial District
in and for the county of Mower and State of
Minnesota, upon a Judgment issued and dock
eted in said Court on the 18th day of Febru-
airy, A. D.. 1881, IN a certain action wherein C.
Au!tman & Go: was P!aiptitf and G. N: Con-
PENDANTS, in favor of said Plaintiff and
against said Defendants, for the sum Of eight
hundred and ffty-eight dollars and thirty
cents ($S5s 30-10O, have on the 18th day Of
July, A. D., 1882, levied upon the following de-
scribed real estate, viz:
The south half GA) Of the northeast quarter
~ of section number thirty (30), in township
number one hundred and two (l02) north, Of
range number seventeen 90 west, situated in
the town of Window, county of Mower and
State of Minnesota-as the property of the
Defendant, G. N. Conkey; and will sell the
same, or 80 much thereof as may be necess-
airy to satisfy said execution and costs, at the
front door of the Court House, in the city OF
Austin, in the county and State aforesaid, on
Saturday, the I'd day of September, A. D.,
1892, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. of that day.
Dated July l4th, A. D., 1852.
H. B. COREY, Sheriff Mower County, MINI.
D. B: JOHNSON, JR., Attorney for Plaintiff.
iulyl9-7t
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02
BLUE EARTH county has held mass

BLUE EARTH county has held mass
convention in favor of constitutional
prohibition. There was fair attendance,
and good degree Of interest. The OBJ
ject of the temperance people now is to
secure legislature which will pass bill
allowing the people to vote on consti-
tutional amendment prohibiting the man
ufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquors.
There is much to be said in favor of this
plan. To.it no one can object; for it is
the right and privilege of the people to
say whether or not this state shall keep
pace with Iowa and Kansas in the march
of progress. What will the people of
Mower county do this fall? Will they
not take hand in this work and help it
On2
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02

On motion Board adjourned until
Wednesday, July Goth, at 10. o'clock A. M
TO- NJ, July 26, 1882.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Members present-Mitson, Ayers, Graves,
and Donaldson.
On motion, Resoloed, that the property
known as Engle's Mill in the City of Aus.
tin, and described, commencing in the
center of Water street, 40 feet east of the
E. side of the W: abutment of Bridge,
thence running east 10 rods, south 10 rods,
west 20 rods, north 10 rods, east 10 rods
to the place of beginning, in the M, s WI,
N WI, Sec 2, Town 1O2, Range 18, be
raised from $1O,O00 to SIS, 900. Carried.
On motion, the item of structures on
lots 2 and 8, block 1, Bolcom's addition
to village of Austin was reduced four hun
dred dollars.
On motion, the item of wagons, asses
sed to Austin, Tomlinson & Webster Mfg.
Co., in the City of Austin, was reduced
four hundred dollars. t@
On motion the item of structures on the
WI lot s, block rs, Proprietor's Addition
village of Grand Meadow, was reduced
one hundred dollars. i, r.,
On motion, Board adjourned sine dec.
ss# =ls w. B. MrTsoN,
Chairman County Commissioners. Is
Attest: 81. w. ELMs, County Auditor.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02

0TATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY
~ OF MOWER, So. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the Estate OF Robert ia
cobsOn, deceased:
On reading and fling the petition Of Chris
tene jacobson, OF said State, representing
among other things. that Robert jacobson,
late Of Austin. in said county, on the elst day
ana being 9 resident Of this county ct the
estat within this county, and that the said
petitioner is the widow Of said deceased, and
praying that administration of said estate be
to C. NJ. Fernald granted, it is ordered that
said petition be heard before the Judge of
this Court, on Monday, the 7th day Of August,
A. D., 1882, at 10 o'clock a. M, at the, Probate
Office In said county:
en- to the heirs of said deceased, and to all
persons interested. by publishing copy of
this order for three successive weeks, priorto
said day Of hearing, in the MOWER COUNTY
TRANSCRIPT, q weekly newspaper. printed
and published at AUSTIN, in said county.
Dated Ct Austin. Mimi, the sth day Of July,
"A, D., 1852. -
julyl94t ... Judge OF Probate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default has been made in the payment Of
the sum Of fifty dollars, interest, which is
Go 1e une aar rs At te
ecuted and delivered by Priscilla A. Liver
more, widow, and Florence z: Livermore,
the tirst day Of December, A. D., 1880, and du-
" recorded in the office of the Register of
Deeds in and for the county Of Mower and
her, A. D.. 1880, at clock p. NJ, in Book ''Y''
was, on the 18th day Of November, A. D., 1881,
duly assigned and transferred by the said
Lydia NJ. Moss to- Luther HOLSTER, and said
assignment was duly recorded in the Office of
the Register OF Deeds aforesaid, on the 2lst
mortgages, on page SO. Said mortgage is con-
ditioned that it default be made in any of the
provisions therein contained, it shall be law
ful Tor said mOrtgagee, her assigns or attOr-
ney. to declare the whole amount thereof to
be due, and pursuant to said conditions, the
whole amount secured by said mortgage re-
dred eighty-t three and 63-lOO dollars, is hereby
declared to be due, and the said sum is claim
ed to be due at the date of this notice; and no
action or proceeding at law or otherwise hav-
ing been instituted to recover the debt secur-
ed by said mortgage, or any part thereof,
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given, that
mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided, the said mortgage
will be foreclosed. aud the premises describ-
ed in and covered by said mortgage, viz:
The South half of the Southeast quarter of
Section number thirteen, Q3) in township num-
Der one hundred and three, (1O3) North, OF
! Range number seventeen. % West, in Mower
county. and State of Minnesota, with the
hereditaments and appurtenances, win be
sold at public auction, to the highest bidder
| for cash, to pay said debt and interest, and
! the taxes. if any, on said premises, and twen-
| ty-fvc dollars attorneys fee, as stipulated in
and by said mortgage in case of foreclosure,
and the disbursements allowed by law: which
! sale will be made by the Sheriff of said Now
er county,, at the front door of the Court
House, in the city of Austin, in said county
and State, on Saturday, the I'd day of Septem-
Der, A. D., 1852. at 10 o clock a. m of that day,
| subject to redemption at any time within one
year from the day of sale, as provided by law.
1882. LUTHER H0LLIsTER.
July12-1t Assignee of Mortgagee
D. r. JOHNSON, Jr.. Atty for Mortgagee.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02
Ingratitude of Politicians.

No sooner is statesman or legislator
superseded by another than it is discov-
cred by some of the worlds most pene-
trating minds that he never did anything
of particular merit. While he is per-
forming his duty and striving to meet the
demands of his constituents, no COM
plant is made of his mediocrity or mac
tivity; but when he is deposed and ought
to retire to private life with the gratitude
of the people, he is too often reminded
that he has introduced no wonderful
measures and that he will not be missed.
Roscoe Conkling was for many years the
staunchest pillar of the Republican par
ty. When defeat cast its rays of gloom
over the party and the glorious fruits of
the war were being transmitted into the
decay of Democracy his voice of elo.
quence was heard all over the land. No
one then doubted that he was accom-
plishing good work. 1t did not then
seem so easy matter to vote correctly
on questions of tariff and finance. But
Conkling resigned. His return to the
life of private citizen was the .revela-
tion of his weakness as a statesman. We
were Immediately told that he knew
nothing of finance; that he had been the
father Of no great bill; the instigator of
no needed reform. This was his thanks
for his labor. We care not to discuss the
correctness of his convictions. To them
he was true, and for his loyalty all his
past record was ignored. So with Gar
field. Since his death numerous letters
have appeared in print to prove that he
was no general, of ordinary talents, and,
withal, q, jealous, cavilling man. Hon.
Mark II. Dunnell is no exception. He,
too, is relegated to. private life with the
newspaper declarations that his place
will be easily filed for he has really done
nothing worthy of note. 1t is true that
be has accommodated his constituents
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02
Proceedings of Board of Equalization of
Mower County.

AUDITORS OFFICE, MOWER COUNTY,
Austin, MIMI, July II, 1882
The Board of County Commissioners
Of Mower County met at the Auditors
office as a Board of Equalization Pur-
suant to Law.
Members present-W. B. Nilsson, O.
Ayers, J. B. Graves and r. A. Donaldson,
who, with H. w. Elms, County Auditor,
were duly sworn as a County Board of
Equalization by S. Swenningsen, Clerk of
District Court.
On motion, Board adjourned to the
Court Room.
The Assessment Rolls of the County of
Mower for the year 1882 were produced,
and the Board proceeded to compare the
same, and ascertain if the various foot
ingS were correct.
On motion, Board adjourned until A.
NJ, July 1S.
ga. NJ, July 10, 1882.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Members all present, H. G. Anderson
having appeared and taken the proper
oath.
Board proceeded to examine Assess
ment Rolls and find the average of diff
ferent Towns.
On motion, Board adjourned until
P. NJ.
Z. NJ. Ouly 10.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Members all present.
The average was found on the follow
ing personal property of the county as
assessed by the different assessors in each
of the towns and villages: Horses, cattle,
cows, mules and asses, sheep, hogs,
wagons, sewing machines, watches and
clocks, melodeons and organs.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolred, that Lots 1, 4, 6, 7, 10 and II,
Block 3, G. H. Aliens Addition to Viii
lage of Grand Meadow, be reduced 60 per
cent, and lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8.
and 10, Block 4, same addition, be reduced
10 per cent.
On motion, the following Resolution
was adopted: Resoicsd, that the follow
ing items of Personal Property in the
County of Mower be made to average as
follows: