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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-23

UutVfI, NJ S'tyN. VI
aer ,u....red greatly from poor di-
gestiOn and general debility. She was always
complaining of .,cr liver, and hor bowels of.
.en panied her greatly. She was very weak
Thought her bottle of Browns Iron Bitters,
and she says, 1T goes right to the spot, elf.
ford She has greatly improved since using
this excellent medicine"
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THE remains Of the De Long ex.
ploration party we're recently found
in the Arctic regions buried in snow.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-23
His name IS WAKEFIELD.
First Convention of the New Con.
gressional District.
The Most Harmonious Gathering Of Peo-
pie Ever Before Assembled in
the State.
Who. were Unanimous I'm the Nomination
of the Hon. James Ii. Wakefield
for Congress

Promptly as the clock struck
twelve last Wednesday noon, Mr.. +.
=. Freeman, chairman of the Con-
gressional Committee. called the large
body of delegates, who had assembled
to form the first Convention in the
new Second District, TO order, and
read the call.
MIR. G. G. Goodnow, of Pipestone
county, nominated Col. b. +. Smith,
of Blue Earth county, as temporary
chairman, and C. ii. Smith, of Cot
tonwood county nominated c. A.
Bennett, of Granite Falls, as tempo.
rary secretary. Subsequent to this
a committee on credentials and resO-
buttons were appointed by the chair.
when, upon motion, the temporary Of
ficers of the convention were elected
rs permanent.
The committee on credentials were:
f. b. Collister, C. c. GoOdnow. o. r
Turrell, S. ID. Peterson and 81
Child, who retired to an ante-rct
and soon returned and reporte!.,
follows:
Mr.. President: Your commit,
beg leave to report that they find the
following named delegates entitled to
Se.,s in this convention, and also re.
port that inasmuch as a full
delegation from certain counties are
not present, your committee would
recommend that delegates present be
entitled to cast the full vote of their
county.
Following is list of the delegates
from the various counties in the Dis
trict
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estIo7 30.
by tn T.. .. lad.
Judge ol Probate of Blue Earth Co, MINI.
Dated at MankatO, the 2lst day of June, A,
ID. 1892
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FoiipNiHS u a llSI VI GIlO uClCSuICo
from the various counties i'm the Dis
trict:
BLUE EARTH
T. Z Freeman DIR. u ii Herring
T. Bradley Richard Wigley
& Kcysor + s Warner
l. = Hunt L Latin
A II PresneIl CG Spaulding
l. q NJ Fletcher" John Johnson
Il + Smith Andrew Tweed
BROWN
y ID Peterson II Constance
Joseph Bobletter II q Eaton
Ed Paulsun Huns Mo
A Blanchard
COTTONWOOD
A T. Woodruff John Clark
} q Redding
FARIBAULT
sPChilds BFGoodwin
+ Brown jill Welch
Il Hill + West
4 Probert Hans GilbertsOn
JACKSON
J Il Smith A Fiddes
Henry kuutsOn Wv King
Lac QUI PARLE
Chas Halverson II Larson
NJ & Chamberlain
LYON
A d Davidson RE Town
Z + Case A A Farmer
John Larson
LIE sUEUR
Frank Towsley BIC Hughes
J NJ Farmer f X Smith
l. Quackenbush Geo Case
Il VI Reancy
LINCOLN
Thos George AG Graham
A II Barnard SIN Morse
MARTIN
Col. Jas McHench EFF Wade
Z IL Billiard q Gummeson
j B Barnes
MURRAY
W NJ Davis BIZ Whitney
Ed McMullen b NJ Low
NICOLLET
VIM Schimmel CRDavis
w Bean w l. Couplin
e Amundson Isaac Lundeen
MOBILES
C II Smith Isl Nelson
q W Wilson 4 + Miller
PIPEsToNE
&C Goodnow Root Scarf
REDWOOD
o b Turrel HDChollar
He Ackman CIV Tiffany
+ BeDal
co Halves Reynolds
L Rice
SHELLEY
G Klinkert Groetsch
J L Slower John Glib
Jacob Frankenfield
wAsECA
&c Trobridge Fred Bettener
T. B Collister Saml HOdgkins
A J Lohcrn Joseph hinges
ii ID Cameron A Nelson
wATONwAN
A NJ Melmrose Thos TorsOn
&c Sanborn ID ii Larson
YELLOW MEDICINE
John Swenson Arnett
w ii Lynn
The committee ON resolutions was
composed of:
LIP. Hunt-Blue Earth County,
BIC. SanbOrn-WatOnwan,
w. l.. COupln-Nicollet,
J. ii. Welch--Faribault,
CT. Case--Lyon,
While this committee was perfect.
ing its report, motion was offered
by f. 7. Freeman that Congress
sional Committee composed OF one
member from each county in the dis
trict, he selected by the respective
county delegates present and that
the chairman of that commit
tee be- given. through courtesy,
to Faribault county. The motion
prevailed and the delegations grouped
to make their selections, which were
rs follows:
Blue Earth-L. q. NJ. Fletcher.
BroVn-JOseph Bobletter.
t1tionWood-John Hutton.
Earibdnit-H. j. Neal, Chairman.
JdckSon-Alex. Fiddes.
Lac qai Pdrie-H. A. Larson.
Lyon A. ID. Davidson.
lie SHsur-L Quackenbush.
Lincoin--C NJ. Morse.
Mirtin-Frank A. Day.
MuyTdy-B. II. Whitney.
NicoHet-C. AmundsOn.
NoLies-A. NJ. Crosby.
Tpsstons-I l.. Hart.
Reoi,oood-W Z. bennington.
Rock--N. X. Reynolds.
Mbiey-J. Z. Kirby.
pa~ca-W. G. Ward.
Wotoanan-Geo. r. johnson.
FELTON, Medicine-John SwensOn.
The committee on resolutions then
the following, which were
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The committee returning, Mr..
Wakefield was intsoduced by NJ
Freeman in a few we'll chosen .Horuo,
whereupon our next Congressman
addressed the convention with
much feeling, as follows:
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AmbOy Correspondence,

Amboy is going to celebrate the 4th
of July, and don't you forget it. The
"'ti"' have raised fifty dollars to pay
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The candidate nominated by such
an overwhelming vote of the Repub
licans of the Second District was
tremendously applauded at the close
of his address, and the convention
adjourned after having been in ses-
sion for little more than one and Il
half hours-quick work and a most
gratifying "walkaway for Wake
field" .
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q committee on arrange
,at they are going TO have
n purses, foot racing,
music by the band,
ng, fireworks, and in
lsually had on such &C.
hole will conclude with
Davis opera house.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12
GENERAL.

There is splendid sleighing in some
parts of Maine
1t is said that fourteen out of every
twenty Americans carry watch.
John Adams and his friend John
Marston, it is said, dined together every
Saturday for nearly thirty years on boil
ed Goldfish.
After tscareer" of more than fifty
years, the New York stages are rapidly
disappearing before surface and elevated
railway cars. The first stage seen in
the city was that which began on June
9, 1880, to make hourly trips between
Wall and Blocker streets.
A combined effort is being made by
sportsmen in Massachusetts, to increase
the feathered game in the western part
of the State. Large quantities of. wild
rice have been planted; wild celery has
been placed in the rivers and ponds for
ducks to feed upon, and 500 young quail
have been let loose on fields previously
prepared for them.
-Thirty-two years ago. when Mary
Ward, of Middletown, N. Y, was only
five years of age, an elder sister forced
two watermelon seeds into her ear. One
of them was extracted soon after the
occurrence. An annoyance in Mrs.
Wards ear few days ago caused her
to insert a pin into it, which produced
the remaining seed, we'll preserved. She
says she will plant it.
Since 1865 Tennessee has acquired
nearly 100000 additional population,
and has made crops every year of an
average annual net profit of $27 500, 900.
Since 1860 Memphis, in spite of the war
and three epidemics, has grown from
$4,000 to $4,000, while Nashville has
crept up from II, 900 population to 49,
900. The growth of Chattanooga,
Knoxville, and other towns has been at
pro portionate rates.
Samuel Smith and his wife, of Man.
hasset, Long Island, have been married
ten years. and are parents of six chill
dren. Mrs. Smith has been an invalid
for the last six months, and has been so
i'll at times that she was not expected to
live. She had dread of leaving her
children, lest they would not be prop
erly cared for after her death, and 50
she desired that her younger sister and
her husband should be married before
her death. They entered into a mutual
agreement that in case Mrs. rmith
should die they would become man and
wife. This did not satisfy the sick
woman and to pacify her they were
married. Since the marriage Mrs.
Smith No. l has 50 far recovered to be
able to leave her bed, and she bids fair
to live for some time. Smith and his
wives are now living happily under the
same roof.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12

tory. Why was Mr.. Taden cheated out
of the Presidency, to which he had been
so overwhelmingly elected? Because the
Rings. .monopo1ies and favored inter-
ests which had grown up around the
general Government under the theory of
implied powers, dreaded the application
of the Jeffersonian rule to their cases,
and foresaw that Mr.. Tilden would cut
them loose from their customary sup
ports and compel them to stand or fall
without any artificial advantage over
the rest of their countrymen. What
would have been the result had not the
Federalist Republicans thrust their
standing army between MIR. Tilden and
the office to which the people had elect
ed him, must remain forever matter of
conjecture.
These are some of the reasons why
we have usually given our aid to the
Democratic side since the development
of Grantism. But if we thought there
was no difference of principle between
the two parties we should not concern
ourselves with the success or failure of
either.--N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12
PITH AND POINT.

1t is easier to return thanks than
borrowed Noney.-Boston Transcript.
Struggled roofs shed water and
shingled boys are apt to shed tears
Waterloo Observer.
Want to know how to tell the most
stylish dress! Get in o crowd, and
mark the one that all the women turn
up their noses at Salem Sunbeam.
See the light overcoat. The Young
has been saving up his Money to buy
Wheat, and cannot afford to get warm
Coat. Some day, perhaps, he will drop
on himself.-Mic0go Tribune Primer.
"A Connecticut weekly paper let a
certain mans subscription run as an
experiment, and after the paper had
been mailed to him regularly for thirty
six wears he came in with two pump
kins and bushel of potatoes and bal
anced the account without a SMILE
Detroit Free Press.
An editor in this State says: 1--WE
need 1000 before the first of January"
1t is a queer announcement for an edi-
tor to make; but if he intends to make
his wife Christmas present he should
have the money. We suppose he might
give her a twenty-five dollar patent
medicine order, but editors wives don't
appreciate such presents.-Norristown
Herald.
When an Indian baby is born the
"medicine man" looks out of the door,
and the first object he sees furnishes
the child's name. II this rule were fol-
lowed in Hackensack, most of the chill
dren would be called 'Bad Sidewalks"
Observation-Disclosures" "Boy-
with-a- cigarette, or Stick-in-the-
mud. "-Rackensack Republican.
Baby and in the weary night
Are taking Il walk for his delight;
drowsily stumble DER stool and chair
And clasp the babe with grim despair,
For he's got the collie
And paregoric
Don't seem to ease my squaling heir.
Baby and I in the morning gray
Are gripping and S9uailing and walking away
The TRES gone out and nearly freeze
There's a smell of peppermint on the breeze.
Then mamma wakes
And baby takes
And SAYS, "Now cook the breakfast, please"
-DenCer Tribune Primer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12
Another victim RI tho nra of;oo n.

Another victim to the practice OF
practical joking has. paid for his credul-
lty with his life. The other day, as the
French bark Felix was approaching the
port of Marseilles under easy sail.
negro belonging to the crew suddenly
clambered upon the bulwarks and
plunged into the sea. Although the
vessel was promptly hove to and a boat
put out in search of the unfortunate
man, who was known to be powerful
swimmer, all the efforts made to rescue
him proved frlitless. Inquiry among
the crew respecting the motives of his
suicide resulted in the following pain
full revelation. He had shipped at
Mozambique as an able seaman, and his
shipmates, learning that he had never
before made voyage to France, agreed
to persuade him hat human flesh of the
negro variety is so highly relished bv
wealthy Frenchmen of the present day
that he could not fail, upon arriving at
Marseilles, to be roasted and eaten.
Their plot proved only too successful.
The conviction that he was destined to
figure as comestible at some Marseilles
restaurant preyed upon his mind to such
an extent that he resolved to die by his
own act rather than encounter the fate
awaiting him in port. This determina-
ton he made known to the authors of
the hoax, but they nevertheless kent nm
their jest until the Felix sighted Mar
settles, when the wretched negro. he
lieving himself irrevocably doomed to
suffer death within few hours, drowned
himself. His tormentors are in nr;son
and likely to pay dearly for their joke.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12
Tearing Up a Forest.

The largest and most mysterious ex-
plosion of nitro-glycerine ever recorded
in the oil regions occurred near Kinzua
junction to-day. The Roberts maya
zine at that point contained 1900 pounds
of the explosive. This morning two
shooters went to it for four cans of
glycerine. They noticed that the cans
on the top were smoking, and departed
in haste, fearing an explosion. They
made three visits to the place within an
hour, and telegraphed to the company
that their magazine was about to ex-
plode. About noon the magazine was
blown up. This is the first case of
combustion in glycerine magazine on
record. The men at distance of near
ly mile saw the explosion and the
shock was terrible. A forest covering
nearly three acres was splintered. The
earth trembled as if shaken by an
earthquake, the shock being felt in
Bradford. AT Kinzua houses were
shaken, windows broken, and other
damage done.-Braltord (Pa) Cor.
Philadelphia Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12
Is One Party Better Than Another!

We are frequently told. by persons
never troubled with political convictions,
that there is really no difference in prin-
ciple between the two parties which
make the politics of the country. Mr..
John Sherman is reported to have re-
Gently declared, while looking after his
Ohio fences, that this strife was all a
sham; it was merely contest for office;
there was no principle at stake. Yet
MIR. Sherman, who makes this eXtraordi-
nary confession, is the same who engin-
eered the Fraud of 1876, to keep the
Democrats out of the power they had
fairly won, and who openly said from
his place i'm the Senate that anything
was right which would prevent the OPP
posing party from gaining control of the
Government.
To those who agreed with MIR. Sher-
man in this opinion, one which has been
thOughtlessly expressed by many NOR
ally better men than he, it must be a
matter of small moment what party is
uppermoSt. General Arthur, for in
stance, being personally honest
and respectable man, would, in the eyes
of such people, make just as good a
President as Mr.. Tilden. On the other
hand. prudent citizens who believe that
the doctrine and policy of one party
make the peace and prosperity of the
country, and that those of the other do
not, might consider the elevation to the
Presidency of any man opposed to their
party great public calamity, even
while feeling the most profound respect
for his personal character.
The Democratic party processes to-
day the principles upon which that par
ty was founded at the foundation of the
Government. They were formulated by
Mr.. Jefferson, and maintained in prac-
6ce through the twenty-four years of
Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. They
are all based upon the great principles
of strict construction. That leads log
,ica1iy and inevitably to a simple. pure
and inexpensive Government. confined
d. to few objects and administered by a
few servants. The opposite doctrine of
implied powers. ignoring the Tenth
Amendment, has been protested
by the opposition to the De-
mocracy from the earliest to
the latest trial of strength between
them. 1t tends to wipe out the States
by continually trenching on local pow
er; to consolidation, Imperialism. SPLEEN
dor, extravaganza; a multiplication of
office-holders, and ever Increasing tax
alton to keep pace with increasing ex-
penditures. That these are still the I'M
DERIVING and animatlng principles of the
= two parties is shown by very recent his
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-Gun-cotton is made by dipping the
fber into strong nitrous acid.
The adoption of the metric system
by mechanics is said to be productive of
much finer work.
Sea water contains about two per
cent. of salt, while the water of Great
Salt Lake has twenty-five per cent.
Experiments in Mississippi are held
10 prove that cotton-seed oil, for frying
purposes, is superior to lard, there being
no rancidness, burning or blackening.
Lady Anne Blunt says that the
Arabs Judge of the wholesomeness of
water by the presence or absence of in
sects in it, as perfectly clear water with
out animal life is sure to be noxious.
An electric signal apparatus on
French railway causes the blowing of a
steam whistle upon locomotive ap-
preaching danger signal. The engi-
neer is thus warned. This apparatus is
found valuable in fogs and storms, when
ordinary signals often escape notice.
"A boat destined to be propelled
by electricity has just been completed in
France. The owner, M. Teller, intends
to launch it at Boulogne, and to cross in it
to Folkestone, in company with friend.
The boat is about 18 feet long by about
/ 1-2 feet wide.
The following method of piercing
glass for optical and other work is rec
commended: The boring instrument is
heated to a white heat, and is then
plunged into a mercury bath, by which
operation it acquires extraordinary
durability. By liberal application Of
a solution of camphor in spirit of tur-
pentine to the glass, the instrument will
pierce it as easily as though it were
wood.
Prof. Hutchinson has, in one of his
lectures, mentioned very interesting
fact ascertained in Berlin. Among Ro-
man Catholics, who prohibit marriages
between persons who are near blood
relatives, the proportion of deaf mutes
is in 5000: among Protestants, who
look on such marriages as permissible,
the proportion is in 5, 200, while among
Jews, who encourage intermarriage
with blood relations, the deaf mutes are
l in 400.
Sir Herbert Christison, the great
Scotch chemist, has made some curious
observations on the effects of a cold, wet
season in diminishing the normal
growth of trees. He makes out on care.
full measurements that, comparing 1879
with 1873, eleven deciduous trees-not
oaks-made on an average forty-one per
cent. less growth in last year than in
the year before. Of seventeen pine
trees, the average deficiency was twenty
per cent, and of seven oaks the def
cheney was ten per cent, so that heat
appears to have more to do with the
making even of wood than moisture has.
1t is strange that the growth of the oak,
which drops its leaves, seems less de-
pendent on heat than that of the pine,
which we usually associate with very
cold regions; but, perhaps, it need not
be the tree which is most stunted by
cold which is most easily killed by it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12

Mrs. Rebecca Solomon, a San Fran
cisco lady. died recently of pvam;a
resulting from the bite OF an insect on
her upper lip. The insect is supposed
to have been feeding on some diseased
animal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12
Our Young Folks.
GOOD COMPANY.

GOOD COMPANY.
IN Try!" is soldier,
81 Will" is q King;
Be sure they are near
When the SCHOOLGIRLS ring.
When school-days are over
And boys are men,
III Try and WIZ
Are good friends then.
-Hdr'per's Young IsOp5e.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12
A band of outlaws raided the town

A band of outlaws raided the town
of Bullion. in Idaho, some days ago, and
held undisputed possession of the whole
place for. several hours. One of the
first places that Bill Kearney, the leader
of the gang, entered was the office of
the Gold and Silver Mining Company,
where he ordered Fl. Stevenson, the
bookkeeper, at the end of a revolver, to
draw check for $1,000 in his favor.
Stevenson obeyed, but when kearney
laid his pistol down and began to fold
up the check, Stevenson seized the PTS
toll quick as flash, leveled it at Rear
ney, and ordered him to return the
check. Kearney had no alternative but
to comply, and left the place very crest,
fallen, nor was Stevenson disturbed
again.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12

OF 254 samples of victuals lately
analyzed by the Berlin authorities
forty-four proved adulterated. Green
tea was dyed and mixed with flowers OF
hay. cocoa with potato and corn flour.
There will be more rigorous penalties
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12

The Shah of Persia pays his barber
So, 900 per year.