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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27
EXECUTION SALE.

by virtue of an execution issued out of and
ID under the seal of the District Court for the
Sixth Judicial District, I'm the county Of Blue
Earth, State of Minnesota, dated the 26th day
Of January, A. ID. 1852. to me directed and deliv-
cred, upon u judgment dOcketed In said Dist
riot Court on the 18th day OF December, 1881,
between j. II. Arnold, plaintiff, and Jens Jen-
$4,000 t3l SU dollars, and two and lO-l00 q. 10y
dollars Costs incurred thereon since judgment
In favor of said plaintiff, and against said de-
fen ant, did, ON the 10Th day Of January, A.
ID. 1882, seize and levy upon the following de-
scribed real estate, the property Of and be-
longing to said defendant. Jens Jensen, situ-
ated, living and being In Blue Earth county,
Minnesota, to-wtt Lot No. three (3), and the
south half % of lot No four ~ In Block No.
according to the survey and plat thereof made
by John Lilly, which plat is on file In the Office
OF the Register Of Deeds of said county.
Therefore, notice IL hereby given that by
virtue of said execution, seizure and levy and
of the statute In such case made and prOvid-
ed, will offer for sale and will sell the above
described real estate, together with the here
ing, and all the right title and interest of the
said defendant, Jens Jensen, in and thereto,
or so much thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy said execution, interest and costs, at
public auction to the highest bidder for cash,
at the outside front door of the Office Of the
Register Of Deeds, I'm the city of Mankato, in
said Blue Earth County. Minnesota, on Satur-
O'clock in tho forenoon of that day.
Dated MankatO, January 18th, 1882.
GEORGE w. MONKS,
Sheriff of Blue Earth County, MINI.
w. j.. Coon,
Plaintiffs Attorney 3lwc
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

Mr.. FARwELL, of Illinois, intro.
duced bill for the consideration of
Congress that provides for the publ
cation by every pension agent, on or
about the first day of January, in a
newspaper having general circulation
in the county, complete list of per.
sons drawing pensions at that office.
1t also provides that the Commits
sioner of Pensions shall cause to be
published at the beginning of each
year in the same manner a complete
list of all pension cases pending, and
all cases rejected, the list of rejected
cases not to include any passed upon
before this act beome a law. The
provision is good one and should
meet with appreciation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

JUDGE Cox recOnsidered his ruling
in regard to allowing Guiteau the
privilege of pleading to the jury in
his own behalf, and OF Saturday the
villain read from manuscript his
ludicrous ard artificially prepared
document. 1t was simply a rehash
of what the public has already been
given-that the atrocious deed of
which he is guilty was inspired by
Deity, and that therefore he cannot
be held accountable for the perpetra.
ton of the crime of murderer-the
most damnable and cold-blooded one
ever accomplished in this age. 1t is
to be regretted and greatly deplored
that Judge Cox should have allowed
this unprecedented procedure. The
bare idea Of allowing a prisoner,
guilty of preparation the most he
NOUS crime on record, to plead to
the bar of justice for immunity, is
revolving in the extreme to the
American people. 1t has never been
done before, and for the sake of de.
cency 1t is to be hoped it may never
occur again.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27
Mapleton.

There has been no new Development
in the mill trade. Mr.. Nelson intends
taking it back again.
Miss Amelia Josten, of Bangor, Wis,
is visiting Mr.. Spauldlng and DR.
Bishops people.
Elder Howe is still holding revival
meetings. Elder Crimson is at Good
Thunder.
The misunderstanding between the
Baptists and Methodists has been settled
Methodists are still worshipping in the
church.
Mr.. James Taylor is learning tele-
graphy. A wire has been strung from
the depot to the post Office for that pur.
pose.
Another saloon has been licensed
which will occupy Mr.. VOLTS building,
Last week we had law suit, involv-
ing a dog and two tons Of hay, which
was we'll mixed with anger.
MapIeton can run more meetings OF
all kinds at the same time than any
town of its size. Wednesday night
there were revival meetings, writing
school and literary entertainments, all
of which were equally attended. 1t
was only a sample of other evenings.
Mrs. avid" Davis is sick.
Mr.. Chancey Sanders intends leaving
his farm, and has, or contemplates &C.
cepting situation on train in Iowa.
Mrs. Follman, of Minnesota Lake,
visited our town one day this week.
Our merchants are buying very care
fully in view of hard times.
Our respected P. M, Mr.. Robert
Taylor, and two or more of his Scotch
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

THERE are so many conflicting re-
ports from Washington as respects
the bills of the physicians who at.
tended President Garfield during his
illness, that no reliance can be placed
upon any of them. The latest in
formation that reaches the confding
and much imposed upon public is to
the effect that no bills have been
presented to Congress by the doctors
and that they do not propose to pre-
sent any, preferring, rather, to rely
upon the generosity of Congress for
an allowance. If this be fact, and
taking into consideration the ease
with which Congress usually disposes
of matters Wherein nothing more
vital to the public interests Is at
stake than money, the surgeons and
physicians may rest assured that they
will be dealt with liberally-more so,
perhaps, than their own conscinces
would allow them to exact.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

EX-GOVERNOR Marshall, of st.
Paul has been appointed by the Secre-
tary of the Interior as special agent
to investigate the alleged land frauds
in the Duluth District. Ifreports be
anywhere near true as regards the
wholesale stealing of these lands,
Gov. Washburn is afforded an oppor-
tunity to redeem thousands of acres
of tillable soil that has been confis.
Gated by unprincipled spectators
under cover of the homestead act.
And by the way this homestead law
needs the prompt attention of Con-
gress. AS it stands there is entirely
too much room for its abuse, and that
misuse and abuse of it's intent and
purpose is being constantly practiced
is demonstrated daily.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

A SPECIAL dispath from Winona to
the Pioneer Press of Thursday says a
mysterious operation of confidence
thieves on the river road occurred be.
tween st. Pau and Winona last even.
ing on the down train. That evening
a dispatch was received by Marshal
Van Gorder that suspicious charac-
tiers were on the train coming down
at midnight. Officer Miller went to
the train and interviewed the conduc.
tor. but could get no track of any
crookedness. neither was any com.
plant made TO him by any one.
Three suspicious characters, however,
got off of the down train and went
back on the up train. After their de
parture the officer was informed by a
man who came down on the train,
that passenger was swindled out OF
So, 200 by three.card monte operators,
II is understood that the man robbed
had lately sold some property in Min.
neapolis and was on his way East.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27
Mapleton Again.
ROBERT RuRNs, BIRTHpAY.

Robert Burns birthday, the 25th
of January, was celebrated by num-
Der of the Blue Earth Valley Burns
Society of this county, together with
several members of the Burns Society
from Faribault county, at Bass Lake.
After spending about five hours in
playing the old Scotch game of curl
ing on the lake, and the Blue Earth
side coming out 81 points ahead, the
party repaired to the house of Thomas
Blair and partook of IA sumptuous
dinner and supper. The older men,
bers spent the evening in singing the
songs of Burns and other noted
authors. select reading and playing
the bag-pipe, etc. The young folks
enjoyed themselves to their hearts
content in innocent amusements.
Everyone present felt that it was
good to be there, and hoped at the
end of another twelve-month to again
celebrate the birth of the Scotch
poet.
Four curriers' from Bass Lake will
meet like number from MapletOn
for match game on February 4th,
Oh the Maple river, near Robert
Taylor's house. PIONEER.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

Hon. VIM. Hall, of this county,
attended Burns anniversary at Min
neapolis, last Wednesday, and responded
to the toastof "Robert Burns" as fol-
lows
We are gathered tonight in memory
OF one of our greatest poets. To him
we owe much of what we have left to-
day of the broad Scotch language, his
poems having revived the love for it.
He referred to his warm heart, and cited
instances of the tender affections dis
played for even the meanest of Gods
creatures. Burns desplsed false modesty,
and believed in calling things by their
right names. The speaker thought a
little more of it now would be a good
thing, and then we shouldn't have any
more such advice as school teacher
gave her lady pupils, that when they
were about to retire they must turn to
the wall the face of all the pictures of
gentlemen which their room contained.
This might do for dried up old maids,
but you couldn't make girls in their
teens do it. The speaker referred to the
patriotism OF the mothers of Scotland,
but did not wish to detract from the
patriotism felt for the land of their
adoption. He touched on the subject of
rights, and said Burns had
favored it, and closed by reading a
poem some one had written on visiting
Burns birthplace.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27
THE END, AND "GUTLTY" Is THE
VERDICT.

At last the murderer of Garfield has
been found guilty, and justice will be
melted out in full to the culprit who
slew our noble President.
The judge in his charge to the jury
reviewed the case in its essential bear
ings, and plainly stated that If the
prisoner had not been proven insane
he must be found guilty as charged.
The jury retired on Wednesday after
noon, and after ten minutes returned
to the court room at 5:35 and pro.
nounced the verdict that sent a thrill
of satisfaction through the heart OF
every true American, as the crafty
ing news flashed across the continent.
In thus promptly disposing of case
that has agitated the public mind for
two months, and which at times
looked gloomy for the satisfaction of
justice, the jurymen have acquitted
themselves in a manner that is com.
mendable to the great country tn ey
have rendered such thankful service,
and will rebound to their credit for
intelligence and judgment. Their
labors have been extremely afduous
and fatiguing, but they will receive
full recompense in the consciousness
of having discharged, in an equitable
manner, one of the most vital judicial
considerations ever pleaded at the
bar. and of criminal magnitude unsur-
passed in the annals of history.
In the long and tedious trial Judge
Porter, the principal counsel for the
prosecution has won for himself
wreaths Of glory that the relentless
hand of time can ne'er bedim. His
final plea to the jury the first of the
week, although hardly able to leave
his bed from indisposition, was such
an one as only man Of great intellect
and power of argument could pro,
| uuSCs anu GiloO iioo CACSl
upon the jury in the making up of its
verdict there is every reason to be-
lieve. Judge Porter surveyed the
case in all its important bearings
and showed the culprit up in Il true
light during his various stages in life
down to the dark day of July 2n(
when the nation was startled by tn,
awful and crushing intelligence tha
President Garfield had been fatal!
wounded. The criminal who fired
the shot which proved death to on
noble executive had hoped to receiv
immunity for his crime behind tn,
screen of insanity, but with tn
! mastery speech delivered by Judg'
Porter and the verdict of the jury, h
will be called upon to expiate for hi
crime upon the gallows.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

A DELEGATION of representative
members of the National Women's
suffrage convention, held in Wash
ington last week, appeared before the
Senate select committee on the rights
of women, and expounded their cause
in forcible speeches. Addresses were
made by Mrs. Searle and Mrs. Granger
of Indiana, Mrs. Colly of Nebraska
and Miss Susan B. Anthony. After
hearing the ladies through, the com.
mittee passed resolution thanking
them for the able and instructive adj
dresses, and assured them that the
subject of woman suffrage should re-
ceive that careful and impartial
consideration which its grave impor-
lance demands.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

IT is intimated that the Republican
members of the Ways and Means
Committee desire to have caucus of
the Republicans of the House called
at an early day to discuss the tariff
commission question. The majority
of the Republicans of the committee
are in favor of the commission, but
MI. Dunnell. who is quoted as being
opposed to it on the ground that the
tariff ought to be revised at once.
Mark II. Dunnell is suddenly becom.
ing intensely virtuOus on this tariff
question-quite in contrast with his
Congressional record. 1t is pleasant
to note, however, the ranking desire
of Mr.. Dunnell to ingratiate himself
into favor with his constituency once
more, and again restore the lost con.
fidence of the public, but many of his
corrupt practices are yet too fresh
reading for him to overcome the bit.
terness and contempt entertained for
him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

The Cox impeachment case drags
its weary length anent, with no fore
cast rs to the end. That it is be.
coming tiresome cannot be denied,
and that it has been expensive is
conspicuously true. But in the light
of the grave charges brought against
Cox it it is due the judiciary of our
great State that it be purged Of such
fullness as is chargeable to it, let the
cost be what it may.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27
A Case of Accidental Drowning.

"We never know who will 60 next. +"
1t was Sabbath-school teacher who
spoke. ga case of drowning occurred
at the-church last week. A sociable
was in progress, and wash-boiler con-
tanning fifteen or twenty gallons of water
stood on the floor beside the stove, and
-,
Zone of the lttleSunday-school child
rem fell"
''Not at all; please don't interrupt
me" said the teacher. 'Those engaged
in preparing the supper observed a very
large oyster struggling around in close
proximity to the boiler. Suddenly it
tumbled in and sank to the bottom.
Every effort was put forth to rescue it,
but it was not found until the soup had
been placed on the tables; then one of
the guests discovered it floating around
on cracker, cold in DEATH"
"Was the coroner summonedg'
mo. 1t was too clear case of &C.
cidental drowning. Cleveland Herald
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

friends from Mapleton, attended the
"Burns Club" which met at Mr.. Blair's,
near Bass Lake this year.
Mr.. G. G. Spaulding and family will
visit Charles City, Iowa, next week,
where his people live. They will be
gone about week.
There is movement on foot to erect
a Congregational church here, either
move the church building from Sterling
or to build entirely new building.
There are many of our citizens who
believe that at the present time one
church building is all that should be
supported hcre. AT least they thought
so last week. consistency thou art a
Jewel -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27
PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA-County of Blue
y Earth-ss-In Probate Court.
In the matter of the Estate of John Walters.
Deceased:
The State Of Minnesota and the said Probate
Court to all persons Interested i'm the
Estate of John Walters. late of Blue Earth
county, deceased, greeting:
You and each of you are hereby cited and
required to be and appear before the Probate
Court of the county of Blue Earth, In said
State. at the Office of the Probate Judge OF
said county, I'm the city Of Mankato, In said
county on the 2lst day of February, A. d,
1882, at sO'clock In the afternoon Of that day,
then and there to attend the final settlement
of the account or David =. Davis, admins
traitor of the estate of the said John Walters
deceased, and the distribution Of said estate
In testimony whereof have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal Of the Probate
Court this oath day Of January, A. D. 1882.
(3lw;O G.. w. MEAD,
(sEAI.1 Judge Of Probate
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

THE Manchester College, to be erect.
ed by the Presbyterian synod of Min.
mes ota. is a settled question so far as
the structure itself is concerned.
What is known as the Holyoke prop.
erty, ut the corner of Smelling and
Summit Ave-. has been purchased,
and mediate steps will be taken for
the drafting of plans preparatory to
the erection of the college. The
institution will be such a one as Min.
neapolis may well feel proud to well
come among her imposing structures.
and one that the North Star State
may point to with pride.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

THE New York Sun grieves over
the present and prospective sourkrout
famine. 1t says: 1.-The people who
really pine for sourkrout, and for
whom it has been imported recently,
are the new German settlers in the
Western States" To New Yorker
this may seem passably true, but to
Gus Westerners" it don't work. Cab
bage raising cannot be counted among
the lost arts out this way.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

EVERY farmer in Fillmore county
who diversified his crops, and raised
more or less stock last season, reports
larger net profits than in any previous
year. This situation is equally true
of Blue Earth County farmers, and
in fact can be applied with equal
force to every county in Minnesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

THE Rev. DIR. johnson, of Chicago,
is making war on theatres through
the press and pulpit. That there are
some revolving features about certain
theatres, cannot be denied, but while
this is unfortunately true, it does not
by any means imply that the stage
teaches immortality or improperly as
a whole. AS well might DR.. johnson
expound upon the disgrace of his
own profession simply because there
are now and then to be found an
erriug minister. The exceptions are
unfortunate i'm either case.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

THERE are seven school superinten-
dents, twenty ministers, twenty-six
physicians, four lawyers and three
editors of the feminine sex in Kansas.
The fact that Kansas editors must
be endowed with muscular power
sufficient to knock down and drag
out offenders and transgressors may
explain why the editorial profession
is benighted to the degree it is from
the enjoining of the fair sex.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27
COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.
Cambria.

Our Christian friend Rev. Jenkin
Jenkins was accidentally hurt the
first part of this winter by falling
from "A wagon. His Injuries were
quite serious and the old gentleman
is yet suffering from the wounds.
We hope though, that he has seen the
worst and that there will be no more
sad consequences. And further it is
said that on the second day of next
February his friends are preparing
to make the worthy old father a
donation. We hope it will be per-
feet success, and we cordially invite
his friends and acquaintance to give
their presence and partake in this
good cause. Hoping to have a large
remain your obedient
servant. AP DEVIL.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27
CONGRESS MUST ACT.

The senate judiciary committee
agreed on a bill designed for
suppressing polygamy. Its main
features are sections based on Ed
bill doing away with the
present requirements for proofs of
marriages by providing
that the fact of living in bigamous
relations shall be sufficient evidence
for conviction, and that in prosecu-
ton for bigamy any person drawn as
a juryman may be challenged on the
ground that he practices or believes
in polygamy as religious rite, and
certain new provisions introduced by
Senator Logan, debarring all poly.
gamists from the privileges of voting,
service on juries or holding Office.
Too strenuous measures against this
growing evil cannot be enacted. Year
by year it is gaining power, and
thousands are the converts being
constantly added to its demoralizing
agency until polygamy to-day is
assuming that dangerous position to
society that slavery did but a few
years ago. At every session of Con.
gress for the past eight or ten years
the attention of our representative
men has been called to the devilish
practice of bigamy, and as often
has it failed to enact any salient re.
forms. While the Nation remains
Indifferent TO this encroachment upon
law and morality, mormonism is only
gaining vantage ground, centering its
forces and defying civilization and
civil liberty. The people have tired
of the dilatOriness of Congress upon
this question. and many of the lead.
ing cities of the various States have
held mass meetings, passed condem.
natory resolutions upon the existing
crime, and call upon Congress in un.
measured terms to suppress, by the
stern hand of law, this evil which is
menacing the national safety, and
outraging the moral sense of the
people.
The time has come, thank God
when polygamy must down. The
representatives of the people, through
the people, will be made to recognize
and comprehend this fact as never
before, and he who fails in his duty
will be marked as an enemy to sucie
ty, and a man unworthy the conf
dence and even respect of true Ameri
cans.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

Both branches of the Legislature
consumed most of Wednesday in pro-
nouncing eulogies upon the late Sena-
tor Carpenter of Wisconsin. Mr..
Carpenter was one of the ablest and
most popular members in the last
Senate, and his demise was not only
a great sorrow to his own State, but
likewise q national bereavement.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

Hon. GARRISON n. POTTER, who
will be remembered as the Chairman
of the election commission In 1876,
died at his home in New York on
Sunday. At the time of being
stricken he was in Albany, and from
thence conveyed by special car home
that he might pass to that bourne
from whence no traveller returns in
the presence of his family and i'm
mediate friends. Thus another USE
full life has closed, and the world
moves on.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-27

A STATE Prohibition Convention
has been called to meet in Minneapolis
on February 4th. Temperance people
and all interested in the suppression
of the liquor traffic are earnestly in
yited to attend,