The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-04-06


tin and adjoining counties.
THE public debt reduction for
March is shown to he 1854, S26.2s,
against $3.50, 67S "a tor February.
DUNNELL has no farther use for
Washington and returns home this
week Ia revel in the Injuries of pri-
waite life and domestic bliss.
lT is now Treasurer Wyman. Gil
fllan turned over Uncle Sans loose
coins To the new keeper last Satur-
day.
TELEPHONE communication is now
hardly prevented 10y distance. One
thousand miles is nothing for men to
carry on conversation. This is truly
progressive age.
JonN +. BUREELL, eN-secretary Of
the Illinois grand lodge of Masons,
has been sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary for ENLIGHTENMENT, and
has been refused the right of appeal.
Mr.. :. Il. STINSoN, general super
intendent of the Manitoba line has
resigned and accepted the superin.
tendency OF the Northwestern Car
NN,,i-. -, St;ll,,,a,
Ar the municipal election in Min
neapolis Tuesday. the Republicans
carried OFF the persimmons. They
elected their candidate for judge and
seven of the ten aldermen.
TIE State Democratic convention
of Georgia will meet at Atlanta next
Tuesday TO nominate candidate for
Governor 10 fill the vacancy caused
Icy the death Of Governor Stephens.
ACCORDING To the figures of the
Pension office, there are more than Il
million Union soldiers still alive. OF
this number more than eight hundred
thousand are still without the ranks
of the Grand Army.
PETER COOPER is dead, ana in the
closing Of his life. one of the most
munilicent men that has lived in the
present age has passed to his reward.
lie died of pneumonia at his home in
New \ ork on Tuesday, ut the ad-
Yanced age of o. years.
Ir is stated that the cigars makers
are deviSing various means 10 enforce
their demand OF IN advance of one
dollar per Thousand. In Milwaukee
arrangements are being perfected for
tue most comprehensive and revenge
ful system of boycotting yet inaugu-
rated.
THE Postmaster GeneraIship has
finally been settled by the appoint.
meMt Of Judge Gresham, of Indiana,
who viii assume the duties of his
Cabinet position next week. Mr..
Gresham is said 10 be at the very
head of the Judiciary in his state
and is represented rs being a man of
unusual force Of character.
ALBERT LEA wants a Touring mill.
\ proposition WAS made 10 her cit.
Zeus that ii $1,000 was raised as a
bonus, one would he built. Four
huudrad and iifty-siX enterprising res
idents went down INTO their pockets
and put up the required amount. This
is the way Albert Lea citizens help
To build a town. We know of just
one other city that might profit by a
like spirit OF generosity.
AN exchange says that new bag
gage law IS soon 10 take effect on most
OF the railways OF the Northwest. BY
the new arrangement each passenger
is allowed 10 carry only $50 pounds of
baggage free. And no trunk weigh.
ing over $50 pounds will be received
in the baggage lear, and not more than
80 lbs. of baggage Will be allowed a
single passenger under any circum.
stances. This VIII he of interest to a
large per cent. of the travelling p2blic.
AFTER all the fuss over Salmi
Morse's Passion play ii appears To be
the very general opinion that the op
position could take 40 more effectual
comse Of killing off the performance
than To grant the desired license.
Such portions of the play as have
been lately rehedrsed before invited
guests are said To contain nothing
that is Objectionable except on the
ground of being in a literary way,
rather than stupid.
TIE election for State officers in
Rhode Island on "Wednesday resulted
in the success of the Republican
ticket. y desperate effort had been
made by the Democrats in behalf OF
Sprague, their candidate for Governor
ana claims Of his election were freely
circulated through the press of the
country before the day of balloting
But Bourne, Republican, got away
with him 10 the tune of about three
thousand majority.
TIE election in Chicago. Tuesday
resulted ia clean Democratic sweep
the election OF Carter Harrison being
secured 10y neatly 10000 majority
The Republicans supported a citizens
ticket whose platform called for hIgl
license and more vigorous enforce
mcnt against gamblers and sand-bag
gers. The German Republicans went
over almost solid for the Democratic
ticket.
Col. X. NJ. LITILER, Of Iowa. who
was ~ attendance at the meeting OF
the DdiTymen'S convention recently
held in this city, has been commits
stoned Icy the Iowa Dairy Association
TO visit officially the dairy fair to be
hill IN ZEALAND pnyt limo and a1So 4,