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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-09
Our Common Dangers.

The advance of civilization has done
much to prolonS the average duration
of human life. Better food, better
houses, a greater regard for the laws Of
health and greater security against viO-
lence Of any sort have made life more
comfortable and reduced the danger Of
an early death. But there is such a
thing as going too far. Many new in
ventions and improvements are posi-
lively dangerous to human life. Our
streets have become unsafe for foot pas
sengers and vehicles. The air above
them is filled with network Of wires
carrying electric currents Of deadly pow
er. If they should break and fall in the
street, as might easily happen at fire.
BY load of ice or other causes, it might
be instant death for man to touch
them. II stream from fire engine
should play against two broken ends OF
the wire the electricity would follow the
stream of water and kill the fremen.
Again. the wires are so numerous in
many localities that it wonld be almost
impossible to raise ladders for the res
cue Of people cut of by the flames.
This Is the danger overhead. There are
other dangers underfoot. A few feet
underground are pipes charged along
their whole length with steam at q
pressure which only boiler is fitted to
withstand. The result is that these
pipes burst and create havoc by an ir.
ruption of the street. This has already
happened several times. Again, the
gas pipes leak. SO that the ground be-
canes saturated with gas. This col
lets in the manholes of the steam CON-
panies and explodes with terrific yio-
lence when spark reaches it. This
happened twice last week. More COM
mon dangers are the difficulty Of cross
ing streets through jam Of vehicles,
the slipperyness of coal hole covers and
TIE explosion Of boilers under sidewalks.
We are getting civilized out Of existence.
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A Woman,s View &c Two Mon.

Mary Clemmcr Ames says that whom
the total abstinence women called on
Garfield, to ask him whether he intend
cd to exclude wine from the white
house, his manner was cold and ung1n-
cious. as though he felt their presence
to be an intrusion and their plea an I'M
pcrtincncc. IF II Christian temper
ance man could so use us. what could
we expect of man of the world (and
here she meant Arthur, 'who every.
body knew had wine in his cellar and
ON his table? We expected In he snilb-
bed, and went with fear and irem-
bling" But they were ~ much sur
prised ut the interview with Arthur rs
they had been at that with Garfield.
The former said. in the kindest tones:
Ladies'. you know that ] Ito not pre-
tend to be a temperance man In the
sense that You understand the word. J.
drink wine, and give il tn my friends,
but no less feel the honor done me in
the visit of so many good and earnest
women devoted to the cause of temper
ancc.' He also shed tear or two
when pathetic speech was being made
to him. and when somebody remarked
that they ought not to consume any
more of his valuable time, he replied
cordially: "My time is not so precious
that do not wish to speak personally
to you ALL" SO he was introduced to
the whole delegation Of two hundred,
and chad each one been a queen he
could not have addressed her with more
marked Difference of tone" He gave
! each woman a flower, too, and as she
went ont "she felt happy, however 1t
might be with the temperance cause.
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$4,000 REWARD f!

Will he pad for the detection and con.
victiOn of any person selling or dealing
in any bogus counterfeit ar imitation
Hor BITTrERs, especially Biticrs or pre-.
parations with the word tior or Hors
in their name connected ,hcrewitll, that
is intended to mislcad and cheat the
public, or for any preparation pnt IN
any form, pretending to be the same as
Hor BITTERs. The genuine have cluster
OF GREEN Hops notice this) printed on
the white label, and arc the p,,rest and
best medicine on earth, especially for
Kidney, Liver and Nervous Diseases.
Beware OF all others. and Ofall pretend
ed formulas or recipes of Hop BirrEEs
published IN papers ar for sale, as they
are frauds and swindles: Whoever deals
in any but the genuine will be prosecut'
ed. HoP BITTERs MFG. Co.,
Rochester, n. 7.
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NJ. Gaulthier de Rumilly, Dean of the
Senate. received q visit few days ago
from his landlord II was n question Of
repairs to be made. and the Senator ex-
planned what he wanted to have done.
Six o'clock struck.
..Six o'clock already" said the land
lord.
Exactly" replied NJ. dc Rumilly;
''but that doesn't matter. for | hope
YOU will do me the honor of dining
with me.
you are very kind" replied the
landlord. but
Il insist: shall not let YOU leave ut
this hour; your plate il already laid. "
at is impossible"
IL shall b. angry
at is impossible. notwithstanding the
desire | have To remain. My affair,
call me elsewhere ut precisely this
hour
You do not wish to share my din.
ner?" said the Senator, slightly vexed.
You will understand why. They
dine at NJ. lie Rothsthild's at O'Clock. "
"Ah. YOU are his guest.
"No. am his cook"
Tableau.-( Paris paper)
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Tired of Tsnf1erfaet.

When 10" Soar, Of Denver, was asked
the cause OF his WEAKNESS he replied:
''Why, il makes me tired to hear these
tenderfeet talk about their exploits and
blood-curdling experience in digging
q tcn-foOt hole in Halls Gulch or some
other remote suburb. Every lung hea-
YER from the East whose people have
given him so to recruit on, and who
imagines that he is an old-timer and a
daisy ut that, and il you sit down to en-
Joy q comfortable smoke he takes you
BY the ear and insists on making you
believe that, compared with him Daniel
Boone was chicken hearted squirrel
hunter. II makes me sick"
You must have struck the west at
an early day. Joep''
''It's nothing to brag on. but that's
what l did. crossed the plains with
my parents in 1858. was then II
years old"
"Were the Indians bad in those days,
Joep'
"Oh Lord, yes! / stood ut Four
teenth and Blake one morning in 1868
when man on ranch Oh BijOu River
drove up with two bodies in his wagon.
one woman and the other her little
boy s OF years old. They had been
murdered by the Indians the night be.
fore. The husband happened to be alb.
sent and escaped, but ii you had seen
him take OH when he looked into them
boxes and saw the horrible butchery OF
the woman he loved and the little child
that had made the old ranch home as
cheerful as any in the broad land, you' d
have felt uneasy for the redskin he
might run across even on u reservation
No one thought OF going. any distance
from town without being fully armed
for the outbreaks of the Indians were
continuous"
"Was Denver ever such terribly
lawless place rs many Eastern folks
have been led to Think
"No. Like all frontier towns we haC
and have our rough element: but il
never ruled and never can. Eastern
folks get that idea from some dyspepti(
idiot who comes out here, hasn't thu
nerve to stay and when he goes bacl
makes lion of himself by talking
bowie-knife and six-shooters. Rocky
| Mountain NesUS.
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Not Exactly That.

A Buffalo man went the other day to
consult lawyer, and when ready to
open on tho business that brought him,
he said:
Fifteen years ago l was appointed
the guardian of girl years old"
81 see; and she had property"
Eyes; she had 10000"
"Ah! hal"
"And have had the handling Of 1t,
of course.
.Of cOurse-I see-eXactly. And she
is now of age and wants Il settlement.
Exactly You have used up
the estate and want to know what to
do. Exactly-exactly. My advice is
to marry the girl. In case She won't
marry you, I'll sell you $4,000 worth
OF worthless bonds for S25, and you can
show EN- to prove where most Of the
money went. Exactly-just so--fee
$50"
You are lectle too fast, SIR" re-
marked the citizen. as he hitchet
around in his chair. 1.-The gals for
tune has increased to So, 200, and she's
going to be married tomorrow. lcamt
here TO have you make out the papers
turning everything over to her, and re
leasing me-
"Ah-um!'' growled the disappointed
lawyer. IL see-eXactl y--fiX you il
| ten minutes fee SlJ.H
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PROBATE NOTICE.

C,TATE or NINNES0TA-CouNTY OF BIlrE
- EARTH-e-. In Probate Court. special
Term.
In the IN litter Of the estate ofJohu Sorstock
Deceased.
On reading and ftiingthc petition 81 John
Fisher administrator With inC viii annexed
Of John tu'nstupl. deceased setting Urth IA"
amount of personal V>int" that has come in
To- his hands. ana the disposition thereof: TN"
amount of debts outstanding against said lie
ceased, and II description ni all the re:l ">tai.
~ which said deceased dice seized or in whiVh
he wac interested, ana tn" condition ami val
ue of the RESPECTIVE portions thereof. aud
praying that lir"ns" bC Ia him granted IL sell
ALI OF said real estate described ia said petit
tion. And il appearing, hy said pctitiun,that
there IL not sufficient personal estate IN tn"
hands al said administrator Ia pay Sail dcaIs.
ami that il is necessary ia ur,ier TO pay tho
same, IL sell all ot said real estate:
IL is therefore ordered, that all persons in
t.rested IN the said estate. appear before the
Judge Of this court. on the 3lSt DAY ~ March.
A d. lsS2, nj ~ O'Clock \. VI. N the Probate
office in the city Of Mnukatu in said county,
then ana there Ia show cause. II nny th'rc
To-. why license should not to granted T. said
John Fisher administrator, with the viii au-
nrNcd. to sell said real estate according 10
the prayer of said petition.
And IL is further ordered. THAI n copy OF this
oI,ler shall he published Tor inur successive
weeks prior a. said day ~ herring, ihc las;
OF which publications shall I've at least four
teen days before said 'iay of hearing. IN the
Mankato FREE PRFSS Il weekly newspaper
printed and published at Mankato III said
county and personally served on all persons
interested in said estate, residing in sald
county, AT least fourteen days before said
day Of hearing, and upon all other persons
Interested. accordiu" L. Law.
Judge Cr Probate NJ Blue Earth Ccunty,Minn.
attorney for said Administrator.
Dated at Mankato the Is day ot February
A. u. issS. Slwi
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"A r M l. a NJ = S !!

We said in former advertisement -" To person of
land is cheaper to-day and in the long Blue Earth
county $40 than 50 hundred miles
from timber. BY the time the settler these praes has
made his roads and bridges churches schools bought
rewood and timber until he his his land will cost
him than 500 per acre. We repeat again emphasized by
the results OF the October blizzard the paes lying
for hundred Of miles the losses of stock reported
lost largely because there timber with which utilize the
hay and straw for shelter
We have large amount of farming lands for sale in Blue
Earth and donng counties and suit either with i'm
proved unmproved Lands have rising harvest
and will likely keep going up AT present prices they will bet
investment than money interest Parties who
thinking Of buying will better bargains than along towards
spring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-09

South Pacific ocean. The length Of
the journey is about 10000 miles By
sea. and 5000 by land. The observ.
ing party also consists OF Prof. &. s..
Hastings, OF John Hopkins Universi.
~. Baltimore. Mr.. c. II. Rockwell.
Tarrytown, n. Y. and Prof. &. :.
Pierce Of the Coast Survey, Washing.
ton. ID. G. The party will return via
San Francisco about the middle Of
June.
Feb. %. Observer William r.
Brooks of Phelps, N. y, discovered
u bright comet IN the constellation Of
Pegasus. about three degrees from
the star Beta. It's tails is about half
degree long, and its motion IL slow
~ eastward. This is the second
comet Of the year 1883.
On the evenings Of Feb. %. and -.
there were marked displays Of the
Aurora. They were magnetic storms
Of great volume, and probably con-
siderable extent. hut they had LEGS
intensity than others OF late. The
aurOral arch in the north was persis.
tent. continuous, and very beautiful.
Ahe telegraph lines were disturbed
on both occasions.
WIN. w. PAYNE.
Miss a. \. Sargent, of the Owa.
tOnna Academy, with her large as.
tronomy class, spent the evening of
the 28th at the Carleton College
Observatory. The Faribault class
were theirs some time ago. and Others
will follow. Any teacher Of this
science In the State can. 10y CORE.
spOndcnce. arrange for a like visit.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
= Earth. In Probate Court. Specih Term.
In the matter of the estate uI friedrich
Simpson. deceased.
ON reading ami filing the petition oi Thomas
A Sherk administrator ui said estate setting
forth the amount al personal estate ihat mas
come 10 ms hauds. ana the disposition there
of. the amount 81 debts outstanding against
said deceased. ANA q description al all the real
estate OF which said deceased d.''i So t'l, .!ii
the condition and value Of she respective
portions thereof; and praying THAT nccnS,' be-
10 him granted L. sell the cas-; half OF lut two
(2), block fourteen tlsl. Van BrIuIS addition
10 Mankato. ana IL appearing, 10y said pcli-
ton, that there j. not -uin"l"ui persona!
estate ia the hands Of sad administrators 10
pay said debts. and that u = necessary III or
der 10 pay the same. - sci! al! az said real
estate.
In H. therfnrt ordered, thYi all persons inter
estfd in said estate. appear bciur" il"' Jud"e
81 this court ou Thursday. tie IN DAY al
March. 1. ID. lSs'. ~ 10 O'Clock i. NJ. Nt TIC
Probate Office IN NlnEGto l -b.a county
then and There IL show cause li any incrr hc
why license should not tx granted - 50,
administrator - sell eaid r'al estate ACCORD
ing 10 the prayer a.. SAID pst.itCr.
Aud il j. iurihcr ordered. thai copy OF TIN
order shall Toe Published Tor four successive
weeks prior TO said day o! hearing, the la-'
of which publications shall h" az least four
teen DAYS before sad day uf hearing. IN tn
Nankato FREE PgEs-, a wCeGiy newspaper
printed ana published At NFn.aio Ia >ail
COUNTY and personally served uU aii pcr>on'
Interested in said estate, residing IN sai'
county. AT least fourteen days before sal
day Of hearing, ami upon ail other person'
Interested, accoriIng T. law.
Judge 6f Probate VI Blue EIIIh Couaty ,Minn
Dated At Mankato. the 18Th das Of February
TzoNisS wSSuprl.N. Giwi
Attorney Tor Administration
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The Domestic Monthly for March, 1888.

The March number Of this delight.
full magazine il one Of the most valu-
able issues of the year, rs the spring
styles are given an exliausting review.
Descriptions Of the new Spring
costumes and fabrics occupy the
greater part of the number, and all
the accessories. AS Trimmings. Milli-
merry, etc. are giving careful atien-
tiOn. No magazine for ladies' gives
Us complete and reliable information
concerning current and coming styles
rs DOES the DOmesfir.
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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

nEFAULT having been made III the condi-
IL tioT Of a certain mortgage executed by
Sarah 4. Lceman ana William Iccman her
husband, mortgagurs. 10 William ;; ShHpnr
mortgageee, dated January end, \. ID lNNs
and recorded in the office al the RegiStcr oi
Deeds in and for the county Of Blue Earth III
the State OF Minnesota. on the iHih any al
January A. II. ISL AT IL O'Clock III tho inrC-
noon. in Book IL OF Mortgages, on page =.
by which mortgage there MAS conveyed and
granted the following described real cSint"
situate In the county of 6lnc Earth Gtur'-
said. to-Hit: The Wet half al the northeast
quarter of Section Four ~. in Tuwr.hip One
Hundred and Six I!Avl north Range twenty
eight 81 west ui the hilh principal m"rintan,
containing eighty 1871 nCr'> according -
government survey - Sccur" me pay mCnt
of the sum Of Five Hundred dollars, with
interest al the rat" a.. eight per cent. per aII-
mum payable annually. ac"oriin. - IN" con
ditiunS of a prumiSSnry coupon note bearing
same date rs said mortgage. mao" ny SnH
Sarah \. Leeman and " llllam Lcrtuan L"
said William : Shepard, ana there being due
and unpaid upon said note ANA mortgage ~
the date OF this notice the sum Of Forty
25-loJ dollars, and no action or proceeding al
Law or otherwise having been instituted q"
recover the amount oi slid nortgag" dtht or
any part thereof; Now, therefore, Huuc' II
hereby given that 10y virtue and in pursuance
OF a power of sale in SAID mortgage contained
and Herewith recorded. AMI OF th" Staiut" In
such case made and prov Idrd, IN" ABOVE DIES
erihea preInises will br sold nj public aug
ttup ut he front door al the office az the
Register az Deeds In and for said county OF
Blue Earth and ~ the city 81 Naukato there
IL, on
Saturday. the "tih day at March,
A.p. 1883, at tea O'clock ia the forenoon, IL
satisfy th, amount at said mortgage debit
then due and unpaid ,gr,htr H.tA tho costs
and expenses OF such foreclosure proceeding
iscluaing tventy-ilVC dollars attorneys Tee,
as stipulated in said mortgage; ana the -aid
mnrtgaga will be- thereby toTrCip-cd.
Dated February 9Th i>N.
WILLIAM :. SHEPARp.
VI ri Eagrc.
THOMAS * WASHBURN,
Attorneys Tor NOrtsa-oc,
MankatO, Man.
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An American lady travelling in Eu-
rope was so shocked by the sight of the
corpses in the cemetery building at
Munich that she has been i'll for some
weeks. European travellers will re-
member the custom of allowing the
dead to remain, twenty or thirty in one
room, in n raised position. with bell
attached to their wrists, that the slight
est movement may ring the alarm.
This is to prevent any one from being
buried alive. These corpses had on
caps and other articles Of dress, which
only added to the ghastliness of their
appearance.
The condition of Russia, according to
tho ST. Petersburgh correspondent Of
the New York San. is chaotic. He
thinks that the empire is rapidly going
to pieces.
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sHERIFF's EXECUTION SALE

ny yiftu. Of an eNCUau n ISSUED Oili 81 AMI
Dnnder the seal q! the District curt ~ AMI
for the county oi Brown and Stat' II NlnEc-. =
IN. upon a Judgment ron .rrc! Gnd HDrt"ic'i ti
said county, On the siAtn a&y - August y;
ID. ls.5. Tor The sum OF 81" huAitca ana
twenty-nlnc and s'ygn tyriI one EundIciG i"i-
lars, IN an action wagrc.n Deere company
were plaintiffs, and Ester Homes N.s GCivGo-
ant, a transcript ~ which Judgment ma-
dCcketei i'll Blue Earth county. N;nn"a'ti,
on the 9th dag o; August. :a's, have ms
fourth day OF January. a. -. ~ levied upon
all the right. tide. and interest g: tire said de-
PENDANT. Ester Jones. IN ;lI! 10 the ioit"" Iu@
described real estate, SitH1tn IN TIA" county
of Blue Earth ana state rf Minnesota KNOWN
ana Described ~ follows: ia" vest hnli IL
the northwest quarter 81 SH'u"ii hit"eh liS',
township one hundrc! uuG eight lrNi, range
twenty-eight f2~f: "a fiir ten l'N acres 81 inr
following deScrib ii tract Of land COmlncuc-
ing ten !Oi rods south 81 the nal. SECTION
stake OF the northwest quarter OF tue nrrin
east quarter Of section Ten ilg' iu township
and range aforesaid, thence running cast
eighty ts1I rods, thence soutn toitA to- rods.
thence west eighty l~V rods, theme" north
forty (4O) rods u the place Of beginning, con-
tanning in the SAID two tracts ninety acres hc-
cording 10 the government survey.
Now, therefore notice IS hereby gwen that
l will sell the above described real property
10 the highest bidder tor cash al public auc-
ton at the front door OF the oiicc 81 the
Register of Deeds, OF Blue Earth county
aforesaid, in the City Of NankatO therein, on
Saturday, the ;ih day "t February, \. IL.
1883, at ten o'clock in the forenoon OF that
day 70 satisfy the said execution, 10. ether
with the interest and cost thereon.
Dated, January ith. lss3. ,,,,.,
Sheriff VI Blue Earth County, Mimi.
J. NEwHART. attorney Tor Hlaint:E, Ne"
Tim, MINI. -
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ny virtue Of an execution is7n"d ont o. era
ID under the seal ul the District court li
and for the county 81 Blue Earth ana rtGt.
OF Minnesota, upon judgment rendered
aud docketed in said county. on the @l@t nny
June 4 ID. 1881, fOI lie sum al one hundred
and twenty and SJ-iuE dollars, IN an! action
wherein G. Autumn y Co. were piaintlhS,
and w. 4. Smi;hsUn was defendant, nave
this 2sth day of February, \. ID. iNr', ieNica
upon all the right ti,le and interest OF the
said defendant W. I. Smithspn III ahd 10 the
following described real estate. situate 81 TIE
county OF Blue Earth, and >tGte Of MINNESOTA,
known and describe: "a follows: Northwest
Quarter OF section No. Nine. co aud iie north
half of the southeast quarter 81 section NO
-Four, al. township No. one hundred ana six,
lOg). range No. tWcnt:-cl4nt. i2-i. Now,
therefore, notice il hereby given that viii
sell the above described real property 10 the
highest bidder FOR cash al public auction AZ
the front door of the O!tic" OF REGISTER OF
Deeds, OF Blue Earth county aforesaid, IN the
city of Mankato therein Oh th" l!ih day oi
April A d., 1854, Al ID O'Clock In The forenoon
OF that lay 10 satisfy the sud execution, To-
gether with the interest and cost thereon.
Dated February 2sib. 1883.
GEORGE ". MONS,
Sheriff OF Blue Earth county. MINI.
L. \. FOSTER,
Attorney for Plaintiff, MsnkatO, Mimi.
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A Shame and an Outrage.

John. what is that peculiar smell9e"
asked a mans wife when he came horne
very late. She expected he would
say that it was the incense they used
in the lodge-room, or that he would tell
some other lie, but she was mistaken.
Its whisky; that's what it is" he
replied defiantly.
miserable creature" retorted his
wife, '.you have at last got down so low
that you have not got decency enough
left to try and lie out of it,"
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What Doctors do,

A St. Louis observer has discovered
that the cause of mans death, rs re-
ported by his physician, will indicate
the financial standing of the man when
living. When poor man dies on ac-
count of having drank too much whisky
the physician registers it rs drunken
ness" or "alcoholism;" but if the de-
ceased was rich man. the physician
puts it rs nervous prostration. ="
"pneumonitis. general debility"
..mania temuientia." ''methysia." or
s.ivrognerie." Ii he is only moderately
wealthy. Il man is likely TO get "deliri-
um tremens." or "mania potu." The
moral is that it IL better for man 10
die rich.
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Trne to her Trust.

Too much cannot he said OF the ever
faithful wife and mother, constantly
watching and caring for her dear ones,
never neglecting single duty in their
behalf. When they are assaulted by
disease, and the system should have a
thorough cleaning, the stomach and
bowels regulated, blood purified, and
malarial poison exterminated, she must
know that Electric Bitters are the only
sure remedy. They are the best and
purest medicine in the world and only
cost 6fty cents. Sold by John 4. Sam
harm, 49,.