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Morris tribune., 1883-04-18
First Publication March q, 1888.
MORTGAGE SALE.

Notice is hereby given, that, by reason OF
non payment, default has been made in the
condition of ascertain mortgage containing a
power OF sale made by Samuel g. Cook and
Emily S. Cook, his wife, mortgagors, to
Thomas Cochran, Jr., mortgages, and as
signed by SAID mortgage, Thomas Cochran,
Said mortgage Is dated the 8th day of March,
4. ID. 1880 ana SAID assignment Is dated the
10Th day Of July, 4. ID; 1880, and said mortgage
was recorded on the 9th day of March, A. ID.
1880, at O'Clock L. NJ, in book of Mortgages
"B," on pages 415 476 and AT, in the office of
the Registero OF Deeds, in the county of Stevens
and state or Minnesota; and said assignment
was recorded on the 9TH day of August, A. ID.
1880, at O'Clock y. NJ, in book of Mortgages
&C." on page 1856, In said office of said Register
of Deeds. The real estate embraced in and
conveyed by said mortgage is situate in said
county of stevens, and state of Minnesota,
and described as follows, to-wit: Section
seven ~, OF township one hundred and tWen-
tysiX (l26) north, of range forty -four (4i west,
containing according to the government sur
Vey GIG acres, together With all the heredit-
amentS and appurtenances thereto belong
ing or in anywise appertaining.
The amount now, at the date of this notice,
claimed to be due and which is due on said
mortgage as principal and interest is the sum
of tWenty-fOur hundred and thirty and 80 100
dollars ($2i30 39l, besides the sum of seventy
five dollars therein stipulated to be paid as
attorneys fees III case of foreclosure of said
mortgage.
And, whereas, no suit at law or otherwise
has been had or commenced to recover any
any part thereof therefore,
Notice is hereby given, that on Thursday,
the Sd day Of May, y. ID. 1888, at 10 O'Clock A.
M, at the front door of the post-office in the
town of Morris, in said county of Stevens,
and state OF Minnesota, the above described
real estate will be sold by the sheriff of said
county at public vendue to the highest bidder,
to foreciose said Mortgage and to satisfy the
amount due-thereOn with said attorneys fees
and the costs and expenses of such sale.
WILL4IAM A. MARTIN,
ASSIGNEE q f said MOrtpoUpp
w. X. CASTOR,
Atty for said Assignee,
st. Paul, Mimi.
Dated March II, 1888. III
STATE OF MINNESOTA 60
County of stevens,
The State of Minnesota,
To Patrick Joyce:
You are hereby SUMMONED and required to
he and appear before the undersigned, one of
the Justices of the Peace in and for said
county, on the 81 day of May, 1888, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, at my office in the
to David w. Watson and f. w. Leonard,
as Watson & Leonard, in a civil ac-
ton; should you fail to appear at the time
and place aforesaid, judgment will be rem
dered against you upon the evidence adduced
by said Watson q Leonard for such sum as
they shall show themselves entitled to.
Given under my hand, this Sd day of April,
A. d. 1888.
HENRY BALDWIN,
llt4 Justice of the Peace.
LAND OFFICE AT FERGUS FALLS. MIMI
March -, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that the following
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Where He Kept His Revolver.

A travelling man writing from Buffalo
gives an account of how two men sought to
rob drummer out West. They didn't rob
him quite as much as they thought they
would. His name was Fisher, and he was
making a trip out through the western
country, where, if reckless men ever caught
a drummer in safe place and could get the
drop on him, they were pretty certain of a
good haul, as the victim always had money.
Fisher had left the hotel and had wandered
down little creek to enjoy the fresh air,
and neared little clump Of trees.
Two men were sitting under the trees
watching his needless approach. As he got
within few PAGES of them they suddenly
jumped up and one of them leveled a long
navy revolver and told the unfortunate
commercial traveller to hold up his hands
Fisher was probably the most astonished
man in the State at that moment. His knees
smote together, while he seemed to grow
shorter-sink into himself as it were-the
perfect picture of fright. His hands, how
ever, went about that shiny plug hat instant
ly. He was not too badly scared to listen to
persuasion, but there they trembled and
waved and bobbed up and down like syca-
more leaf in. gale of wind. It was comical
sight to see them, limp and white, "fiap-
ping around through space of half foot
or more. The brigand thought so, too, and
could not help raising his eye from his pistol
to look at them. Fisher, through his half
closed eyelids, saw the movement of the
robbers eyes, and then that trembling hand
seemed to fash down behind the tall black
hat and back again with something in it.
There were two reports as the hand came
before, instead of behind the plug The
highwayman threw up his hands and sank
back with bullet hole between his eyes,
while the tall, shining plug rolled off the
back of Fishers head, with a clean cut
across the crown, where the bullet from the
long navy had plowed its way.
The other robber obeyed gruff order to
hold up his hands with an alacrity born of
excellent judgment, for Fisher had lost that
wild look, and had drawn a bead on that
chap that meant business. The fear and
trembling was but a clever ruse, and when
the highwayman took his eye from Fishers
to watch that trembling white hand, his
surviving partner learned why the CONNER.
cial traveller wore coats made of stiff goods,
SO as to make the collar stand out free from
the back of the neck.
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eral law; that court of appeals be created
to hear questions of law; that the law OF
taxes, ways, and corporations, be thorough
" reconstructed; that a convention be
called to revise the present constitution, be-
cause-as he says, it sis outgrown. and
patched with twenty-five amendments, some
of them radical and not easily reconciled
with the original instrument and with each
other, and more are called for" Finally, he
advises that the legislation of the present
session he incorporated in the new code, so
that, for two years at least, the laws OF
Maine can be found within the covers of one
volume. This advice is repeated by Cover
nor Robbie in his address. The suggestions
made by bis correspondents are interesting,
and most of them worthy of heed.
Within the limits of this hasty sketch We
cannot do justice to Judge Goddard's thor
ough and laborious report. We must con-
tent ourselves with indicating its prominent
features. The report is now before the Leg
islature. The text of the revision will of
course be adopted. Whatever is done about
the suggestions offered and the hints thrown
out it is evident that our law makers have
before them ample material upon which to
act for at least one session. 1t is to be ex-
pected that they will apply themselves as
diligently to their task as the COMMISSIONS
has to his.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08
Bluffed by a Pretty Girl.
lRost6n .Ionrnal1

Most men will lose their presence of mind
under moments of excitement. Thus it is no
great discredit to a well-known man in SUBJ
urban town that he quite lost his head yester-
day in consequence of an unexpected and
alarming accident. He was at the railway sta
ton in the place of his residence upon the arri-
val of the noon train from Boston, and saw de-
scend therefrom halfscore OF chattering.
laughing and attractive young women. Gath
cred on the platform to welcome them was an
other bevy of maidens, who were at once set
upon by the bevy above mentioned, and the &C
customed scene of OSCILLATION, fervent embraces
and expressions of pleasure, which is to be no.
ticed whenever two or three women are gath
cred together, was enacted. The congregation
of assorted males who were present looked up
on this animated scene with mingled amuse-
ment and yearning, and the man in question,
who was young and waggish, began burles-
quing the action of the young women by seiZ-
ing upon masculine friend, embracing him
with ardor, aud affecting to kiss him with
much loud labial smacking. While thus en-
| gagged one of the liveliest girls observed him,
| and, stepping up to him, remarked that if he
was as anxious for kiss as he seemed to be he
| had better let his friend alone and kiss her.
| The hilarity OF the person thus challenged i'm
mediately vanished; his jaw fell and his knees
smote together, and he feebJy calculated in
married. The girl laughed mischievously
| and vanished, and five minutes later the sub
| ject of this sketch was seen stamping around
the depot calling himself all sorts of names be-
| cause he didn't dare meet the audacious young
woman half way.
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A Black Lie,
Texas Siftings.l


Mrs. johnson Macy, one of the society
ladies of Austin, sent the colored boy she
has employed about the place to Mrs. Flap
jacks clearinghouse with note The boy
came back in about an hour, and reported
that Mrs. Flapjack was not in.
s'Did you see her sister?'
mo, mum, she had done gone cut too.n
"Well, then, did you not give the note to
some of the boarders?'
mo, mum, de boarders had done gone
out too."
"Well, you could have left the note with
the cook"
"De cook had done left too"
wen, now, you must go right back and
see If there is not somebody about the place,
and give Thorn that note-do you hear?"
The boy hesitated and the lady asked, i'm
patiently:
what are you waiting for2'
"Please, mumT'
swell, what is it?'
"Please, mum, what street does she lib
onT'
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Cats
London Telegranh.1


1t Is a mistake to suppose that cats are
unimpressionable creatures, without any af-
lection for their masters or mistresses. This
error arises from the uDdeniable fact that
pussy does not wear her heart upon her
sleeve, or make advances unless she feels
that she is wanted. But cat is really a
very good companion when kindly treated.
1t looks upon man with very friendly feel
ings, on the whole, though he appears I'M
der different aspects in different moods,
and at various times. For instance, Dick
Whittington's cat must have regarded his
master merely as provider of royal sport in
the way of rats and mice. Other modern
cats look upon man as a kind of walking
catapult, given to discharging stones with
out much warning. Men are also under
stood by cats not to appreciate the nocturnal
melody of the feline tribe. Still, what can
be more winning than the advances made
by cat sout of employment with its sup
Pile back and tail? In return, masters and
mistresses can, when in good temper, graft
fly Grimalkin beyond expression simply by
tickling the fur about the neck and throat.
Conversely, when in bad humor, man is
an animal that makes himself disagreeable
to cats by rubbing the hair the wrong way.
However, on the whole, human beings are
regarded with good deal of affectionate
liberation by their feline friends; and the
cook is a perfect idol The kitchen is the
cats paradise. There it ticks the milk the
gods provide, and then it goes out to return
thanks upon the neighboriDg tiles.
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A Hint to the Girls.
New York Morning Journal

The newest parlor game at Laramie, Wyom-
ing Territory, where woman suffrage has been
established, was invented by the ladies of that
region. The girls sit in one room in row,
with chair in front of each one. The young
men are stationed in another room and are
brought in one by one. When he comes in the
youth chooses his chair and the young lady be-
hind him blinds his eyes with handkerchief.
Then the black cook comes in, kisses hin. and
disappears. The young man is released, feel
ing much refreshed and elated, and promptly
retires to the other end Of the ROOM His feel
ings when the next young man comes in and Is
treated to this novel entertainment can be i'm
agined but they are mitigated by the pleasure
of seeing the other fellows undergoing the ex.
pertinent. AS q winter evenings Amusement
It is one of the most popular in Wyoming
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08

SOUTH CAROLINA proposes legislation
which will test the power of State over the
railway corporations within its limits. A
bill now pending in the Legislature of the
State, and which has, in fact, secured the
approval of both branches, but is not quite
perfected, provides for the appointment of
three commissioners, who will have power
to fix the charges for freight and passenger
traffic and to make rules and regulations for
the government of the railroads. They are
also given power to investigate the books of
the different companies and to compel them
to obey the orders of the commission.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08

NEW HAMPsHIRE's educational prospects
are not bright, according to the annual re-
port of the State superintendent of public
instruction. Within year eighty-nine
schools have gone out of existence, and the
attendance has fallen off in those that re-
main. The pay of teachers averages $50 a
month for men and $22 for women. The
superintendent complains that the schools
do not do thorough work; leaving the boys
hands, eyes and ears unframed, examining
bis memory with useless things, and at
tempting to enlighten his understanding
with visionary and absurd illustrations.
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Wagner's Little Misunderstood.
inm

ing.
A curious anecdote about Wagner is going
the round of the Partisan press, and it is given
as on the authority of Count Beust, the late
Austrian Minister in London. The eminent
diplomatist was some years ago President Of
the Council in Saxony, where he received a
visit from Wagner. The maestro, owing to
the share he took in the troubles of 1S49, had
been obliged to fly the kingdom, and had just
taken advantage OF the amnesty to return.
"They tell me, said the Count, 'that your
friends are getting up an ovation for you,
Countermand it; it will only lead to unpleas-
antness.''
s'Whatl'' asked the composer, "does not the
court of Saxony like my music?"
"Music has nothing to do with the matter.
But, you know, you took part in the events Of
1S49."
"Ohl' said Wagner, sis that all? Do you
still think about that little misunderstood.
ing!"
EXCUSE me-" interrupted the Minister
"you call that a little misunderstanding
have here in my archives document, signed
by you Richard Wagner in full, proposing to
burn down the royal palace"
Wagner has reputation for extraordinary
coolness-to use the mildest term; but in the
face of this unexpected reminder even he could
find no answer, and nothing more was heard Of
the "oyation,n
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The Gamblers Of Kentucky.

Under peculiar law of the commonwealth
of Kentucky person who has lost at gambling
can recover exactly the amount of the loss
while person other than the one who made
the losing can recover thrice the amount lost
Recently an Overton woman, and her name ia
Settle, strange as it may seem, sued two men
with whom her husband had been unsuccess
fully playing cards. She was awarded judg
ment for thrice the amount Of the proven loss
Her husband, had he been the plaintiff, would
have got one-third as much. A test of the Law
is to be made in the supreme court of the
State
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08

PLUMBERS guilty of bad jobs are always
criminals in moral if not in legal sense.
When they are criminal by statute is. is
usually difficult to prove it, but New
York court had so clear case against an
offender few days ago that he plead
ed guilty of defective work and was
fined $50. The conviction in this case is
worthy of universal imitation, A family
may as well be fed on arsenic as bathed in
sewer gas. Diphtheria, typhoid fever and
other fatal diseases are often If not general
ly traceable to bad sewerage or careless
plumbing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08

ACCORDING to the message of Governor
Cleveland the debt of New York state is re-
duced to Sc, 1856 900, the State revenue and
expenditure being about 100000. Upon
the schools 81, 181 900 was expended, but
of the 81, 1881 900 persons of school age in
the State only 1,O41,0oo attended public
school, slight increase. The savings
banks have resources of $3.50, 100000 and
81, 100000 due of deposits. giving an in
crease in deposits during the year of $780,
100000.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08

SUSAN B. Anthony, in response to sneer
that prominent women's rights women are
not married, gives the number of children
borne by some of them, as follows: Lucy
Stone, one; Mary A. Livermore, Lille Dew
ereaux Blake, Belsa A. Lockwood, Olympia
Brown, two each; Harriet Robinson, Eliza
beth B Herbert, MSra Bradwell, three each
Matilda J.. Gage, Mrs. c. l. 81. Nichols, four
each; Martha G. Wright, Antoinette Brown
Blackwell, five each; Lucretia Mott, six F;
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, seven; Helen e.
Starrett and Frances d. Gage, eight each.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08

The total immigration into this country
through the port of New York in 1882 was
473,642. The tide considerably decreased
during the last six months as compared with
the first half of 1882, though the figures
were largely increased over the correspond
ing months of 1881. The total for that year
was 455,6S1. Of the immigrants of 1882,
176,6S5 came from Germany, 4s,734 from
Ireland, 1851 from Sweden, $1,000 from
England, 29,s19 from Italy, and 1871 from
Russia, the latter being chiefly Jewish refu-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08

THE official canvass of the late election
in New York has but just been published.
The total number of votes cast for governor
was 91S,S94, which is 1S5,021 less than were
given for President in 1880. Gov. Cleveland
received only 807 more votes than Hancock,
20,226, less than Garfield, while Folger
polled 3,0S0 votes less than Garfield.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08

The following explains the difference be-
tween "luck" and "chance." You take girl
out to the theatre and discover that you haven't
a cent In your pocket. You are, of course,
compelled to invite her to an oyster saloon af-
ter the performance. She refuses for some
reason; that's "luck," but the "chance" Ia a
million to one that she will accept. Rochester
Post. Express,
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lHE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING. JANUARY 8.

We do not read anonymous letters ana communi-
cations. The name and address of the writ are In
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for ublics
ZION but guaranty OF good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
aunicstions that are not used.
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EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
With Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
VIII confer favor upon by demanding credentials
II every person claiming to represent our journal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08

DENVER has an increase of twenty-five
thousand in its population in two years.
The city takes great and laudable pride in
her public schools, her churches, her
beautiful theatre.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08

The Austro-Hungarian government
takes the lead in appointing commission
to investigate modern Spiritualism, with
special reference to the question of its re-
sponsibility for the increase of lunaey.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08

THE New York Commercial Advertiser
pithily remarks that "ten rascally swindlers,
embezzlers and thieves turn up in business
circles to one in political life."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-08

THERE are 9,078 stores in Chicago, 6,719
factories, and 938 mixed establishments
They employ, all told, 166,676 persons.
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SCROFULA,

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Ferric 0dyIine
A NEW DISCOVERY.
The Highest Form of Electricity
Damp or Cold Feet.

"Keep the feet warm and the
head cool" is an axiom as old as
the hills, and yet is as true to-day
as at any period in the worlds his
tory
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-01-18
OVERFLOW OF FOX RIVER.

In conformity to the request. contained in Joint
Resolution No 81, Senate. the Attorney General
and myself visited Washington to confer with the
proper officers of the government as to the action
which might and should be taken to abate the
overflow in the Fox river and lake Winnebago
and to prevent future injury to property around
said lake and along said river. By. agreement
with the government officers, and through the
efforts of our delegation in the Senate and House.
the following proviso upon the subject was insert
ed in the clause Of the river and harbOr BILL max
ing appropriation for the improvement of the FoS
and Wisconsin rivers:
"PrOrided, That the Secretary of War shall
without delay, cause the channel Of the Lower
Fox river, between lake Winnebago and the upper
government dam at Appleton, to be restored to its
catural width and capacity, and shall cause sucl
changes and alterations to be made in the dams al
NenaSha and Appleton, not inconsistent with Sc
:urlty to navigation as may be necessary to re
luce and maintain the waters of lake Winnebago
and Little Buttes DIES Mortes respectively, at their
Natural height; and sufficient amount of said
sum appropriated is made Immediately available y
1t only remains now for the Secretary of War
through the engineer department. TO carry out the
plan as agreed upon and authorized by Law. 1t Is
hoped that action will not longer be delayed
and that the plan adopted will afford adequat''
protection against injury from overflow, and that
TOO, without detriment to any other locality or
property.