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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22
Dairy, Stock and Farm Notes

From the Elgin nl) Advocate.
MankatO, Minnesota, yearns for a
hoard of trade like unto the one Elgin
has. They ought to be able to manage
one there.
The total May shipments of butter
from Manchester, Iowa, reached las, ;
$50 pounds. For the same month the
shipment of eggs reached $500
dozen. Quite collection of hen
fruit.
The quantity of milk a COW gives
depends much upon the mode, time
and regularity of milking. Cows do
best that have one regular mixer and
and at the time of milking should he
carefully attended to, and not be snb.
jected to variation from day to day.
The gathered cream creameries are
paying good prices for cream. In
some sctiOns they are paying from
to A cents more per inch for cream
than farm butter sells for. This sys-
TEN is proving a great success in all
sections where properly attended to-.
The National Butter, Cheese and
Egg Association will hold its next
annual meeting at Da. ton, Ohio, the
week following Thanksgiving. The
people of Dayton have raised $1,000
for the association. which will be Of.
fered as premiums for butter. cheese,
dairy implements and dairy cattle.
There is one point in favor of
breeding large horses. In many kinds
Of business 1t is great advantage in
making one horse take the place of
two. 1t costs less to keep, occupies
less stable room and in crowded cities
takes less room on the streets. On
rough and hilly roads horses Of me.
dium weight are most desirable.
A writer says that he has never
failed to cure garget by the use of
beans. He feeds one pint of bean
meal, mixed with other meal, for four
successive days, and has found that
quantity sufficient to cure the worst
cases. lie thinks if cows we're fed
with bean meal several times year
they would never be troubled with
garget.
The members of the New York
dairymens' protective association. or.
ganized to resist the payment of
royalty for using what is known rs
the Slaughter steam vat, have settled
with the patentee on favorable terms,
but we are unable to learn what the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

A CONTEST in the Democratic par
ty of Baltimore took place Tuesday
evening in the election of delegates
to the city convention which will
have the management of the party
for the ensuing year. The Young
Democratic ASSOCIATION named candi.
dates in all the precincts. The regu
lars also named candidates in most of
the precincts. The result was the
election of 100 of the association can.
didates, seventy regulars and ten un,
endorsed. Young Democrats" are
evidently coming to the front. And
in that event what will become of the
old granny of Gramercy Park
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

A FINE cargo of 1915 bales of hop:
reached England from Melbourne late
ly. There is said To have been n large
emigration Of Kentish hop growers
of late years to the Australian col
onies, and New Zealand hops arr
found almost equal to the best Ken
fish, and are rs yet entirely free from
the ravages of insects.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

II u telegram from Sank Rapids to
the Minneapolis Tribune is reliable,
and MI. Gillman's past record would
seem to he good Evidence that it is,
the present Lieutenant Governor of
Minnesota is Oh the bolt. The issue
at the county eunvention was rs to
whether Hon. {. b. buchanan or G.
A. Gilman should have the delega.
ton. 1t is said 10y IN eyewitness
that Mr.. Gilman held another caucus
of about 20 voters. brought to town
on a freight car, and elected another
ticket. lie was present in person
and there seems little doubt but tina,
IA double headed delegation will go Il
st. Paul to the State Convention from
that county, with the Buckmanites in
the lead
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22
MANKATO.

The city Of Rankd,o has population " 900. is
si.Hd!od 80 SOgrrsstrn Ninn,so,d and is surround
81 by u he fines; agricultural districts ia The state
Has .,o4r railroads. ri:: The &. NJ d ~. P.ths q. d
NV, he {. ~. T.. ~ e a., and N, Ndnkato q
EH0r,. The State Normal School is located here,
and ais Public Schools az, among the first ia N,
N"rIhircN. f6r The superiority cfifs clay, brick
limestone, building STONE, dc, Mdnkdto is noted
throughout The land. Asa point for jobbing ana
mann fIctmiag IL has 40 superior ia the Northwest
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

LAST Saturday was the biggest day
in the history of the Chicago Board
Of Trade. McGeOch, the. king OF
corners. got cornered OH lard and laid
down two million dollars short. Sew
eral smaller failures followed. anG
excitement ran high. The entire
week in fact is noted for its many
failurers OH the Board.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22
Improvement of Grain by Selection.
The principle of selection ha

The principle of selection has long
been appreciated by stOck-breeders,
and they have largely profited by the
application of its teachings. AS APP.
piled to the growth of cereals it has
not found Il very wide acceptance,
not having had time to force itself
on the attention of the average farm.
er. The founder of the practice Of
selecting grain for seed is Major Hal.
let, F. l.. s., Brighton, England. In
1851 he planted ten grains of wheat.
from variety known there as Belle.
vue Talavera wheat, which up to that
time had been sown AS a spring
wheat. and was declared to be quite
incapable of withstanding the frost
of winter. Nine of the ten plants
from these grains were killed by the
severe frost, but the other plant, al.
though from the same ear, remained
as healthy and vigorous as any of the
winter varieties of wheat 10y their
side. From this surviving plant seed
has been selected and grown year af.
ter year rs a winter wheat. Close OBJ.
servatiOn shows that in the cereals,
as throughout nature, no two plants
or grains are exactly alike in produc.
tive power, and hence that of any two
or greater number of grains or plants
one IS always superior to all the OF h.
ers. although the superiority can only
be aScertaIned by actual field tests.
1t may consist i'm several particular
characteristics, rs power to withstand
frost ; prolificness size and character
of ear size, form. quality and weight
of grain; length and stiffness of
straw powers Of tillering rapidity
of growth and many others.
"SelcctiOn IN Grain.grOwing." by
James Cheesman, in Popular Science
Moathiy for July.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

OHIO saloon keepers are beginning
to pay the Scott liquor tax. They do
so under protest, IN order that the
amount can be recovered i'm the event
of the law being declared unconsti
tutional. The fact that they are pay
ing the tax even under protest is evi.
dence that their faith in Judge Hoad.
ley's effort TO break down the law is
not very strong.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

THE editor of the st. Paul Dispatch,
who was 50 anxious for a "new deal
last winter, got it Tuesday in the
Ramsey County Convention in way
that he had not counted on. He
wanted to be delegate to the State
Convention, but he was sat down upon
very hard. Castle will need apply
more lubricating oil to his "mer.
scheen" or it will stop running alto.
gether. Kerosene OIL is too thin Mr..
c. to be Of enduring service.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22
One ExperIcnce from MANY.

have been sick and miserable 50 long and
had caused my husband so much trouble and
expense, no one seemed to know what allied
me, that was completely disheartcned and
discouraged. In this frame of mind ] got II
bottle of Hop Bittcrs and used them unknown
To my family. soon began to improve and
gained so fast that my husband and family
thought IL strange and unnatural, but when
told them what helped me, they said, "iiur-
rah for Hop Bitters ! long may they prosper,
for they have made mother well and us hap
py."-The Mother.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

THE New Hampshire Legislature
is a deadlock on the election of U
s. Senator. Rollins, who has had the
lead from the outset is gradually los
ing ground and the possibility OF his
election is very vague. The number
Necessary for a choice is 1853. and on
the last ballot Thursday Rollins had
lib. a net loss of ten from the pre-.
viOus day. A dark horse will soon
be brought out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

THE Minnesota editors have ar.
ranged for their annual excursion this
year to start from st. Paul OH Wed.
nesday night, the 18th of July. A
run will he made to Devils Lake and
from thence to Winnipeg, the latter
point to be reached Friday night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

ONE oflthemost appalling catastro
Plies that ever occurred in any coun
try happened in Sunderland, England,
Saturday where nearly two hundred
children were smothered and tramplet
to death. The calamity occurred il
Victoria Hall after the close of IN
entertainment, and was caused by &
stamped. The particulars Of thi.
terrible calamity are dreadful to con
template.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

SENATOR SABIN took in Washington
on his way to New York and entered
vigorous protest against the cOnsoli.
dation of the Minnesota Internal
Revenue Distrists. There is little
doubt but what the districts AS now
constituted can be handled at much
better advantage than if they were
in one, and it IS to he hoped that the
consolidation will not he made.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

Ara place called GlanfOrt Brigg in
England it is the practice to insure
the lives of children directley after
they are born. and the health inspec-
tor of the district draws attention to
the exceptionally high death rate pre-.
valent there in the past year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

IT is estimated that when high Ii.
cence becomes the law in Illinois the
saloons in Chicago will he reduced in
number from 1000 to 5000. The
revenue arising from them will be
increased from 100000 to 81 $780,,
n.n
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

IT appears that Chinese women
have been struggled into the United
States through British Columbia, and
the Government has urged vigilance
or the officials OH the frontier.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

Or the $4,000 pupils enrolled in the
public schools in Minnesota only 69S
study German, and of these 46S are
in New Ulm. according to the Repiep.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

WITH this issue THE FREE PRESS
closes the twenty.sixth year OF its
existence, and it is proud to note that
it has the pleasantest quarters ever
before enjoyed in its lifetime, is bet
ter equipped for doing fine CONNER
cial printing and book work than ever
before, has more regular readers than
any other paper published in South.
western Minnesota, and combined
with all these is enjoying . larger
patronage everyway than in the past.
For the prosperity it has enjoyed dur
ing the year Just closed it has to
thank those who have. SO kindly and
literally patronized it. and does so
heartily. with the wish that cOnfin"'
ance of the same may be accorded.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22
GLOWING is the table of representation.
Delegates. DELEGATES

IL is ordered that the town and ward eau
ouses be held al the usual places of holding
caucuses AT 3 q clock T. NJ on
Thursday, jane 3lst,
unless otherwise ordered 10y the town or ward
committees, who have power To change the
hour and To make their own rules rs IL the
manner OF clccting delegates.
J. q. FOWLER Chairman,
Republican County Central Committee.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

FOLLOWING in the wake of direful
disasters, caused by cyclones, serious
Hoods are reported along the bottoms
of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
In Nebraska hundreds of acres OF
grain are under water, and the same
is true of sections in Illinois, Mis-.
souri, and Tennessee. A telegram
from st. Louis OH Tuesday, estimated
from ten to fifteen thousand acres
inundated. The river is higher by
two inches than it was in the great
flood of two years ago. and fears are
entertained that the end is not yet
reached.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

The Blue Earth county Republican Con
vention will be held AT the Court House in
the city of Mankato,
saturday, June 23rd, 1883,
AT o'clock z. NJ. for the purpose of selecting
six delegates To attend the State Convention
Ia Toe held in 81. Paul, "Wednesday, June 9th
The ratio OF representation for the various
towns will be one delegate for every town oI
ward. and one for every - votes or major
fraction thereof cast for Congressman Wake.
held i'll lss2.
Following Is the table of representation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22
EStray.

Came to the premises of John John
ston in the town of Sterling, Blue EARTH
county, Mimi, May LIST, 1888, fair
sized, roan-cOlOred COW, five years old
The owner of said cow can obtain thu
same by proving property and paying
the necessary charges.
50w3 JOHN JOHNSTON.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

The Detroit Free Press relates that a
colored man was hanging around one OF
the Detroit opera houses when a gentle
man said to him: "Why don't you 60 in
Under the Civil Rights bill you can take
q seat in the parquet circle" Eyes, sab:
I knows all bout that, sah," was the
reply. Under de Cibil Rights bill ken
take any seat in de house, but under de
present strain on my finances I couldn't
buy two shinglesif hull opera houses war
sellin' for 10 cents apiece, sahp"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

The Republicans of New York are
strengthening political matters on,
and will sweep the State for Repub
lican President in 'S4.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVEN.
TON,
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 81, 1888.

A Republican State Convention will be- held
al Market Hall, I'm the city of 81. Paul, at IL
o'clock noon ~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22
A Little Awkward.

Parson Whangdoodle Baxter noticed
at the last pray meeting in the Austir
Blue Light Tabernacle, that Gabe Snod
grass, who was working his lips like the
rollers Of patent clothes wringer a,
he read his Bible, actually had the bool
upside down.
why, Gabe, you am reading the sa
cred book upside down. How am dat
possible?"
''Dat am so far fac, Parson. You
see, Parson. dis heah Bible b'longs to
my wife. and l don't know how to han.
die hit. yet. Ef l jess had my own Bible
heah wild me, dat | has done got de hang
oh. nebber would hab made dat mis-.
take. "-1eras Siflings.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

Mr.. SILLIMAN, of Blue Earth City,
has been given place in the Treas
ury Department ut Washington.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22

Ia place in nomination candidates for Gov
cnor. Lieutenant Governor, Secretary Of
STATE, State Treasurer, Attorney Gener al, and
Railroad Commissioner. The respective
counties are entitled Ia representation IA fol-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22
Republican County Convention.

Chairman State Central Committee
HENRY A. CASTLE, Secretary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Darrell Davis,
ATTORNEY

All kinds of legal business promptly at
tended Ia.
OFFICE
81 Over Meagher's Hardware Store.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-22
List of Letters

Remaining uncalled for at the Post Office at
MankatO, Blue Earth county, Mimi, for the
week ending June 2}, 1888
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-24
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

Codfshing schooners are getting ready
for cruise to the north.
Clara Rennicks, who was shot by San
chez, has symptoms of pleurisy.
Poll.tax collections range from $3.50 to
$1,000 per day. Last year $4,000 was
collected.
The Bank Commissioners have examined
four of the city banks since the resump-
tion of that branch of their work on the
l4th.
The Young Mems Christian Association
building was thrown open Thursday even
ing 20 the public. A literary and musical
programme was presented in the main hall.
John kiIroy, who attempted suicide on
Monday, has been married to the woman
with whom he had been living, and who
had borne him a child. His recovery is
still doubtful.
W. 81. Crane, the arrested Recorder of
the Land Office at Susanville, has given
bonds in the sum Of 81, 500 for his app ar
ance in Court, with J. R. Lockwood and
r. A. West as sureties.
The schooner Rainbow, laden with hay
and merchandise to be transferred to the
ship British General, took fire Thursday
night in the bay and was badly burned.
She was beached on the flats and her hull
and cargo were saved.
Justice Pennie was assaulted Friday by
Brooks McKendry, teamster, who struck
him on the arm with an iron bar because
he interfered to prevent him beating bis
horse. McKendry was arrested. The
Judges injuries are not serious.
L. S. Welton, who recently committed
suicide by jumping overheard from ship
bound from San Bias to Mszatlan, was
once prominent merchant in Red Bluff,
belonging to the firm of Cone & Welton,
The Marysville Appeal says he was the
man whom General Cadwalaier shot at
four years ago, on account of some family
difficulty. He went from Red Bluff to
Oakland, and thence to Arizona. His
family still resides in Oakland.
Thursday afternoon British Consul VIM.
Lane Booker received telegram which he
had long expected. 1t was from Earl
Granville, Secretary Of State, Foreign De-
partment, Great Britain, and advised Mr..
Booker Of the departure of his predecessor in
the Consulate at New York, with the order
that he proceed at once to his new post.
No mention of the successor to the Con-
sulate in this city was made, and the pres
ent Vice. Consul Charles Mason will act
until other arrangements are perfected.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-24

Advices from Tombstone are to the effect
that the bodies of Bowman and MCGOWAN
were found where the attack was made by the
Mexicans. The cause of the massacre was
that the Mexicaus supposed the parties to be
the owners of the Providence mine, to whom
some Of them lay claim.
The Stars Hermosillo special this evening
Gays: A private letter received here this
morning states that band Of about forty
Apaches were seen some sixty miles north OF
Ures on the 18th inst, going toward Ufes |;
also that there were two companies of soldiers
only few hours behind them. The six per-
sons that were reported killed near Ures have
come in, and say the Indians were not
seen by them. The latest news is
that band of about fifteen Indians passed
some twenty miles east cf Magdalena, going
north toward the Sierra mountains The In.
dians, when going toward Ures, were well
and had some extra horses. Those
reported being seen east of Carbe did not
have horses, and those passing Msgdalena
had FIVE or fix horses. About half of the
band that were seen had either been killed or
had divided,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-24
OREGOk.
Advices from Portland.

PORTLAND, Msrch 231.-A light, warm
rain fell from 2 TO P. NJ. to- day, the first in
thirty days. Very little rain has fallen
throughout the valley. but dispatches to
night say the crops are not suffering.
Booth Bros, dealers in general merchandise
at Yoncels, Douglas county, have failed.
Liabilities, S23,000; assets, S1S.000 It is
likely that they will effect compromise with
their creditors.
Frank Wheeler. who killed Fred Schwsrz
at the Palace Theater four weeks ago, was
indicted to-day for murder in the second de.
gree.
Judge B. Whitteu. a pioneer lawyer of
eastern Oregon, died in Union county on the
18th instant.
Progress on all buildings in course of con-
struction this spring is retarded by the
scarcity of piasterers. Contractors offer So
per day for eight hours work, and 100 men
could get employment at these wages il
twenty-four hours.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-24
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Items from Victoria.

VICTORIA. March 2Sd,-To.day, being Good
Friday. is observed as holiday, and business
is suspended.
The American steamer Evangel was seized
this morning on her arrival 10 port for an in
fraction of the revenue laws on previous
trip.
A blacksmith working on the railroad was
"stood up J." last night in New Minister by a
highwayman, who robbed him of three bits.
The robber sssed If that was all the money
the blacksmith had, and being told yes,
handed it back, with the remark, Here.
you poor beggsr, you're not the fish I'm
af.ey."
The white Immigration continues unabated.
and much satisfaction is expressed on all sides
at the superior class of the labor now COM
ing in.
The Premier announced in the House yes
terday that most important aud satisfactory
information concerning the island railway
and dry dock construction had been receivsd
from Ottawa.
II is believed that the public lands will be
thrown open to settlers almost immediately.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-24
PASSENGER LIsTs.

C, nToL ool p,,,l h,.o - H.,
OAstLM Disrca OIL assoc mere so1uag' =,
20 arrive III oaclanenso G p .o-morrow G. .. T !.
= Es Rrown ~ u;ts team and w. Two danaStsrs rs oa Monnt
Idab, A I,ambsrt Ir ST fon;s. r
Hal Hall psnnsvlvan;a. Mrs. Marv Handlev
Cal;fornia Georoe W. Much. II 8 n.
Mrs n Roberts and dauohter- Osden. Miss
p Graham, Chicaoo T r. Seaight. San
F.anci.eo. James II. Mncb. Washinetop. d
c.; Mrs. II n Palmer, Boston; Miss X stis
Miller, Council Bluffs 110 emigrant psssen-
gers, including S5 males, to arrive in Sacra-
mento March 25sh.
NEwEA1n. March 23i.-Passed here to.
day 20 arrive in San Francisco tomorrow /:
r. HAYDEN. Miss Kittie HAYDEN. New York :
YORK: ]. Mercer. Dallas. Texas: Matthews