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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-20
SECOND LETTER, 1885.

PEsoTuM, Champaign County H.,
August 4. 1885. !
To THE PUBLIC: wish to slate that in he sum
lner of 1882 was treated by Mis-, Dr. keck for
lonsumption and was cured sound and well. My
treatment occupied about eight months. Since
my recovery | have become very rugged and
strong, and now enjoy good heolth
Respectfully, ANNA ADAlR.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-20

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Nov. O.-Ons
hundred Mormon converts from the south.
ern staie5 left here Wednesday night for
Utah. -Four hundred have gone within a
year.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-20
The Mirror

is no 1atterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale?
Magnolia Balm is the charm
or that almost cheats the
looking-glass.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-20

Little Giant Cough Cure does not dry
up the cough but loosens it and gives
prompt relief For sale by Hartz II
Bahnsen.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-20

tf For notices in reference to Special Excnr
sions changes of time. and other items of interest
] n connec ton with the Chicago, Milwaukee II st
Paul Railway, please refer 10 the local columns Of
this paper.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-20

The Line selected by tho u.s. Gov
to carry the Fast Maj;
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THE
THE
CHICAGO,
M lLWAUkEE
AND S 7: Paul.
RAILWAY COMPANY.

RAILWAY COMPANY.
1t owns and operates nearly 5000 miles of Thor
oughly equipped road in Illinois, Wisconsin. Iowa
Minnesota and Dakota.
1t is the Short Line and Best Route be-
tween all principal points in the North
west and Far West.
For maps, time tables, rates of passage and
freight, etc, apply to the nearest station agent
of the Chicago, Milwaukee a. St. Paul Railway or
to any railroad agent anywhere in the United
States or Canada.
II. MILLER, A. V. II. CARPENTER.
General Manager, Gen. Pass. Il Tiki Az
j. r. TUCKER, GEO. II. IlEAFFORD.
Asst denl Manager. Asst Gen. Pass. Aet
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.
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skepca applying Tor nor
number
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-20
Second Letter from an Illinois Lady,

SEYMOUR, Champaign Co., H., jane,

SEYMOUR. Champaign Co.. H., june 1885
public how have improved under the freshmen,
To the OF lends
my house work. after SO many
do much suffering Can
terrible bad feelings
life before have good
life worth the living am not ir@ubeh
sweat and have long sleep
hut retire and sleep well all
night and went to Champaign to see Or
returning home the ana walked
depot eighth of mile to our house this was great
Mrs being who hope People whom
confined bed
the afflicted
to following her advise implicitly as have
done theyw without doubt be greatly benefited.
"''' ' 1890 Respectfuly MRs.W WIN. ANDERSON
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-20
MRS. DR., KECK'S |NF|RMARy
Corner Sixth and Brady SITS, DAVENPORT, 10.

Diseases Specaies Cata
and all Female Complaints
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-20

FREE OF CI19GE at her Medical IhTmaly NnPo'
a. Infrmary will be pleased the afflicted
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
Frank Leslie,s Popular Monthly.

The opening number for, January,
1885, commences the new volume bril-
lantly, and the publisher seems determ'
ined to maintain the character of this
popular magazine as the most varied
comprehensive and cheapest periodical
published. Among the finely illustrated
articles are 1.-THE Rise and Fall of a
Great Party" by w. A. Crotfut "a
Midwinter Cruise Among the Antilles
by w. S. Hughes; "Our Vanishing Game.
BIRDS" by ii. w. belong +; "A Stroll
through the Island of Jersey" by Pro
fessor Charles A. JOY; "Frussia's First
King" by Alfred H. Guernsey; ain tn,
Cork Forests of Spain;' Hibernation OF
Mammals" by J. Dunn "Trouhadours
Ancient and Modern" by T. Hueffer
"Reminiscences OF Lamartine," by Rich.
ard b. Kimbali, author OF 'iSt. Leger,"
etc, etc, etc. The serial The Death
Mark" is continued. and there arr
short stories, poems, sketches, ETC., by
favorite writers an abundant miscel-
lany, 1913 ouarto pages and over 100 illus
trations. The price is only 25 cents a
number, or 50 80 a year, postpaid. Mrs
Frank Leslie, 81, IS and 81, Park Place,
New York
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The Judge and the Conductor.

A young lawyer once quite forgot
himself in some curt expression to the
court, but the Judge was sensible
man. and in consideration of the i'm.
maturity of the member of the ban
treated the matter rather gently. He
made it clear, however, that the style
had better not be used again and re-
marked significantly: "rnis court is
naturally quick tempered. A remark,
by the way, not inapplicable to the late
Chief-Justice Bigelow, who OF one oc.
casion was brought to his bearings In Q
way as effective as 1t was amusing. He
was riding in car that did not stop al
Quincy. where he resided, and, as Il
was passing by. he pulled the rope and
the train was brought to sudden stop.
The conductor rushed into the Car and
demanded: "Who rung that bellp''
81 did, said the Chief-Justice. "WhyP'
Because ] want to get Off" At which
the railroad official INDUCED In some
remarks which were not complimentary
and hardly respectful. The Judge al.
terward complained to the President OF
the road, who promised to look into the
matter. hut he found that, although
the conductor might have used hot Ian
guage, the Chief-Justice was not with
out fault. and said nothing about it,
Whom they next met, by chance, the
latter demanded of the President
whether he had reprimanded the con-
ductor. ~ spoke to him." was the re-
ply. "Well, what did he sayp" HE
said that he was coming up some day
TO adjourn your court" The irate
magistrate saw the point and did not
pursue the investigation. Every
Other SdturCldU.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
A Cruel Caprice OF Fashion.

"The cruel fashion of 'bobbing'
horses tails is being revived" said
Henry Bergh to Tribune reporter.
ut was q fashionable craze about o
generation ago, and was not entirely
stopped until our society succeeded in
getting stringent laws enacted against
cruelty to animals. The 'bobbing' Is
mainly done by the wealthy people, of
oouse. They have an idea that 1t
makes their horses look more stylish,
and to satisfy this caprice, Gods no.
blest animal is made to suffer the most
barbarous cruelty that devilish ingenui-
ty can devise. OF late. the officers of
this society have noticed great many
horses with 'bobbed' tails, and they
were nearly all of them in fashionable
turnouts.
1.-THE men who perform these cruel
acts arc blacksmiths or horse-doctors.
The animal is taken into blacksmith
shop or out-of-the-way stable late at
night, or early in the morning. Will
one or two men stand guard outside,
the doors are barred and the horse is
securely tied by the legs so as to pre-
vent kicking. Its tail is then tied to
the loft or ceiling and space of about
an inch is shaved at distance OF about
seven inches from the horses body. A
knife is placed on this spot by the vet
Urinary surgeon, and another man
strikes the knife two or three blows
with mallet, driving it through the
flesh and bone until the tail is severed.
The suffering of the horse is excruciat-
ing, its groans almost suggesting hui
man agony: An iron, heated to white
heat, is passed over the severed end so
as to stop the future flow of blood, and
an iron ring, red hot, is used to cauter-
lie the flesh to the extent of half an
inch from the extremity of the horses
tail. for the cauterized bone is crisp
and hard and might disease the flesh.
Disease and death often follow this
cruel treatment, because the men who
perpetrate it re quack veterinary sur
geons and blacksmiths who are as ig-
norant of the anatomy of a horse as
they are cruel. These men work very
secretly, and though we have broken
up several places where they practised
their cruelty, we were unable to catch
the tiends at work. -Nea0 York Tribune.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
All Made From smo,e.

The old saying that nothing is wasted
or lost to nature is true in regard to the
smoke from the furnace of Elk Rapids,
Mich. In this furnace are manufacture
ed fifty tons OF charcoal per day. There
are twenty-five charcoal pits, construct
ed OF brick. Each pit is filled with one
hundred cords of hard wood and then
fired. The vast amount of smoke from
these pits, which was formerly lost in
the air, Is now utilized. Works have
been erected to convert the smoke into
chemicals and acids.
These works are q curiosity. First,
they have circular tube, made OF
wood, with pine slaves, sixteen feet in
length, bound together with heavy iron
hoops. This tube Is placed directly
over the pits in horizontal position,
with an opening from each pit into the
tube. At the end nearest the building
there is large drum containing ro-
tary fan propelled by machinery, the
power of which is gas. That acts as
suction or draft for the smoke, which
Is conveyed into fire-stills filed with
copper pipe two and one-half inches in
diameter. The boxes in which the
pipes are situated are twenty feet
square, eight feet deep, made OF heavy
pine, and filled with cold water; they
are all connected by copper pipes; they
are connected with the main still, 100
feet in length, 10 feet wide, and 8 feet
deep, filled with copper pipes q inches
in diameter, in horizontal position,
surrounded by cold water; from this
conveyed to purifier, from which runs
what Is called pyroligneous acid, which
is as clear as amber, with an unpleasant
| odor.
From the acid is produced. first, AGO.
tate of lime; second, alcohol; third, tar;
fourth, gas, which is consumed under
the boilers. Each cord of wood con-
tains $4,000 cubic feet of smoke; 2. S00,.
600 feet of smoke handled every twen-
ty-four hours, producing $4,000 pounds
of acetate of lime. 200 gallons Of alco-
hol, and twenty-five pounds of tar.
These products have commercial val
ne in the manufacture of various ar
ticles. The smoke from 10000 cords
of wood consumed per annum Is thus
made source of much profit, as the
works are automatic. and require no
workmen to run them.-B Boston Journal
of Commerce.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
MANKATo FREE Press
aTR1DAY, JANUARY q. 1885.
The Domestic Monthly for January, 1885

1uo 0omosplc monthly ior SahuaRSb 4ooe
! A month or two ago The Domestic
Monthly offered to send for $3.50 the
magazine for one year, and copy of the
National Standard Encyclopedia, a new
reference work of 700 pages, 900 illus
trations, and over 10000 articles. Al
expected, this has proved enormously
popular, and probably no premium ever
offered by periodical has met with
greater favor. Present subscribers are
renewing for two years ahead in some
cases in order to obtain the Encyclope'
dia.
The January number of The Domestic
Monthly is an attractive one. The Fa
shion Department Is complete, as usual
with all the newest winter styles, anc
the literary department has a most read
able collection of stories and sketches
There are several timely articles or
Homemade Holiday Gifts, ""Children's
Holiday Parties" etc., etc. Two full
page wood engravings add much TO the
interest of the number. The publisher
promise, during the coming year, to il
iustrate even more fully than hereto
fore. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher'
Household Department contains live
ly and instructive chat with yong house
Keepers.
The Domestic Monthly is published a
S53 Broadway, corner Fourteenth Str.
New York, at 81 a year. For $l.25, tn,
magazine, and u Manual of Fancy Work
with 400 designs, and full directions TO
working, are sent, and as stated above
for 81. 80 the magazine and u complete
Encyclopedia,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
The European War Correspondent.

There is hardy more formidable
variety of the armed man than the Eu-
ropean war correspondent in his COM
plete war-paint. He is girt with de-
structive weapons, like a Montenegrin
patriot or rate of the Bowery melo-
drama. A aerringer hangs on his left
hip, a four-barreled bulldog" balances
It on his right, Winchester repeating
Ftav~ Sa9'ess Ia -hsnk. the strap of It
supporting supplementary cartridge
pouch, q travelling inkstand, and a
housewife containing needles, thread.
and other conveniences advisable in a
campaign where etaR ofioors will have
TO repair their own clothes. Add to
the paraphernalia bowie-knife, case
knife, a hunting-knife, and sword, o
field-glass, water-bottle, and q flask;
add hayersack by the side and a
knapsack for the back; add O case for
pens and pencils, also little medicine
chest, and you have the more salient
items of the outfit. A Field Marshal
in all his glory Is less suggestive of
Lsvoc and the dogs of war than scribe
thus terribly caparisoned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
First ins. Dec. &c; last ins. Feb. 6.
SHERIFF s EXECUTION SALE.

by virtue OF nm execution issued out of and
- under the seal uf the District Court, in
and iur the county ot Scott and State OF Min
neSota, upon augment rendered and docketed
in said county. on the 9th day of August, \.
ID. 1888, for the sum Of two hundred thirty
three and 6S-ln dollars. In AN action wherein
David Brown by his guardian Orestus ;. Brown
was plaintiff, and Julia \. Brown implicated
with David A. Brown and Mary j. Brown were
defendants. which Judgment Was docketed H.
Blue Earth county, SAID State. On the 18th day
" December 1881, I have this End day of
December. A. ID SSI, levied upon nll Il e right,
title and interest OF the sand 4, PENDANTS, In aud
u the "uliuwing described real estate, situate
in the county Of Blue Earth and state OF Min.
ncsoIa kII'wn and described as follows: The
south one third at lot six 90 In block nine o.,
In the town (now city, at Mankatb. acc riding
a. the recorded plat thereof made 10y 4. u.
Bruner in lsS;, the same being the part oI
Stid.lot Curnering un Front aud Poplar streets
wcnty two a. Icct front on Front street aud
running back along Poplar street To- the alley.
Now, therefore, notice IL hereby given that
NiIlstll the above described real properly L.
the highest bidder for cash at public auction ut
the front door nt the 'thCr ui the Register of
Deeds uf Blue Earth county aforesaid, la the
City of MHnkato therein, on the
Ninth eth day of February, A. D 1885,
AZ ten d 'clrck i'm the ( 'ren,un uf that day
Ia sat Sty the said execution. together with the
interest and cast thereon
Dated AT MaukatO, Drcrm5er u, 1891.
GEORGE W MONKS.
Sheriff az Blue Earth County. Minnesota
L. NJ BROwN.
Attorney for Plaintiff
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First ins. Dec. 10; last ms. Jan. o.
PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Blue
- Earth.-ss In Probate Court, Special
Term, Dec. IS, 1884.
In the matter OF the guardianship OF Willis.
Ton w. Greenwood, minor.
On reading and filing the petition of Eliza
oeth v. GREENWOOD, guardian pf the person
ana property of Milston W. Greenwood
minor, for license Ia sell the real estate of her
SAID ward; and II appearing from said petition
that II Il necessary and would toe beuC iicial Ia
SAID ward that said real estate, or a part there
of, should bc sold.
IL Is ordered, that the next of kin of said
ware ana all persons interested in the estate
oi said ward shall appear before said Probate
COURT, at the Probate Office Ia the city o Man
kato, IN the county uf Blue Earth Il uresaid
on Tue SIth day of January, \. ID 1888, nj ten
O'Clock IN the forenoon, - show cause why a
nctns" should not bc granted for the sale of
said real estate.
Ana IL Is further ordered, that n copy Of this
oIdcr ne personally scrv, a on the next of kin
VI SAID ward residing in said Blue Earth coun.
w. hnu ON all persons interested I'm said ,,stut A.
AT lcasi fourteen day before the hea ring ~
salu pcutlun aus aforesaid, and by the publicn-
tion ihcreOf for four successive weeks i'm tho
Mahkaio fREE PRESS, a weekly ncwspap.r
printed and published M the city of Mankato
ia salu Biue Earth county, the last of which
puoilcatlnns shall hc at least fourteen DAYS be-
Tore said day of hearing
Dhted December, 18TH 1854
by the Court,
G, W. MEAD
I,..N..
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First insertion Dee. -; last Insertion Jan. ..
PROBATE NOTICE.

NTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth.-ss In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Mary Fitterer,
dc ceased
The State of Minnesota and the said Pro-
bate Court TO all persons interested In the
estate ut Mary Fittcrcr deceased. Greeting:
Whereas, Theodore Fittcrer, of the county Oi
Blue Earth, state Of Minnesota, hts flied his
petition in the Probate Court OF the county
ot Blue Earth, for letters Of administration
! 10 issue To said petitioner upon tho estate q
Mary Fittercr, late OF said county, deceased
| Therefore. you, and each Of you, are cited
and required To appear ut the office of tn,
Judge of Probate in the city Of Mankato, IL
said county, ON the 2Srd day OF January
| lSS5, ut ten o'clock in the forenoon d
| that dav, and show cause why letters NJ
| administration upon SAID estate should nO
| issue To the said Theodore Fitterer us prayeI
| for in said petition.
In testimony whereof have hereunto Sc
| my hand and affixed the seal of the Probat,
Court this END day OF December, A ID, 1884.
u. w. MEAD,
| lSEAL.l Judge Of Probate.
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F.rsI iu- Dec. -; last ms. Jan. 2.
PROBATE NOTICE..
q w MEAD.
Judge OF Probate

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
- Earth IS Ia Probate Court. Special Term
Dec. I'th, 1854.
In the matter Of the estate OF John Brush
deceased
% production of writing, puTp1rting To De
Guy auIncrtICatD u copy -, tue Wlll / john
BIusu. late u !hIChrr, in tho county uI
frauklln and state III Vermont deCvaEt Il. and
the probate ihcTeUi in Franklin C,uuty. Yer.
tn""'' ""u n!s" III" aCCumpan! IUg p,tIIOE Il
frrE!ruH armstrong, OF the rI:y Of Lyons
in IIe STATE OF Iowa, Tcprcs, ntIng among Other
Ih.'Ss Ihal sa.d I'm Brush lately died al
~ Nu"I a. Sid c'GnIy al Franklin, State VI
' e th"Ht' that st.a las, rumcut u Il dulS au,
IN !ucHtvN copy II tuc .asT wall If SAID ut-
Cra'tN alta III" probate There. T. aud that The
th"rtlH' a"d pray iHg that said CODY and IN,
PIup"iv thtft"i T." nj II and recorded Hs the
Ihst " M auu Tesla AN,.IlI I said John RrIsh AZ.
Cedstu, ana that ICltIIr trstaIu, mary Inc NOR
on issued 10 J Inn Bru>n. -.
IL - urdCTcd that said petition aud tho nrnot
OF sand Instrument To- heard before TINS t,n,rI
al the Probate Office in said Blue Earth count
on the 2uth day ul January. \. ID ISS,. AT nlne
CLOCK in the iOTCnOun, when all concerned
may appear and contest the probate OF said
Instrument
Ana II l. further ordered that public notice
OF the time ana place uf such hearing bu given
by publication 81 these orders for three wee Ks
suCCt-sIVcS previous 10 SAID day Ur hearing
III the MHnautu FREE Pass. u newspaper
printed and published AT MauAaiO IN SAID blue
Earth county.
By the Court.
q W. MEAD,
Judge 81 Probate.
benz. G. EEYNoLDs,
1 o.. 1. ll..FHF
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02

A South American traveller has dis.
covered near the River Dramanta lit
tie stream issuing from a hard meta
morphic rock that was hot and sticky.
IL Is like stream of thick petroleum.
While engaged in examing this natural
curiosity ne came upon two small birds
caught in the sticky substance at the
edge OF the stream; they were still
alive, but upon releasing them both the
feathers and the skin came off where
they came In contact with the bitumi-
mons matter, so that he had to kill them
to put an end to their sufferings. No
doubt they had been taken in by the
appearance of water which the stream
presented and had alighted to drink,
when they discovered their mistake too
late.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-02
First insertion Dec. 20; last insertion Jan, 10.
NOTICE 4 CREDITORS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
- Earth. In Probate Court.
In the matter OF the estate of Marion G. Letter.
man, deceased
Notice shereby given to all persons having
claims aud demands against the estate oi
MarlonC Lciferman, late OF the county OF Blue
Earth, deceased, that the Judge of the Pro-
bate Court of said county, will hear, exam
me and adjust claims and demands against
said estate ut his office I'm the city of Manka
Ia In said county. on the 10Th day of Murcl
and on the 10th day Of June, 1898, ri
ten o'clock IN the forenoon ou each of sale
days, and that six months from the 10th da,
or December, 1854, have been limited and al
lowed 10y said Probate Court for creditors {,
present their claims
Dated December. 10, 1884.
GEORGE W MEAD.
Judge OF Probate,
Clements Leiferman. executor uf the estate
Marion e.. Leifcrman deceased.
WIN. n. PLYMAT,
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Oil From Natures Wells.

The skin on the head is kept soft and
flexible by a secretion from the oil
glands. When these are clogged the
hair dries and falls off. Parker's Hair
Balsam renews their action, restores the
original color to the hair and makes il
soft and glossy. 1t also eradicates dam
drulf. Not greasy, not a dye, deliciously
perfumed. Delightful for lady's toilet
table, TIE best " dressing, Preferable
to all similar articles because of its supe.
rior cleanliness and purity.
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The Housewife's Favorite

We will send FREE for ONE ENTIRE
YEAR, to every lady who sends US Al
ONCE the names of ten married ladies,
at same address, and ~ two-ct., stamps
for postage, our handsome, entertain.
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Fashions, Fancy Work, Decorating,
Cooking and Household matters.
Regular price. $l.00. SEND TO-DAY, and
secure next number. Address,
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Wide Awake Druggist.

Mr.. J. r. Jones is always
alive to do business, and spares no
pains to secure the best of every article
in his limo. He has secured the
agency for the celebrated DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. The
only certain cure known for Consump-
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Left-handed penmanship is

Left-handed penmanship is now
taught in number of American
schools. The method Of instruction Ia
to make the pupil write his name In
pencil and then go over it with pen
held In his left hand. After doing this
for some time the writer is able to
write his signature without the aid OF
the penciled copy. This is kept up I'M
til a sufficient degree Of proficiency %
obtained.