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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
aWhen did you return to the house on

Thursday nightr
 About twelve"
 Twelve P said Annie; "it was not more than ten when heard you"
 "The clcck struck twelve as turned the corner of the street," replied Chand- Ter, positively.
 "l certainly heard some one in the front loom at ten" said Annie, looking with astonishment at those around her
 "We're getting at something" said l. |" How did you get in 2"
 The young man smiled as he looked at Annie, and said:
 "On arriving at the door, l found had lost my night key. At that moment watchman happened along and told him my situation. He knew me, and taking a ladder from an unfinished house opposite, placed 1t against one ot the second-story windows, and entered in that way"
 Good. Now, who was it that wa: heard in the parlor, unless it was Bryce or one of his accomPlices? He mus have taken the key iron. your pocket Chandler, and stolen the note from the secretary. At any rate l will charge him with the crime, let what may happen Perhaps he will confess when hard pushed"
 Acting upon this thought, wrote a lawyers letter" demanded against you, etc.-which was immediately sent io MT. Bryce. Cautioning the parties mol to speak of the affair, dismissed them
 Bryce came.
 "Well, sir, what have you to say against me?" he asked stiffly.
 "A claim on the part of John Wallace for g. ooo," l replied, poking over my pa pers. and appearing perfectly indifferent
 Paid it" he said, short as pie-crust
 "Have you2' said I, looking him sharply in,the eye.
 The rascal quAiled. saw that he was villain.
 Nevertheless. if within an hour you do not pay me S2 ooo, and Sloo for the trouble and anxiety you have caused my client, at the end of the next hour you will be lodged in jail to answer erim- inal charge"
 "What do you mean, sirW
 | mean what say. Pay, or take the consequences"
 It was bold charge, and if he had looked like an honest man, l should not have dared to make it.
 "l have paid the money, l tell you" said he; :" have the note in my pos session."
 "I got it when pad the"
 "When you feloniously entered the house of John Wallace, on Thursday night, at ten o'clock, and took the said note from the secretary"
 You have no proof" said he grasping g a chair for support,
 That is my lookout. have ne time to waste. Will you pay, or go to jail ?''
 He saw the evidence had was too strong for his denial, and he drew his check on the spot for g. 100. and after begging me not to mention the affair, he sneaked off.
 cashed the check and hastened to Wallace's house. The reader may judge with what satisfaction he received it, and how rejoiced was Annie and her lover Wallace insisted that l should take SIoc for my trouble, but magnanimously keot only S2o Wallace signed the pledge and was ever after a temperance man He died a few years ago, leaving hand some property to Chandler and his wife the marriage between him and Annie having taken place shortly after the above narrated circumstance occurred.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
Do Nol be Discouraged

even if you have tried many remedies for your Kidney disease or Liver complaint without success 1t is no reason why you should think your disorder incurable. The most intractable eases readily yield to the potent virtues ot Kidney-Wort. It is a purely vegetable compound which acts on tbe Kidneys. Liver and Bowels a, the same time and thus cleanses the whole system. Don't wait, but get a package day and cure yourself.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

Said little Arthur, little year older Mamma, why do people wear specta- cles!' Because their eyes are not good" Why are they not good" Be- cause they are born so." "What is born ?" "Why, God makes them SO they cannot see we'll" "Well, why don't God make them with spectacles, thenT The mother had call in another part of the house jsst then.- Rostoa Commonwealth.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
An Avaricious Man,

Why is an avaiicious man like one with a short memory? He is always for getting, So is the wise parent forever getting Taylor's Cherokee Remedy oi Sweet Gum and Mullein, the croup pre- ventive, and cough and consumption cure. Send two cent stamp to Walter A. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga, for Riddle Book.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
Very Like.
Philadelphia call.l

First Paragrapher-" Did you hear about that steamboat named Mark Twain, which exploded few days ago."
 Second Paragrapher-"N No; what was the matter?"
 First Paiagrapher-"W Well, my theory is that it had just read Huckleberry Finn, and exploded with indignation"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

Joking on facts will frequently part closer friends than beer and French mustard Chieage Ledgsy.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

Shad jokes are bony-6de humor.- PhiIadsLpkfa Call.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31
THE EDITORIAL. CONVENTION.

The meeting in II. Paul Tuesday Of the
Minnesota State Editorial Association
was more numerously attended than in
any previous year, and the papers pre-
scented were full of valuable suggestions
and information to publishers. The first
dav was spent in disposing of the literary
end of the programme, while the eve
ming was occupied at the Hotel Ryan,
where a most elaborate banquet was
spread and rendered the editors and
their ladies, 10y the Northwestern News
paper Union. After the feast was con
Guided, toasts were responded Ia 10y COY.
Hubbard, III. \. Castle, Esd. I. VI. New
SON, ESD, Mr.. Leonard, of the Rochester
Post, and others. Music was also in at
tendance, and the evening passed in :,
most pleasant and enjoyable manner.
"Wednesday morning, through the hos
pitality of the II. L. NJ. Il NJ. Railroad
Lake Minnetonka was visited, ami the
DAY spent i'm tour 10y boat around the
lake. Lunch was served AT the Hotel
Lafayette, which, we are loath Ia say,
was II very cheap ailair-cXcepting the
price paid.
II. A. Castle, ESD, was elected Prcsi-
dent of the Association for the ensuing
year. Only from lack ofspace, We should
like 10 give Il full synopsis of the pro-
ceedings, hut We must forbcar. Rcsoiu-
tons of considerable length were passed
bearing upon the interests of the fratcr-
nifty, and n just recognition of the efforts
of the retiring President, Mr.. Il. T..
Herbert, was also embodied therein
1t is pleasure Ia note the growing in
terest manifest in these annual Gather.
ings, and those of the editorial profess
sion who once attend and become inter-
ested in the debates, will be sure and
not miss the next meeting. The great
trouble has been in past years, brethren
of the quill have not seemed To comprc-
bend the necessity for organization and
closer communion with one another, but
thanks To the growing interest ia these
conventions that time has passed, and in
future we may look Ia see long strides
made by these Woodworking, down
trodden gentlemen, toward the higher
standard of journalism, when the toilcr
shall he rewarded for his labors, and he
"free-puif' business forever buried.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

ever tried. Its ability to cut all kinds
of garments, and being so easily learned,
makes il in every way just what moth
or needs in cutting clothing for her
growing children, who are constantly
changing i'm size which makes il neces-
sary for Il new pattern every few months.
think one could not spend money
more economically than to purchase the
National Garment Cutter.
MRs. CIIAs. SCuICR.
81 South Benton ~.
WAsEcA, Mimi, July %, 1885.
J. X. DORIAN, ESQ:
DEAR Sui make my report to you,
| have put out 10 set of Cutters this
week. | have been here nine weeks.
When came many told me could not
do much, but have been very busy all
the time; and ought Ia stay in this field
longer, but M you want me Ia 90 to Min
ncapOls | will do 80 this afternoon.
have taken in $3.50 Ia day, and il u
now one o'clock. received letter
last evening from Clark. flc is doing II
fine business i'm st. Peter. Wishing all
the bows the best success, am truly
yours for the National Garment Cutter.
l.. Il. IlorHINs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

lr seems very inconsistent for the re-
mains of General Grant to he Inferred at
New York. The Capitol is the proper
place for the final resting place of one
who cmbamcd himself so indelibly up
on the hearts of his countrymcn, by acts
both military and civil. 50 closely con-
nectcd in every detail of interest with
that city. IL was there and Whereabouts
that he served his country best, and
made himself, technically speaking, the
nations own man, and why not let him
rest ut the nations headquarters. II ap-
pears that the dictates of fitness should
be regarded, 10 some extent, in all such
matters, to say nothing of the custom of
all eminent nations. OF course the de-
sires of the bcrcaved family must he ac-
corded first consideration, but we have
failed to learn of any decided expression
of preference on their part. 1t looks II
little too much like laying the nations
dead in potter's field. The most de-
pressing and painful season of the great
mans life is connected with the city of
New York, hence il looks almost cruel
to see him lain there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31
GRANTS FUNERAL.

Arrangements for the final obseqmcs
over the dead General, are about com
pleted, and Saturday August Sth, the last
act that ever can he done to the man
whom we ali mourn, will he done nj
Riverside Park, New York, the place
chosen for the long rest. The funeral
train will leave Mt. McGregor on Tues
day August 18th, and will arrive ut Albany
at 1 40 the same afternoon. "Wednesday
at noon they vii! leave the capitol and
arrive in New York at l:30 T.. M, where
the remains will lay in state until the
time of the funeral.
u. 5. Grant Post q. A. r., will he the
guard of honor. Memorial services will
he held all over this country on the day
Of the funeral, ami in some parts of Eu-
rope. One grand feature of the whole
affair is the universal effort being made
i'm the Southern States Ia show their sor-
row for the departed General, who WAS
the means of defeating them in their
struggle for State rights.
The remains are in the care Of an un-
dertaker, and are being reduced 10 II
state of natural expression, which was
not anticipated. The tired, weary ex-
preston of the face is passing away, and
an appearance of quiet rest peiyadcs the
features.
There will be no feigned grief or hypo-
critical pomp at this funeral, rs is want
Ia be the case at the obscquics of mon
archs and men of high state in other
lands, but genuine, heartfelt SORROW will
exist in every soul, and plain but feeling
exercises will abound.
The President, who, at the request ol
Mrs. Grant, selected the pail bearers
for General Grants funeral. Recently
teiegraphed and asked if She IId any
preferences to make in The matter. lie
received Il reply from her, by telegraph,
saying that il was her wish that he
should name the pail bearers, ana the
only suggestion she would make was,
that in case any prominent Union officer
like General Sherman or Lieutenant
General Sheridan Ice selected, "A leading
Confederate officer like General John
ston or General Buckncr, bc also includ-
ed IN The list. The president has APP
pointed the following: General William
I. Sherman, United States army; Lieu
tenant-General Philip II. Sheridan, L nit
ed States army; Admiral David ID. ror-
ter, United States navy; Vice Admiral
Stephen &. Rowan, United States navy;
General Joseph f.. Johnston, of Virginia
General Swain Il Buckner, of Kentucky
Boutwell,, of Massachusetts; George W.
Childs, of Pennsylvania; John \. Logan,
of Illinois; George Jones. of New York
Oliver Hoyt, of New York.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

TIE Minneapolis Trib"nc reached u
climax in newspaper enterprise last
ment of the death of General Grant. lis
extra, containing account Of the last
scenes, editorial utterances, II brief biog-
raphy of the General, and other inter
esting matter, was placed in the hands
of the newsboys just twenty seven min
utes after the telegram was received an
nouncing the death. II tclescopcd all
it's contcmporarics.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

No doubt the editor of the Reripn
would like 10 see vacancy IN the Blue
Earth county Legislative delegation, pro
vided Gov. Hubbard should decide "a
call an extra session, but il will not oc.
cur. Hon. +. S. Warner has violated no
oath of Office as n legislator by accepting
II clerkship under the Board of Railroad
Commissioners, neither has he in any
wise forfeited his legitimate or legal
right To act as member of that august
body during the time for which he was
elected. The "little charmer" who has
been stufIing the editor of the Recie~ il
"clear OFF, on this particular matter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

SINCE the census Of 1850, Olmstcd
county has suffered decrease in pOpu-
lation Of $50. The present population
Of the county is 81 ,5j;;. Fillmore county,
has also lost in number of inhabitants
the census showing II decrease of 2,0W
i'm five years. Outside of lIcnncpin
Ramsey, Winona and one or tw" others
Blue Earth has increased in population
more than any in the state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31
Not q Single Gray Hair.

''Iou may laugh and think me vain
thing" writes Mrs. j. II. c., of San
Francisco, to a friend in this city, "but
| have not II gray hair in my head, and
yet, (sad to say am fifty and Il day.
Recently my hair was not only quite
gray but quite thin, too. Parkcr's Hair
Balsam-made in New York, ! think -
did wonders for me. Try il if You have
occasion. IL really does what | say, and
restores the color also Not dye, not
greasy, highly perlumed. Only reliable
50c. dressing. ~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

TIE owner of the house IN which Gen
eral Grant was born, is about Ia realize a
small fortune therefrom. There are par
ties DESTROYS of retaining it intact as Il
relic, and one party in Cincinnati has Of
fered 81 900 for il. The owner, however,
wou'd not accept this offer, for he can
sell it out in splinters, almost, at good
prices. He has already disposed of II
window catch for five dollars
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

THE citizens of LuNerne, Rock county
want the second States prison located il
their village. They have appointed /,
committee to go to st. Paul and repre-
sent their case. Ii is claimed great in
ducements will be held out. We think
LuVerne is too much one sided or rather
too far south. Mankato is the proper
place. There are an abundance of stone
quarries, the one element the commits.
sion demand. With II little effort Man.
katO might be seiected.-.IanesriNe Irals
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

The example of the IaH Mall Gazette in
exposing the arch vice Of London il be-
ing utilized by some papers in the large
cities in this country. The st. Paul Gtob'
comes To the front this week with an ex'
position of certain dens Of vice in the
capital city. Whether or not the author
titles will grasp the opportunity to adjust
matters, morally, is yet 10 be seen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

DURING the last few months number
of irregularities have occurred i'm the
mails in this county, and the u. s.
authorities set Ia work 10 ferret ont the
location of the trouble. Suspicion was
finally rested upon the Lake Crystal of:
flee of which Andrew Smith, Esq, Il
postmaster, having been appointed last
winter. BY means of detective devices
the mail inspector was convinced that
VIM. Smith, the postmaster's son, q
young man about twenty wears of age
upon whom dcvolvcd the main duties ol
the office, was the cause of the irregl.
larties, and had II warrant issued for his
arrest Young Smith left home last Sun.
day, and on Tuesday he was discovered
at st. Paul and later i'm Minneapolis. Al
nine o'clock "Wednesday morning he
was discovered and arrested i'm Mime
apolis and taken Ia 81. Paul To await
examination before the u. =. Commis-
sioncr The amount which the young
man has taken from the mails Is not
money, II number of drafts and some
mileage tickets are missing.
The unfortunate affair will be II terrible
blow Ia the young mans parents, who
are old citizenso of Lake Crystal, ami hon
orablc, highly respected people. They
need, and have the sympathy of the en-
tire community in this, the fall of their
son, who perhaps was lead astray more
by the prollcred temptation, than by nat
ural dcpraviiy. During the term of the
now suspended postmaster at this city,
several complaints were rendered from
the Lake of small amounts of money be-
ing sent tu this office and never re-
ceived. The probability is that the loss
occurred through the same source.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

A PARTY of Chinese ut st. Paul hied
themselves away TO Minnetonka last
Monday and held very enjoyable pie
mic. Quite "Amellican" like truly. Then
names are, Hum Coon, Foon Sing, Tam
Yung, Hum Hoy Pong, Tom Quin, Panp
Ling Poon, All Wah, Wing ALI Doc,
Sing Jeng, Loo Hong, Moon Cav, Hum
Rang. Sing Yung, and All Sin.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

J. II. Porter * SON, extensive carriage
manufacturers Of Minneapolis, have
failed. They attribute il Ia hard times,
and the fact that their trade was largely
cut off by heavy invoices of cheap vehi-
cles from Eastern dealers being brought
into the market and sold at extremely
lou iipIlrps
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31
COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
Board met July Goth, 1885.

Board met July Goth, 1885.
Present--James b. Swan, Malachi
Gainor, John Klein, John Diamond, and
and o. Martinson, county commissions
ers, and 4. Scattergood, county auditor.
The Board having taken the oath re-
CURED by law, organized by eIectne
James b. Swan chairman, AMI I. Scatter
good as secretary.
The county auditor presented for the
action of the board, the assessment books
of the county rs returned by the assess
Ors, with the abstract of the same.
The assessment books having been cx-
amined, on motion ordered that the fol-
lowing classes of personal property in
the several assessment districts be aver
aged as follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

The McCarthy-Bend case has come to
a somewhat sensational end, resulting
in Governor Hubbard rcvoking Bends
commission as Colonel of the list regi-
ment, M. n. q. The State Supreme
Court issued writ of prohibition upon
the court martial. therefore the court dis
solved, and Governor Hubbard, us com
mander-in-chief of the militia, prompt
~ revoked Bends commission. The
action of the commandcr-n-chief was
looked upon by some ms Il very unique
way out of II disagreeable ENHANCEMENT,
while others, uniustly perhaps, took it
to he bit of malice.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31
MANKAro FREE PRESS
MANKATO CITY

The city Of NdRkdto has a population If ,S3s, 4,
situated 4. Soutrrcstern Minnesota and surround
eddy once the nesi ldisiricsin the state
Rds four railroads, ria: The q. ~ q ". H., the c. d
Mn. the q. ~. u. NJ o., and the Mlnkato q
Elmorc. The State Normal School is located here,
aud its PabIic Schools among the first a. ths
Norih'ccst. fhr the superiority IF IFS clay, brick
Hms-sioR', building STONE, dc, Ddnkdto is noted
throughout the land. As point for jobLin9 ana
manufacturing a. has no sup,riorin the Northeast.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

TmE ST. Paul Dispatch spares no oppoI.
tunIty la urge the calling of AN extra
session of the Legislature What the OBJ
ject of the D;spatch is We do not pretend
To know, but presume that Mr.. Shaw de
sires 10 see every portion of the state
have its dues, and advocates the session
in order 10 have II proper appOrtion'
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

Two Indian girls, attending the Indian
schools at Wabash, Ind, ran away few
days ago with the expressed intention OF
striking trail for their Western home,
but tired of their experiment when out
few hours, and returned to the school.
One is a Modoc, and the other Sioux.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

The Postmaster General has issued AN
order requiring all post offices through
out the United States to be closed be-
tween the hours Of one and five o'clock
Saturday afternoon August Sth, the time
appointed for General Grants funeral
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

TIE State institute conductors met in
II. Paul this week for the consideration
of matters pertaining to their work.
Prof McCleary. Of Mankato, discussed
the best methods Of utilizing the eve
nings during work in the institute. He
made many timely hits.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

THE dear girls are not 10 he out
done. Last Tuesday over one hundred
of them, employed in II cotton mill at
Evansville, Ind, struck, and marched
out with a. much determination as the
st.rncr sex rould
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

TmE storm of "Wednesday Afternoon was
general all over the northwest. Reports
from Fargo, OAK, Mason CITY, Iowa,
Lacrosse, Wisconsin, and various points
in Minnesota, tell the same story. In
some localities serious damage was done
Ia crops and farm buildings.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

TUE reports at nrst current, that Mrs
Grant was too much Frustrated Ia attend
the Generals funeral, were exaggerated
While she was very much ovcrcom,
by the sorrow, she did not suffer entir,
helplcssncss, as was announced. Sh,
will accompany the remains (" their last
nLnln
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

Ar Atlanta, ia, IA soldiers monument
is being erected, which pretty clearly
demonstrates the feeling prevalent in
the south. About the bottom are statues
of prominent federal and confederate
generals, and near the top there will be
two soldiers representing the Blue and
the Gray, clasping hands.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

THE holding of an extra session of the
Legislature is differently looked upon 10y
the representative men of the State. II
is the opinion of many, well qualified to
know, that it were folly To do So, and
that il will not be done.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

As the thermal conditions of the at.
mosphere grow in intensity the vigor OF
the professional base ballist increases
and the number of games played are
more numerous
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

Board adjourned 10 . O'Clock II. m,
July 2lst, 1885.
Board met July Dist, ga. M, 1855. All
present.
On motion ordered that the following
changes be made, in The valuation of the
different classes of personal property, as
returned by the assessors in the several
assessment districts, and the following
percentages be added or deducted from
the values as returned by the assessors.
Figures with the asterisk indicates de-
duction, and the others the percentage
added:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-07-31

Fort PEMBISA will soon have system
of water works after the reservoir sys-
tenn. The water will he lifted by steam
power Ia tank seventy feet above the
source, and then conducted 10 all parts
of the ratification by pipes.