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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03

The DAY before the publication of the
Presidents decision in the Stone case
the New York Times said: eff the Presi-
dent pursues in this case the simple and
Just rule which seems TO have guided
his action in the case of Mr.. Benton, he
will escape all embarrassment, and even
the Republican majority in the Senate
will be unable 10 make any capital OF
out the affair. If District Attorney
Stone did not neglect the duties of his
office, and if his partisan labors did not
transcend the bounds laid down by the
President in his letter to Mr.. Benton,
the fact that he Is a Republican should
make no difference in the treatment OF
his case" But all the same it did, and
in condemning the action of one and
cOndoning that of the other, it simply
proves the hypocrisy of the President
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03

IL seconding the nomination of Gen
eral Arthur for Vice President i'll the
Chicago convention of 1880, General Xii
patrick delivered the following euiogy
which proved true in the case of both
the candidates.
with James A. Garfield ut the head
nc&~>icket and Chester A. Arthur AZ
ria Second name. you will have two can
didates that you can place upon the
mountain peaks and the hill tops, and
no dart can break bolt or loosen a
rivet of the invulnerable armor of truth
and honor with which they have envel'
oped themselves. They Will be
Just and fear not, while the ends they
aim at will be their country's, thelr
Gods, and truths"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03
CAST OUT.

Monday afternoon about O'Clock the
remains of girl baby about two or three
weeks old was discovered on the ice be-
meath the bridge which spans Warren's
creek, just below the C.. NJ. & St.P. rail
road track, on Minnesota street. The
discoverery was made by two little girls,
the daughters of q. l.. King and Mr..
Olmsted, while on their way to school.
Noticing bundle on the ice they pro-
ceeded to examine it's contents and up
on ascertaining that it was child. inn
mediately notified Mr.. King who IN
turn summoned the Chef of Police who
took it i'm charge. The remains were
simply covered with a bandage about
the body and peice Of an old pillow
case. They were then wrapped in a
heavy piece of paper and tied up. The
hands were crossed upon its breast and
the ice beneath il had melted sufficient
ly to cause the paper to adhere thereto,
denOting that there was warm tn in the
body before it was deposited upon its
frozen bed. 1t is improbable that life ex-
listed i'm the tiny creature when it was
left on the ice, for it would have strug.
gled sufficiently to throw its arms from
the position they were found had there
been any breath in the little body. Could
the perpetrators of so foul and unnatur-
al deed as this be apprehended, it
would be most gratifying. There is no
crime SO shocking and revolving as the
casting aside of ones own helpless in
FAINT, and one SO heartless should be
made to suffer the extreme penalty of
the law.
Messrs. Geo. A. Clarke, Jas. Shoe
maker, w. l.. Coon, A. G. Barney, S. F.
Barney, and Wisely Maxfeld were
drawn as jurors at the inquest, and their
verdict was rendered i'm accordance with
the facts noted above. The police are
using every effort to ferret out the
guilty parties.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03

THE "Millers' Union" an organization
started as an experiment in Minneapolis
three months ago, IN place Of the emil
lers," association has been abandoned,
as there is no longer occasion for such an
organization to secure wheat for the
mills. Of the old millers' association G.
4. Pillsbury, one Of the leading millers,
stated to u Pioneer Preg reporter the fol-
lowing, and the truth of his statements
are patent 10 everybody:
II has been claimed that the millers'
association Was monopoly. There rs
no question but that it did control the
price Of wheat i'm the northwest; but it
than any would or could have paid-the
universal rule being to fix the price
more than the wheat was worth TO ship
TO any other market, and as long as the
millers controlled the price of wheat il
made very little difference TO them il
they were paying several cents more
than the wheat was worth to ship out Of
the country. On account of the dull
ness Of the milling business for the last
two or three years, the milling interest
in Minnesota. instead of increasing, has
been decreasing. Outside OF Mlnneapo-
lis there is not nearly as large milling
capacity in active use as there was two
or three years ago. AS result of this
fact last year the millers' association
made miserable failure in the attempt
TO control the price of wheat. The mil
lers kept the price of wheat up to a
point where il was about Is cents a
bushel more than it was worth to ship to
Europe until about the LIST OF December,
land then, when the mills had their ele-
vators all full and had all the wheat on
their hand they could comfortably hold +,
they found there was still an immense a
mount back in the hands of the farmers.
The load being larger one than they
could undertake to carry, they had to
"get out from UNDER" and, as result,
down went the price of wheat, and flour
was not slow in following it. So the
millers' association was allowed to go
out of use at the end of the milling year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Mapleton.

Mapleton.
Among the finest parties ever given
in MapletOIi was given by Mr.. and Nj RS.
Martin Schlingerman on the occasion of
the anniversary of their fifth wedding.
Mrs. Schlingerman has grown from girl
hood to womanhood in Mapleton, and
Mr.. Schlingerman has proven himself
a gentleman during his four years So
iourn among us, and their friends were
glad of this opportunity ofshowing their
respect for them. The Napoleon House
was thrown open and still it proved not
too large to accommodate their numer-
Gus guests, whom it would be impossi-
bic to name on account of the great
numbers present from Minnesota Lake,
Mankato and Mapleton. The presents
were the incest and costiiest ever given
at wedding party in Mapleton. The
host and hostess were entirely Eat home
and placed their guests completely al
their ease. All report good time and
wish Mr.. and Mrs. Schlingerman many
returns of the same.
Our Temperance Wldeawakes propose
to have drive, after which a supper
and concert in the evening of New
Years day.
Miss Bertha Kellar and Mr.. Fred
Rosenow were married last Thanksgiv'
ing at the residence of the brides father
who lives South of town. Napoleon still
keeps up her reputation Ofmarrying hel
young people, but few are left now, and
these with but few exceptions seem en-
gagged or nearly so.
Miss Weston, teacher in our school II
sick from the effects of fellon.
John Johnston, Esq, made trip tt
LeSueur Center this week.
ID. w. Brooks will he at home again in
few days.
Alfred Traver and family has moved
back to Mapleton.
Miss Sadie DObie has commenced tc
attend school here. She is Stopping al
Mr.. Orr's.
Miss Viva Plymat has closed hel
school i'm Garvin Dist. for two weeks
Scarlet fever the cause.
Manfred Benedict, of Lyra, has beer
very sick.
DIR. Camps lecture last Tuesday even
ing was very good.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03
Sterling Center.

Plenty of snow, and the wood haulers
are improving every day they can.
G.. l.. Whitney, deputy of the National
Grange, p. of H., Muskegan, Mich, viii
deliver a lecture at Ellis Hall on Tues
day, Dec. eth, 1886. at 2 p. IN. Turn out
everybody and hear him.
Considerable sickness around town al
present. Homer Pratt is very sick, and
we understand Geo. Jones is also very
sick. Quite number OfOthers are com
planning.
Chas Krogle has moved his engine
down to Furman's mill, and is now pre-.
pared to do all sorts of grinding at rea-
sonable prices.
Chas. Furman gave party on Mon.
day evening. A large number attended
and enjoyed pleasant time.
Alexander Greig has gone on visit to
his old home in Scotland. f.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03
AN ERROR.

In our item last week regarding the
term of County Commissioners we were
misinformed as 10 the length of time TO
be served by the Commissioners in the
different districts and reversed the Or
der. The members elected in odd num-
bered districts serve for two years, and
those elected in even numbered districts
our years. Hence Messrs. Diamond
Dietz and Jones will hold two years and
fessrs. Lee and Hannay four years.
The assertion of the Recisw that TIE
FREE PRESS reversed the order through
contrariness is not true. 1t WAS done
through misinformatiOn. and without
reference 10 the statute.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03
A Fiery HAIRCUT.

One Saturday afternoon strong odor
of burning hair issued from a we'll
known tonsorial establishment on Girls
void street. A glance inside disclosed
the cause. Seated in one of the chairs
was a young man of the exquisite Or
der-one who it was evident believed
that dress had n good deal to do with
making the man. Behind him stood
one of the artists of the establishment.
In his right hand he held long and
very slender wax-taper lighted. With
his left hand he inserted comb into
the customers hair, and holding the
comb so that the ends of the hair stuck
out. he applied the lighted taper. In
this way the ends of all the hair on the
customers head was singed, he mean
while calmly reading paper. 1t is
claimed that this process greatly
strengthens the capillary substance.
Two gentlemen from Oatville came
along while the singeing was going on.
They stopped and stared, and one of
them calculated: "Well, swow, Zeke,
look at that pcsky barber Albumin that
feller's hair while he amt lookin'."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03

The Speakership of the new house OF
representatives is being pretty generally
discussed, and from all appearances
Hon. VIM. Il. Merriam of st. Paul has
the pole. Mr.. Merriam is an able, con-
servative man, in full sympathy with the
farmer and laboring man, and if selected
will make model presiding Off GER
His long service in the Legislature espec'
tally qualities him for the speakership,
and with him in the chair a list of com
mittees will be made mp that will per
form their duties thoroughly and we'll.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03

Ii seems to be settled beyond dispute
that the machine shops at Wells are to
be removed to Austin. Work has al
ready been commenced on building
aO0xl50 feet at the latter place, and 1t is
expected that the whole will be COM
pleted by the first of July. 1t is every
way probable that the mann line of the
Southern Minnesota Division will run
through Austin next season.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03

DULUTH was visited by serious con-
flagration Saturday night last, in which
she suffered the loss of two of her largest
elevators together with nearly $4,000
bushels of wheat and a large quantity of
oats barley, etc, mourning loss ofabout
$4,000. The Insurance was over $780,
600 less than the loss.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03

THREE Milwaukee rioters, found guilty
of the charges brought against them for
disturbing the peace last May, were
let off by the Judge who gave the pris'
oners a good sound lecture.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For a
great many years Doctors pronounced it
local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment pronounced it
incurable. Science has proven Catarrh
to be constitutional disease, and there
fore requires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. j. Cheney, & Co, Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure now on the
market. 1t is taken internally in doses
from 10 drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts
directly upon the blood and mucus sur
faces of the system. They offer one hun
dred dollars for any case it fails to cure.
Send for circular and testimonials
Address.
+. j. CHENEY q CO.,
Toledo, o.
Beis "Sold by Druggists, 75 cts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03
MANKATO CITY.

Theeity Of Aaskato has a population Of O,ooo, Is
,ftuatsd in Sottspestsrn Ninssota and is surround
sdby oneef Ne d9ris4lra ldistSicsir the state
Ra. fowT rditrodds, ris: The {. NJ d 81. r., the c.
NV, the C. 81. P. N. # 0.,a"d the Rankato d
EL,or, Tns ,sdt, NormGi School u located here
and its Public Schools are an'"H1 thser't fHth
NoykS..est. FH se superiority 81 us clay, oriek
lisae-sfone, bssi,itng tone, dc, Adnkdt" - '"ted
Aroa,okaa M Land. As poiRi for JoObinS ana
Manufacturing IL has superiorin the Northvest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03
LETTER LIST.
A Great Surprise

A Great Surprise
Is in store for all who use Kemp's Bal
sam for the Throat and Lungs, the great
guaranteed remedy. Would you believe
that it Is sold on Its merits and that each
druggist is authorized to refund your
money by the Proprietor of this wonder
full remedy if it fails to cure you. DR..
Follman has secured the agency for it..
Price SOC. and 81. Trial size free.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-12-03

Beas Sold by Druggists, IS cts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-06
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

A natural-gas tank exploded at Hickory, Pa,
yesterday, instantly killing Albert Croker, O
workman.
" A. Gwysr, New York commission mer-
chant who was at Corfu in that State, to make
purchases, drowned himself in a WELL yesterday
morning. The cause for the suicide is unknown.
George w. Corwin, aged thirty-three. is IN
der arrest at Newburg, N. Y, charged with
beating an old farmer named Richner nearly to
death and outraging Richner's fourteen year
old daughter, on Thursday night Corwin and
Richner were neighbors near Reck Tavern.
Oliver Allen, son Of light -house-keeper Allen.
at Dresden, on Lake Champlain, went skating
on Saturday afternoon, and while pushing a
cutter occupied by two children, aged twelve
and five years. respectively, attempted to cross
the lake at place called Maple Bend. The ice
gave way, and all three were drowned
Geo. W. Moherman and Tullins Shearer were
riding in buggy, on Saturday, near Mansfield,
O., and in attempting to cross the New York,
Pennsylvania 81 Ohio railway track, in front of
an approaching train, were struck by the loco.
motive Moherman was instantly killed and
Shearer SO badly injured that he can't recover.
Another bad outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia is
reported from the southern end Of Lancas to
county, Pennsylvania. DIR. ]. S. Shoub of Lam
raster on Saturday found herd of twelveon
the farm Of Joseph Huss, suffering from the dis
ease He killed two and Guaranteed the re-
mainder. Another herd in the same vicinity is
affected.
Hezekiah Case, aged forty years, Bloomfield
Conn. farmer, had dispute over game of
cards, Friday evening, with Thomas and John
Monroe. laborers employed by him. John Mon
roe says that Case drew pistol and shot Thomas
in the face, killing him instantly Case had dis
appeared. The murdered man thirty four
years OF age.
About twenty five leading citizens Of Chicago,
Marshall Field presiding, met in an attorneys
rooms, on Saturday afternoon, and subscribed a
million and half of dollars to build an opera
house greatly exceeding the usual SIZE The
idea is to provide an auditorium more suitable
for national gatherings than the often-used Elk
position Building
J. L. Loiselle, q dry goods merchant Of
Worcester, Mass is missing He is believed to
be In Canada Loiselle came to Worcester q
few months ago from Lowell, and started bust
ness. He mortgaged his stock for So 900 and
then departed. Creditors with claims aggre-
eating nearly $4,000 are already at Worcester,
and more are expected.
The lady who attempted to commit suicide at
the Grand Union Hotel, New York on Friday,
is undoubtedly the wife of VIM. e. Skllings,
who resides at Bethel. Ne. She came to Boston
with her husband on Monday last and then dis
appeared, and trace Of her whereabouts was
discovered. until dispatches announcing her at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-06
THE FIRE RECORD.

Turning of HerzOg's Opera House at Wash
ington, InvOIving q Loss of S150,OOO.
WASHINGTON Dec. 5.-Herzog's Opera-house
better known as Lincoln Hall. on the corner Of
Ninth and d streets, was entirely destroyed by
fre at an early hour this morning. The alarm
Of fire was sent in by occupants of the building
at $780, several engines responded promptly, and
general alarm which soon brought the entire
force to the spot, soon sounded. The fire.
however, with the light and in1ammable part of
the stage furniture for food, and high wind to
fan the flames, soon burned everything but the
four walls of the building. The building, it is
said. is still owned by the Y M. G. A, but is
heavily mortgaged. The loss on the building is
$ll5,0O Insurance. SIS 900 The losses and in
surances Of occupants of the building are as fol-
lows: H. Adler, notions. $20,000 insurance.
$lO, 600. j. < Strausberger present proprietor
of the opera house,, $4,000 insurance. about
one-third. H. G. Spencer, business college, S..
900; fully covered by insurance. A S. Pratt &
Son, Insurance. agents, $4,000; fully covered by
insurance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-06

NOUS terms, and who Is constantly suspicious of
our movements. She has always suspicion
that we are likely soon TO attack Canada and
England has made her preparations accordingly.
She has built fourteen-foot canals. by
which she can bring all the vessels be-
low Quebec iuto the greM lakes with
In Eve days, and We cannot meet
her with anything greater than a
tng-boat with spar torpedo on it. She can fill
Canada with the crack regiments of the liEe
from England, by using the ocean greyhounds,
before our troops can reach the frontier. and If
we threw our entire force into Canada her mill.
Gia would whip our standing army. Our militia
is not to be considered in the account at ALL for,
notwithstanding al, the good reports of them
from army offcers, and their effective
beauty on parade. they have not one
quarter the efficiency of the Canadian
militia who are trained, disciplined, and
treated like soldiers. England does thoroughly
Whist she does, and her militia in Canada, under
trained army officers. would meet our regular
army on equal terms. Our own national guard
Is poorly equipped and without solid valuable
training. With all our experience. should we
ges into another war, we would find ourselves
agein where we found ourselves IN 1861, and an
enemy would gain an enormous advantage while
we were making preparations TO get ready to be-
gin. Our Northern and Northwestern frontier.
as well as onr coast line, wants attention, and
measures for its protection should begin in
every State IN the Union"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-06

Springfield Union.
A daughter of Rufus Chapman, of Springfield.
Mass, has in her possession the letter written to
her father by John Brown, when the latter was
captured at Harper's Ferry. 1t runs as follows;
Il am here a prisoner with several
sabre cuts in my head and bayonet
slabs in my body. My object in writing
you is to obtain able and faithful
counsel for myself and fellow-prisoners, FIVE In
all, as we have the faith of Virginia, pledged
through her Governor and numerous other
prominent citizens, to give us fair
trial Without we can obtain such counsel
from without the slave States neither the
facts in our case can come before the world
nor can we have the benefit of such facts as
might be considered mitigating in the view
of others upon our trial. have money.in hand
here to the amount of $3.50. and personal prop
erty sufficient TO pay most liberal fee to your
self or to any suitable man who will undertake
our Defense if / can have the benefit of said
property. Can you or some other good man
come Immediately on. for the sake of the young
men prisoners at least2 My wounds doing
well. Do not send an ultra Abolitionist" This
letter was dictated, but is signed by Brown in
firm plain hand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-06
Hay-Rake Mandatory Burned.

SpeclaI TO the Indianapolis journal.
GREENsBURG, Ind, Dec. 5.-The large three
story brick factory owned by the First National
Bank and occupied by the Greensburg Manu-
featuring Company, to make hay-rakes, burned
at 1:3O this morning Over 900 finished rakes
and large lot of material, besides the valuable
machinery and tools. as well as the building,
is almost total loss. The loss Is esti-
mated at $4,000. The insurance is as follows:
Stock. $500; machinery, $375; boilersand engine,
$l25, in the American, of Philadelphia, and like
sums in the North British; on stock. ST., 900; ma
chinery, $3.50; boiler and engine, $3.50, IN the
Queen, of London. On buildings, 900 in the
Springfield Fire and Marine 81, 600 in the Royal,
of England, and $1,000 in the Continental, of
New York. After the engine had reached the
cistern and the teams had been detached the
horses became frightened and ran away. They
were found to-day at the residence of a former
owner, several miles in the country, uninju
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-06
Gable Road EngIne-House Burned.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 5.-The power house of the
cable street-car line was partially destroyed
by fire shortly before midnight tonight. Two
alarms we're given for the fire department, and
good service was done by the fremen, but only
the walls of the building. brick structure about
100 feet square, could be saved. The engine,
which cost $40, 600, is also considerably damaged,
and the entire loss will probably foot up $50, 600
or $40 000 About dozen were burned. The
road has been in operation only since last spring,
and is the only one in the city.
The owners of the road are Indianapolis cap
talists, and Colonel NJ A. Downing is president
of the company. Colonel Downing stated to a
journal reporter early this morning that the
property was we'll insured aud would, he
thought, nearly cover the loss.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-06
Catholic Church Damaged.

PITTsBURG. Dec. ga dense, heavy smoke
was rolling from the roof of st. Paul's Ro-
man Catholic Cathedral, on Fifth avenue, about
4oclock this afternoon. 1t was soon discovered
that the fire originated in the fue of the natural
gas furnace. which gave too heavy draught for
the intense heat. A joist entering the fue took
fire and communicated to the woodwork, which
was buried in the plaster. and at such a height
as to be almost inaccessible. The fremen were
also delayed by frozen water plugs, and before
the fire could be extinguished the building was
damaged to the extent OF between So 600 and
Sc, 900. The fire, coming so soon after the burn
ing Allegheny Pro Cathedral, and originating
from the same cause. is believed by many to
point to incendiarism.