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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-04-14
An Old Record.
a Chapter from the order Book for Laurens
County, Commencing juno 18th, 1855.

AT a Court Began and holden for
the County of Laurcns in the state
aforesaid at the house Of John
dodgers, Eaqr., on the thirteenth
day of June, l7S5. Present, Johna-
than Downs, James Montgomery,
Joseph Downs, Siivanus Walker,
William Mitchusson, Charles SAX
on, John Rodgers; Gent. Justices.
The Court then proceeded to rs
tnbliSh Il bill of rates, to wit: Pur-
anant to law the Court doth set the
following Rates on Liquors, diet,
Lodging, Provcndcr, Stabledgc,
Foragry, P%astridgc. TO be paid i'm
the several Public Taverns within
this County to wit:
Common Breakfast 10; ditto with
%rccn tea and loaf sugar j; Cold
Dinner with grog j; Hot ditto with
grog .l-G; Cold Supper with grog
~, Hot Supper with Grog j.
Lodging a bed with clean sheets =
III a bed each l3. Single ditto 13
Stabllng a horse with good fodder
pr. night 1G. PaStriuge pr. night
H.. Good oats pr. gall. If. Corn pr.
gall. l6. West India Rum per urt.
II. Ditto pt. J. Ditto ! pit. -. Ditto
gill l5-2. Tody of West India Rum
made of loaf sugar land so in
proportion Tor greater or smaller
quantities.
The Court then proceeded to fix
Il place to build the Court house
and. other Public Buildings for the
sad County of Iaurcns ON, when
the lands of John Rodgers, Esqr.,
was agreed to be the convcnicntcst
Pace in the County for the same.
Ordered that the said Publick
Buildings shall be built near unto
where the said Rodgers now lives
on Little River.
Court then adjourned until Court
in course.
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Secret of Large, Round Cab
bagc.

James III. Gregory, the well
known Massachusetts herbsman,
lets his patrons into the secret of
growing good, large, round heads
cabbage every time. He builds
his practice on the theory that the
cabbags absorbs its nourishment
through it's stump, hence the ma
nure should be put where the roots
and stumps II get at it. Mr..
Gregory puts his plants three feet
apart when he wants q good drum
head, cultivates them three times
at least, and gives plenty of good
manure. He advocates blowing
in a furrow and filing it up with
manure. Plow it well under, but
do not scatter it over the land.
Put it where the roots of the plant
are going to be.
To prevent cabbage heads from
bursting, Mr.. Gregory advises 90
ing over the ground and often and
starting every cabbage that APP
pears to be about to mature, by
pushing it over sideways. Heads
thus started, he claims, will attain
twice the size they we're when.
.fy.o43f a. Itss7o{ ~ ~ 1ef1I sf5 40
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In another column we publish Il
circular which was received by the
business men of this place, in refer
encc to a now railroad enterprise.
New roads are talked Of all over
the state, and many of course will
not be built, but when we consider
the object and necessity Of this
great line, together with the fact
that the Baltimore q Ohio are be-
hind the movement, it becomes q
matter of the greatest intercsS.
The b. & O. desire to break the
monopoly of the Richmond & Dan
VILE system, and at the same time
control 4 grand trunk line be-
tween the North and South. 1t
seems that the most practicable
route is to connect at Spartanburg
with the Georgia Central. Should
this be The case, the great advan-
taGe TO LaurcnSis apparent. What
we need most is not so much new
roads, as to have the through lines
controlled by different Syndicatcs.
we welcome the invasion of the
B..& O. rs the dawn Of a brighter
era upon us, so far as our CONNER
cial interest arc cOncprnnI
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j. j. PI.CSS


The old firm OF Boyd, Pluss & Co.
having dissolved by mutual con
sent, the undersigned have formed
4 co-partncrship and will keep IA
full Stock Of Family Groceries and
"l%antation Supplies.
Wcarc also Agts. for Waudo For
tiliZer and Acio Phosphate.
go Mr.. Pluss, in behalf of the
old Firm, takes this opportunity to
extend his thanks for past favors,
and now Solicits for the now firm,
Il liberal patronage.
Our friends will please notice
that we occupy the handsome brick
building of Mr.. q. +. Little, on the
corner of Main and Harper Streets,
where we will be glad to welcome
them.
PLUSS Il FERGUSON.
Laurcns, $. c., Jan. %, 1886.
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HOLMES SURE CURE

MOUTH WASH AND DENTIFRIcg.
Cures Bleeding Gums, Ulcers, Sore
Mouth, Soro Throat, Cieanses the Teeth
end Purifies the Breath. Used and roc
commended by leading dentist. Pre-
pared by Drs. j.. II, Il w! II. HoLMRs,
Dentist, Macon, Ga. For sale by an
druggit and dentist, and in Iaurens by
DIR. II. -. GONN0R 251y.
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Some of II contemporaries
think that the Senators and news
papers that dare criticisc the
Presidents civil service policy, have
done the Democratic Party a great
injury. We don't think so.
Whether the President be right
or wrong, the discussion shows
how far the idea that the demo
cratic party would place the off,
@ entirely in the hands OF Con-
fedcrate soldiers, is from the truth.
1T shows, moreover, that ours is at
least a party of principle, and will
ling, at all hazards, to fulfil its
pledges.
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1T Is again rumored that the
PRESIDENT Is to be married this
summer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-04-14

NJ AGNOLIA PASSENGER ROUTE.
g., l.. and 4. d *. Railways.
In Effect Jan. 81, 1896.
Time Goth Meridian-Ono hour slower
than G. IL G.. II. II.
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The sale of the Morgan art col.
lection in New York realized ST.
100000.
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The Civil Service.

Tho civil SnrIipn nnlinu Of tho
pro.i1ont hoe boon snvorolr o.,.,
.;sod Inv, conn, -.
rornr. ,nI Snu.horr .t,to,.,.
These sovorn critics en,u to r,root
cvnrvthinw siuco tbo oL,,+or o.
cont thot tbc dnm,or,4, ro :,
power. prcsidnrt rvr, xnh,.
pledged himself TO thc no,icv bc i
now pursuing. it wo, ~inrornor,tnd
in the platform of tho n,rt,. that
elected him, and odoptrd NV tbo
people who compose this n,rtv
The President is not y man who
can forget his pledmps. ana wa orr
surprised to SEQ any true, natr;otir
upright statesman who woulh osL
him to acts rs the arrntofthr shorts
men.
So far Ms orr opinion of civil scr-
vice rules is concerned. wc rc~ord
the whole affair a grand humbur.
We believe that a public Office is n
sacred trust, and should only be
mivCn to cOmDrtcnt and worthy
! men. But the idcn of hereditary
succession, or succession of
kind, is rcpugnant to the spirit of
our institutions. We do not believe
that any one man has the right to
expect to hold an Office during his
whole life. simply bccousc he w,s
first to receive an appointmcnt. We
do notblamc CLEVELAND for carry
ing his pledges, and tho PLEDGES
that secured his election. into Of
feet, but we sincerely question the
fairness and Justice of his policy.
The history of political parties in
the United States has been, that
when once in owe they generally
hold this W for fifteen or TWEEN
ty years. At the end of this pc
Rod it is usually found that the
do uinant party has become cor
rupt,. and the people demand a
change. Now, when the pe0plc de-
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Ut cured myself, wife and child"
JOHN Il. FLOYD,
Silver Street, s. c..
81 gladly recommend it. one bottle
cured several of My family" .
Col. VIM. LESTER,
Prosperity, s. c.,
These rcfur to Pclliams Chill and Aguc
Sprciic. For sale by j. T.. Wilkes and
=. +. posey II Bro, Laurcns; III. y.
and Sullivan n Milan.
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SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY
q COMPANY.

SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY
q COMPANY.
Commencing SUNDAY NOVEMBER %,
1855, AT 0.45 a. NJ, Passenger Trains will
run as ollows Eastern timc:"
TO AND FROM CHARLESTON.
EAST (DAILY.)
Duo Charleston y IS pm o05 p m
wEsT (DAILr.)
Depart Charleston roam 5IOpm
Due Columbia 10 20 10 90 p m
TO AND FROM CAMDEN.
(EAsT DAILY EXCEPT suNpyY.)
Dept Columbia Z 80 am 5O5 p IN > y pm
Due Camden II AZ p IN : II j III I II p m
(wEsr DAILY EXCEPT suNDArD
Dept Camden scam 3l5p
Due Columbia 90 IN 10 40 II IN 10 p IN
TO AND FROM AUGUSTA.
EAST OAILy.)
Depart Columbia 527pm
Due Augusta 10 > 0p IN
WEST (DAILY)
Depart Augusta asp
Due 'olumbla % p M
CONNECTIONS
Made ut Columbia with Columbia and
Grccnvillc Railroad by train arriving at
10. 40 y. NJ. and departing ut 5.27 u. NJ.
At Columbia Junction with c., G. II \
Railrond Ny same train to md from all
points on both roads.
Passengers take supper ut Branch
willie.
At Charleston with steamers for New
York and with Stcancr for Jackson
vile and points on st. Johns River,
Tuesdays nnd Saturdays: with Charles
ton and Savannah Railroad To and from
Savannah %andpoints in Florida, daily.
Georgia and Central
At Augusta witrom all points West
Railroads. to and fckvillc to and from
and South. At Blaltailroad. Through
points on BarnwCll aScd to all points
tickets can be purchplying to
South and West by up
ID. MCQUEEN, .ig't. Columbia, S. G..
JOHN B. PECK, Genera Manager.
Dc :. Allen, q. Il. and Ticket Agent.
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State of South Carolina,
la COUNTY.
IN COURT COMMON PLEAS.

IN COURT COMMON PLEAS.
James :. Blalock Plaintiff against
Loomas w. G. Blalock, Frrdcr-
lex w. Wagner and George A..
Wagner, composing the firm of
+. w. Wagner e Co., The Wan
90 Phosphate Company, Edwin
Rates, ThOs. II. McGahan, Charles
Is. Bates, Isaac Holmes and John
Is. Steele, composing the firm of
Edwin Bates q Co., John *.
ODER, Robert Ober, Gustuvus
ODER, Catherine Hamilton, Nir-
ginia Watkins, Mary IIickok,
Ellen ODER and Matilda ODER,
comprising the firm of G.. Obcr,
Sons ~ Co., w. j. Pollard; Joseph
RcnShaW, ThoS. r.. Patterson and
Edward :. Allunt, composing the
firm of Patterson, Rcnshaw q Co.,
Richard Wood, Henry Ilcndcr-
son, Samuel II. Goodwin and
Richard w. Bacon, composing
the firm Of Wood, Bacon d Co.,
George Dowic and Benjamin f.
Noise, composing the firm of
Dowic e Noise, ScOtto G.. Nash
and Duane II. Nash, composinp
the firm of Nash d Brother.
Wheeler d Mclick Company, and
III. Bacr, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
for Relief, Complaint not Served.
10 the Defendants above named
You are hereby summoned and
required to answer the complaint
in this action, which is filed in the
office Of the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, for the said County,
and to serve q copy of your answer
to the said complaint on the sub
scribcrs at their Office at Laurcns
&. H., South Carolina, within TWEEN
ty days after the service hereof.
exclusive of the day of such ser
vice; and if you fail to answer the
compliant within the time afora-
said, the plaintiff in this action
will apply to the Court Tor the re-
lief demanded in the complaint.
CUNNINGHAM & HARRIS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Dated Feb. 81 a. ID. 1886.
G.. w. SHE'LL, c. G. G. 4.
tL.s.]
TO the Defendants Edwin Bates
and Charles b. Bates of the firm
of Edwin Bates & Co., John X.
Ober, Robert ODER, Gustavus !
Ober, Catherin Hamilton, Vir-
ginia Watkins, Mary Hickok,
Ellen Ober and Matilda Ober
comprising the firm of G.. ODER
Sons & Co., w. j. Pollard; Joseph
Renshaw, Thomas r.. Patterson
and Edward S. Allunt, compri-
sing the firm of Patterson, Rem
shaw Il CO., Richard Wood, Hen
ry Henderson, Samuel p. Good
VIM and Richard w. Bacon,
comprising the grim of Wood,
Bacon d Co, ScottO c. Nash and
Duane III. Nash, comprising the
firm of Nash & Brother, and
Wheeler & Melick Company,
John B. Steel, Isaac Holmes.
You will take notice that the sum
mons and complaint in the above
cause were filed I'm the
office of the Clerk of Court Of Com
mon Pleas for Laurens County, at
Laurens Court House, South Caro-
Itna, on the 9th day of February,
1886.
CUNNINGHAM & HARRIS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
March 10, 1885. 80 CT.
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Tho treaty Of peacabstween Bcr-
VIZ ftt f}aisarlg has been fulfilled
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-13
ssKANG POWHATTAN.n
A Pennsylvania Crank Commits
suicide.
So ecial to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
COALITION, Pa, June 12.-Benjamin Burt, an
eccentric Scotchman living near this place
and known all through this neghborhood as
liking .Powhattan,' had.not been seen around
his usual haunts for more than aweek, but as
he sometimes tramped to other localities
nothing was thought of his absence. Day
before yesterday George Burt, no kin of
Benjamin, and boy were hunt
ing woodchucks. In passing through
grove known as Weeker's woods
they recognized as part of the missing man
peculiar wardrobe. Making a search they
found Burts leather hat filed with stones
and on bush piece of wrapping paper, on
which was rudely drawn in lead pencil the
picture OF a gallows with a NAH hanging
from it. Proceeding in their search they
came upon the dead body of Burt hanging
from rope. which had been thrown over the
branch Of a tree ten feet from the ground.
At the other end of the rope was
tied large basket filed with stones, which
hung about foot above the ground. From
one side of the basket hung piece Of rope
and another piece hung from the limb. Burt
had Enthusiastically gone deliberately to work
and arranged his own hanging. fastening the
basket of stones several feet above the
ground by means OF the other rope.
Then placing the. moose about his neck he
had cut the rope that held the basket, using
his jack knife, which was found ON the
ground tied to the end of q long stick. Burt
weighed not over ninety pounds, and the
heavy weight of. the stones. falling had
knocked him into the air, and he hung there
and strangled to death. Burt was q mono
maniac on theIsubjeet of hangings, and read
With avidity all accounts of them that he
could obtain. He was about As years of age,
and had no relatives that anyone knew of.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-13
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Gospd service is held at the new Emerson
Mission in North Minneapolis every Friday
evening at o'clock. The Sabbath school is
under the direction of G. T. lockwood.
At the Church of the Redeemer Rev. Mr..
Shutter will preach upon ''Some Uses of
Prayer in the evening. Chldrens Day will
be observed In the morning, and there will be
a baptism of children,
The Sabbath school of the Mission Taber-
nacle will observe Children's Day t his after
noon at 3 O'Clock with exercises by the child
rem and by floral decorations. sa,.as
General Secretary Elliott wiladdress agol1nr
mems meeting in the lecture room of West
minister Gchurch at $3.50 o'clock this after
noon.
The Twentieth anniversary of the Y. NJ @.
A. will be celebrated Wednesday evening a
the Hennepin avenue NJ. E. church. Hon. j.
V. Farwell, a prominent business man OF
Chicago, will address the meeting.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-13
A CURIOUS WILL
Declared Void Because of Its OBJ
scure Wording.

Declared Void Because of its OBJ
scure Wording.
Special to the Globe.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June IA novel
will case was disposed of in the United
States court by Judge Butler, A. D. Dit
mers, a widower of Lancaster, died in
June, 1888, leaving an estate valued at
about 500, 900. Mr.. dinners will, which
was a peculiarly worded document. was
admitted to probate in Lancaster county,
from which decision Harriet Rappely, a
sister OF the deceased. residing in New
\ DIRK, took an appeal. The will bequeaths
legacieS to. several parties, and then dis
posed Of the residue of the decedent's es-
tate, amounting to about $50, O0O under
the following singularly-worded clause {:
The remainder Of my estate / bequeath to
be used as a means to ascertain what
children were created TO do, that the
chile may be directed to and in
structed in what he Or she is best
adapted to do The testators idea
appears to have been to found an institution
for the instruction of children. In CARRYING
this out room was to be provided containing
surgical instruments, tools used in the various
trades and other appliances, and when child
entered the institution it was to be put in this
room, and if its inciinations drifted toward
piano, violin or other instrument, it was to
be raised as musician. If its desires tended
toward a carpenters plane it was to be
taught the carpenter trade, and so on. This
was all very well, but the wording of the will
failed to show what the testator's intentions
were. Counsel for the executor named in the
paper stated to the court that the uncer-
tainty OF the terms Of the beQueSt probably
rendered it void. Judge Butler concurred in
this view and directed the jury to render a
verdict against the will.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-13
LURED TO A LIFE OF SHAME.
Story That a Wisconsin Farmer Told
the St. Paul Police.
Maggie Paul, a Girl of Sixteen, Who
Eloped for City Life.

Alexander Paul, farmer living in Troy
about four and one-half miles distant from
Hudson, Wis, came into the city yester-
day, and with his sOn-in-law, John limbs,
who resides at No. $40 Rosabel street, went
straight to the police station. Mr.. Paul
is about SO years old, and wore
an expression Of intense distress.
He told Chief Clark that he wanted search
warrant to look into various places in the
city, for the purpose of finding his 16-year
old daughter Margaret, whom he believed
to be in some house of ill-fame. The old
mans story was sad one. He said his
little girl had been lured to a life of shame
by youthful cousin.
Last autumn, he said, his nephey Sidney,
young man of % years, came to his place.
He was fiddler, but little of anything
else- The musical relative soon got into
the confidence and good graces of Maggie.
About seven weeks ago Sidney Paul came
TO st. Paul He wrote to his cousin, Mag
gle Paul. informing her that she could get
$4 week in this city for clerking in cof-
fee store; that her salary would be paid to
her every Saturday night. and city life was
full of pleasure. She was convinced. Sid
ney went to Hudson and allured his young
cousin away from her place of employment,
MI. Ed. Days, and four weeks
ago eloped from Hudson with
her, came to this city. stopped at Browns
hotel on Fourth street near Broadway, and
then vanished with his young alleged bride.
The girls father was broken-hearted to
think that his daughter would leave him
and that his nephew would so steal her
away.
On Thursday a lady-the sister of Jacob
Lord-told him in River Falls that his
daughter was ON Seventh street in this city,
ina house of suspicious character, although
,ltewas apparently nothing more than a pri-
vate dwelling; that she was
ALLOWED NO VISITORS
except at night, that she was living a
wretched existence and anxious to go home,
but that she was so guarded as to be unable
to leave her prison of shame. This infor-
nation, it seems, came from Mrs. John
Moore, the wife of a River Falls harness
maker. and who had been in this city
undergoing medical treatment. Yes
terday Mr.. Paul and his son-in-law
made an unsuccessful search for the girl.
He said he had gone with an officer into a
dwelling on the north side Of East Seventh
street, just at the end of the bridge, but
she was not there. He left the matter with
the police of this city and Minneapolis, and
started for home at pm.
Sidney Paul is son of Young Paul of
Ferrin's Point, Canada. He associates
with musician named Harvey Jones. The
girl when she left homo had on
a black straw hat, a snuff
colored skirt, black Jersey, a
green velvet basque, and yellowish winter
cloak. On the register of Browns hotel,
dated May 10, are the names of George
Gleason and wife, Buffalo, N. Y, who are
supposed to be the parties from the descrip
ton given of the wife" The landlord
of Browns would not let the couple stay at
his house, although Gleason said he wanted
a home for short while.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-13
TIRED OF LIFE.
A Young Norwegian Of Minneapolis
Hangs Himself.

About 1880 o'clock last evening, James
Wapds, employed at the Minneapolis mill,
Minneapolis, owned by Croker, Fisk & Co.,
discovered a man hanging by the neck from
the Minneapolis eastern road, directly in the
rear of the mill He was very much fright
ened, and informed James Hayes, the watch
man, who cut the body down. The corpse
was still warm, and it was thought
that the suicide had been dead only
about 80 minutes. Coroner Hill was sum-
moned, and after viewing the remains,
ordered the body conveyed to Connelly's
morgue, where an inquest will be held Mem
day. The deceased is young man fappar-
emily % years of age, five feet eight inches In
height weight about 14O pounds. He has
sandy hair and mustache and looks as though
he might be Of Norwegian descent. Nepapers
were found which indicate who he was Eor
why he took his life. A memorandum about
a loan of small sum of money after election
was the only thing found. He had 81 dollars
in silver in his pants pocket and was dressed
in neat but cheap clothing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-13
THE TIA
Gossip About German and American
opera Conn panies.

NEW YORK, June 12.-Nr. Edmund c. Stan
ton, manager of the Metropolitan opera
house, has about concluded his arrangements
abroad for a German opera company next
season. Fraulein Lehman, Fraulein Brandt
and Herren Fischer and Robinson have been
re-engaged, and the engagement of Frau
Schroeder-Hoenfestei nger and a tenor
OF exceptional merit, whose name
is not given, is also announced
Information is received by cable OF the per-
Torrance at Sonderhausen by the musical
society of which the able Liszt is president of
the prelude to the late DIR. Damrosch's ..Su-
lamith.' i was received with great enthu-
siasm. Walter Damrosch was the conductor
and Fraulien Brandt the singer. The Amer
lean Opera company announces that the re-
ports of trouble with its artists are ground
less, except as regards one whose
SALARY the company voluntarily doubled,
early in the season, and VINO now declines to
-re-engage unless her salary is doubled again
Wishing to avoid the star system, which
means spending large sums on few artists
to the sacrifice of general excellence, the
company is reluctant to change its policy by
meeting such demands. There was nothing
new worthy of remark at the theaters this
week. Miss Helen Dauvay and Mile Rhea
sailed for Europe to-day
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-13
NEW YORK DYNAMITERS.
They are Breathing Dire Threats
Against the Officials.

Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, June 12.-The authorities of
the city are making extraordinary efforts to
discover the new abiding place of Herr Most s
anarchist journal. the Freheit, which is so
freely threatening both Recorder Smythe and
Col. Fellows for their part in the conviction
Of the blood-thirsty leader. Inspector Ryrnes
has detailed his most trusted detectives to
hunt up the author or authors of the article.
They have been instructed to take into GUS
tody the men responsible for the pubticasihn.
The publication Office of the paper~is now
given as the New York Catacombs.'' The
police are under the impression that this is
in some East Side saloon, aud they feel
confident of being able to lay hands on
the persons wanted A sharp lookout is
being kept on all persons who enter the gen
eral sessions building, in order to nip in lie
bud any dynamite plot that might be attempt
ed. 1t is understood that since the trial of
Most, special detectives are detailed to guard
the building over night.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-13

in the possession of the venerable
ex-Judge Henry P. Simmons. In March,
1885, q celebration of the bi-centennial wa s
held, but owing to some differences among
the citizens it was resolved to get up another
celebration, and to-days exercises resulted.
The exercises included singing by local socie-
ties and an address by Judge Simmons, with
the reading of the original grant, a process
sion of military, G. A. K. posts, firemen, BIZ
cycle riders, school children, etc., reviewed
by Gov. Albeit. In the evening there was
banquet.