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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

TIE Chicago Inter Ocean, this week,
issued the most beautifully executed bit
of typographical and artistic work, in
the form of Il supplement, that has come
to our table for many day. 1t was put
out i'm the interest of the coming Citrus
Fair in California, and was. profusely
illustrated in many colors. The 10.
"got there" this time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

AN attempt was made in the common
council of Minneapolis recently 10 pass a
resolution in favor of the eight hour sys-
sem for laborers, and the Board ofTrade
"f the same city has passed Il resolution
protesting against any such action on
the palf of the cOuncil
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

T,E congressional record states that
representative Wakefield recently pre-
scented petition in the house from citi-
zens of Minnesota asking for legislation
for the furtherance of scientific temper
ance instruction in the schools of the
,.,lIntrV
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23
First ins. April az; last ms. May z.
PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter OF the estate OF Evan Evans
deceased.
Thc State of Minnesota and the said Probate
Court to all persons interested I'm the estate OF
Evan Evans, deceased. Greeting:
whereas an instrument In writing purport.
ing To be the last will and testament OF Evan
Evans. deceased, late of said county, has been
delivered to this court and application has
been made for the proofs OF said instrument.
required to appear ut the Office OF the Judge
of Probate In the city of MankatO I'm said coun-
ty on the 22nd day of May, 1886, at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon OF that day ana attend the
probate OF the sad will.
In testimony whereof ] have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate
Court this 2lst day of April, a; ID 1859:
G. w. MEAD,
ISeall Probate Judge.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

Tux friends of John \. Lovely, of AL
bert Lea, are working up considerable
of boom for that gentleman as success
sor 10 Hon. Milo White in congre ~
from the First district.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

Con. LoUNsBERRY, who ut one time
edited Il paper ut Fairmont, Martin
county, and afterward AT Wells, will AS
sumo editorial management of the Du-
luth Tribune. Nav LIST.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23
MANKATo FREE PRESS
---
FRIDAY. APRIL 23. 1885.
MANKATO CITY.

The city Of Mdnkdto has population Of Z ,SSs, 10
situated az SoHtpcestcrn Minnesota and surround
edby finest Iirictsin the state.
Has four railroads, ris: The O. NJ d ~. r., the G. d
M, The g. ST. N. d o., and the Mdnkato q
Emors The STATE Normal School is located here,
and its Public Schools are among the first in the
North,ocst E"r the superiority Of its clay, brick,
Iiac-sfons, building stone, dc, Ndnkdto is noted
hronghont the land. As point for jobbing and
manu- featuring IL has no SHpSriorin the North,oest
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

The town of East Lee, Massachusetts,
was inundated on Tuesday 10y the break
irs of a reservoir, and several persons
drowned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

SOUTHERN and southwestern Europe
begin to report cases of Cholera, but let
us hope that the dlreful ravages of the
last two summers be not repeated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

GLADSTONE is acknowledged to be the
greatest statesman ever known. An
cient. medieval, or modern.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

THE reports of president Cleveland
Early marriage have at last been given
some degree of authenticity, and east
,rn papers take it for granted that Miss
frankie Folsom, beautiful blonde OF
BuiIalo, aged u years, will become the
first lady Of the land early in the sum-
,ner. Ifthis be true, she will have the
distinction Of being the youngest mis-
trrss of the White House in the history
-! the country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

\ fire occurred at Window last Sun
day, in the tow stacks of Paul Seeger,
involving that gentleman in a loss of
81 800
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

HoN. DANIEL Buck writes US letter
tO the effect that he is out of politics.
All the same, Mr.. Buck is the ablest
and best fitted man We have in the Sec
oni district Ia represent us in congress.
- W.uHGbdgO CTy Press NerS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

MONTREAL has suffered heavy losses
from the overflow of the st. Lawrence
river at that place, caused by an ice
Dor,sp
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

Astronomers are constantly studying
the movements Of the stars. Red Star
Cough Cure movements are prompt. III
removes the worst cough Mt once. Twen-
ty-five cents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

The New Orleans exposition has
gone the way of all poorly conducted
enterprises-allen into the hands of u
receiver.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23
Good Thunder.

Mr.. John Conroy left this place for Aber-
deem. Dak., last Monday, with car load Of
young stock.
Mr.. John @. Graham is remOdeling the old
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

GIINNEII., Iowa, sent II contribution
of 81 900 to the cyclone sufferers in this
state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23
POINTS,! POINTS,

II lbs No. granulated Sugar for 500
ID lbs COnfectioners A $l.O0
rs lbs yellow G Sugar for 500
Weigh and measure all you buy.
Return any article not satisfactory.
See that you get the same goods you order
Quality preferred rather than quantity.
One price to everybody.
Do You buy as cheap where you
trade as any one else does at the
same store?
Farmers, are you as careful to know what
you pay for goods in exchange for Butter
and Eggs, as you are the price you get
for your produce?
ALL can trade with GEO. NJ. RAY
nabove principles, and as EcoNoM-
IcALLy as at any other store i'm the
city. 43
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

There seems now 10 be no doubt of a
lash Of arms between Greece and Tur-
key, and a correspondent from over the
Mater writes rather gloomily of the
probable fate of Greece in such an event
lie says she has only 10000 poorly
equipped men 10 oppose 10000 robust
and sufficiently supplied Turks. If the
ancient heroism and valor of Greek
arms be not lost, they need not fear
';Xicc their number ofweak Musselmen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

PREMIER GLADsToNE's agrarlan meas
ure, or Land Purchase bill, which he
presented to parliament last Thursday,
was met with even greater degree OF
curiosity than was the Home-Rule bill.
1t was so received because it aims Mt
condition of things which does nor new
er did exist i'm the Emerald Isle. The
Home Rule scheme assays what once
has been, and is now in part. Yet the
two measures are one and mseperabie
i'm point of issues involved, being but
two closely related phases of one gigan-
tic issue, the one measure being the
compliment of the other, and the sue
cess of each depending on the other.
Home rule without home rights of
ownership of the lands from which the
ruled draw their subsistence would be II
weak and uncertain boon, because the
stability of any commonwealth depends
almost absolutely upon the enterprise
and desire for prosperity of the people
composing it. No people who are
forced to labor and develop their cOun-
try for the urgent necessities of an exis-
tence merely, can long endure self gov
eminent. But with full sway TO toll and
accomplish, for personal and mutual
benefit, pecuniarly speaking, the result
is inevitable, that Ii, steady growth of
individual development and national
greatness. Gladstone wisely grasped
both horns of the dilemma when he
followed with this land measure upon
the train of his more complicated pro-
duction, the Home-R Rule bill. Without
the quasi-assurance, at least, of peasan.
try-ownershlp of the lands, he could
not expect n hearty support for home
rule from his own party, even, much
less from the men of Ulster who have
opposed home rule necessarily. Now
these will be partially pacilied, and the
liberal following more closely cemented
upon the whole scheme. The prOyis
ions of the Land-Purchase bill, briefly
told, are-for the government to APP
propriate lS0,0OO,0O pounds wherewitl
| W TIC ioIub
this TO be paid back to the government
by the peasantry to whom the land
shall be decided in small tracts, the y
having twenty years time 80 to do, il
amounting to twenty years rental. The
Irish government will be pledged to the
compensation and the Irish farmers vii
have to pay for their lands to the Irisl
Government, which will in turn hand
the money over to the British Govern
ment for the redemption of the consols
The Irish Government acts as collect OIL
for the landlords. This was mas ten
stroke on the part of Gladstone-arous
ing the pride of the peasantry by hold
ing out chances Ofabsolute ownership Il
them and making their own govern
ment responsible for their faithfulness
in payment. The bill will have TO he
somewhat modified before it can pass
the principal objection being to the
enormity of the amount proposed many
thinking the lands not worth more than
ten years rental, Gladstone is still
the grandest of grand" men.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23
NOTICE OF SALE.

Notice is hereby given that we will sell nj
public auction at the elevator of the Winona
st. Peter X. K. Co.. I'm the city OF MankatO,
Blue Earth county, Mimi, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
OH the 4th day of May, A. d. 1896, one hundred
and thirty-one bushels of hulless oats to pay
the just and reasonable charges for storing
and handling said grain, ut the request OF A.
of Oct. A. ID. 1884, said A. c. Blake having
neglected and refused for more than three
months after said labor was performed to pay
sum of thirty-five dollars. exclusive Of maxi
ing this sale.
Dated April 9Th, 1886.
42w3 X, ID. HUBBARD s. co.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

ny" If You wish your watch carefully
repaired and cleaned, take it To
=. h. WISER.
, 1886-11-06

Palestine possesses n remarkable salt
mountain situated at the south end of
the Dead sea. The length of the ridge is
six miles, with m average width of three
quarters of Il mile, and the height is not
far from GOO feet. There are places where
the everything earthly deposits are many
feet in thickness, but the mass of the
mountain is composed Of solid rock salt,
some Of which is as clear as crystal. How
far this deposit Of salt extends below the
surface of the ground, no one at present
knows. At some points, this ridge,
which is on the shore of the Dead sea. ap-
proaches very close to the water, and ut
others it rccedes until it is fifty or more
yards from it. Just here the water of
the Dead sea is much more salt than it is
at the north end. where the Jordan
enters the lake.
rms salt is a government monopoly.
The same is true of the salt that is con
tanned in solution in the Dead sea itself.
II Arabs or the natives Of the country
were found getting salt from the shores
of the Dead sea or from his salt noun
tain, they would he arrested Mt once.
Most of the salt used in Hebron. Jerusa-
lem. and clscw here in this part of Pales-
time, comes from these sources, but it is
gathered under the direction of govern
mont officers, aud the revenue is sup
po-ol tu 90 to- the govcrumcnt-Unitcd
States Consul Merrill in Scientific Amori-
can.
, 1886-11-06

When ole Bun, the renowned violin
list, was staying in Paris, in 1910, he re
turned home late one evening from n
concert, and as the night was cold he or
dctcd his man to make n fire In the room.
The latter dragged toward the fireplace a
huge box, ON which the word Fire
wood was painted in large letters. In
answer To Ole Bulls astonished inquiry
the servant told him that the box had
been delivered that day at noon by his
masters orders, rs he thought.
On being broken open the box vas
found to contain twenty-five violins and
the following letter: Great Master
The undersigned, being members of
various amateur philharmonic societies,
hereby declare that they will henceforth
cease to perform ON the accompanying in
strumcnts. Tie same wood from which
Ole Bull can draw life, love, sorrow, pas
sion and melody, is only TO be regarded
ns-fucl for the flames in the hands Of
the undersigned, who therefore request
the maestro to make an auto-da-fc of the
Enclosures, and TO look upon the ascend
ing smoke rs incense offered to his genius
by his pcnitcnt dabblers in the noble
art This curious epistle bore the sig
natures Of twenty W. young men.
Three days aftcrward Ole Bull gave n
dinner, TO which he invited all the send
crs of the valuable Greenwood Each
guest had lying before him on the table
one Of the violins referred to, and by its
side n gold ring with tho inscription,
solitude and Pcrseverancc'i-a piece of
s%casonable advice to the faint hearted
dilcttante, and n symbolic indication of
the means by which the virtuoso himself
had attained to fame.-Tagliche Runds
chau.
, 1886-11-06
rnn PACIFIC CASE.

The Boston Adrcrtiscr, in speaking cdl-
torally of the pcrsecution-no prosecu-
tlon-oi the management of the Union
Pacific railroad, has the following which
is worthy of attention; The course OF
the stock market during the past two or
three days furnishes u new illustration of
the operation of existing laws regarding
the Pacific railroads and the power for
mischief which they afford to spectators
and stock iobbcrs. The reports very gen
orally agree that the falling off in prices
of leading stocks for n day or two past
was caused by weakness in | mon Iaciflc.
Possibly prices were too high before, and
the drop was what is called a healthy re-
action. that we need not discuss. The
significant circumstance is that mon
Pacific was the stock selected for attack
by the bears, and what is of still more
significance is that the attack was made
upon the strength of reports lndustriously
circulated from Washington, to the effect
that the secretary of the interior had
finished the preparation Of his annual re
port to congress and had found that the
Union Pacific was in default in its pay
mcnts to the sinking fund to the amount
of SGO0,O O0. 1t was added, as il to
inlicate the supreme importance of the
matter, that the president himself was
about to make a personal investigation of
the company affairs.
As n matter OF fact, it is learned from
the Office Of the company in this city that
the requirements for the sinking fund, in
addition to the sums withheld on rams
rortation account, cannot, upon any sys-
ten of accounting, exceed Sl55 600, and
that the company officers have been
trying for the past three or four weeks TO
get from the department a statement of
the account in order to deposit the mount
due, which it is prepared to do at a mo-
mcnt ; notice. The stories aic, no doubt,
manufactured ont of whole clcth, but the
case with which it can he done and the
Effect upon the market, seems to us to
point a moral Tor congress, before which
there l., a bill no@ pending to remedy such
q state of affairs
1T may not boz that anybody in Wash
ineion is spcculnting upon official tips
but il j, worth noting that the coniinu-
auee of the existing conditions FURNISHES
both Opportunity aud temptation to it,.
, 1886-11-06

Col ! ai- Rector Of Arkansas, used
to tol So .aad story about his riding
SOM iIil.. with sam Houston. then on
his WY Co. Texas To take part in the war
Of lnat lence. Houston rode a pony,
was dressed in "A buckskin suit, and with
his uilr stretched across his shoulder he
looked Ivory inch the hunter. lie drank
freely lfum a bottle. At length they mr.
rived af the fork Of the two trails, ono
of which led to Fort Smith, where Rec
tor was GOING, and the other to Texas.
Houston lrld up his bottle in the air,
and wis about proposing a parting
drink, when Young Rector checked him
and sail % Houston would not consider
IT impairment IN a young mar he wished
~ nuke 90 request
VIII " ii" said Houston. at is
replied lterp''. "'hat you here pledge
Yoht-rli n'4cr 10 tai, .~othar drink OF
Intoxicating liquors" ~All right. nv
boy. said Houston, "Ill do it" and rails
Ing thc huttlo above his head he dashed
It To- the ground, wetting the ground.
with its contents. Now said Rector.
as a slight gilt in memory of mo. | will
give you my razor" it being the cns-
tom Of the people in those days to carry
their razor and shave themselves. lIous.
ton accepted the gift. and on extending
his left arm whettod the razor ON his
lcarthorn sleeve, and with an e1ulting
tone remarked; I'm keep this razor
and shave me with il when | become
president Of the republic" He put spurs
10 his bobtailel pony. and the friends
---.
, 1886-11-06

Visited the colonial exposition at Lon
don, and was amazed at the extent of the
Utilization and Industrial Development
,>ilhitel Every known article in the
world ccmcd to Doe un show, aud the dis
play covered acres \ late book ON
rn.lAud. states that in the English colo
sizes of India s., different languages are
.%lnl.on, aad that in 1sSl there were only
'f2n EueliShmcn in India. among a
.tiNo population governed hy England
OF 600 Times that number. Think of IT,
l+n4i'na holds India with one English
'inn {" l.nup natives. and She has
e. ncrcs and more outside of Great
Britain for every acre in it. Her trade
in such clsos could hardly he otherwise
tinn free. The very existence Of her
colonial empire depends upon her being
30 great marine nation. Ships are tho
'uly connection between her md her
o. l"nirs, end the oceans are the high
..iys or bridges over which She must
ach lNr ,ariou subjects Frank c.
Carpenter In Cleveland Leader.
, 1886-11-06

IN THE whole range of partisan politi-
cal wmflrc, the people of Wyoming can
claim the most manly, honorable and
happy. act on record. The amenities of
r@li'ical varr.rc contain M stated guam
tty or quality AMI too oltcn the coarser
aline OF some ill.halanccd mind will
uu tlr R.l, rs a fight OF individual
Mra ID go brich then, and how
much to be commended, was the gracious
act of Hon. W. f. Post last night, when
he stood up and addressed the crowls who
came to honor the mar who had won The
position which he himself had hoped To
holl2 1t was a grand act, aud forms the
most pleasing feature Of the whole his
tory OF politics in Wyoming 1t will have
great effect ou the growing generation,
too, Tor NJ nohlcr example could be held
NJ to them than hat OF a man heartily
congratulAtins his opponent who won,
AMI sinking self in his wish for harmony
and good feeling Great Ills WAS the num-
Der of Mr. l'p..- admirers. that one act
ht, nude hun the friend of every good
man and woman m the territory.
, 1886-11-06

NJ any other than fin time ium,iion,
tue ill'om savings OF pc i~es-cp-. the
rr'',l' engineer i' Ils-ilcu t.sclinl.
~'nii pass '- the u,Oul lanronol in
du'e'd DO on State oera,lou., and oou
monty gall-l .ii'4i eagle malfoy The
time an'l rlt' sud iAc uitenlmt cirrum
stance l''"yN'r lut another eon-imr
non 'n in' "ll ln.nrhmau words. and
to Toe read anehi th'y must De considered
~ tnc "snt ol I'M lh'' iilt the .pcker is
~"'diing himself INTO ihr rood r4a oi
the american people. o=iou-'ily on an
occasion "i popular good Will lnt rally
, 1886-11-06

behooves us to look well to all chances
taken to circumvent such a consummatlon.
With the canal oren and in foreign hands,
the supremacy of the United States would
be gone ON American soil, and that is the
evident wish of the millionaires of the old
country, whose puppet De l.esscps really
is. The matter should at once be looked
into, before the astute Frcnchman can
launch his loan on our markets, and our
nconlc become financially interested.
, 1886-11-06
10 FAME.

" Bright fairy Of the morn, with flowers nrraycd.
Whu'e ~l,antigs to thy young pursuer seem
Beyond the ccs'gsy OF poets dream
Shall / oertake thee. ere thy lustre fadcs
" Rip glory Of tho noon, to dazzled eyes
A pageant IT delight and power and gold,
Dissolving into mirage manifold
Do l o'ortake thee, or mistake my prizeY
" Dull shallow Of the evening, gaunt and gray,
Al random thrown. beyond me, or above,
AMI cohl as memory in the arms of love
Have loerta'en thee, but 10 caas away
" No morn, or noon, or eve am l." she said.
But night, the depth Of night behind the sun;
ly all mankind pursued, but never won,
lntiI my slindow falls upon n shade"
II D.. Hlaekmon- in ~llarpcr's Margarine.
, 1886-11-06
DlRGE.


Weep and sigh. weep and sigh;
No heart rest meath a pitilrss sky;
No hand clasp that We must not leave;
No soul web but must soon unweavc,
Weep and sigh.
Tears Of pain, tears Of pain;
Ripple on ripple of dark winter rain
over the pail Of a pale winter SHOW.
Tho rain ia promise, the tears ar woe;
Tears Of pain.
Sleep no mon. sleep no more;
Sleeping Is dreaming OF long buried yorc;
Awake and sigh with n chin winter blast
OF sorrowful murnuring over thu past;
Sleep No more.
only 10 die, only 10 die;
Down in the earth therr Is nevcrn sirh;
Ont5 "A grass lsal cold and rank,
And the shivcring gloom of an endless blank
Only 10 die.
W. J. Henderson.
, 1886-11-06

As TO Governor Baxter, it can safely be
stated that the president could not have
brought about 4 greater or more complete
change than by his appointment. 1t Is
revolution as well as reform; since the
worst charge ever suggested against him
has never implicated him with any Re
nnblican scheme.
, 1886-11-06

WHETHER elected or defeated Col Muir
rim has the proud Consciousness of having
made a valiant but clean fight for the
Office he sought He might have Jared
better had he been inclined to make com
binations with his opponents or to make
pledges or promises to factions and indi-
viduals; but he chose TO remain untram-
meled and made his camuairn sqlarely
on the platform adopted by the Demo
cratic territorial convention.
, 1886-11-06

There agc two kinds Of bravory-that
ut the Ier.an who does not suffer from
fDHr. vlf,iii easy and OF littlcmcrit, and
TIE l~1Hy0is Oi "a person who oycrcomcs
LIES fear such a. person, in my opinion,
f. mon Courageous than amy other, but
tuuush ! lave great respect for him, |
sloul I.t hut little confidence in him.
fr lis lcr0ie effort may he overcome Mt
any t.iAe sll virtue, beautiful ~ it is,
g. les nli tlnn absence Of emotion.
Nlnu the battle had begun and the
lull.i. .nl llt, rattling about him, made
lii1ir furcnne remarked Ia him
felt. iOl ne trembling, carcass Of
3 inN. aid tremble moro If You
nNN ai going to take You 49,
lopusr .c Monthly.
, 1886-11-06

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children %teething. 1t
soothes the child, %softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie. and is the
best remedy for diarrhea. twenty-five
cents q bottle.
, 1886-11-06

Mrs Winslow'- Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children tcething. 1t
soothes the child, soltcns the gums, allays
the pain, cures wind collie. and is the best
remedy Tor diarrh@a Twenty-Five cents
"A bottle
, 1886-11-06

The d~lsreputable and scurrilous oppose
ton of the San to Mr.. Baxter has had
the good effect of giving that gentleman
a higher standing in the territory 10 which
he has been called to govern.