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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15

The outcome of the Fifth district con-
vention Is what was expected. Mr..
Comstock appeared from the first to be
the man who would gather in the votes
when the time for scattering began. The
convention made no mistake, either, in
making him its candidate. He is able,
reliable. and progressive; has all the
elements to make a good representative
for his district, and is not wholly without
experience. Withal he's a hustler,
with those magnetic qualities which are
the necessity of a successful political
candidate. We predict that he will
make strong run, be elected and give
the people of the Fifth district a worthy
successor to their brilliant knute Nell
son. The convention at st. Cloud was
singularly good natured throughout the
long contest, the candidates and their
friends maintaining the best of good
feeling. There will be no boiling or
dissatisfaction over the nomination, and
all will go TO work in harmony to make
Mr.. Comstock' s election certain.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15
A sANpANA EoR AN ISSUE.

The Democracy lG,yr now got fairly !
under way with their campaign, have |
found tail to wsg ihei' hog. pocket !
handkerchief TO serve III, purpose ui
ehciting applause AMI call out tie en-
thusiasm Of the gaping cn,wds. This Is
the first time since tie organization Of
tins government nearly !, century since,
that any political party has attempted
to run presidential campaign with u
presidential ticket tail oremost, OF at
tempted to elec; pr, sident on the pop
ularity Of the presidential randi-
date-and his popularity based princi-
pally upon his life long practice of wip-
ing his nose, after taking snuff, on red
or yellow bandana handkerchief. In
1884 the Democratic battle cry was
Cleveland and civil service REFORM"
civi! service reform meant nothing less
than turning Republicans out of Office
upon any excuse that might occur to
dictator Cleveland and placing Demo-
Gratis in THEFT places. Their motto this
year is Thurman and his old bandana."
There Was some significance 10 Hsrri-
sons log cabin, and Lincoln's rails rep
resented honest toll, familiarity with
tue hardships of pioneer life which had
reclaimed wilderness, superseded bar
harism and introduced civilization
where savagery had reigned before.
But Thurman's bandana represents
nothing but the nose wipe of snuff
taker, who likes to blow his nose alter
every snsf with both hands. 1t is II
great pity that in the convention of
1860 Seward, who like Thurman was an
inveterate snuff taker, and Douglas, who
who was an equally inveterate tobacco
chewer, had not thought OF the nose
wipe and spittoon. The anarchists, who
are Democrats, may, if the red instead
of the yellow is used in professions, es-
cape arrest for bearing their flag by
claiming they are only emblems of de-
votion to their candidates, Thurman
and Cleveland. IL is the first time in
the history of American politics or pres
idential elections that the head of the
ticket has been entirely overlooked and
only the nose wiper of the tail piece re-
lied upon to call out the enthusiasm OF
the party.
The platform or what they call plat.
form calls forth no enthusiasm. 1t is a
sort of three-legged affair gotten up to
suit the British Cobdenltes from whom
liberal campaign contributions will
doubtless be forthcoming. Cleveland's
message declaring the system of collect
ing taxes an unjust, unequal and illogi'
cal method of raising revenue and mean
ing the sweeping of the system into
inocuous desuetude and absolute free
trade, and direct taxation substituted,
is endorsed. The platform OF 1884, alias
as Watterson, calls it, straddle, which
means ''as you like, and the Mills bill
which is protection for the South, but
free trade for all other portions. The
legs of this tripod are badly decayed
and will, it is feared, give way under the
weight of the ticket, and there's nothing
TO inspire enthusiasm or fine boys 10
rally around, but Thurman's old BAN
dana nose wipe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15
OUR sE1eHBoRHooD.
C;oop THuspEs, June 8.

Coon THUNDER, June 8.
]. Burgess has bought q lot from w.
Garvin In block l, Barnard's addition,
and Will commence work on q house
shortly.
Herman Weidenhoft is home from
New Ulm.
Henry Waters was in Owatonna this
week.
A number of Adyentists have gone TO
camp meeting at Minnehaha Falls.
+. w. Hunt was In town Thursday and
took quite list Of subscribers for the
daily.
w. T. Hays and family are visiting
friends in Iowa and will remain several
weeks.
Mr.. J.T. Atwood, Of Minnesota Lake,
came t61see her folks and friends few
days this week.
The temperance mass meeting was
we'll attended Sunday evening. Elders
Jenkins and Whitelaw each made short
addresses.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15

THE Sherman men still claim with con-
fidence that their favorite will have 800
votes on the first ballot, and figuring that
he is also far in the lead as second
choice the boomers from Ohio claim that
Mr.. Sherman's nomination on the Sec
ond or third ballot is almost certain.
The party will be- suited be it SHERMAN
or Gresham, but the latter has more adj
yocates in the Northwest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.
receipts at South st. Paul. l.490 hogs "A

Receipts at South st. Paul, 1.4sO hogs, 50
cattle. "a -
Hogs-50l0c lower. Strong at the decline.
South st. Paul pac' ers brought freely. Most Of
the sales were at Sj.iO05.40. closing strong
We quote: Light; S5.305.3O; mixed. S526
0535; packing, $5.3g5.40; heavy, $625G$5 80;
choice heavy, $5.400550.
Cattle-Firm. Sales of nine ordinary cows,
as lbs average, $3.0l; 10 medium steers. 1,O7o
lbs average. $S.7Us COW, $40 lbs average. s. 10;
cow, average l,0I6 lbs, 50. We quote: Stockers
and feeders, 50O19O0 lbs average. $2.25t3 %;
feeders, SOO01 100 lbs $2.256STO. Good butcher
beeves. llOOG' 400 lbs, $LOO0L50
Sheep Quiet. unc changed; $S2o0Lo.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15

THE three cornered arrangement
which the Democracy is standing upon
as regards the tariff is sure to prove ia
tai to the party. Its three legs, the
straddle of 1884, Cleveland's free trade
message, and the Mills bill, are all of the
same character, but one of them will be
knocked out before many days. The
passage of the Mills bill becomes more
impossible every day, as the sentiment
of the country is surely against it. With
one of its legs disabled the Democracy
will take tumble that will cause its
complete and deserved discontinue.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15
SyruD of Figs.

Ii natures own true laxative. It il the
most easily taken, and the most effective
when Bilious or Costive; to Dispel Head
aches, Colds, and Fevers; TO Cure Habit
ual Constipation, Indigestion, Piles, etc.
Manufactured only by the California Fig
Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal. J..
3. Jones druggist. sep 8 lyd&w
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15
BuckIen's Arnica SaIye.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures Piles or no pay re-
CURED. II Is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
26 cts. per box. For sale by j. r. Jones.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15
First ins. June Is; last ins. July Q.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the matter of the estate Of Levi L. Houk,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims ana demands against the estate OF
Levi L. Houk, late Of the county OF Blue
Earth deceased, that the Judge of the Probate
Court of said county will hear, examine and
adjust claims and demands against said estate
at his once in the City Of MaDkato in said
county, on the I4th day Of January, 1889, at
ten O'Clock in the forenoon of that day, and
that seven months from the date hereof have
been limited and allowed by said Probate
Court for creditors to present their claims.
Dated June IL, 1888.
MARION HILLS,
Administrators of the estate of Levi L.. Houk,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15
Meeting OF National Educationa
Association, San Francisco.

The next annual meeting of the Ma
tional Educational Association of the
United States will be held in San Fran
cisco, Cal, from July 18th to 10th In.
elusive, and the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway Co. offers special inducement
of rate OF one fare for the round trip to
all persons DESTROYS of visiting California
at that time. Tickets will be sold from
June l4th to July 18th inclusive, and
will be good for return passage any time
within ninety days from date of sale
Circulars containing fall information car
be obtained by applying to or address
ing any ticket agent of the Chicago
Northwestern Railway Co. 49eowJll4
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15

Hogs-Receipts, z5OO hea Market moder-
ately active, but prices weak and 50l0c lower;
light, $A:105.55; rough packing. S5.f@55O;
mixed, S5.4Oa5.h5; heavy packing and ship
ping, $5.5G05.65,
Cattle-Receipts, 5000 head: market strong:
beeves, $LT5G825; cows and mixed, lSON
81. 8Q4.6O.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000 head; market slow;
steady: co mon to fair. 1904: good to choice,
s5.2a95.25; TEXANS, s2.75@3.sO; Western. $40
a5O.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15

The various candidates for the Repub-
hcan gubernatorial nomination appear
TO be resting upon their guns, except to
quietly observe the feeling at the con-
gressional conventions. As soon as the
Chicago convention is over, however, a
good deal more activity may be looked
for in spite of the warm weather. The
contest is an interesting one, and the
claims being made by the Scheffer and
McGill men doubtless serve the purpose
of keeping their courage up. But there
is q gentleman named Merriam who is
quietly watching events, and judging
from the expressions coming from Re-
pubLcans in all portions of the state a
sentiment is crystalhzing which will
make him the nearly unanimous choice
when the convention shall meet.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago Grain aud Provisions.
The July option is now quoted as follows:
Wheat-84clS.
Corn--53lSilI sac.
Oats--3221ac.
Pork--Sia.S5
Lard--Ss571s.
Short Ribs--$7.571<.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15
MANKATO MARKETS.

Grain and Provision Markets corrected
daily, other markets corrected weekly on
date of weekly issue.
MANKATO, June a. 1899
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15
Dnlnfh Wheat.


Wheat opened this morning at the following
prices: July, Sac: August, siIkc. The 81 sing
on the morning board was: July. SIj4c; Au-
gust, s434c,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-15
follows:
WHITE GOODS.

Ioc Isc Lace Stripes now Ioc
IaK &C. plain bookfold Victoria Lawn
IsH and 1sc Lace Stripes
lot NJ M E. Foy Corse $as 9oc-
lot Ruhng IS 4oc grade your per yard
lot Ruchng 6sc grade choice per
lot Table Linen asc grade now your choice yard
lot Table Linen Turkey red fast colo grade
lot Lac your sc.
lot Iace worth to reduced choice
Twiled Toweng IsH &c.,
Gents Linen Handkerchief large made
lot Ladies' Isle Gloves worth all the from IS and
reduced your choice I3c; for
Ladies Silk Mts black and eoon
David S. Brown Co.'S Co Co Oil now &C per
Turkish Bath cakes good grade reduced
Big reductions in Ladies', Misses and chill
dren's Muslin Underwear, also
Gauze Underwear.
';s ::: :::::::::::: .s ss
1 I:pOun ,d punches na, hair pins for S.
Tooth brushes and 1oc, worth double.
Pure kid specie purses only &C,
reduction
Most of the above goods rced Bargain Tables of
reduced ready This the month
purchase goods cheap have things that be sold
4th and time short obliged push
get them.
you bring you do
you ask to our Bargain Tables in basement of our
|Frink & Richards,
The Makers and Regulators of Prices.
EYW have thousands of articles reduced prices which space
does permit mention Of Please call and
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
TN. prrrrREHcE.

rvo babes were born In the se'f-sams 'o"n'
ON the very same bright day;
They laughed and cried In their mosne"
arms,
In the very self same way.
And both were ~ pure and innocent
Al fallen fakes Of snow;
put one Of them lived In the terraced house,
And one In the street below.
Two children played in the selfsame town.
And both were bright and fsir
But one had her curis brushed smooth sno
round;
Tho other had tangled hair.
Both Of the children grew space.
A all our children grow,
But one of them lived In the terraced mousse
And one In the street low.
Two maidens wrought In the selfsame town
And one was welded and loved;
The other saw through the curtains apart
Tho world where her lister moved;
And on, was smiling. happy bride,
The other knew care and woe;
For one OF them lived In the terraced house.
And one In the street below.
Two women ny dead in the se.f-same Town,
And one had tender care;
The other was left TO die slon,
On her pallet 80 thin and bare;
And one had many TO mourn her loss'
For the other few tears would now;
For one Of them lived In the terraced mouse
And one Ia the street below.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
F.W. BFokmeyer & Co, New lnstaIIment Store
1,etss esardT dT7an.e
STOVES and Ran&es,

pie do not learn what awful
wrongs have been perpetrated.
and how law has been made to
serve the most selfish purposes of
a most heartless class-if they re-
main Indifferent and apathetic to
the slow stealing of rights and
liberties-if they are to be "psy-
chologised" into believing such
as the Merit BILL, the boycotrbill.
the proposed bill for exiling all
foreign-born socialists, are justifi-
able and right-then is the right
of slavery surely stealing over us.
There is danger in this slow giving
away to encroaching tyrannies.
Some may say, "let the worst
come, the people will arouse and
resist all the sooner" but that is
not at all sure. By this slow
yielding, where the tyrant is con-
stantly soothing with croonings
of claw and order, reverence
for government, ETC.. the people
may grow SO stupid and degraded
they never can rise again. There
is plenty of work for every one if
he would not give up his hopes of
freedom. LIZZIE M. SwANK.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
WORK TO DO.
Ico.unued nom nrst pase.l


has been precisely the same. !
have friends who admire and es-
teen me, who still think the pris-
oners should have received sevfye
punishment. Yet | worked with
those prisoners and in the same
line, for years. If did not do
as much as did they, it was simply
because ! lacked intellectual abil-
ity and physical strength. Cul-
tured men are making almost
precisely such speeches as Par
sons, Spies and Fielden made, in
halls like the Grand Opera House
Of Chicago. to-day.
This agitation work was carried
on for years and the authorities
never intimated that laws were
being broken or that the agitators
should be punished. They were
never even warned there was a
death line across which they must
not pass. They labored under
the delusion that American citi-
zens possessed the right of free
speech and free assemblage with
out interference. Only after some
unknown party chose to resist an
unlawful raid of the police on a
peaceable meeting, and the prose-
cution failed to connect those
eight men, with the unknown
party, were their conduct and
speeches covering years of
unchecked agitation considered
criminal and deserving of death.
1t is easy to be seen why the
the wealthy clsss chose those
eight men out of the many who
had acted with them, as victims;
they were our bfst men; the most
influential and the most dangerous
to the privileges and vested rights
Of the exploiting class. But It is
not so easy to see why radical
people should harbor the class
created prejudice against the few
who were arrested and tried, and
still respect and apparently love
their comrades who happen to
have escaped.
There is much that the people
generally ought to learn. Not a
man or woman living who believes
in the freedom and Justice our
martyrs worked and died for, but
should constitute him or herself
a committee of one to do all in
his power to clear away the preju-
dices and the mist of falsehood
the ruling classes have labored|
so hard to create.
Each can talk to all his friends;
can send pamphlets and papers to
every address he can learn. If it
is a sacrifice of some time
and money he cannot do more
good with them in any other way.
He can mention the different
books written on the trial especi-
ally the posthumous work of the
American who gave himself up
for trial, and the coming book of
that brilliant intellect August
Spies, to every one he meets.
The general circulation of these
books will do more to dispel
the ignorance and fear of the
people than anything else
will do.
II this is not done-if the peo-
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
DIR. C. P. PERRY
Cures Alltdiseases arising from
Impurities Of the Bleed, Cancers, Piles
Flstula, Ulcers, and al Diseases Of
the Rectun, Skin, Urinary
and Sexual OrIans.

Female dis
eases, S sup
pressed men
IS tru ations,
lie a,
Epilepsy, ner-
|vous and
physical de-
|bility and all
Chronic and
special dis
leases of both
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-02

The Berlin, Owls machine company,
with capital stock of 800, 900. is de-
batting seriously about taking up loca-
ton in central or western Illinois. Presi.
dent p. B. Yates and Treasurer L. D &.
Forbes have been inspecting things at
Rockford the past week, and if invited to
do so might be induced to visit Rock ISL
and, and receive propositions from our
Business Mems association. Rock Island
has its eye on enterprises of this kind,
and no time should be lost in opening
correspondence with the management of
the institution.
The Berlin, Wis, Machine company
was established in 1877. In 1887 as the
business had increased 10 such an extent
it was found necessary to increase the
capital stock and make it a stock com
pany. The capital is now 100000 P.
B. Yates is president, j. Yates secretary,
and L. d. Forbes, treasurer. The COM
pany manufactures boss sanders. econo-
mist planer and sander combined, irwin.
chile sanders for panels, veneers, furni-
ture. pianos, organs, collins, caskets,
wagons, agricultural implements, sash,
doors, blinds. chairs, etc, etc, single.
double and treble drum sanders, and en-
ploy large number of men.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-02
The Canal.

Hendersons canal bill is all well
enough. He could not do less than pre-
pare and present it. But he fooled away
the golden opportunity to secure the Ca
nal. When the fates had everything
fixed so that he had "sinch" on the
southern members that would have com
PEELED them to vote for the measure, he
allowed himself to be cal oiled out of it by
a promise of little appropriation for a
survey On. the unutterableness of this
foolishnessl Suppose such a man as
Charley Durham or Charley Ladd had
been there just then, with grip on that
"sinch." Boats would be sailing gaily
sailing, on the Hennepin canal this sum
mer. But Durham and Ladd are des-
perate dem ocrats, and could never, no
never, be elected in this district. And
they don't want to be.-Geneseo NeDs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-02
The BrevOOrt.

The Hotel Brevoort, 145 Madison
street. is one of the best conducted
European hotels in Chicago 1t is daily
taxed to its utmost capacity to provide
for the guests that seek accommodation.
1t is Icing thoroughly reftted and refur,
nished throughout, and being centrally
located, is very desirable place to stop.
MIR. Rush H. Field, one of the proprieters
of the Brevoort, was formerly landlord
of the Rock Island house in this city, and
it is largely due to his popularity and ac'
knowledged qualifications as host, that
the Brevoort is now in sucha fiourishing
condition.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-02

At the last session of the legislature an
act was passed changing the sessions of
the county court from the third to the
first Monday in the month. In conse-
quence of this alteration the county des
linquent tax list will be published two
weeks earlier this year than usual. and
tax payers will be obliged to settle with
their township collector two weeks earli>
er than heretofore. County Treasurer
Schafer gives this as a pointer" to tax
payers in order that they may square
themselves" before it is too late. Col
lector Burgh, of the Rock Island city
township, is in readiness now to receipt
for all taxes. He will be found IN The
county treasIrer's office at the court
house.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-02

| The Geneseo Ne,oS stands up for the
cowboys in the following admirable man.
ner
Geneseo entertaius genuine western
cowboys every day, and especially are
| they frequent on Sundays The feeding
yards of the Great Rock Island Route ut
this point. bring the cowboys from the
far southwest, west and northwest. They
come from Mexico. Arizona, Colorado,
Montana. Idaho, Oregon and Washington
Territory. quicter, better-behaved
class of men it would be difiicnlt to find
We never heard of one, in all the fifteen
years we have conducted newspaper
here, being drunk on the streets, or being
locked up in The calaboose. The idiOtic
pictures in such rank publications as the
Police Gazette and Police Ne,os, repre>
senting cowboys shooting at peoples feet
to make them dance. shooting out lights
in saloons. smashing peoples plug hats,
making preachers drink whisky at the
point of the revolver, and all such stuff,
we believe to be the depraved outgrowth
Of diseased imagination. 1t is not like
~ that a terror of the plains would com,
pletely change his nature when he comes
to Geneseo.
The quietness of the cowboys in Gen.
eseo is easily accounted for The citi-
zens fill them up with artesian well water
instead of their faYOrite ''redeye' of the
plains. Besides Geneseo is quiet town.