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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09
OUR NEIGHBORHOoD.

GARDEN Cry, March 6.
Noticing number ofleap year parties
being reported in the columns of your
paper, we beg leave to report what the
ladies of this section can do when given
q chance. They gave a very excellent
party at the residence of Mr.. L. s. Terry.
Saturday evening, March 8. where all
the gentlemen were handsomely enter
tanned. Fora couple of hours in the
forepart of the evening they INDUCED in
dancing, afterwhich the gentlemen were
invited to assist in disposing of one of
the finest oyster suppers this county
ever produced. The rest of the evening
was spent in eeneral "reminiscences and
last of all, to put on fringe to the whole
proceeding, cigars were passed that all
who INDUCED might enjoy that pleas
ure. We did not forget to notice that
most excellent music was furnished by
the Lovelette Bros, who reside in this
section; also that the program Of the
evening was stillfully carried out under
the supervision of Mrs. s. B. Thompson
who, we remember had some expert
ence four years ago. In addition we no.
ticed the ladies acted quite gentlemanly,
not participating in any alterations,
and last, but not least, they footed the
bill. All in al it was a most enjoyable
time and worthy of long remembrance
by everyone present.
ONE WHO WAS THERE.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09
A GooD-sIzED WoODcHUcK.

Editor Free Press:
If you will examine the State Audi
tors report for 1856, on pages 81 and
So, statement "D," you will discover this
somewhat significant state of facts. The
assessed valuation of land per acre, with
improvements, runs, Ramsey county,
$43 10; Blue Earth, $40 So; Pipestone,
1854; and Heanepin, S7.l7. 1t does
not speak well for HennepIn county
land that Ramsey should be worth six
times as much. And poor Pipestone
worth twice as much because it is 250
miles from Minneapolis. Who ever
heard before of such death-llke silence
when values about Minneapolis were not
set at the highest figures? Take this Int
tie discrepancy in connection with the
other isolated and rather significant fact
that the assessors fixed the assessable
valuation of Hennepin county (including
Minneapolis) at $79,0O0,00O, and the
county equalizing board fixed 1t at $780,
000, 600, the State Board cut 1t down to
$4,000, 600, when everybody knows that
land IN Hennepin county will sell for ten
times as much as the land in PipestOne
county, yet when it is assessed at less
than half the price, and then have the
State Board cut 1t down $4,000 900 still
iO"OlJ anu WV IMAM OhSAA own
county board, it presents a rather strong
case to the average granger, and he
thinks there must have been some one
round with mighty influences. To re-
lieve $l0,000,000 of property for our city
and county from taxation is easily said,
but when you come to see that it repre-
sents more than the entire valuation of
all the assessed real estate in the coun-
ties of Aitkin, Beltrami, Benton, Big
stone, Carlton, Cook, Cottonwood, Hub
bard, lsanti, Itasca, KanabeC ah,I Kilt
son, 1t strikes one as being a pretty hi
thing for one county and one CIIy, espeC-
tally when the assessment is low beyond
all fairness or justice, as compared witt.
other portions of the State. 1t is rather
significant, too, that in Hennepin county
and Minneapolis city was the only place
IN all the State where the assessors had
er-valued-over honest MInneapolis(H
But this great board must equalize the
thing somehow, SO a number of increases
were made, but like all cyclones there is
always one spot where it hits the hard
est, and this time it was poor Sibley
county, which they "equaliZed" by in
creasIng from 1914, 1891 as adjusted by the
county board. 10 81, 922, 566, and Waseca,
Stearns, st. Luis, and others, from $780,
600 to 81 100000 each. This may be all
right, hat it was not clear to fellow
FROM the rural districts like myself, and
| thought perhaps If would mention it
somebody might rise and explain.
A COMMON FARMER.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09

THE internal revenue bill introduced
by the Democratic majority of the ways
and means committee is not more salts
factory than its tariff bill. Instead Of
wiping out the entire tobacco tax and
thus doing away with the expense Of a
horde of internal revenue officers, it re-
tains the Insignificant tax of s. per year
on manufacturers of cigars and 81 per
year on retail dealers therein. This of
course prevents any large number OF
Democratic office holders from losing
their positions and will retain the ex-
pensive revenue collection service on a
very Insignificant pretext. Manufact-
ured chewing and smoking tobacco and
snuff are made free of tax.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09

THE strike of the Burlington & North
ern engineers which was to be Inaugural
ted yesterday has been POSTPONED for
the present. Whether this change
means that the Brotherhood is weaken
ing or whether the organization has seen
the injustice of involving other roads in
its quarrel with the Burlington & Quincy
is not known, but it is certainly matter
of congratulation that the strike has not
yet reached the Northwest. 1t is to be
hoped it will not, though the engineers
on all the roads traversing this State are
said to be in full sympathy with the
Brotherhood, and are willing to 20 into
a general strike if is ordered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09

The death of Louise Nj. Alcott re-
moves one of the most talented writer's
of stories for young people that the
country ever had. Her name is familiar
to all readers of children's magazines
and the young folks viii remember the
lady who contributed so largely to their
enjoyment with gratitude while they
mourn the death oftheir favorite author
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09

THE Democratic twaddle about coal
being 80 much higher this year than
last being all due to the protective tar
iff, is on par with the Ohio Valley
Democrat, which believed the great food
was the direct result of the protective
tariff of the "dod-derned Republican
party" Under the same tariff coal has
been higher this year than last but no
increase in the tariff, vet all the same
the howl continues and while the growl-
ers are in voice they seldom neglect the
fearful trusts or combines; they forget
that the greatest Of these in the United
States, the Standard Oil trust, is repre-
sented in Cleveland's cabinet by Secre-
tary Whitney, IN the q. S. Senate by
Senator Payne, and unframed by Mills
tariff.
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The BABES CRY for II,

And the old folks laugh when they find
that the pleasant California liquid fruit
remedy, Syrup Of Figs, Is more easily
than bitter, nauseous medicines. It
strengthens the Liver, Kidneys, Stom-
ach, and Bowels, while it arouses them
to a healthy activity, ]. r. Jones, Man
kato MINI. feb9mtl d&w.
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Hogs-Receipts. l,4O0 head; market opened
steady at yesterdays figures, became easier
and declined cents; light, B05.25; rough pack
ing, 5.0O05.2O, mixed, 5.1O15 IS, heavy packing
b.0C05.&. tle-Receipts, 1900 head: mar
stockers and feeders, 2.1503 so. Sheep-Re-
ceipts, 1900 head, market strong and 100
higher, natives, A0O05.0O. lambs, s. 4008.4O.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09

CHIEF ARTHUR, of the Brotherhood OF
Engineers, is bigger man than Powder
" Just now. He seems to have in his
power the whole railway system OF the
United States, and one stroke of his pen
would set motionless every railroad en-
CINE in the Republic. This smatters
pretty strongly of what is commonly
known as monopoly"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09

WE are sorrow to see the editor ofthe st.
Peter Tribune take our joking paragraph
regarding his Gresham fever so serious
ly. Certainly we had no idea of CRITICS.
Ing Bro, Collins in his support of any
body, and no one can find fault when
he booms 80 good a man as Judge Gresh-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09

Now that it is certain that Chicago de-
tectives lost through their bigheaded-
ness valuable clue that might have led
to Tascott's capture, they would like 10
make the public believe the murderer
was not IN st. Paul. But the facts are a
tribe too much for them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09

THAT Arabian Nights story that Red
Wing man tells about being kidnapped
by negroes and waking up in st. Paul
yesterday might be preserved by the
whisky trust as evidence of the eff
cacy of some ofthe brands manufactured
by them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09
st. Paul Live stock.
IN saOoA - 80 d,

Receipts 10 cars 600 hogs and q car cattle.
Hogs ope ed firm and stayed so throughout
ct 6.16 mixed 20 to $40 los. sold at 52005,221<,
One lot Of rough mixed, averaging zoe lbs sold
ct 5.25, another lot 233 lbs average, but
smooth and of even size, brought 5.26, There
were no real heavy hog on the market, and
choice heaviest would sell at q premium,
Cattle-Two light beeves sold at 2. 30 Per 100
lbs. A good lot Of l.20O-lbs steers drew . BID
Of 9. IS per 100. They were held higher.
Sheep NO receiptA No sales Eat muttons
kO005, 10 per 100 los,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09
RneklAn,s Arnica SalYa.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter. Chspped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures Piles or no pay re-
CURED. It is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
25 cts. per box. For sale by J. r. Jones.
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ONE Who Was THERE.
CABLE MILL, Feb. 20.

The death Of Miss Sarah Coony is
mourned hy her brothers, Hugh and
John, of this neighborhood. She died
in Mankato Feb. 23d, and was buried at
Good Thunder last Sunday. We SYM
pathize with her friends and relatives,
and it makes US realize that each of us,
sooner or later, must meet the same fate.
Our debating school never flags, but
grows stronger with each new admins
tration. Last Tuesday evening the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
Thomas Long; Vice President, Albert
Schwan; Secretary, Frank Schwan; Mar
shal, August Gensmee; Asst Marshal,
Eddie Couroy. The subject for debate
next Tuesday evening is, Resolved, That
life in the country is more pleasant than
life in the city.
Miss Florence Turner is afflicted with
a very bad cough.
Mr.. VIM. Mountains team ran away
the other day, but no damage was done.
Last Saturday and Sunday were disa-
greeable days.
The following report will show the av-
erage standing of the scholars in A, B
and G Classes at the last examination:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09
FRIDAY. MARCH Q. 1883.

NEAL Dow is not so popular as he used
to be. He was defeated for mayor OF
Portland, and the Republican candidate
elected by the largest majority the latter
party has ever had. There is a lesson in
this for temperance people.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09
Minneapolis wheat.

No. 1hard, cash and March, 76c; April, TIC;
May, 7S1Sc; June, 7914c; on track, TIC; No.
northern. cash and March. 74Ixc; April, 1910;
May, 761<c; June. TIC, on track. 76D76c. No 3
northern. cash and March, nc: April, 73c; May,
10; June 75c, on track 73c,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09
Popular Preparation !

Pure, Potent, Powerful Pallid People
Praise, Progressive People Purchase
Positively Plerce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, Properly Partaken, Preserve
Physical Powers, Produce Permanent
Physical Perfection. Purchase, Prove!
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09

A GOOD deal of suppressed excitement
is noticeable when Minnesota politics is
discussed in and out of the newspapers.
Be aisy, gentlemen, the State convention
has not even been called yet.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09
Chioaro Proxiaiona.

Pork, easier; cash, ls.S71S; May, l41O0l40e1<.
Lard, steady; cash, 7.60; May, 7.671f07.7O.
May short ribs, 7.07lfc. Butter. firm cream
ery.2412Sc: dairy, 19024c. Eggs weak, 100
1910. Oats steady, May 3Hxc.
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Chica,o cra,r,Nr.rL..
chicago 1--we stock.

Wheat easy and lower, cash 7516c, April 75zsc,
May S01<c. Corn, easier, cash 4Slxc, April 4sssc,
May 5llkc Barley nothing doing. Prime timo-
thy $50 Flax lAb
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-09

GESERAL SHERIDAN says: 81 had
rather be the father of twins than be
President" How is II with Cievelandf
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NOTICE.

WHEREAS. my wife, Kate Shurtleff Bornt,
w has left my bed and board without just
cause or provooation, hereby forbid all per.
account, as / will not be responsible for any
debts of her contracting.
Amboy, Mimi, March I, 1888, Ssw2s
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AUCTION.
PUBLIC SALB.

The Garden City Norman Horse Association
will sell their Norman Horse, SAM Rorfe, at
Garden City, MINI on
Saturday, March 18th, 1888,
at 10 O'Clock a. m. Order OF Ex-Com.
Il wky L. 8. TERRY, Sec.
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MANKATO MARKETS.

Grain and Provision Markets corrected
daily, other markets corrected weekly on
date of weekly issue. :"
MANKAT0 March q 1890
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Maple Valley Herd
SHORT HORNS

of either sex and with unexceptional pedi.
grees. The following breeds should be con-
sIIlfad
Evening journal., 1888-07-13
IEAGun.
general sporslng News.


Something must have dropped at Chicago
yesterday.
The next smyrna.Camden gAms prom
iaes 70 TO an exciting one.
jim ORonrke is laii no. having hurt bis
hand by collidng with Gl4sscock at second
base.
The Ssaford hoys could not gss over the
vlaiting team yesterday, notwithstanding
their ''craes" battery.
Should the weather not interfere, the
Phii sdeiphia and Detroit Clabs will play
two games to-dgy.
There were number OF base ball sur
prises yesterday. Nearly sn OF the best
clubs were defeated.
Psmburg snd Bosson played four innings
wishout scoring yesterday before the rain
drove them from the asld.
1T is pessibe that the Glover Club will
play the Rivsrton Reserves on the Della
ware Field Club grounds sons TINA next
wsek
Rain prevented the games at Detroit
ana Pitteburz yesterday between the Pills
delpbia and Detroit clubs and the Boston
aud Plttsourg clubs.
The Wilmington and Americus teams
will play at the Union strest grounds.
The former intend to do some brilliant
work: the latter always do.
The Quickstaps will pay the Chester
tesm at Chester. Pa., on next Wednesday
afternoon. The players will be about she
same hs ia yesterdRy's game.
The Merrion Jupiors defeated the Phila-
delphia Cricket Cub at Ardmore yester-
day. The score being 16s 20 81. With an
inning to spare for the RsrrioA team.
In 40 exhibition racs at Z eel Dali Park
yesterday between 2 J. Martins b.
Harry and p. a. FAsan's roAn Ben. the
iaster won The time was Az. 37js
aod $40 Roam Ben is a good goer, nnd is
becoming more speedy.
Toe Albert Bay Club last evening elected
the following oflcsrs: Captain, John
Mclaughlin; first mate, Joseph W. Cat
ters secon mate, r Frsnk Fr4im; purser
William q. Virgins. The clus will 20 N
its annual cruise down tho bay on
August IL
The EVENING JOURNAL team Ia the cele-
brsted game with the Morning News slug
gers to morrow afternoon will be composed
as follows: Webb, l. f.; Newell. SO I;
Gray, 20 Hagner, ?, Ruthven. D Far.
rell. lb.; Dunlsavy CT. ; Rodgers. Cooke,
r.f.
The sports at Cape May will open 20
morrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock, at Athletic
Park It promises to be one Of the most
important events Of the season both in the
records made aud ia the value OF the prizes
offered. Tue principal events are bicycle
races, swimming races, boxing and wrest.
ling. c. r. I. Bases of this city has en-
tered the bicycle race.
Evening journal., 1888-07-13
ANOTHER TRSsrLE DISASTER.
Nine Persons Killed and Twice an
Many Injured.
Special 70 lhe Baltimore sun.

Special 70 the Baltimore sun.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. July 12.-Ths train
on the Virginia Midland Railroad which
left Washington city at IL o'clock last
night for the South, met with frightful
accident about 80 o'clock this morning at
= point two miles south Of Orange Court
House, Va. Tho train went through the
trestle known locally as Fat Nancy a trestle,
the engSe and I've OF the seven cars ct.
taehed 20 the train going down through the
trestle and being badly wrecked. There
were bree Pullmsn slsepers on tho end
The two rear ones remnined on the track
and were uuinjursd; the forward
one went partly down, and rested partly
upon the heap Of wreckage below it and
partly upon tha track. The train was the
one known as No. 2 It was drawn bs
engine 69f. John Watkins. engineer, and
John Kelly, fireman, with Neil Taylor
conductor, The engine went down pilot
end foremost, thus communicating no Gre
20 the wreck All lights were extinguished d
in the fall. The scene that followed was
ono Of indescribeble horror The shrieh 4
and moans Of the injured. che shouts OF
the wildly-excited passengers and the hiss i.
ing OF the steam were terribla to hear
The baggage car was completely
wrecked, mashed into kindling wood.
The passenger cars were crus. ed out OF
all shape, while the sleeper was held high
10 the air by the ruins OF the brok en-
coaches. A little stream runs under the
trestle. and the recent rains had swollen It
to far beyond its wonted proportions. Az
eoon as self fpogsession returned to the
startled survivors Of the horrible disaster
they went at oDse to work 10 rescue She
injured and recover the bodies OF the dead.
The train was piled 10 such an iuextricable
mass of debris that IL was difficult TO dis.
cover the outlines OF human forms.
Through the interstices OF the wreck arms
and legs proiruded in every direction.
The killed, az far as ascertained. are
Cornelius Cox. assistant civil engineer OF
the road; w. II, Hunter and Charles Fran.
els, Of Baltimore; J. N Torranee, OF South
Carolina; II. F. Wilmington. United
States mail agent North Carolina; II. G..
brightwell, postal clerk, Prince Edward
county, Va; one white woman aud two
white men. names unknown. The wounded
include the following; L. d. Barrett. OF
Alhfmarie county, postal clerk, badly In
jured; ]. q West and J. l. walthaI OF
Washington D. q, postal clerks, badly in.
lursd; Louis Jenkine, OF Lynchburg, postal
clerk, aightly injured; Joseph Potterfield,
express agent,slignlly injured 2 Jennings
Of LyDchburg, passenger, internal Il jar-
ies; Captain 2. Taylor, OF Alexandria
who was 10 the car next the smoker when
the accident occurred. was hurt about The
head, and one leg was injured.
Evening journal., 1888-07-13
GenernI PnllticniNe

Since Mr.. Morton's nomination IS the
Vice Presidential candidate on the Repub-
llcsn ticket the Municipal Council Of Paris
have appropriated si3 500 for the erection
of the statue Of Liberty be has presented 60
the city It Is atting that at it's dedication
Il should be termed the gift OF the Vice
President OF the Uaited States, and Il will
too. uuiess ell sigas FAIL Exchange.
William Walter Paelpa does not wear
bis bang any more. and his hair brushed
hack shows that the hair dropping over his
forehead concealed q disdguring scar. He
seems to think that those bangs lost him
TIE vote of the granger element in the
West for Vice President. and not without
reason, perhaps; bul they we're worn for a
purpose that has now been shown, and
not As a sign OF effeminany. philadelphia
North American.
Evening journal., 1888-07-13
xVonther.

Delaware and Maryland, /. D m.
Warmer, fair W asheri variable winds. be-
coming aoulherly
Tho New York Herald forecasts: The
storm or the Nav England coast has
moved south OF Nova scotls. under the
influence OF the abnormallg cool anti
cyclone now advancing enthusiastically
from the lakes The Western hot waves
referred to on Wednesday hiss been partly
neutralizad and its easlerIy advance
checked by this anti.cYcoue Temperature
fAll In the United States yesterday: the
chief minima were a degrees az North
d-ld, VT. 46 at Eastport. Me-, and 43 at
A'pena. M ch the maxima reportsd were.
from 30 10 06 10 Missouri, Kansss aud Ne
nrsssa. Ia the Middle States fair, warmer
weather and fresh southwest to northwest
Winds will prevail, preceded By rains near
the Virginia coast. On Saturday 10 this
section warmer, fair weather viii probably
prevail, with variable Winds becoming
southerly, and on Sunday warmer. fair
weather, followed by clonainess and rain
10 the western parts Of this section.
Bayuard's Thermometer: !. M, e21<;e
a M, 7ljs: II a M, 76i1; l D. ~, TX
Evening journal., 1888-07-13
Loss ny WATER.
what the Floods MID in tho West
ern Valleys.

what the Floods mid in tho west
ern Valleys.
Following is the summary of the esti
mated losses from the a ,ods Of this week IN
each locality affected Ia some insta noes
they are probably too higa, owing to the
prevalent excl ement, but 10 the main
they have buen eonssfvstively compiled
Toe losses IN detail ore given as followu:
Pittsburg, $50 900; Braddock, Pa, 5000 :
kcKsesport, Pa. 500 600; Dravosoure <
Pa $4,000 Eligibath. Pa, $4,000; West
blizsbetb, Pa, S25 600; Coal BluG, Pa,
soO0o; Mouongshela. Pa, SIS, 600; Coal
Center, Pa, $50 Oa0: California, Pa,
$4,000; Belle Vernon, Pa, SIS 600; West
brownsville, Pa $4,000. Bridgeport, Pa !,
$4,000; Brownsville. Pa, 100000. New
Geneva, Pa. $4,000; Poius Marion, West
Va. S51,000; Morsautown, W Va.
$40 600; Fairmouat. w. Va, $3.50. 600.
Grafton, " Va, $3.50 coo: Clarksburg, W
Va, 100000 Pa rkersburg. W. Va 500,
COO; Paniipn, W. Va, $50 600; Weston.
Y. Va, $4,000; intervening towns 10
West Virginia, $500 600. Total loss, s.. 300
GOO Not included 10 the foreg ing are
losaes on account Of damages to railrosSs,
as followe: PGtsburF, Virgisia and Charles
ton. IL Pennsylvania, $40 600; Baltimore
ond Ohio, in West Virginia, $3.50 600.
Grafton and Green Brier, in West Nirgiuis.
100000; Weston and Clsrksburg, in West
Virginia. $4,000; West Virginia, Central
and Pittsburg, in Mary land and West Vir-
giuia, 10000 Total, S475,OOO.