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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-02

ment hesitate, though the guards were,
unfortunately, not near the door. Knight
darted on the nearest, who was by the
fence, and as he was bringing the gun
down to a charge, Knight seized it with
his left hand and struck it, owner 80 pow
erfully with his right that the gun was
instantly released. Brown had dealt with
another in an effective manner, and re-en-
forcements for the prisoners were now
coming; but two other guards, who were
close to the gate. instead Of standing their
ground, ran out and raised great cutlery.
Wilson, Dorsey and others threw some
loose bricks, which happened to be handy,
after them, and prepared to charge out
through the gate, when Knight heard the
running Of the reserve guard up the road,
and, finging away his musket, gave the
this;' then, hurrying through the hall
and down to the lower corner Of the yard,
was in moment to the top Of the fence,
being the first over, but was closely fol-
lowed by the others. The fence was nine
or ten feet high and was no slight obsta-
Gle, but it was soon passed and then fol-
lowed a most desperate and exciting
chase.
All of this took but q moment The
negro waters had kept perfectly quiet,
looking on the proceedings with the great
est interest, and only beginning to scream
when the noise outside convinced them
that they might as well contribute their
share. Buffum had Just succeeded In
opening the last door, and iinging it wide
with an impatient '"There, now," when
the thrilling outcry from below warned
him that his own departure must be no
longer delayed. Fry and myself had been
engaged In securing the jailer, who, though
old, was powerful, and fought vigorously,
but had not finished when we were warned
by the uproar that all thought of quiet
departure was at an end, and that there
was no longer motive In holding on to
Turner. We all rushed down stairs as best
we could, well knowing that we would
now be last in the fight, which was not
the post of safety. The deserter passed
us all like a tiger on the leap--I never saw
such speed in narrow place-and getting
to the back door found two guards await
Ing him with bayonets at the charge. He
seized one in each hand, cutting himself
severely, but flinging them aside SO forci-
bly, that the men were very nearly over.
thrown, and then with the same swiftness
continued over the fence and on to the
woods, soon being in advance of all the
fugitives. ! learned that he escaped to
Washington, but months after returning
south secretly to visit his family, was cap
tured, recognized and hanged.
tTo be COntinued1
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THE civil service reformers are taking
little comfort from the fact that the
House committee in charge of the mat
ter has agreed to report adversely the
bill limiting to four years the commits
sions of consular, internal revenue, GUS
toms, territorial and district of columbia
officers; also commercial agents, etc., of
the government, whose appointments
are now made for indefinite periods.
An adverse report was also agreed to on
the bill providing for the apportionment
of appointments to .the public service
among the congressional districts upon
the basis of population.
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A WOman's Discovery.

another wonderful discovery has
been made and that too by a lady in this
county. Disease fastened Its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest test, but her vital or
gans were unermined and death seemed
imminent. For three months she
coughed necessarily and could not sleep.
She bought of us bottle of DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption and
was 80 much relieved on taking first
dose that she slept all night and with one
bottle has been miraculously cured. Her
name is Luther Lutz." Thus write w.
Get free trial bottle at j. r. Jones'
Drug Store.
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First ins. March Q; last March %.
IN PROBATE COURT.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
- Earth. In Probate Court,
In tine matter Of the estate OF NeIs Christensen

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
y Earth In Probate Court,
In tine matter Of the estate Of NeIs Christensen
deceased.
ON reading and filing the petition Of Lars An
derson, administrator of the estate OF Nels
Christensen, setting forth the amount Of pers-
onal estate that has come TO his hands, and the
standing against said deceased, and q descrip-
ton of all the real estate OF which said deceased
died seized, and the condition and value OF the
respective portions thereof; and praying that
license be 10 him granted 20 sell the real
estate of which said deceased died
there is not sufficient personal estate In the
hands of said administrator to pay said debts,
and that II is necessary in order to pay the
same, TO sell all OF said real estate.
It is therefore ordered, that all persons in
terested in said estate appear before the Judge
ID. 1888, at 10 O'Clock a. m, at the Probate Office
in the city of Mankato, in said county, then
and there TO show cause III any there bel why
license should not be granted to said admins
traitor to sell said real estate according to the
prayer of said petition.
order shall be published for four successive
weeks prior to said day of hearing, the last OF
which publications shall be at least fourteen
days before said day OF hearing, in the Man.
kato FREE PRESS. a weekly newspaper printed
and published at MaDkato, In said county, and
personally served on all persons interested in
said estate, residing IN said county, at least
fourteen days before said day of hearing and
upon all other persons interested, according e
law,
By the Court,
G. W. MEAD,
Judge OF Probate.
Dated at Mankato the 9th day of February
A. ID. 1888.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
y Earth. In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate OF Benjamin 8.
Halves, deceased.
The State of Minnesota and the said Probate
Court to all persons interested in the estate of
Benjamin 8. Halves, deceased. Greeting:
Whereas, there has lately been delivered to
the Probate Court of the county Of Blue Earth,
State of Minnesota, an instrument in writing,
purporting to be the last will and testament
of Benjamin 8. Halves, late Of said county,
deceased, and has applied to the said Probate
Court for the proof Of the said will.
Therefore, you and each Of you are cited
and required to appear at the ONCE of the
judge of probate, in the city Of Mankato, in
said county of Blue Earth, on the 9th day of
March, A. ID. 1888, at 10 o'clock In the fore
noon of that day, and attend the Probate OF
the said will.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto SET
my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate
court this oath day of February, A. d. 1888.
g. W. MEAD,
TSeall Judge OF Probate.
FREEMAN PAU, Attorneys.
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First ins. Feb. 10; last inns. Mch 2
NOTICE 10 CREDITORS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blu,
y Earth. In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate Of Alonzo Crane
deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons hayins
claims and demands against the estate OF
deceased, that the Judge OF me Probate CourI
OF said county will hear, examine and adjust
claims and demands against said estate AZ IN
once In the City OF Aaukato in said county,
on the 2lst day Of May and on the 10th day of
September, 1888, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon on each OF said days, ana that seven
months from the date hereof have been limit.
itors to present their claims,
Dated February 7th, 1883.
LYSANDKR COOK,
deceased.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

State OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
- Earth, In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate Of Eliza n
TIinque, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims and demands against the estate OF Eliza
deceased, that the Judge OF the Probate C0urf
OF said county will hear, examine and adjust
claims and demands against said estate at his
once In the city Of Mankato in said county,
en- the eth day OF May and on the 18th day or
september, 1883, ct % O'Clock in the forenoon
on each OF said days, and that seven months
from the date hereof have been limited and aI.
present their claEms.
Dated February Q, leSs.
". p. COFFIN,
Administrator OF the estate Of Eliza Il.
Trlnque, deceased.
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item, but the
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az accou d
"show that
"the disease
"really re-
"sults from
"the devel-
"opment,un-
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"tions, Of
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CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Blue
= Earth, in Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate Of Nels Chris
Jensen, deceased.
claims and demands against the estate Of
Nels Christensen, 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 Office in the city OF Mankato in SAID
county on the 18th day of September, 1883, al
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 Feb. q, 1888.
LARS ANDERSON,
Administrator of the estate of Nels Christen
SEN deceased
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GTATE OF MINNESOTA county Of Blue
- Earth. In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate Of Edward r.
Jones, deceased.
The State of Minnesota and the said Probate
Court To all persons interested in the estate
of Edward r, Jones, deceased, Greeting:
required personally to be and appear before
the Judge OF Probate Of the county of Blue
Earth, State of Minnesota, at his ONCE in the
city of Mankato in said county, on the gid day
Of March, A. d. 1888, at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon Of that day, then and there to attend
the final settlement of the account Of Jeanette
Jones, Administrative of the estate of Edward
r. Jones, deceased, and the distribution OF said
estate. 49,.
in testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal Of the Probate
Court this Gath day Of February, A. d. 1888.
G.. W. MEAD,
[SRALIl Judge of Probate.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

In the matter Of the estate Of Humphrey
Jones, deceased.
The State of Minnesota and the said Probate
Court 10 all persons interested In the estate Of
Humphrey Jones deceased, Greeting:
You and each Of you are hereby cited and
required personally TO be and appear before
Earth, State of Minnesota, at his once, in the
CITY of Mankato, in said county, on the 10th
day of March, A. d, 1888, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon Of that day, then and there TO at
tend the final settlement Of the account Of
Humphrey j. Roberts, executor Of the last
will and testament Of Humphrey Jones, de-
ceased, and the distribution Of said estate.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and AFFIXED the seal of the Probate
court this 18th day Of February, A. D: 1883
q. W. MEAD,
rSeaI1 Judge OF Probate.
WILLARD HUGHES,
Atty's for Executor.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Blue
OEarth, in Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate OF Anna Stannard
deceased.
Notice is hereby given 10 all persons having
claims and demands against the estate of An
ma Stannard, late of the county of Blue Earth,
of said county will hear, examine and adjust
claims and demands against said estate at his
Office IN the city Of Bankato in said county,
on the 18th day of May and on the 18th day Of
September 1855 at ten O'clock in the forenoon
on each of said days, and that seven months
from the date hereof have been limited and
allowed by said Probate Court for creditors to
present their claims.
Dated February 8. 1888.
Friedrich KRON,
Administrator Of the estate Of Anna Stannard,
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Notice to Contractors.

Bids will be received by the Board Of Coun-
ty Commissioners of Blue Earth county, Min
nesota, at the once of the auditor OF said
county up TO noon on the 10th day OF March,
bridge over the Blue Earth river at Lloyd's
Ford, in the town OF Rapidan, according TO
plans and specifications on ole in auditors
office.
Bids will name q gross sum for furnishing
all materials and building abutments and al
so for doing the necessary grading for road
way aud each bid win be accompanied by q
bond with good sureties for sum equal to 80
per cent OF amount Of bid.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
Mankato, Feb, 10th, 1883.
II. K. LEE,
36 Chm Board Co. Com re-
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IT Is very sad that the Standard OIL
Company's private" affairs should be
the subject of public inquiry,
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1T is generally supposed that pneu-
"monia is due to the accidental penetrst-
"ing of specific microbes into the sys-
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Or. j. G. leagues

Medicated Air for the speedy and..pe
manent cure of Catarrh, Asthma, and
all Bronchial and Pulmonary Affections.
A New era in Medicine, new Compound the
result OF many years persistent labor aud stu
dy. The remedies used are carried directly tn
the deceased surface by mild current AZ
Strongly Medicated Air, thoroughly softeninr
and removing all hardened secretions, healinS
liberated surfaces, reducing thickened mem
foul and offensive breath. The cure IA ranif
and permanent. No oostic, vaseline or dies-
greeable and dangerous com pounds recuira1
For sale by JOHN X. JONES, DRUGGIST,
4oyrlW. Hankafo
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PENSIONS.

WMLIAM b. GREENE. late Assistant Chief OF
the western Division, U. s. Pension Once, Is
now engaged I'm the prosecution of pension
and all other soldier claims.
His thorough experience in the Pension Or
nee and In the prosecution of these claims rem
ders his services especially valuable
Special attention given TO the working nm of
OF rejected or abandoned claims On which
other attorneys failed.
Co-operates with respectable atforueyA
throughout the country In cases which need
attention at Washington.
Many pensioners who are entitled to IN.
crease do not obtain IL because they fail 10 an
ply or because their cases are Improperly re-
lected. PaTtSesidr attention paid 20 such cases.
No fee unless successful Advice free.i
Refers by permission to
Hon. II. w. Townsend, of Illinois
Hon. q. @, Matson, of Indiana.
Hon Is. N. Morrill,, OF Kansas.
Hon, Thos Ryan, of Kansas.
Hon. 10. b. Henderson, of Iowa
Hon. James Laird, of Nebraska
Hon. l. s. Struble, of Iowa.
Address:
VIM. 3. Greene, Washington. D. o.
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l. AIDES
Do Your Own DysinE, at Home with
PEERLESS DYES

They viii dye everything. They are sold ey.
erywnere Price Zoe. packare-le oolors.
They have no equal for Strength, Brightness,
or non-tading Qualities. They DO not cro0F or
smut For sale By J. r. Jones. Mankato, Nam.
1eYT1
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GREAT SLAUGHTER TN PRICES
THE CASH
FRUIT AND PROVISION House
WHY! WHY


find and make money les. profit than
m You will notice that prices average cheap clear
through the column in offered:
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PNEUMONTAI =

. Scientific and Accurate Description oi
this Dreaded Blood Disorder.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Judge OF Probate.
Dated at Mankato the 9th day of Februar.
A. ID. 1888.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

administrator OF the estate OF NeIs Chris
sen, deceased.
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PROBATE NOTICE,

FREEMAN & PFAU, Attorneys.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
BENEFIT OF QUIETNESS.

Young people are apt to fancy that
quiet girls are necessarily stupid ones;
they see no evidence of brilliancy, and
form wrong estimate of the character
of that demure maiden whose only am
bition of life seems to be to sit in silence
and listen while others talk.
For nobody seems to feel it a duty to
draw her out; nobody believes there Is
anything to draw out. If, however, she
is not satisfied with her fortunes, nobody
hears ANYTHING about it, and consequent
ly everybody believes, if they give her a
thought, that she is perfectly resigned
to the commonplace, and that she could
not appreciate anything better.
By-and-by, when the quiet girl writes
a successful book, or paints a successful
picture, we wonder how she gained her
knowledge. ''She never knew hundred
people in her life" we say.
Yet. all the same she has known these
few people to some purpose; she has had
leisure to reflect upon what she has seen.
She has not been so occupied in anus
ing herself, in advancing her good
points, in making the most of herself,
but that she could observe others and
use all the material in her world.
In the meantime it is the quiet girl
who marries the earliest, who makes the
best match, who fills the inches which
her more brilliant sister leaves vacant,
who runs the sewing machine, remem-
bers the birthdays, listens to the remin-
iscences of the old, and often keeps the
wolf from the doors.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
HE wAsNOLONGER AvAGRANT.

HE WAS NOLONGER y VAGRANT.
When the name of Charles Duggan
was called in the st. Louis Police Court
the other morning, a handsome, we'll
dressed young man stepped forward and
answered to the charge of "vagrancy
and no visible means of support"
Strange" muttered the Judge; land
were you not here befOre!"
Il was, your Honor"
Il fined you $500, believe"
You did"
"And did you pay the fne?"
mo, sir"
"Did l grant you stay of execution?"
'You did"
"And gave you time to leave the city?"
you did"
"Did you leave?"
''No, sir; went to see the Mayor and
he promised to have the fine remitted."
Further questioning brought about the
interesting fact that Duggan was in the
printing business and doing well. 1t
seems that while out of employment last
June he was arrested on charge OF
vagrancyand having no means ofsupport.
He pleaded guilty, was fined $500, and
was kept out of the WOrk-house by a
stay of execution on condition that he
would leave the city. His friends OBJ
tanned from Mayor Francis promise to
remit the fine, but it seems he was so
busy canvassing for the Democratic
nomination for Governor that he forgot
it. In the meantime Duggan fell heir
to $4,000 by the death of a relative in
New York, which set him up in the
printing business, and he has since done
well. A policeman who did not know
this met him on the street and arrested
him on the old unsatisfied charge of
vagrancy. 1t is hardly necessary to say
that the prosecution was dropped when
these facts were made known.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
MRS. L. P. MORTON.
,ondence n. Y. World.

Correspondence n. Y. World.
Mrs. Morton is handsome-undeniably
handsome. She is aboxt feet inches
in height. She would be little heavy
for a although there are many
girls as heavy-but she has a tapering
waist and beautifully nodded neck and
arms. Her eyes are large, blush gray
and very expressive. Her complexion is
a healthy white. She can boast of her
nose, and her mouth is eXquisitely aris-
tocratic Her lips are curved and full,
and every smile awakens the most baby
ish and bewitching dimpleS L have al
most ever seen. Although Mrs. Nor
toms face has not one wrinkle, and her
years scarcely seem to warrant it, her
hair looked quite gray in the dimly
lighted room. Gray hair is always an
attraction. even when combined with a
Youthful face. 1t was dressed very neat
iv, twisted to the crown of the head and
there rested in heavy, smooth coils, met
by wavy fringe on the forehead.
OF course, every woman will want to
know how Mrs. Morton was dressed
Well, she wore a gray cotton gown,
with a waist which fitted to perfection,
the skirt trimmed in white, Open-wOrk
embroidery. a straight gold bar fasten-
ed the collar, and there was no other
iewelry except a large solitaire and a
large emerald on the third finger of the
left hand. A gray cotton gown, the
material of which could MT have cost
more than $5! Think of it! and wo-
man, too, whose husband is quoted at
some $20,000,00O.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
STARTLING DISCOVERY.

The discovery by the inhabitants of a
locality hitherto unvisited by the pestil-
ent scourge of fever and ague, that it ex-
lists in their very midst, is decidedly start
ling. Such discoveries are made at every
season, in every part of the Union. Sub
sequently, when it is ascertained, as it in
variably is at such times, through the
valuable experience of some one who has
been benefited and cured, that HOstetter's
Stomach Bitters is a thoroughly etfica-
ciOus eradicatOr of the malarial poison,
and means of fOrtifying the system
against it, a feeling of more security and
tranquility reigns throughout the whole
neighborhOod. Besides the febrile forms
of malarial disease, dumb ague and ague
cake are removed by the potent action of
the Bitters, to which science also give its
sanction as a remedy for rheumatism,
dyspepsia, constipation, liver complaint,
debility, kidney troubles, and all diseases
impairing the organs of digestion and
assimilation. 96-1m
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-27
GRAINS OF GOLD.


To rule oneself is in reality the great
est triumph.
Beware of the person who hates the
laugh of children.
Friendship gives no privilege to make
ourselves diSagreeable.
When we have done our best we should
wait the result in peace.
We often quarrel with the unfortu-
nate to get rid of pitying them.
A thing is never too often repeated
that is never sufficiently learned.
He approaches nearest the gods who
knows how to be silent, even though he
be right.
In praising or loving a child, we love
and praise not that which is, but that
which we hope for.
1t is generally the idle who complain
they cannot find time to do that which
they fancy they wish.
Excess of ceremony shows want of
breeding. That civility is best which
excludes all formality.
The three things most difficult are to
keep secret, to forget an injury, and
to make good use of leisure.
There is no beautifer of complexion
nor form of behavior, like the wish to
scatter joy and not pain around us.
1t is the rule of rules, and the general
law of all laws, that every person should
observe those of the place where he is.
If we are ever in doubt what to do, it
is a good rule to ask ourselves what we
shall wish on the morrow that we had
done.
Laughing, ifloud, ends in deep sigh;
and all pleasures have a sting in the
tail, though they carry beauty in their
face.
1t is odd how folks will force disagree
able knowledge upon us-crab-apples,
that we must eat and defy the stomach
ache.
People in this world almost always
have ideals, and they are generally siren
uous about having other people live W
to them.
One great reason why the work OF
reformation goes on slowly is because
we all of us begin on our neighbors, and
never reach ourselves.