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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-14

The stone work on the court house
will be finished in a few days. The roof
is now going on.
A COW having on one side a close re-
semblance to an Indian marked in red
hair on a white background Will be one
of the attractions ut the fair.
DIR. +. Ii. Burnett, dentist, will visit
Mapleton Sept. IL, Good Thunder sept.
1S. Amboy Sept q, Lake Crystal Sept.
o. and ernon Sent. 20. 1872
Azure Division U. r. X. of P, was
awarded first prize in the competitive
drill at Minneapolis yesterday. Coi; ";
w. Mead was In command ana mao
twenty-five men in his company. Inc
bows certainly have done themselves
great credit and are to be congratulated
An Injunction was issued this morn
| ing forbidding the city to proceed with
| the work of building a culvert on Min
nesota street. The injunction Will be
served on Mayor Pau this afternoon
| The city will then attempt to dissolve
the injunction. .
The ball games at the fair next week
will be in the following order: Wednes
day. O~ccidentals. Lake Crystal, ano
Rough and Readies, Wells; THURSDAY
Whites, LeSueur, and Mankato club
| Friday, Madelia and Mankato: These
games are played for purses offered o'
the fair ASSOCIATION.
j. ID. Firestone says on a postal care
from Columbus: "Had a vote on traiI
/ came from Chicago here on, and !
stood "A for Cleveland to 237 for Harri
son. There is quite a crowd here ant
more coming. Weather fine, Oh, we
a majority of the soldiers are Democrats
J. G. Griebel has established a larg'
steam boot and shoe factory on Mai
street. 1t is a busy place employing
dozen or more workmen, and turning
out a large number of pairs daily. L
was opened quietly and there is no rea
son why it should not grow rapidly
The character of the work done is excel
lent.
Miss Francis Willard, the world
and national president of Woman
Christian Temperance Unions, Will LEI
ture at the opera house, this city, Iuei
day evening, Sept. Is. No one Shout
miss hearing this ablest of women VIII
ever presided over a national CONVEX
/ ton. and is without her peer anon
women. Secure your seats at once II
{ this lecture. Tickets on sale at Sherk
and Hutchinson & Moffett's. Reserve
seats at Griebeps. o@
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-14
THE FAIR.

Fair week is always a busy time in
Mankato, and the occasion of the annual
fair of the Southern Minnesota Live
Stock and Fair Association, which be-
gins next Tuesday and lasts four days,
will be no exception. This fair gives
every promise OF exceeding anything in
the fair line ever seen in this city. From
the entries already made this is clearly
demonstrated. No one, whether from
the city or from a distance, need have
any hesitation about attending for fear
of disappointment. The management
has been working hard, and now has
ample assurances of success.
The stock exhibit alone will be well
worth the cost of admission to see. Over
one hundred head of cattle have already
been entered, besides a great number of
horses, hogs, sheep, and a quantity of
poultry. So great is the demand for
| stalls that many new ones are required,
| showing a larger exhibit than ever be-
fore. There will be plenty Of farm prod
uce of all varieties. A large part of the
exhibits of the state fair have been en-
tered for this fair. All of the booths In
floral hall have been taken, and our
merchants are actively at work prepar-
ing their exhibits in a spirit of friendly
| rivalry. All of the machinery men will
also have complete exhibits.
The track and grounds are being
| placed in fine condition. A number of
t~rotters have been entered for the races,
| and some of the horses are already on
the ground practicing. The races will
be unusually good. The limit of time
for making entries for the races is Satur-
| day night.
The management has about decided to
secure the services of w. ii. Taft, of
Milwaukee, who is an expert judge. He
has acted in that capacity at the state
fair, at Rochester, and at many other
places, and has given satisfaction every
where. He grades according to points,
and is rapid. He also starts the races.
Being a stranger he could not be lnfu-
enced many way.
The premiums and purses amount to
S. $500. Admission is fifty cents, the
usual price at fairs, and with each ticket
will be given a lottery ticket on a fine
single top buggy, which retails at $l25.
The buggy can be seen at the grounds
during the fair. Reduced rates have
been secured over all the roads for all
who desire to attend the fair. Cattle
will also be returned free, by the pay
ment of full transportation one way.
Special features of the fair will be bal
games between visiting clubs every af
ternoon. These will be closely contest
ed and exciting. There will also be 8
wheel barrow race, and most likely 9
hose contest. Many citizens have offer
ed special premiums for different exhlb
its.
Everyone should turn out and make
the fair a success. That is the way u
help both the city and country. Tit
schools will probably be closed Friday
and our business men should all close
their stores during that afternoon, a
least.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-14
ARREST OF A BRUTE.
VIM. e. Foote Locked Up--Chargec
with Incest and Brutal Treat
ment of his Family.

VIM. &. Foote, a carpenter residing in
West Mankato, was arrested Monday
afternoon, on complaint of his fifteen
year old daughter, Celestia, charged
with most brutaliy mIstreating her and
praying that he be put under bonds to
keep the peace. The girls story, which
is corroborated by her mother and
brother and the neighbors, is a p~articu-
larry sad one. According to her account
her father has repeatedly horsewhipped
her for the most trivial offenses. Tues
dav night las: he whipped her four or
five times during the night, while she
was draped only i'm her night clothes.
He has also whipped his wife and six
teen year old son. The latter has sever
al times threatened to run away from
home on account of harsh treatment.
Foote had frequently cowed his family
by threatening to shoot them, and on
this account no complaint has been
made to the authorities. He has for
some months been on an almost contin-
uous drunk, and has broken up a once
happy home. He was once an indulgent
father, and recently purchased 1880 or
gan for his daughter. He has COM
menced to sell all of his property and
household goods, and sold the organ the
other day for $50. He expresses his de-
termination to clear out and leave his
family, whom he has not supported for
some time. He says he has fallen heir
to $4,000.
When arrested, Foote carried a loaded
revolver on his person. He raised a
great racket in his cell. The examina-
ton was set for . O'Clock Tuesday after
noon and bail was placed at $500, which
was not furnished.
Since Foote has been locked up and
his family in a measure relieved of fear,
they bring a new and far more serious
charge against him. The girl, Celestla,
now claims that her unnatural father
has cohabited with her against her will.
The mother also afirms this, having
seen him in the act. If this can be
proved it will go hard with Foote. The
latter has made himself greatly obnox-
ious to the neighbors, and he has no
sy~mpathisers. He is a large man, of
course appearance and speech, and APP
pears TO be a cowardly bully, afraid to
attack anyone but women and children.
He admits whipping his daughter, and
saws he did it because she received let
tiers from some young a He denies
the charge of incest.
As a wife cannot testify against her
husband it will be very hard to prove
the charge of incest. A great deal of
time was taken up in the Municipal
court over this matter Tuesday afternoon,
and finally an adjournment was taken
until , p. m, Thursday. A physician
the girl Tuesday morning and
evidence will support the testimony
of the mother and daughter. +. ,. Free
man has been retained by Foote.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-14
rrom TUESDAYS DAILY FREE PREssl.

Iron Tuesdays DAILY FREE PREssl.
Some exciting games of base ball
w;ll be played at the fair next week.
The headquarters of the gas COM
many has been removed to Wickersham
& Browns office.
Remember the Mankato fair next
week. A varied program of racing and
other attractions.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-14
THE GARDEN CITY FAIR.


Editor Free Press:
Kindly permit me to call attention to
the Blue Earth County Fair, to be held
at Garden City, Sept. %, 26, q. Every
farmer in this county and his wife and
family should take a personal inteies in
this fair. 1t will prove to them a period
of recreation, instruction and friendly
rivalry. During one evening at least,
there will be a farmers institute. This
is the farmers own fair. The premiums
will be cash. Let all come, bringing
something to exhibit, and let us have a
social and profitable time. Let us lay
aside politics, and all other pursuits, for
a few days and devote the time to the
upbuildIng of agriculture and its kim
dred pursuits. j. ii. BAKER,
President.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-14

J. g. Roller received a choice a of
seed rye. Fall rye is something every
farmer should grow. 1t is a sure and
paving crop. Chinch bugs will not in,
lure il. Id
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-14
MANKATo FREE Press.

Chiosg" milwaukee, 81. raul
Arrive. Depart
Passenger S:l5 II. m. Passenger 10 p. IN
Accommod 1900 p. m. |AccommOd. 100 Il. m
Making direct connections to all points east
md SnuIh.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-14
H0raaS,

A pair of young and sound horses for
sale or to change for real estate cheap
Plenty of time will be gwen for pay
ment. Address DR.. f. ID. BURNETT,
10t4 manAn'o
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-14
Garden City Fair.

There will be warm meals given on
the fair grounds for 25 cents, the pro-
ceeds to 90 to build a new Methodist
church In Garden City. l3-2w
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-14
rouom. 1tcbv. soalv, sk,n fortunes.

Tho s,mnle application of "%Swayne's DIN
uent" without any internal medicine, will
cure any case of letter, Salt Rheum, Ring.
worm. Piles, Itch, Sores, Pimples, Eczema, all
Scaiiy. Itchy Skin Eruptions. no matter how
obsti1ate or long standing. tits potent. effect
i've and costs but atrifte.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-14

XIV SANOANos IAN AIE HL~HI'
-Thos. Hughes has been appointed
administrator of the estate of Charles
Wagon, Sr., deceased.
The Napoleon creamery, c. q.
Spaulding proprietor, John Bishop, sup
erintendent, will make an exhibit of
butter al the state fair.
MIR. :. F. AIberger's place of bust
ness in II. Paul was burned ont night
before last. All of his machinery was
ruined. There was no insurance. The
stock was not in the building and con-
s~equentIy was unframed.
H. p. Christensen and Major Clarke
report the sale Of a One-siXth interest in
Madison Lake townsite, and a O%ne-fOurth
interest IN BARCLAYS first addition, Mad
ison Lake Lake. for A. {. Brown to l..
Patterson, for 5000.
There are at least three county Off
ces which are not attracting many candi-
dates. The county surveyOrship will
probably 90 to Mr.. Lilly, the auditors
deputy. There is no scramble for the
lucrative offices of coroner or cOurt com
missioner. As regards the county SUI
p~erintendency, Prot. +. W. Parker has
fulfilled his duties satisfactorily during
the past two years, and will probably
have no opposition for a denomination
at the hands of the Republicans.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-14
HOME JoTTINGs.
From Friday : DAILY FREE PRESS

IFrom Friday ; DAILY FREE BREss.l
Burglars broke into the store of b
Latourell, at Minnesota Lake, Wednes-
day night and stole jewelry to the value
of SO.
Mr.. John c. Noe reports the sale for
VIM. Il. Merriam to VIM. VI. Johnson OF
forty acres in section %, town of Rapi-
dan, for $500.
The season for quail, partridge,
rough grouse and pheasants opened Sep
TENDER /. The season for wild ducks
and geese Will open September 10.
The Democratic county convention
will be called to meet Friday, Sept. 2Sth.
There will be about los delegates. The
aucuse will be held the Tuesday or
Wednesday evening previous.
Col. Geo. +. Strait, of Dubuque, Ia,
has been in the city for the past few
DAYS, and has appointed an agency foI
the Worlds Industrial Accident Associ-
alton, of that city. Ii. W. Perry has
taken the agency for the district, mclud-
ing nine other counties. DR.. +. J. Da-
Wis is the medical examiner.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-04

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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-04

Tie sullriiy %, me mouutail is not.
il tic mountain lot H. m.-l<A plr.l.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-04

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W. rll0Eff.r = |IrIlaY


Quotations -Midllng. lf.- low Md
Hll-lfl good ordinary lc.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-09-28
CLEvElAND'S LETTER.
A Document That Lacks Elevation u
II Destitute Of Statesmanship.

A Document That Lacks Elevation and
Il Destitute Of Ststesmanship.
President Cleveland's letter Of &c
ceptance is verbose, sophistical and
superfluous. 1t is superrogatory, be-
cause it is chiefly rehash of his an
nual message to Congress on the tariff
question. All that it contains relating
to the general issues in politics. the
state of the country. and questions of
administration, is condensed in single
paragraph; the exposition of his tariff
views occupies over two columns of
the finest type. In this respect it is q
mere reproduction of his message to
Congress. The points of the letter are
simply as follows:
l. A paragraph relating to general
matters of administration and National
policy.
2. The expenses of the Government
must be paid by revenue from Gus
toms and by internal taxes on spirits.
malt liquors. tobacco and oleomargar-
inc
8 The moldy aphorism that '-un-
necessary taxation is unjust taxation. :"
A. The surplus is the product of un-
necessary taxation. It is a menace
to the prosperity of our people, and q
temptation to extravaganza.
5. Democratic plans for reducing
the tariff do not involve the issue of
free trade. The protective system IL
not in danger,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-09-28
General Jones for Harrison.

General George w. Jones, of Du-
buque, Ia, deserves the palm among
the converts to the Republican faith.
He is ninety years old and has always
been an active Democrat. He has held
many Offices, was college mate Of
JEFF Davis at Pennsylvania University.
KY, fought in the Black Hawk war,
was Congressional delegate from Mich
igan Territory back in the SOS. was
appointed Surveyor-General of Iowa
by Van Buren,, and Buchanan's Min
lister to Bogotta in the United States Of
Colombia. Now, near the close Of his
remarkable career, he refuses to vote
for the candidate Of the party which he
has 30 long supported. His reason is
simple and sufficient: Cleveland is
not a Democrat, but a Cleveland man.
Ever since he has been President he
has been working tooth and nail for
denomination. Now. in the good old
days of jackson. Jefferson and Monroe
the office sought the man. I take tho
term Democrat in its broad sense
by the people and for the people-and
Harrison is the man. He is of the
people and he is for the people. and
I'm going to aid him all I can. "-Chi-
cQQ0 Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-09-28
HARRlsoM.s LETTER.
4 Cencisss Cogent, Esllcltous and Ps.
tri0tiO DOOumOnt.

4 Coacisss Cogent, Eellcltous and Pa.
tri0tio Document.
President Cleveland's letter Of &C
ceptance was given to the public on
the 10th, and three days later came
General Harrison's. The two docu-
ments differ widely in many ways. the
later of the two being only about one
half the length of the earlier one.
They agree, however, in this, that the
tariff is the main burden of thought
with both. Differ or agree how they
may in other matters. each candidate
distinctly realizes the fact that he
must stand or fall on the attitude he
occupies toward the industries of the
country. President Cleveland labors
assiduously to make it appear that the
great need Of the laboring-class is .
wider market and cheaper goods, as
saming all the time that free trade
would mean the sale abroad of Ameri-
can wares, and that the duties levied
on imports increase by that much, if
not more, the cost of living. General
Harrison exposes the utter fallacy Of
these notions. doing SO in mastery
way. Neither candidate could be ex-
pected to advance any positively orig
inal arguments ir support of his posi-
ton, but it might reasonably be de-
manded of both that they present their
arguments with clear precision. No
one could fail to feel after reading the
Cleveland letter that it was turgid,
strained, evasive and weak, while Har-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-09-28
THE VANISHING SURPLUS.

The Foundation Knocked Out from Under
tho Democratic Position.
In his message last December
Grover Cleveland threatened the coun-
try with dire disaster if the surplus
went on piling itself up in the United
States Treasury. He wanted it put
in circulation. and he demanded of
Congress that it should forthwith re-
duce the revenues by cutting down the
tariff, the mode he indicated being to
destroy the protective feature of the
latter. It must have been a most dis
agreeable surprise to Cleveland when
he found that his bugaboo, with which
he hoped to brighten voters, had been
destroyed. and by his own party, too.
The Democratic stump orators and
the majority of its papers are keep
ing absolutely silent upon the matter.
They realize that it knocks the props
from beneath their position. Thur
man certainly knew that the surplus
is practically gone. yet in his Toledo
speech and elsewhere he repeated the
old statements about the enormous sur
plus and pictured the horrors that
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-09-28
Civil.Service Reform.

Some one having asked the New
York Press whether there are more
Republicans employed under the Cleve-
land Administration than Democrats,
that paper makes the best answer to
the question by citing the following
statistics:
Cleveland found 1859 Presidential
pOstmasters in Office, and he has re-
moved or changed 1000 of them.
His Postmaster-General out of 81, 900
employees under him. has removed 49,
600.
Out of So Ministers abroad the Pres
ident has removed or changed 80.
Out of Sc, 900 places he has removed
or changed $4,000, and out of the 49,
600 there are not SO Republicans
among the appointees. Turn the ras-
Gals out!
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-09-28
GLORIOUS VICTORY.

rs. - "a - 8 =
me Loyalty q lGaine - HaFrisea 90
Republican Principles.
"Have you heard the news from
MaineP" II not, then listen to the
shouts Of 1883 that re-echo those of
1910. The State again has Get the
ball a-rolling for another Harrison.
She has gone for Burleigh. and not
for Kent, but she has gone "hell-
bent all the same. She has given the
Republican candidate for Governor q
plurality Of about 20. 900. and has done
it in spite Of the bitterness and ugliest
fight on the part of the Democrats,
who have striven tooth and nail to
keep him down TO about 1000. Had
they done that they would have gained
q practical victory. The Republicans
hoped that they would be able to put
their man $4,000 ahead Of his Demo
cratic competitor. They would have
been satisfied with that, but they did
much better than they expected.
There has been q landslide. and the
causes which produced it will work in
New York and Connecticut The
Presidents letter did not help his
party; if any thing. it was the last
straw that broke its back.
At the Gubernatorial election Of 1884
the Republican plurality was 19. 7O9 on
. total vote Of 14O.15 At the Presi-
Dental election on q smaller vote
Blaine's plurality was 10000. In Sep
TENDER, 1886, on a total vote of 1884,
796. the Republican plurality was only
1850. So this year bids fair to beat
the record. Congressman Reed, Ding
ley, Milliken and Boutelle. all Repub-
licans, are reelected. There was no
doubt as to any one except Reed. and
he has shared in the fruits Of the gen.
eral Overturning, 50 that he will have
a larger majority than in 1886, when
he was 1926 votes ahead of his Demo-
cratic antagonist. The Legislature is,
Of course, overwhelmingly Republican.
insuring the election of q Republican
successor to Senator Frye.
The Democrats of Maine are a tough
lot. They have been banged and bat
tered by their opponents for twenty
five years until they have gotten as
gnarly and hard as pine tree knots.
They are past all hope OF oon-
version, and they make II q point
of honor to 60 to the polls, even
when they know that there Is no
chance for them. They are an old
guard that will not surrender. Then
this year the State has been flooded
with money. The National Demo-
cratic Committee had even more than
they knew what to do with. They got
$50, 900 from the President and his
Cabinet They have the contributions
of Gould. Vanderbilt and the other
plutocrats. So they have poured the
cash into Maine hoping to get what
ever purchasable votes there may be
there. Then the Democrats have the
Federal offices, which they have not
held in Presidential year since 1860
There are q thousand odd Federal
office-holders there, each one working
like a beaver to hold on to the fat job
that he has. Each of them has been
the most Jealous kind of q recruiting
officer. and has spent his own time
and that of the Government in seeking
to swell the vote of his party. And in
spite of it all Maine turns her back on
Cleveland, as she did ON Van Buren,.
and is as loyal to Ben Harrison as she
was to his grandfather.-Chicago