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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07
COURT HOUSE SETTLEMENT.

Ring & Tobin, having completed their
contract on the court house, have pre-
pared statement of their work and the
county's Indebtedness to them, and pre-
sented it at meeting of the county
board to-day. The board met as a
building committee and prepared to
close up the matter and settle Ring &
Tobin's account. The statement pre-
sented by the latter is as follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07

The space i'm front of the Chicago
Northwestern depot has been assigned
as the place where the Salvation army
shall hold it's outdoor meetings.
Bring in your magazines for 1888 and
have them bound before they get scat
tered and lost. The Free Press Bindery
guarantees ITS work and prices to give
satisfaction.
Architect Gerlach 10 drawing plans
for 5000 brick veneered Baptist
church to be erected at kasota; also
plans for a $1,000 two-story brick resi-
dence for Joseph Engerser, of st. Peter
A telegram was received III this city
10 day announcing the death of Mrs. v
II. Van Slyke, nee May Clark, at Benson
Yesterday morning. She was niece OF
Mrs. w. w. Paddock and had many
friends in this city.
Cottonwood county, having no jail,
has contributed two prisoners TO the
Blue Earth county Jail. Adm Daling is
sent up for bastardy and w. W. Frost is
given four months for selling liquor IL
legally.
The city council did very graceful
act last evening by appointing Mr., +. n.
Merrill To ill the vacancy caused by the
resignation Of alderman Dougherty. Mr..
Dougherty made an excellent official
and while his withdrawal from the coun-
Gil is to be regretted the public will find
in his successor an energetic and alto
gether worthy successor.
The Rerier this week is q pitiable spe-
cimen of a newspaper. Its ten columns
of stereotype plates are about as interest
ing as its several. columns of dirty TRADE
at the editor of this paper. The local
department of the sheet is wholly re-
hashed from the columns of the Daily
FREE Pass of the past week. 1t is not
strange that the friends of the big fat
boy are dispairing at the way he is al
lowing his jealousy and malignancy to
warp his judgment.
The movement of the council last
night in regard to the sewer extension
will receive the general appreciation OF
our citizens. Ii has been demonstrated
that winter is the best time to construct
the sewer, and as there are numerous
workmen out of employment and labor
is consequently cheap, the time is a
favorable one, from the point of view OF
the city. From the labonng mans
standpoint this assistance is greatly
needed III many families who are suffer
ing all the inconvenience of poverty
with little work TO be obtained.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07

Shorthand and TypewritIng thor
oughly and systematically taught by
Miss Tompkins. Both day and evening
classes. Itd&w*
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07

Dixon's "Carburet of Iron" Stove Pol
ish Is the best and purest. The new big
cake is double the size of the old small
cake and sold at same price. oct26. 6mts
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07

J. Il. Roller wants wheat, barley, oats,
corn, flax, timothy seed-especially bar
ley-and will pay the highest price.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07

The Weekly Pioneer Press and the
Mankato Weekly FREE PRESS one year
for only 1925. tfw
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07
Oct. 20, wifi

Buy your flour and feed, also hard
and soft cosl, from j. q. Roller.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07
OVGPCOatS.

We have now placed on our
counters an extreme large and
fine line Of OvercOats for cold
weather. These coats we will
sell at unlleard low prices. We
want every man, youth and boy
10 buy one Of them. We will al
SO give Il guarantee that amy OF
these coats, fur or others, are
sold for less money i'm our house
than the same quality cam be OBJ
tanned i'm the city. We must and
will get the largest share Of the
business; we feel justified i'm ex.
pecting it. Having by all odds
the largest and cheapest stock,
selling and buying for cash only,
and having been established
since 1872 i'm the city Of Man
katO. We handle the following
fabrics and will mention "a few
Of the most popular manufac-
turers we represent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07

Hackett, Carhart & Co. New York,
Simon Hatch & Whitten, Boston,
S. Sternberger & Co., Phladephia
Cohn, Wampold & Co, Chicago
Wilson Bros, Chicago.
Keith Bros, Chicago.
The above houses, together with any
other house we deal with, will certify to
our spot cash buying, and at lowest legit-
innate market prices, and that we buy pos
lively only saleable and honest goods.
Let any other concern in our city make
an open statement like the above if they
can.
With many thanks for past favors and
with the hope of seeing you all in our es-
tablishment this fall | am
Evening journal., 1888-06-11

was clad in new light suit and wore
a straw hat which would have looked
attractive to any Presidential bae.
"What is the news, Mr.. Depew?"
queried the reporter.
Er. Dcpsw carefully adjusted his
straw hat and, placing his hand on the
door knob, replied: "Well, you may
say that Mr. Depew has seen the rep
resentatives OF every Presidential
candidate on the Republican side, and
they all come from the West. He has
also seen the representatives Of
every Vice Presidential candidate, and
they all come from the East. BY all
the representatives Of these Presiden-
tial and Vice-Presidential candidates
he has been assured that, while be pos
sesses undoubted strength in NewYork,
he could not carry a single North
western State. The unanimity of this
opinion is as remarkable as its disin-
terestedness. Good bye"
And Central's president stode away
with a suspicious twinkle in one eye.
Evening journal., 1888-06-11
weII-hnown Pernonu.

Miss Minnie Terry was greeted with rap
ture when che appeared as "Mlgnonn in
tbs frst dramstic rendering OF "Bootlss's
Baby.n Shs spoke her lines with inlmita-
bic archness ard looked almost incredibly
sympathetic at night OF the gallant
"Bootlesn Ia trouble. She is daughter OF
Miss Ellen Terry's brother, and evidently
inherits she great dramatic gifta OF the
family.
Mics Rosa Rand. the we'll known actresss
was quietly married Monday night at AS
csnaion Church. Baltimore, TO Captain
Arthur Haine, Of the Paymastera' Depart
ment, s A. Miss Rand was leading
lady with Joseph Jsfferson for several ssa
sons. aud also played with Frank Mayo and
other prominent actors. but has for several
years been teacher Of elocution 10 Balti-
more. The couple win leave on Wedneu-
day next for Belgium, where they will
visit Hon. 8. II Elaine, brother of the
groom. who is Belgian Minister TO Peru.
Emperor Frederick Is az fond OF ths wio-
let as his fathsr was OF the cornnower The
vases in his room are kept filled with vio-
lets; tbs curtains and carpets are violet.
colorecs the loyal Berliuers wear ylolets -
a token OF their devotion to the Kaiser;
they figure In advertisements Of all sorts.
The enormous trade which is being done In
vioiets in Paris this year is reported to be
due to difcovery recently made by a
well-known author. he has got a sight OF
the recipa used by the Empress Josephine
as a means for rendering her "besatiful
forever and to which she owed that mar
vellous tint which was the wonder and de
spsir OF the French ladies OF the time.
The wife of Napoleon used TO have boiling
milk poured ever basin full of violet
flowers, and with this decoction she bathed
her face aud neck. every morning. Nc
sooner was this old secret brought to light
than the Parisian ladies began to order
great basketfuls of violeta TO be left ct the
doors daily, and this homemade cosmetic
is reported to be In daily use this season by
thousands.
Evening journal., 1888-06-11

GOOD and true doctrines can never
be repeated too often. There will
always be now readers and new listen
ers. The principles advocated but four
years ago must again be gone over to
a new generation OF voters. The popu-
iation of tho United States is now over
$4,000 900. 1t is probable that over
11,500,000 votes will be cast this year,
and yet not one-eighth OF this popula-
tion, or one-quarter Of the present
voting population was of age az the
outbreak of the civil war. It is
estimated that 100000 votes will
be cast this year by men who never
voted for President before. And over
5000, 900 more by men who were not
of age when President Lincoln was in
augurated, while less than 5000, 900
votes will be cast by men who were
then Of age. None OF the young men
who will cast their FIRST vote for Presi-
dent this year, aud who are receiving
wages and salaries from $40 to $50 PEI
week, can recall the time when under
a free trade tariff they would have
been compelled TO walk four miles tC
begin work at Daylight, continuing AZ
long as it was light enough
to see, and then walking
four miles TO their homes. and fol
what? Eighty-seven cents per day
The young people cannot remembe
when the philanthropic people of thu
cities organized free-soup dispensaries
for the poor who were without work o
who we're obliged TO work for a pit
tance. Much need there is. then, Il
repeat over again the doctrines ani
principles of protection to our indus
tries, lest, through ignorance, we returl
to those dark and bitter days of idle
ness and poverty. Let the new vote
Evening journal., 1888-06-11
Belgium and ireland Compared.

Belgium and Ireland Compared.
New York Press.
The little kingdom OF Belgium, abe Rhode
Island Of Europe, Ia snugly situated on the
German Ocean, surrounded by Holland.
France and Prussia. Its area is II, ,S75
square miles. The little kingdom of Ire
land sits upon the bosom OF the Atlantic.
"Its back turned to Britain, its face to the
West" The kingdom of Belgium is a shin
ing example OF nzsonAl and industrial In
depeHdeHcs; the kingdom of ireland, ''the
Cinderella OF the natioDs, Ia a conspicuous
example Of pfovlnciallsm and decay. Bel
giu1, with an area Of little more than
1900, 900 acres, has population greater
thau ireland with her 30 900 900 acres
Nature has NOS been more lavish to Belgium
than TO Ireland. and n she has been partial
20 either, ths Emsrsld Isle has been gifted
with superior natural advantages. To
both countries heaven has given a fertile
soil, abundant water supply and plenty Of
the useful minerals Both peoples are
chiefly Celtic and Catholic, and both set
down upon fair field, with no favor,
fairly vie with each other in the advance
msnt Of those useful arts which are the
very life OF a nation.
Bnt the contrast presented by a compari
son Of their conditions Il as marked as the
difference between the Garde1 OF Eden and
the desert 70 Sahara. Belgium has her
native governments; her brave and chival-
rous milltia, her glorious universities her
manufacturing districts tesmiDg with popu-
lAtion; her well fed, comfortable, intelli-
gent peasantry; her granaries fairly
bursting with the weight and wealth Of
agriculture.
Ireland, on the other hand, sits weeping
in the widowhood Of provinciaIism; the
eternal shame of England. Her patient
peasants labor on her fertile soil and reap
the grain and tend the hocNs. garnering
and sheariuR for the stranger, and crawl
ing into their cabins to live 10 a condition
OF permanent want British political
economists and Golden Clab orators tell
us that Ireland Is overpopuIated, "too
many people to the square milen Non
sense. Ireland Is not overpopulated, but it
is sunderfed. II she we're populous as Belgium
she would have upon ber soil not less than
5000 600, but more than 1900. 600 people
aud with native government aud proteo-
tive tariff policy these IS 0o0,0 might live
fat and sfiluent They would be a nation
brave, sklllful and enthusiastic as the Bel
gians, with powerful navy and an army
practically invincible.
But foreiga rule and English free trade
policy have killed the Industrial life OF the
nation and left her. as far as progress and
upon disuecting table. Her exilsd chill
dren have in their hands the fate OF Amer
ican Industrial life. They can II they will,
by voting for free trade, make England an
overgrown Belgium, aud to some extent
make an Ireland OF America.
Evening journal., 1888-06-11
PEiCHKs AND BUGs.
The "JHne Drop,, In Its Height
Attacking Grapes and Cherries.

The "June Drop, In Its Height
Attaching Grapes and Cherries.
The June fall" of peaches has been
gong on ever sioce ihe first of the
month and will continue for about 10
days yet The reason peaches fall in
June IS because the cuIculio stinps
many, and tho trees are SO full of
fruit that all cannot be maturad so the
weaker die for want of nourishment.
The curculio is a black insect
nealy as large as a house fly. It
punctures the young peaches and
lays an egg in the hole, The eqo
matches into a worm which feeds on
the inside of the fruit and causes it to
drop. Where the sting is not deep
enough into the peach, the egg will
not hatch. and the peach will mature.
though it will have a scar, and pener-
ally spot Of glue where the puncture
was made. The June drop" is heavy
this year because the set of young
fruit is very heavy. Some trees must
~HN~ buc b1o JOu0R ITuIC.
sorue one-half, and some cannot spare
any and have enough remaining; but
in general the crop will be enormous
after the shedding. The "June fall'
always alarms some growers, and
some are frightened now.
The rose bug has made its appearance
again, and from Lewes TO Dover farm
ers report its presence. So far the
damage has not been 30 great as last
year, On many farns the bugs have
eaten up the grapes and cherries and
have attacked the young peaches.
When the rose bugs attack peach,
they hold q convention on it and all
fight for reserved seats and stay there
until there is nothing left. Few die
and none resign. Were they to take a
bite only out of each peach the crop
would bs damaged; but as it is they
only decimate the fruit, and help the
curculio with his work.
Evening journal., 1888-06-11
SALARY FOR THE SHERIFF S
OFFICE.

The Democratic eheriffalty nomina-
ton is over and despite the safeguards
Of the Primary Election law there
was a good deal OF fraudulent voting,
numerous attempts TO vote fraudu-
lently and all the bitterness and quar-
reling which characterized such cleo
tions under the old system of holding
them. The recent mayoralty nomina-
tiens had been conducted with such
general good nature and law
fulness thas people began to
think that the problem OF holding
decent primary elections in Whining
ton had been solved. and the outcome
of Saturdays contest is, 70 say the
least. very discouraging to the frienes
OF better system. The fraud, at
tempted fraud and bitterness OF Satur-
day are all due. Of course, to the in
tense competition that alway charac-
terizes eheritfalty nomination. An
Office that pays it's occupant 800, 900 for
two years' servicei is ia extraordinary de-
mand. 1t is one balf az profitable as the
Presidency Of the United States. and
there ia no wonder that the ordinary
politician will cheat and Eight and lie
for Ii. The struggle over this prizs is
greater and more fierce than over
all the other offices in the county put
Aogother and for tho reason that it's
income is almost as much as that OF
all the other county offices put together.
Ths profit of shem is the cause for all
the wrong aud heat that Il produces and
this suggests the remedy. The Office
should be salar cd Il should be paid
st the rate Of three, or four, or even
Ave thou and dollars year. The fees
and perquisites of the place should be
turned into the county treasury. as
should the fees and charges Of all the
county officers. New Castle county
would be richer by $4,000 a year,
which is nearly or fourth Of its entire
amount OF taxes, il the various county
Offices were salafied and the fees
which now 20 into the pockets of the
officers were converted into the public
treasury. The salary proposed for the
sheritf'e Office, even the bottom figures.
is certainly good pay for the work
done or for the qualify and calibre Of
the men who ususlly fill the Office. 1t
is doubtful that New Castle county has
had sheriff in the last twenty years
who made more than $4,000 a year at
any period previous TO his election.
This is matter that is respectfully
referred to the friends Of new
constitution.
Evening journal., 1888-06-11
CHAUNoHY M. DEPEw.
Frem 90 sketch Published by the
New york Sunday Press.

EF@m Bkckch FhDhAne1 Dy tMo
New York Sunday Press.
There is every reason why the New
York Central railroad men should
like Mr.. Depew. He is considerate to
them every way, and they know it.
There Is something to be said for the
Vanderbilts also. Eleven years ago
the old commodore made a great club
room for the railroad men in the
basement of the station. Later they
fitted one up at Both st. and 10th Ave,
and later still one at Goth st. and the
North River. There is a club house
that will accommodate 800 men at
East Albany and another smaller one
at De Witt.
But the Railroad Mems Building on
Madison Ave. has taken the place of
the old club rooms in the station base
ment. The Vanderbilts gave it. It
cost 500, 900, and $4,000 year is re-
quired to run IL. Two thousand men
get the benefit of all this outlay.
Chauncey Depew himself described it
pretty well in his address to the men
at the dedication. Said he:
MANY of you have doubtless gone
along Fifth avenue and looked up at
its palatial club houses and said: why
is 1t that such comforts and luxuries
are act for me 2 You have been en-
vious, possibly vicious; certainly yeu
have felt sorry. belong to five Of the
best appointed clubs in New York, and
there 10 no club house in the city as
well appointed as this. This club
house has cost twice as much TO the
square foot as the most expensive Of
the others in the metropolis.
There are only two of the twenty odd
club houses in New York which have
bowling alley-the Uuion League and
the University Club-and not one has
a gymnasium There are .only three
which have rooms where their mem
bers can sleep, and none of them has
as many as this. The best appointed
library in New York is at the Univer-
sity, which is college club. and many
Of the me embers are young graduates,
who make 1t their home, but the
library down. stairs has twice as many
BOOKS as the University Club possesses. {"
Cornelius Vanderbilt was there and
told the railroad men to pitch right in
and have all the fun they could, or
words to that effect, and the president
of their railroad told them stories till
they laughed and cried. He said that
Commodore Vanderbilt; who. when he
was 10 years. old, started out in the
world without a dollar, formed an
Anti-Poverty Society OF one, and the
result was that he took in enough divi
dends to leave the largest fortune ever
accumulated in a lifetime. He said
that George Law, when he was carry
ing hod as assistant to journeyman
mason, formed an Anti Poverty Society
OF one, and he kept all the dividends
and left $4,000. 900; and so he kept
on.
"He has got big heart, big brain
and bigger conscience. He had them
when he was a boy, and he's got them
now. as big as ever" is what General
Jimmy Hustled likes to say of Chauncey
M. Depew.
Evening journal., 1888-06-11

THE exercises OF Children's Day
were never more interesting, and the
preparations fer it more elaborate than
yesterday. This day has become the
brightest in the whole Sunday school
yenr and it is difficult to tell whether
the old or the young folk enjoyed it
most. Like ell such days it will grow
in beauty and usefulness as it becomes
better established, and the June festi-
val of flowers may yet vie with the
joyful celebrations OF Christmas day.
Evening journal., 1888-06-11

The efforts Of the law abiding citi-
zens OF Wilmington and of New
Castle county. aided by the temper
ance organizations, have resulted in
ridding the city Of small number Of
law breaking and unnecessary liquor
saloons and disorderly houses. The
manner Of hearing the applications in
open court gave the applicants every
opportunity Of publicly proving their
respectabilily aud good character and
the fact Of several failing to do so
speaks we'll for the future good order
and quietness Of the city. The graft
tude Of the entire city is due to the
gentlemen whose efforts have bsen
met with this success.
Evening journal., 1888-06-11
The Army Of Yenezueln.

The Venezuelan army is so organized that
there arc no white officers except of the
highest grade in the service. 1t is q useless,
dangerous, unrepubhcan horde of ignorant
soldiery, ready to be used by unscrupulous
politicians to overawe and hold ia check the
people who are likely almost at any time to
rise in rebellion against corrupt and ambi-
tious wire pulling ''bosses" and machine
managers
The real fighting quality of the Venezuelan
people is not largely represented in this in
compact, imperfectly disciplined body OF low
grade soldiery. The better elements Of
society have been for obvious reasons pre-
vented from contributing their quota to the
regular army. The Vene0uelans, however,
have among them many brave and well
trained military men, officers and pri-
Yates veterans who have fought and
still remember how to fight desper-
ately and with wise courage not sur
passed by soldiers Of any country. The peo-
pie are patriotic, and the life the majority Of
them lead tends to harden both muscle and
nerve. Llaneros on the plains Of Apure, glo-
rifed by the story Of Paez, or OF the high
table lands where Bolivar and Miranda again
and again met and destroyed the armies Of
the sternest veterans OF Spain, are the stuff
of which the best of soldiers are made. Mas
tens Of horsemanship, Injured to danger, pa
tient Of thirst and hunger, these light caval-
rymen, like Sheridan's and Stonewall
Jackson's mounted infantry, always in train
ing, even in time of peace, move with mar
velous celebrity. performing arduous duties
that fit them to become, at the shortest pos
sible notice, an army corps that can be relied
upon to serve the republic earnestly and ef-
fectively in Tins Of national peril. That the
Venezuelans ara brave and able quickly and
successfully to resent foreign interference
with their AAairs no one can for a moment
doubt who has even tho slightest knowledge
Of the history OF the grand struggle they
made for freedom from the calling yoke OF
Spain Cor. New York Times.