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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01

AFTER we had consoled ourselves that
the cabinet troubles were all positively
settled" here comes along Mr.. Carrie
with the startling headlines "Miller VS..
Platt-In New York the Fight for Cab
met Position is Still Warm" AS if this
ISN'T enough, all hopes of Republican
harmony are blasted by the statement
that "Platt must be placated with cab
met position or the senate" How
would it be to give Mr.. Platt a position
out on the Minnesota prairies some such
day as yesterday, where he would learn
the wisdom of getting in out of the cold
without quite so much Decentralization?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01
v. MERRIAM has hardened III

Gov. MERRIAM has pardoned the no.
torious Hal. Reid, and the latter is now
again free to inflict his disreputable tao
tics and doings upon the commonwealth.
We doubt not the popular sentiment of
the State would favor keeping Reid be-
hind the bars, but of course governor
is not allowed to take cognizance of such
feelings any more than of his own incli-
nations when deciding such matter as
this. and there appears to be sufficient
grounds to warrant the belief that Reid
was not really guilty of the crime for
which he received his fifteen-year sem
tence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01

Tom Lowry denies the report that he
had disposed OF his interests in the Min
neapolis street railway lines, which is
very good news for the Flour City. Mr..
Lowry is a rich man and the head of a
large corporation, but for all that he has
proved himself valuble friend of Min
neapolis and her people, and it is such
whole-souled, genial, enterprising men
as he that have brought that city so rap
idly to the front.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01
TIE FREE Pass has always bee,

The FREE Press has always been very
charry of criticising the doings of the
board of trade, has ALWAYS praised it's
work, complied with its requests for
favors and withal treated the board with
uniform courtesy. In return we ask
only that we be accorded fair treat
ment, and that the sessions of the board
not be devoted TO personal abuse of us
or others of our fellow citizens who do
not fully accord with views of the men,
bers who mould the opinions of the
board.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01

The bill which Senator Scheffer intro
duced some time ago providing tor
constitutional convention has been with
drawn, because il requires vote of the
people themselves in favor thereof be-
fore such convention can he called. A
new bill will probably be reported.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01

ALBERT ScHEFFER planted himself
directly in front of Gov. Merriam at the
Union League banquet the other night
and said: 81 do not know why you
called on me tonight unless it was to
show my unfitness for the position to
which You recently elected another per-
son." Some speakers have very forci-
BILE way of carrying convection of their
statements to the minds of their hearers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01

THE president and his amiable wife
are engaged in what must of course be
melancholy duties this week, that of
packing up" preparatory to marching
forth next Monday. But when Grover
reflects upon his own seiges with the
sturdy man who wants an office and
thinks of the scenes III store for his sue
cessor there may vet he ia his soul the
thought, "Not any more for me, please. !"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01

AT the banquet given in New York
Tuesday evening in celebration of the
annual meeting of the Ohio society, ex-
Senator Window was one of the guests,
and made short speech. The incident
is described as follows in the Press:
Ex-senator Window was gazed at
throughout the evening. When he arose
to speak he was cheered uproariously.
1t had been anticipated that the next
Secretary of the Treasury was to deliver
the principal speech, but his address was
exceedingly brief He aroused manv a
hurrah and much laughter when he be-
gan thus significantly: ~ congratulate
myself upon my great wisdom and good
luck-oh, no, don't mean what you re-
fer to-" he said quickly as the cheers
broke out, bIushing to the roots of his
hair. 81 cay congratulate myself up
on my great wisdom and good luck that |
was born in Ohio. Cries of ooh! Obj
Cheers.) / congratulate myself upon
my excellent judgment and powers of
discrimination in having both father
and mother born in Virginia. Laugh
ter.) / also congratulate myself upon
my great wisdom and good luck in get
ting wife who was born in New Eng
land. Can any of you suggest any bet
ter combination than that? Ialso count
it good luck that / removed from Ohio
to the Queen State. at the head of the
Mississippi Valley. In conclusion let
me say that one characteristic is inner
emit in every son of Ohio, and that Is that
wherever a dollar is honestly to be made
or an office to be filed he is always
ready to make the dollar and fill the Of
fee. (Laughter.) / may add that rare
Iy does a citizen ofthe old Buckeye State
fail to give a splendid account of himself
in whatever position of trust he NAV be
placed. Great applause and oheers.)
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01
CRUISER YORKTOWN.
SKETCH AND CUTS OF A SUc-
CESSFUL WAR SHIP.

Il VIII BE the Pride of the Navy Of
Uncle Sam and Is Quite the Equal Of
Some of the Best Naval Vessels of the
World.
The Messrs Cramp & Sons, of Philadel-
phia, are very happy because of the success
of the Yorktown, the steel cruiser just fin
ished by them for the United States navy
and tried with good results
The recent trial trip was for the testing of
the Yorktown's engines, the hull of the vessel
having been designed in the navy department
at Washington. The contract called for
1900 horse power in continuous run of four
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01
I'LL
was
boa

I'LL %
was
boa:
for t-..rUeen seconds
or during the rum
ming Of s a n d
throu G h a sand
glass. Then the log
was taken in and
the computation
made. It was de-
ternined, upon TAX
ing an average OF
several logs, that
the run during the
trip was a triie
over sixteen knots
an hour, or eight
cen and a b i +
miles, slightly ex-
ceeding the esti-
mate. The highest
speed attained was
seventeen and two
tenths knots, the
lowest sixteen.
In regard to stea-
diness the expert
ments W ere emil
nently satisfactory.
Mr.. William Cramp
took q tumbler of
water filed to with
In an eighth of an
inch Of the brim
and placed it on a
hatch on the quar-
ter deck, at the
time the ship was
running with the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01
pany + is given as follows:
THE president-elect has had trium

phal march to Washington. The inter-
est of the people in any new President
was never so great, while the expecta-
tons of the country OF benefit to come
from the new administration are both
bright and confidently expressed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01

Madison IVES and his rascally part
ner are very likelv to gen into Sing Sing
after all. That is where they ought 10
have been for some time past.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-22

PRAYING FoR GOoD CRoP OF OFFICERS.
-Washington, March ia peculiar scene
was witnessed hore to-day. About four
hundred members OF the Foundry NJ. E.
Church held an assembly in the church
and devOtel-aae--heur to prayer, asking
that the President be guided in making
gssd appointments 10 fill the local Offices.
An evening paper commenting on the
incident says: al: is the custom in great
many parts Of this country for people to
congrcgate at the churches and pray for
good crops In Washington there is but
one crop. Offices compose 1t, and it oc-
Cured TO tho ladies that it would be n
good idea to follow the example Of thor
country cousins. SO they prayed long and
we'll that the President might be ins pired
in his appointments, and it is expected
that the crop will be good"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-22
After Tweaty-Eight Years.

Sheriff Long received q despatch from
Sheriff Person, of Madison Co, Teun., on
tho 18th, asking if one "D. E. Jeter was
wanted for numbering his brothcr-in-law,
Busby, near Santus, in Union Co., in 1861" !"
as he was then in Jail 1T Jackson.
After proper Investigation, Sheriff Lon g
found that Jeter had been guilty of tn .
crime, but escaped, and returned the follow
ing to Sheriff Person:
"IIold Jeter till / come with requisition
from the q ov.snor of South Carolins."
J. G. LoNa.
Sheriff Long is now awaiting the neces-
sary papers from the vernon aud will
probably 60 fer Jeter in few days.
We learn there are only two or three
witnesses 10 tho murder now living.
and it is doubtful whether there could be
sufficient testimony found to convict Jeter.
although there are hundred, in the county
who remember the murder. The account
in the Jsckssn Times Of Jster's arrest, rep
rssents him as desperate character, and
his arrest was accomplished by strategy /;
the officers pretending they arrested him
under "peace warrant" for abusing his
stsp-daughter, Mrs. Ira Lee.
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Matters at Kelton.

KELToN, March 18.-As there are 80
many Of your subscribers giving their id cas-
! through your columns, beg you TO spare
me a short space, that l. one of your sub
scrbers, though living in hole in tho back
woods, as ono would say if he should come
and sec me at home, am always eager to
see Friday come for l know l will find
something in the TtMR, to cheer ms, from
some Of the correspondents.
Tho weather has been fine and the farm
work has been pushed right square to the
| front in this section. On hill and in vale
we hear the gee-haw of the plough-boys
sounding and resounding from the early
hours Of forming until the sun has found
his way behind the western hills.
There has been much said about the use
Of guano. but 1. heinz M farmer nan't cay
much about 1t. A short time ago card n
farmer say that hs had not usod any for
several years, but he intended to use soms
this, but he did not know how to get it, for
ne mad not used any so long that he had AL
most forgotten what transaction he had 70
go through to get it. Well, l will give him
this advice. 1T he has been making IN
his compost piles of barn yard manure, cot
ton seed, and pine needles, ho had better
do that again.
MIR. Editor, l saw in your last issue that
County Alliance was organized ON tho 9th
inst. for the colored farmers of the county,
L am glad to see this movement amsug them
Tor 1t brings them together, and in union
there is strength. The colored farmers in
this section have been meditatine ON form
ing themselves into an Alliance, but they
have not yet. Some Of them say, "if va
form an Alliance we will be initiating the
white farmers" Well, if they d. initiate
and profit by it, guess there is no obiec-
t'on, or there should not be- and as for imi
tating | can'tsee why they should not, as
our white friends are ahead of us in most
all things, and if we can profit by it I can
see no good reason why our cslored friend,
should hesitate minute about it,
r. ii. F.
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Personals.

Maj. d. A. Townsend went up to North
Carolina last Tuesday on important legal
business.
Mr.. F. w. Moore has gone to Black ksburp,
to visit his brother Thomas, who is teaching
hourishing school at that place.
Mr.. Clarence Jettr, of Fish Dam, was in
town last week
DIR. II. *. Smith, who recently graduated
with much distinction from tho Dental de-
pnrtment of the Baltimore Medical College
Is now among us. We are glad to see you
back Dr.. and hope You will decide to locate
in Union
Miss Lille Funck has just returned from
Baltimore, where she has been buying her
Spring and Summer stock of Millinery
Goods. She kindly sho we'd us through her
department, and ~e have never seou a pref
tier line of lalies hats, ribbon, and
trimmings in our life. Her stock is 80 com
piete that Messrs Graham & Sparks were
compelled to move their office from the
rear of the store to the front
Mrs. j. d. Arthur, who for month has
been visiting her parents at Rock Hill. re.
turned home last Tuesday
Miss Eana Stroble, of Chester, is visiting
Judge Wallace and family.
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News from sprightly Kslton.

KRLroN, March IL. We'll, after season
Of wet and slosh, we have weather for work,
and the Farmers are taking advantage Of it
to finish sowing oats. Now you can hear
the gce-haw in every direction, preparing
the land for corn and cotton. Farming In
this neighborhood is earlier this Spring
than last, aud from what see and hear, 1
think the Farmers have determined TO make
greater efforts to make good crops and re-
duce their expenses to the lowest point
They will dispense with many luxuriss that
heretofore they thought were necsssarie''
and will live economically until they have
paid their debts and have their supplies on
hand for the next year. Then, with cash
In hand, they will see what luxurie' they
can afford, and be more careful in buyio8.
I hear that the amount Of fertilizers
brought into this vicinity is much less than
for wears pa,t. Many farmers say they
will not use a sack this Spring. They have
more home made manure, and NEST OF them
will return the cotton seed to the SOIL 70
enrich it. This is q move that will enrich
both the farmer aud his land, in the near
, future.
Wheat is backward aud don't seem to
grow off well, but that is no sign, at TINS
= time, that we shall have poor crop.
Fall sowed oats look fine, but not many
. were put in but large quantity of Sprint
n oats were sowod.
think it cool idea to adopt rotation
Il of feed crops-corn, oats, rye, kahr corn
+ peas, millet, aud any other things that VII
-.--,oe .o-- .n,ishh- nm time. ksf
,s fir corn is splendid for stock. An acre o
D. it will give more feed than two of other corn
You can plant it four times as thick an
70 the head is almost equal to an ear Of etho
h corn. 1t will grow on land that would no
,r produce nasbns. Hogs and poultry ar
Is fond of it, Try patch this yosr. whel
i the heads get in "roasting ear" cut then
& off, then cut down the stalks and fee
Of them to the stock
y Permit me to call our worthy Count
n Comu ,&sioners' attention to the crossing O
o lzraers Creek, on the" Skull Shoals road
Somebody ought to fix it, as it is in dc
It plorable condition. 1t is one of the mos
70 important roads in the County and tn
.r town of Union is deeply interested in hav
i ing it kept in good travelling order.
q Our mails are very irregular Sometime
D, we don't get the TINES until it is four day
4 old. Whose fault is it? J.T.A.
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that we have i3 this county, .kno%n SS
for the Office of U. s. Marshal for this
State. We learn that MIR il. Strain has
sent forward his application for the posi-
ton, endorsed by somc of tho best men
in the upper part of the State. Mr..
Strain would fill the Office well and nc be-
lisve his appointment would give satisfac-
tion to the people, if President Harrison
decides not to reappoint the present in
cumbent, who has so faithfully and salts
factorily filled that important position the
past four years.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-22

THREE YoUNo MEN OF CHARLOTTE Char.
lotts, March l6.-Thres young men-W.lter
BROOKS, Russell Williams and Jesse Candle
have just returned home from a Now
York trip which has been q bitter exneri.
ence to them. The young men had been
led to believe, from reading confidential
circulars and letters from 4 certain Now
York sharper, that tho trip to Americ,s
metropolis would be all that was necessary
to insure them their fortune. They hal
been convinced that their man IN that c;tv
could and would actually give them one
thousand dollars for ono hundred. Tbi,
money th,y were told was counterfeit, bpt
couldn't be detected even by an expert. A,
1t was made on Government plates These
young men induced many of their friend,
to resort to the scheme Of doubling tbcir
m ney, and they started on their fortune.
bunting expedition with hcavy purse,
Last week they met their man in New York
according TO engagement, in a private room
Tho number and street the young men can.
not remember. The money was all sati,-
fac,orily exchanged and the boys were very
well pleased over their big trado, but when
they started to so out rcvolvers held by al.
men confronted them, and they were com.
PEELED to give up their money and leave
quietly. They elesraphed friend, at homo
10 send Them money to come home
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-22
TnE STAMPEDE OF THE Boomers. Chic,

THE STAMPEDE OF THE BooMERs.
go, March IA special from Oklahoma.
Indian Territory, says:
The boomers are routed. Lieut.. Carson
commanding troop G of the 5th, cavalry
arrived hero to-day from Fort Reno. The
~ou!d-be settlers wero warned cf the sol
diers coming and fled in every direction
Several hundred, however, were surrounded
by The troopers, who drove them before
them like cattle, men, women, children
and teamstors.~ uses, tents, dug out
claims, foundations and marks were do.
s'royed. 1t is said thet Hill has been ar
rested. The rest oftLe party will be con.
vcycl to the Kansas line and tbcre di,mis,.
ed, though their property may be confsca,ed.
Capt Hayes with troop is marching
southward from Kansas, and will take
oil the boomers who may fall into his hands
TO tho Texas line. The boomers are de-
mor'lizcd. but it is feared their leaders
may rally them, and they outnumber tho
troops Serious trouble might ensue."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-22

PUBLIC HARDsHIP.-ConsiIer in
convenience has been caused recently bv
The failure Of the regular passenger train
on the Columbia 4 Greenvlle Railroad I,
wait on the regular train from Charleston
on the South Carolina Railway. |, i, sad
that If the regular passenger train on The
South Carolina Railway is late fys
minutes or longer the Cnlumbia ami
dreen7ille train leaves Columbia, and
the authorities refuse TO ho.d tho
train until tho Charleston train a-r,yes
The Atlantic Coast Line train [ oe, not
make connection. and hence passengers
from Charleston to points beyond Colun,hia
on the Columbia and Greenville and tbo
Spartanhurg and Uuion railroads are COM
pelled to stay over in Columbia day when
the train on the South Carolina Railway is
fve minutes late. This is great inconye-
nience, and is hoped that the management
OF the Richmond g. Danville system will
look into the matter and have the wrong
remedied. The refusal on the part of tho
authorities in charge of the Columbia and
Greenville and Spaitanburg and Union di-
vision to wait for the Charleston train.
which takes passengers every day for tho
up country, IS the source Of n great deal OF
annoyance and trouble and il should be
looked into and remeded. Sunday Neus.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-22
IN, work Of .As Evangelist.

Ns,er before has Union experienced
sueh . general md solemn religious revi-
val a, has beei} aroused BY the earnest
ELOQUENT and iAspiriDg preaching OF tho
Evangelist T. IN Leiteb, who has labored
constantly and ti,h untiripg zeal fer three
week, in the Methodist church; and we
,.ud the gratifying news to every true
.h-;.,;,u in ,ba land, that God has album
dainty Sl,.sed bic lsbors and through hi"
Trough, mSauk ksiunsrsto the foot OF the
cro,a' confessi jr. sins and profss'ins
faith iu tn. tsfa ah Saviour Jesus. ohfi''
4 D,, and pIght the church has been crow
ded to oveIfowing, aud the interest In 'h'
services gfows more intense and ior'e"' 80
: the services continue.
= There appears to be no abatement In .ne
a earnest working Of the great EVsnge''s''
or tho solemn interest felt by the large
g CONGREGATIONS who daily listen to MN
ii TruIv m,y we believe that God is in ou
We midst, o.lling sinners to repentance An'
s. u.ny hive answered, Lord what shall
hs do to be saved
n We rgret to learn that tho services WI
IN, e,.se not Sunday night, as Mr.. Lsi'oh ha
ip- other engagements to fill. God grant tha
tho graf work he has commenced "'
els grew i, strength in every heart until
les who hive professed, aud call themselv'
in cbri,,ims, shall be called to their hnai r
AXE ward. -,
,ads Up'to wedns'dsy night eighty-nin' ha'
ora ,..n odas-1tsihe ofs,rches of the town aI
cru ti&fss4f IMPORT Ssasstion before the close
for the meeti&s.
Will We can Sruly say that Mr.. Lsitch b
ros- done gloriss work in the town of Unio
for his Lord and, Master for which he CT
IL only receive the full measure of his rewar
'u' when God shall soy to him, "come
tue higher"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-22

Bay The following go.ahead towns have
each an organized Cotton Mill Company,
with capital stock ranging from $50 900 to
100000: Chester, Laurens, Winnsboro,
Spartanburg Green " ood. and Ninety-six. In
all the absve places tho stock has been sub
scribed, charters obtained and work on the
buildings will commence in few weeks. We
believe all these mills are 10 be run by steam
like the one spoken of some years ago, to be
built in Union but il is confidently ex.
pected that all of them will he in operation
long before the first nslallmen: is paid TO-
ward the Union MIL.
Don be too sure Of that, gentlemen. II
The people OK this little town should get !,
INTO their heals this Spring that u cotton
mill must and shaN be built. they wonld
rush it through, if no proviSo prevented.
They're hard to start, but when they do
start, they, well,-they start
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-22

MIR. EDIToR.-Please allow me space in
your columns, to say that on yesterday, 18th
lust, we had The pleasure of having with
us the Rev. Mr.. Hope, of the Presbyterian
Church in this town.
The Rev. Mr.. Lampley of the while
Baptist Church had promised to preach for
us' but an arrangement Wa, male between
himself and Mr.. Hope for the latter I. fill
the appointment. He was ACCOMPANIED nv
Mr Murphy, and both gentlemen were con-
Quoted by the Pastor into the church. Sing.
ing and prayer was CO nductcd by the Pastor:
after which the Rev. gentleman read and
expat'a'cl on The 81 Chapter of St. John.
Gospel, which he divided int, three parts.
VIZ: The New Biath. Faith and Sancti6c,-
tlon. The discourse was interesting. in
structins nnl elifying. Oar doors will be
opened tD any Of our white brethren a, anv
time who would accept an invitation TO
"come over aud help u.s." Ia behalf of
'he o'ngrcSi'i'n We would say to the Rev.
gentleman, dear Brother, "comc again.
c. J NICHOLS,
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aEA- Last Sunday night DR.. Meador wa.

seA- Last Sunday night DR.. Meador was
disturbed by hearing an animal groaning
pear the house, and after satisfying himself
that it was ne, in his horse lot, he retired;
but the next morning he found a mule be-
longing to Capt Farr, lying dead in the
yard. How he got there is q mystery to
the thoughtful; but it is thought the animal
must have had the toothache, and went to
the doctor for relief
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-22

my" We had a pleasant visi. last Satur-
day from Mr.. John Bishop, of Gainesville,
Fla., son Of our esteemed friend, Jesse
Bishop, of Jpnesville, who was on q short
leave of absence, to visit his parents. John
is holding n position on o railroad and
seems to think Florida is destined to be u
great State, notwithstanding the serious
setback it had in q few places last year
from Yellow fever.