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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-14
Food Fishes vs.. Predatory.

A Western Journal truly observes that
the attempts to stock rivers and ponds
with valuable fishes for food are in many
cases rendered nugatory by the number
and voracity Of the predatory varieties.
The Missouri Fish Commissioners are
now engaged in successful warfare on
predatory fishes on Lake Creve Cnur,
situated about thirty miles from St.
Louis. They have a seine 800 feet
long and eight or ten feet wide, with
which the lake is dredged daily. The
gars, cat, buffalo fish, drum fish and tur-
ties are destroyed, while the food fishes
are returned to the lake. Nearly 10O,000
predatory fish have been destroyed, and
when these are thinned out sufficiently,
Young and valuable food fishes VIII be
introduced
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-14
A Romance of Tennessee.

A Nashville (Tenn.) dispatch says:
A suit to recover fourth interest in an
estate, reckoned at $500, 700, filed in the
Davidson county courts, recalls rom
nnce of unusual interest. Isaac Frank
lin was once the richest man in the
South, owning four big plantations. At
his princely home he kept visitors
register, and one day party of young
Nashville people on frolic, called and
inscribed their names. Adecilia Hayes,
the then belle of the South, was one of
these, and, careless of consequences,
wrote opposite her name her intention
of setting her cap" for old man Frank
lin. The rich widower was caught in
the trap, and married Miss Hayes.
Franklin soon died, leaving young aud
lovely widow worth 81, 900, 000. Some
time later Joseph Ackl9n, young law
yer of Huntsville, Ala, proposed to
party of friends that if they would give
him 81 900 for expenses he would en-
snare the wealthy widow. Acklen was
smart and handsome, and his friends
provided him with the requisite cash.
With a show of wealth Acklen laid siege
to the heart of Mrs. franklin, and soon
they were married They built coun-
try home called Belmont" superb
place, surrounded by seventy-five acres
of ornamented grounds, with conserva-
tories, music hall, billiard pagoda, and
geological garden, and entertained
regally. Acklen died during the war,
leaving four children, one of whom,
Hon. Joseph H. Acklen, formerly a
member of Congress from Louisiana, is
plaintiff in the suit spoken Of Mrs.
Acklen, some time later, married DIR.
W. b. Chatham, of this city. Fifteen
hundren invitations were issued, and
many guests from Europe were present
at the nuptials. After the war Mrs.
Cheatham sued the government for
81, 200, 900 for damages to cotton crop,
and won her case. Her attorney was
the Confederate general, Gideon J.
Pillow, who was to receive 500, 900 as
his fee, but the widow demurred and
the demurrer was sustained. Since then
the estate has wasted away until, when
Mrs. Cheatham recently died at the
9TH Avenue Hotel, in New York, it was !
not estimated to be worth more than
$500, 900, for fourth interest in which |
young Acklen bring suit.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-14
Food for shipwrecked seamen.

At the French Academy of Sciences
the Prince of Monaco read an interesting
paper, showing that shipwrecked seamen
who have to take to the boats without
provisions on the high seas can obtain
food from the ocean itself by trailing a
dag-net made Of any light stuff along
tie surface during the night. The net
viii in the morning be fonnd to contain
some small shell fish available for food
In the sea to the west of the Azores the
vegetable matter on the surface teens
with animal life and fish which are ca
pable OF affo-sling substantial nutri.
ment.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-14
TuE hcaItb-giyipr influence Of noun.

THE hcalth-giving influence of noun
tain air has long been recognized, but
the most emphatic Endorsement OF the
"Highland Cure Plan" is now furnished
by the report of Prof. @. M. Woodford,
who passed several months among the
cannibals of the Solomon Islands. The
main island of the group, he informs us,
is inhabited by connoisseurs in man.
meat, who select their victims from the
hill tribes of the neighboring isles, hav-
ing found their flavor as superior to that
of the coast-dwellers as venison is to
veal.
A LARGE deer with great branching
horns entered the barnyard of @. VIII
son, near Burgettstown, Penn, and at
tackled little girl, knocking her down
and breaking one of her arms. The
mother, coming to her child S assistance,
was also attacked by the animal and
badly hurt, but stranger riding by and
seeing the trouble rushed to the relief of
the woman and child, and by lucky
shot from his revolver killed the animal.
1t was probably driven to desperatian by
hunger.
IlME WOIhS queer CiliilycS. IlSlllctH
years ago Miss Tennie G. Clahin was in
Ludlow-street Jail. She was incarcera-
ted there on charge Of obscenity. Now
she is Lady by act of Parliament, or,
in other words, the wife of knight
She married wealthy money broker
and dealer in India goods in London,
and he was knighted. Tcnnie G. Olaf
lin, fortune-teller and heroine of New
York Police Courts, has, therefore, be.
come Lady Cook.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-14
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Funny Episodes and Thrilling Ad-
ventures Which Show That Truth
is Stranger Than Fiction.

HE city of Jerusalem is
growing in size and pop
ulation at a remarkable
rate. New buildings are
rising daily; churches,
gardens and institutes
Of various kinds are fill
ing out the formerly des-
olate neighborhood to
the distance of half an
an hours walk beyond
the old limits of the CITY.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-22
LEGISLATIVE PRocE .DiNes.


ST. PAUL, March ia number of
petitions against the. usury bin were the
first business of the senate yesterday
morning. After that the introduction of
bills went on. and Senator Simpsons
bill for settlement between some school
land in Polk county passed under sus
pension of the rules. After some more
routine business Clough called up the
Minnehaha state park bill, and after
hearty discussion it passed by a vote of
~ to IL. The bill provides for an appro-
priation of 800, 900 for the purchase of
the park, which Is to be turned over TO
the city of Minneapolis improvement at
the price paid by the state. Bills were
then passed providing for the employ
ment of convicts; compelling employers
of ladies to furnish them with seats.
The house transacted no business be-
yond the introduction of bills and re-
commencing two bills in committee of
the whole.
ST.. PAUL, March l9.-The first half
hour of the serete session was devoted to
local measures A resolution was passed
requiring the house to return the resolu-
ton to adjourn April 10. Representative
Hays grand jury bill was passed and the
Holiday bill was voted down when the
calendar was completed. Senator Day
was granted permission to introduce q
bill to execute criminals by electricity.
It was referred to the retrenchment and
refoIm committee. At noon the senate
recessed until 8 o'clock, when they met
and adjourned till morning.
In the house there was bitter debate
over the resolution to investigate alleged
abuses by the Manitoba road. The reso-
luton finally passed by a vote of 81 to 10.
In the evening the Judiciary committee
listened to arguments in the matter of
the meat inspection bill, but came to no
conclusion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-22
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The charter amendments bill for Man.
kato passed the House Thursday.
The bill providing for the inspection
of cattle, sheep and swine before being
slaughtered, introduced by Senator
Scheffer in the senate and by Mr.. Forbes
in the house, was the subject of discus
sion before the house and senate judici-
airy committees In the house chambers
Thursday afternoon. The bill has ex-
cited the greatest degree of interest of
any measure that has vet been before
the legislature and brought the largest
delegation Of citizens before the commit
tees. The lobby which it has congre-
gated at the state capital, is certainly the
largest of any during the session, and it
is not improbable that 1t will prove the
most powerful on both sides. A num-
Der of speeches were made, the e.
ing by Gordon E. Cole, the authoI w.
bill. A large number of farmers were
present, and listened with close atten-
ton to Mr.. Coles points. Gen. San
born, who represents the firm of Armour
& Co., asked that subs, quent meeting
be held for the purpose of hearing the
opposition. This was granted and an
adjournment taken until tonight.
Globe: Some senators succeeded Thurs
day in passing bill which does gross
injustice to several people; bill which
cannot possibly benefit the state or the
people, and which looks rather like a
job to enable somebody to get park at
much less than its value. The, senate
played the cats paw act to Minneapolis
monkey IN bold manner, and succeed
ed in fishing the chestnut out of the fire
in good shape. One instance of the i'll
justice done is in the case of Mrs. God
frey's property, which was appraised at
$4,000. Mrs. Godfrey sold nearly half
of it shortly after for $4,000 to the city
of Minneapolis. Another tract cost $780,
775 in 1873. and is appraised at SIG, 500;
another, which cost $3.50, is appraised
at s., 800, and third, which cost S. 240
at 81, 800. If there had not been some
deal in connection with the bill, it would
seem strange that body of presumably
intelligent men would pass such meas
ure. The result will undoubtedly he, as
opposing senators claimed, that the
state will be led into career of wildly
extravagant expense for maintaining the
park, as there Is no guarantee that Min
neapolis will take it. The house has
now a chance to exercise its common
sense and sustain the unlucky thirteen
who opposed the bill in the senate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-22

A ST.. PAUL firm has patented a ma
chine for doing the voting for the sover-
elgn citizens of this republic, which is
guaranteed to do its work without fear
or favor and is not possibly affected by
the bulldozer or the vote buyer. 1t has
the merit of being the invention ofsome
sharp American citizen, and while we
are not prepared to endorse it. believ-
ing that the old style of ballotlng ifprop-
erly conducted is the right and only one
contemplated by the constitution, this
new tangled affair might do if there has
to be a change. A bill has been intro
duced in the Michigan legislature pro-
vlding for its use. There are to be four
machines at each voting place, one fol
Presidential electors, one for state, one
for county, and one for city or ward tick
cts. The machine is the Rhines patent
and is operated like typewriter, the
name of the candidate being on one o.
the keys. The parties furnishing the
machines are to be put under $50,0Ot
bonds that each machine operates per
fectly. For candidate to get his name
on one of the keys he must furnish .
certificate that he has been regularly
nominated. and pay stipulated price
from $40 to $50, according to the import
ance of the office. A lot of penalties ar,
incorporated in the bill for monkeyinI
with the machine. 1t is supposed tina
an attempt will be made to have tn
machine adopted in this state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-22
FOR THE STATE FAIR.

1t seems to have been decided that
there will be no more sham battles at the
State fairs, but President Bushnell and
the board of State fair managers propose
to have competitive drill during the
coming fair, if co operation by the State
is assured. At the last meeting of the
managers the proposition was made and
discussed and the feasibility of the plan
agreed upon. After the matter was de-
cided upon Mr.. Bushnell addressed q
letter to the colonel Of each regiment
stating that special premiums would be
offered to encourage competition, and
asking for suggestions upon the matter.
A letter was also addressed to the cap
tain of each company asking whether
such drill would meet with the approx
al of the men who form the national
guard. Mr.. Bushnell is of the opinion
that the drill would not only be of great
benefit to the guards, but would prove
an attraction at the fair. People will
certainly be pleased to see the regiments
composing the guard together, and no
where would such an opportunity be of
fered as at the State fair, when thou
sands from every portion of the State
would be here. Those who cannot 60 to
the annual encampment could see the
military force of the State in all it's gran
deur and glory, and besides the boys
would have an opportunity to show what
they could do.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-22
NEW GAM z LAW.

Col. Brush, of the special legislative
committee on game laws, has drafted a
most comprehensive game law, includ-
ing all forms of game which the law de-
signs to protect, and providing adequate
means for its enforcement. Under this
law the season during which the vari-
GUS forms of feathered game may be
killed will be as follows:
Woodcock, July to Oct. 81.
Prairie chicken, white-breasted or
sharp-tailed grouse, Aug. 20 to Nov. 30.
Quail, partridge, ruffled grouse, pleas
ant, Sept. l to Nov. 80.
Wild duck, goose or brant, Aug. 20. to
April Is.
For the violation of any feature of this
part of the law the fine is to be from $40
to $25 for each bird, or, in lieu of fine,
imprisonment for from ten to thirty
days, and possession of the game is
made prima facie evidence of a violation
of the law.
Elk, moose and deer may be killed on
ly in the month of November. and hun.
ters are to be allowed till Dec. Is to get
ton is punishable by fine of from $50 to
SIS, or imprisonment from thirty TO six
~ days, for each animal and possession
as before is prima facie evidence of guilt.
The law provides that no snares, traps
or nets may be used, nor any artificial
lights, nor any deception whatever.
Section provides that no game shall
be exported or carried from the state,
subject to fine of $40 to $75, and this is
to apply to railroads and express COM
panies or their employees. Section 6
provides that no hunter shall enter or
allow his dogs to enter any standing
grain, not his own, nor shall he hunt on
any land after being forbidden. Viola
ton of this section is punishable by fine
| of $40 to $50, and it does not prevent &C
ton for trespass. Section makes sher-
| ifs, constables, marshals and police the
game wardens of the territory over
which they have jurisdiction, and all
! fines collected are to 60 to the warden
| for all cases in which he secures convic-
ton. In other cases half the fine goes
to the person giving the evidence and
half to the county treasury. Section
compels any justice before whom affida-
| Wit is made that any one has violated the
i law, to issue a search warrant, and il
any game is found it is made necessity
for the county to prosecure. Section s
/ provides that any officer refusing or neg.
/ iecting to act under the law is guilty OF
| malfeasance and unfit to hold his Office
The law has been most carefully
drawn, and it is thought to be self-oper.
alive. 1t will be introduced early this
i uank
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-22
DRESSED BEEF.
Senators and Representatives Hear
More Debat

More Deb ate.
ST. PAUL, March 16.-Gen. Sanborn
addressed the house and senate judici-
airy committees last night on the Scheff-
er meat inspection bill. His arguments
were against it. He opposed it for
these reasons:
First-It establishes careless, useless
and varying local inspection by one
neighbor of his neighbours cattle, for a
fee paid by the neighbor, and abolishes
for this state the perfect inspection
which is made at Kansas City and Chi
cago.
Second-Because it shuts out of sale in
this state Chicago and Kansas City
dressed beef, which the records show to
have been the purest and best in the
market, and substitutes this carelesslv
inspected local product.
Third-It compels every farmer who
is going to kill pig, calf or lamb that he
wants to sell pound of, to hunt up an
inspector and pay HIM fee.
Fourth-Because it will reduce the
price of cattle alive; it will diminish the
demand from Chicago by the amount
sold from there in Minnesota and by the
nations. This will cut the price in Chi.
cago at least Is per cent. The supply
will remain the same The Montans
steer will stand on this market for sale
at price Is per cent less than he does
now. And no Minnesota butcher will
buy cattle at any higher price than IL
per cent. below the present price.
Fifth-This bill commences at the
wrong end to increase the price of live
cattle. That can only be done by cut
ting down the supply, the demand re
manning the same. Shut out Montan.
cattle if you want higher prices. Thi
bill cuts off demand and leaves supply
1.-THE same. That will never raise price,
of cattle.
Sixth-It will increase the price o
beef to the consumer; it will cut of thu
Idressed beef supply from Chicago, ant
leave the local butchers to fix their owl
lprice for the beef. They say that the,
can't make money now. They com
plain that they must have larger differ
fence between the price of cattle and tn,
price of beef for their profit. There j
no way this profit can be legislated on
for them but by reducing the price O
cattle and increasing the price of beef
That is what this bill is for. Will yo'
do itP
Seventh-The inspection fees the pro
ducers of the State will pay under thi
bill will amount to something like 700
539. 80. Add to this expense and annoy
ance TO the producer himself, who mus
: travel after and get an inspector With
, Twenty four hours of the time he kill
any calf or pig from which he intends
sell pound.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-22
HARRISON IS PRESIDENT.

The yarn told by the Chicago Times
the other day of the rupture" between
the president and Mr.. Blaine over the
matter of foreign appointments was, of
course, greatly exaggerated and made
impossible. Still there is ground for be-
lief that there was some. basis for the re-
port, and it is a conspicuous illustration
of the fact that President Harrison has a
policy of his own and has his own man
ner of deciding appointments. The
story goes that Whitelaw Reid and vii
liam Walter Phelps were both aspirants
for important foreign appointments, Mr..
Reid desiring the English mission and
Mr.. Phelps preferring to 90 to Paris;
that Secretary Blaine informed them
that he could not appoint them both to
those two leading mirsions, as the APP
pointments would be regarded as his
personal appointments, and that it
would not be expedient to make them;
that, therefore, he would be glad to have
Mr.. Reid and Mr.. Phelps settle between
themselves what should be don, and
who should be recommended to the
State Department for first-class mis-
sion, and which one, that Mr.. Blaine in
formed the President what he had done
and what he had suggested to the two
gentlemen named, and that the Presi-
dent expressed regret that he should
have done so, as he had in mind anoth-
er gentleman for the English mission.
Whatever may be the truth of these re-
ports, the English mission is not yet fill
ed. But it is evident that William Wal
ter Phelps is to be neither Minister to
England nor to Farnce. He has been
appointed member of the Samoan con-
ference to meet at Berlin, together with
the Hon. ]. A. Kasson and Geo. II.
Bate, of Delaware. The latter was spe-
cial Commissioner to Samoa early in the
Cleveland administration, and is under
stood to entertain the views as to the
proper policy with respect to Samoa,
which will be advocated by this admin
istration. The appointment of Phelps to
this place unquestionably takes him out
of the list of candidates for first-class
mission. Whether his acceptance of
this Commissionership will advance the
chances of Mr.. Reid is not clear. Those
who are near to the President are of the
opinion that Mr.. Reid will not be APP
pointed to the English mission, and
that, if he desires mission, he will be
compelled to content himself with some
other.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-22

the State prison from $50, 600 to SIC, 900;
the agricultural college from SOL, 600 to
$4,000. These items represent those
which have suffered most substantially
at the hands of retrenchment, but only
a few of the 40 odd bills have escaped
cut. Among the appropriations asked
for, but rejected altogether, $100, 600 for
the Historical Society, $12, 900 for third
regiment to be created and $30, 900 for
normal training in the high schools, are
the most important. In few instances
the amounts asked for have been raised
a few thousand dollars. Thus the labor
bureau is allowed SIG, OO0, instead of $10,-
600, and the farmers institute 5000,
instead of $4,000. But, with these un-
important exceptions, the reduction is
as sweeping as it lis general.
The committee recommends that pro-
vision for the amount to be appropriated
be made by raising the tax levy for the
revenue fund to mills per annum.
OF course the report will be received
with great disappointment by those di-
rectly interested in the appropriations
asked for but d,sallowed. For instance,
Mankato will greatly mourn if her nor
NAL school is only gwen the sum OF 81
COO for repairs to the old building and
no aid given for the new additions so
much needed, and before the bill passes
the subject will doubtless be more
strongly presented. But we are not by
any means alone in our misery. st.
Cloud is allowed 81, 900 for repairs while
Winona has her ladies' home scheme
knocked out and the increase in her
current expenses cut down to $1,000.
Moorhead is given $21 900, which of
course only allows the completion of
work already under way. OF course
when these matters come up in. tbe SEN
ate there will be strong fight made,
and there will be. chance to remedy
some of the inequalities which appear
In the situation now.
But in the midst of the disappointment
there ought to be general satisfaction
that halt is being taken In the reckless
which has placed the State
in not very fattering financial condi-
ton. The times are hard, and the State
does we'll TO practice economy. Let the
taxpayer have a chance to get his second
wind, and there will be no time lost in
for all needful and deserving
"R. and R." is herself
once more, and the members of the COM
mittee which has been 30 fearless and
in this work deserve
thanks from every citizen and tax
payer.