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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-02-19
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

An Innocent Man Kept in Prison for Over
Twenty Years.
George Stottler is life convict in the
Michigan City penitentiary. He has
done penal service for the State since
1853. Stottler's friends have been tire
less in their efforts to secure his release,
and it begins to look now as though
Stottler was convicted on periured testi-
mony, and that the State will be Obliged
to release from its service an innocent
man.
The crime for which Stottler was sent
up was terrible one. He was a coun-
tryman near Anderson, and was always
looked upon as tough character. The
crime was committed in 1868. Stottler,
1t is alleged, tried to borrow horse
from an old man named Isanoget. 1t
was refused him. He then went to An
derson, bought knife and got drunk.
Returning in the evening, he went to
the lsanoget residence and started a
row in the house. Isanoget had two
sons, whose ages were twenty and six
teen years respectively. The older of
the boys started to put Stottler out of the
house, but the young man was stabbed
through the heart. The younger bow
attempted to prevent Stottler from kill
ing his brother, and started to interfere
in his behalf. Young 1sanoget had no
sooner got within reach of the infuri-
ated and blood-thirsty hend than he too
received stab through the heart
which killed him instantly. Stottler
then threatened to kill the whole fam
lily, which consisted of the old man
1sanoget, his wife and two or three
small children. The old man. who was
an invalid, saw that it was question of
life or death for all of them, and by a
desperate effort overpowered the fiend
and disarmed him. He was sentenced
for life.
Stottler has protested his innocence
from the time he was arrested on the
terrible charge, claiming that he was q
victim of mistaken identity. 1t ap-
pears that the testimony of the Isanoget
girl was what convicted Stottler. The
girl died last spring, and now come the
attorneys for Stottler, who claim that
they have her affidavit stating that the
testimony she gave during the trial was
talseACor. St Louis Republic.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-02-19
BEN'S SISTER.
She Certainly Was Worth Her
Weight in Gold.
"Ben! most six o'clock"

''Ben! most six o'clock"
eyes"
Breakfasts all ready"
'1'm coming as quick as I can"
The door at the foot of the stairs
closed with slight bang, and Ben dis
contentedly stretched himself.
''I'm sick of that old mill. Droning
and droning there day after day; never
seeing any thing, and getting such mis-
cradle pay"
q He forgot to think, as he slowly
dressed himself, that no very long time
had elapsed since he had thought him
self very lucky fellow in getting sit
uation at the mill, with prospect of
better wages if he proved himself faith
full and capable.
Hurry, now; you've no time to lose, "
said Susan, following him to the gate
after he had finished his breakfast.
'Work begins pretty prompt, doesn't
it?''
''Prompt? Yes, guess it does, and
keeps up pretty prompt all day. Work,
work, work. all the time. Jim Slade saws
a smart fellow can get twice as much
pay for half as much work in the city,
and have chance of seeing something
little lively, too"
''But you wouldn't think of going any
where to leave mother and me, Benz"
:,Praps would for awhile, Sue, if l
could make lots of money for you. And
then you and mother'd come to where l
was. Wouldn't that be fine? But must
60 now"
Susan stood for few moments at the
gate with heavy misgiving at her
heart. Ben had seemed unsettled ever
since Jim Slade had come home from
the city, taking less interest in his
work, and appearing less anxious than
formerly to do his best. She did not
know that Jim's reason for coming
home to take little rest just now, as
he had given out, had been a dismissal
from his situation under circumstances
which he was anxious to keep hidden
from his country friends; and that his
strong interest in her brother Ben arose
from the fact of his guessing that he
had little money laid by, and feeling
DESTROYS of sharing it with him through
coaxing him to return to the city with
him. But Susan had an Instructive dis
trust for Jim, and had not liked to see
his growing intimacy with Ben.
She looked anxiously after her brother
Is he took his way along the pretty
mountain. ''I'd like to work in that
mill myself-such nice one," she said,
half laughing at the idea. She had q
boyish taste for strong, large things,
and had been greatly interested in i'm.
provements which Mr.. Graves had made
in his saw-mill, new machinery and con.
veniences which were novelties to the
country folk. s GU ~ zs.zf~
At dinner-time Ben seemed restless
and uneasy, avoiding her eye, she fan:
cied, and talking in quick, excited
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-02-19
PASSING AWAY.

was 1t the chime of tiny bell
ahat came so sweet to my dreaming ear,
LIKE the stlvery tones of fairys shell
Inat he winds On the beach so mellow and
clear
When the winds and the waves lie together
asleep,
And the moon and the fairy are watching the
deep,
She dispensing her sllvery light,
And he his notes. as silvery quite.
While the boatman listens, and ships his Our
To catch the music that comes from the
shore?
Hank! the notes in my ear that play
Are set to the words-as they float they say:
Passing away! Passing away!'
But no, 1t was not a fairy's shell
Blown on the beach, so mellow and cl ear:
Nor was it the tongue OF silver bell
Striking the hour, that filled my eur,
AS lay in my dream; yet it was chime
That told of the How of the stream of time,
For beautiful clock from the ceiling hung,
And u plump little girl for pendulum
swung,
As you have sometimes seen in a little ring.
That hangs In his cage. canary bird swing
And she held in her bosom a budding bou.
quet,
And, as she enjoyed it, she seemed to say:
Passing away! Passing away!'
Oh. how bright were the wheels, that told
OF the lapse Of time. as they moved round
slow!
And the hands, as they swept DER the dial OF
gold,
Seemed to point to the girl below.
Ana 10! she had changed; in few short
Her bouquet had become a garland OF
flowers,
That she held In her outstretched hands, and
flung
Vhie vo1 ora <ho< -. .,..
IN the tuIinesS OF grace and womanly pride,
That told me she soon was to be bride
Yet then, when expecting her happiest day,
In the same sweet voice heard her say:
Passing away! Passing away!'
While gazed at that fair ones cheek a
OF thought or care stole softly over,
Like that by cloud in a summers day
made,
Looking down ON a field of blossominx
clover.
Had something lost of it's brilliant blush;
And the light in her eye, and the light on
the wheels
That marched so calmly round above her,
Was little dimmed as when evening
Upo1 moons hot face; yet one couldn't but
For she looked like mother, whose first
babe lay
Rocked ON her breast, as she swung all day
And she seemed in the same silver tone to
say:
Passing away! Passing awayY'
While yet I looked what u change there
came!
Her eye was quenched and her cheek was
wan,
STOPPING and stuffed was her withered frame
Yet, just as busily swung she on;
The garland beneath her had fallen to dust
The wheels above her were eaten with rust,
The hands that over the dial swept
Grew crooked and furnished, but on they
kept;
And still there came that silver tone
From the shriveled lips of the toothless
crOne,
Let me never forget to my dying day
The tone or the burden of her lay 49,.
Passing away! Passing away"
John Pierpont
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-02-19

Duh 10 JOIN MIN. IL had fallen upon
morsel of sawdust in which it had
smoldered, appearing at first to take but
little hold.
But 1t sometimes seems as though in
duences for mischief are carefully fos-
tered by the hand which works evil
alone, for the glowing spark reached
from one to another grain of sawdust,
growing stronger with every moment.
The office was only corner in the mill
rallied OIL by high balustrade of light
pine. Every thing was in an unfinished
state, and it CHANGED that waste bask-
ct OF loose papers and a pile of dry shay
ings lay close to the hidden foe.
Into these it leaped just as Susan an
preached. and the dread flame few up
before her. With every sense called
into active play by the sudden emer-
gency, the young girl sprang towards a
hose connected with force-pump fed
by stream from high up the mountain
side. Ben had shown it to her with great
pride one day before Jim Slade came.
dashing the water about and wettinq
her from head to foot, in displaying its
convenience for putting out fire. if fire.
should come.
The hose was only few steps from
her, and as sho caught it in her hand
she fully expected to put out the fire
| without difficulty, but in the same mo-
ment it burst into fierce flame. blazing
far above her head. With loud cries
Tor nelp she ran cut Of the Office, still !,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-10
TOWN TOPICS.

The Home Plate yelled "Boodle clip
30 loudly yesterday that Third street
will probably be crowded with people
looking for some of it. 1t is dangerous
In these dull times to cry boodle-just
as dangerous as it is to yell fire in a
crowded theater.
Speaking of clubs, Ex-Gov. Pillsbury
says the old-fasbioned hickory sapling
Is the only schoolmaster's club he ever
heard of before.
Capt. c. c. Bennett seems determined
TO drill Andy Lindquist, even if he has
to take him out on the prairie where
there is plenty of room.
A. J. Blethen, if newspaper accounts
can be believed. is developing into quite
slugger. The Tribune yesterday re.
lated how he bluffed off an irate officer
of the American Building and Loan as
ISOLATION. and the Times relates how he
fearlessly faced collector for an cleo
trio light company who was armed with
q bill, the proportions of which would
have caved an ordinary man into abject
humility.
1t is dollars to pretzels that the min
listers all know what Rabbi Marks said.
but of course they did not look at the
Sunday papers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-10

by what it believed to be right: the an
nails OF the temperance reform would
snow that the unions had been long
suffering, and had shown sisterly kind
ness and good will. Those sisters had
left because they thought they were
mlStreated, but there was proof that
tne conSiderateness and forebearance
OF the National W. G. T. q. was unpar-
alleled.n These words were enthu-
siastically applauded.
Mis-. LathrOp made a motion that the
action of the Iowa delegation in with
drawing from the N. w. G. 7. q. was
regretted, but urged the officers to or
ganize q ". G. T. u. In Iowa which
would be in harmony with the policy of
the national convention. Before put
tlng the motion the president said that
the minority in Iowa had shown great
patience. The motion was carried. The
president then requested Mrs. Carhart
to take seat in that delegation. A mo-
tion then prevailed that the good and
true women of Iowa who were present
as visitors fill the vacant chairs. On
motion of Mrs. Lathrop the thirty-three
new delegates were made the nucleus
OF the new union. They had attended
the entire session of the convention.
mrs. Carhart Was called to tha plat
form and made a short address, saw
ing that she believed the attitude of
the national the only right one. This is
the extent of the "hisses and jeers."
MRS. Foster admitted in open conven-
tloB that with the exception of one dele
gate all the demonstration had come
from the visitors. Whenever there
was the slightest indication of
confusion in the body of the convention
Miss Willard Silenced it with an en-
phatic use of the gavel. The peer of
the presiding officer for respectful. for
bearing, refined, gentle spirit of fair
ness does not live. As parliamentary
ian she stands at the front. We have
given truthful statement of the pro-
eeedings. How it is possible for Mrs.
Walker to discover storm is beyond
our knowledge. The w. C. 7. U. will
work on with its ever-increasing num-
bers For God and Home and Native
Land" Notwithstanding the false ac-
cusatiOns of its bitter enemies, the Iowa
delegates and their sympathiZers.
OHIO DELEGATE.
Broad Street, Columbus, o.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-10
IN COMMUNICATION.
Memorial Services in Honor
Of the Late Judge E. S.
Jones.
A Sudden Death, a Burglary,
and Several Small
Fires,
The Only Enlivening Features
of a Typical Reform
Sabbath.
The Eighth DAM Concert
Normanna Fair a Huge
Success.

The services at Plymouth church yes
nature, in honor of the late Judge E. S.
Jones. Judge Jones was prominent
member of Plymouth church, and in
speaking of him Rev. G. F. Thwing
rendered just tribute to his many
virtues. He spoke in substance as fol-
lows:
''Judge Jones possessed three promi-
nent characteristics. His first was
leadership. He was prominently
pioneer, always first among his
associates. Motherless at seven. father
less at ten, he was, in a great measure,
his own parent. He possessed all the
convictions, but was free from narrow
ness. His conceptions were large. His
moral nature was broad and intellectual.
With the will of Roman, he had the
nature of woman. Difficulties van
ished from before him. His judgment in
spired confidence. His opinions were
broad. He had the instinct of states
man and we'll trained mind. While a
public man, lie yet loved his home.
His second great quality was his
generosity. He looked upon money as
means of doing good. His generosity
was so broad that it were easier to tell
to what he did not give than to tell
what he gave. The extent of his char
ity no one knows. Where he spent
hundreds upon himself, he spent thous
ands upon others. He felt joy in
giving. He is dead, but he still lives.
His third characteristic was faith. He
loved God. He assented to the princi-
pies of Christian religion. He had an
abiding faith that all would come right.
He believed that God cared for the In
finitely small as well as for the infn-
itely great. He believed in the unseen
as well as in the seen. His faith was
piety, which did not soften into petism.
His earnestness was not narrowed into
bigOtry.
Judge Jones was a man of great
leadership. Foremost in duty, he trod
the stones of life into stairway 10
eternal life. His purse was large. but
his desires were larger. He left much,
but he took more. He was man who
loved good, and who showed that love
by caring for Gods children"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-10
THE FLAMBEAU CLUB.
1t Will Build a Handsome Club
House and INCORPORATE.

The Minneapolis Flambeau club held
a largely attended meeting Saturday
evening, and decided to incorporate,
with capital stock of $4,000. A list
was circulated among the members, and
$1,000 was subscribed toward the
amount. The usefulness of the club
will be extended by Increasing the mem
Dership, and by making of it more of a
political and social organization. pat
termed somewhat after the Union leagne.
The CLUB decided to erect a suita-
bic club house as soon as it
can be done, and committee
consisting of John 7. CalderwOod,
John y. Harris, Capt. John Amory. q.
b. Coffn.and Az. LoomiS was appointed.
This committee will attend to the pre-
liminaries, receive propositions from
owners of desirable sites. and have
building plans prepared. The club has
an active membership of about fifty.
who are among the best known and
most energetic business men of Mime
apolis. Now that the members have
decided to Incorporate, they expect To
have $50 working members in short
space of time, and make the institution
power to be felt in political circles.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-10
MUSIC AND RELIGION.
Rev. III. NJ. Simmons Discourses OIL
Harmonious Sounds.

Rev. III. NJ. Simmons Dlscourses on
Harmonious Sounds.
Rev. Fl. M. Simmons delivered an in
terestlng sermon at the First Unitarian
church yesterday morning. He said:
"Eyen the diversity of feelings about
music answered some Of the criticism
against religion. Religion is often crit
icized because there are so many con-
tiicting religious sects and opinions, and
so many people who have no religious
sense. But the same objections may be
made to music. Musical taste in Asia
Is quite different from that of Europe,
and the story is told of Persian listen
Ing with delight while Partisan Or
chestra tuned their instruments. but
leaving in disgust when they began to
play. After all the praise of the lark's
song. Haweis says that its excellence is
imaginary, and that the exact imitation
OF 1t is simply unpleasant. With all the
praise of the flute Cherubini said there
was only one thing worse than flute,
and that was two OF them. Even our
sacred piano, whose absence is supposed
to impOverish parlor, was called by
Helne an instrument of martyrdom
whereby the present elegant world is
racked and tortured for its ALLEGATIONS.
Wagner's name is signal for war; and
Rossini is said to have played part of
Lohengrin bottom up, saying it sounded
better that way. And many gifted
men have no musical sense at all. EN-
ersOn is said to have hardly known
one tune from another; and Richard
Grant. White tells of highly cultivated
manwithIa fine appreciat' on ofpoetry and
rhythm, who could yet see no difference
between Zone Hundred' and yankee
DOODLE" And yet with all these con-
tradictiOns, music is none the less true,
and is one of the most powerful things
in the world. And similar cOntradic-
tions in religion,a and the entire inability
of many to feel it, are of no more weight
against the truth and power of religion.
Another rich religious lesson of music
is of course that of harmony. Cud-
worth wrote on the "SvmphOny of Re-
ligiOns," and in the good time coming, all
sects will unite like great orchestra,
each using its own instrument and play
ing its particular part, but all blending
their strains in one divine music. Many
other lessons we might trace. When
Robert Falconer played at the little in
strument in that church, its keys, I'M
known TO him, were ringing the great
chime of bells and sent his music over
the VIII ole city. So the modest music of
beau tiful life sends its melody far be-
You'd the player, and carries its sweet
ness and blessing to all around; often
carries it to many who know him not,
as In the case HeIne tells of that leper
who had to live in seclusion. but whose
songs were on the lips of all Germany.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-10
NOBODY'S DARLING.
A Little WaIf Left to the Care of
Cruel World,

There was little surprise at the res
idence of Cyrus w. Crisman, 7S2 East
Fifteenth street, Saturday evening,
about o'clock. The door bell rang vio-
iently, and upon answering the sum-
mons, Mr.. Crlsman was not little as
tonished to find a market basket lying
upon the steps. AS he picked it up
there was a sound from its
depths, as If the contents consisted
of live animal matter. He carried it
carefully to the light, and, with the as
sistance of his wife, began to unpack
the affair. What was their surprise to
find that the basket contained little
waif only about four weeks of age. The
little girl baby set up a plaintive cry as
if begging to be comforted. Aside from
its human freight, the basket contained
several complete baby outfits,a package
of prepared infants food and bottle of
milk with the necessary attachment for
connection with the little puckered
mouth of the infant.
The kind-hearted couple decided to
keep the little one with them over night
and turn it over to the proper authori-
ties the next day. There was no writ
ing of any kind left with the basket, so
that it is impossible TO tell to whom 1t
belongs or why the particular house Sc
lected should have been the one to re-
ceiye the gift,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-10
MUSICAL MATTERS,
The Eighth Danz Concert-The
Inaugural Organ Concerts.

The DAM sacred grand concert, the
eighth of the series, as usual attracted
large and cultivated audience yester-
day afternoon that crowded Harmonic
hall to the doors. The programme was
highly enjoyable one, the selections being
of an order that could not fail to de-
light. and the audience was at times
almost rapturOuS in its demonstrations
of approval. Frank Danz Sr. occupied
the directory stand for the first
four numbers. and when Frank
DAM Jr. appeared he was &C
corded almost an ovation. Miss
Amelia Ripe sang MoZart's "Das
Veilcheu," and gave Abt's Cuckoo
song" with charming effect. She was re-
called and sang ballad with much
sweetness and expression. Fl. Mullen
bruck'S violin solo was the most notable
number of the programme. He rem
dered grand concerto by Veuxtemps
brilliantly, showing wonderful execu-
ton and perfect technique. a strong
the Shade" was also exceedingly pleasing
and "Lien du Ball." by the same COM
poser, was given as an encore. The
full orchestra numbers were: Excel
sior March," by Schmidt; the overture
"La Gazza Ladra," by Rossini; Weber's
''Invitation to the Dancer" and the
overture to "Mignon," by Thomas-all
of which were eXcellently rem
dered. The ninth concert will
be given next Sunday afternoon,
instead Of the Esd. This change
is made SO as to permit the giving of
the initial concert of the series of four
concerts at the Harris theater, st. Paul,
On the latter date. Prof. Danz is max
ing this venture at the urgent solicita-
ton of the music lovers of ST. Paul, and
expects TO increase his orchestra some
what for the balance of the season, and
after this will give these concerts at
Minneapolis and st. Paul on alternate
Sundays if the support he is assured of
in the latter city is given.
The first of the inaugural concerts of
the new three manual organ at the Park
Avenue Congregational church, corner
of Park and Franklin avenues, will be
given tonight under the direction of
Frederick Archer, the organist, assisted
by Miss Nettie Dunn, soprano; Miss
Alice Archer. who will give readings
with organ effects: Mrs. H. w. Gleason,
pianist; George w. FERGUSON, BARI
tones Adolph Grethen, violinist, and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-10
AMUSEMENT NOTES.

Frank Mayo opens weeks engage
ment at the Harris theater tonight, ap-
pearing in "Nordeck."
Mckee Rankin and company closed a
highly successful two weeks engage
ment at the BiJou theater last evening
Tonight "The Blue and the Gray will
be put on for a weeks run.
Manager Conklin will return from
New York this week.
In recent interview with Manager
ConkIin in New York our Minneapolis
impresario stated in regard to the
Grand's business THAT while it wasn't
as good as former seasons, he had no
cause to complain except from numer-
Gus cancellations"
Kellar, the famed wizard, will give
his novel entertainment tonight at the
Grand.
The Bostonians will shortly play a
three-nights engagement at the Grand,
presenting two new operas. "Suzette"
and don QuiXote."
With the exception of the Chicago
opera house the Grand is the only the
alter in the Northwest that employs a
cOlOred carriage caller.
No young actor of recent years has so
promptly won the public heart by
wholly meritorious means as has L. II.
6othern. The comedians work and the
comedies in which he appears are alike
cOmmendable on the grounds of intelli-
Gence and good taste.
The board of education and all men,
bers of the city government will attend
I'm body matinee to be given at the
Grand opera house, Feb. %, when the
Patriotic Sons of America will present
@ number of flags to be placed OH every
school house in the city on and after
that date. An afternoon and evening
performance will be given, at which
the drummer boy of Shiloh will ap-
pear, and patriotic speeches will be
made by prominent q. A. r. men and
city officials.