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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-13
A HOT CONTEST.

MADELIA, March II.
Savagely contested election here
yesterday owing to the court house
bond question, proposing to vote $50,
600 bonds for court house at st.
James, and also to the putting in OF
waterworks in the village this season.
The court house bonds are undoubted-
ly defeated in the county. Madelia
village cast 100 against and II for,
township of Madelia SO against and
none for, Fieldon 2 for and Sc against.
Riverdale 60 against and for, St.
and one against. The following of.
ficers were elected yesterday for the
village, and are favorable to water
works. Henry Joerg, Pres. Council:
Trustees, F. J. Cove, f. j. Bill, L. A.
Stone; G. Cooley, Recorder; M. S. Dos,
Sett, Treas; S. V. HaycrOft, j. P.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-13
From Fridays Daily.

F. w. Beohmer has purchased an
elegant $3.50 Sterling piano from Man
ager Gruber, of the Century Piano
Co.
Mrs. Minnie King died WedneS-
day and was buried to-day. She was
81 years of age. The cause of death
is stated to be LaGrippe.
-Messrs. O. r. Matt, e. A. Gibbons
and /. N. Flanagan will open brick
yard in Riverside Park addition, hav-
ing bought four blocks on the river
bank for that purpose.
Mr.. Sprague, of Mapleton, is in
luck. The package containing $500
which he lost a few days ago has been
recovered and our Mapleton CORES
pendent tells how it was done. Mr.. S.
is to be congratulated.
ID. Reinholz and Miss Maria A,
daughter of Mrs. M. E. Schmitt, were
united in marriage at seven o'clock
last evening, at the brides home, 6O4
N. Second street. Both are most ex-
cellent young people, and their friends
will rejoice in their happiness.
Engineer Morse, of the pumping
station, says that the pressure in the
artesian wells is increasing. Since he
took possession of the station, the
pressure has increased from 80 pounds
to As pounds standing pressure, that is
in the morning before the pumping
begins. This tends to show that the
wells are ineXhauStible.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-13
From THURSDAYS Daily.

-''Rare chance for ruptured per-
sons. See adv in another column.
There will be ST. Patrick's dance
at Union Hall, Tuesday evening,
March 18th. All are invited.
Don't fail to see the thrilling four
act drama kathleen Mavourneen" at
Opera House next Tuesday evening.
Wednesday, March H.,
at the residence of w. w. Sniff, pas
tor Church of Christ, this city, Joseph
L. Mantor and Gertie -Behlka, both
of Blue Earth county.
M. A. Fairbank, of Lincoln, was
yesterday paid the bounty for killing
wolf. The animal was an old one.
He says that there are many wolves
in his town, but that they are extreme
ly shy.
John Smith, a young man %
years of age, living in Decoria, died
yesterday of quick consumption, af-
ter an illness of but nine weeks. The
funeral will occur tomorrow.
James Mooney yesterday pleaded
guilty to the charge of skipping his
board bill at the Sontag hotel. He
was fined $40 and costs, $41.05 in all,
and in default of it committed to jail
for forty days. He left satchel at
the hotel when he left. An investi-
CATION of it's contents showed that it
contained one or two bricks and some
pieces of old boards.
Yesterday at $50 p. M, in the
parlors of the Commercial Hotel, Rev.
f. M. Rule pronounced the ceremony
which united until death shall part"
Mr.. Walter E. Hill and Miss Eliza
Hill, both of Eagle Lake. Mr.. Hill is
a prosperous farmer and his bride a
well known school teacher of that vii
lage, and host of friends wish them
prosperity and happiness.
Senator Barr introduced bills yes
terday to fix the time of holding the
election at Amboy; fixing the compen-
sation of the Judge of Probate of this
county; and fixing the compensation
of court commissioners of this county,
Mr.. Champlin introduced bill to au-
thorize the towns of Garden City and
Vernon Center to issue bonds to re-
fund their present Indebtedness. Mr..
Knudson's bill, relating to the SANDER
of females, passed the House.
"A very important enterprise to
our city and the country is the new
sale stable opened by Messrs. Scott &
Saults, of Minneapolis. This will
make Mankato good horse market.
They want few carloads of good,
sound horses, and will pay the highest
price, for they are here to stay, and
can be found at 213 East Jackson
street, old bus line stables.
-Messrs. futile & Neff will sell the
Mccormick Harvesting Machines this
year. This tells us that the McCor-
mick Co. are obliged to make at the
rate Of one complete machine every
minute of the day in order to supply
their worldwide demand-the Nc
Cormick being almost as well known
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-13
Failures In Life.

People fail in many ways. In business in
morality, in religion, in happiness, and in
health. A weak heart is often an unsupported
cause of failnre in life. If the blood does not
circulate properly in the lungs. there is short
ness of breath, asthma, etc.; in the brain,
dizziness, headache, etc.; in the stomach,
wind, pain, Indigestion, faint spells, etc.; in
the liver. torpdity. ongestion, etc. Pain in
the left side, shoulder and stomach is caused
by heart strain, Por all these maladies Mr..
Miles New Cure for the heart and lungs is the
best remedy Sold, guaranteed and recon-
mended by j. r. Jones. Treatise free
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-13

The life of Gen VIM. Tecumseh
Sherman is beautiful volume of 600
pages, in good type, carefully prepar-
ed by the associate authors, w. f.
Johnson and Major Gen. 0. d. How
ard, which is sufficient guarantee
that the work is all that could be de-
sired. 1t is worthy of place in every
American home. Rev. w. HI. White
law, of Good Thunder, is the author
lied agent for the county.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-13
JURIES FOR THE MAY TERN.

Clerk of Court Thorne yesterday
drew the following juries for the May
term of District Court. They are
well scattered about the county, and
are exceptionally good men:
GRAND JURY.
Andrew Anderson, Third ward, Nankato CITY.
Chas HuntZ, South Bend
Sven Johnson, Fourth ward, do
David Edwards, Judson.
G NJ Bradley, Lime.
Horace Cummins, LeRay.
Edward Wigley, Judson.
f Fairchild Garden City.
c 2 Williams, Fourth ward do
John Weiner, First ward do
Fred Boegen, do do
A Algren, Rapidan.
A Folsom Lincoln.
Van Aernam, Shelby.
P Hough, Medo.
PETIT JURY.
6 T Boynton, Second ward, Mankato City.
Henry Dreher, do do
Chas Holden, Shelby.
III Austin, Lyra.
Will Wells. Sterling.
Herman Schultz Decoria.
Ernest Boehland Jr, Lime.
B E Shafer Third ward, Mankato City.
Chas Swenson. Fourth ward do
Tom Wilson, Butternut Valley.
Soren Nelson, Second ward do
Fred Kruger, FlrSt ward do
Thos ID Williams. Lake Crystal.
John Robinson, Pleasant Mound.
Jacob Hauk, Mankato township.
Lawrence Doran, Jamestown.
Louis Silkey. LeRay.
Thomas Hughes, Fourth ward, Mankato City.
l. III Gregg, Rapidan.
Jacob Morrow, Beauford,
John Lynch. Mcpherson.
c + Jones, Mapleton.
Frank Phillips, Danville.
William Hellar, do
Thomas McGary, Mankato township.
George Hans, First ward, 'Mankato City.
Eric KLutson, Rapidan.
Hugh G JONES' Judson.
Alvin Bixby, Garden City.
Chas Pagenkopf, Mcpherson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-13

Rev. III. III. Fairall, d. D., editor of
the Io,od Methodist, says editorially,
"We have tested the merits of Ely's
Cream Balm, and believe that, by a
thorough course of treatment, it will
cure almost every case of catarrh.
Ministers, as a class are afflicted with
head and throat troubles, and catarrh
seems more prevalent than ever. We
cannot recommend Ely's Cream Balm
too highly"
l used Ely's Cream Balm for dry ca
tarrh. 1t proved cure.--B. f. M.
Weeks, Denver.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-13
DEPOT BURNED.

The depot at Walters, the new sta
tion on the Minneapolis & ST. Louis
road near Eagle Lake, burned Tuesday
evening, and the entire contents were
destroyed. The fire was first discov-
cred at about seven o'clock, and ap-
peared to be coming up around the
chimney. The loss on the building
is from $500 to 1000, partly insured.
M. p. Shanahan occupied part of
the depot with the postoffice and a
stock of goods. The postoffice fixtures
and goods were all burned, involving
a loss of $500, with no insurance. The
elevator, which was empty, was a part
of the building and was also destroyed.
The loss is very unfortunate for Mr..
Shanahan. 1t is thought that if the
depot is rebuilt, it will be in another
location.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-13

F. w. Beohmer has purchased an
elegant $3.50 Sterling piano from Man
ager Gruber, of the Century Piano
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06

some routine business transacted, Rev.
Andrew V. Raymond, of Albany, N. Y,
presented the report of the committee
on home missions. The pleas usually
sent up for homo missions spoke of the
need Of helping the far west. This
was wrong. The home mission field en-
braced the whole United States, che
large cities as well as the mining camps.
Presbyterianism was on the increase in
the New England field. 1t was re-
proach for the board of homo missions
to say in their report that mo new
work had been undertaken in New En-
gland" 1t was also wrong to abandon
weak churches, just because they are
weak. in the field east of the Mississippi.
This field was big enough to need all
the money furnished to the board. The
middle west seemed the most fruitful
field.
The report of the board was almost
discouraging in it's reports of boundless
opportunities. Missouri wanted thirty
men and could not be given one, because
there was no money to send them. In
no century since the reformation had so
quick returns been given for gospel
work as in this middle west. The lack
of men and money was the only cause
OF delay in occupying the field, The
same condition Of affairs prevailed in
the south. 1t was all right to send
greetings to the reformed church Of
Italy, but it would be better to send
missionariesto the Italys and Germanys
of this land.
Another bad feature was the removal
of all churches from down town." as
it is called in great cities. This was
making the lower wards of the great
cities the most needful home mission
fields in the land. 1t was a source of
regret that any church, Tor the exigen-
oies of fashion, should abandon any To-
cation where thousands of souls clus-
tered round. The home mission board
is S9s, 900 in debt, an increase of S24, 900
caused by the falling off of legacies.
The committee recommend a general
missionary convention for this fall and
collection for home missions in the
Sunday schools the Sunday before
Thanksgiving day.
The committee further recommended
that 81, 900, 900 be the amount set aside
for this woil for the year. The report
was accepted.
The death of DIR. Henry ]. Vandyke,
OF Brooklyn, an ex-moderator of the as
sembly, was announced by the moder'
ator. The assembly sent a telegram OF
coincidence to the widow and appointed
a committee to draft a minute to be
presented to the assembly.
The committee on missions among
the freedmen recommended that 81, O0O,-
900 be set aside for the work during the
year. Mr.. Van Rensselaer,, of New York,
was inclined to believe the sum could
not be raised, but the assembly seemed
to think otherwise. A recommendation
to provide an italian Bible was adopted
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06
Mhite LIS Gnne Ont.

1t is being limited that white furni-
ture has quite had its day-a long one
it has been, too--and the coming tint
for screens, tables, cabinets, and even
fauteuils will be, is indeed. green.
There is something uncompromising
about the color which would seem not
to be decorative; on the contrary, the
new designs wrought in this hue are cX-
ceedingly effective. The finish is Il
varnish instead of an enamel, which is
a gain in wear and in the care needed.
The white and gold apartments, fash
ionable for several seasons past, have
proved solicitous luXuries to those who
have indulged in them. One maid has
to be detailed for the exclusive care,
and the temperature end amount of
light duly regulated to secure the re-
tention Of their purity and freshness.
Then rncy are so unbecoming for ordi-
nary use--ought really to be peopled
only IS lovely creatures in ball gowns
of delicate tints, Chicago journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06
IMPROVEMENT IN NloHToAps.
Ruined Meal sRcLs and Pudding Bags Are
No 1onRar Worn.

Ruined Meal sacl1s and Pudding Bags Are
No Longer Worn.
Why has the old-fashicned nightcap
of a former age fallen into such sad ILL
repute? No one is prepared to maintain
that its successor, the modern nightcap,
has not its possible very good points.
But because tits doubtless so eminently
satisfactory constitutes no reason for
supposing that its predecessor was all
wrong. When made of common white
cotton or possibly of Turkey red, and
furnished with tassel at the end of a
long point, it was. Perhaps, not what
would be called an aesthetic bit of head.
wear.
1t is not to be denied that IT possessed
character when it was seen, as in ancient
prints, perched ON the head of some
bald-pated citizen of rubicund visage,
who, roughly aroused from his slum-
bers by broil in the street, throws
open the easement and peers out, tai
low candle in hand. But character and
beauty are different things. Nor was
the female of that especial order of
male nightcap any better. A big, no.
tund white bag, like sack of meal,
with a gigantic rufile about the edge of
it, and two substantial white strings at
the end, securely to tie it under the
chin.
All! but there are other nightcaps
than this. There is dainty creation of
fine, sheer muslin, all foaming with lit
tie quillings of lace, through which
runs a bit of ribbon. white or rosy OF
blue, as a turquois, ending in a dcmure
rosette, bow light as a butterfly on
the wing. Such a cap, but a little
larger than an infants, covered the
curly head of debutante not long age
as she sat up, propped in pillows and
convalescing from u fever. Adorably
pretty was the patients face pceping
out from such framing. And magma
tion from this delightful starting point
took n delicious fight. Think of it,
Could this one example set by a younq
creature possessed of some originality
bGO be followed, what changes there
would bel
No more nocturnal visions of cur
papers, wisps of hair done up in last
months butchers bill, no more scrawny
females rushing out in case of fire into
hotel corridors with front hair quilteC
into iron crimping pins and standing
aloft like the quilts of the fretful porcu
pine. No more unlovely exposures in
like instances of thin gray locks strag.
Cling about a high forehead, shorn OF
its skeleton bang" or other elaborate
frontispiece," forgotten in the terror
of the moment on the pincushion
But demure little caps, Quakerish
and sweet and prim, may be eloquent
of all manner of gentle, old-time ideals
of modest and dainty femininity. They
suggest vaguely the faint old-fashioned
fragrance of lavender and dried rose
leaves, and these quiet, decent, loving
lives that were passed, in all order and
sobriety, in the shade of quaint green
arbors and about the big, softly-lghted
rooms of ancient and substantial man
sions in those streets of our modern
cities that have now grown hopelessly
obsolete. e.-Philadelphia Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06

or colored, and even blouses are made
of tlouncing lace and fancy silk nets.
Blouses are worn at all times of day,
and with skirts of every description.
French shirt waists which fit the fig
ure very closely are made of fancy
surahs, wash silks, French flannel.
percale and striped pique, and for mid
summer wear they are made OF the
finest embroidered India Ipuslin, linen
lawn, crepe de chine and India silk,
daintily buttonholed and embroidered
on the fronts, collar and cuffs.
New uses are made of hite, ecru and
black laces of various designs. They are
oddly and gracefully disposed on skirt
and bodice; they form coat fronts
zouave jackets, bishop or mutton-leg
sleeves, collars, cuffs and paniers; and
prettiest of all they are made into
charming church and visiting capes for
country wear, in fichu form, or gath
cred to rich yokes, rounded or pointed
exactly after the fashion of the Henri
DeuX and other short full capes of clotl,
and silk Among the beautiful art"
dresses sent over from Paris for ele-
giant evening wear this summer, are a
number of lovely models in pale Span
ish yellow, and white crepe de china
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06

Instead of the princess form with
continuous back, from neck to skirt
hem, many French and English tailors
now arrange pointed back to which
the deeply-plaited Hanback, of the
skirt is sewed. To make this less
heavy, the cloth skirt is unlincd, as
most of the cloth costumes, especially
those with plated effects, are made ur
without foundation skirts The wooden
fabrics of the present season are in
every respect more comfortable wear
than ever before, one great reason be-
ing that they are very much finer and
lighter in weight, some grades being as
soft and delicate as nuns yelling, max,
ing them desirable for summer wear.
Tailor-madc silk coats are very fash.
ionable, and they are made of black
brocades in striped satins, dotted with
figures, or enriched with colored bios.
SONS, in fine but brilliant shadings.
Some of these coats are close-dtted
long basques, boned like dress bodice,
with large sleeves and low haring
collar Black lace is set on fatty as a
vest, and revers. A tlounce of lace hall
a yard deep is added in very full gath.
ers, just below the waistline, and is
headed by " Cleopatra girdle of Jet or
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06
A BARBAROUS CIVILIZATION.
brutality of the People of London in tn
Roman Period.

brutality of the People of London in the
Roman Period.
OF the character of these entertain
ments we have frequent representations
on the British cups and vases They
were too often frightful copies of the
worst fashions of Rome. The bull-fght,
with its bestiarius or matador, is seen
painted on the common pottery; it is
still preserved in the national amuse-
ments of Spain. Cocll-fghts were also
popular everywhere, and game-cocks
with dangerous spurs have left their
bones among the ruins. Athletic sports
and chariot races were no doubt as well
attended in Britain as at Rome or Con-
stantinople. But the amphitheatres,
with their hideous contests of men with
wild beast or with each other seems to
have followed the Roman colonist
wherever he wandered They are found
along the wall of Hadrian, in the cities
of the west, at Gloucester and Chester,
and no doubt the amphitheatre of Lon
don will at some time be exhumed, or
some traces found of its ill-omened site
The amusements of u nation indicate
its character and it's fate; the nation
that sinks into cruel sensuality in it's
most popular recreations is certain to
fall to decay. Progressive development
toward humanity and refinement can
alone give lasting strength topolitical
institutions, and Roman Britain per-
ished by its own hand.
The barbarous thirst for inhuman
spectacles is seen everywhere in the
Roman remains. On the cups and V ses
that adorned the family table the favor
ite ornament seems to have been taken
from the sports of the arena, The bes-
tiarius, or matador, is seen engaged in
a fearful struggle with the savage bull;
the gladiator pursues his deadly aim
These designs, which must have educa-
ted the mind of childhood, and been
familiar to the masses of the people,
could only have served to prepare them
for revolution and merciless disorder
1t is not the ballads so much as the
amusements of people that wise
legislator would care to direct. The
amphitheatres of Colchester, Silchester,
Caerleon, borough, and many other
cities were of stone like those of Rome,
and were of considerable extent. A
theatre of large size has been found re-
Gently at st. Adams But as yet we
know too little of the Roman cities to
determine how many boasted their
places of public amusement. We can
only infer that no large town was with
oat its amphitheatre. The tale told on
the Roman pottery seems conclusive.
The Romauo-British We're accustomed
from childhood 20 delight in scenes of
cruelty and human woe.-Eugene Law
renee, in Harpers MAGAZINE
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06
FTdo Found 1t.

A Connecticut lady lost her pocket
book, containing considerable sum of
money and was naturally anxious to
recover it. She had been shopping and
visiting during the day, and had also
been working about the garden A
diligent inquiry and search failed to
find the missing article, and finally she
gave up in despair, and said to neigh
Dor: Il think I'll send Fido to hunt my
pocl<etboolI, Eido, a Scotch terrier,
was standing by, and, after 4 quick
glance at his mistress, ran out of the
house. He was noticed, soon after
ward, hunting and smelling around the
garden. A half-hour passed, and then
Eido scratched at the door, and, when
1t was opened, he walked in, bearing
the pocketbooll in his mouth. lie had
undoubtedly understood what his mis-
tress said, and his instinct had accom-
plished more than her reason.-Golden
Days
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06

under the arm, or passementerie trim
mings cover the darts, or else the
bodice lining alone has darts, with the
outside laid in close surplice plaits
and very often the corsage buttons
down the back. The sleeves are full
but not so high in effect as in the early
spring. Shot silk sleeves take the
place of velvet ones, and jockey caps,
bretelles, epaulets, and graduated
puff or gathered frills that stand erect
on the shoulders, are seen on many
handsome French gowns. Shot silk
petticoats which produce the fashion.
able ,JrOu,frOu as their wearers walk
about, are made with founced borders
four or five in number, and pinked at
the edges, or one half yard deep,
which is rather closely gathered.
Paris dresses made in the close sheath
shape, have en- suite, shot silk princess
dress, low necked, and short sleeved,
that is worn beneath the rich .fo7Teau
gown the princess underslip doing
away with all bands and gathers about
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06

BALTIMORE, May 27.-John II, Rob
ertson, 40 years old, chief clerk of the
house of correction and well known
politician, was struck and instantly
killed by passenger train on the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad yesterday morn
ing near Jessups cut
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06

Mr. Ninks--l see raising flowers for
eie manufacture Of pertumery has be-
come new industry in Florida.
Mr.. MiulSs Ia perfumery manufact-
urer)-Flowers?
"Yes."
"For the manufacture of perfumery?"
"Yes"
"Well, wonders will never cease" -
Good News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06
AGond Suggestion.

Uncle Silas-lts too bad, I've just
had five dozen eggs spile on my hands.
Uncle Josh-Well, you can take them
TO the minister's donation party next
week, -Munsey's Weekly,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06

"What does Miss Brown mean by say
ing she was born just after the WARP"
"She means the Mexican war-I re-
member her telling the same story in
'61."-Muusey's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06

silk p a S S e =
m e n t e rie &.
o t h e + S il k
coats in regu.
! a + colonial
style are made
W i t h d e C T
pocke t flaps,
and ri C h l y
t + i IN m e d
fronts, l h q I
ope n broadly
on continental
w a i 6 tcOat f.
made of S Il .
p e T. b | y en-
broidered o r
jewel
trimmings in
silk and gold.
: Many of t h e
b o d ice S for
|slender, youth
5ful figures are
sharply point
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