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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11
AMERICAN TIN.
What Engineer EllwOOd Lille
Says of the Production in
California.

Suspended in conspicuous place in
the FREE PRESS office, is a bar OF
American tin and piece of the ore
from California mine, of which Mr..
Ellwood Lille is chief engineer.
Mr.. Lille arrived in Mankato few
days ago, on business and this is what
he said touching upon the subject of
American tin:
1.-THE company of which / am chief
engineer is the "San Jacinto Estate
Limited" of Sanberdieno county,
California. seven miles from South
Riverside, my home. The company
started on April 18th of the present
year, and having faith in the enter
prise, expended 100000 to start with.
The machinery they put in is expen-
siye, but it is required in this kini of
business. When the mine was first
started many shook their heads and
thought it foolish to put in such ma
chinery for the reason that they
thought the mine would not 'pan out"
very large, but that idea has given
way to confidence and enthusiasm,
and to-day they cannot supply the de-
mand, because Of the lack of facilities
to bring the ore to the surface and
prepare it for the market.
/ understand the company are con-
sidering, and may have decided since
l left the coast, of the advisability of
putting in another stamp" of forty
horse power. The grant of land COW
ers $4,000 acres and the surface near
the present plant indicates that there
is an abundance of ore over tract of
seven miles in length and five miles
in width. They have now Is miners
employed and could work more if the
machinery facilities demanded it.
Another lot is cropping up some
nine miles away and the surface indi-
Gates that it is richer than lJhat now
being produced. Theaverage produc-
tion per ton is 10 per cent, but much
of it runs as high as 20 per cent. Some
pockets even produce % per cent. In
the mines at Cornwall, Wales, the
average is from to per cent. as you
no doubt know. The pigs of tin for
shipping, weigh on an average of 100
lbs. per pig.
If all is well, we shall probably pros
pect next spring, on the spot of which
1 spoke to you as being nine miles
from the present plant. When we
first began, those who ordered from
the company would write something
like this:
DEAR SIRs:-If not too much trou-
BILE, please make affidavit that your
tin is American tin"
All doubts have been cleared away,
and in the years thatare to come, the
hills of California will produce that
which heretofore has come from
abroad
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The regular monthly Meeting of
the Board of Education was held We'd
nesday night in their room at the high
school building. After the usual
routine of business had been transact
ed, Capt. Clark Keysor's resignation
as member from the second precinct
was accepted, and the following reso-
buttons adopted:
We regret that our associate. Capt.
Clark Keysor, has severed his connec-
tion with the Board Of Education of
the city of Mankato, and in accepting
his resignation, desire TO express our
loss and that OF the district, OF wise
and efficient counsellor, having served
the district, conscientiouSly several
terms, at different times during the
past thirty years. the last term during
the erection OF our elegant new High
school building. We desire to convey
to him our appreciation of the valu-
able services as practical builder, he
rendered the Board and district.
Moreover, we feel that such long,
and faithful gratuitous public service
justly entities him, to at least, an ex-
preston of gratitude, upon the part
of those whose interests he so ably
fostered and protected.
GratituouS public service done ever
so honestly, is very apt, these days, to
be too lightly appreciated, and he
who renders it, is too often looked
upon more as an ''ofTice seeker" than
one who labors solely for the public
good.
The following report shows the ex-
act attendance in all of our public
schools for the month of November:
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11
We Salute You.

A most careful consideration
Encourages friendly presenta tion
OF this cordial invitation.
So please appreciate the situation,
And enjoy the mutual qualification
That this years Christmas celebration
Reveals the grandest combination,
OF presents without limitation,
At Longini's popular place-station.
Therefore remember the location,
And do not miss the grand sensation
When the styles of every nation
For your special observation
Appear in line for presentation,
AS it is our highest aspiration
To meet with your APPRECIATION,
We humbly make the salutation.
1t is our finest calculation
With good plans and specification
To have Longini's business station,
A trading spot for all nations.
IsIDoR LoNGINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11
New Ulm Notes.

Congressman Lind leaves for Wash
ington early next week.
The Odd Fellows Lodge has pur-
chased the Baptiste Karl building adj
joining Hubbard & Larson's store for
81, 300.
The Eagle Mill Co. has registered
orders ahead for 19,211 barrels of flour.
This gives some idea of the magnitude
of the milling business in New Ulm.
An Indictment for murder in the
first degree was returned against the
woman, Mrs. Miller, who shot heI
husband in Nicollet on the 22nd OF
August. She plead not guilty and
the trial comes off this week.
The committee appointed to raise
New Ulm's share of the Worlds Fair
fund did splendid work. In a single
afternoon sufficient signers were Sc
cured to guarantee the $3.50, which
will be paid over as soon as it is GER
tain that Ramsey and Hennepin and
a fair share of the remaining counties
have contributed their assessments
The money will be advanced by the
Brown County Bank for Al per cent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11
CROWN OF LIFE.
Rev. I. L. Cory breaches in the Con-
gregational Church Sunday Morn
ing, on Faithfulness, Fidelity
and Happy Homes.

With the coming of the Sabbath.
came peace, quietness, sunshine and
a rest from the tolls of the week, in
the counting room, in the store, in
the public buildings and on the farm.
AS the church bells rang forth theil
notes Of welcome, goodly number
gathered in the Congregational church
to worship, adore. and glorify their
Maker, in simplicity and with a con-
trite spirit. 1t was exactly half past
| ten O'Clock when Rev. |. L. Cory walk
ed up the isle and a moment later the
exercises began with the singing OF
that grand, old hymn, Guide me, O,
Thou Great Jehovah"
After the weekly offering had been
taken up, the pastor selected for his
text, Revelations, III chapter, part OF
10th verse; ''Be thou faithful unto
death, and 1 will give thee crown OF
life."
In his opening remarks the preach
er said: Fidelity is the very cradle
of all life. The century plant blooms
! but once and then dies. The first
plants of this kind ever studied was
in the botanical gardens at Washing
ton. AS I stood one day before it 1
thought / said: Plant, you are very
patient to wait so long before you
bloom To me it seemed to reply: i
am not waiting for it, | am growing
all these years, but by and by [ shall
bloom forth.
/ want to draw your attention to
the idea and Importance of memory.
1t is not cut after pattern. You
cultivate, trust and be faithful to
memory, if you would be faithful to
yourself.
And then comes home, beautiful
home life. To my mind it is the
foundation of society, the first insti-
tuition of God, and the crown of life
will rest upon the home only through
fidelity. Both Daniel and Luther
WC1C ldlUulUl w OOu anu bOoh NASo
with honors heaped upon them. A
happy home is the brightest spot on
earth. Love and peace in the home
send sunshine wherever we go. What
ever helps home life is a national
blessing; whatever hurts home life is
national curse, and the greatest
curse that can touch these blessings
is what would tamper with the peace
and blessedness of our homes.
AS look out beyond the present l
feel all the more like living. And
now in conclusion let me urge you to
make this life into beautiful, pleasant
homes, so that we will be prepared to
go to better one when we lay these
bodies down in DEATH"
The sermon was an earnest one and
was listened to with intense interest
by the congregation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11
NIGHT MAIL TO WELLS AND OTHER
POINTS.

Postmaster Mcconnell has received
orders from Supt., Norman Perkins,
of the 10th Division of the railway
mail service, whose Office is at ST. Paul
to send mail pouch to Minnesota
Lake, Mapleton, Good Thunder and
Wells, ON the train leaving here at
$50 o'clock at night, beginning at
once. 1t will be noticed that Rapi-
dan is left out, but is thought that
within a few days she too will be sin
it" with the rest of the towns along
the line. This is a wise move on the
past of the superintendent, and the
press and people will appreciate it
too.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11
Low Rates for the Holidays.

On December oath, 25th and 31st,
1891, and Jan. 1st, 1892, the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway Company will
sell excursion tickets at very favora-
BILE rates. For tickets and further in
formation apply to agents c.. & N.
w. R'y. 26t3, d2taw
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11
ADVERTISED LETTERS.
The following is list of unclaimed
letters for week ending Dec. I, 1891.
Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoFia.

The ink from which this paper is
printed is manufactured by Ullmann
s Philpott, Cleveland, o. If
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11
WHY
Royal Baking Powder is Best.

eThe Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure,
for have so found it in many made both for
that company and the United States Government.
facilities
o dependent
the the method of preparations
sethe Royal Baking Powder is undoubt-
edly the Purest and most reliable
baking powder offered to the public.
"HENRY A. MOTT, PHI
Cia
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11
Stave and Heading Bolts Wanted.
Special Holiday Rates via. c., st. P
NJ. e. q. Ry.

For the Christmas and New Year
holidays, excursion tickets will be
sold by the Omaha R'y to points with
in distance of 200 miles at one and
one-third fare for the round trip.
Tickets will be sold Dec. "a, % and 81
and Jan. 1st, good to return until and
including Jan. 4th 1892. 210t3d&w
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11
POstOffice Title Approved.

The title to the public building site
has been approved by the authorities
at Washington, and the work upon
plans for the building will soon COM
mence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11

MONEY TO LOAN on improved farm
andS at low rates of interest and easy
payments. G. w. MEAD,
Room ZIG Investment Building.
46tf MankatO, Mimi.
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Total in all 1857 LAO 1,105
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Palmer was elected by
a unanimous vote, to fill the vacancy
made by the resignation of Capt. Key
SOr.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-11
MANKATo FREE PRESS.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER II. 1891.
CITY COUNCIL.

The regular semi-monthly meeting
Of the council was held Monday night
at the usual time and place. Vice
president r. D. Hubbard presided il
the absence of Mayor Willard.
The following members were pres
ent: Brett, Fowler, Hubbard, Peter
son, Saulpaugh and Schlingerman
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and there being no objec
tions they were approved.
Alderman George e. Brett rendered
his resignation as a city councilman
which was accepted with regrets, and
Aid. Fowler was appointed to prepare
a set of resolutions thanking him fol
his faithfulnesS while member oil
the board. Aid. Fowler moved that
the council proceed to ballot for the
purpose of filling the Vacancy. Mr.
Isidor Longini was the only person
nominated and when the ballots were
\counted it was found that he had
been elected by unanimous vote
The chairman appointed Aids. Fowl
er, Brett and City Attorney Young
to notify Alderman Longini of his
election. Within ten minutes they
returned with the blushing council
man, and in a few words he expressed
his thanks for the honors conferred
upon him and said that he would en-.
deavor to do his duty both to the
council and city.
The committee on water mains re-
ported adversely to the laying of a
water main on Poplar street. On
motion of Aid. Schlingerman, the re.
port was accepted.
The subject of taking away of the
arc light from Second and Hickory
streets was taken up and after Aid
Fowler, Hubbard and eX-Ald. Brett
had expressed themselves as favorable
Aid. Fowler madea motion that the
light be replaced, making one new
light.
On motion of Aid. Fowler, the City
Recorder was ordered to notify the
Electric Light company to place five
incandescant lights on the west side
as per order of the former council.
A motion was made that the snow
ordinance committees report be refer
red back to the committee to be re-
ported at the next meeting, but it
failed to receive second.
On motion of Aid. Fowler the re-
port on rules presented be adopted
and by unanimous vote they were so
adopted.
The City Treasurer made the fol-
lowing report:
Actual balance on hand last
report. .............. .StoU.ol
Received since last report. IS, 664.9
Total to be accounted for S6,425.4e
Paid since last report 5,891.73
Accounts on hand 533. Is
On motion of Aid. Peterson it was
ordered that the committee on Ways
and Means borrow $4,000, Chief of
Police Chas. Yates reported arrests
5 dodgers.
On motion of Aid. Fowler the re-
port was accepted.
The matter of water motors was
discussed at great length, and finally
referred back to the committee.
Among the bills allowed were the
fo1loJuipn.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03
Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving day in Morris was
very generally celebrated, the
churches were well tilledwith devout
woi shippers, and those who did not
GO to church observed the day in d
l.ecOminsly quiet manner.
Everybody felt that If ever any
nation had especial reason to give
thanks to beuefcent Providence
for the bountiful supplies of His gifts.
thIt nation is America in this Year of
grace. 1891.
The year has brought the usual
amount of changes. The boy in his
teens has got ole year nearer his ma
jIrity, which he is looking So anx-
loHSly for. The young miss is also
one year nearer to the time when SHE
will assume the weightier matters of
life, with joys, and possible snrrUws.
But we would not, in this suggestion,
cast shadow across the path of
youth and hope, which are svnony-
nous terms, the shadows will come
soon enough. The ole are one year
nearer home, and if that home shall
I've mansion on high, SO much the
letter. "The young may die, the
| old must" 1t would be wise for the
latter class TO take reckoning Of
their bearings, for life is very UNI
certain during its last half, and we
may be nearer the verge than we
dream of. We would not even wish
to cast II shadow over the road the
aged are travelling. for the giver of
all good has given enough beauty to
this earth to enable all t. he joyful
aud har;py, no matter what our age
OR condition may be, if we receive
the gifts He gives US in the right
spirit. ,:4
If the past year has had more of
sorrow than joy; more of anxious
care than pleasure; more of disap-
pointment than realization of our
day dreams; perhaps on close ex-
animation we may charge a good
deal of the result to ourselves, by
looking for the clouds when we
shonlI be looking for clear sky, by
Withholding onr christian charity from
the needy when We could, at u little
cost. make them happy.
Let us resolve that during the
! coming year we will do more to make
tile world happy than We have done
in the past, and ii we live to- see an
nther thanksgiving day we will nave
more To lie thankful for in the con-
sciousness.of having done our duty.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03
Too LONG so Wait.

A German peasant family had made
all their arrangements to emigrate to
the United States. The day before the
family was to take its departure the
eldest sen, Hans who was an enor-
nous eater, intimated that he did not
care to go West "
HAS some village maiden beguiled
thee 10 remain behind?" asked the
father.
Nothing of the kind"
why, then, dost thou not wish to
go with usP"
I've been talking with the school
master, and"
Well what did he say?"
He says that when it is IL O clock
with US here in Germany that"
THAT WHAT"
''When it is IL o'clock here with US
that in America it is 9 o'clock in the
evening"
"WellP"
II don't want to go to a place
where have to wait THAT long for my
dinner" And the poor fellow com
pletsly broke down at the mere
thought Of it.-Detroit Free Press.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03
consurnntion Cured.

An old physician, retired from
practice, having had placed in his
hands by an East India missionary
the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent
cure of Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh. Asthma and all throat and
Lung Affections, also positive and
radical cure for Nervous Debility
and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases. has felt
IL his duty to make it known to his
suffering fellows. Actuated by this
motive and desire to relieve human
suffering, Twill send free OF charge,
TO all who desire III. this recipe, in
German, French OF English, with full
directions for preparing and using.
Sent by mail by addressing with
stamp, naming this paper.
w. Al. NoyEs. $40 Bowers Block.
Rochester, N. Z. 1859
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-03
Universal Question.

.IIow can | get the most for the
least money! This is the almost
universal question among Americans.
Always in business, usually in pleas
IRE, often in religion, this is the tape
and rule by which a new proposition
is measured. Net 10 write homily,
hht to aid hard-workpd men i'm find
ing homes. and seekers Of pleasure
aud health in finding desirable havens
is the purpose Of this. notice. We
make it lnIcf b. saying: ssTake The
Great Northern Railway, from Nor
ris TO the Northwest and Pacific
Coast. = Pnblicatlans concerning
the Northwest sent free and letters
of inquiry answered lay FL. Whit.
ney, G. p. & i. A., st. Paul, MINI.
The readers of this paper are advised
to- call and see T.. A. Hamllen. A gent
II. y. R'y.. for particulars II trip
for pleasure, business or health Is
contemplated to any part of the
United States.
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INDEMNITY LANDS.
EDITOR SIN:

EDITOR DIN
Permit me to inform your readers,
especially these who take interest ia
the so-cailed railroad indemnity land
of the st. p. II. 4 Ii. and also the II.
& D.. that l received letter from
the u. s. laHd officer at Mafshall, on
the 22d of Nov, giving me Infor.
nation as to the amount Of vacant
lands in Town 124, Range Al and As,
which is near $4,000 acres. But
there is large portion of the same
applied for and partially settled. i
shall receive new report as soon as
those applications are placed on tract
book. Up to Nov. IL, there were
about 230 applications before the
land Office for stevens. Swift. Big
stone and Chippewa counties. This
embraces the territory as per Secre-
lary Mobiles order, as land strictly be-
longing to settlers.
Good for Noble, / only wish he
had been President at The time the
timber culture a1d pre-elnption laws
were repealed. If he ha9 been, the
authors Of that bill, including Knute
Nelson. would have been shipped up
Salt river and would never have
found their way back: Look at the
crime! a great portion Of the poor
s..tilers on those lands lost their
honesteads, either through sickness
or Other unavoidable causes, and
bsing deprived Of the right to pr-
enpt or enter timber claim, are
forced to buy of spectators at prices
TOO HIGH for ihem.to reach.
What / now want, is for these
lan.Is TO remain in their present cons
dition, as left by Secretary Mobiles
ruling, until our state legislature
sissels, thena change may be made IN
railroad laws which viii colnrel
Them 10 nay taxes on all their lands,
Tie same as ynn and ! are canpelled
10 etc. This will bring them to
1lIrlF senses.
Parties wishing 70 apply for any
pf Bheses indemnity lands Gan do SO
before any clerk Of the corrt within
The Land district, but an appeal
snnst be made by an attorney or
agent. These are The oily ones hay I.
= =
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ST. PAUL AND THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.

CONVENTION.
There are various reasons why st.
Paul should have the Democratic
National convention, among which
we might nalae the following: st.
Paul has more hotel Accommodations
than, perhaps, any city of its size III
the Umirn; 1t can accommodate $4,000
extra guests, aside from private
houses that could be improvised into
hotels. The second reason is, it is Il
solid democratic city whose wishes
SHOULD command consideration. 1t
has no Talnmauy ring to bring dis
credit to the city or state. The dem
ocracy of ST. Paul numbers in its
ranks scores IF the most eminent
m.en in the state. The state is proud
of such men as Judge Flandreau,
Gen. Geo. Becker, c. d. O'Brien, etc,
The third reason why the convention
shsuld be held in st, Paul is, there
axe AHi &c iuihoCAS VI HCVpiV ih thO
East who would like to see the twin
cities and the great Young state of
Minnesota. and this would give them
an opportunity of doing SO ut ii
time of the year when the country
would be at its best. The rates OH
railroads AMI in hotels will he made
as low as possible for the occasion.
The fourth reason Why st. Paul
should have the convention is, be
tween the extreme East and West, it
is the NEST central city in the Union.
But the last and greatest reason is,
that while MIR. Blaine is very popE-
lar here, protective tariff is not. The
republican papers bolster up high
tariff all they know how on the cheap
sugar plant and the imaginary tin, of
home manufacture, they cannot
hood the farmers, and Mime
sofa, next year, is as liable TO he IL
doubtful state as any in the union.
We might go on ad intinitum, with
the superior advantages of st, Paul
as convention city, hut we forbear,
knowing that ADLER pens will be
welded on the same line e'er long.
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LUCY SMITH, Teacher.
Something About Winds

| &
To the American, with his practical
views and iconoclastic mater:alisn,
wind is simply an agitation Of the
atmosphere. Before the advent of
steam, he ground the meal for his
daily bread with the aid of wind; he
avails himself of it yet to watt bis
trading vessel across the seas. IF fits
gentle, he calls it u. breeze; If l.
comes with a sudden rush, roar, and
Ewhirl,. depOsiting his house on tn
next quarter section, his cattle in TIL,
next township, and makes him hunt
the ccller iD u hurry. lie names il h
cyclons-and proceeds 10 get hims Ii
together again. The ,anciepts, with
their tendency to .ssee sermons il:
stones and books in running brooks, >
personifed all things in nature and
named the Winds BUreas, the North
wind: Zephyrus, the west wind; and
Notus the South wind. These were
the sons of .istraea(the stilr-man) and
Eos file dawn. just at this time
people in tlirNorth western states are
(some of them) dreading the piercing
blasts of Boreas and thinking about
flight to the grange groves of Flor
ida or California. The line for the
sonth bound traveller To take is "Tbe
Burlington" WHICH has its own
tracks to Chicago, It. Louis, Kansas
City, st Joseph and Omaha, where
close connections are made with the
railways leading Southwest and
w. st. Through tickets and full in
formation can be had from agents +
the Burlington" or Ivy dressing
w. j.. g. Kenyon. Gen. Pass. Agent
c., Is. q n. II r., st. Paul. Mum.