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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06
From Wednesdays Daily.

August Malchow has purchased
the stock of dry goods and groceries of
Chas. Karstadt, on n. Front street,
and will take possession March 18th.
Yesterday evening, at the resi-
dence of the brides parents in West
Mankato, Mr.. George H. Buckmister
of Vernon Center, and Miss Mabel
Briggs were united in the bonds Of
holy matrimony, Rev. F. NJ. Rule Of
floating.
What nearly proved a cOnsidera-
BILE fire occurred in the house occupied
by Capt. Haigh, on S. Front street, on
Sunday forenoon, between ten and
eleven o'clock. Several pieces of wood
that were placed under the stove in a
bedroom on the second floor caught
fire. which communicated with the
floor and an adjoining easement.
A waste paper basket was also con-
sumed. The fire was soon eXtinguish-
ed, after it was discovered, without
much loss.
The trial of the parties who were
charged with breaking into G. O..
Ellsworth's house came on to-day.
After much negotiation, comprom-
Use was reached by which Micue. Daily.
Aldrich and Green plead guilty to
fornication and were each fined SIS
and costs. The girls were discharged.
The prisoners will serve twenty days
in jail in case they do not succeed in
raising the amount of their fines.
The evidence did not warrant the
prosecution of the prisoners for a
felony.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06
From TUESDAYS Daily.

-Kruse Bros. have the largest line
of the latest styles of hats in the city.
1td&w.
"A marriage license was issued yes
terday to Herman Miller, of Faribault
Co., and Annie Berg, of Minnesota
Lake.
E-See the beautiful line of spring
oyercoats received at Kruse Bros. One
Price Clothing House. 1td&w.
We were misinformed as to whose
house was damaged by fire Sunday.
1t was Gus Zenopolski's, not VIM. Pol
zin's. Mr.. L. is absent from the city.
A fine line of Numbered and I'M
Numbered shirts at Kruse Bros One
Price Clothing House. 1td&w.
The St. Peter Herald is authority
for the statement that three sisters in
LeSueur county have given birth to
fifty children, one 10, one Is and one
10. LeSueur is Democratic county,
and what wonder?
"A letter from c. L. Saxton, for
merly of Good Thunder, informs the
FREE PRESS that he is now located
at Marinetta, Wis. c. L. is travelling
for John A. Tallman & Co., wholesale
grocers, Chicago.
Senator Barr introduced a Lill
yesterday, amending the school char
ter of this city in conformity with the
recent action of the school board. He
also introduced bill amending the
general law relating to Normal schools
Carson Fowler was discharged yes
terday, on motion of his attorney,
after the state had presented its evil
dence. There was no evidence to con-
meet him with the breaking into the
house of Mr.. Ellsworth. or with the
robbery. The other cases were adj
journed until 10 a. m. tomorrow.
-Kruse Bros. have received a fine
line of tailor made suitings, for which
they will make low prices. 1td&w
The new janitor, Andrew Gapter,
took hold at the Court House yester-
day. Among the first things that he
did was to clear the walks leading to
the entrance, of snow. This has not
been done since the first snow storm,
and if Mr.. Gapter continues as well
as he has begun, he will prove very
satisfactory man for the position.
The Rerieao announces the candi-
dacy of Harry L. Bulls, Esq, for
municipal judge and adds that it is
"a position for which he is every way
qualified" 1t would seem that for a
position of this Importance lawyer
with more experience than is held by
Mr.. Bulls should be selected. Mr..
Bulls is an active young man, but it
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06

Senator Barr is rather anxious
that the charter be agreed to as speed
lily as possible that he may have am
pie time to get it throug the legisla-
ture.
Meyer & Reinke have new sad"
in this issue of the WEEKLY which
will interest farmers.
The committee appointed by the
Board of Trade, Messrs. G. E. Brett
and W. G. Hoerr, to raise funds with
which to bear the expense of the
rental of the Opera House for the
Farmers Institute, have secured the
necessary amount.
Mr.. e d. |. p. Staede has an ad
vertisement in to-day's weekly FREE
PRESS announcing the fact that he
will open his new agricultural ware
house in the south Store-room of the
Saulpaugh about the 10th inst.
The Mankato Mercantile Co. is
alive to the interest of patrons, and
the management does not propose to
leave any line of goods unrepresented.
A full line Of Broadhead worsted sa-
tins, Prince Zephyrs, sc. They also
have complete and attractive as
sortment of crockery.
Mrs. Kate Vogtman, aged So years,
mother of Mrs. Matthias Ulman, died
this morning. The funeral will be
held Saturday morning at IL o'clock at
the German Lutheran church. Mrs.
Vogtman was one of the early settlers
of Mankato, and she leaves a wide
acquaintance who will miss the aged
lady.
The Board of Public Works has
made arrangements for pumping out
the sewer, in case of high water. A
gate near the mouth of the sewer can
be shut down, keeping the water out,
which otherwise would back into cell
lars. The sand pump will be placed
over the man-hOle nearest the river
and the sewerage will be pumped di-
rectly into the river. Steps have also
been taken to protect the pumping
station from high water. This action
of the Board is timely.
e. o. Ellsworth returned to Ma
con City, Mo-, this morning. He is
dissatisfied with the outcome of the
trial of the parties who were charged
with breaking into his house. He did
not agree to the compromise, and did
not sign the last charges. He says
that he is not yet through with the
matter and proposes to sift it to the
bottom, and perhaps will involve 9TH
ers in his net.
Assistant Inspector General Aus
tin, of Duluth, inspected Azure Divi-
sion No. 6 Tuesday night, and was
very complimentary of the personnel
of the division. There is no denying
the fact that our boys will take front
rank with any division in the State in
this particular, and with practice can
be made the most efficient in drill of
any in the Northwest. Capt. Com
stock will give his best energies to
perfect the boys in tactical eyolutions
and if the members will give their at
tention there is no reason why the di-
vision cannot go to Duluth in Septem-
Der and bring the $500 prize home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06

is not believed that he is possessed of
the proper material with which to
make Judge.
-Kruse Bros. have the latest designs
in neck ties and collars ever shown in
the city. Call and see them before
purchasing elsewhere. 1td&W.
The GAINESVILLE Argus contains the
following Rev. w. V. Russell vent
to Mankato, Wednesday last, I'd at
tend a meeting of a committee sslec-
ted to decide upon the feasibility of
instituting a Ministerial and Epw5rth
League association for Mankato dis
trict. The committee decided Ocall
meeting for the purpose of orgariza-
tion to be held at Lake Crystal next
Saturday. The GAINESVILLE League will
be entitled to one delegate.
"A letter to the FREE PRESS from
G. Mattson, Esq, who recently sold
his farm to o. Little, informs us that
he has located at Grants Pass, jose
phine Co., Oregon, where he has pur-
chased 160 acres of land. He has al
ready commenced to set out 1000
trees. Mr.. Mattson says that they
have had no snow to speak of in his To-
cality and no cold weather. We hope
Mr. NJ. may enjoy full realization of
his fondest hopes.
The action of the council last
night in voting to have obscene pic
lures about the city torn down merits
and will receive the hearty approba-
tion of our citizens. The manner in
which the bill boards and some of the
fronts Of vacant stores are plastered
with so-called representations of fe-
males in various stages of undress ap-
preaching nudity is an outrage on
decency. There is neither art nor
genius in these pictures, and they
pander to the morbid imaginations
and lustful feelings of the lowest class
of people. Were the entertainments
advertised truly represented by these
gaudy Illustrations they ought to be
suppressed, but this is seldom the
case. The pictures do hundred times
the damage to the youthful mind that
the entertainment themselves do, I'M
less it be an appearance of some of the
lowest class of ''gaiety girls" Let the
police hereafter tear down all of the
hideous caricatures that are traves-
ty alike upon artistic taste and poetic
sentiment. Those aldermen who vot-
ed against the motion are not opposed
to the removal of the pictures, but
feared that the police might lay the
city liable to suit for damages, by
being too enthusiastic in the execu-
ton of their duty. We believe in
standing by principle in this matter,
and it is not likely that the city will
have to answer to any suits, in case
due discretion is used by the police.
The complaint of Aid. Hillesheim
that the City Hall windows are dark
ened by obscene pictures, some of
which were so bad that he tore them
down on his own responsibility, does
not reflect much credit on the present
although charity sug-
geStS that the officials be not held to
too strict accountability for past omis
sions of this kind.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06
From Fridays Daily.


The two year old daughter of John
Reeder, living near the poor farm,
died yesterday, of lung fever
Frank Wilkin has secured pen
sion of Sc per month for Abram w.
Finch, of this city, under the new
pension law.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Bowen, of
Judson, lost their eleven months old
daughter yesterday, of spinal menin-
gifts.
Mr.. John Johnston, one Of the
substantial farmers of Sterling, and a
patron of the FREE PRESS for 30years,
is in the city to-day.
"A young dentist put in his appear
ance at DR.. E. L. Hawes' yesterday.
The doctor now has two of a kind,
and would not trade them for half a
dozen girls.
Rudolph Olinger, aged twenty
four years, son of Louis Olinger, died
at his home near Red Jacket to-day.
He was a victim of typhoid pneu-
monia. The funeral will occur Mon
day forenoon from the German Catho-
lie church.
The meeting of those interested
IN the proposed Mankato & Farming
ton road will be held at the Board of
Trade room March 18th at one o'clock.
Delegates from. each town on the route
as mapped out are expected to be pre-
sent. and the matter will be carefully
considered. 1t is hoped that every
town will be represented.
Capt. Geo. Klein and Sergt. Bark
er went to Mapleton last evening and
assisted in organizing camp of Sons
of Veterans. The name adopted is
Gen. Sibley Camp No. a. Sixteen
members were taken into the organi-
cation as charter members. The fol-
lowing officers were selected:
CaptaIn-Frank A. Cornell.
First Lieutenant-H. A. Sprague.
Second 50 e. r. Annis.
Chaplain-A. L. Miller.
Captain Cornell appointed W. G.
Argetsinger First Sergeant, and E. I'll.
-Argetsinger Quarter Master. 1t is a
very promising camp. Capt. Klein
has mustered in 159 young men into
various Sons of Veteran camps since
April 30th.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06

observer, " ia column article in
this weeks Union attacks the integri-
ty and honesty of the Board of County
Commissioners without provocation
or Justification, and does the members
a gross injustice, The county has
never had Set of officers who have
given more evidence of hon.
est intentions nor more careful con-
sideration for the economic manage
ment of the county's affairs. A man
who will write an article of the kind
that observer" has seen fit to pen
should have the strength of character
to come out and give his name. The
FREE PRESS, as one of the Mankato
papers, will not uphold the commits
sioners in any needless extravaganza,
but observers" broad and sweeping
generalities fail to prove that the
gentlemen have been unfaithful to
their trust.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06
From Saturdays Daily.

-Thos. Rooney, of Lake Crystal,
has returned from his European trip.
Nelson Weed, the druggist at All
South Front street, has card in to-
days FREE PRESS.
Col. Mead has secured pension
for Charles Bradley at the rate of S12
per month. This is under act of June
q, 1890.
The Century Piano Co. has remov-
ed it's music rooms to the store build
ing formerly occupied by the Bazaar,
opposite the First National bank.
s. B. Thompson, a former Garden
City boy, is now located at Batineau,
N. D., having been there for year
and half. Feeling the necessity Of
having Mankato paper, he of course
subscribeS for the FREE PRESS, and
thereby proves that his head is level.
BRO. Hall, of the Mirror, turns DR..
Curryer over and roaStS him to a
brown. Hall claims that Curryer has
no legal right to the Minnesota Horse
man, and that his determination to
print paper under this title is
clear usurpation and cOnfiScation.
The courts will be called upon to set
tie the real ownership.
Unless there is some sort of COM
promise effected with the hen, Easter
eggs are going to be scarce and prices
way up. The cause of the difficulty
lies between the Mckinley bill and
the weather. Free Traders would have
us believe William is at fault. In any
event the farmer is protected, and the
hen does about as she pleases.
Some fundamentally inclined in
dividual has figured out that a printer
who sets 10000 ms day forces his
hand to travel distance of one foot
per letter, going to the boxes in which
they are contained, and of course re-
turning, making two feet every letter
he sets. This would make distance
each day of $4,000 feet, or more than
four miles, and in the course of a year,
leaving out Sundays, that mans hand
travels about 400 miles. This being
the case, the question naturally arises
how far the average legislators tongue
would travel in the course of three
months session of the legislature?
Mr.. ]. H. Quinn, of Wells, when
in the city Friday, said to the FREE
PRESS that Miss Lent, the teacher so
numerically pounded by the Cruzens
in Faribault county, is gaining in
strength slowly and her physician be-
lieyes she will fully recover. The
story of the assault upon the young
lady as related by Mr. Quinn is truly
enough to make ones blood run cold.
There is no punishment known to
law that is too severe to be meted
out to the perpetrators of deed so
unprovoked in its inception and so
cruel in its administration. After
Miss Lent had been knocked down by
the call bell and left in an uncon-
scious condition it is said that Mrs.
CruZen and her daughter started
home. Meeting her husband he babe
the wife and daughter return and give
her the teacher) more. On re-enter-
ing the school house Miss Lent was
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06
From THURSDAYS Daily.
The Mankato Mercantile Co.

The MankatO Mercantile Co. have
new G. L. Pratt & Co. HAVANA CT
gar case, and what is most attractive
to users of the weed is a complete line
of fine cigars are always on hand.
The county commissioners have
taken up their time at this session
with the consideration of bills. An
adjournment was taken to-day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-06
SICK hea cache.

LOOSE'S RED CLOVER PILLS
cure Headache, Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Constipation. 25c. per box, 8 boxes for
Sl00 For saie By John r. Jones.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-08

Southern States would take advan-
 tage of such opportunities to evade
 an obnoxious statute, They have
 given fair notice of their intention
 to use all the means at their com
 mand to protect themselves in the
 control oftheir elections, and law
 designed to take that power away
 from them could only serve to pro-
 yoke bad feelings toward the Gov
 ernment, and to increase the meas
 ure of sectional prejudice and es-
 arrangement. The Republican par
 ty cannot afford to assume the re-
 sponsibility of thus antagonizing
 the whole white population of the
 South. It is not in a condition to take the chances of thus offending a large elementsin the North. The experiment could not possibly pro- mote it's chances ofelecting the next President. It would lose far more votes than it would gain. The ar guments in favor of the pending bill are all of sentimental order, and have no weight from a practi- cal point of view. It is true that elections in the South are not hon. estIy conducted as a general thing, and the fact is greatly to be lament ed 7; but there is no reason to be- lieve that the proposed policy of Federal supervision would work any improvement. On the contrary, everything goes to show that the matter would be made worse. The people are.emphatically opposed to the theory of the measure, and they cannot be reconciled to it in any degree. It would be infinitely bet Ter, therefore, to put up with the ills that now exist than to invite others that may easily prove to be more serious, for the North as well as for the South,-Globc- Demo crat.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-08
Crime in COlfaX County.

Crime increases in Colfax county. Two men, Mexicans, were found dead week ago near Van Bremen lakes. Their throats were cut. Be- side them lay thier rifles. They had not been robbed for money was in the pockets of each. Then comes another. Old Julio Martinez, living at the Ponil, was called to his door at night and shot down by parties on the outside. It was reported that he was the man who shot Cook some months ago, and they say that on the night Martinez was shot two Americans were seen rid ing up the canyon in the vicinity of Martinez residence. These with the mysterious disappearance ofoId man Jones, on the Vermejo, short time ago, lead people to conclude that White Caps or Black Caps or some other organization to rid the mountains of midnight assassins. would not be out of place.-Spring CT Stockman. Later advices saw Deputy Sheriff Cook had warrant for Martinez arrest and that the latter was killed while resisting the service. Cook is under arrest at Acknowledgements Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-08
You are in q Bad Fix

But We will cure you if you will pay us. Men who are Weak, Nervous and De-
 bilitated, suffering from Nervous Debil- lty, Seminal Weakness, and all the ef- fleets of early Evil Habits, or later indis- cretions, which lead to Premature De- cay, Consumption or Insanity, should send for and read the Book Of Life,' ,'' giving particulars of a Home Cure. Sent (sealed) free. by addressing Dr. Parker's Medical and Surgical Institute, 151 North Spruce St., Nashville, Tennessee. They guarantee a cure or no pay.-The Sunday Morning.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-08
An Old Furnace to be Investigated.

Before Spaniards set foot on this continent tradition says that New Mexico mines were worked with success by methods unkown to modern miners.
 Recently there has been found in the Sandia mountains near this city two or three ancient furnaces differing from any heretofore known, one of which is to be opened by a government commission to-day. The furnace was dicovered by a Mexican digging a post hole for E. NJ. Wilson at his corral near the the old Montezuma mine-a mine believed to be prehistoric. This furnace was entirely covered by de- bris from the mountains, at base of which 1t is located, and had been filled with ore preparatory to firing, the ore as yet untouched by fire. The furnace is not larger than an ordinary large sized Mexican oven, yet seems to have been sufficient to reduce and refine large bodies of ore better than the costly works of this generation. The ore here is refrac- tory, yet this ancient method sep arated all, leaving the pure silver.
 It is hoped that on the opening of this furnace to-day by govern ment officials that a clue to the an- cient method may be discovered. Several of these old furnace have heretofore been discovered, but all had been fired and unfortunately all were footed by ignorant Ameri- cans, Mexicans and Indians before they were examined by trustworthy, scientific men.
 Mr. Wilson has bar of bullion of remarkable purity found near one of these furnaces, which vii! be forwarded with the old furnace to the Worlds Fair at Chicago and to the Smithsonian in stitute for permanent preservation. Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-08

SAYS the Las Vegas Stock Grow CT: Those who have doubted that the dressed beef barons have been gouging the cattlemen of this coun- try would no longer doubt could they see the showing which those concerns make as a result ot ten or twelve years operations. From the most reliable authority the Stock Grower has learned that a statement of the assets of Swift < Co.,, made last month, showed a to- tai of S3O,OOO,0OO, and as showing the profits of the business it..was recited in the same statement that in 1878 the total assets of the firm were but $2S,O0O. When it is re- membered that this concern is one of the smallest of the Big Four it will be readily seen that the diffor- ence between the buying and sell ing price of the stock which has been handled by the syndicate will amount to appalling figures, and prove exclusively to every think ing man that the statement made by Armour and other packers to the senate Investigating committee, that the profits on the cattle han dled did not amount to more than SI head is absolutely false, as the statement of Swift < Co. shows that this firm alone has in the years they have been Tn the business accum- mulated assets representing more than $l head for every animal which has been handled at the Chi cago yards.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-08

George Scott, of Dudleyyille after many searches extending over the past decade, has at last found and located very rich Host mine" not far from the San Carlos reservation It's existence was made known to Geo. F. Cook. of Dudleyville, about 16 years ago, by two prospectors who afterwards disappeared and never returned. They gave a minute description of its locality but up to MT. Scott's recent re-discovery no one was able to find 1t, although parties had frequently been within a half mile of the ledge. It was found as described by the prospec- tors and is in the midst of a tangled thicket of almost impenetrable brush. The ledge is a large and strong one, the ore being gray car bonates, assaying 65 ounce in silver on the croppings. Steps will at once be taken to prospect what is believed to be an immense mineral deposit.-Florence Enterprise.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-08
Federal Control of Elections.

Those whO are urging the pas sage of the Federal election bill do not stop to consider the fact that such legislation is calculated to in- crease rather than to diminish the present political evils in the South. They seem to think that law of this sort would enforce itself, and that all local Instructions would vanish at a word. But they should remember that the States have cer- tain power which may be directly and effectively used to hinder and defeat this form of Federal interfer- ence in their affairs. In a Presi- dential election, particularly, it would be possible to interpose a conclusive barrier against such su- pervision and regulation. The matter of choosing electors is ex- pressly delegated to the States by the Constitution. Congress has no authority to provide how said cleo tors shall be selected. The State is supreme in that regard, and may adopt any method that it pleases. There is no necessity for uniformity in the matter, each State having the right to act independently up- on the subject. The simple device of ballot-box for electors at the polling place for State and county officers, apart from the Congress- ianal polling places, would effectual prevent the operation of the Feder- al law; and there are several other ways in which the same result cou'd be reached.
 It in not to be doubted that the