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Connecticut western news., 1891-05-06
The Common Sense of the Court.

One of the oldest and best practition. CTS at the Erie county bar was arguing a motion at a neighboring county seat, and was depending more upon his own sound logic than upon authorities fol success. At critical juncture the judge interrupted the speaker with this inquiry, ''Yes, understand, but where are your authorities upon the subject2' ''If your honor please" retorted he briskly, 1T will explain the absence ot authorities, with your permission, by telling a little story: A young man freshly admitted to practice had pro- duced in court in support of a motion a wealth of authorities. After allow. ing the young man to read page upon page of dry decisions the judge at length interrupted wearily: You are just beginning in practice, said he; let me give you some advice. It does very we'll to cite authorities once in while, but you must always trust somewhat to the common sense of the court. ' It was a bold, almost audacious, posi- tion to take, but it won his case. e.-- Buffalo CopHaR.
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Origin of Long Measure.

Our measures of length originated in the dawn of civilization, and came to us through the Anglo-Saxons. The yard was originally the length of a kings arm; the foot, the length of his pedal e1tremities. The word inch is derived from the Latin uncia, a twelfth part, but why the foot was divided into twelfths, instead of tenths or elevenths, no one claims to be wise enough to tell. It has been suggested that probably the inch was originally the length of the second joint of the fore6nger, and that twelve of these about equal the length of the forearm, which averages about one foot in length.
 The inch used to be divided into three "barleycorns," which were simply the length of the grain or "corn" of the bar ley. The ''mile" was reckoned at 1000 paces, as its name shows, for it is de- rived from the first word of the Latin phrase millia passuum, Ia thousand paces." The origin of the 'rod" is doubtful.-St. Louis Republic.
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Heroic Annie Bender.


 Annie Bender, the eighteen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Margaret Bender, of St. Clair street, did an act Wednesday afternoon that was worthy of strong and courageous man, and may thereby have saved two lives.
 Some time Wednesday afternoon flames were noticed on the roof of Claus Steffens' house. Neighbors rushed hast fly over to alarm box PAS, but the de- partment was hindered by the awful roads from reaching the house prompt ly.
 In bed on the second floor of the house, directly under the blazing roof, lay Mrs. Steffens and her two-day-old infant. Several women rushed up stairs to carry Mrs. Steffens and her baby out, but physician, who had just arrived, forbade it. He said the fire was not spreading rapidly, and the fire depart ment would probably reach the house in 8 moment. The minutes went rap idly by and the engines did not come.
 Then Miss Bender resolved to act. She placed a ladder against the caves, seized an ax and climbed to the roof. With a score of blows she. chopped away the shingles from around the flames, which had then spread but a few inches from the chimney. She worked with all her might and main and soon had all the infammable ma terial cut away.
 While she was thus engaged two other young women stood by Mrs. Stef- fens' bedside, and determined to re- main there until it became evident that the house would burn, when they would carry her down stairs.
 Just as Miss Bender finished her work hook and ladder company 6, from the new fire station on Windsor avenue, came, the wheels covered with mud and the horses foaming and per spiring from their hard pull through the horrible streets. A few minutes work with the extinguishers put out the fire with no very great loss.
 Miss Bender's brave act no doubt prevented 8 serious destruction of prop erty, if not, indeed, the loss of the two helpless lives just beneath the roof Cleveland World. -
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TIMELY ANNIVERSARIES.
Current Selections from HistO-
 ry's Broad Page.
May 10.

May 1O.
 j! : $: k: :: ::::: TEA. R. J. Turgut, great SHA finance minister of France, NGQSNNN born; died 17S1.
 of France, died of small GS AS pox. wA lT5-Colonel Ethan Allen sur A ~ prised and captured Ticon- @8@ deroga in the name of "Je- J>NA hovah and the Continental >> EHMMAR congress" TTA \sMSa lS62-Battle at Norfolk, Va. lS63-Battle at Civique's Fer ETHAN ALLEN. ry, La.; General Thomas Jonathan Jackson cStonewa1l') died at Guinea Station, Va, of wounds inflicted in mistake by his own troops.
 l88EThe Day of Slaughter" seven consider able battles; 6,OOO Federals shot down in assault on Laurel Hill CNy river), Va., and but 600 Confederates; Federal loss for the day there about 10000, Confederate un- known. ... ..,. ....- 1S65-Jefferson Davis captured near Irwins- vile, Ga., by First Wisconsin and Fourth Michigan cavalry; Major General Samuel Jones at Tallahassee surrendered his 2, 113 men as the Army of Florida ls69-"Last spike'' driven on Union Pacific railway at Promontory Point, U. T., with much ceremony; celebration throughout the United States. 1Se0-The Very Rev. William Keegan, vicar general of the Catholic diocese of Brook lyn, died there, aged 67.
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Achilles and tho Tortoise.

A paradox which has been inherited from the Greeks-that of Achilles and the tortoise-is familiar.
 Achilles (the swift footed) allows the tortoise hundred yards start, and runs ten yards while the tortoise runs one. Now, when Achilles has run 8 hundred yards the tortoise has run ten yards, and is therefore still that dis tance ahead. When Achilles has run these ten yards the tortoise has ran ono yard. When Achilles has run the one yard the tortoise has run one-tenth of a yard. And when Achilles has run the one-tenth of yard the tortoise has run one-hundredth. It is only neces- sary to continue the same process of reasoning to prove that Achilles can never overtake the tortoise.
 Of course it is fact that Achilles does overtake the tortoise, notwith- stand this apparently logical reasoning to the contrary.-New York Tribune
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A Tall Tree Story.

Fresno county, Cal, now comes to the front and claims ownership of the "larg- est large tree" A party of bear hunt CTS, it is said, located it in the Sierras, in the most rugged portion of the mount aims, two miles north of Kentucky Meadows. It was surrounded for mile by almost impenetrable underbrush, so that the hunters wera compelled to use both knife and ax to get to it. As three brown bears were captured near it no doubt the hunters crept forward with bated breath. What sort of "bait' may be inferred from their report that the tree was 129 feet in circumference four feet from the ground. - Philadelphia Ledger.
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May II.

I778-William Pitt, the elder, Earl of Chatham, died.
 ls12-Spencer Percival, British minister, assas- sinated. l849-Mme. Recamier, famous beauty, died. lS63-Battle at Mount Vernon, Ark, the Fed erals commanded by Colonel Powell Clay ton, afterward governor of the state. -Sheridan's raiders fight at Ashland and Yellow Tavern, near Richmond, Va. 1865-General Jeff Thompson surrendered the Army of Arkansas'' to General Grenville M. Dodge at Chalk Bluff, Ark; ,048 men paroled. SS8-Commodore Kittson died at St. Paul, Minn.; born 1891. 189O-The Rothschilds notified the emperor Of Austria that unless the prosecution of the Jews ceased they would remove their bank and capital to Pesth.
Connecticut western news., 1891-05-06
WHY ROSY LIPS WERE MADE.

AS Bessie, brushing, raised her head The handsome fellow archly said,
 Stroking his chin: Pray tell why rosy lips were made. Said she: They are the sweet blockade Against young lovers who invade
 The heart within. If I the sweet blockade should run Night not hold the heart I'd won
 By such adventure, Not every one can take who triesl But should you take me by surprise And close the lips I'd still have eyes
 Would speak fin censrei Couli eyes like those be 30 unkindf Then close them up, for Love is blindr'
 Nay, that's not true, sir! Can Love be blind, rd like to know, And shoot the unering arrow 70? He sees more in some ore, trow,
 Than others do, sir. And why do cheeks get rosy redr I'll tell you why, sweet Besde said,
 With some emotion There nature, with consummate art Paints every passion of the heart That burning secret to impare-
 maids devoetonl He stole one kissi then two. three, fouri And gladly would have stolen moro
 Without repenting. You've ta'en my heart; it must be true These rosy lips were made for youl You'd better take the residue
 While I'm consenttng. -Fred Emerson Brooks in New York Herald.
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May 16.

l277-Pope John XXI killed at Viterbo. 1923 Sir William Petty, political economist, born.
 l8l-Sir Dudley North, merchant, traveller and political writer, bern; his theory on trade and finance was century later adopted en- tire by Adam Smith.
 l791-Colonel John Hnttrick, commander Of Americans in Concord fight, died, aged 60. ls63-Desperate battle at Champion Hills, Miss, sometimes called "Indiana's fight" that state having most t1uops engaged; the d. vision of General (now Governor) Alvin P. Hovey lost one-third it's entire force; Con- federates lost nearly 1000, General Lloyd Tilghman, previously captured at Fort Henry, being among the killed; the Meth odist regiment" Twenty-fourth Iowa) held prayer and song meeting on the field after the battle.
 664-9 battles in states and territory, the most important at Bermuda Hundredsl lVA-
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May 13.

May 13s l619-Johan Von Olden Barneveldt. Dutch statesman, died. 1707 Louis Bourdaloue, famous French divine, died. I717-Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria and mother of Marie Antoinette, born. l839- Cardinal Fesch. uncle of Napoleon Bona parte, died.
 ls62-Battles at Reedy Greek, w. Va; Rodgers vile, Ala, and Monterey, Tenn. lS63-Battles at Ponchatoula, La.; Halls Ferry, Miss, and South Union, Ky. lS64-Five battles by detached columns in ad- vance of various Federal armies. lS65-Last battle in the grcAt civil war at Pal metto Ranche, Tex; last volley fired by colored troops -Sixty-second U. s. lS73-Explosion l.. Drummond colliery, West Vale. Nova Scotia, 59 killed. ls90-Amasa J. Parker, famous jurist, died in Albany, aged 83.
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Family History.

Mrs. De Style Gin her bric-a-brac cor. -ner)-I cannot imagine how my grand mother managed to keep this set oi china SO long. Since have had 1t the servants have broken half a dozen of the choicest pieces.
 Mrs. Levelhead Probably your grandmother did her own housework. --GOod News.
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May 12.


 904-St. Pancras martyred by order of Em- peror Diocletian; St. Pancras, for whom many churches and the famous parish in London are named, was but fourteen years old at death.
 l6l-Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford and minister of Charles I. executed. .s lS50-Henry Cabot Lodge, author, congressman and reputed framer of the Federal cleo tions bill, born in Boston.
 1863 Thirteenth and Fifteenth army corps, under McClernand and Sherman, drive Confederates from Fourteen Mile Creek. and McPherson's Seventeenth corps defeats them at Raymond Grants Vicksburg campaign). lS6+Frightful carnage around Spottsylvania Court House, Va; Confederates make five desperate charges on Hancock's position; "More bullets fired in limited space and time than in any other battle" say the gen. erals; forest moved down by shots; esti- mated from 5000 to 10000 Federals killed and wounded in eight days; five minor bat ties elsewhere on same day; General J. E. B. Stuart died of wounds.
 l89OAGeneral Middleton convicted by Cana dian parliament of ''looting'' valuable furs while commanding troops against Riel.
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Very Deferential.

"Mr. Dolley is very deferential man," remarked Amy to her mother.
 "Yes," assented the old lady, ''he's differed with everybody ever since he was little boy."-West Shore.
Connecticut western news., 1891-05-06

pleasantness, and that all her paths are paths of peace-that it is perfume now and perfume forever. And there was an abundance of spices; neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon"
Connecticut western news., 1891-05-06
Of Course.

Tommy-Sis, here's a little fuzzy baby caterpillar.
 Kittie (severely)-Oo mustn't call that caterpillar. It's only little kit. tenpillar. r.-pittsburR Bulletin.
Connecticut western news., 1891-05-06

Ammonia is a very useful household article. For washing windows, brushes, and for performing many other services it becomes almost indispensable to the careful housekeeper.
Connecticut western news., 1891-05-06

CT, born; died 1858; found ROBERT OWEN. ed social commonwealth at New Harmony, Ind. l7S7-Convention met in Philadelphia to form constitution for United States. lS20-Henry Grattan, Irish statesman, died; born 1746. lS62-Battle at Trenton Bridge, N. C.. l863-Battle at Jackson, Miss. (Fifteenth and Seventeenth corps, commanded by Sher- man and McPherson). ls6tCongratulatory dispatches of Grant and Meade published, exciting mingled sensa- tions of exultation and horror. 1888-Trains collided at Fountain, Colo, and caused dynamite explosion, destroying tho town. l889-Hail storm around Norfolk, Va., destroy ed $1O0O,000 worth of property.
Connecticut western news., 1891-05-06

1781. EDMuND KHAN. lS62IFive gunboats attack Fort Darling, va (battle of Princeton, w. Val. battle at Tanners bridge, near Rome, Ga. of the Greedy party reached point farther north than ever before attained. storm in Michigan after a period with the temperature at 92 degrees Fahr- enheit. B. H. McCalla, U. s. N., sus- pended from rank and pay for three years for cruel treatment of seamen under his control.
Connecticut western news., 1891-05-06
Teachers of American


 Teachers of English are plentiful in this day and generation, but teachers of American are to be met with only at rare intervals In this city, however; there are several of the latter who com mand good prices for their services, and who find ready employment at all times. Foreigners who have been taught English in the schools of their native land find themselves completely at sea on their arrival here, and many of them who can afford 1t employ. teaah- ers to instruct them in learning the pe- culiar idioms employed by the lAxnefi- cans. The localism especially they 6nd most perplexing to master, and the teacher must be we'll up on all the man. nerisms and slang expressions of the day. The bishop of the Russian church In this city has a young lady employed to teach him Americn, and he finds 1t . most necessary pert of his education. San Francisco Call
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May 14.

l610-Henry W of France C'Henry of Navarre'D as- sassinated in Paris by Francois Ravaillac; born 1858; first Bourbon king. 16S6-Gabriel Daniel Fahren- heit, born in Dantzic; died 1738; invented thermom- eter.
 1T1-Robert Owen, philan- thropist and social reform
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An lndiscreet Monograph.

General George Pearson, ex-Gov ernor Beavers private secretary, is m other victim of the photograph. While at Harrisburg he made frequent use of the instrument, and often entertained his friends with cornet solos, Sousa marches and operatic airs. One day relative of the same cognolnen visited the governors office with his best girl. The secretary was out, and the young man, who understood it, started the phonograph for the young lady's edification. Securing a new cylinder he told the maid to talk into the tube. She did so somewhat in this vein, 'I love you, George" George kisses her, and the photograph records the smack. Twill you always be constant and true?" lisped the maid. and another kiss went on record.
 That evening Secretary Pearson took his wife and party of friends to his office. They listened to Levy play the cornet, Gilmore's band, and heard Dr. Talmage tell of his trip abroad. Then the luckless secretary placed the cylin- der used by the lovers on the instru ment, to see what it was" and heard. So did Mrs. Pearson and her friends. It took Mir. Pearson a week of Sum- days to explain the matter to his wife's satisfaction. He has never used a pho nograph since. ce.-Philadelphia Record
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May 16.

1T3-A1ban Butler, author of Lives of the Saints," died: born ITO.
 l8-Edmund Kean, trage- dian, died; birth date un- known. 18E-Daniel O'Conneu died; born 1775.
 1S58-Dr. Robert Hare, Amer ican chemist, died; born
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l2T-Pope John XXI killed at Viterbo. l823ASir William Petty, political econom1
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

seems that the boy went in bathing
with two or three other boys, and that
they had rope tied to tree to hold
to. Either the rope broke or Powell
let go and was drowned. Further
particulars have not been learned. 1t
is a sad case. Powell was well liked.
According to the Pioneer Press
John Duroche, a Morris lumberman,
was at St. Paul Thursday in search of
his daughter, Eleanor, Is years old,
and a man named Fred Parrish. The
girl came to Mankato a year ago to
live with a family named Crozier, af-
ter her mothers death. She wrote
regularly to her father until two
months ago. After waiting long
time for letter from her he learned
that she left Mankato at about the
time she ceased writing, stating that
she would return. She failed to keep
her promise. and her whereabouts
was not known to the CroZiers. Dur
oche learned that a couple put up for
two days at the Carlisle hotel, ST.
Paul, in May, under the name of Mr..
and Mrs. Carter, who answered to the
description of his daughter and Par
IRISH. To add color to the suspicion
that these were the parties is the fact
according to Duroche, that Carter is
an alias heretofore used as Parrish,
and the further fact that Parrish Wis
tied her several times in MankatO,
and she seemed to bemuch taken with
him. Duroche says Parish is pro-
fessional gambler, and has wife and
two children at Montreal, Canada,
whom he deserted. He was a light
ming rod peddler in Montreal, and was
pretty well known to the DurOche
family while they visited there. Mr..
Duroche learned that the Carter pair
left ST. Paul, stating that-they were go
ing to Minneapolis where he had en-
gagged to work for an insurance COM
pany. The irate father left for Min
neapolis. swearing that he intended
to kill Parrish if LIE found him with
his daughter. He had two revolyers
with him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03
From Mondays Daily.

All straw hats and summer suits
sold at a big discount at r. f. Jones
l. X. L. Clothing House.
Anton Studulski, the boy who is
accused of breaking into store at
Mapleton last week, was bound over
to the next grand jury and is in jail.
The Mankato Mercantile Co. is
closing out it's stock of summer goods
at low prices, and invites everyone to
call and see what bargains it has to
offer.
Col. Mead has secured pensions
for Gottlleib Rocks, Co. E, 1st Mimi.
Cavalry, S24 per month, and w. I.
Voolfolk, Co. X, I'd Regt. Ill. Cavalry,
S12 per month.
John G. Noe reported the sale of
40 acres of unimproved land in section
lis of Decoria, for Col. John Earring
ton, of st. Paul, to Julius Wobschall,
of Michigan City, Ind, for $500.
Go to Jones' I. X, L. Clothing
House and buy a suit of fine silk fin
ished underwear for only S1.00. Star
shirt waists at ] price.
just as we go to press we learn
that the hail did serious damage in
Decoria and Mcpherson townships,
in the vicinity of ST. Clair, some fields
being totally destroyed. We are not
in possession of the names Of the
losers.
F. B. Rhodes, of ST. Paul, is in
the city to associate himself with Mr..
Gruber in the management of the pi,
ano business. He will remain in Man
kato and will prove a valuable at
tachee to this already prosperous en-
terprise.
Oliver E. Tillotson, of St. Clair
has been granted pension by the
pension bureau at Washington. Mr.
Tillotson ranks among the most wor
thy veterans, and his friends will re-
joice that he is to partake of Uncle
Sans bounties hereafter.
"A fine line of strictly all acool chill
dren's summer suits to be sold at hal
regular prices for the next ten days
Go there and get the benefit.
The coming of Forepaugh's cir
Gus next week suggests the well
known fact that these big shows art
always followed up by a tribe of gamb
lers, toughs and thugs, consequent.
the city and county authorities SHOULD
be well organized to contend will
them. If these characters know tina
the officers are on the alert they will
ply their vocation sparingly.
"A drive through the county yes
terday showed that the crops wer
never more promising at this seasol
of the year. Wheat is magnificent
with ample heads and good, health
straw. Generally not even the leave
are rusted. In three weeks the farm
ers will be in the midst of the harvest
There has not been too much rain
and considerable more would do n
harm, if the weather would remai
cool as to-day. Corn is looking well
and much of it has been freshly cult
waited, despite the wet weather Oat
and barley will make big crop, a
we'll as flax.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03
From Sata rday'S Daily.

Commencing Monday, the morn
ing freight on the Minneapolis & St.
Louis will depart at o'clock, instead
of $50 o'clock, but will reach Lake
Madison no later than hitherto.
The German Lutheran school will
hold picnic in Wizards grove, on
July 4th. They will leave the school
at nine o'clock and march up in a
body, with the Nicollet county band.
There will be games, ETC., and good
time generally.
"A. L. Thompson, of Ceresco, was
in the city to-day, and had good words
to say about the crops. Wheat, oats
and corn are booming ahead. Flax
never looked better. The only thing
to be feared in regard to the wheat
crop was rust, which has already ap-
peared on the leaves to some extent.
If it does not spread to the stalk,
wheat will be all right. The wealth
er to-day is favorable.
The school board campaign has
commenced. Ad. Deebach, A. J. Nor
rison, and EdCousandier in the 1st pre-
cinct, are mentioned. In the Third
precinct Joseph Manderfeld has been
mentioned, and would make a good
member.
H. P. Christensen has sold lot s,
block 10, City of Mankato, for A. d.
Crane, to DR.. E. w. Steel, for 81, 900.
This is the property next south from
DR.. Andrews property, and is a desi-
rable residence location and will make
a beautiful home.
The remains of Frank w. Powell
were buried at Rapidan station yes
terday, from the house of his uncle,
John Lyman, Rev. S. G. Franzin, of
this city, officiating. There was a
large attendance. Powell was aged
IL year and his father resides in the
Black Hills, while his mother is dead.
He left his uncle's place in May, and
his whereabouts was not known until
a dispatch was received this week that
he had drowned at Fort Wayne, Ind,
on Tuesday. The remains were iden-
titled by means of note for 800
which he held againt his uncle. 1t
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03
From TUESDAYS Daily. I

w. L. Comstock will deliver the
Fourth of July grafton at Lake Crys-
tai.
"A marriage license was issued to
Harry A. Fuller and Bell Reeder,
both of this county.
Bids for the new schoolhouse at
Good Thunder will be opened at +.
Thayer's office July 10th.
We learn that Ellis Chase, OF
Lake Crystal has accepted the posi-.
tion of pianist with the Andrews Ope.
"a Company.