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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
WHEN ''LEGISLATORS BECOME AN.
GEIS.n

In his argument before the Wis
consin supreme court upon the gerry.
mander case, Gen. Bragg said: "Until
legislators become angels there will
be districts that will be unsatisfac-
tory to some" The General undoubt-
edly spoke the truth. To bring about
system Of perfect districts with no
objection from any one would be to
bring about the millennium. But
there ought to be some way by which
the most fragrant abuses of the gerry
mander system can be done away
with. To admit that there is not is
to virtually admit that our system
of government is a failure, which all
will be 10th to do.
The constitution directs how the
districts shall be formed, and when
there has been an outrageous disre-
gard, not only to these directions, but
to all forms Of right and decency,
there ought to be some way of correct
ing the evil. If politicians knew,
when they set out to make a gerry
mander with their success as the only
object in view, that the people would
carry the matter into court and have
it set one side because of it's mantle st
unfairness, it would have tendency
to check some of the outrageous prac-
tices now in vogue
Another point which the General
made that looks rather weak, is that
the gerrymander is political ques-
tion, and the judicial branch of gov
eminent has no Jurisdiction of the
political branch of government. To
call the court in to settle such a cues
ton would be to pollute it. Any one
who has paid the least attention the
Democratic gerrymander Of Wiscon-
sin knows that it is foul piece of
business, but undoubtedly the court
can dispose of the matter without
danger of pollution. This cry is an
old one, and if adhered to, our repub-
lie would soon go down in mass of
political corruption. If there is no
precedent to guide the courts in this
matter, the sooner one is made in ia
vor of justice to all, the better.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following real estate transfers
have been recorded by the Register
OF Deeds. during the past week:
Thos Randall to Mary Moffat,
lots Il and %, blk 3, Randall'S
add. $50
George III Buckmaster to Geo w
Snyder WI ne4 sec 8, 1O6, 2S... 1900
Frank Wilka to Thos Coughlan,
OlOt 2, blk l24, city Mankato. -. $50
D E Gross to Reinhart Nibbe,
lot II, blk I, village of Amfboy 100
VIM e Klaus to Jas ] Rambo,
Cd sci, sec 20, LOG, 49, ..... 5000
Chrisoph Groth to Wilhelm e
Klaus, nw4 sec l, 105, 20. 49,. 5000
L o Hunt to David e Evans,
nw4 nw4, sec 5, 107, %. ... 100
VIM Frisbie Lewis to Anton
Hochsteine, sci sec 20, 106, 26. $500
Arthur Hochsteine to Stephen
Lamm WI sci sec 20, 106, &C.. 1900
Anton HochSteine to James T
O'Connor, e3 sci, sec 20, 100, rs 1000
John Keitzer to John D Keitzer,
nw4 SCI, sec %, 106, %. ....... %
John Keitzer to Christopher
Keitzer, nw4 sci sec %, LOG, % %
John Albrecht to Fred Warnke,
NJ 81 set sci, sec 4, 106, 26. -. $50
Mary E Robinson to Mary Da-
vies, lot IA blk l, Humphreys
Lake View ad to Lake Crystal 125
John f Meagher to John Rob-
inson, sw4, sec 80, los, 90. 5000
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Attorney for Administrator.
First ms. Feb. II; last Feb. q

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth.-ss In Probate Court SpeciaI
Term, February Sth, 1892.
In the matter OF the guardianship OF Walter
Leslie Councilman and Halstead Powell Conn
Gilman, minors,
On reading and filing the petition of Samuel
ID. GTannls OF said Blue Earth county guardian
OF the person and property of said Walter Les
lie Councilman and Halstead Powell Council
man. minors, for license to sell all of the inter
est OF his said wards in the following described
real estate situate in the county of Murray and
State OF Minnesota, to-Wit: The northwest
quarter OF Section Ten 1O) in Township One
Hundred aud Six (1O6) north of Range Forty
three (43) west according to the government
survey thereof, being the real estate of his said
wards, and 1t appearing from said petition that
it is necessary and would be beneficial to said
wards, and all persons interested therein that
the whole OF said real estate should be sold
1t Is ordered, that the next of the
OF the said wards and all persons interested
III the estate OF said wards, shall appear before
said Probate Court at the Probate office in the
City OF MankatO, i'll the county of Blue Earth
aforesaid, on the 5th day of March, A. D. 1892
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, to show cause
why a Incense should not be granted for the sale
of said real estate.
And it is further ordered that notice of such
hearing be given to all persons interested in said
estate by publication OF this order for three
successive weeks prior to said hearing in the
Mankato Free Press; a weekly newspaper print
ed and published at the City of Mankato in
said Blue Earth county.
Dated February Sth, 1892.
By the court,
(SeaD w. TORREY,
Judge of Probate
WM. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY for Guardian
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

Miss Sarah Orne Jewett, who has
lately suffered severely from rheuma-
tism in the eyes, is reported to be
much better.
1t is said that the United States
Army Board, now selecting a model
for magazine rifle, leans with some
favor toward the arm used in Den
mark.
President Eliot's treatment of co.
education in his recent lectures on
education in Boston, as we'll as of
teaching men and women teachers,
provoked not little criticism.
The next cruiser to be launched
will be the Raleigh. She is being
built by the government at the Nor
folk yard. 1t will be a fine addition
to the navy, having speed of 10 or 20
knots, and fine battery of rapid-flre
guns.
George J. Longfellow, brother of
the famous poet, is farmer and lives
near BeXtOn, N D.
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Prepared for the CamDajpn.

'Why, Cousin Jenny" said Capt.
Jinks, what a beautiful complexion
you have. You are the belle of the
dance tonight" :
"Yes, Tom, l agreed to furnish the
powder if papa would provide the
ball. My partners must furnish the
arms"
"Oh, | see, and you expect to bring
on an engagement"
WAS there an engagement? To be
sure,and those who were wounded and
had to fall back were not a few.
"Papa" was pleased of course, and
ventured to say to his daughter, "Now
when it comes to the wedding trip,
remember the albert Lea Route,
Minneapolis & ST. Louis Railway. All
principal points in Minnesota and To-
wa, and Watertown. S. d.; also Chi
cago, st. Louis, California, etc. Full
particulars obtained from G. M. Pratt,
G. T. & P. A., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
WILL VOICE THE PARTY'S DE-
SIRE

A great many Democrats assume
that the Minneapolis convention will
be very tame affair now that Secre.
| tary Blaine has announced he is not
a candidate. and that it will be sim.
ply gathering to register the wish
of the administration. This is sim.
ply sneering way Of getting around
the matter. The Minneapolis con.
vention will be a representative body
of the Republican party. 1t will reg
lister the will of no one man, but the
will of the party. 1t is possible that
these Democratic writer's and leaders
who are use to having their gatherings
dominated by bosses, cannot. compre.
bend such a state of affairs, but it is
matter of fact nevertheless.
The Developments of the last day
or two, since the appearance of Mr..
Blaines letter indicates that the
names of several gentlemen will be
presented to the convention for it's
COuSldCl dUlOu. w hCUhCl duy VI Iucul
will develope any particular strength
further than that of being favorite
son, time will reval, but certain it is
that any man who comes seriously be-
fore that body as a cand idate, will be
judged upon his merits and availebili
ty alone.
But with the fine record of his adj
ministration behind him, no one can
question the fact, that with Secre-
tary Blaine out of the field, President
Harrison will prove a most formidable
competitor for the first place upon
the ticket, and it is not likely any
other candidate will develope strehgth
enough to defeat him.
There are undoubtedly disappointed
politicians, who nurse a feeling that
they have not been used
just as they ought to have
been, but they have no strength with
the people: will undoubtedly be I'M
able to concentrate their strength up
on any one man, and therefore will
cut no great figure in the convention
to any extent farther than to prevent
its being tame affair
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
First ms. Feb. -; last Feb. 26.
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS

STATE OFF MINNESOTA, County of Blua
~ Earth-ss. In Probate Court. SpeciaI
Term February g. 1892.
In the matter OF the estate of John Shields
deceased
Letters of administration on the estate of said
deceased being this day granted unto John
=. Jones, OF said county.
IL is ordered that all claims and demands of
al persons against said estate be presented to
Gnls court for examination and allowance at
the Probate office in the City of Mankato i'm
SAD county OF Blue Earth on the following day
W. On Tuesday, the 9th day of September. a,
ID; 1892, at 10 O'Clock a. m. of said day.
Ii is 1ufther ordered, that seven months from
0ne GATE hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate at the ex-
plration OF which time all claims not presented
TO SAID court or not proven to its satisfaction
snail be forever barred; unless for cause shown
further time be allowed
ordered further, That notice of the time and
place OIL the hearing and examination of said
claims and demands shall be given by publica-
ton OF this order for three successive weeks prior
to the day appointed for such examination. i'm
the Mankato Free Press, a weekly newspaper
printed and published at Mankato in said
county.
Dated atthe City'of Mankato the 9Th dav
OF February, A. d. 1892.
By the Court.
(SeaD W. B. TORREY.
Judge of Probate
THOs. HUGHES
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

II is said that there are $4,000 child
Zen of school age in Chicago. not pro-
Vided with public school accommoda-
tions. The reason given for this fail
nre is that the money has been taken
to build UP for the higher education,
while those who are in need of the
rudiments are thus neglected. There
is more or less of such work every
where, and while the higher elements
of education should be carefully look
ed after, those who are just beginning
to store their minds with knowledge
should have their wants properly at
tended to.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

In disappearing the Mckinley
law at the time of its enactment, the
Democrats claimed that it would in.
crease the average rate of tariff taxa.
tion from about AZ per cent, to be.
tween 60 and 10 per cent. The gov.
eminent reports of importations show
the rate of duty upon the dutiable
imports for the first year of the Nc.
Kinley law to have been Al per cent
while the average rate upon the total
of imported goods was only % Del
cent. This is another straw which
shows how little the opponents Of the
tariff knew about it's workings.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
The First Step.

Perhaps you are run down, can't eat
can't sleep, can't think, can't do any.
thing to your satisfaction, and YOU
wonder what ails you. You should
heed the warning, you are taking the
first step into Nervous Prostitution,
You need Nerve Tonic and in Elec.
trio Bitters you will find the exact re.
medy for restoring your nervous sys-
tenn to it's normal, healthy condition.
Surprising results follow the use OF
this great Nerve Tonic and Altera-
tive. Your appetite returns, good di-
gestion is restored, and the Liver and
Kidneys resume healthy action. Try
a bottle. Price soc. at J. r. Jones'
drug store.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
LAKE CRYSTAL.
lFrom the Union ]

Geo. Meyers is agent for the north
ern and western part of the county
for the Pleasant Mound Mutual in.
surance company.
Y; +. Burrows stubbed his toe
against the edge of plank in sag
IN the sidewalk in front of Owens &
Prltchard's store and fell, lighting
upon one knee, last week. His leg
from his ankle to his knee was bark.
ed, black and blue. For several DAYS
ne was compelled to walk with the
| aid OF a cane.
VIM. e. Williams, assistant State
grain weighmaster came home and
spent the Sabbath with his family in
this place. His son Eddie who went
to Los Angeles, Cal, for his health
writes he has had hemorrhage OF
the lungs a short time ago but the
last letter from him states he was
much better. His many friends here
hope he will greatly improve in
health.
Up to the present time nothing
positive has been learned of the nv.
sterious disappearance of Miss
Mcbride. There is quite difference
of opinion as to her disappearance;
some believe she is dead, while others
cling to the hope that she will yet be
found alive. For the sake of her pa
rents and herself we hope the mystery
will soon be cleared up. Her brother
will continue the search.
A young son about years old, of
Hugh Il. Williams of Cambria, got
hold of some matches left on a table,
one day this week, and went into a
bed room, lit one and threw it into
an open hat box, setting fire to and
burning about $50 or $40 worth of
clothing. After the little fellow
threw the match he came out of the
room and closed the door. The fire
had got under good Roadway before
it was discovered. Luckily Mr.. Will
liams was at home at the time of the
fire or possibly the house and contents
would have burned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

Mr.. HENRY GRAHAM was an impor-
ter Of pearl buttons, but when the
Mckinley law went into effect he
went to manufacturing them and
gave employment to IS men. In the
meantime he has invented process
for decorating them which enables
him to cut the former retail price OF
H25 a gross, for d certain class of i'm.
ported buttons, down to $50 per gross
That is one illustration of how the
tariff increases the cost of production,
but there is not free trader in the
country, however, that will use the
pearl buttOnfsmatter to illustrate his
assertion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
LATEST MAkET REPORT.
st. Paul Union StocA Yards

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Feb. IL, 1892.
HOGS-5@10c lower. The decline in provi
sions is discouraging to packers, who claim
that at present prices packing must be done al
loss, and they are not anxious for more hogs
than is necessary for fresh meat orders. Yards
cleared at the decline, $4.3O04.60.
CATTLE-Best grades firm and active. Con.
siderable demand for stockers and feeders, but
not much advance in price is being offered
Good butcher stuff is selling well again at lit
tie better prices. Gamers and thin stuff hard
to get rid of. Prime steers, S3.5013.75; good
steers, $2.5O035O prime cows, S2.4012.6O good
COWS, $l.0o@240 common to fair COWS, $1,000
200; light veal calves, S3.OO@3.75; heavy calves,
$2.0O93OO stockers, $1.9002.3 IS: feeders, S2.350
2.75; bulls, stays and oxen, $1.2502.25.
SHEEP-Steady. Muttons, S4.0l@4.75; lambs,
$4.000475 stockers and feeders, S3.O0@4OO.
Receipts: Hogs, 100; cattle, $50; calves, 10;
sheen n
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

WHILE the Senate committee on
Finance decided against free silver
coinage, the House committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures have
agreed to the Bland free coinage
bill, and reported it to the House.
The pressure for the passage of the
measure is strong, and the indications
are that it will down the opposition
of the Crisp-Hill-Gorman-Springer
combination. Should the bill pass
she House, it will commit the Demo
cratic party to free silver and doom it
to defeat in the coming elections in
spite of all it can do.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
~ Earth. Municipal Court. City of Mankato.
II. f. Day
First ms. Feb. IL; last Feb. 20.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.
Joseph BoOkWalter

LTATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
y Earth-ss. In Probate Court Special Term,
February 18th, 1892.
In the matter Of the estate of Chancellor
Darling, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Charlotte
Darling, executrix OF the estate OF said
Chancellor Darling, deceased, representing
among other things. that she has fully admins
tered said estate, and praying that a time and
place be fixed for examining and allowing the
final account of ner admins tration, and for the
assignment of the residue of said estate to the
parties entitled thereto by law.
: 1t is ordered that said account be examined
and petition heard by this court, on Saturday,
the 5th day of March, A. D.. 1892, at 10 O'Clock
a. M. at the Probate Office in the City of Man
kato, in said county.
And it is further ordered, that notice thereof
be given to all persons interested by publishing
this order once in each week. for three success.
sive weeks prior to said day of hearing i'm the
Mankato Free Press, a weekly newspaper print
ed and published at Mankato in said county.
Dated at the City of Mankato, the 18th dav
of February, A. d. 1892
By the Court
lsEALl W. b. TORREY,
Judge of Probate.
LoRIN CRAY,
Attorney for Executrix
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
BuckIen|S Afnica, SaIye.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Price rs cents per box. For sale
bv J. r. Jones, Druggist.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

IN his letter to the Greystone Club,
in Denver, regretting his inability to
be present at the banquet, Grover
Cleveland nicely avoided touching
upon unpleasant political subjects
like the silver question, by paying his
entire attention to Samuel J. Tilden,
whom he declared Democracy should
take as its political example. But
some how or other none of the follow
ers come up to the level of the ex-
ample.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
Mardi Gras Rates.

On account of the Mardi Gras cele-
bration, the Chicago & Northwestern
R'y Co. will, from Feb. 22d to 2Sth
inclusive, sell excursion tickets to New
Orleans and return at very low rates;
tickets good for return passage until
March 22d. For tickets and full in
formation apply to agents @. & N. w
Ry. 262tlSd35t3
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
THE anti-lottery people of Louisian;

THE anti-lottery people of Louisiana
are of the opinion that the letter OF
Mr.. Morris to the effect that the great
lottery monopoly is dead, was put out
as blind, in hopes the anti-lottery
people would be less active during the
remainder of the campaign. In sup
port Of their belief they assert that
the lottery people are none the less
active in behalf Of this ticket and ex-
hibit other signs of being very much
alive.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

DURING the past three years the
public debt has been reduced $780,
100000, and yet the Democrats persist
that the Republicans have squander-
ed the surplus. Do they mean by
this that the paying off of debt in.
CURED in putting down an unholy
rebellion, is a piece of extravaganza?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

DURING the first 10 days Of this
year one of the Boston Savings Banks
opened 1,126 new accounts and took
s471, 1852 in deposits. This shows that
the laboring classes are laying aside
3 little something for a rainy day,
though our free trade friends tell us
that the "poor are getting poorer"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

TIN plate is not and cannot be man
afactured in this country, yells the
free trader, yet the American Econo-
mist gives the names and address of
"A companies that manufacture tin
plate, each establishment having a
capacity of from 300 to 5000 boxes of
tin per week, and from $1,000 to $780,
900 invested in the business.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

The senate committee on Finance
has reported against the free silver
coinage bill. and also Senator PETERS
bill to loan the farmers of Indiana
100000, 900 at = per cent. The vote
in the committee upon the free silver
coinage measure stood Z to 4, while
PETERS wild scheme was without q
supporter
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

WESTERN Democratic presidential
aspirants rather enjoy the fight be-
tween Cleveland and Hill. In it they
perceive the only chance that their am
billions for an. empty honor will ever
be satisfied.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

JOHN j. KNOX, of New York, who
was one OF the ablest financiers that
arose after the war, died at his home
in that city yesterday of pneumonia.
From 1856 to 1862 he was engaged in
the banking business, in connection
with his brother, at ST. Paul.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

THOUGH the supreme court of the
United States through its decision
made Coy. Boyd a citizen, it could
not make him gentleman, as is illus
srated by his refusal to shake hands
with his predecessor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12

Gov. RUSSELL, of Massachusetts, is
a modern representative of Jefferso-
man simplicity. He has started a
movement to get his salary increased
to $4,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO, Feb. II, 1892.
OPENING PRICES.
WHEAT-May, $3.50.
CORN-March, 421sc; May, 4114c.
OATS-May, 3l1ac.
PORK-May, S1a.20.
LARD-May, $6671s.
SHORT RIBS-May, $6.05.
CLOSING PRICES.
WHEAT-February, $3.50; May, S97sc.
CORN-February, Ale; March, 4lNc: May,
1880.
OATS-May, 3l9sc.
PORK-May, S12021a.
LARD-May, 36.70.
SHORT RIBS-May, $6.0715O1l9.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
Minneapolis Grain.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. II, 1892.
WHEAT-May, opening, S438c; highest, S51Ac;
lowest, S73s@S4c; closing, S514c. On track
No. l hard, SIC; No. Northern, SIC; No. 2
Northern, 7S0S0c.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-12
Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO UNION STOCK YARDS,
Feb. IL, 1899.
CATTLE-Market weak; 5010c lower.
HOGS-Market weak; 5@10c lower. Heavy,
S4650500 mixed and medium, S47505.95;
light, $4.40@4S5.
SHEEP-Market weak, 5010c lower.
Receipts: Cattle, ,OOb; hogs, &c. 200; sheep,
10000.