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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08
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w. r. MERRIAM.
> o. V. TOUSLEY,
HI. B. MOORE.
SMITHS MILLS.

Abe Davidson moved, last week, on
to the DR.. Gilmore farm, south OF
town.
Miss Mile Mynard, of Eagle Lake,
was visiting friends in this place last
week.
Jas Matteson went to Wells last
week. He will work there some time.
Chas. Tobias, of Elysian, will start
for Big Stone Lake this week, to re-
main eight months.
M. J. Ryan has re-shingled his store
building.
VIM. Mclaughlin, of Elysian, was
visiting friends in town the first OF
the week.
Miss Anna Tool, of GAINESVILLE, is
visiting Mrs. G. f. Giblin.
1. R. Bucklin, who went to Coolidge,
Kentucky, about year ago, to work
for Chas. Marsh, has returned.
Henry Yerigan has returned from
Rochester, much improved in health,
fact his friends are pleased to learn.
School commences Monday.
Very little seeding done in this vi.
cinity, too much mud.
There is an effort on foot to try to
call a special election in the town OF
LeRay, to vote on license But the
town board doesn't seem to be built
that way and we are glad of it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08
OBITUARY.

Died, very suddenly at her home in
Richland, Rice county, Mimi, Satur-
day, April I'd, 1892, of inflammation
of the brain, Mrs. Cora M. Nelson,
aged p years and six months.
She was born in Blue Earth county
Sept. 26, 1864, and was the daughter
of Andrew L. and the late Agnes
Thompson, of Ceresco. Besides her
husband and infant child, seven
months old, she leaves father and a
large circle of friends who will be
panied to hear of her untimely death.
Mrs. Nelson was graduate from the
Faribault college, and was young
woman of more than ordinary ability,
and possessed a loving disposition
which endeared her to those with
whom she came in contact and truly
it might be said that to know her was
to love her.
The father of deceased is one of
Blue Earth county's best and most
respected citizens, and was telegraph
ed for when it became known that
his daughter was in critical condi-
tion, but he arrived only in
time to learn that her pure
spirit had gone to Him who
is father to the orphan and who
alone can comfort the broken-hearted.
The sorrowing family have the sin
cere sympathy of their many friends.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

The Wisconsin Democratic leaders
are reported as saying that they will
lose nothing by the recent decision of
the Supreme court in regard to the
gerrymander. They claim they can
follow the mandates of the court in
regard to county and town lines and
secure as many districts as they eX-
pected to have under the gerryman-
der. If this is so, then they were a
stupid lot to spend the larger portion
of winter in studying out a map
that would make civil engineer IS
head dizzy trying to get straight
line long enough to stretch his chain
out on.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

NEARLY sixty years ago John Nc
Lean, of Glasgow, left in the Bank of
Scotland 81, 500 for the education OF
theslaves ofhis brother in Georgia, but
the laws of Georgia at that time did
not permit of the education of slaves.
The money has been in the Bank OF
Scotland ever since, and it's presence
there was discovered by a son of Will
liam LLOYD Garrison in looking through
some of his fathers old letters. Cor
respondence with the officials of the
Bank OF. Scotland affirmed the report
of the deposit and that in sixty years
it has accumulated interest amount
ing TO very neat sum. The money
will now be devoted to the education
of coiored people in Georgia as was
originally intended by the donor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08
ANNUAL BALL.

The members of Hook and Ladder
Company No. /, are making extensive
arrangements for their thirty-second
annual ball, which is to be given at
Armory on the evening of Easter
Monday, April IS. The boys will
snare no pains to make the affair one
of the most memorable occasions in
the history of the company. A band
of music has been engaged and will
render such strains as always prove
nleasant to the ear of the person who
enjoys dance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08
ORATORICAL CONTEST.

The oratorical contest to be held at
the Normal hall on Friday evening,
April 22nd, between the Normal and
High schools. promises to be very
grand affair and will doubtless eclipse
anything of the kind ever held in the
city. Each school will be represented
by three original orations, and the
very best efforts Of the very best
talent of the school will then doubt
less be put forth. Aside from the
orations very fine musical program
is being prepared in which the best
musical talent in the city will partici-
nate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08
DEATH CALLED HER.

Sunday morning the soul of Mrs.
Eliza Burgess, of Eagle Lake, took it's
flight to the God WIN gave it. De-
ceased was about Is years of age and
was the wife of the preacher at the
Christian church, and mother of four
boys now living, one of them being
Henry Clay Burgess, so well-known
in this section. Mrs. Burgess was
among the early settlers and leaves a
great many friends who knew her to
love and praise for her worth as wife,
mother and friend.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

THE Review of Reriears for April,
thinks that had the Bland bill passed
the House, the logical outcome would
be an independent Cleveland party,
as "Mr.. Cleveland could not without
qualification accept the party nomi-
nation" But wherein will it be
different at Chicago now? The ma
jority Of the party is in favor of free
silver and will insist upon such a
plank in the platform, though it may
not be any more definite than was the
plank upon that subject adopted by
the Minnesota Democracy last week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

zen. PATTERSON, of Tennessee, an
ex-Confederate Brigadier, and also a
member of Congress, says "that the
enormous sum paid in the way of pen.
sions is double hardship on the PEG.
pie OF the South" But the General
should remember that the way of the
transgreSsor is hard. The South
stands directly responsible for the
great pension ROLL and if it rests as
hardship upon it, it is simply paying
for the sins of the past.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

A CHICAGO alderman has exempli.
fed what can be done by economy
and frugality to amass fortune. He
has been alderman only a few years,
and during that time has engaged in
no other business. The salary of the
office is only $3.50 year, yet he was
able to lay up $4,000 and the chances
are that the state will pay his board
bills during the next few years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

IT is said that the result of the
Behring Sea controversy has caused
the annexation talk to be revived in
Canada with renewed spirit. There
is no question but that if Canada
wants to keep up with the enterpris-
ing procession Of the world she must
catch on to some Of the push and en-
ergy Of the States.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08
Republican County Convention

A Convention of the Republicans of Blue
Earth county will be held at the City Hall, in
the city of Mankato, on
TUESDAY, MAY 3rd, 1892,
at o'clock, p. m. for the purpose of
10 delegates to represent Blue Earth county in
the Congress sional Convention to be held at the
Opera House, in the city of M ankato, May 4th
1892 And also to elect 10 delegates to repre-
sent Blue Earth county in the Republican State
Convention to be held in st. Paul, May 18th
1892,
The basis of representation will be one dele
gate to 25 votes or major fraction thereof cast
for Presi dent Harrison in 1888.
The several towns of the county, and wards
of the city of Mankato, are entitled to delegates
as follows
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

IL the Democrats must have ''dlrt-
cheap clothing why don't they pro-
vide for its manufacture by our con-
Wet labor, instead of sending our
money abroad to pay foreign pauper
labor for the work? The Republican
party is opposed to labor competition
with either convicts, paupers OF
slaves.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08
GHRDEN CITY.

Miss Grace Nelson visited in Man
kato, last week.
Mrs. Olive Thompson is here from
Madelia.
Miss Ella Lendall went to Lake
Crystal, last Thursday.
Miss Eliza Wilson will go to Pope
county, this week, to teach three
months term of school,
Mrs. Gilmore has sold her farm to a
Mr.. Anderson of Lake Crystal. for
So, 100, 4t
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

VICE-PREsIDENT WILSON, of the
Georgia Alliance, says that the rank
and file of the Alliance will not de-
sert the Democratic party. 1t is prob
able that Mr.. Wilson knows far bet.
ter what he is talking about than
Congressman Watson, who says they
will desert because the House failed
TO pass the Bland bill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

AT the present rate of progress I'M
der the Mckinley law this country
will soon take the wool product mar
kets of the world from Great Britain
and successfully compete in the mar
kets of the rapidly-declining, terrible
example of the results of free trade.
Yet the party without any other issue
proposes the repeal of this beneflcent
law
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

JERRY SIMPSON says the People Is
party will carry eight States next No
Vember. Let's see, this is the same
Jerry who said the Peoples party
were after Senator Sherman's scalp
last fall, and were going to get it. 1t
is needless to remark, however, that
Ohio'S great statesman is still wear
inc il.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

The craze of cities to annex all the
surrounding country seems to be
spreading. Boston is now talking of
following Chicago's example and an
neXing everything in sight.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

WHEREVER England has cheaper
wooden goods than the United States
it is on account of the cheap labor of
women and children, and not because
of free wool.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

A LABOR commission is engaged in
the investigation of the condition of
labor in England. In one manufact-
uring district the commission found
hundreds of girls and women working
from twelve to fifteen hours a day at
wages ranging from one dollar to two
and a half per week. Free trade, or
Democratic tariff law. means compe,
tition with these rates Of work and
styyapeS. II 81 =: s,1 { :; 70. ,ig / ~. s
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

FREE wool and its concomitantsmay
cheaper the imported fabrics of the
rich mans garments little, but it
will not benefit the masses Of our
people in the least, while it will des-
troy our wool industries, rob our la
Dor of employment, and take millions
of money out of our country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

The cyclone that struck Jackson
park Tuesday in Chicago did some
$4,000 damage to Worlds fair build
ingS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08

Caucuses will be held at the usual polling
places in the several towns of the county on
Saturday, April 80, 1892, between the hours of
and O'Clock, p. m, and in the city of Man.
kato between the hours OF 6 and o'clock p.
m, unless otherwise ordered by the several
town and ward committees.
Dated at Mankato this 5th day OF April,
1892.
c. L. BENEDICT,
hal ,n, a N PapuhIioa,, Co,p+u Co,,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.

The Ladies Worlds Fair organiza-
tion Of Blue Earth county held an
enthusiastic meeting at the home of
Mrs. W. B Craig this afternoon. The
following chairman of committees
were appointed.
Philanthropy and Reform-Mrsl
Geo. HI. Hair
Education-Mrs. Frank Minor.
Decorative Art and NeedleWOrk-
Mrs. r. D. Hubbard.
| Journalism and Literature-Mrs
Geo. T. Barr.
/ Flora-Mrs. w w. Paddock.
Household Economics-Mrs. III. j
Severance.
i Fine Arts-Miss Fannie Rose.
|. Revolutionary Relics Mrs. VIM.
| Plymat.
Charity-Miss Hannah Pierson.
Scholarship-Miss Mary Sherrin,
Mapleton.
Dairy-Mrs. Dr. Curryer,
Music-Mrs. DR.. Herring, Lake Crys-
tai.
Agriculture-Mrs. Gen'l Baker, Gar
den City.
Manufactures John A. Willard.
Trades and Professions-Mrs. DR..
Warner.
Ceramics and Mosaics-M L.. E.
Baker.
AT the present time there are 43
members of the organization.
Mr.. John Wright of this county,
and Miss Cora L. Johnson, accompar
MED by few friends, went to the M.
e. parsonage this morning at eleven
O'Clock, and Parson Rule said the
words which made the happy pair one
for life. They are highly respected
young people, and have the best wish
es of host of friends.
Prof. Bechdolt, of the city schools
has been offered the professorship of
Greek in the University of North
Dakota, at Grand Forks, and has the
same under consideration. The Pro-
fessor has been at the head of our
schools for a number of years, and
should he conclude to make the
change it will be a matter of regret
by all our people. He has labored
faithfully in building up our schools
until they stand among the best pub
lie schools in the state, and it would
be hard to fill his place. 1t seems to
the FREE PRESS as though the Board
of Education ought to do everything
within its power to retain Prof. Bech-
dolt at the head of our city schools if
such thing is among the possibili-
ties
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-08
Farmers Attention

Look at these prices before you buy
your oils for this year. | am going to
close out oils at the following prices:
Last Year This Year.
Golden Machine Oil 35c gal. zoe gal
Farmers Hary'st s. 40c g 25c {.
Cylinder No. l g GOO 20, II 4Oc g
Silver, Castor =. zoe. 50 4Dc g
n Dir P. Follmann, Mankatob MINI,
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Milford chronicle., 1892-08-05

..,... p.vsistent and 1ronbiesome
r.sf nav he Eneetuaily EradieAteo'
Paoweed Is foundin nearly every state
4, fi,e Union east Of the Rocky noun
tains and ia nearly all the provinces q
tho dominion Of Canada. II grows m
graat luxuriance and its numerous seeds
Sossess much vitality This annual IN
tests the later farm crops rather than
those that have grown early. NO sooner
have the grain crops been removed from
the fields and hay from the meadows
than the ragweeds push up their nuiner-
Gus branches and mature their seeds,
There are farmers who take It for
granted that this troublesome weed can
moi bs efadicated. A correspondent.
writing from the Agricultural college at
Guelph, Canada, in The OHIO Farmer,
SAYS: 'Ragweed may be eradicated by
the Application of certain principles to
the ordinary processes Of cultivation
rather than by specific modes that may
be laid down. These are: 1. Drop
out of the rotation such crops rs Fipen
along with tho ragweed. This means
that red clover seed should not be
grown on smitten fields. But 1t would
not hinder the growth Of hoed crops, as
corn and beans and field roots, providing
these were kept clean in the autumn. 2.
Give much attention to autumn cultiva-
tion. This one means Of fighting rag
weed wifi do more to effect its destruc-
ton than any other When the fields
from which grain crops have been re-
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-05

Who in western New York, on the Mag.
ara Falls branch Of the Central, has not
seen or ridden behind "Old Browser," who
runs the morning accommodation out OF
the Falls, reaching Rochester when the
finger Of time is nearly on the point Of 10
and returning as the shadows are pointing
toward 81 Truly he is a graybeard, and
from October, 1858, has looked out Of his
keen eyes along the shining rail to see that
all was right ahead, for he has carried in
over thirty-eight years nearly 100000 OF
human beings and has not killed one pas
senger. In drawing this vast number Of
aocidentable persons he has wheeled the
circuit Of this globe over sixty-six times,
near 2.0O0,0 OJ miles. Where in this or any
other country is an engineer who has a
living record Of this Rochester
Union and Advertiser.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-05

In addition to the rot that is occasion
ally so destructive to potatoes, the crop
is more or less subject to scab. Various
theories are advocated as its cause, but
let the primary cause be what it may
experience leads to the conclusion that
the occurrence of scab depends on GER
tain conditions Of moisture and soil,
writes a New Jersey farmer, who fur
thermore says;
While we may have more or less rain
than we desire some seasons, one can,
by selecting a favorable soil for planting,
greatly lessen the prevalence Of scab, if
not entirely escape it. For three years
] raised some potatoes on heavy un-
drained land, well manured-both stable
manure and a commercial one being
used together Tie yield was fairly
good one, but great many of the
tubers were scabby For the last two
years / have planted on q light open
soil, where the rain quickly descends
through it, 80 that in day or two there
is no excess Of moisture near the sur
face. IIhave used only one kind Of fer
tilizer, the Mapes special potato manure,
and have not been troubled with scab.
To secure smooth potatoes l would plant
on light or well drained soil and use
only some good commercial fertilizer.
/ believe partially rotted stable manure
and wet soils are both liable to produce
scRb.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-05

An Irish family once had a ghost SO
troublesome that they sent for detec.
tives. One Of these men late at night
fell asleep in his chair. The lady of the
house CHANGED to come into the room
and could not resist the temptation to
groan and rattle her keys. She had
never played ghost before; it was a mo-
mentary indiscretion But the police.
man did not, and could hardly be ex.
pected to, believe this. He said it was
hardly worth while to bring him from
Dublin, and he withdrew in dudgeon.
Yet the lady was not really the ghost,
He was sull1ing in retirement Hence
doubt has been cast on the ghosts Of
haunted houses, even among rejecting
minds.-London Illustrated News.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-05
New Yorl.. FIr.t strest nnllrar

Besides having the distinction of being
the first horse car line in New York city,
the New York and Harlem, now common
~ known as the Fourth and Madison ave
nue. line, has the honor of being the first
street railway in the world The line was
Incorporated on April o. 1881, and the first
cars We're run in November, 1892, from
Prince street 10 Harlem bridge. The cars
were almost like the stage coaches that
were in use then, each having. three com
partments with side doors. They had
leather springs, and the driver sat on the
elevated seat in front and moved the brake
with his feet. The first cars were built By
John Stephenson.
The opening of the road excited a great
deal of interest and the streets along the
route were crowded with spectators. The
mayor and the members of the city council
and other invited guests occupied the cars
1t was thought by many that there would
be great difficulty in stopping the cars and
avoiding accidents to other vehicles One
Of the officers of the road determined to
demonstrate that the cars could be brought
to "A dead stop with ease, and after having
instructed the driver he stationed himself
with some witnesses at the corner of Bond
street and the Bowery to await the arrival
of the first car. At his signal the driver
was to stop with all possible haste The
driver of the first car, having had some ex-
perience, brought his car to n stop easily,
but the driver of the second car forgot the
lever of the brake and simply drew hard
on the horse lines and shouted "WhoaW
The car slid along and the tongue crashed
into the rear of the forward car and caused
the occupants thereof to jump out. No one
was hurt, and the cars moved on their way
to Harlem bridge. This is the first street
car collision on record-New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-05

1t was the lot Of a young parson to be
embarrassed by the appeals of two young
women who wanted to marry the same
bridegroom. The first conner Of these
had scarcely told how her faithlessl lover
had actually put up the banns in the
East End parish when the delinquent
turned up with an idiotic grin on his
face AID q gayly appareled young wom-
an on his arm. What could the parson
then a young and bashful curate-do
but invite the trio into the vestry room,
there to discuss the business. Luckily
for him, it speedily leaked out that there
had been no legal residence in his par
ish, which afforded him at once a suffi-
cient ground for declining to perform
the ceremony.
On another occasion the awful dis.
covery was made that the bride had by
accident been described in the marriage
license by her pet name. 1t was sug.
gested that an affidavit of identity sworn
at a neighboring police court might re-
pair the blunder. This was done Just In
time to complete the ceremony within
canonical hours, but the accommodate
ing clergyman afterward received a
stern ACCOMPLISHMENT from high quarters
mot to do it again. "-Cornhill Maya.
zine.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-05

The California Fruit Grower says:
"One Of the drawbacks Of California Is
the large landholder. Fortunately he is
becoming less numerous, and the sub
division Of large ranches goes merrily
on"
According to The Farm, Field and
Stockman a calculation has been made
Of the comparative results, from an eco
nomical point of view, of the substitu-
ton of lowest grades of pan molasses for
coal as fuel which is now being prac-
ticed in some parts of the south.
1t used to be the notion among dairy
men that the separator would injure
butter. but" says Hoards Dairyman,
that idea is generally dispelled now. as
the finest Of butter is made by this proc
ess."
American Cultiyator says that no late
crops will pay better than a piece Of land
planted with mangel wurzel for stock In
winter.
According to The Jersey Bulletin,
PAGERS are unpopular in New York, but
popular in Chicago and other towns that
go in for speed.