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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-10
CITY COUNCIL.
Very Little Business Transacted at
Last Nights Meeting.

The regular meeting Of the council
Monday evening was presided overly
Aid. Saulpaugh in the absence of
Mayor Willard. Aids. Hubbard and
Fowler were also absent
The report Of the city treasurer for
January showed the following totals:
On hand Jan. lSt-S1 ,296.12.
Receipts-$4 673.01
Expenditures-S4,67 6.35.
On hand Feb. 1st-S1, 292.1S.
The report of the chief of police
showed eleven arrests and nine lodg-
ers.
The report Of lights not burning
was received
Aid. Longini from the fire depart
ment committee, reported in favor of
the following locations for hose
houses:
NJ of lot 4, blk. 20, n. Front street,
owned by Henry B9gen, to be used
for the ordinary taxes, which this
year are $19.26.
On southerly side of Catholic Col
lege, on n. Fifth street, to be used at
whatever rental the council thinks
proper. This includes a stone build
ing, Is by 20 feet.
Mr.. BHgens proposition was accept
ed, but the second one was laid over
to obtain further information.
The matter of building the hose
houses was referred to the fire COM
mittee to secure plans.
Aid. Schlingerman reported in favor
of the city building a culvert along
Warren street from Fifth to Fourth
streets, the city to build one wall and
the top and D. L. Clements the other.
Mr.. Clements appeared and said
that this would be satisfactory to
him.
The city engineer was Instructed to
make an estimate of the cost to the
city Of the proposed work.
The city attorney made report Of
unpaid special assessments. and also
of property sold on judgments.
Deputy City Treasurer W. g. Herr
reported that since Geo. MaXfleld, ST..
became treasurer warrants for special
assessments to the amount of S25, 25O
have been put into his hands for col
lection, of which So, S27 is still unpaid.
OF the unpaid assessments, 81 800 will
be paid during the next thirty days.
The balance is owned by nOnresi-
dents, and their property will proba,
bly, have to be sold.
Aid. Saulpaugh stated that he had
heard that 81, 200 to 81 300 Of old spec
ial assessments are still unpaid com
ing over from time previous to the
present administration.
Mr.. HHrr stated that this was the
Waite estate, and that the assess
ments had been entirely paid during
the past week, amounting to 81 ,402.7 IS
A number of bills were allowed an6
the council adjourned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-10
THE LONGFELLOW STATUE.
Amounts Given by the Schools in St
Louis County.
From Duluth Evening Herald


From Duluth Evening Herald.
Mrs. [. Thompson, the county chair
man, writes to the Herald: The Long
fellow statue, to which the children
of this state are subscribing their
nickles and dimes, is the most popu-
lar work for the Columbian exposition
SO far, and it is no wonder Citizen
ship has already begun for those who
twill" to honor the truly great, even
as children, and in after years the
glvers will see this bronze group at
some time, which will call up bygone
scenes so realistic that sit was the
Schooner Hesperus" will be uttered
words at the first glimpse and the
surrounding thoughts from Minneso-
ta'S legend will be fitting souvenir of
enduring affection. Mrs. Hunt re-
ports that the sums given are small
but they cone from the most remote
corners of the state
Twenty schools have been heard
from ln'this county up to date. Teach
ers will please look to these columns
foi due acknowledgment. The sums
received are: High school 1854. Jack
son S701, Woodland, 81 10, Longfel-
low 1925, Park Point $1.O9. Oneota
81 Is, Irving So 80, Endion 1910, jeff
erson S9.42, Adams 90c, Madison $500,
Glen Avon 90c, Cleveland 75c, Tower
and Soudan S7.12, Midway $3.50, West
Duluth SLAP, Embarrass River, Ice,
Ely $1.52, Gnesen 81, Pike lake 75c,
Germantown 81, Fairmont SOC, Lester
Park So SO, Hardy $500; total S81.43.
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First insertion Feb 10 last Feb "a.


CSTATE OF MINNESOTA, Co .nty of Blue
= Earth-ss. In Probate Court. Special
Term. February T. 1898.
In the matter OF the estate OF Robert john
ston deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate of said
deceased being this day granted unto james
Johnston of said county.
1t is ordered that all claims and demands OF
all persons against said estate be presented to
this court for examination and allowance, at
the Probate Office in the City OF Mankato in
said Blue Earth county, on the following day
viz: On Friday, the 9Th day of september, A.
d. 1898, at 10 o'clock a. m. OF said day.
It is further ordered, that seven months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the ex-
piration of which time all claims not presented
to said court or not proven to its satisfaction
shall be forever barred unless for cause shown
further time be allowed
Ordered further, that notice OF the time and
place of the hearing and examination Of SAID
claims aid demands shall be given by publ1ca
ton OF this order for three successive
weeks prior to the day appointed for such ex
animation in the MANKATo FREE PRESS, a
weekly newspaper, printed and Published at
the city of Mankato in said county.
Dated at the City of Mankato the TN DAY OF
February, A. D. 1898.
Seal BY the Court,
G. w. MEAD VIM. B. TORREY.
ATTORNEY Tor Executor Judge OF Probate.
Mankato, MINI.
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First ms. Feb 10. Feb "a.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA County of Blue
Earth-SS.-In Probate Court. Special Term,
February Sth, 1898.
In the matter of the estate OF John Brush,
deceased
On reading and filing the petition Of John
Brush Jr., executor OF the estate OF said
John Brush, deceased, representing, among
other things, that he has fully administered said
estate, and praying that time and place be
fixed for examining aud allowing the
final account OF his administration
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 4th day OF March, A. D.. 1898, at 10
O'Clock a. M, at the Probate office in the City of
Mankato 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
siye weeks prior to said day OF hearing in the
Mankato Free Press weekly newspaper print
ed and published at the city OF Mankato in
said county.
Dated at the City of Mankato, the sth day
Of February A. d. 1898.
By the Court
Seal. WIN. B. TORREY,
A. NJ RUTAS and Judge Of Probate
VIM. THOMAS.
Attorneys for Executor.
Mankato. MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-10

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.--The anx-
iously expected steamer Australia ar
rived off the heads early this morning
with the news that United States
Minister Stevens had established
protectorate over Hawaii. The act
was enacted on the morning of the lst
inst. when the stars and stripes were
over Alinstani Hall and the Minister
issued a proclamation promulgating
the protectorate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-10

Another carload of machinery for
the new knitting factory arrived
yesterday, consisting mostly of shaft
ing.
On the evening of Feb. 10th, the
local bowling club and the West Sew
enth street club of St. Paul, will play
friendly game in this city. The
game will take place in Otto Mann's
bowling alley, and the local club
hopes to beat the visitors.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-10
A Ski Tournament,

RED WING, Mimi, Feb. 9.-The
local Ski Club have arranged to hold
the grandest ski tournament ever held
in the Northwest today and have
sent invitations to every club in the
Northwest to participate. Large
prizes will be given IN different classes
as a large sum of money has been
raised to defray expenses.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-10
The Nations Milk Shippers.

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 9.-The Milk
Shippers Association of Wisconsin
has made arrangements for a general
convention of milk shippers from AN
parts of the country, to take place in
this city today for the general discus
sion Of matters pertaining to their
business and for the purpose of CO.
uperatiOn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-10
They Go To Prison.

PARIS, Feb. 9.-The following Pana-
ma Canal swindlers received sentence
today: Ferdinand de Lesseps, five
years; Charles de Lesseps, five years;
Fontaine, Golfer and Eiffel, two years
each
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-10

f, Inspector Halstead is having two
more snow plows made, and in the
future will clean off all of the streets
during the first forenoon after storm
The present pillow is great success.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-10
WAS WELL FIXED.

John Dohm, who was yesterday
found insane and was taken to St.
Peter this morning, was better off
than most Of those who are examined
as to their sanity. In his pockets
was found $2,725 in cash and a certifi-
cate for S700.43 given by the Citizens
National Bank. An application was
made today to have Henry Hilles.
helm appointed his guardian. He
has son and daughter, both grown
and in independent circumstances.
The money is the accumulated say.
ings of years of hard work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-10

One Of the features of the Swedish
concert at the Opera House Saturday
night will be the violin playing of
Miss Bertha Webb. She plays with
ease and great expression, her execu-
ton giving evidence to her mastery
Of her instrument
Reserve your seats at Thom's and
hear the celebrated Swedish Quartet
at Opera House Saturday night.
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Four People Cremated.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 9.-Four people
were cremated in a fire at Heider's
hotel in this city this morning. They
were all employees in the house.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-10

Sheriff Glynn has returned from
Saltwater He had no difficulty in
taking Giefer up. At the prison he
ascertained that LEM has charge of
a loom in the Irvine department.
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THE ASSESSMENT RECORD.

The following is the summary Of
the report of special assessment collec-
tions. made to the council Monday
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05
Lighting the Poultry House.

A large window admits more heat
and light during the day, but it radi-
ates the heat rapidly at night. One
of the most essential requirements in
the poultry house is light, as the hens
will abandon darkened house dur
ing The daytime, no matter how warm
it is. Instead of using very large
windows, there should be very small
windows on at least two sides Cor in
front and at the ends), so as to render
the house light and cheerful in every
part. Another advantage in using a
number of small windows is that they
are cheaper than large ones, and the
cost is increased but little. They also
admit the sunlight from all quarters
during the whole of the day, and aid
in more rapidly drying the floor,
should it be damp.-Ex.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

The New York State Forestry Com
sion is making an effort to fill the Cat
skill Mountains with deer. They
were once plentiful, but have been
killed off until scarcely deer remain
ed except SO in a State park. These
were released, and wild deer
captured in the Adirondacks will take
their place. Deer have become very
plentiful in the Adirondack region
since the enforcement of close season.
The forestry commission promises that
after a few years of protection deer
will become plentiful again in the
Catskill Mountains. The does breed
twice year, and if not destroyed by
wild animals or man, a herd of deer
increases very rapidly. The danger
in the Catskills will be that wild ami
mails will destr ~ young deer, how
ever well the game laws may be en-
forced. b.,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

Hon. Thomas Whitehead, Virginia
Commissioner of Agriculture, writes
US recommending those who wish to
engage in growing deer in parks to in
vestigate the advantages which the
mountain regions of his State affords.
Fairly good agricultural land can be
bought at very low prices. 1t is well
watered, and is already supporting
a considerable number of deer,
which find plenty of food during
the coolest winters. Sheep also
thrive well without winter feeding,
and are profitable for mutton. Goats,
both Cashmere and the common sort,
can be added to the stock if desired.
We do not doubt that there is money
in this, and the supply of good venison
is not likely, with all the efforts to in
crease it, to grow so fast as will the
demand.-Ex.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

A curious story comes from the
State Reformatory at Concord, Mass
Under the law for paroling prisoners
it was thought that those guilty OF
trivial offences might be committed
for few days or weeks, and then re-
leased on parole. This is a mistake.
For the slightest misdemeanor he
must make a good record at least five
months before he is put into the first
grade. He must then serve three
months with a perfect record before
his release is possible. For prisoner
convicted of felony 10 months is re-
quired to obtain release. There have
been remarkable number of appli-
cants for pardon recently, and they
come from a misunderstanding of this
law. 1t seems almost incredible, but
parents have in some cases preferred
charges of slight offenses, stubborness,
ETC., against their own children, for
the purpose of committing them to the
reformatory for few days only.
When they learned that the commit
ment must be for eight months the
only wayto secure the release was by
pardon. We have very little sympa-
thy with unnatural parents who need
to call in the aid of the State to main
tain family discipline. Something
must be wrong with the home life and
surroundings of children whose par
ents connot manage them. Perhaps
the old-fashioned ways of training
were not perfect but they had the
merit of not setting aside parental cor
receive influences for those that the
State affords when the offenders be-
come in corrigible. The habit of de-
pending on the government, either
State or national, for what man
ought to do for himself. is thoroughly
bad one. 1t is especially bad when
State paternalism is invoked to super
sede the home in the training of chill
Cultlvator.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

Aou-just the work that It was made for.
It's woman's medicine, carefully COM
pounded for her by an experienced physician,
and adapted to her delicate organization. It
makes weak women strong, suffering women
well It's an invigorating. restorative tonic,
a soothing and bracing nervine and GER
tain cure for all the functional arrangements,
painful disorders or chronic weaknesses pc
culiar to the sex. For liberation, displace-
ments, bearing down sensations, +" female
complaints Of every kind, it's never-fail-
ing remedy
And, among all the medicines that claim to
help women, "a Favorite Prescription is the
only one that's guaranteed to do what Ia
promised for it II it doesn't benefit or cure,
In any case, you have your money back.
Is something else, that may pay the dealer
better, likely to be Just as good for you
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

The Electric Medical Journal says
that in the continued use of the eyes
in such work as sewing, type setting
Bookkeeping, reading and studying,
the saving point is looking up from
the work at short intervals and look
ing around the room. This may be
practiced every 10 or 10 minutes.
This relieves the muscular tension,
rests the eyes and makes the blood
supply much better.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

The brood sow should have range
so she can exercise.
Smut destroys the commercial and
feeding value of oats.
Shorts, bran and corn meal is
good feed for the sows and pigs.
The pigs should be pushed from the
start and sold at eight or ten months
old.
Don't use scrub boar. The money
spent for full blood viii soon come
back.
If the boys have an interest in the
hogs, they will not grumble if they
have to feed them,
The proportion of first-class cattle
on the markets is small. The great
bulk of cattle do not bring the best
prices.
A great deal of feed is wasted by
throwing to hogs in muddy, filthy
pen. Hogs will fatten faster if given
warm, dry, clean quarters.
The man who raises good crops will
never get rich if he feeds it all out to
scrub stock. He will have job, but
will be all work and no pay.
The Idaho experiment station pro-
nounces carbon bisulphide a success
full exterminator of the ground squir-
rel, that is such a serious pest to West
ern farmers.
In dressing hogs the French burn
the hair off by laying the carcas on
straw and setting it on fire, and
though the skin is thoroughly black
ened by this process, yet it is readily
white and clean, says Farm
ers' Home Weekly. They believe
that by this process of dressing the
meat keeps better and that the flavor
Is impro yed.
The American Sheep Breeder says
hat when you are about to purchase
ram for a stock getter, see that his
Ears are warm and that his nostrils are
'ound and free, not plugged up with
Tried mucus. Beware of one which
lad to be shorn in midsummer OF
title later to enable him to pull
trough. Such a one is deficient in
'itality.
Idaho produces annually 100000
of oats. The experiment sta
ion of that State claims that one-fifth
f the 1893 oat crop was destroyed by
NUT. The station director claims
hat if the seed had been treated there 4
you'd have been saved to the farmers,
educting the cost Of treatment, the
um of 1921, 1897 90, or about $50 per
armer. This is one way of making
ne tarm pay.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05
President Cleveland's daughters,

President Cleveland's daughters,
Ruth and Esther, come naturally by
their Bible names. The Presidents
father was Presbyterian clergyman
and the present executive was in boy
hood daily made familiar with the sa-
cred Scriptures. In naming his chill
dren after noble Bible characters, he
shows that he has not forgotten the
Bible that his mother gave him when
a boy and which was used twice at his
Inauguration as President of the
greatest country the world has ever
seen.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

"Wood-l ie Is always thickest near
the springs and streams. To-day the
new fallen snow is a sheet whereon
the various acts and deeds of the
providers of the night and early morn
ing are most plainly recorded. Who
would have thought the old woods
contained so great variety of winter
residents? When did you ever see
one of those wood-mice, whose tracks
are stitched across the snow in every
direction? But for this mark of their
existance you would never know you
had such neighbors. Reynard knows
them, however. His carefully-mede
foot prints yonder indicate the deep
interest he takes in their welfare
possibly he also had an eye on that
series of incipient isosceles triangles,
that some little gray rabbit left behind
him in the snow. ALL there is the
place where two or three old crows
came down to get drink, remarked
concerning the chances of severe
winter, and then took view of the
landscape, from the dead top of that
maple on top of that mill yonder, in
order to see If their presence was re-
luired at the inquest Of some defunct
cow, or other unburied victim of age
Dr. circumstance" "Still-hunting
Ruffed Grouse."-Outing for Docem-
Der.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

No one country of Europe produces
so much wool as the United States do
but the combined production of the
European countries is about 2! times
as much as our production. Austria
lasia--Australia, New Zealand, Tas-
mania, and the islands--produces
nearly twice as much as we do; then
comes Argentina, with about 10000
600 pounds more than we produce.
The United States comes fourth in the
list of wool producers.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05
The State of Texas owns 100000

The State of Texas owns 100000
acres of virgin soil that was coded to
it for various uses by the United
States, There are also in Texas 4, 900,
600 acres of United States public
lands. The Texas lands are sold for
So, SO and So per acre, according to
quality and location. Timber lands
command the highest price, and these
are also generally best watered.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

The Chinese almanac, of which
more copies are printed annually than
Of any other work in the world, is
published at Pekin, and is monopoly
of the emperor.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

Mexico coins a gold dollar worth
intrinsicaIly SO cents which never
fluctuates. The Mexican silver dollar,
worth 101 cents, has a purchasing
power of about 60 cents. There being
no gold redemption the purchasing
power of the latter dollar has fallen
nearly one-half in 20 years.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

For PHYS sake, don't growl and
grumble because you are troubled
with indigestion. No good was ever
effected by snarIing and fretting. Be
man (uness you happen to be a
woman,) aud take Ayers Sarsapar-
lila, which will relieve you, whether
man or woman.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

A laying hen is, in proportion to
her weight, larger producer of sale
able animal products than the COW,
says the correspondent of the Agri-
cultural Gazette, of England.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

Two-thirds of the gold now in use
was discovered within the last fifty
years. This includes the great gold
discoveries of California, Australia,
Africa and Alaska. The silver dis
coveries, large as they have been,
have not proportionably been equal to
those of gold, except in this country.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

Col. A. IL. Mclean, who lately died
in Caledonia, N. Y, at the age of 70,
was in early life engaged to the
daughter of Willard Fillmore. She
died before the time fixed for the
marriage, ard Mr.. Mclean ever after
ward remained bachelor.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

~ Thousands of lives are saved annu-
ally by the use of Ayers Cherry Pee
toral. In the treatment of Group and
whooping cough, the Pectoral has a
most marvellous effect. 1t allays in
famation, frees the INSTRUCTED air pas
.sages, and controls the desire to cough
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

Heavy exports OF Florida oranges to
English cities are to be made this sea =
son. Last season England took $4,000
boxes of Florida oranges.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

Sixty million dollars worth of leath-
err is required every year to provide
boots and shoes Tor the inhabitants Of
Great Britain.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

One who has been stung by bees a
great deal puts the part stung in
water as hot as can be borne for about
ten minutes. 1t prevents swelling.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-12-05

Three whales have been stranded on
the shoals near Cape May, N. j. They
came in through the natural channels
in the bar, and when the tide went
down could not find the channels
again. Fishermen captured them.