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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

Man is the merriest, the most joyous
Of all the species Of creation. Above and
below him all are serious. Addison.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break NJ
children's Coughs and Colas.-MRs. M. G.
BLUNT, Sprague, Wash, March 8, 1894.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

Teacher-If your father was to hear of ycur
bad conduct, It would make his hair turn gray
B B,bby-I beg your psrdon, sir; my father hasn't
any hair left.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

Bulgaria was formerly Volgaria, SO
called from the Volsci who inhabited it
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

The Catawissa river, in Pennsyl ylvania.
was named from an Indian word thaa
means "getting tat. "
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15
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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

Try GERMEA for breakfast.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
HARVEST REPORTS.

10 Davies, of Judson, was in the
city Wednesday, and reports that his
wheat is cut and his neighbors are
nearly through, He estimates the
yield in Judson, South Bend, and
neighboring prairie towns at 10 to II
bushels TO the acre. He says that
while the yield has been thin, owing
to dryness, the quality will be excel
lent. He says that corn is now boom
ing as a result of the recent rains.
w. w. Weller, of Rapidan, visited
the cityWednesday and says the wheat
is still so green in his town that none
of it will be cut before the end of the
week or next week. He says that the
yield will be good. There was a show
er there last night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICES.
Plan of the Second Floor of the Pub
lie Building.

experimenting Architect Gerlach
Tuesday received a letter from Super
vising Architect Aiken, of Washing
ton, enclosing a photograph of the
floor plans of the second story Of the
public building, showing the assign
ment of rooms. The letter asks Mr..
Gerlach to consult the United States
court officials in regard to the assign
ment and note any changes which
they may desire.
The entire floor is to be used for the
purposes of the United States court.
The court room will be on the easterly
side, occupying the entire wing, and
will be 4S by Al feet. A wide hall will
connect with the court room at the
center of the west side by means of
several doors, and in the center of the
hall will be skylight. Another hall
will run north and south through the
center of the main portion of the
building, with rooms on both sides.
On the Second street side of the hall
will be the offices of the clerk, mar
shall, district attorney, grand jury
and jury. The judge will have room
between the south end of the hall and
the court room. Between the hall
and the court room will also be two
vaults, a storage room and ladies'
toilet room.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
GOT MOST EVERYTHING.
Sweet and Walker Take many Prizes
at St Peter.

The ladies of ST. Peter are getting
a public library started, and to assist
in raislug funds had some bicycle
races Saturday. The management had
neglected to secure sanction from
the L. A. W., and Tom Bird and
Hofer, of st. Paul, who were present,
did not feel satisfied to enter the
races on that account, for fear of be-
ing disqualified hereafter. A sanction
was telegraphed for and arrived at
400 p. M, after which the two riders
entered the races.
The mile handicap was won by A. j.
Sweet from scratch, Fred Walker
second, fifty yards, E. L. Brett third,
time 2:36.
The mile open was won by Sweet,
Walker second, Thompson, of Mime,
apolis, third. Mr.. Thompson's tire
was cut, and he claimed that it had
been done by Mankato parties, but
some of those present think otherwise.
Sweet won the two mile handicap,
with Walker second.
Sweet also won the three mile handi.
cap, Walker second.
The five mile handicap was won by
Sweet.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
TO TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBE
ERS.

Subscribers to the proposed new
Telephone Company are cautioned to
see that there is clause in their con-
tract which will protect them in the
future, viz: that the proposed COM
pany will furnish telephone service
with as many subscribers and at as
low rates as any other company and
guaranteeing as good service as furn-
ished by any competitor. Do not sign
a long term contract at a fixed rate
without these protecting provisions.
You don't want poor service at any
price. Business men should bear in
mind the fact that the Northwestern
Telephone Exchange Co. gives them
connection with 5000 subscribers in
the principal cities of the state and
other valuable connections will soon
be made.
Q. P. WAINMAN, Gen'l Supt.,
The Northwestern Telephone
Exchange Co.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
SUPT. BURKE'S SALARY.
The County and the Contractors
Each Paw Half.

At the time of the June meeting of
the county commissioners we stated
that there was a misunderstanding
as to who should pay Supt. Burke for
his work at the jail after Jan. 1st, the
date when the cells should have been
completed according to the contract.
The board, or at least a. part of it,
considered that a verbal agreement
was made with the contractors, Mayer
Bros, whereby the latter were to
pay Mr.. Burke, but that the county
should advance him the money and
deduct the amount from the contract
price. The board paid him in full
and then subtracted the amount, $3.50,
from the contract price of the cell
work. The contractors did not like
this, and said that as they had done
the work satisfactorily and had not
made anything on the contract, it was
not right that they should be made to
pay for the superintendent. Mr..
Burke had been drawing his So day,
whether he was overlooking work on
the cells or one painter plying his
brush. Some of the members
of the board thought that
| the principle of allowing the con-
tractors to hire the county's superin-
tendent was wrong
At the July meeting compromise
was reached by the county allowing
half of the superintendent bill, $3.50,
and the contractors paying the other
half, which was deducted from the
final estimate allowed Mayer Bros.
1t is probably true that the latter
have not made cent on the contract,
and the board did not feel like impos-
ing the whole amount on them, es-
pecially as in law the county had
Door case.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
GOT rs DAYS.
Joseph Zeigrang Received His Sem
tence this Morning.


Joseph Zeigrang was brought into
court Wednesday to receive his SEN
tence for petit larceny, of which crime
he was convicted by the jury yester-
day Judge Caldwell sentenced him
to serve seyenty-tive days in the
county jail.
The court issued special venire for
eight jurors, to serve during the re-
mainder of the term, and the follow
ing were secured: e. r. Kennedy,
W. D. Tompkins, J. A. Masters, James
Shoemaker, John Nyquist, S. w. Bur-
CESS, James Dougherty, B. d. Pay.
The farmer members of the jury have
generally been excused to go home, as
this is the most busy time with them,
on account of the harvest.
The replevin suit of VIM. A. Broom,
trustee of the Mankato Mercantile
Co., VS.. Sheriff D. T. Bowen took up
the entire day.
1t is expected that the trial of VIM
Powers will be begun tomorrow morn
ing, on the charge of selling liquor at
AmbOy without license.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
RATTLE SNAKES NUMEROUS.

Daniel Carroll, who last fall bought
a farm two miles east of the city, on
the Eagle Lake road, near John Dia-
mond's farm, came to the city yes
terday afternoon bringing large
rattle snake with him, Which he had
just killed. 1t had three rattles.
This is the fourth that he has killed
on his place this summer, and one of
them had eight rattles.
Mr.. Carroll was at work in the gar
den yesterday when he heard the
snake sound it's rattles near him, and
he knew at once what it was and told
his little daughter to keep away. He
got pole and killed the snake. He
says that the snakes live in old logs
in the woods.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
A HOT ELECTION.
Prof. Campbell on Top at rladison
Lake

The school election at Madison Lake
Saturday night was warm one. The
division was over the retaining of
Prof. A. A. Campbell as principal OF
the school, and the canvass preceding
the election was so close and interest
so generally enlisted that 160 votes
were polled. Frank Haskell, who was
the candidate favorable to the re-
election of Prof. Campbell was elected
by sixteen majority.
Immediately after the meeting, the
school trustees held meeting and re-
elected Prof. Campbell, and elected
Miss Mamie Kelly as his assistant.
At the meeting of the school trus-
tees at Eagle Lake Saturday night, L.
W. Wells was elected principal of the
school, and Mrs. Viva Mechelke assis-
tant.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
TORE SCHOOL ELECTIONS.

In school district 100 there was a
hot fight, and Mr.. Garrett defeated
Miss Lille Jones for clerk by seven
votes, and Andrew Lee defeated W.
w. MendenhaIl for treasurer by three
votes. In all, 6S votes were cast.
John o. Parry was elected principal
of the Good Thunder school, with
Mrs. Alice Cooper and Miss Elizabeth
Gerlach as assistants. 1t was decided
to have four teachers this year, gain
of one over last year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
A NEW SOLUTION.
Capt. Beatty Learns Something
Practical at Minneapolis.

President J. r. Beatty returned
Tuesday from St. Paul, where he
went to attend a meeting of the Chic
amaugua monument commission.
The commission will go TO Chatta-
nooga and visit the battle field the
middle of September.
While in Minneapolis yesterday Mr..
Beatty learned of a way for supplying
water that may apply to Agency
Hill. He found that all parts of the
city are supplied with drinking water
by men who make business of haul
ing it and charge five cents a
gallon. Mankato charges only
five cents a barrel for water, and it
could be delivered much cheaper than
in Minneapolis. An enterprising man
could make a profit hauling water to
residents on Agency Hill from stand
pipe if any such amount of water is
used as has been claimed.
This, however, would be but tenn
porary eXpedient until the city was
financially able to pipe water from
the city system or from the Bunker
Hill we'll. For the present it would
give the people supply of drinking
water and water for domestic uses.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
A BIG PICNIC.
Over 1000 People at the Liedertafel
Outing Yesterday.

The Picnic held by the Liedertafel
Singing Society Sunday afternoon
back of Agency Hill was great sue
cess in all ways. 1t is estimated that
over 1000 people were there. The
special train from Faribault in the
forenoon brought in ITO people from
that place and 30 to 40 from other
places along the road. About fifteen
people drove over from New Ulm by
team, and there were thirty present
from st. Peter, twenty from Good
Thunder, and twenty-five from Ma
pleton.
The Faribault people brought a
band and were escorted from the de-
pot to the picnic ground by delega-
tion of the Liedertafel The Concor-
dia band was also present, and be-
tween the two bands there was no
lack of music. The Faribault, New
Ulm and Mankato singers also rem
dered number of selections.
Refreshments of various kinds were
served, and everybody had fine
time. The gross receipts were 1852.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
MANKAro FREE Press.
BOARD OF TRADE.
Union Depot, Track Removal and
Census rIatterS Considered.

Union Depot, 1 TICK KSHiONdi anu
Census natters Considered.
At the meeting of the Board OF
TradeMonday morning, the committee
on union depot reported that the Min
neapolis s. ST. Louis road does not
seem posted on the Omaha's new map
The committee had understood that
the two roads had agreed to keep in
touch with each other, but it seems
that they had not. The committee
thought that the M. & st. l.. road
should be informed Of what the
Omaha asks.
1t was feared by one or two OF the
members that the Omaha road want
ed too much ground and would shut
off other roads from having room to
get through.
M. G. Willard moved that the COM
mittee be instructed to inform the
M. & St. L. and Milwaukee roads
that the Omaha road has filed map
and to ask whether the proposed
conference has been held, and that
the committee also ask the M. q st.
L. road to do something.
M HAYNES stated that he want
ed to have the board stand between
the roads and see that one does not
obtain an unfair advantage OF the
others. The motion was Carried.
Jno. G. Noe was relieved from the
union depot committee at his request.
Mr.. Hall stated that he had heard
enough to know that the M. 81 st. l..
road feels that it is not going to nave
a fair show from the committee. The
members did not think it had grounds
to think so.
Geo. II. Barr reported for the speci-
al committee on census, that from
what it could find out, without asking
the enumerators to violate their
oaths, the population of the city will
be about 1O,13O.
Mr.. Noe was asked to state. how
much of the proposed Omaha right-of-
way he had secured figures on, and
said that he had figures on three
fourths and had made estimates on
the rest. He also spoke in general
way of what the road proposed to do,
so far as he was able to judge, and
said that it was not trying to shut
out other roads.
Several members held that the
Milwaukee road is in the best posi-
tion to try to shut out other roads.
The board adjourned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
ZEIGRANG CONVICTED.
The Jury Finds Him Guilty OF Petit
Larceny

The. DistrictcOurt convened Tuesday
morning after the recess, with Judge
Francis Caldwell, of 'LeSueur, presid-
ing. The trial of Joseph Zeigrang, on
the charge of stealing bitters from
the basement of Anderson & Hagen's
saloon last spring, was taken up, and
was completed this afternoon. The
defendant was charged with grand
larceny in the second degree and was
indicted with John Jansen and an
other man. Jansen was put on the
stand as witness, and on this &C.
count the Indictment against
him was dismissed and he is a
free man after serving several
months in jail. He testified to the
theft of the keg of bitters and the
bottles of beer, the drinking of some
of the bitters and the bottling of the
rest in the beer bottles and the burn
ing of the keg. Entrance to the
saloon was gained by way of the eel
Ter of the adjoining building. Jansen
is a very light complexioned man
and Zeigrang is very dark complec-
toned man. Jansen has weak face,
and Zeigrang determined set of the
jaw and expression.
Zeigrang claimed an alibi, simply
that he was not there at the time in
question. The only question in any
ones mind when the jury retired at
2:30 o'clock was the degree of the
crime that they would return him
guilty of in their verdict. III. L..
Schmitt appeared for the defendant
and County Attorney Benedict for the
state.
The jury returned after being out
only few moments, with verdict
of guilty of petit larceny"
Both sides were ready for sentence
TO be pronounced, but Judge Caldwell
desired to wait until morning, and
sentence will be pronounced at 900
a. m. Some of those who have heard
the case tried predict that Zeigrang
will get about ninety days sentence
in the county jail. The prisoner was
remanded back to jail. He did not
appear at all surprised at the verdict.
The suit of w. A. Broom, trustee of
the Mankato Mercantile Co., VS.. Sheriff
D. T. Bowen, was next taken up and
a jury was empaneled. This is re-
plevin case, the trustee seeking to re-
gain possession of lot of boots and
shoes which the sheriff levied upon
last spring and which he still has in
his possession. Lorin Cray, of this
city, and Dodge & Hooker, of Mime
apolis, are attorneys for the plaintiff,
and A. M. Rutan and B. d. Smith are
attorneys for the defendant.
The next case for trial is expected
to be that of VIM. Powers, of Amboy,
who is charged with running ''blind
pig" at the latter place last winter or
spring. County Attorney Benedict
expects to have better luck with his
sample of the ''cold tea" than was the
case at the last trial of one of these
cases.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
CRIMINAL BUSINESS.

Marshall Frank Latin, of Amboy,
brought John Wilson to the county
jail Saturday to serve a fifteen
DAYS sentence for drunkenness.
Chas. Sellers term of fifteen days
at the jail for disorderly conduct at
Amboy on July 4th expired today, and
Marshall Latin served another war.
rant on him when he was released
charging him with assault in the third
degree upon John Mapson on the
Fourth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
FINED $25 EACH.
The Result of an Early Morning
Police Raid.

The night police made two raids
between twos and three Tuesday
morning, one of house on Vine
street near Sixth and another of a
house near North Seventh astreet.
Officers Kelley, Daniels, Grout and
Schiman raided the Vine street house
at about two o'clock and found a
young married man andi a young girl
occupying one of the rooms. While
Officers Grout and Schiman took these
to lookup, the other two officers went
on, to the other house and surprised an
other couple in the same manner and
condition there, one being another
young married man and the other a
young girl. These were also locked
up.
In the police court this morning
the four were arranged on the charge
of fornication and each pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to pay fine of $25
and costs or serve 60 days in the coun-
Uy jail.
The court gave the parties some
good advice, which, if followed, would
be beneficial to them as well as to
society in general. He held that the
girls, who gave their ages as eighteen
and nineteen, were more blameworthy
than the men.
The two men raised enough to pay
the fines of the girls, and one paid
his own fine, while the other went to
jail. 80
The police state, that they intend
to keep up the work as rapidly as they
secure sufficient evidence to warrant
them in taking action.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26

Richard M. Rand, who resided in
this city from about 1868 to 1882, died
at Piedmont, S. D., last Tuesday,
aged 70 years. He was living at the
home of his son-in-law, Col. w. M.
Pratt, also formerly of this city, at
the time of his death. Mr.. Rand was
born at Middletown, Conn. The older
residents of the city will remember
him as an excellent citizen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
A BIG CONTRACT.
Single & Co. get the Sleepy Eye
School House.

Bids were opened Tuesday at
Sleepy Eye for the erection of the
new school building. Twenty bids
were received and that put in by
Single & Co., of this city, was the
lowest, their bid being S31, 400. The
building will have eighteen rooms and
the third story will consist of an as
sembly hall capable of holding 1000
people.
The fact that the Mankato COM
pany was able to underbid It's nine
teen competitors speaks we'll for
Single & Co., as we'll as for Manka-
to enterprise and grit. The company
will do good job.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26

A Good appetite and plenty of
sleep at this season indicate a condi-
tion of bodily health. These are given
by Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t makes pure
blood and good health follows.
Hoods Pills are purely vegetable,
harmless. effective, do not pain or
grippe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26

The contract for the South Bend
road improvement was awarded to
Hotaling & Shelter, and that for the
grading of keenan, hill to Lundquist
& Co. The Matthews hill grading
will be done separately.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26

1857 W Polk St., CHICAGO, Oct. q, 1893.
THE OWEN ELECTRIC BELT AND APPLIANCE Co.:
Gentlemen-Solely in the interest of others
who are or may become similarly affected with
myself, venture to offer my experience with
the use Of the owen Electric Belt. and that
l am actuated entirely by that motive, must be
apparent from the fact that until you see my
name and address recorded on this letter you
had no knowledge Of either. had long been
sufferer from chronic dyspepsia and nervous
prostration, contracted or aggravated by many
years residence In the East Indies. About three
years ago purchased one of your Belts in the
hope that its use might afford me some relief,
and wore 1t continuously as directed for about
four hours every afternoon for month or 30,
and the result wac perfectly marvellous. My
indigestion with all its attendant miseries, ner-
vousness, depression, irritability and insomnia,
from which latter was a great sufferer, have
disappeared. then discontinued the use OF the
Belt (the existence Of which had indeed for.
gotten), until about six weeks ago, when
recurrence of my old trouble very forc1bly
reminded me of it. I again put it into wear
(after ceasing its use for over one and onehalf
years., and with the same extraordinary results,
being again restored to health, strength and
yigor, after wearing it for only ten days. Under
these circumstances 1 can most emphatically
recommend to others suffering from the ailments
which have endeavored to describe, the adop-
ton Of the use of the owen Electric Belt.
had long been aware Of the curative powers Of
electricity from what had read on the subject,
and on my return to England purchased from
Pulvermacher of Regent street, London, the
combined chain bands, of which he is the
patentee, for which l paid three guineas, and
although / must admit that l derived some
benefit from their use, am bound to say the
general result did not approach the benefit
derived from the use of the Owen Belt
besides which its utility is so great an improve
ment in comfort and convenience; Puiver-
machers' being cumbersome and complicated in
adjusting to the body, besides causing from
being uncovered, blisters and sores, and above
all not being able to regulate the current as is
the case In the owen Electric Belt. You
are at perfect liberty to make what use you
think fit of this letter, and shall be glad to
answer either verbally or by letter any inquiry
made from me on this subject. am, gentlemen,
Yours respectfully,
W. BRoDIE.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
CONTRACT AWARDED.

Bids were opened monday at
Architect Gerlach's Office for the con-
struction of barn and boiler room
back of Fred Kron's new store build
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26

Bids were also opened for the heat
ing of the building, number of bids
for which were in. J. HI. Macbeth
and e. .Wickersham were the lowest
bidders and one of these will probably
get the contract some time this
week. Pond & Hasey, of Minneapo-
lis, were among the bidders.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26
SOUTH BEND ROAD.
Contracts for Its Improvement were
Awarded Tuesday.

The county board committee on the
improvement of the South Bend road
to w. w. P. McConnell's farm and the
grading of the keenan, hill met yes
terday afternoon and opened bids, as
follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-26

IIIANTED-A good wagon maker. Call or
w correspond with T. g. Tomlin, GAINESVILLE,
Mimi. P. o. PIC.