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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-30

Burning, it ching skin diseases in
stantly relieved by DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, unequalled for cuts, bru,s-
es, burns. 1t heals without leaving a
scar.
FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-30

Vim, vigor u victory; these three
are the characteristics of DeWitt's Little
Early Risers, the famous little pills for
constipation, b%illiousness and all sto-
mach and liver troubles.
FRANK SMITH
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-30
FRANK SMITH.
Wanted-TO Trade.

A Steiner violin for mandolin. Address
p. Q. box 16.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-30

Cascarets stimulate liver. kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe.
loo.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-30

Choice canned fruit and fresh fruit at
Shaw Il Cranney's.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-30

Fresh celery and berries at Shaw &
Cranney's. \
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-19

The real purpose of arbitration is to show
that the other fellow is wroug.-L 4. W.
Bulletin.
WHEN some men get hurt they take SC
much pleasure in telling about It that thew
do not seem 10 mind the iniury.-Atchison
Globe.
TIE morning OF opportunity passes; the
day of accountability never.-C Chicago
Standard.
IT is better 70 be nobody who amounts to
something than 10 be a somebody ana &C
couplish nothing.
SOME people are not as bad as they look,
while others are a great deal wo-se.-W ash
ington Ia.) Dem ocrGt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-19
DIR. j. e. BENNETT
126 n. Main ST., Wichita, Kan
first publication Feb. s. 1897

First publication Feb. s, 1879
State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, SIS.
Before G. W. c. Jones, a Justice of the
Peace, within and for Wichita City
Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
The James Clark Leather Company.
Plaintiff,
The Standard Shoe Company, Defend
ant.
NOTICE.
The defendant above named, the
Standard Shoe Company. is hereby noti-
fed that it has been sued in the above
court by The James Clark Leather Com
pany; that on the 18th day of January,
A. d. 1897, an order of attachment was
issued in the above entitled action by the
Justice of the Peace above named
against the property of the defendants.
for the sum of Two Hundred and Sixty
one Dollars, being the amount of plain
tiff's claim in said action, and for the
further sum of Twenty Dollars, the prob
able costs of said action; and the defend
ant is further notified that this cause
will be heard by the above named JUS
tice of the Peace on the 9th day of March
A. ID. 1897, at the hour OF o'clock a. m,
and unless the defendant appear at said
time and place that the goods and chat
tells of the defendant taken under order
of attachment, to-wit: a quantity of
mems ladies' and children's shoes, will
be ordered to be sold TO satisfy the plain
tiff's claim and costs.
THE JAMES CLARK LEATHER COM
PANY.
By ]. V. Daugherty. its attorney.
Attest; G.. w. c. JONES,
feb fist Justice of the Peace.
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CONNECTIONS


M l0l Kansas Maii-Has reclining chair
cars (seats freeD and Pullman drawing room
sIeepers 10 Wichita and Burton, Kan Con-
meets at Wichita, Kan, with \. T. & s. F.
for points in Cherokee Strip and Oklahoma
Connects az Burton, Kan, with \ T *
: e for points in Kansas
No lee ST. Louis Maii-Hss reclining
chair cars seats free) 10 81 Louis ard
Pullman drawiug-room sleepers 10 Monet
Connects at Pierce City. Mo- with No 90
for points in Indian Territory Via Neosho
q, Nonett with No. ;. the Texas Limited
Nestibuled) which has reclining chair cars
iSaats freel. Pullman DRAWN groom sleep
erS TO Galveston via Paris and Dallas: has
dining cars Talirina 10 Dallas. connects AZ
Monet with No. . which conr sscts a;
I MON station. -. Louis. with ali lines for
ire east. north and southeast
No IO5. Colorado and California limited
Has reclining chair cars fSezts freel -
burton and Anthony, Kan. Pullman Buff
fef slrswirg-room Sleepers 20 Burton Kan
Through Pullman sleepers Burton. Kan
IN pueblo Denver. e Paso, los Angeles
san Dseso and Sar Francisco. Connects
a. H,:rrton. Kan. With A 7. * s r for
roi7ts in Colorado. Wyoming. Utah Neva-
Ia Idaho. Montana Oregon. Washington
New ana Ola Mexico, AI-ZonA ard Cs!ifoE-
No. rcs. s. Louis Linnited-Eas reclining
chair cars fseats fiee) and Pullman Buffet
Jrawiag-roon sleepcrs 10 ST LCu.s Re
Ginning chair cars fsezts fresl and Pullman
Palace Sleeper Monet 10 Dallas Tex. Ma
Paris Connects at Monett with No. ! for
point. IN Arsansa. and Texas. Connects
at Monet, with Nc. :. which ccaasc-s q. s.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-19

First publication Feb. s, 1870
State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, IS.
Before G. w. c. Jones, a Justice of the
Peace, within and for Wichita City
Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
J. Z. Wilder and Thomas E. Wilder,
partners as Wilder & Company, plain
tiffs.
VS..
The Standard Shoe Company, Defend
ants.
NOTICE.
The defendant above named, the
Standard Shoe Company is hereby noti-
fed that ii has been sued in the above
court by J. +. Wilder and Thomas Z.
Wilder, partners. doing business as
Wilder & Company; that on the 18th day
of January, A. D. 1897. an order of at
tachment was issued in the above en-
titled action by the Justice of the Peace
above named against the property of the
defendant for the sum of Ninety Dollars,
being the amount of plaintiffs claim in
said action, and for the further amount
of Twenty Dollars, the probable costs of
said action, and the defendant is further
notified that this cause will be heard by
the above named Justice of the Peace
on the 9th day of March, A. D.
1897, at the hour of 9 o'clock a,
m. and unless the defendant ap-
pear at said time and place that the
goods and chattels of defendant taken
under order of attachment, to-wit: a
quantity OF ladies' and childrens shoes.
will be ordered 10 be sold to satisfy the
plaintiffs claim and costs.
WILDER & COMPANY.
BY j. V. Daugherty, attorney.
Attest: G.. W. c. JONES,
feb. 6-1St Justice of the Peace.
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4aly grday 1urmimg s;bruary 8, 1897

Louis Union Station with all lines for the
east, north and southeast.
Through tickets on sale TO all points
Fur further information call on or ad-
dress. E. c. HOAG,
City Ticket Agent.
Or W TORREY Depot Agent
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r. =. PARSONS
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.

Estimates furnished on all classes o..
buildings either IN city or country. job
work In city given careful attention or
nee ilb South Lawrence avenue. Wichita.
kAnsaA
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All letters pertaining 10 the business OF
the printing department, bindery, subscrip-
ton or for advertising should be addressed
10 the business manager. All other COM
nominations 10 the editor.
The only daily paper in Southwestern
Kansas or Oklahoma receiving the COM
plete Associated Press report.
TERMS OF SCBSCRIPTION-DAI
On advance, postage prepaid)
Daily, one copy one year.................S5.0
Daily one copy SIX months. 500
Daily, one copy three months. ........... lJ0
Daily, one copy one month.-.....-...... 30
Three times a week, any days desired
Three times week, any days desired,
six months. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l!o
Two times a week, any days desired
per go
WEEKLY EAGLE.
One copy one ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS so
BY CARRIERS.
Daily, delivered in Wichita and sub
uTbs, per week. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .15
Daily. delivered in Wichita and sub
urbs per month.................... .e5
TO ADVERTISERS.
Rates of advertising made known upon
application.
iect and discontinue any advertisements
Contracted for either by themselves or
Entered IN the postoffice al Wichita as
second-class matter and entered for trans
mission through the mails as such.
Eastern Business Office. The Tribune"
ness Office The Rookery.' Chicago; The
s. c. Beckwith Special Agency, Sole Agents
Foreign Advertising.
Readers Of the Eagle when in New York
City or Chicago. car see copies OF the paper
at the office Of our agent at the address
given shove.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-19

HOW ABOUT
Your Letter Heads
And Envelopes?

When you axe cut. remember
that you can get 6 Ia Whit
Envelop. printed a. this c@ce.
IL 5000 los, fo- SI.oc Pc. tno1s-
and.
This IS less THAI you car brj
the plain Envelcye
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-19

Elegant free reclining chair cars on all
trains and Pullman Palace sleepers from
Wichita to Chicago and Kansas City with
out change. Also sleepers on ali nigh.
trains to Fort Worth, Houston, San An
tonic and New Orleans. Tickets sold and
baggage checked to all points north, east,
south and west. Steamship tickets sold
to all European points at lowest rates.
Passenger station corner Douglas and
Meade avenues. Telephone 40.
HAL S. RAY, D. p. A.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. p. and T. A, Chi
caRo III
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MISSOURI PACIFIC.
Tina Card EFectfva Nov H. II

MISSOURI PACIFIC.
Time Card Effective Nov. Is, 1854
Leave East Bound I
Train No. 10, Kansas and Ne.
braska Limited" for Fort Scott
tram in No. S q K.n:a: City and ST. cav Pm
Louis Express .....................l sa0 Pm
Leave for South and West.
Train Ne: :. for clsarwateT Con-
KiSxm nDIins'N anshSn' o SiSM
Train No. 81. for Conway
Springs and Anthony ............l bpm
Leave for North and west
ka Limited" for Hutchin-
inson. Pueblo. Colorado Springs
and Denver .......................6 :B 3. N
Train No. 4ss. Except Sunday
SON -. .....:.:..:..:::::::.i 10 IN
Nrive. from the East
Train No. 8. kansas and Ne
braska Limited from Fort
rs sSStt S snd St. from 1on'' Ksn:s: city Ito
and ST. Lou,. ......................l 7:lo Am
Arrive from South and West.
Train No. s, from Kiowa. An
thony. Conway Springs and d.
M and nd a 1:e pe,n ar,, , x:;soax ni 900 Pm
Conway Spring. ..................l1s:Ss en-
Arrive from North and West.
Train No. 10. from Denver, Colo
RADIO Springs, Pueblo and Hutch
Train No. III. from Hutchinson : ~ I'm
and Mount Hope .................. $50 p IA
For further information call on Or ed-
Railway, ia n. Main street, Wichita, Kan.
E. z. BLECKLEY, p. and +. A.
Depot, corner Wichita and Second streets
CHOCTAw. OKLAHOMA & GULF r. r.
The Short Line to and from All Points
in Indian and Oklahoma Territories.
Through tickets sold at Short Line rates
Addison. Topeka and Santa Fe.
Leave Station Arrive
500 p:mI 60. wichlta....:....l n:lo a:m
Chicago. Rock Island and Pacinc.
Leave Station Arrive
.:a2 a.mL...... Wichita ........ l2:ls pm
Connect With
Cnoctaw. Oklahoma and Gulf.
Leave Station Arrive
1920 am 80. FL Reno 60. SO pm
$40 q. N -. Oklahoma City 90. 500 pm
100 p. m ...-... Shawnee 1900. 7:2 pm
sH Am 49,. Shawnee ....-... 1:3 pm
12:45 p. m -. South McAlester IL SIS pm
Arrive. Station. Leave
t:Sa pr -. Fort Smith ......I u:so a.na
Except Sunday.
fDaily
For rates and other information apply to
j. D. HOLDEN. TRAFFIC Manager.
South MoAlester. / 7.
ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO r R.
East.
Arrive Leave Arrive Arrive
No Wichita. wichita. Paris lSt. Lou>
IO6I2:l5 p.mEI2:20 .. mi s:35 am LIS am.
IoelI0:25 p m 1910 pm 800 p I'm. $40 pm.
ISL SIS a M S:45 a. m Local freight.
West.
Arrive Leave I Arrive Arrive
No Wichita. Wichita. Denver. Cripple Cr'k
lolI $40 ami SOS am
I05i $40 PM $40 2. m II 80 a nj 3:i5 pm.
rSSl 4:l0 pm 40 pm. lLocal freight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-19

Tf0ino
North and East.
No. ! Kansas City, Chi
caTo and st. Louie linn
TIED daily ..............I
No. 4 Colorado Springs
Denver and Pac. coast
daily ........ ..........I
No. I Kansas City. St.
Louis an d Chicago
night express daily ex-
cept Sunday ............
No. 81 Accommodation
daily ex. Sunday. .....i
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The
Greatest
Medium.
THE WICHITA WEEKLY EAGLE

Established IA 1872 and Tor tweuty-fOur
years has stood at the head or all Week
les in the state. There are people ia
this county VINO nave read 70 from It's
inst issue and are readers today. Why
do they read ~ Simply because they
are after the reliable and latest Eews
and Can only get - through this medium
~ has more columns or live reading
than gil the Wse<lies IN the county.
Business men are approached daily BY
representative and even proprietors ~
these local papers with the stereotypsd
expression thai they have The largest
circulation la the county. Wen. ws pay
the postage. They do not II they
are the local papers they claim they ara
hard 10 locate. There nave been hun
dreds % them IN the twenty-fOur years
that the Eagle has been IN the feid auf
have died as many more must do IN
der their false representation. You
want a good medium to do Jour afyss-
Using !n. Won want
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-19
AGENTS WANTED.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
-NoO0-oOONNN~O~c@o~~-0-
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Tor sale or trade; owing TO increased prac-
tice will sell a bargain. DR.. HaZelton,
81 w. Douglas Ave, Wichita, Kan
G4S-tf
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WANTED-A dining-room girl and cham
ber-maid at the Topeka Avenue hotel,
Wichita, Kan. dSl-it*
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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIF-
&c RAILWAY.
Tine table effective Sept. L. 1885.
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South and West.

South and West.
No. ! Fort Worth, Dallas
Houston and Galveston
e1press daily ..........
No. / Oklahoma, FIT with
New Orleans and Pa
cific coast (daily).......l
No. 3 Oklahoma. FIT with
Dallas and New Orle'ns
express daily ex. Sun. !
No. 8 Fort Worth, Hous-
ton, Galveston and San
Antonio express daily
cept Sunday ....-.......
No. 81 Accommodation
daily ex. Sunday)......I
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WANTED-AfISCEL
WANTED-You can get your piano
tuned any time. Our tuner is here all
I e time. All work guaranteed. Barnes
d Newcomb's music house d70-tf.
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.oOo-~-~-N-N~.~oo-~JO-oO~ -~-OOOI0oO0-N-NN@OOO
WANTED-Competent saleS1eAn 10 take
orders for our Lubricating oil, etc, in
every county. Commissions liberal. Good
territory still upon. The Empire Oh Co,
q Cleveland O. dS2-5t*- Feb-l9-eod.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

-0oIN~~O-0ONOOO0~NOOo~OO
FOR SALE-MISCELLAN
FOR SALE-Two good secondhand phae,
tons at 1l4-l16 n. Fourth Ave. l. n.
Washhurn. d66-tf
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Make it Known
To the People
Thro,,rk The Eo~1e

Advertisements under above classif1ca-
tons must be in the counting room by .
O'Clock every night except Saturdays, when
the closing hour Is TO-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-19
HELP WANTED-FEMALE.

WANTED-Good cook Immediately, 5i6 n.
Topeka Ave. dsl--t~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02
rlr. Browns Statement.

Mr.. Brown was asked to state where
he was Saturday, and gave the follow
ing account of his movements: 81
was at my office all day from eight
O'Clock in the morning until half past
eight at night, save one hours inter
mission. l had forgotten about it's
being the last day for filing the certi-
ficates until Mr.. Comstock came in,
l waited at the office for Mr.. Schmitt
until $50 o'clock. and came back fro 1
supper at ITO o'clock, in order to be
on hand if he should come. Istaid at
the office an hour and a half longer
during the afternoon than usual, lust
for this purpose. After the council
adjourned waited a little while and
then thought would go to the opera
house. but after leaving the city hall
changed my mind and went to The
Saulpaugh, where l remained until
about eleven o'clock. Then 1 went
down to Thro's drug store and stopped
in at three or four other places in
lower town, and did not get home I'M
til after twelve o'clock.
cit is not true that 1 got out of the
way to prevent the filing of the Re-
publican certificates. 1 WAITED longer
than usual for them. 1 do not know
whether the certificates were properly
filed, and shall take legal advice be-
fore l doanything in the matter. The
law requires that papers should be
filed during office hours, and if the
certificates come under this. of
course they were not properly filed.
AS matter of policy, l would prefer
to see the names go ON the ticket
without any trouble. If the certifi-
Gates were not legally filed and put
the names on the ticket without an
order of the court, / would be subject
to a fine of 800. Some of the Demo-
crcts might also get out restraining
order to prevent my putting them on.
The Republicans could have recourse
to mandamus proceedings, to require
me to put them on. AS am between
two fires, l shall go slow and try to
comply with the law
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02

atty unless the names of
the Republican candidates were
placed on the ballot.
Mr.. Yonng inquired of Mr.. Com
stock whether any other proceedings
were contemplated.
Mr. Comstock replied that that he
did not think that any other action
would be brought.
Judge Severance said that an official
is not obliged to appear at his office
after business hours on the SUPPOSE
tion that something might be DONE
Unless previously informed, an official
is not supposed to expect any business
after hours, il the business does not
come before the office hours expire.
If the business does not come, he can
reasonably suppose that it will not
come.
Mr.. Schmitt explained why he did
not file the papers during office hours,
as stated in his interview above.
Judge Severance said that courts
are not inclined to .be very strict in
election matters.
A. r. Pau Jr. said that his father
wished to have the Republican names
placed on the ticket, but did not be-
lieve that it would be legal or that
it could be authorized, but he had no
objection to it.
The court then ordered that the
city clerk lille the certificates and
that he place the name on the bal
lots
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02

the late Republican city convention,
was seen in regard to the matter, and
said: "The law prescribes that the
secretary of the convention shall de-
liver the certificates to the city clerk
j. FG. Fowler was secretary of our
convention, and brought the certifi-
Gates to my office for me to sign, as re-
quired by the statute, and said some
thing about my attending to the filing
OF them. | had a law suit in the
municipal court and did not get time
to sign them until Saturday. The
matter was mentioned at a meeting
of the candidates Saturday afternoon,
and l said that L had the certificates
ready. [ overlooked the matter of
filing them until after supper, and
then went to the city hall, expecting
to find City Recorder Brown at the
council meeting. was told that he
had gone to the opera house, and 1
looked there and elsewhere for him,
and went to his house. After waiting
until 1870 o'clock and not finding
him, L left the papers and money and
a note explaining the matter with his
wife.
$50 far as the names going on the
ballots is concerned, there will be lit
tie trouble in bringing that about, IN
der the provisions of the election law"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02
REPUBLICAN CITY COMMITTEE.

Fl. L. Schmitt. chairman of the
recent Republican city convention
has appointed the following gentle
men as city committee for the ensu
ing two years. The second member
for the first ward has not yet been
agreed upon. The committee other
wise is as follows:
Chairman-H. @. Burgess.
Secretary-S. B. Wilson.
First ward-Gus Tubarg.
Second ward-John Cedar, Nick
Kleinschmidt.
Third wards. r. Snow, Geo. M.
Phillips.
Fourth ward-Robt. Roberts, Ben.
Shafer
Fifth ward-Alba Lewis, Paul o.
son.
Sixth ward-J. G.. Fowler, J. N.
Day.
The new committee and the candi-
dates on the city ticket will meet this
evening at the office of Schmitt &
Wilson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02
HOW 1T LOOKS.
Wouldn't 1t Be Real Nice for the
Family?

The Democratic family is harmoni-
Gus. In fact it is very harmonious;
for the members are all in it. A good
Democrat said to the FREEPREss Fri
day: ''Look at this combination A..
r. Pau Sr. for mayor; A. r. Pfau Jr.
for city attorney; Pau & Pau,
mayor and city attorney; III. W.
Brown, brother-in-law to A. r. Pfau
Sr. and uncle to A. r. Pau Jr., for
city recorder;F Frank Halstead, brother
to A. r. Pau Sr. and uncle to A. r.
Pfau Jr., for street commissioner; Ed
Halstead, son Of Frank, assistant
street commissioner; Chas. Beckwith,
son-in-law of Frank Halstead, and
nephew of A. R. Pau, ST., for side
walk inspector, are now and have
been for some months under pay of
the city. Then there is Chas. 1.
Brown, another brother-in-law of A.
r. Pfau, ST., and uncle to A. r. Pau
Jr., who wants to be city engineer;
and it is only reasonable that the only
remaining member of the family,
brother-in-law Rob Brown, who man
ages the business of the Gas and
Electric Light company, should be
made the electrician for the city in
place of Mr.. Buckholz."
1t is too bad that there are not
others. There are two or three posi-
BILE positions that the Pau family
cannot get even if the senior member
of the family should be elected mayor,
only because of the limitation of
family connections.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02
THE RIVER STATIONARY.
The High Water of 1881 Came a
NOnth Later.

EngineerHaynes took measurement
of the river at eight O'Clock Monday
and found that it was exactly the
same as at eight o'clock Saturday
morning. The water may rise and re-
cede occasionally, but the volume is
practically unchanged, The ice above
the mouth of the Blue Earth river re-
mains unchanged.
There seems to be an erroneous
opinion that the high water of 1881
was caused by excessive rains. The
FREE PRESS has looked up the re-
cords regarding this, and finds the
weather conditions at Mankato to
have been as follows:
An unusual amount of snow fell dur
ing the winter, without the usual
mid-winter thaws. During the week
ending March 10th there was daily
thaw, so that the snow became very
much reduced. On March 11th the
worst storm Of the winter, amounting
to a blizzard, occurred, and ,tbe next
morning found deep snowiaon the
ground, badly drifted. This fall of
snow averaged fifteen inches on the
level.
On the night of March 14th, an
other heavy fall of snow occurred, and
the following night it showed again.
On March 10th thaw set in.
On the night of April 1Sthsthe first
rain fell since the previous fall, and
continued through the following day.
The Minnesota river was at it's high
est on April 22nd, 23rd and oath. The
second rain of the spring did not oc-
cur until April 3Oth. The entire
rainfall of April, 1881, did not ap-
proach that of last April, when the
record was broken. The high water
was due mainly to the rapid melting
of vast amount OF snow and the
backing up of water from Lake
Traverse into Big Stone Lake, which
is one Of the headwaters of the Min
nesota river.