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The Mankato free press., 1899-11-24
Nov 3, 10, II, "a, Dec Is
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

Default having been made in the conditions of
certain mortgage, executed by Mary E.
Soule and Sidney c. Soule, her husband, as mort
gagors, to William III. Shepard, Fanny S. Gibbs
and Reuben E. Robie as trustees under the will
of William S; Shepard, deceased, late of Bath,
Steuben Co., n T., las as mortgasees, dated De-
fee of the Register of Deeds in and for the Coun
ty of Blue Earth in the State of Minnesota, on
the 23rd day of December, A. D.. 1896, at As
o'clock in the forenoon, in Book 43 of Mort
cages on page 492, by which mortgage there was
conveyed and granted the following described
real estate, situate in the county of Blue
Earth aforesaid, to-wit: Lot number fifteen
I5 in North Row of Van Brunt's addition to
City, of Mankato and lot, number nine. l9 in
block number eighteen (1S in said Van
Brunts' addition to the City of Mankato, Blue
Earth County. Minnesota, according to the
recorded plat thereof duly filed and recorded
in the Office of said register of deeds which said
mortgage secures the payment of the principal
sum of Sixteen Hundred Dollars with interest
at the rate of seven per cent per annum, pay
able annually according to the conditions of
two promissory notes given for the sums of 5000
and $1,000 respectively, with interest coupon
notes attached to said 81 ,000 note, bearing same
date as said mortgage, made by said Mary E.
Soule and Sidney q. eoule her husband, to said
William III. Shepard, Fanny S. Gibbs and Reu-
ben E. Robbie as trustees under the will of
William s. Shepard, deceased late of Bath ,Steu-
ben county, N. Y. There is now due, and un-
paid upon said notes and mortgage at the date of
this notice the sum of Eight Hundred and Seven
ty-Five Dollars and Forty Cents, and the
lars will become due on December 21st, 1899
and no action proceeding at law or other
wise having been instituted to recover the
amount of said mortgage debt or any part
hereof;
Now, Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given, that
by virtue and in pursuance of power of sale
in said mortgage contained and Herewith re-
corded, and of the statute in such case made
and provided, the above described premises
will be sold at public auction, at the Easterly
front door of the Court House, in County
of Blue Earth and at the City of Man.
kato therein. on Saturday the 10Th day of De-
cember, A. D. 1899 at ten o'clock in the fore
noon, to satisfy the amount of said mortgage
debt then due and unpaid, together with the
costs and expenses of such foreclosure pro-
ceeding, including Fifty Dollars attorneys fees
as stipulated in said mortgage; and the said
mortgage will be thereby foreclosed
Dated November 1st, 1892
WILLIAM III. SHEPARD, FANNY S. GIBBS, AND
REUBEN E. RoBIE AS TRUSTEES UNDER THE
WILL OF WILLIAM s. SHEPARD, DECEASED.
LATE OF BATH, STEUBEN Co., N. Y, Mort
gagees
WILLIAM THOMAS,
Attorney for said Mortgages. Mankato, Minn.
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LABOR WAR DECLARED.
Big Fight In Chicago Is Finally ON in
Earnest.

Big Fight In Chicago Is Finally ON in
Earnest.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1S.-Chicago contrac-
tors and builders have made an open
declaration of war on the trades unions,
charging them with causing the pres
ent apathy in building operations In
the city and crippling municipal
growth. An ultimatum setting forth
the employers views of the situation
and stating the terms on which labor
must meet capital after Jan. l, 1900,
was drawn up and presented to the
building trades council. The council
referred the resolution to its arbitration
committee. The communication from
the employers is thought to foreshadow
the greatest struggle in which purely
local labor organizations ever have be-
come involved. The text of the en-
ployers' ultimatum, as framed by the
executive committee of the building
contractors, is as follows:
The trades represented in the build
ing contractors council shall not rec
ogniZe:
First--Any Limitation as to the
amount of work man shall perform
during his working day.
Secondary restriction of the use Of
machinery.
Oppose the Walking Delegate.
Third-The right of any person to in
terfere with the workmen during work
ing hours.
Fourth-The sympathetic strike.
Fifth-Restrictions of the use of any
manufactured material, excepting pris-
on made.
Sixth-The right of the unions to
prohibit the employment of apprentices.
The various associations of contrac-
tors who are interested in building op-
erations and whose delegates unani-
mously adopted the foregoing are as
follows: Bricklayers' association, Car
penters and Joiners' association, Master
Carpenters association, Master Plumb
ers' association, Master Steamftters' as
sociation, Master Plasterers' associa-
tion, Sheet Metal Contractors associa
tion, Constitutional Iron Contractors,
Cut Stone Contractors associa ion,
Marble Contractors association, Fire
Proofng Contractors association, Build
ing Elevators Contractors association,
House Draining Contractors associa-
tiOn
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Nov. 10. II, "a. Dec 1, 8, Is. %
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

Default having been made in the payment of the
sum of six hundred and sixty-one dollars which
is claimed to be due and rs at the date of this
and delivered by Annie Wickersh am and M. r.
WlckerSham, mOrtgagors to Elizabeth Jones
and william a. Jones, administrators and ad-
mlnlstrator OF the estate of Hugh II. Jones, de-
ceased. mortgagee, bearing date the oath day
of July. 1885,. and with a power of sale
| the Register of Deeds in and for the comfy
of Blue Earth and state of Minnesota on the
24th day OF July, 1856, at o'clock p. M, in
book 20 OF Mortgages, on page 81. Which said
| mortgage together with the debt secured there
| by was duly assigned by said Elizabeth Jones
| sole heir at law of said Hugh H. Jones and Will
liam ID, Jones, both deceased. MORTGAGE and
| sole owner of said mortgage to Mankato Mu-
tual Building and Loau Association, "a corpora
tion underline laws of the state of Minnesota,by
| written assignment, dated the fourth day of
November, 1899, and recorded in the office of
| said Register of Deeds. on the seventh dav of
November, 1899, at o'clock p. M, in book 81 of
| tion or proceeding having been instituted, at
law or otherwise, to recover the debt secured
| by said mortgage, or any part thereof.
Now, therefore notice is hereby given, That
by virtue of the power of sale contained in said
| mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided, the said mortgage will
be foreclosed by sale of the premises described
| in and conveyed by said mortgage, viz;
Commencing at point thirty-thr< (33) feet
south and thirty-three (30 feet east from the
northwest corner OF the southwest quarter of
the southwest quarter of section eighteen QS(
| township one hundred and eight QOS) of range
twenty-six (26 west. thence running east two
hundred and sixty.four (26D feet thence south
one hundred and ninety-eight Q99 feet. thence
w st two hundred and sixty-four (26) feet,
thence north one hundred and ninety-eight Q9Sl
| feet to the place of beginning in Blue Earth
| county and state of Minnesota, with the hered-
ltaments and appurtenances which sale will
De made by the sheriff of said Blue Earth
county at the easterly front door of the
Court House, in the city of Man
kato in said county and state, on
| the % day. of December, 1S99 at 10 o'clock a.
M, Of that day, at pubic vendue, to the highest
bidder for cash, to pay said debt of six hun
! dred and sixty-one dollars, and in
terest and the taxes, if any, on said premises,
and Twenty-Five dollars. attorneys fees, as
| stipul lated in and by said mortgage in case of
foreclosure, and the disbursements allowed
| by law; subject to redemption at any time
| within one year from the day of sale as pro-
vided by law.
Dated Nov. 9Th, A. D. 1S99
MANKATO MUTUAL BUILDING AND LOAN
| ASSOCIATION,
-, Assignee of Mortgage.
Thos. Hughes,
| Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage.
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order FOR HEARING AND NOTICE OF
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
OF ADMINISTRATORS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
y Earth, IS. In Probate Court. Special
Term, Nov. 2nd, 1899.
In the matter OF the estate of Charles
F. Loring, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Emily
S. Loring OF the Village of Garden City, Blue
Earth County, representing among other things
that Char es F. Loring, late of Blue Earth
County, Minnesota, on the 10th day OF October
A. ID. 1890, at Garden City, said County and
State, died intestate. and being q resident
of this county at the time OF his death, leaving
goods, chattels and estate within this county,
and that the said petitioner is the surviving
wife of said deceased, and praying that ad.
miDistration of said estate be to George II. Barr
granted.
1t is ordered, That said petition be heard be-
fore this court on Saturday, the 25th day OF
November, A. D. 1899, at 10 o'clock a. M, at
the probate Office in the City of Mankato in said
county.
Ordered further That notice thereof be given
to the heirs OF said deceased and to all persons
interested, by publication of this order once in
each week for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the Mankato Free Press,
a weekly newspaper printed and published
at Mankato, in said county.
Dated at the City OF Mankato the End day OF
November, A. d. 1899.
By the Court,
Probate Seal. VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate
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Nov 10 II Pa
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF WILL

ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF WILL
CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-ss. In Probate Court, Special Term
November 8th,.1S99.
In the matter OF the estate of Caroline L.
W n Patten, deceased.
Whereas, an instrument in writing purport-
ing to be the last will and testament of Caroline
L. Van Patten, deceased late of said county has
been delivered to this court;
And whereas, Joseph Gilley has filed
herewith his petition, represe nting, among
otheu things, that said CaroliIe L. Van
Patten died in said county on the sixth day oi
November 1899, testate, and that the said peti
toner is the executor named in said last
will and testament, and praying that the said
instrument may be admitted to probate, and
that letters testaWentary be to him issued
thereon;
1t is ordered that the proofs of said instru.
ment, and the said petition be heard before
county, on the second day of DECEMBER A.
D. 1899 at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, when all
concerned may appear and contest the pro-
bate of said instrument,
And it is further ordered that public notice oi
the time and place of said hearing be
given to all persons interested by publication
OF these orders for three weeks successfully
previous to said day of hearing, in the MAN.
KATo FREE PRESS, newspaper printed
and published at Mankato in said county.
Dated at the city of Mankato this Sth day
of Noyen ber, A.. D., 1899.
By the Court.
Seal of Probate Court. VIM F. HUGHES,
Judge OF Probate
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AN IMPROBABLE STORY.
Said the Beers Threaten to Kill Prison.
ers Unless q Spy Is Released.

Said the Beers Threaten to Kill Prison.
ers Unless Spy Is Released.
LONDON, Nov. 15.-A special dispatch
from Cape Town, dated Friday, Nov.
'a6p, says that State Secretary Reitz has
demanded that General White imme-
diately release the supposed spy,
Nathan Marks, who is confined at Lady
smith, coupling his demand with a
threat to execute six British officers.
General Butler replied, according to
the special dispatch, that he was en-
titled to retain the man until he could
render satisfactory account of him
self.
The story is considered here to be
very improbable.
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THos, HUGHES,
Attorney for Mortgage.
Nov II "a, Dec 1

ORDER FOR HEARING AND NOTICE OF
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATOR
CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth, IS. In Probate Court. Special
term, November, 18th, 1899.
In the matter. of the estate of Frederick
Roberts, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition OF
Maria Roberts, of Mankato, Minnesota, rep
resenting among other things, that Frederick
Roberts, late of Blue Earth county, Minnesota
on the 28th day of October, A. D. 1899, at Man
kato, Minnesota, died intestate, and being q
resident at the time of his death, leaving goods,
chattels and estate within this county, and
that the said petitioner is the surviving wife OF
said deceased, and praying that administration
of said estate be to Thomas Hughes, granted
1t is ordered, that said petition be heard be-
fore this court on Saturday, the 10Th day OF
December, A. D. 1899, at 10 o'clock a. M, at the
probate Office in the city of Mankato, in said
county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased and to all persons
interested, by publication of this order once in
each week, for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the Mankato Free
Press, weekly newspaper printed and published
at Mankato in said County.
Dated at the City of Mankato, the 18th day
of November, A. d. 1899.
By the Court:
probate Seal1 VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate
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NOT AN EXPANSlONIST.
John d. Spreckels Expresses His Opinion
the Subject.

John d. Spreckels Expresses His Opinion
on the Subject.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1s.-John D. Spreck-
els of San Francisco, member of the
Republican national committee, passed
through Chicago on his way east. Mr..
Spreckels will attend the meeting of
the national committee at Washing
ton, Dec. IA.
81 am an anti-expansionist," said he,
''and as 1 came through the great
prairies of the West on this trip, could
not help but think of the great good
that might have been done in our own
country with the money which we are
now spending to maintain the army in
the Philippines.
eff that money had been spent in ir-
rigation in the Western countries, be-
lieve the United States would have
reaped greater benefits from it than it
ever will by retention of the Philip
pines"
Mr.. Spreckels said that he thought it
was very probable that the national
committee would select Chicago as the
place for holding the next national con-
VentiOn
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NOTHING FROM THE FRONT
Some Apprehension Felt in Regard to


Some Apprehension Felt in Regard to
Ladysmith.
LONDON, Nov. 15.-In the absence of
fresh news the morning papers are
driven to discuss Lord Salisbury's letter
regarding misinterpretations of his ut
terances at the lord mayors banquet
and President Kr1ger's threat to exc
cute British officers now in his hands
unless Nathan Marks, supposed Boer
spy, is released by Sir George White.
The premier's deliverance meets with
universal approval, although the ex-
planation was in no way necessary, as
outside The Daily Chronicle no one had
supposed his words could bear the
meaning which Boer sympathizers had
been endeavo oring to read into them.
President Kruger's threat has excited
widespread indignation. The Daily
News demands that his friends should
promptly inform him that his own neck
and that of DR.. Reitz, the Transvaal
state secretary, will be held responsible
for any such violation of the elemen-
tary rules of civilized warfare.
Let One Sto,y Through.
For once the censorship is blamed for
laxity. 1t is said the censor ought to
have suppressed the story of Father
Matthews regarding the surrender at
Nicholsons Mex, which, while too vague
TO be considered evidence, must cause
uneasiness. The feeling is that until
the facts can be ascertained it would
have been wiser not to have circulated
mere gossip.
The general delay on South African
messages, now amounting practically
to five days, and the lack of any def
mite news from Ladysmith, gives rise to
some apprehension which is only re-
lieved by the fact that no adverse tid-
ings have come from either British or
Boer sources. Nothing is known as to
the whereabouts of General Sir hed-
vers Butler.
II. M. S. Powerful has arrived at
Simons bay from Durham and begun to
coal. The cruiser will return to Dur.
ban Immediately with more guns.
Plan of Campaign Unknown.
Lord George Hamilton, secretary of
state for India, announced in, a speech
that relief force would Immediately
be sent to Ladysmlth, put beyond that
nothing is known of the British plan of
campaign and equal secrecy shrouds
the movements of the Beers.
The Morning Post, which complains
that it was unwise tactics on the part
of the British officials to leave the rail-
way intact in their retirement to Lady
smith, says:
''Jt is another illustration of British
contempt for the Beers, that they
treated the retirement as though it was
an advance and preserved the enemy's
line of communication as carefully as if
it had been our own"
DR.. Jameson, the hero of the raid,
left Cape Town for England last Thurs
day. The Cape authorities have seized
a wireless telegraph plant found on
board vessel destined for Delagoa Bay.
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B0BRS KEEP BUSY
Iadysmith Hard Pressed, the
Bombardment Continuing
Night and Day.
Close Assault on the Town At
tempted, but the British
Fight 1t Off.
BULLEA'S PLANS UNKNOWN
Change Necessary Owing to
Difficulty in Concentrate
ing His Men.
Force Now at Durham Suffi-
Cient to Begin an Aggres-
SiVe Move.

LONDON, Nov. 18.-Special dispatches
from Pietermaritzburg and Lourenzo
Marques say that Ladysmith is bonn
barded night and day and hard pressed.
On Nov. 8, having during the night
placed men close to the town, the
Beers, after heavy ombardment, be-
gan an assault, but were repulsed at
every point with heavy losses. The
Beers have destroyed one of the bridges
over the Tugela river.
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Opposition Misunderstood the
Phrase "Not Seeking Gold
or Territory"
NO NEWS FROM LADYSMITH
Apprehension Relieved by Alb
sence of Adverse Reports
From Beers.
Indignation at the Alleged
Threat to Execute British
Prisoners.

LONDON, Nov. l5.-Lord Salisbury
has written TO the newspapers protest
ing against Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice's
misquotation from his recent speech at
the Guildhall banquet and again de-
claring that he does not wish to discuss
arrangements which, under conditions
that are yet in the future, the govern
ment may think desirable" The letter
refers TO the phrase 1--WE do not seek
gold fields or territory" and is intended
as disavowal of The Daily Chronicles
Interpretation that the government does
not intend to annex the Transvaal.
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Died ON the Way Home.

VICTORIA, B. c., Nov. ls.-Henry
Field of Fergus Falls, Mimi, passen-
ger on board the steamer Alpha, just in
from Cape Nome, died en- route to this
port and was buried at sea. He had
been very successful in the gold fields
and had fine sack of gold dust to
Show for his labor.
The Mankato free press., 1899-11-24
TAKE THE AGGRESSIVE.
British Advance From Dur ban Likely to
Occur Soon.

British Advance From Durban Lik ely to
Occur Soon.
LONDON, Nov. 18. The admiralty has
announced the arrival at Cape Town of
the troopship Aurania with battery of
artillery and regiment of infantry,
bringing the reinforcements up to 49,
900 of which 7,400 have already disem-
barked at Durham with 18 field guns,
a number of machine guns, engineers
and hospital troops, as well as 700
mules.
This force, with that already between
Estcourt and Durham, is considered suf-
ficient to enable General Hildyard to
advance and to take the aggressive
against the Beers south of Ladysmith
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Severe shock at SANTIAGO.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. 18.-At 9:15
a. m. a decided earthquake shock was
felt here, lasting nearly half minute.
Several houses in the city were badly
damaged and the front of the marine
hospital Office fell, blocking the street.
No personal injuries are reported.
The Mankato free press., 1899-11-24
Gas Explosion at Keno.ha.

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 15.-An Evening
Wisconsin special from Kenosha, Wis,
says an explosion of gas at fair in the
new st. George Society hall, resulted
in four persons being injured, two of
whom are in critical condition. The
accident was caused by the turning on
of the gas several minutes before light
inc it
The Mankato free press., 1899-11-24
Evangelist Moody stricken.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 1S.-Dwight L.
Moody. the evangelist, who has been
preaching here to thousands nightly in
Convention hall, was stricken with
heart trouble during the day. His en-.
gagement here was cut short and he
left at once for his home at Northfeld
Mass, in care of physician.
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To Intercept british Relief.

LONDON, Nov. 18.-A dispatch from
Lourenzo Marques says: A Pretoria
newspaper announced last Wednesday
that 1000 burghers had left General
Joubert's force around Ladysmith to
join Commandant Bothna's force near
Estcourt with view to assisting to in
tercept the British advance to the re-
lief of Ladysmith.
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100000 to loan on lands. Longes
time, lowest rates, easiest way for pay
ment ever devised. Call on or address
w. w. Weller, Rapidan, MINI.
The Mankato free press., 1899-11-24
Growing Alarm in zululand.

LONDON, Nov. 18.-Advices from
Zululand testify to the growing uneasi-
ness of British residents, whose stores
are looted by the Beers, with the result
that the Zulus themselves are growing
insolent, giving rise to fear that they
may attack the unarmed British popu-
lation
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Canadian c~asingent.

LONDON, Nov. 13.-The Allan line
steamer Sandman, from Montreal and
Quebec, with the Canadian contingent
for South Africa, has arrived at st.
Vincent, Cape Verde islands.
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FOR SALE.

Going West to work. Want to sell
nv farm farm, $50 acres, close to Belt
ami Station, Polk county, MINI. $40
ceres under cultivation; large pasture.
fanced Sand Hill river flowing through
artesian well, fine water; groves
al long river; no waste land; no crop
failures, See plat, how convenient and
finely situated; 450 acres plowed ready
4or crop. Price, S14, 600.
f. B. DYKEMAN,
Station Agent, Lockhart, F. o., MINI.
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HOBART Had q Good pay.

PATERSON, N. j., Nov. l5.-Vice
President Hobart had fairly good day
and is resting easily. He ate three
meals and sat up in his easy chair most
Of the time.
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Methuen at the Orange River.

ORANGE RIVER, Cape Colony, No,
II. = General Lord Methuen, col
Aander of the First division, has
rived here with his staff from G
Town.
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JEFFRlES AND CORBETT.
Match Between the Two Noted Heavy
weights Is Arranged.

New YORK, Nov. 1S.-A match be-
tween Jim Jeffries, the champion
heavyweight pugilist, and Jim Corbett,
ex-champion, has been arranged be-
tween Corbett personally and w. A.
Brady for Jeffries. The articles will
be signed next Tuesday. Jeffries will
have the fixing of the date of the bout.
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On farm land. Low rate, easy terms
Annual payments if desired.
MANKATO SAVINGS BANK.
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BUcKWHEAT WANTED.

We are in the market for buckwhea
and will pay the highest market prices
at all times.
HUBBARD MILLING Co,
The Mankato free press., 1899-11-24

Flax seed wanted at the highest cash
price. J. G.. Roller
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The latest out anti tipoyer bob
sleighs, sold by ]. G.. Roller at whole.
ale price.
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6 0IMPRovED FARMS, !
B PTQhIe Qnd Timber LQDds |
I'M THE
; Heart OF THE PARK REGION. |
8 Special Bargains in Dairy Lands
q near Railroad, Creamery, Churches
8 and Schools. Low Prices and Easy
9 Terms. For maps and full particu.
g lars address
s JOHN X. WEST,
< DETROIT. BECKER Co.. MIMI.
s0ScooCccco0Cooooc0aSccc

Frank Kraus, formerly of Mapleton,
but lately of Bellingham, has accepted
the position of clerk at the Stahl House