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The Mankato free press., 1902-06-13
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Of the Board of County Com
missioners of Blue Earth
County, Minnesota.
, Mankato, Mimi, June 4th. 1902,
,PECIAL SESSION.

Mankato, Mimi, June 4th, 1909, 3
p. m.
SPECIAL SESSION.
Board convened pursuant to an
unanimous agreement of the MEM
bers. Meeting called to order by
Chairman Borchert: All members
being present. Minutes of the last
session approved.
Report on the Mitchell, Lincoln and
Ceresco road as made by the committee
is as follows:
To the Board of County Commits
sioners of the County of Blue Earth,
Minnesota The undersigned commit
tee appointed by you to examine the
proposed laying of highway, as
stated in the petition referred to in
your order of appointment made on
the 7th day of May, 1902, would re-
spectfully report that we met at the
time and place designated in your said
order, and proceeded to examine the
highway proposed to be laid out, viz !:
Beginning at point III rods east of
the Sec. line between Secs. 4 and 5 on the
county road and running north (cross-
ing the Watonwan river at the most
practicable place. to the 4 line of Sec.
4, thence west 40 rods, thence north
to the town line between Ceresco and
Lincoln, thence north in Sec. 33 so as
to connect with what is known as the
Keech road in the town of Lincoln.
And do hereby by the opinion of a
majority of said committee recon-
mend that the prayer of the said petit
tioners be granted.
Given under our hands, this 4th day
of June, 1902.
-. B. o. Killmer,
VIM. Borcherr,
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-13

m.
On motion board adjourned.
WM, BORCHERT,
Chairman Board of County Commits
sioners, Blue Earth County, MINI.
Attest: Ed. Weaver,
County Auditor and Ex- Oficio Clerk
of Board.
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-13

Call at the Mankaro Transfer and
Storage c. for buggies wagons and
all kinds of farm implements, also
threshing machines, threshers' sup
plies, second hand engines and separ-
ators of all kinds Sohre, Hickey &
The Mankato free press., 1902-06-13

: Date of next meeting July l4th, p.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07
NEWSY CLEhNlNCS.

London has an army of 1880 police
men.
Sugar duties have been abolished in
San Domingo.
A street railway strike at Rome,
Italy, has been averted.
The Indiana Democratic State con-
vention has been called for June 4.
A new salmon combine of forty-fve
firms is contemplated in British Col
umbia.
Several German steamship companies
have reported large decrease in divi-
dends.
General satisfaction has been eX
pressed in Austria over the intention
to send an Ambassador to Washing
ton.
A Swedish Count will put 360 acres
of land in Michigan into peat beds, an
entirely new industry for the United
States.
The Swiss Federal Council will con-
tribute to Harvards Germanic Museum
plaster casts of representative Swiss
sculptures.
A Referendum League has been
formed In chicago to furtnef tnat lea
ture of municipal rule all over the
United States.
Harvard University will probably
send an expedition to explore Egypt.
Babylonia, Assyria and Palestine for
Semitic relics.
Nearly S10,000,000 was expended by
Belgium last year in establishing new
Government railroads and increasing
traffic and transportation conveniences.
The proposed gigantic coal combine
of Indiana and Illinois miners has gone
up in smoke. The operators of the lat
ter State demanded too high price
for holdings.
The San Jose scale has wrought
great havoc in the orchards of Ohio,
and it has been necessary to dig UP and
burn thousands of infected trees. Next
seasons fruit crop will be short as q
consequence.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07
The South American Cowboy.

AS the freight shows them in the
darkness of the hour that precedes.
the dawn, they are swarthy of COM
plexion, dark-eyed. slight of figure.
clean of build. They remind you of
Gypsies, also of Moors, and in their
veins flows the blood of the Indians
who once owned the pampa and lost il
to the Spaniards. There is Spanish
blood in them, too. The flourish with
which he touches his hat, the grace
with which he waves you to a stool
made of COW skull, the grave hospi-
tality with which he hands you the
teacup, the politeness with which he
receives your remarks about the
weather-everything about him when
he is at his best has a Spanish sug-
gestiveness. But still the gaucho is
not Spaniard. The pampa looks out
of his eyes, is in his voice, his dress,
his manner. The wilderness speaks
to all who love it and teaches them
things which make them different from
other men.-William Bulfin, in the
Worlds Work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07
An Old American Gold Mine.

The oldest American gold mine is
said to be the Calhoun mine in Lump
kin county. Georgia. 1t was discov-
cred by whites in 1928. The Indians
had known of it before that time.
Senator John C. Calhoun once owned
and operated it, and it received It's
name from him. 1t subsequently
passed out of his hands and was do
mated to an agricultural college. From
thar time until recently it was worked
in a desultory way. Lately it came
into the possession of Pacific coast
miner, who has pushed the work and
the placer deposit is returning him a
clear profit ranging from 5000 to $500
per month as the result of the labor
of six men A recent cleanup of 35
DAYS run produced s966.99 in fine gold
and $50 worth Of nuggets, all of which
cost 1916 for labor leaving net profit
of S646.93-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07
SPORTING BREVITlES.

Yale is the basketball champion in
the Intercollegiate League.
New York has released First Base.
man John Camel.
Automobiles can :'un wenty miles an
hour in New York.
In New England there are 115 race
tracks which are members of the Ma
tional Trotting Association.
George H. Brooke and Hugh D. Scott
have won at Philadelphia the racquet
double champion hip of America.
The unbeaten PAGER, Dan Patch, rec
ord 2:011h, has been ought by M. r..
Sturgis, of New York City, for $4,000.
The women's golf championship will
be at the Country Club of Brookline
Mass, beginning September 20 and cen
Guiding October 4.
Richard Croker has bought from
Lord Clonmell two highly bred year
lings. The price for the pair is said
TO have been $4,000.
August Belmont :laJ place the Con
stitution in commission the coming
summer, with the view o. having her
ready for the next cup race.
Jack Haskell, who umpired for the
American League last year, announces
that he has signed 4 contract to umpire
for the American Association during
the coming baseball season.
The track record for the half-mile
speedway on Lake Monona, Madison,
Wis, has been brokenhy w. J. Gamm's
PAGER, Diamond J., who wen the half
mile in competition in 1:04l@.
Both steam and gasolene machines
require mufiaTs. In steam carriage
the muller serves a double purpose-it
reduces the sound OF the exhaust and
helps to render invisible the exhaust
steam.
1t is safe to say that at least 1000
young men will make a good living
next season playing baseball and out
of this number there will be less than
100 first-clasS men-men who can hit,
field and keep their heads.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07
nature as absolute eufety to visitors

nature as absolute Enfety to visitors
will permit Here these interesting
animals have cut down treea. damned
the stream assigned to them, and
built their lodges with as much conf
dence as though they had been free
in the wilds of Maine or Canada.
Young beavers are usually born in
April or May, but sometimes as late
as July. There are generally from
two to five little ones in litter, and
about month after birth they begin
to follow the mother in the water.
have not yet seen very young beav-
ers, but | am told that they are born
with their eyes open.-Hartford
Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07

At one station they seemed to pause
high up in air. and from the platform
beneath bouquets of wild flowers were
lifted on poles to the level of the car
riage windows, accompanied by
shrill announcement of the price. The
biggest and sweetest of these, great
mass of white and purple rhododen-
drons, was selected by Sir Hugh, AMI
together he and Beatrix detached ths
flowers from the spectral pole and
followed the tinkling sound of the
silver coin as it went dropping into
space until it struck the rocks below.
ut seems like a dream" said Bea-
trix, with sigh, rousing herself from
the charmed silence in which they had
hung over the beauty of the sleeping
land, "and l shall feel like an opera
singer en- voyage when 1 arrive in
Vienna with this" And she buried
her face in the great disk of dewy
petals, framed in stiff rim of pierced
and scallopei paper.
Vienna? OF course; we shall soon
be there, and your people will be
meeting you and taking you away,
and this journey will be a forgotten
much" he added, as if to strike less
personal note.
But | never run about alonc-at
least over here. This is a great ad-
venture, l assure you. And-I think
I'm not likely to forget that umbrella,
however good you may be about for
getting it. You're sure it doesn't
pain you now?" And she lifted her
brown eyes anxiously to his gray
eyes.
"Oh, well, Of course there is the
bunch of flowers, too," she rejoined,
dropping her eyes to the rhododen-
drons, which she still held.
He stole a glance at her, and his
voice was steadied little consciously
when he next spoke.
Zone never knows exactly how to
take you-you are quicker than we
are and you may be laughing at me-
but want to say i m more glad than
| can tell that l have met you and
I'm sorry the journey Is over; but l
am not going to lose you now, If it Is
over. May l come to see you in vi
enna?"
yes" said Beatrix, softly.
MAY | come tomorrow" he urged.
Certainly" she said, recovering
the self possession waich his earnest
ness had shaken. 81 shall be delight
ed. and so will mamma, l am sure"
1t was midnight when they drew
into the big bustling station; they
looked at each other and found it harl
to leave the memories OF the day
crowned by the poetic charm of the
moonlit night
"They will be here in a moment"
Beatrix thought, the boys and Uncle
Archie, and l shall be going home,
and yet, in a way, 1t seems as if l
belonged here, too"
AS for Sir Hugh, he turned away
when the door opened. and her peo.
pie seized upon her with kisses and
jocose greetings. But there was an
instant when ne caught her hand and
pressed it. whispering, Tomorrow
AMI they botn knew that tomorrow
meant Forever and a day."-Waver-
ley Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07

1t is calculated that in London
alone there are discharg d into the at
mosphere daily $4,000 tons of uncon
sumed fuel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07

Wasps may often be observed de-
taching from fences, boards or any old
wood the fibres which they afterwards
manufacture into papier mache.
Matwatchin, on the borders of Rus.
sia, is the only city in the world peo-
pied by men only. The Chinese women
are not only forbidden to live in this
territory, but even to pass the great
wall of Kalkan and enter into Mon
golia. All the Chinese of this border
city are exclusively traders.
The Hawaiian islands must be q
damp place. 1t is reported that one
Monday night at Pakaikow it began
to rain and the next morning at 7
o'clock the gauge showed 13 inches.
Ia five hours at Sanpahoenoe the gauge
measured 10 inches. At Papaaloa, in
"a hours, the gauge showed 40 inches.
In the city of st. Louis, Mo-, there
is a certain hairdressing saloon the
ceiling of which is entirely covered
by the photographs of stage and music
hall celebrities. Every likeness bears
the autograph of it's original, and a
step ladder is invariably kept in the
shop in order that any patron may
inspect the curious ceiling at close
quarters if he so desires.
A street in Paris, France, that has
been opened to the public is paved
with glass. 1t was thought that the
surface would be slippery, but on. the
contrary it has proved to afford an
excellent foothold for horses, and will
not become dusty or absorb filth. All
kinds of glass debris was utilized in
the manufacture of the pavement, and
the inventor of the process is sanguine
of it's adoption on a large scale.
The Indians of America were gen.
orally Polytheists, or believed in plu.
rality of gods Some were considered
as local dcities, yet they believed that
there was one supreme God, OF Great
Spirit, the creator Of the rest and all
creatures and things. Him the natives
of New England called Kichtan They
believed that good men, at death, as
cended to Kichtan, above the heavens,
where they enjoyed departed friends
and all good things; that bad men also
went and knocked at the gate of glory,
but Kichtan bade them depart, for
there was no place for such, whence
they wandered in restless poverty. This
Supreme Being they held to be good,
and prayed to him when they desired
any favor, and paid sort of acllnowl.
edgement to him for plenty, victories
etc.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07

A slip on the ice may fracture a leg
but slip of the tongue may fracture
reputation.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07

He found success most sweet
Who, having tried and failed,
The lesson of defeat.
Upon his standard nailed,
Then straightway bade his soul
Take up the task begun,
Nor paused until the goal
OF his desire was won.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07
CONVERSATIONS.

For Joy tho keenest seems
Where grief has been before;
After nights troubled dreams,
There, at the open door,
Thrice glorious she stands
Dawn, with her roses gay,
And in her outstretched hands
The shining gifts of Day.
Youths Companlon.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07
QUAINT AND CURIOUS,

Wasps may often be observed de-
taching from fences, boards or any old
wood the fibres which they afterwards
manufacture into papier mache.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-07
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
OFFICE; MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE.
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE.

Entered at the Postoffice at Freeland, Pa,
as Second-Class Matter
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-24

hall, where he was quickly surrounded by
a number of people in various conditions
of mind, from wonder to Mysteries. Little
Miss German was bounced upon, tatters and
all, and passed to the arms of fair-faced,
richly gowned woman, who smothered hel
with kisses, laughed, cried, and asked ques
tions all in breath. Then, pausing and
looking closely at the bewildered Corson
she exclaimed: ''Why, if it isn't Jack!"
Yes, it was Jack" who, after moment
Of dumb amazement, gasped:
amy Why, I thought you were-that
is"
eve were going to have tableaux," she
hurried to explain, "and Amy was to be
a beggar child. We dressed her in this cos
tune, but she ran away and-oh, Paul.
to an excited gentleman who entered at this
moment-"we have found our darling. Mr.
Corson picked her up on the street and
brought her home. My husband, Mr. Cor
son."
AS Corsol plowed his way through the
snow to his hotel, he communed with him
self. And the conclusion thereof was that
whoever said truth is stranger than fiction
had no more brains than the inside of an
echo!-National Magazine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-24
A Liar, Putting it Mildly.

Mrs. Abigail Sorosis While, an
aged colored lady, who does washing
to support herself, and an aged vaga-
bond husband, who is strongly sus-
pected of making periodical visits to
our neighbours chicken roosts, asserts
that she is 1913 years old and remem-
bers as distinctly as if the occurrence
only took place last week, the soldiers
leaving Virginia to serve in the war
of1S12. The Bugle has nothing to
urge against Mrs. White, who SO far
as we know is an Industrious hard
working woman, but we are sorry to
have to make the admission that we
have reason, after the above statement
made in the sheet published In the
city morgue cellar, to believe that her
reputation for truth and veracity is
not above suspicion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-24
Tabez Corntossel's Philosophy.

The good Lord made the mewel,
I kin safely sa, that there are some
disbelievers and semmY-atheists as
contends as how he didn't. They al
low that Providence never allowed to
let loose on airth the devil incarnate.
but I reckon them self-same disbe-
lievers has been touched up consider
able at some time or other by this
combination of perverted intelligent e
an hoofs. My opinion is that the
mewel wuz made for the same reason
as dynamite, an that is to do man s
work when properly used an to send
careless people to where they belong.
I amt prepared to say what human
mewels wuz made for.
You can never tell when mewel
is YOUR friend / would durn sight
ruther sit on a powder key smokin' a
pipe with the wind a-blowin' than to
oit on intimate terms with long
cared cross between boss an pile
driver. You amt kept in suspense
so long when you're sittin' on the
key.
A mewel's foot kin not be measured
by the size of his ears and you can't
tell by the expression of his face
whether he's meditatin' murder or
Jest speculatin on the price of corn.
If he's gain pensively on tn ground
an allowin' his ears to droop it
might be jest as we'll fer tn spectator
few move into tn adjoinin' field fer a
while till he spruces up bit.
He's never tew busy eatin' tew
take fall out of fellow mewel or an
onsuspectin' stranger an it hurts his
feelin's considerable tew find after he
comes down that he's missed his
mark an jest kicked hole in tn at
mosphere. The human newell feels
th' same way under the same circum-
stances.
A mine mewel is clean stone hliHd
when he's been brought to light after
spendin' his workin' life underground
an often think that some self-opin-
ionated.human long-eared specimens
air in about the same condition when
the light of other peoples intelligence
falls upon 'em. The mine mewel
gifts over his blindness-the human
newel never does.
The morals you kin draw from this
air about as follows:
Never talk shout newell behind
mis- back.
Don't be mewel.
If you must be a mewel, don't
kick.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-24
In the MAY Morn.

There is an indescribable sympathy
in the throbbing heart of humanity
shat gets out spontaneously to new
ly married couple where the contract
ing parties are in the May morn of
their lives. Particularly is this so
where all the surrounding circum-
stances makes the marriage happy
one. Never was there more happy
marriage consummated than that OF
Syd O'Rourke and Mignonette Riley
last Sunday evening at the Palace no.
tel. Both are natives of Beetown the
bride has caught the beauty of it's
loneliness and both have caught the
magic of it's smiles. Before them is
different pathway of their past
which now is bright with flowers.
We trust as it lengthens and as the
many trials that beset the lives of all
are met that they will meet them
bravely and that the white radiance
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-24
TOWN CAUCUS.
Republicans of Township of Lancaster
Name Delegates.

A sprinkling of Republicans of the
township of Lancaster gathered at the
CITY opera Saturday afternoon fo1
the purpose of selecting nine dele
gates to represent the said town in
the county convention that met yes
terday to name delegates to the con-
gressional convention.
Chairman w. A. johnson called the
assem- blage to order and stated its
purpose. FL. p Irish was chosen Sec
rotary and Lewis Vesperman and W.
P. Richardson tellers. A ticket al
ready prepared containing the names
of nine delegates was voted in with
out opposition, as follows: w. A.
johnson, Thos. Beetham, Geo. Tuck
wood, j. S. Bonham, w. 2. Richard
son, Carl Roth, H. C. Bryhan and
Sam Walker.
The caucus was held open the re-
quired time and then adjourned.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-24
A Cheeky Robber.

Our city detectivery are batfied by
a robbery, which was committed at
the home of our much esteemed friend
and progressive citizen, Adolphus
Kalbsbraten. A theft entered his
domicile at 2345 South. Seventeen ST..
early yesterday morning about a.
m. and carried away several thousand
dollars worth of silverware and cloth
inc. In one of the rooms Of the
eighth story of the palatial residence
of our worthy city trustee the robber
left a bundle of ancient and cast Oft
wearing apparel and an Anticipated
and very much battered hat. Pinned
to the bundle was a piece of paper on
which the robber had written in an
almost undecipher chirography,
"a fair exchange is no robbery" The
health officer was Immediately mott
fed and after fumigating the apart
ment removed the malodorous pack
age There is no clue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-24
We Saw it Don't Go.

We have been informed on good
authority that the rival print shop
which is located IN the dark and dis
NAL cellar of the town morgue is about
to follow our enterprising example oy
issuing a semi-weekly edition OF It's
burlesque apology for newspaper
thereby forcing on the people OF Bee
town two |papers-something they
need about as much as dog has use
for two tails. The BugIe is the only
legitimate newspaper published in
this live, energetic and progressive
community.
We say, and we say it with all the
native modesty which is such prom
inent and dominant characteristic of
ourselves, that the Bugle serves the
people with the news fresh and crisp
in the morning when they awake and
the Free Press will warm it over for
them in the evening to sleep on.
Some people are mean enough TO say
the Free Press was started in order to
secure for it's publishers the fees and
perquisites incident to publishing the
notices and ordinances in connection
with the proposed electrical fran
chises.
If this is true it is hardly conceiv-
able that the board of city dads will
be chumps enough to give them to it..
Why, every tramp typo in the county
would publish paper if the city
treasurer can be dipped into for funds
to paw the bills. To the Free Press,
run on it's merits as newspaper, we
wish success. AS pap sucker and
pensioner on the county treasury, we
say down with it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-24
THE PRICE OF NEAT.
Reason for the Advance Given by a
Butcher

Lancaster people have noticed the
upward tendency in the price of meats
of all descriptions and have wondered
why the prices have advanced. Prices
on dressed meats of all grades have
gone up from l to 5 cents per pound
during the past two or three weeks.
The packers raised their prices high
er with the result that the retailers
have had to do the same. "We are
obliged to mark meats up" said a
well known butcher today. s'Tbere
is a shortage in the supply that COM
pels the packers to advance the prices
and we must follow suit. This is a
time of year that is usually marked
! by an advance in prices because it is
between the corn fed cattle season
and the grass season, when there is a
scarcity of stuff fit for the market.
But this year there has been a general
scarcity of good beef and hogs be-
cause of shortage and other condi-
tions, and prices have been higher
anyway; the present shortage under
such circumstances can't help but
make prices steep. ''There s no
prospect of relief from high prices un-
til the grass fed cattle begin to come
in from the ranges of this section and
southwest. They are due to arrive in
June. OF course they will not be as
choice as corn fed, but they will bring
meat down bit" 1t is probable
that the poorer cuts of meat will be
in greater demand. The retail deal
ers will net bemoan this fact. .'There
is always superabundance OF the
cheaper grades of meat. Every body
wants a porterhouse steak and beef
doesn't provide very many of them;
consequently we have hard time
getting the less popular cuts of boil
ing meat disposed of. Higher prices
may compel use of the second
grades of meat and make trade more
satisfactory in one respect at least"