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i.t! r.-'olenee on Water street.
No. 150, I. O. G. T., meets every
Friday evening, at Templars Hall.
J. E. ROBINSON. W. C. T,
\V\ BENTLY, W. S.
I.GROY BUSINESS CARDS.
CASWELL
HOUSE,
D. CASWELL, Proprietor.
Cor. Mai a & Broadway, LeRoy, Minn.
GOOD STABLING ATTACHED.
•v2nlyl,
mRASIv'S HOTEL,
I J. F, 77i.tSA", Proprietor,
LKR0Y, 3IINNESOTA.
Refitted, Refurnished and good.Livcry. Board
by
the day or week. v2n2yl
CORBTTT
ALLf'^r—Dealers in
II-avv A Shelf Hardware, Stoves, Tinware,
ll"'i.-e p'urnishiiM' Goods. Ac.
Corner Main Street. & Eroadway, LeBoy,
Minn, 10tf
TVTASON & ED1-:S—D.-:il«rs in Up
1 hoi.-'tcrt'd ami Coiumon Furniture.
M.tiu St.. Lelt .y, Minn. lOtf
ALTj O. IV.
Tir f'id O. K.'Barber is now in the town of
Au.-'i and will remain with yon. He is ready
to d'j v.oi-l in his line «f busine.-i?.
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WHEELER. ATTOR-
I ni v- ai l.aw anil lu-alers in 1'eal Estate.
.' !iul Al'slri'ets of Title to any bauds in
Ji.'.ii'r o'lint*. stiven on short notiee. Office
i.p --.airs in llaiik Block, Austin. Minn. n2
StlKKMAS TAfiP.. E. 0. WHEKLKR.
OW.
BISHOP,
General Agent, Austin, Minnesota.
Lauds bought and sold on Commission, JJfcc.
Otlii" on the corner, south of the Court House.
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SWALLOW
& CLARK, LAW,
LAND aud COLLECTION OFFICE, in
Baslord's Brick Block, corner Main and Bridge
St£.» Austin, Minn.
OF G.T., DEGREE TEMPLE,
Excelsior Lodgo No. 8, meets once in two
weeks, on Tuesday evening at 7:30.
O. ALLEN, D. T.
BEST
J. T. PICK, D. Sec.
QUALITY OF WOODEN
PIMPS, constantly on hand, by Q. A.
TKUKSDKLL, at Austin. 14tf
Austin, July 11th, 1868.
ARCHITECT
AND BUILDER.
GEO. JOHNSON would respectfully an
nounee to the citizens of Austiu and vicinity
that ho is now prepared to attend to all orders
»H his line. Drafting done and estimates mado
on short notice. Will take contracts and erect
buildings of nil descriptions. Charges reasona
ble anil satisfaction guaranteed. Shop on Bridge
street, Austin, Minnesota. 38 tf
DR.
W. L. HOLLISTER, Physi
cian and Surgeon, Office at his residence,
Lansing, Minn. n6-tl
JLodge.
O. OF G.
T.—THE LANSING
Sht
that fn't hf-lp but satisfy all who rail on him
fov
i1
r'-. He will bo t«iin1 at the sis:i of
"O. ." on Mill St. K. l'Al'NE.
ilfift
J. I I. McCLEXTIC,
V.'i•••.••. inform the pnblic that at his ba
kerv Mill Street may be found everything
th.it
i.-, usually kept in a fiast class Bakery,
lie ir..r 'ifaeiu-es and keeps constantly on hand
a genu: a! a.
:ortinent of plain eandie-. l-'a nil
or- an
111lii:is
J.T,
will lind t!iis a de.-iruble place
too'otiiin a limeb as lie intei:d-ttop.iy particular
a.t'- :ri
hi
lo thi.s branch o! IIUMIO
Mi-'' S'r• .! V,','.
HAYES & BRO..
T( 7/.1/.I A"A'ItS., A .IE 117.7, XKM,
Muih Stff t, Ji Jlhlil
lJeuleri iu
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Vf'K-., FANCY tiOODS, MTsrCAL IX
C^Ti: TXTS, YKii.iX A (iL'lTAll
STIMXI.S, .te„ Ac.
dll Ilep:iiriug done with di-patch and AVarrant
C.i .ii paid for Old (iold anil Silver. liTly
—Kat
mi'i-', can you afford t' pay airt'-m
rlollar^ at one or two months' crttdit for a inilk
rfiifu n'len you can buy one for Twr.i.vi: or
Inn: .:: dollars cash at
U•,:»ICIJW 1 FBUXU.1), Dealers in Furnituro
BPIMing, cte.. Austin Minn.
JOHNSUN
& ]»i:o. aro selling
-tlicir stock of Boots, Shoos find
Iiciidy-niado Clothing at First
Co.st i.o inako room for other
departments
of their trade.
May JStli,
"KTOTICIO Ot' AN APPLICA1 ION
^v»talc »a Alloy, i" the town
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Not:."::-, lui.i.v sj'ivro that an applid.ltloil
will
be
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ndior A. i). Jterm
the iJinlvi.-' ''•.uit, iu i\v. o-»uitv of Mo ver#
and Stale of Miniwota, on t! f-r-t -v of said
term, or a.'i soon thereaftiT as pertuv eun bo
h.-ird, by W. G. Tolfuv
aii.i
otl-ers of the pro­
prietor.-! of the Town of i,eR.,y station iid
county of Mower and St.'.te of Miiine-'.ta, to
VA'.'ATK the Alley rwnuiii^ ea^t and w.-st,
between bots number two
(2)
and lots number
three i), live and six ('i in block se^eu (it
in said town of Lelloy-Stfltion.
O iled il Leltov, this 1
Tth day of August A.
D. \V*. (i. TELFEB, A Other*,
Proprietor*.
AUSTIN & RICHARDSON sell goods
fyel )V Austin newspaper quotations. 10
IHou'cvtfoJvinvsu'ipt
IAVSIX, MtN.V. A I'LL I ST Colli. I.-M:.
Rcurililicau Sialo
'l'lio Elevi'iilli Animal Ropul»lio:m
Sl.-do Coiivciiiini! will lirlil at St.
Paul on Thursday, tlio ninth day ol'Svp
tonilioi'.' A. ^t. I'.r tlu? pm-pii.-,' of
nominating candidalES 1'PF tlu' follow"HIL:
State nflicofs to ho tilled at the next (ien
eral Kleeiion. viz
Chief Jn.siiee of the Supremo Court
Governor
iieutenant overnov
Seeretary of State
Attorney (loner::!
Auditor of State
State Treasurer
Ckrk of the Supremo Court.
The ratio of ropre.-ontation as detor
luined ly the last State Convention, is
based upon the .lYoidi'iit'.al vote, and
entitles the several eounties tu the fol
lowing apportionment
Anoka,
-n-
Minn. -H"
0
7 Scott, 3
Freeborn,
Goodhue, 13 Sherburne, 2
Grant, 1 Sibley, 3
Hennepin, 14 Stearns, 5
HoUStOH, 7
cteel,
jtfotner
Meeker, 3
lenton. Mi lie Lac, 1
1'lue Earth. 3
Brown, •1 Morris-n, 1
Carlton, 1 Mower, 1
Carver, 4 Nicolet. A
Cass. 1 )luiteil, 10
Chippewa, 1 Otter Tail, 1
Chisago. O Pine, 1
Crow Wing, 1 Fope, 2
Dacota, 7 Ramsey, 8
Dodge. 5 Uedwood, 2
Douglas. 3 Rice. 8
Faribault, 7 Uenvillo, 2
Filttiore, 12 Sc. Louis, 1
Freeborn,
Goodhue,
6
Isanti, 2 Stevens, 1
Jackson, 2 Todd, 2
Kanabec, 1 Waba?haw, 8
Kandiyohi, 2 Waseca, 4
Lake, 1 Washington, 5
Lc Sueur, 5 Watonwon, 2
Manomin, 1 Winona,
McLcod, 3 Wright, 5
Martin, 3
For the purpose of more thoroughly
perfecting the Republican organization
within our limits, The State Central
Committee hereby recommends the ap
pointment of a County Committee con
sisting of one active Republican from
each election precinct in the county,
who shall act as chairman of his pre
cinct committee, and be clected at the
primary meetings held pursuant to this
call.
All who supported the nominees and
principles of the Republican party at
the last Presidential election are cor
dially invited to take part in sending
delegates to this Convention.
F. DRISCOLL,
H. A. KIMBALL,
S R. THAYER,
D. SINCLAIR,
M. S. CHANDLER,
L. W. COLLINS,
W. II. SIEGLER.
Committee.
The Ring Convention.
The few people of the county who
peruse the llrgktcr have learned that
one D. B. Johnson lias called what
purports to be a Republican County
Convention to be held at Lc Roy,
Thursday, September 2d, 1869. The
avowed object of this convention is to
elect delegates to attend the State Con
vention in St. Paul, Sept 9th, but the
real object is to arrange the machinery
of the ring for fall operations.
W are not now and never have been
in favor of carrying local differences
into State politics. There are frecqucntly
good grounds for dissentions at home
when there are none abroad. For this
reason wc were in favor of a united
call fur this convention, the same as
has been done in Ramsey county, and
labored to secure this result. But as
we stated last week, Mr. Johnson re
pelled every honorable advance that was
made for this purpose. What position
Mr. .Johnson's faction propose to assume
wiih reference to the State ticket we
aro not informed, for his organ, with
customary reticence has never ventured
an opinion, but from certain indications
not to bo mistaken wo arc led to coi^
elude that the plan is, lor Mr. Johnson
to go to the' Convention with a delega
tion from this County which lie can
throw upon the market and sell to the
highest bidder. It is well known that
there will be a sharp contest over some
ot the officers and that in a certain con
tingency seven delegates would bo of
great scrviec to a certain aspirant for
honors.
Tnerc is one feature of this call which
is somewhat remarkable. Mr. Johnson
states that the Crawford County System
will bo submitted to the Convention.—
By what authority does this spokesman
of a small minority of the voting popu
lation of the County presume to intro
duce new measures, entirely foreign to
the objects of the call The busiest
season of the year, farmers ail engaged
scouring their crops, it is not probable
that half of the Towns in the County
will be represented. What action of
this kind then would be binding upon
the party, even if this were a party call?
But the real design of calling this
Convention at Lello}*, remains to be
told. Each year the old ring have
thrown out a silver bait to that town
covered with rich promises, and each
year for a long time, the aspiring pol
iticians have been bought and sold to
Hunport their seducers. Last year's sell
waa yrorsfc of all. It was high-handed,
bare-faced and merciless. A year has
not yet passed. The scars arc not yet
obi, and now come the same old sedu
cers bearing gifts and promises to the
same old victims. They oflbr icm
through the medium of this convention
which is called and is to be nscd for the
express purpose of healintjj old wounds
and seeurin^ aid for the fall, great
ndueenients. The language of the Ke
dtteers will ho. Name what you want
atul we will give it. Let us forget the
past, a:nl be honorable iu future." We
wait with some euriosity to see whether
the old bait will be grabbed.
STATE AXI OTHEK ITEMS.
Weston, the pedestrian, has been a
Tiiusing the people of Dubuque by walk
ing fifty miles in ten hours and twenty
live minutes, including a lialf mile
which lie walked backwards in ton min
utes. From Uubuque he was to go to
Davenport.
Sribb another Scandinavian Conven
tion has been called. This time it is
said to be the intention to have all the
clement represented. It is to meet in
St. Paul Sept. lth.no county being en
titled, to more than nine or less than
live delegates. A communication from
a Scandinavian upon this subject, is
crowded out to-day, but will appear to
morrow.
DUUCQUF. is agitating the project
of a railroad from that city, up the river
to Winona and St. Paul. The papers
state a careful reconnoisanco will be
made in the spring. Dubuque is also
moving for a connection with Mankato,
and the Northern Pacific road. The
Dubuque and Minnesota railway, as
projected, will intersect the Northern
Pacific road at or near Lake Traverse,
and near the western boundary of Min
nesota.
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS. The
State agent of Wisconsin, stationed at
Chicago, makes the following report:
of the Sc andinavian immigrants that
have arrived between the 6th and 23d
of May, 1,370 went to Wisconsin.—
Between the 23d and 31st of May, 3,
170 Scandinavian immigrants arrived
at Chicago, and out of this number 1,
393 went to Wisconsin, to settle there.
Between the 31st of May and the 7th
of August,26,550 immigrants arrived in
Chicago, viz 17,327Scandinavian8, 8,
723 Germans, and 500 Irishmen. Cf
this number 3,470 Scandinavians, and
2,090 Germans went to Wisconsin from
May the 6th to August the 7th, 6,233
Scandinavians, and from June the 1st
to August the 7th, 2,090 Germans.—
St. Paul Di*patch.
Murder at Duluth.
The St. Paul papers of the 20th in
stant, contain full accounts of a bloody
riot in the new town of Duluth, which
resulted in the killing of George Nor
thrup, a young man about 26 years of
age recently from Minneapolis. The
murder was committed by a gang of
Philadelphia roughs, who had been re
cruited as laborers on the Lake Supe
rior and Mississippi River Railroad.—
There had been an election on that day
of delegates to attend the State Conven
tion and it seems that whisky had been
freely used. The quarrel first arose be
tween the roughs and a brother of the
murdered man about some trifling mat
ter, when George Northrup interfered
in behalf of his brother and was stab
bed. Five of the rioters have been
brought to St. Paul, and are held for
trial.
JVovihcrzi Pacific Railroad.
I ho following, showing the relative
distances between different points by
the Northern Pacific and Union
Pacific railroads, constitutes an unan
swerable argument in favor of the
Northern Pacific. Now that tha North
ern route has become an established
fact, and its completion a more matter
of time, we all feel deeply interested
in knowing, as far as may be, what
benefits are to result from its completion.
From the Pacific at San Francisco
to the lakes at Chicago, it is 2.123 miles.
From the Pacific at Seattle to the lakes at
Duluth it is only 1.77-i miles. From
Seattle to Chicago by way of Duluth
(all rail) it is 2,1-iOmiles. From New
York to San Fracisco, via Chicago and
Omaha, is 3,323 miles from New York
to Puget Sound via Chicago and Nor
thern Pacific it is 3,0-10 miles. Fimdly,
from New York to Shanghai,
via Chicago
the Northern Pacific and Puget Sound,
it is 8,756 miles.
Railroad Matters.
A delegation of the Bo of Trade
of the city of Minneapolis, consisting of
Mayor Morrison, Gen. Washburne,
Col. Aldrich, Judge At water and At
torney (leu. Cornell, returned to our
city last Saturday noon, from a trip
over the line of our proposed Railroad,
from Aekley through Mason City and
northern Iowa, Albert Lea, and Geneva
to this place. The delegation express
ed themselves as not only pleased with
the country, but much surpri cd at its
beauty and the teeming productiveness
of its grain fields, and its unrivalled
character as a railroad route, in the
cheapness of its cost of construction.—
At Mason City they had a meeting with
the St. Louis and St. Paul Company,
of Iowa, and agreed upon a programme
this fall, which contemplates the grad
ing of sill or nearly all that line of road
to the State lino, and also the laying of
the iron and running of the curs from
Ackh-y to Hampton, about IS miles,
this fall.
At a consultation in Albert Lea, be
tween the Minneapolis delegation and
the Owatonna and State Line Railroad
Company, it was proposed to complete
tlio grading from Albert Lea to the
State Line, and also in Geneva and
Steele County, if possible, this fall
Owatonna Journal.
II kin FOKKST, Ai a. 18, '09.
•ditors Transcript
Alter the re-establishment of com
munication with the outer world, and
the evaporation of surplus moisture
served by the great rain of Friday night
our town puts on its accustomed anima
tion. W might perhaps have boasted
of the "cleaning out'' of mills but for
this very plausible reason—the mills
having been "cleaned nut" years ago.
Farmers in the vicinity arc harvest
ing in finely developed fields of ripened
grain, and indulging iu bright hopes of
a good figure for the produce of their
luxuriant harvest.
Unfortunately for the farmer who
had indulged in fond hopes of a nearer
market this fall, they arc doomed to dis
appointment.
Noll. It., not even a surveying par
ty visits our town, to relievo the monot
ony and raise tlio price of "corner lots"
or "splendid situations" fronting the
public square.
The undosponding however predict,
notwithstanding the unfavorable aus
pices. that High Forest must eventually
be a point of no minor importance.
The question now agitating the pub
lie mind, is the probability or improba
bility of the nomination of our worthy
citizen to the Gubernatorial honors of
the State. Although the County may
have decidcd unfavorably towards the
Lt. Governor, the State is not governed
by th? decision of one county, when that
decision may ha\e been effected by lo
cal interests.
Piye politics, politics involving prin
ciple and opinions are however at a low
ebb, and will be until there is some new
or exciting agitation in the public mind
until there is some strong opposition to
the "rings" who do the wire pulling
for the masses. When the people once
discover that they arc fast drifting to
wards the great chasm of monopoly,
and are about to plunge over the fear
ful abyss, they will awake, and in their
Republican majority, hurl from power
the disgusting tramplcrs on the rights
of the people, and in their place send
up men who will repeal such laws as
that for instance, (disgraces our fair
name,) monopolizing the physician's
calling to a few individuals who are so
fortunate as to hold "Diplomas" from
some far off, perhaps minor affair at
best Excluding from practice, the ex
perienced and perhaps much better
qualified. It is time the people deman
ded the repeal of such obnoxious laws,
especially when the services of an un
diplomatcd physician is required to rec
tify the maltreatment of one of our Ji
plomatcd aspirants.
ConntM
M. u. D.
The Women SnlTrage Movement
in Vermont.
Vermont—the most conservative and
steadfast State in the Union—takes 'he
initiative in seriously proposing to a
menrl its State Constitution so as to
permit women to vote. The Council of
Censors, a body chosen to consider a
mendments to the Constitution, has
voted to rccommend to the Constitution
al Convention to meet in February
next. the adoption of such an amend
ment to the organic law. This is the
greatest triumph yet achieved by the
advocates of female suffrage. Vermont
is a State not much given to change
unless there exists good reason for it.
The only political ono of importance
within the past thirty-five years has
been the transfer of its impregnable
Whig majority to the Ropublieau par
ty-. without damage to the don inant
party or benefit to the opposition.—
When such a State moves. Mrs. Stanton
may congratulate herself on seeing the
beginning of the end. The Censors,
whose affimative action on the question
is so noticeable, are described as being
straight-forward practical men—not
sentimentalists nor reformers, in the
common acceptation of the term. They
are substantial and prominent men in
the State, and all have seen something
(f public life. All arc by profession
lawyers, and actively engaged in politics
—one a Democrat and the other two
Republicans. Their report on the sub
ject deals largely with the writings of
HKNKY WARD Br.r.riiEn, Mn.r., CLK
TIS, and other noted advocates of the
rights of the sex. The Censors assert
that the ":self evident" propositions of
the Declaration of Independence apply
to man and woman alike, and that the
great charter must be interpreted in
this way, and on this base their argu
ment. This extract presents in com
pact from the strong points of the report:
Our present political institutions were
formed and shaped when men had their
ch iof interests and pursuits out of doors
and women remained the humble slaves
at home. The social change has been
immense. Now woman sits by the side
of man,is his companion and associate in
his amusements, and in all his labors,
studies, pursuits and interest, save the
one ol governing the country. And it
is time that she should be his associate
in this. The posit ion of women in regard
to the common schools of the State is
the most- absurd and unjust that can be
imagined. She must always be the
chief instructor of the young in point
of time and influence. She is their
best teacher at home and in school.—
Arid her share in this ever-expanding
work is becoming vaster every day.
Woman as mother, sister, teacher, has
an intelligence, a comprehension of the
educational needs of youth,and an inter
est, in their development, far in advance
of the other sex. Sho can organize,
control and teach the most difficult
school in the State: yet she has no vote
AUSTIN, MOWER COUNTY, MINN., THURSDAY, AUGUST2G, 18G9.
in the selection of the teachers, the
building arrangement and equipment of
school houses, neither iu the method
or extent of instruction. Sho can
pay her share of the expenses of schools
but can have no legal voice in their
management. She can teach, but she
can have no vote in determining what
shall bo taught. She is the very cor
ner stone of institutions which she has
no lawful vote in shaping. Suffrage a
lono can carry Woman's equal right and
privilege into the district school.—
And especially let us have her open,
avowed, and public responsibility and
co-operation—always safVr than direct
influence—always more honest and ef
ficient than a kitchen cabinet.
Finally, the Vermont Censors urge,
there is no use of opposition. That
women will vote is just as certain as
that the cause of truth must ever tri
umph. Therefore, they would glory in
seeing Vermont, first of all lands in ac
cording to woman her equal rights be
fore the law, and invest her with their
only safeguard.,the right of suffrage.—
As a conquest over wrong and error, it
will only rank second to the abolition of
slavery —Y^inona
a 1 1
Organ cf tlie Tean!ier&|_ Association.
I'll0r. J. if.J0irxsro.v.
S A O O
ML!. S. I. SMITH,
Teachers Need Special Preparation.
I know of no other subject on which
such mistaken ideas exist as in regard
to teaching. The tailor must be a man
of experience and skill to get custom.
The miller must learn his business, be
fore he can get employment. Mechan
ics of every class must be taught in
their art and be well skilled, before they
can be entrusted with important con
tracts. Men will not even entrust a
spirited young horse to the hands of an
inexperienced horseman to be trained.
He must be known of undoubted abil
ity, before the young steed can be en
trusted for tutoring. But their chil
Jren, possessed of minds,
undying,
whose passions, habits and principles
arc to be formed for this life and the
life to come, can be committed to (hose
who have never yet learned the first
rudiments of their business, nor thought
of the elements of the science of teach
ing. It is usually understood that all
that is necessary to be
a
competent
teacher is, to be able to get a certificatef
and many can get that who in other
respects arc not fit to be in
a
room.
"What should we think of
school
a
who after having passed
man,
a
few times
over the railroad, should offer
himself as engineer to direct the steam
engine, or who, after having rowed a
shallop across a river a few times, should
offer to bo captain of a steamship, into
whose hands were to be entrusted thou
sands of valuable lives and millions of
piopcrty or of the novice, who having
read Scott's Military Tactics, without
ever having been drilled one hour,
should offer to take command of an
army.
Yet niethcr of these persons would
exhibit greater folly, or more profound
presumption, than he who has never
studied one hour how to teach, how to
discipline, to awaken mind, or learned
tlio first principles of mental and moral
law. should ho attempt to guide an en
gine far more complicated than that
upon the railroad, and upon whose
teachings anil movements may depend
interests far more momentous than the
fate of battles.
It is preposterous to presume that a
man must bo tnvght to practico the
simplest mechanic arts, but the most
(lif/icitlf, moat responsible, most impor
tant of all earthly business can bo done
'•Lr guess." Look but at the condition
of our schools Are they not miserably
backward Young men and women
eighteen and nineteen years of age.
with no mental discipline, and not so
much knowledge as could bo acquired
in two years, in -a good school yet
they have attended school for ten or
twelve years. I have repeatedly seen
that where a competent teacher is cm
ployed and people know enough to con
tinue him, you soon see no more of those
miserable dwarfs in intellect for schol
ars, nor a '-backward school.". You
ask, can these things be remedied I
answer with emphasis YES.
The Teacher who wi^es to teach
icdl, must know thoroughly whatever
lie attempts to teach, and the best way
of doing it. He must not be satisfied
with superficial attainments or with any
way to do it. He must be "posted up"
in matters of general knowledge, and in
the method of communicating what he
knows. He must also understand the
laws of the mind, that he may know at
a glance how to operate with success
for to treat all scholars alike in appear
ance is to treat them unlike in reality.
The teacher should be able to inter
est his scholars. If he finds lie cannot
do this, let him by all means give up
the business, as he is incompetent for
it. If a teacher cannot interest his pu
pils, it proves that lie has no interest- in
the work of instructing, and ought not
to impose on the patrons, much loss the
pupils, lie who would be a successful
teacher, must be a person of general in
telligence, ready on every occasion
which will interest, awaken thought, or
amuse. The teacher can often break
the monotony of the usual exercises of
school by relating historical incidents
of our own or other countries, of its
dars, and their
'•an explain the
statesmen and RCI
achievements. He
philosophy of rain, hail, dew, *vnnl
winds, thunder, lightning, and princi
ples and. facts in physiology, and there
by awaken the curiosity, cause a desire
lo learn, and enkindle a t- ir.-n.
knowledge that otherwise wo*.'Jd have
remained dormant forever. lie can
light the fires that will burn brighter
and more vivid through life.
Township Laws of Minnesota.
Elijah M. Haines Esq., of Chicago,
has completed his compilation of the
township laws of Minnesota, in accord
ance with the act of the legislature of
last winter. It makes a neat volume of
272 pages and is accompanied with
valuable forms whichmakes it of great
sevice in addition to its legal record. As
the duties of town aud county ofiiccrs aro
more or less intermingled, Mr. Haines
has also embraced in his volume, the
legislation relativo to county organiz
ations. It is a book which is absolutely
indispensible to every official, and
ought to be in the hands ol ever citi
zen.—St. Paul Dispatch.
It Is Coming,
A good fall trade,—many declare it
will be an unpreccdcntedly large one—
waits to follow the harvest home", now
near at hand. A dull summer is to have
this ending. There are no aspects of a
panic. "We shall have a good yield of
other cereals, and of corn more than
enough for speculative gambling. From
all parts ofthe country advi.'es reach us
to this effect, and a few weeks more will
see
us in the midst of busy times. For
this our merchants are ^preparing, and
the voices of the croakers will be lost
in the din of active trade. The real
estate men are making ready lor fresh
activity in the fall, and the prospect is
not an encouraging one for the views
of those who have salted down some
thing wherewith to buy after the panic,
for there is to be no panic.—Chicago
Republican.
Schism in Mormondom.
A telegram from Salt Lake to a Cal
fornia newspaper, under date of Aug.
9, records the following developments
in the Mormon paradise
"David and Alexander Smith, the
sons of Joseph Smith, the original
founder of Mormonism, preached to
large congregations in opposition to
Brigham Young. Numerous converts
are made, and Brigham finds it neces
sary to denounce '(the Smiths openly,
and in strong terms. There is great
excitement among the Saints on the
subject. Joseph F. Smith, one of Brig
hams apostles, and cousin to David and
Alexander, is preaching against them,
and endeavoring to destroy their influ
ence among the people a great schism
is anticipated in the Mormon Church."
The principle difference of doctrine
between Brigham Young and the sons
of Joe Smith relate to polygamy, the
latter maintaining that a plurality of
wives is an invention ingrafted by the
former upon the true faith. That the
two reformers are able to stand their
ground, and arraign the conduct and
motives of the acknowledged head of
the Church before large congregations,
at'the very scene of his authority, is
conspicuous evidence of his loosing hold
upon the fidelity of his followers. Not
very long agt, such opposition would
quickly have been silenced by the arm
of murderous violence. Now that it
has obtained a strong foothold, we have
the spectacle of a house divided against
itself, topling to its fall. The spirit of
investigation set at work by the discus
sions taking place, can hardly fail to
open the eyes of a long deluded people,
and tumble the Mormon hierarky into
a mass of ruins. The creed of the
Saints will have a most authoritative
overhauling, and the minds will be dull
indeed that will not. amid the clash of
opposing arguments, the bitterness of
crimination and recrimination, and the
contrast of ideas, be penetrated with a
strong suspicion of the absurdity of re
ligious tenets they have been holding
as infallible. Schism in the Mormon
Church which proceeds to the extent
of repudiating polygamy, must amount
to more than a division into two sepa
rate parties, such as severed the Pres
byterian denomination into Old and
New School, and will not stop short of
the complete disintegration and de
struction of the effete hierarchy. The
crumbling remains of this growing
schism will bo swept away before the
advansing tide of civilization which
follows the track of the Pacific rail
road
AUSTIN*
A NEW IMMIOVED PUMP
A Great Improvement over the
Waupun or any other Man
factured
in
l°
ness
I I I S S
A6RICULTURL WARE HOUSE-1
SOUTH K!!KJ'V«!.tO MjUABK,
AUSTIN. N
most approved
A
the West.
This pump is Warranted to bring the water
to tho spout, froui below freezing point, at
ONE STROKE,
which it takes any other from three to seven,
and which saves 1CU per cent, on the wear of
tho Pump. It is made of tho bept hard maple
and Warranted the top is also warranted not
to bm.-t by frost in winter.
MATERIAL AND WORKMAN
SHIP OF THE BEST!
We are also manufacturing a superior I'ORCK
PI" Ml*. suitable to any i-iner^eney iu
extinguishing lire. This pump will throw wa
ter to the top of any building in the city.
Ciillnnd examine them lor yourselves and
leave your orders.
j£2?"All orders by mail promptly attended
ISAAC WESTOVER^
Xorth-east Corner of Public Square, Austin,
Minn. v2n2tf
$5000 Worth of Clot lain}
That stork of first class elothing is now re
ceived at .SOULK'S, and in size of stork, rich­
of styles, quality and make of goods and
prices, we think our stock stands without a ri
val in this market, and will bear cloSe insjiec
tion. SOU suits just opened over-12 styles.—
Heinember this is a job lot of goods, bought
per cent, bolow actual cost of manufacture,
and wo guarantee to sell a first class eassimere
suit for less money than can be obtained else
where in this County, or fortit a ten dollar
greenback to the purchaser, ltemcniber we
mean business, and will back up this statement
iu every particular. Don't forget tho place,
SOULE'S, Main. St. Austin.
1111
kept constantly
PLOWS!
011
hand.
The celebrated Mi.-hawauka, Indian a
BREAKING PLOWS
ofall sizes from 12 inches upwards. Ttoiling
and Stainlin,^ (.'oiler with cai-h plow aud an
extra share and point. Also the
Prairie da CMeii Breaking Plow
of the same sizes. The Mishwauka
STIRRING PLOWS
Warranted to Scour in any place. Tho best
nnd cheapest in use.
WAGONS!
TheFondu Lac Wagons—the best
finished Wagons over made: Also tho Chicago
Wagons—the Strongest and most durable
Wagons in use,
These wagons arc made of the best seasoned
timber, and Warranted to give satisfaction.
EANNING
MILLS!
The Prairie du Chicn Fanning Mill, has
the latest invention for cleaning Seed Wheat,
which has no equal. It has a spearate spout
expressly for that purpose. The cheapest in
use.
REAPERSassortment.
AND MOWERS!
A large The favorite
MASSILLIOtf.OHIO. COMBINED REAPER
MOWER AND DROPPER.
Also, the MASSILLIOX MOWER.
Of which none dispute superiority over all
others.
THRESHING
MACHINES
THE MASS1LLION, 0. THRESIJER
which is acknowledged by all to be the most
perfect machine in use, and has a world-wide,
reputation of being superior to any thresher
ever manufactured. It has all the "latest im
provements, many of which have been added
the present season.
GENERAL ASSORTMENT
of CULTIVATORS, CORN PLANT
ERS, Ac., Ac.,
constantly on hand at
T. C.HICK'S
DOWN
TUMP MANUFAC-
TUUY!
GOES
Agricultural Warehouse,
South Side of Public Square. 3
HALLO, MR,!
HAVE TOD HEARD THE NEWS
J. C. ACKLET lias sold his
BOOT AWa SHOE STOKE to
iiHiisgBiaes
N A S
A General Assortment of all the TT IV Cnr
achinery ^±J
BOOTS
AND
A large assortment of
BOOTS,
SHOES,
LEATHER Si
FINDINGS
Constantlv 011 hand.
REPAIRING done on short notice and
on the most reasonable terms.
Tho goods will be kept ,\t the'old stand of
J. C. Ai-klev, on west side Main street, now
occupied by
2-12yl J. B. REVORD.
IIAVAUKEE ST. PAUL AND
MINNKA 1'OLIS LVAILWAY.
TWO DAILY TRAINS EACH WAY.
VIA
McGREGOR AND MILWAUKEE.
RAGGAOE IS C1IL THROUGH
See, CMcago, New Yorfc. Boston
anil Eastern Points. Passengers cliangi
cars ",ii at terminal points, thus securiuj,
scats in clean eoaches and
FULL NIGHTS REST
on night trains.
T. C. SHEPARD, Sup't.
S. S. MRRRIM., General Manager.
A. V. ii. (. Gcivl Pass. Agent.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OK
AUSTIN,
MlN
N.
(Successor to Harlan W. Pago, B«nkcr.)
OLIVES, W. SHAW, HARLATf W. PAftE.
President. Cashior.
Mi v:cro«S.
OI.IVKI: W. SHAW, N. P. A'srix.
J. il. Mriinii i.. K. WHI-.KI.IVR,
(President First 1I.UCI.AN W. PAKE.
National liank ofMedregor, IO«U.)
Eastern Kxehfinjro Mid Prafts on Great
Britain and all principal fontiuc.it.v Cities,for
sale in sums to suit.
Collections will ii'twwprompt attw.tlcn.
Agents for lnman I-inc of Strauiships aad
Tickets sold at lowest currency rates to nnd
from every lvivi,|wn.y station ia Europe.
MERCHANT TAILOR
AN!) DKALEIW.S
A 1 ,\ 1» 1
W A AA
ClOthS
Cassismeres,
Doeskins,
and all kinds of
TAILORS TRIMMINGS, HATS.
CAPS, and
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
52s4tf Mill Street, Austin, Minn.
AVE YOUR GREENBACKS
S
by going to
ALDERSON'S
CHEAP CASH STORE
for
Groceries,
MATSOX'S OLD STAND
Cor. Mill and Chatham Streets,
A l'STL\. MLVX.
I
B. Revo id,
am just receiving directly from the cast a
fresh supply of Groceries, Crockery, Notions,
•fcc., anil am now prepared to sell Cheap for
cash.
All hinds of Farm Produce taken in
Exchange for Goods.
Call and examine goods and prices.
n4tf GEO. ALDERSON.
Restores gray and faded Hair to iu
ORIGINAL COLOR, removes Dandruff,
CrRES ALL DISEASES OF THE SCALP,
Prevents BALDNESS, and makes the hair
grow Soft, Glossy and Luxuriant.
$1,00 aid $1,50 per Bottle. Each Bottle ia a Seat Papir Bu.
Prepared by SEWARD, BENTLET
A CHENEY, Druggists, Buffalo, N.Y. Sold
by all Druggists.
A E E
!QO ANI
NO 20.
Vesting,
Provisions,
at
CURE
For Dyspepsia, Fever and Ague, Aci
dity of the Stomach, Loss of Appetite,
Nausea, Heart-burn, Jaundice, and all
diseases arising from a disordered state
of the Stomach, Liver or Intestines.
Prepared by SEWARD. BENTLET
A CHENEY, Druggists, BUF&lo, N.Y.
by all Druggiets.
SEE
Sold
8 5 4
ISEWARD'SI
(oi/CH(uRE
A Safe a'&d Speady Cure for Coughs.Coldf,
Asthma Bronchitis, Hoarseness Croup,
Influenza, Whooping Cough, Incipient,
Consumption, and all Diseases of the
Throat and Lungs. Don't neglect
Kv»re Cough, or throw away monev on
worthless medicine.
CRICK FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLE
Prepared by SEWARD. BENTLET
A CHENEY, Druggists,Buffalo. N.Y. SOH
by all Draggiate.
WORDS
OF WISDOM FOR
YOI'NU MEN.
On the Ruling I'assi.m in Youth and Early
Manhood, with SEl.V HELP for the errini
and unfortunate. Sent in sealed letter envel
opes, free of charge. Address,, UOWAltD
ASSOCIATION, ibx P, Phil., Pa. Oly
Johnson & Bro.
They are daily receiving
NEW SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
j'ii 'ill descriptions, which they off-r
for sale at
mw PRICES.
They will sell all
WOOLEN GOODS AT
Reduced Rates
The Eastern Market bein^. 1 jvrt-r th
for some years hack.
Ilavintr bought at the 0*
DECLINE IN GOODS
we can afford to sell at
LOW FIGURES, ANL
WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD
They have a lot of
CUSTOM MADE
SUMMER CLOTHING,
on the way, made for their trade which
they can Warrant in all respects, and
will he
S6LD OBitf.
A Choice lot of
OIL CURTA1XS
on hand.
Also WALL PAPER and
nwel Cirtala Paper
STALEY & WILLIAMS,
Main Street, next
door
to
Clemmer's Drug store, have in
stock and are constantly rec eiv
ing choice and well selected
Dry Goods, Yankee Notions,
Hats, Caps, Boots & Shoes,
Groceries, Tobacco & Ci-ars,
Crockery, &c., which they are
offering to the public at prices
that defy competition. W. T-
Ellis' Celebrated Baltimore Oys­
ters constantly on hand and for
sale Wholesale and Retail away
below the market. Choice Ha­
vana and Domestic Cigars for
gale
to the trade at very low
figures. CASH buyers should
not fail to call on
STALEY & WILLIAMS.
srtf
J)T ER ZELLER,
E A N A I O
I keep constan'l.*- on hand the best
CLOTHS
CASSIMERES,
YESTI'N GS. &C.
I employ none bufc the
REST OF WORKMEN.
CUTTING DONE IX TI1S LATEST
STYLE.
PETER ZELLER,
South Side of Public Square.
Austin, Feb. 23rd, IS69. 40yl