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Thursday, Oct. 16,1873,
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
FOB GOVERNOR.
CUSHMAN K. DiVIS, of Ramsey.
rOE LIICTKNANT OOTCBNOK.
ALTHOS80 BYKTO, of Stearns.
rOB SBOBBTABT Of STATf.
3J, P. JKNNISOX, of Goodhue.
FOB 8TATB TBIABCBIB.
MOSS 6BIXAGKR, of Freeborn.
ft OB ATT0BN1T O I A 1
ttlORwl P. WILSON, of Winona,
For Judge of the 7th Judicial District,
HON, JAMSS M. McKKLYT.
For Representatives.
1st Dist.—C. BRIDGMAN.
4th Dist.—CHARLES WALKER.
Stearns County Ticket.
For County Treasurer,
MATHIAS CANS.
For Register of Deeds,
JOHN ZAPP.
For Sheriff,
GEORGE GE1SSEL.
For County Attorney,
L. W. COLLINS.
Fjor Judge of Probate,
GEORGE S. SPENCER.
For Court Commissioner,
L. E. TUBBS.
For County Surveyor,
M. P. NOEL.
For Coronor.
FRANK ZEIGENBEIN.
For Commissioner.
4th Dist—B. H. WINSLOW.
5th Dist JEROME J. GETTT.
A O E 1 E A E S A E OK
I S O W S E E S A E
S E E A E S O I
A 1 O I E
It is a well known iact that the St.
Cloud Land Office is, and for the past
three or four years baa been, managed
not to aooomuudate the people or toHe
serve the interests of the government,
bat for the personal benefit of the officers
aid a hall-doien orso individuals 1 agaed
with them. The officers are present
when it salts thair convenience to be
and when it does not they are roaming
through*the country attending toother
business, leaving the affairs of the
tffiee is charge of Tom, Diok or Harry,
or whosoever may be around—as il.
Gordon is now attending terms of
court la different counties as counsel
for persons having cases to be tried.—
The mismanagement, as well as positive
corruption, of this Land Office is no*now
toriona.
The following case is one ot a
character that is by no means uncom
mon. On Saturday we had a call from
Mr. Barnard Ebbert, an intelligent set
tler, who, on the second of October,
had entered a homestead on Hieh Prai
rie, Morrison county. He paid the full
fees and charges demanded at the Land
Office, and obtained the following final
receipt:
JSaat Baeitir Jtee't No. 1663—Application As. 8030
HOMESTEAD.
RacaivBB'a OFFICE, ST. CLOUD, MISX.
Oct. 2d, 1783.
Received of Bernard Ebbert, the sum of
8 dollars, being the second compensation
of Register and Receiver, and balance of
payment required by law for the entry of
nj of nw} of Section 8, in lownabip 39 of
Range 80, containing 80 acres, under the
aot of Congress approved Jane 8th, 1872,
and March 3, 1873.
T. C. McCLURE.
$8. Receiver.
A few daya afterwards, the following
letter, written by H. L. Gordon, the
Register of the office, to a prominent
gentleman of Rich Prairie, was placed
Mr. Ebbert'a hands
ST. CLODT), Oct. 4, '73,
Clarence B. Buckman, F.tq.
DBAB SIB.—Please notify Bernard Eb
bert that his homestead entry 81)30, upon
•a\ w\ sec 8 39 30, is withdrawn om
the files. He paid too small office fees.—
He should have paid $18.00 government
and $1.00 office—instead he paid only
$8.50. He must return his duplicate with
balanoe of money immediately and we will
make his entry all right. Ha can send—
need net come himself unieas he chooses.
Tours &c,
H. L. GORDON.
Bg.
It will be remembered that, after se
lecting his homestead, Mr. Ebbert
oame to the St. Cloud Land Office, a
distance of about forty miles, conform
ed to all the requirements of the law,
paid the full charges asked, and ob-the
tained his receipt. Two days aferward
this letter from Mr. Gordon, demand
ing $10.50 more, es the condition of
his homestead papers being forwarded
to Washington, is placed in his hands.
Right here we wbh to ask Mr. Gor
don two questions
1. Was this one of the many egre
gbns blunders made by the boy (byOffice
whom the papers were made oat andwhether
the money received) who is usually
left is sole charge of the office, while
the Register and Receiver are devoting
their time to their personal affairs
2. Or was it an attempt on theto
part of Mr. Gordon to defraud Mr.
Ebbert out of $10.50
Mr. Gordon, as appears by his letter,
rather preferred that Mr. Ebbert should
"send* the money bat Mr. Ebbert,
feeling satisfied that something was
Wrong, "came himself," at an expense
both of time and money. Arriving
here on Saturday and going to the of
fice, he found Mr. C. A. Oilman (the
resigned Register, and a leading mem
ber of the Ring which feeds and fat
tens on this Land Office) in charge
both of the Register's and Receiver's
offices. Mr. Ebbert stated his case,
wheo Mr. Oilman informed him that
he might leave the money, lor which
he (Oilman) would give bim (Ebbert)
a personal receipt and that that was
all he could de, as Mr. Gordon and
Mr. McGlare were both oat of town.—
Not feeling disposed to do this,
Ebbert was compelled to return home
leaving his matters still unsettled, be
cause no person competent to transact
the public business was in the office or
in the city even, and one or more trips,
with a farther outlay of money and
lose of time, will doubtless be necessi
ty. Unfortunately, Mr. Ebbert is not
she only person who has suffered in
ibis rame way. The Land Office was
orowded on Saturday, and it any c»
the persons there wished to enter home
steads were they able to do so Ii
they were not, for what purpose are the
Register and Reoeiver ot the Land Of
fice appointed It they were, what
authority had Mr. Gilman lor adminis
tering to them tho requirod oath 1—
And what authority had that boy lorGewsel
tdmiuisterins* tho oaih to Mr. Ebbert
when h« made his application, October
2d?
But we now come to a matter muoh
more serious than any of the foregoing.
It seems that some days before taking
this homestead, Mr. Ebbert had gone
to the Land Office to make inquiries as
to where government lands, open to
homestead settlement, oould be found,
indicating, at the same time, his pref
erence for the country in the direction
of Sank Centre and Alexandria. In
stead, however, of giving bim such in
formation as was requested, as was his
doty, Mr Gordon used every effort
possible to discourage him from to
king government land at all. and to
have him buy land belonging to him
self (Gordon) I We give herewith a
voluntary statement made by Mr. Eb
bert, which tells how Gordon is prosti
tuting tbo Uoitod States Land Of
fice to a real estate office of his own
ST. CLOUD, Oct. 11, 1873.
About two weeks ago, I came to the St.
Cloud Land Offioeto take a claim on gov.
ernment land. H. L. Gordon, the Register
of the Land Office, was present. I told
Mr. Gordon I wauted to take u. claim on
government land, and that I woulJ like ta
have bim inform me as to where 1 could
find vacant land, that I was unacquaint
ed with the maps, and that he would prob
ably know all about these matters, from
his position in the office. He told me
there was no vacant land near that I would
have to go very far away. I told him I
thought of going to Sauk Centre or Alex
andria He (Gordon) told me there was
nn government land there near market
that 1 would have to go far away —and
that if I found any it would be in a wilder
ness or on a prairie without any wood.
Then he said, ''I will sell you a quarter
section, with timber, and brush, and hay
meadow on it, near Clear Lakewrter (iu
Wright Co.) 20 miles trom St. Cloud." He
said hia brother lived there. He said it
was a good one hundred and sixty acres
eoazed me hard to go there. I asked
him bow much he would charge me for it.
He told me $640. I told him that was
mighty high, that I hadn't the raeuey to
spare. He told me it weald pay me better
to go there and pay that price for that
land than to go ao far from market and
take government land. He said he would
give me $100 for my "soldier's right,"
which would leave the price of his land
$540. He wanted to give me directions
how to go to his land' and see it. I did
not ask him to do so. I told him I would
think it over, and if I decided to take his
land I would oome back and let him know.
He urged me strongly to buy this land,
and continually discouraged me from look
ing for government land. My wife was
with me in the office at the time, and heaid
this conversation. Afterwards he offered
to sell me 80 acres of mapie wood, 10 miles
trom St. Cloud, for $30t or $400, I do not
remember exactly which. 1 left the
office, and afterwards, by direction of a
stranger whom I met at the St Cloud de
pot (as I wa« about to st-trt for Sauk (Jen
tre and Alexandria) I went to RichT'rairie.
Morrison county, and there took 80 acres
as a homestead—the same 80 acres de
scribed in Application No. 8030 Final
Receiver's Receipt No. 1662. To the best
of my recollection there was no per
son in the office during the time of this con
versation with Gordon except H. L, Gor
don, my wife and myself. I saw no
oneand
else.
BERNARD EBBERT.
Signed in presence of
E. H. WHITNEY.
As will be seen by this statement of
Mr.Ebbert, Gordon, placed in the Land
Office for the very purpose of affording
the information asked for, threw every
discouragement in the way of the ap
plicant's taking government lands,
representing to him that the only vacant
land was in a wilderness or on a tree
lees prairie, and far away irom market
at that and then plied him with in
docements to boy land owned by Gor
don and held for just such opportunities
of speculation, stating that it would bo
cheaper for him to pay Gordon's price
for land than to get government land
as a homestead and offering to paysenting
him $100 for his "soldier's right."—
Failing in making this sale, this real
estate agent on a government salary of
fered a smaller tract at a lower price.
Mr. Ebbert, being a poor man, had no
money with wh ch to buy the laud of
this speculating public officer be had
oome to avail himself of the benefits
of the Homestead Act. Receiving no
information and meeting ooly with dis
couragement, Mr. Ebbert left the of-culture.
fice and obtained from a stranger what
had been denied him at the Lind Of*
fice. He informs as that Mr. Gordon
mat him in the street and again pressed
purchase of the land upon him.—
It will be noticed that Mr. Gordon
chose well the time for attempting to
force a sale, while there was no onein
present bat himself, Mr. Ebbert and
bis wife.
The people demand to know these
things, vis:
1. Whether the St, Cloud Land
is a government institution, or
it is a private real estate of
fice?
2. Whether H. L. Gordon is paid
$3,000 a-year, more or less, to attend
to the business of the Lind Offioe or
bis own personal speculations
3. Whether the Department will
countenance and sustain a Register of
the Land Office in discouraging settlers
from taking the public lands and en
deavoring to foroe them to boy lands
owned by such Register
4. Whether it is necessary for the
Register and Receiver ot the office ever
to be present, or whether the business
cannot always be transacted by a clerk,
or by suoh busiaess associate as may
tender his services
5. A nd also as to what use H. L.
Gordon proposed making of tho "sol
dier's right" for which he offered $100
The publio is entitled to some defi
nite information on these matters. It
the St. Cloud Land Office is intended
to be a convenient private real estate
office if the Register and Receiver
are handsomely salaried to attend ex
clusively, or nearly so, to their private
business ii settlers are to ba discour
aged from taking the public lands and
are denied proper information properly
asked fir—if these things are to be so,
the sooner the fact is generally Under
stood the better. The people want to
know whether they havo any rights
which the Register and Receiver of the
St. Cloud Land Office are bound to re
spect.
I E
We place at the head of oar. columns
this week the ticket nominated at the
Republican County and Representative
Conventions on Tuesday. Most of the
names are wel Iknown to the people of
tho county. Messrs. Gans, Z»pp and
hud already boon placed in
nomination by the Deuiooratio Conven
tion. Mr. Z»pp has served as Register
oi Deeds for, wo believe, twelve years, to
the satibtaotion of almost everybody,
and it was thought a better selection
oould not be made. Mr. Gans has
made an excellent Treasurer during
tbe two terms ho baa been in office,
and his polities will not prevent his
serving the county equally well anoth
er two years. Mr. Geissel baa nearly
oompleted his first term as Sheriff, and
the general verdict is that he ia the
right man in the right place.
The demand throughout the oounty
for a change in tbe office of County At
torney was met by tbe Convention with
the best and strongest nomination that
oould have been made, that of Capt.
L. W. Collins. The inefficiency of
the present incumbent has cost the
county hundreds of dollars, and the
people are not satisfied to pay a large
salary for the very poor services that
are rendered. Mr. Brick undoubtedly
does the best he can, bat that best is
very far below the requirements of the
position. Capt. Collins is a lawyer
of ability and experience, and has al
ready served one term as County At
torney, and will next month be elected
to serve another term.
Mr. Geo. S. Spencer, the nominee
for Judge of Probate, possesses all the
necessary qualifications* for the office,
and Ujmoreover popular. He proposes,
we understand, making a lively fight
for the position, and if he does we shall
confidently expect to see the Judge
of Probate's ohair filled by a good Re
publican.
Ooe of Sauk Centre's best men, Mr.
L. E. Tubbs, was taken for the offioe
of Court Commissioner. As the nomi
nee on each ticket is from that "looahty
we may expect both to display their
highest metal.
Mr. M. P. Noel is the present Coun
ty Surveyor, and has served in that
office almost since the organisation of
tire county. It is very evident that
he will be again elected, as he has
given general satisfaction in the dis
charge of his duties.
Mr. F. Ziegenbein, of St. Augasta,
has heretofore been a candidate for
Coroner, polling the full vote of the
party,
in the Representative Convention
for the First District ot Stearns oonnty
(including St. Cloud City and Town,
Lndea and St. Augusta) Mr. C.
Brid^man, of this city, was selected for
Representative. Mr. Bridgman is well
known to all as a consistent Republican,
an intelligent and enterprising oitiseo,
a man whose interests are identi
fied with those of St, Cloud.
A A S I O S
Tbe report of Herr Hass, one of the
German Commissioners sent to this
country in 1871 by the^German oapi.
talista to investigate Northern Pacific
railroad matters, has just been published.
While coming to the conclusion that
the country through which muoh of tbe
road would pass, was as yet too new to
make tbe investment a profitable one,
he made the following statement, which
may be pondered over to advantage by
certain newspaper editors who have
been most just in their hostility to
this Northem Pacific country
"I must first of all contradict an opinion
which has been widely circulated, repre
the regions traversed by the North
ern Pacifio Railway as unfavorable to civ
ilization, agriculture and industry. The
experience I have acquired by personal in
spection, aa well aa the most trustworthy
information from official sources 1 have
everywhere ga hered on tbe spot, baa con
vinced me that the region through which the
Northern Pacific Railway posies one of the
mos- fertile on the American continent, and,
it it tn every retptct suitable for colonization.
Minnesota and Dakota belong to the grain
growing region Montana and Idaho are
rioh in minerala and pasture, and Oregon
and Washington Territory belong to the
region of minerals, furs, timber and agri-
E E I O N S
Elections were held in several of the
States on Tuesday, the Republicans
being victorious in each.
Iowa gave a Republican majority of
from 20,000 to 30,000. The contest
many counties sod Legislative Dis
tricts was very close. The Grangers
showed great strength, and' a number
of their candidates were elected to tho
Legislature.
Pennsylvania went Republican by
over 30,000 majority. Philadelphia
gave the Republican candidate for State
Treasurers majority of over 25,000.
The average Repnblioan majority in
the city was about 20,000.
In Ohio the Republicans claim to
have carried the State ticket by a ma
jority of from 8,000 to 10,000 The
Democrats made considerable gains
over last year, and claim to have secur
ed a majority in the Legislature,
Tbe real contest is for the Uoited
States Senatorsbip—A. Thurman
being aoxious for a Democratic major
ity in order that he may be re-elected,
and Gov. Noyes hoping for a Republi
can majority in order that he may ob
tain tbe coveted seat.
Nebraska went overwhelmingly Re
publican.
Pope oounty will give arousing majori
ty in favor or biennial sessions of the Leg
islature. We are all in for it.— Qlmwood
Eagle.
Every oounty in the State should
give arousing majority in favor of bi
ennial sessions.' The saving to the
people would be nearly if not quite
one hundred thousand dollars a year.
PRESIDENT GRANT has written a
letter in which he expresses the belief
that, as tbe panic hra brought green
backs about to par with silver,, a long
stride has thereby been made toward
specie payments.
IT is believed that Marshal Basaine,
who is now on trial at Paris for sur
rendering Mets to the Germans in
1870, will be convicted.
mm
rotiiTfuuu.
The Republicans ot Winona oonnty
bave made the following nominations:
Dr. A. B. Stuart, of Winona, for State
Senator C. F. Mues, of Winona,
Wesley Martin, of Homer, and T. D.
Putnam, of Hillsdale, for Representa
tives.
Z. B. Clarke, of Lao qui Parle, has
been nominated for Representative by
the Reoublieans of the 35th Diatriot.
The Democrats of St. Paul have
re-nominated tho present Repnblioan
Mai or, Dr. Stuart. For Represents
tives:
First and Second Wards.—John X. David
son.
Third Ward.—-Henry Meyerdinr.
Fourth Ward—Jamas Starkey.
The Republicans of tho Second Sen
atorial Diatriot, part of Fillmore, havo
made the following Legislative nomi
nations Senator, C. H. Conkey
Representatives, A. K. Hanson, W. N.
FUmore and J. C. Green.
Chas. Baohman and John True are
the Demooratio oaniidates for the
Legislature, for the Second and T'oird
Representative Districts of Carver
county.
The Republicans of Mower oounty
have nominated I Haskins, for Sen
ator, and Wm. Z. Spencer and J. N.
Canfield for Representatives.
The Republicans of Renville oonnty
have nominated David Branson for
Representative.
In Waseca oounty James E. Child
and L. D. Smith are tbo Republioaa
nominees for Representatives.
Wm. MoKuaick, of Stillwater, baa
been placed in nomination for Senator
by the Washington count* Republi
cans.
In McLeod county ta* Republican
nomioated Wm. Baeeoek for the Third
Representstive District, and the Demo
crats nominated Ii. Gilliok for tho Sen
ate.
The Republicans of Carver oonnty
have nominated H. R. Denny -and R.
H. MoChilland for the Legislature.
Hon. E. P. Freeman, of Jackson
county, is the Repnblioan candidate for
Senator in the 38th Diatriot.
In Houston oonnty tbo Democrats
have nominated L. Buell, of Cali
donia, and Michael McDonald, of
Crooked Creek, for Representative*.
The Republicans of tho Seventh
Senatorial District, being tho western
part of Winona oonnty, hare nomi
nated for Repreeeutetives Collins Rice
ot Utioa and Thomas P. Dixon of Ssr
a toga.
The Republicans o? Wright oonnty
bave nomioated I. N. Stacy for Sen
ator and 8. Whiting, Jr., and G.
Wright for Representatives.
FRANCE seems "to be rapidly ap
proaching an important orisis. The
Monarchists in tbe National Assembly
bave tendered the Count de Chambord
the French throne, and his reply will
be laid before that body on Saturday.
During the recent elections in
thebordering
provinces the Republican strength haa
been considerably increased and the
Left Centre, the extreme Republicans
and the moderate Republicans mani
fest a deposition to aot in harmony and
unitedly in tbeir efforts to prevent a
monsroby from being 'imposed upon
France Tbe results oi tbe next few
days may bring about a civil war inrobbery:
that unfortunate country.
A WASHINGTON correspondent of
the Cbioa.o Tribune states that "Jay
Cooke & Co. have the greatest confi
dence that, with the infusion of a little
new blood into the already very wenliby
and efficient Board of Directors of the
Northern Pacific, the bonds of that
Company will be worth every dollar in
vested in them by Jay Cooke & Co.
Already arrangements are in progress
for tbe injection of new sinews of
strength."
FOB tbo week ending October 7th
the exports of prodooe end miscellane
ous goods from New Tork city reached
the enormous amount of 98,878,130—
tbe largest single week's export bus
iness in that line ever credited to that
port This evidenoo of national pros
perity is very gratifying in these times
of panics snd failures. It shows that
the business of the country is, at tho
oore, sound snd healthy.
IT is really wonderful What a smart
business man, or a pair of smart busi
ness men, oan do. Now, down in
Toledo, Ohio, the banking firm of
Kraus & Smith swamped in tbe late
finanoial troubles. It owed depositors
•938,000, for which it had to show
$190,342—leaving the trifling differ
ence of $747,658 for depositors to
whistle for. These enterprising bank
ers had been using these deposits in
their private speculations, as too many
other bankers are doing.
ON Saturday while Senator Pomeroy,
of Kansas, was walking along the
street in Washington, he was met by
man named M..T. Conway, who with
out a word, fired three shots from a re
volver, ooe of which passed through
Pomeroy's hat and another struck him
on the right breast, causing only a
slight wound, however. Conway wss
arrested, but gives no reason for
tbestroyed
shooting.
THE great Evangelidal Alliance,
which oommenoed its sessions in New
York on the 3rd inst., adjourned on
Sabbath. Tbe daily attendance
wasto
very large and the interest marked
throughout. Many of the papers read
were unusually able.
Wx aro gratified to learn by to-day's
papers that the President has appoint
ed Bon. W. W. Billsoo, of Dalatb,
United States District Attorney of
Minnesota vice Hon. C. K. Davis re
signed. Mr. Billsoo is in every way
worthy of the appointment.
e»i.
TUESDAY was another bine day in
Wall Street. From some cause, no
body seems to know just what, stocks
tumbled along the whole line, and
there was a general feeling of depression
among bankers, beveral failures took
I place.
W O S O Ol
E E N S I O N
vn
From the Bed River Star,
Mr. A. P. Stearns, who laid the iron
on the St. Paul and Pacifio branches
lastyesr, arrived here on Tuesday
evening, with orders from Mr. Farley
the receiver of the road, to at onoe pot
in repair the oompleted portion of tho
road, extending ninety two miles north
and twelve miles south of Glyndon.
Mr. Stearns has a construction train
and all tho materiel and tools necessary
to push tho irork rapidly forward.
Quite a foroe of men are now at work,
and one hundred more are expected on
Monday. Mr. Steams says he expects
to have the road in oomplete running
order in two weeks and when it is fin
ished trains will be put on and operated
regularly all winter. It is not yet de
cided-whether any new rood will bo
built this fall, but probably not.
COMMISSIONS* SMITH has prevail-
ed on Governor Davis to set at liberty
Saotanta and Big Tree, tho Kiowa
chiefs oonvioted of murder and held
under arrest by the State government.
The Commissioner promised, on the
part of the U. S. gorem ment, to gath
er all its Indians together and keep
them under surveillance, and that if
tbe Kiowas misbehaved these two
chiefs should be re-arrested, or one
hundred other principal Kiowas in
their placea, and turned over to the
State authorities. Troops are to be at
onoe plaoed along the Texas frontier
on the reservation.
Tax following official statement,
made by one of the leading railroads of
the West, shows that the recent ad
vance of three cents a bushel on the
price for earrying to market tho wheat
of the farmers of .Minnesota, was with
out sny necessity and was a downright
The earnings of the Milwaukee &
St. Paul road for the month of Sep
tember were $1,193,209 against $811,.
961 for the same month iu 1872, being
an ioorease ol $381,248.
The earnings nce January 1st,
amount to $6,414,012 agaiust $4,796,
169 for the same time in 1872, being
an increase of $1,617,824.
The net profits of the Western Union
Telegraph Company for the past year ware
$3,0O0,0o0. Tet they claim that the tariff
for transmitting messages is as low as it
can be made.—Minneapolis Tribune.
If they would only send a message
through within twentyfoul or forty-eight
hours after it is left with them, people
would not feel so bad about the extor
tionate charges but to be compelled
to pay a dollar or two for a message
whioh oould havo been sent quicker by
mail, for three coats, is rather trying
to human patience.
IT is said thatButterfield, who eloped
from Shakopee with Mrs. How, was in
debt to the amount ot $50,000. His
farm was mortgaged for $10,000 he
owed his farm hands, sbout fifteen in
number, from $50 to $200 eaoh he
naf borrowed about $10,000 from .em
ployees along the lino of the St. Paul
and Sioux City road, and was largely
iadebtedi to other parties. There seems
to be no doubt but that he and his
guilty paramour have sailed from New
York for Europe.
IN his new lecture on the "Battle of
Business," delivered last week for tho
first time in Boston, speaking of theabroad.
power of the great corporations of the
country, Henry Ward Beeeher declar
ed that if the New York Central, Erie
and Pennsylvania Central Companies
should conspire to do it, they could
elect the President of tbe Uoited
States.
IT is estimated that at least thirty
millions in ourrency has been lost,
worn out, burned snd otherwise de
sioos greenbacks and National
Bank, notes were iasued. Whioh is
just so muoh dear gain to tho govern
ment and the National Banks.
RxroRTS oome from Pino oounty
the effect thst E. S. Thompson, the
County Auditor, defaulter to the
amount of $16,000.
"Ou" POMIROY, of Kansas,, has
begun suit for the $7,000 which figur
ed in the last Kansas Senatorial elec
tion.
A STORM On the coast of Cuba last
week inundated villages, wrecked ves
aela and drowned several people.
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THK latest reports from Memphis
and Sbreveport say tbe yellow fever is
abating. Frosts are doing good.
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—Senator Sumner, yielding to theiaians'"
advioe of his friends, has oanoeled hia
lecture engagements.
FOR THE BEST AND CHEAPEST
O E I E
OF" A I N S
GO O RUSSELLS!
The Entire Stock going AT COST
THANKSGITING PROCLAMATION
IHI RESIDENT.
Gf-roceries at Russell's,
A N SAVE MONEY.
I therefore recommend thel on THCBSDAV, tho
17th of November asxt, tho people moot ia their re-
3gementplaceAlmighty
active of worship to make teeir acknowl
to God for His bounties aadUie
protection, and to offer to Him prayers Sac their con
tinuance.
—Mrs. Clarke, wbo mysteriously dis
appeared from Minneapolis, has been
discovered sixteen miles out from Wi
nona, where she is visiting relatives.
—Prairie fires are playing sad havoc
in some parts of tho State, and in Fari
bault oounty large quantities of grain,
machinery, etc., are reported ruined.
—-A Mr. Svcnsoo, of Dahlgren, was
dangerously stabbed at Carver, on Sun
day evening, by some unknown person.
Be was attending a wedding at T.
Brink's.
—On Monday a ruffian named Burr
fired two shots from a revolver at Po
liceman Johnson, of S Paul, who was
arresting him. One ball grazea the
officer's temple.
—A son of Stephen Rice, of Mos
cow, Mower County, was killed on
Monday by falling from a load of straw
and the wheels of tbe wagon passing
over his hesd.
S W S O N & O O
SAINT CLOUD
IFOTnsTIXR/Y" & A O S O
Manufacturers and dealers in
S O E S I I O W S A A I N E
Jmv^Warerooms andshops on Washington Avenue, north of the Central House.
BT
Bg the President ef the United States of America:
a raoeuiunoir.
The approeeMBf CIOM of another veer bring* with
it the eocaalon for renewed thanksgiving and ae
aaowledgemantto the Almighty RnUr of th*aniT«tM
of the nnnnmhered mcrciea which He hat beatowod
upon ui. Abundant harvests have been among the
rewards of indsstrv with the local exoeptione,
health hat bean among tho bloating! enloyed tran
qnilitv at home and peace with other nations have
prarauod frugal iadn ,trjr is regaining its merited
rewards gradaallr, but under the Proridenee of God
rarely, as we trust, the nation is rtcovering from tho
lingering results of a draadial civil strife, for these
and all the other mercies vooebeafM, it becomes as
se a people to return heartfelt and grateful aelawwl
edKemoata.aadwithonrthaakagivragwo may units
prayers for the cessation of local and temporary sufr
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington thai 14th day of
aag „,
HUULTOS Visa, Beefy of State.
tt
October, i-n the year of ear£
independence of the United state* the SI ta.
(Signed) OLTS8B8 S.OBAHT.
the President.
I N N E S O A E W S
—Jacob Pfaff, of Mankato, waa
thrown from a wagon on Saturday, dis
locating hia shoulder.
—A drove of five hundred and sixty
sheep, bound for Fort Garry, passed
through Fergus Falls last week.
—The Hennepin County Ootober
settlement showed that $164,835 32
in taxes had been collected since
June.
—Mrs. 3. G. Butterfield, wife of the
Shakopee elopist, arrived at her home
on Friday. She was ignorant of tbe
heartless desertion of her husband until
her arrival in Shakopee.
—On Tuesday Elder Walker com
mitted suioide at Spencer Brook, Isan
ti oounty, by hanging himself in a
barn, lie had been laboring under a
mild form of insanity for some years.
—Tbe Southern Minnesota Railroad
Company on Monday paid into the
State Tretsory tbe sum of $9,761.75,
being the amount duo the State in lieu
of taxation upon its earnings re* the
year 1872.
—Hon. D. A. Robertson, of Minne
sota, and Edward Todd havo boon ap
pointed by tho Farmers' Club of tho
American Institute to collect Informa
tion relative to forest trees at homo and
—The saw mill of Mr. Cbas. Foster
in Lime township, on the outlet ot
Eagle Lake, wan destroyed by fire on
Wednesday the first instant. The loss
is estimated at about $1,500. Mr.
Foster has rebuilt his mill so tar as to
be able to oommenoe business again.—
Mankato Review.
MRS. HANNAH M. CooLir.of Min
neapolis, has aued the Northern Pa
cifio railroad for $5,000 for killing her
husband. Chat. H. Webster, a brake
man on the Milwaukee and St. Paul
railroad, lost both his arms while coup
ling ears st Dnndas, and now sues for
$35,000 damages.
—The number of LitteWs Living
Age, for the week ending Oet. 4th,
begins anew volume, affording a fa
vorable opportunity for the beginning
of new subscriptions. This, number
bee the following notable eentchts:
"Tbe Works ot George Cruikshsnk
"News from the Moon "Don Carlos,
Duke of Madrid "Indian and Ger
man Forests "The Future of La
bor "A Persian Town "Field
Sports in India together with Part
I. of "Willows, a Sketob," by Miss
Thackeray PartXVIL of "The Par
by Lord Lvtton CBulwer,)
poetry and miscellany. Littell & Gay,
publishers, Boston.
HEW AD VERTISEMENTS.
E S a
Caasa into my enclosure in the Town of
8t» Martin, about the last of July, a YEAR
LINO HEIFER. The owner ef said ani
mal is requested te prove property and
pay charges, and take it away.
MICHAEL BTAN.
St. Martia, Oet. 10, 1878. 8w
E A
Strayed from Bdelbreek'e pasture, near
8t. Cloud, about three weeks age, a, Urge
TtEDOX, with brindlehead, 2 a letter
••C" branded en hie "near" hen. Io
about Mvaa years add. A liberal reward
will be paid Tor hia return te B. OVER
BECK, St. Cloud, orforinformation that
will lead te hia recovery.
C. SWANION.
St. Cloud, Oct. II, 1878. 2w
E A
Strayed from the subscriber, living at
Rich Prairie, Morrison oounty. Sept 22d,
one yoke of 8i»-years' eld OXEN, one waa
white, and speckled a little the other was
brindle, with eomo wbite on tho sides and
belly, and a knob on fore leg. Also, a
yoke of Five-years' old OXEN, one black
and the other spotted. Also, another yoke
of Five-years' old OXEN, one a "mooley"
with lined back, and the other was red.Stees
Also, a spotted Cow with a bell a brindle
Cow and a brindle Heifer, three years old
—making nine head of eattie in all. A
liberal reward will be paid to any person
who will return any or all of these oattle
or give information that will lead to their
recovery. HENRT TEBHAAR.
D. H. S I E
S a or S etc a is
Maufacturer of and Wholesale and Retail
dealer in
A of" it
Opposite the Catholic Church St. Ger
main atreet, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
•BTABLISHKD 186».
WM. R. BURKHARD,
(Successor to WM. OOLOHER,)
Dealer in
Guuat, if is to
A S O I N O O O S
Cartridges, Boxing QIOTM, rolls, Indian Clubs, and
all goods adaptrd^to tbe Tt ads.
Load!me a S 3 5 to S 3 0 0
Maisle Loading Oans altered to Breech Loaders.
Guns re-bored and warranted to shoot well.
E A I I N A O N E
Breech
THI
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3
CO
and
Leading shells filled to order. A large as
Newhou.e Traps
sortnent offf
and Oatlerjr always on band.
Notarial end County Semis made and repaired
Ho. ISO Third street, SX.PAOL, MINN,
t, 0. BesStvS,
FOR
TEJLD I
O
ST PAUL,
The undersigned, Jobbers, Wholesale Dealers and Manufacturers of St. Paul, wouM
most respectfully call tbe attention of our numerous friends throughout the North
west to the fact that we are determined, this year to offer even greater iadaeeaeats
(if possible) than ever before, both as regards extensive stocks and the lowest market
prices. Receiving our goods direct from first hands, both in this country and in Eu
rope, and relying on our location and excellent facilities for the prompt shipment of
goods to any point desired, we are enabled to offer inducements superior to any ether
market in the West. St. Paul in adn-itied to be the best Western Market for all kinds
of farm products, and shippers will find it to their own advantage to make consign
ments to our Commission Merchants.
AGRICULTUBAL IMPLEMENTS.
St Paul Harvester Works, 226 Third st.
Baiter, Kenrick & Co., cor Sibley and
Levee.
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS AND 8TATIONERS.
Merrill & Co.. 14)6 Third st Oeisen & Rooeen, 218 Third st
Press Printing Co., Third st I
CHINA, GLASS, AND QUEEN8WARE.
Marvin & Son, 138 Third & 29 Robert st Pollock, Donaldson A Ogden, 16»Thrrdat
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
W Tuchelt 56 Third st A Holterhofl & Co., 92 Third st
Henry Bartoll, 22 Jackson et Feiech Bros., 128J Third st.
CLOTHING.
Campbell & Bro., 112 Third st I Pfankuch & Co..99 Third st
Hanauer & Co., 160 Third st
COPPEE AND SPICE MILLS.
Granger & Hodge, 101 Third st
Beaupre & Kelly, cor Third and Sibley st I Holl & Parr, 37 Robert st
McQuillanftCo., cor 3d and Sibley st Borup & Jackson, 93 and 95 Third st
Monfort ft Co., (Fancy Groceries, Wholesale & Retail,) 20QThird & 126 Jackson t%
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY.
Strong, HackettftChapin, 69 Third st I Chas E Mayo & Co., 76 Third st
CheritreeftFarwells, 68 Third st A Buell, 5 East Seventh st
HATS AND CAPS
Gordon, 33 Robert st Wm Mason, 190 Third st
IRON, NAILS AND STEEL.
NicoleftDean, 62 Third at BradenftBrothers, 154 Third st
JEWELERS.
A Richardson, (WATCHMAKERS' TOOLSftMATERIALS.) 174 Third at.
LEATHER AND FINDINGS.
Combs Brothers, 155 Third st
LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING.
St. Paul Litho Engraving A Publishing Co A Reed, cor Third and Jackson st
Rice & Co., 115 Third street.
LUMBER COMPANIES AND DEALERS.
Anoka Lumber Co 233 Thiid st Pine County Lumber Co., 96 Third st
Paine & Co. JUBCI LS&M&NPRR and 145 Third st
MACHINERY, MILL AND RAILROAD SUPPLIES.
Woolsey & Co.,cor Third & Jackson st Chas Robinson & Co 82 Third st
MILLINERY GOODS.
I Openheim & Co., 98 Third st Dugan & Runuette (Wholesale and Retail)
1S2 Third st
NOTIONS, TOYS, &c.
E Randall, 171 Third st
MINN.
6. L. Sheldon, 69 and 70 Levee
E A Leyde, (Agricultural Engiats)8 West
Six'h fct
BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS.
Merrill & Co., 166 Third st FA Taylor, 148 Third st
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Forepaugh & Tarbox, 66 Third st I Gotzian & Co., 70 Third st
Johnson & Mason, 100 Third st
CARRIAGE MANUFACTURERS AND IEALER8.
Qaioby & HalloweU, 62 Robert st Henry Mills, 23 and 25 West Fifth st
Wharton, 108 Jackson st
CARPET8, OIL CLOTHS. WALL PAPER, &c.
John Matheis, 246 and 248 Third st U. L. Anderson, 222 and 224 Third st
Childs & McNear, 20 Jackson at
White & Son, 18 Jackson st
Castner & Penner. 14 Jackson st
J. B. Hoxie, 16 Jackson st
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
A Larpentaur, 80 Third st
Bohrer & Co., cor 6ih and Jackson sts
Clifford ft Maxfield, 22 Jackson at
McCardyftBuseh 117 Robert st
Wm A Van Slyke & Co., 63 Third st
•51s»S hit: V- :'3«f 'CONFECTIONERS.
Miner ft McCarthy, 10 S Fourth st S McManus, 254 and 250 Third si
it v,. TT s. ,9 A**0 BRASS WORKS.
MoriU Walter, 87 Jackson st.
a DOORS, SASH, BLINDS AND MOULDINGS
DeCouftCo., cor 5th and Jackson 'sts Brandborat, MoellerftCo., SthftCedar sts
ft DRUGS, MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS.
Noyes BrothersftCutler, 67 Third st Edward Biggs, 123 Third st
DRY GOODS.
Auerbach, FinchftScheffer, 114 and 116 I CampftSmith, 72 and 74 Third st
Third ct I Catheart&Co, (Wholesale and Retail)
William Lee, 136 Third st
FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS.
N HarWood, 110 Third at Plechner Bros, 124 Third st
FANCY AND HAIR GOODS.
John Gartner, 162 Third st
FURNITURE.
Brothers, cor Third and Minnesota sts Wm Shuey, 189 Third et
GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS AND SPORTING GOOD8.
Wm Burkbard, 183 Third at Martin Kennedy, 157 Third st
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
PAINTS, OILS, WINDOW GLASS, Ac.
Noyes Brothers & Cutler, 67 Third st Edward Biggs, 128 Third st
PAPER BOX MANUFACTURERS
GiesenftRoosen, 218 Third st
PAPER DEALERS.
Averill, Russell & Carpenter, 224 Third st
PHOTOGRAPHIC STOCK, FRAMES, &c.
Zimmerman Bros., 216 Third st
PUMPS AND PIPING.
Woolsey & Co., cor Third and Jackson
SADDLERY AND SADDLERY HARDWARE.
Morehous & Ware, 76 Robert st SchmidtftKiefer, 39 Robert st
SAFE MANUFACTURERS.
I
American Steam Safe Co., Cheritree & Far
wells, Agents
Detroit Safe Co., A Holmes Oen. Agt.,
12 Jackson st
SEWING MACHINES—WHOLESALE AGENTS.
GroverftBaker Sewing Machine Co., 163 1 KaasonftNoyes, Agents "Singer," 1*4
Third st Third st
Davis Sewing Maohine Co., Geo. Mul- Weed Sewing Machine Co., Jao Fair
ford, Gen. Agt., 124 Jackson at field Manager, 232 Third st
8TOVE8 AND HOLLOW WAKE.
Coauteek, Castle ft Ce Manufacturers, Wholesale Depot, 69 Third at
DRUNK MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS.
tfosmvAfr Third at: _, $
WINES AND LIQUORS.
BeaumontftEtter, 115 Third st I Peabody, LyonsftCa., 107 Third st
FraakelftCo., 93 Third st BowliaftMoGeehaa 28 Sibley at
BensftBecht, 297 Third st Kiefer ft Heck, 84 Jackson it
Retail Business of St. Paul
Fox & Jurgens,
SEVENTH STREET,
We would advise parties visiting St. Paul to call upon the Merchants whose sards
are given below before purchasing elsewhere. They are the moat prominent dealers
their respective lines in the city, and keep always oa hand large, freak, soaseaaU*
well-assorted stocks, which, they will sell at extremely low prices.
3d DoorfromJackson.
R. A. LANPHER & 00., 1 HATS, CAPS AND FURS,
No. 04 Thirdstreet. Gents' Furnishing Goods.
I I S
Hall's Safe & Lock Co., Chas E Maya ft
Co., Agents
Bnggs & Son. A Buell Northwestern
Agent
DKALKR3IN
FasMOMi DRY GOODS
The largest Retail Clothing House West of Ohioagoi
S E I N GOOD S
A SPECIALTY.
A Handsome Assortment of Bsady-made
SUM.VIKK DRESSES AMU BACKS.
3 I S W O I ,--•-••
163 Third-Street, Press Bui'diag, 2d Floor, St. Paul.
1 j". w. SB::E,:P.A^,D.
Shirts to Order and Furnishing Goods.
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St. Paul Business College and Telegraphic Institute.
Persons esirous that tueir BOHS should acquire a tnorougn 'commercial edueiiioa
should not fail to send them to the St. .Paul Business-College. The oldest and best in
the' Northwest. Established in 1865, as cne ol the liryant & Straiten Chain orColleges,
and constantly increasing its facilities in every particular, until to-day, no school in
the countr 3 has a higher reputation for thorough training in the various departments
of math emawcs, book-keeping, commercial law, &c, all being in charge of a full corps
of able instructors iu every department. For terms and information, address
PROF. W A. FADD1S, Principal.