Freeborn County Standard, The (Newspaper) - May 17, 1883, Albert Lea, Minnesota I VOL 26 ALBERT LEA MAYn isss 20 PILLS A DISORDERED LIVER IS THE BANE It tor the that thai ao oa tood a Natural tS toe Bodr lly IB For rtw -T- -A -J Jimmy Or BOOTS AND SHOES COC U KINDS OF Neatly and done Orders lor executed in manner and A1 Gream Balm iOI AM HAT Cold tiw sad to CUBE Cream called ayt en viable pre- Send t or toll reliable testimonials By nail cents a received Sold tor all wholesale and V PARKER'S GINGER TONIC Once Tested Always Preferred won way est place In tte the most people dally to boM of Its performance is Invariably It lone and power For of the Bowels Stomach Liver and or kall the troubles of women and for bodily induced by anxiety and bodily tare mental tram its effects will acd charm yotu It not an ot gincer to the palate ao to the liquor habit and helpful to the aged and soe and OU Clear an Authority orm to thr Popular J a dement -191 West Tenth I 1 am slow to pin my faith to any new curative agent BENSON'S CATONE THU -I find Urn ex cleanly to and rapid in tie action Many tests of its quality in my own family and among my patients have convinced me that there ts no other static article so bte for popular ose none so helpful incases of Lame Back of the Bronchial Tubes and Voo may feel free to use my name Very truly yours of the De Home of the Scents s yew DBS Given Out On receipt of your ad- VV dress we win make an offer br which yon home women boys aad ciris can do It IL C CO island 137 Fulton street New Vork Fair Grounds number often dollar have been subscribed to the Fair Grounds Frank Han 23 A n wedge is Levens 10 IL D 5 n 31 Crane r Ransom Bros 5 5 s M Halvonen 5 Ira Town Morgan 5 A Peck J Thomas 3 i t Koote 2 O i A Patrick jens Hanson 2 i i Geo Chamberlain I -j t oie Peterson i D K Stacy 2 Notice to Builders Scaled proposals will be received un- til 1883 at 2 o'clock p m for the erection of a new school building in district No 54 town of Albert Lea Plans and specifications can be seen with the clerk J W Murtaugh Dated May 15th 1883 Director Feed I have got my feed mill in order and am prepared to grind feed of any kind at all times promptly M H AVERT LOCAL TQ will aa ot aad GENEVA rain Tuesday night It pot back com planting Tbe weather ting brighter now anil are getting ready to plant Me Conkling tbe first to plant In I came near a tight to chronicle Tbe ease a bos killed by aad be one with very and swelled up and showed tight bad Kime fine talk but one afraid and other dare Dot so tber adjourned un- til the dav then tip went over and bad s chat It may make a ilr E W School Monday I think lire a premature ax ui counting before are jou trU I think weather on fruit Sarah Partridge U down from her Mra J L G Charley daughter liable of county arrived here the former to remain at her home and the latter on mv bit coM weather pat a to com planting in There are but a fetr to platit Willie a youns man in the east part ot town came near toting lib rye yesterday EC a plow and a fever flew op and hit under the eye cutting a bad bole in face This cold weather rather on the mett folks la the it b a time tar bouse cleaning woe unto the around the Wove when that catastrophe If Fanner will me born plow and torn ander good and set hU teeth back to that the will work oat he the land and think be U ing hi a rood crop of manure in hN land and that all the Giver will give him U a bountiful harvest bo wHl have no good SOQ tO from the I mw in Archie's bens most be layers Bring in your and he will pay you all they are worth as cheap you can buy them elsewhere came near bb by but week The stove pipe through the roof which it on nre and bad not the men happened to be there be woold bare been minus a the third time It has Elbert and Alice were this week were married Lea and went to to honeymoon to Mr 12 P uncle of the bride Mr Farr preparing a supper for them after which they will on their farm May happiness and attend them MODOC The gophers are plentiful around here Henry King fart She Is not expected to survive long David U no L D be wQl not have a very large herd this summer the cattle having been mostly and taken out of the state I Sawyer planting SO pounds of sugar beets for bogs be one of our farmers that Is up and doing Mr Clark from the Albert Lea Marble Works has been canvassing our town J FJones has bushels of oats for sale work has commenced on our new railroad near Mankato Lots are rapidly celling in our village and commence soon Dr Twyford does not seem to worry much at wife's absence to the fact be has no time as be is too busy visiting the sick Our Is progressing very finely find Miss Burdiek of Owatonna understands teaching to perfection C G King of Vermont has been here sad iuoceeded in catching the most beau- we have ever seen be starts at once on a bridal tour to Vermont We notice one fine Schad will be the lucky fellow J Houses be behind the times he paid the clerk for dog license We guess he does not keep a newspaper and others delivered over 100 bead of cattle at last week at very large prices The cattle go to Central minok M S Holmes is to from the Normal school the first of June Dr Twyford Is building another fine tiou to bis mansion Mrs our postmistress her bouses and lots for sale We surmise she in- tends going Into partnership with some other good fellow J M Sawyer delivered but Wednesday to of Albert Lea 23 bogs that weighed pounds apiece He will have an- other batch the 15th of June Mrs Alice of Albert Lea Is here visiting her parents The Bumble Bee out of town last week buzzing around did not correspond as usual A Schutts big barn is progressing finely THE beats them all for the best and latest news are resting as usual at the bead of Rice Lake L D Holmes is very much displeased at hunters driving through his pasters and ting bis barb wire If they wish to go cart of bis pasture to bunt there is another war to set there For our part we think this w a free country and can go where we please has got new Brussels carpet Archie Chamberlin our grocer b doing a lively business Three men cither tramps or thieves have been seen lurking around in the woods south of L D They had better give L D a wide berth even if be docs not take the newspapers Two water snakes were seen in the lake the other day by the railroad surveyors who fired at them with their they claim they were from 40 to 00 feet long The were more scared than hurt BUMBLE BEE OAKLAND Prospects are not very nattering for com planting for time to come ble doubt Is expressed about the quality of the seed com too This should not be farmers should plant they arc perfectly that It will grow Mrs Green also little Josic who were on the sick list last week are Hon A F smiled down on ns last week Wo bave reason to believe from what be sayn tibout mow up north that be bails from ma expedition Ob dost we with we could travel No more for the pretest will be beard on oar the hearty laugh or our He gut a few and from LaCroMe that his assistance very needed ai He hied away force of men laying new on section jost below town Haw ley Clow items to be doing a land of- fice with machine Tbe only objection to ditch near the school that it U a little to deep little extra in the family good long vUil In the country Behold the prodigal hath P E Pace it would barb wire enough to fence the whole country W W CargOl Bro bave a new engine from Mitchell Dakota which Billy will at once proceed to put in running order In their elevator here Tbe frame work for the new mame no- Tbe are now waiting for the completion of the f Tbe Ing will be completed In one month Tbe will commence work on D C- barn thU week ha ooc Xo do iu whem Uut Umb it her to day And of woald aid II born lo It woold nit aad It ALDEN Small grain fa looking well planting goes on Her not fill bU appointment here Sunday on account of the rain Copeland fovorite dog Pedro wandered from borne Mine Hott has a new and tasty at the Alden House Leah Layman was on the week but Is now able to be around again Chat has pone to Ortonville to look after bb there and wOI remain Pf effer will at Albert Lea Winona and other among old friends before In to her new home The new 8-foot town to the school h nearly completed A A a stock of flour for sale A F has the new patent cream gage on mDk cans and they are warranted not to leak Call in and good Hon Henry Tunell of has 22 milch on bb farm and selling cream to the creamery Ira K Hull M of Lake has been r pending time in town A row of fine maple trees bave been planted on east side of Broadway from town to the school bouse We can't see how a can enjoy a sermon while bU team h destroying trees to which be verr deliberately tied before Ing the ordinance relating to this be enforced and the around the school bouse would fare better George says be show colts with anv man for any nun mar agree upon The were so bad be could not meet Dave here wants the money for the dinner deposited before the show as be is sure to win and is afraid Dave would cheat him out dinner at We hear that O ML Woodruff will take his heavy team to Minneapolis to sell next week They sake s Sne pair for heavy and will probably bring a good price The park boom has struck Alden Something like a dozen new parks bave been put up this spring I J Booth is fixing up a bog ranch on IIH lot east of buying more bogs each week G Schwandke fc now confined to bb bed by a severe attack of rheumatism J A- Hazle our new merchant is fixed up in metropolitan style Call in D K Stacy will be pleased to show you one of the best bred In the county having a pedigree running back to imported stock no- ted for speed and muscle He will abo show vou a horse with kind of shape amd more good points than a roll of barbed wire Village Marshal Copp it receiving from friends in different parts of the state for having secured a public office of so much importance Daniel Clark of Carlston bad a fine old colt In town last which weighed 1070 pounds Mr Clark offers him for sale and will probably take him to the next stock fair Albert Lea where parties interested can see the colt get price GLENVILLE Ob the Tbe cold weather is discouraging We sec many stoves setting out doors that would be a luxury if placed in the Inside and fired up A C Trow has a beifer a little less than 18 months old is now the mother of a calf All doing welL Many potatoes are being planted in tbb this season last year's dont seem to embarass our farmers Matt Nelson our well-to-do fanner north of the village has kindly granted the Free Methodists permission to bold their meeting in bb grove Tbe Immediate place has been selected near what is known as the old brick beautiful place rounded by water and such other necessities as arc sought after in locating a site for a We are pleaded to sec sinner as well as saint coming to the front and ing a helping band in cleaning up the ground The meeting will begin and last one Some of the eminent and learned di- vines will be there H W Peck took in about 11.1 cattle here on the 10th inst and departed with them on the for greener pastures In Nebraska Ed Budlong has a couple of sisters at present A couple of life insurance descended upon our village the latter part of last week Tbe painter wbo been doing the ball up snugly b now painting a few buggies at the wagon shop of James Cosper Mr Judd sold bis corn crop to for cents per bushel Brown Is jubilant while Judd wishes be bad not been so hasty We are sorry to learn that our butcher will not keep fresh meat constantly on band this season says he can't sell enough to pay him One dav last week J H Elliott caught tn a trap an uzly wild cat weighing SO pounds Jim should nave a long credit mark for tbb as it will save many turkeys Iambs Now Jim If you can only get that In voar we think the try tribe will soon enjoy a season ot rest Arthur Budlon? bas out stripped a ease of malaria an J b now able to be up and out O Howe and Brown have re- cently lost a hog each tbc the disease has not yet been made known or de- Two miles of town lives Peter the man who caught and killed after be- ing severely bit by the old one eighteen week eight of those la him the re- maining tn May bringing Peter has an woond u the baod bet can wen aflord It for that amount of money thoroughly up Brown and wDl probably occupy it In way In a short Have the late frosts killed all the Nor Marshall threatens to the man wbo puu name in the paper Dont load witb anything bat EM and aboot away and we will tell folks how you grt rich Porter a ton a aso ThU the child born to Mr foika railway company bave a fence eang at work here fencing their track they think It cheaper to fence than to pay for the they kill at their track runt through the range of our Tbe Fret bave held meeting here for three or four and bave organized a clax with fire children Fred Manchester familiar to brighten tbb vicinity a few ago returned here wirb to make manent purchased the Sherman farm on the line of the town of London We extend yoa a hearty welcome f Oar are all better with the exception of Mrs P J MUler wbo b ly afflicted with C bas bad bb pension Increased f rom tic to per month Pierce of paid here a v fait but week Aaron U the summer at I Minneapolis Stop at Joha and Dan Bert has tbe about all out J K Flan came near taring valuable with spinal but got it checked and they are doing well now Spencer of North wood took in a lot office here week Our Is around to iww poor we are J W Abbott Is buying to feed hb corn la noticed Dr Wileox In town lately S b opposition to shall in the onion having sown a large amount of and transplanted a lot of to rabe from He if b petting rich at it be b going to try it too A in comins home from wood a few days ago hb wagon wheel ped in a rut throwing bhn off and severely hurting bU We are told that John M Turbett Is ing ten acres vugar cane Hope It b true as John makes Frost hai got quite a of spring and summer goods but if the wind continues to blow great runs it has all spring we be wont sell many straw bats Jacob fa in Albert Lea tbb week a member of tbe grand jury THE ASD THE Xew City Ac The old city council iL IL lance's house was then taken up 1 but the council adjourned until held its last meeting ai the engine house on dar evening subject without of the i Weather cold and f Look out don't plant com to early Cattle have been quite plenty this week high for young stock F A of Austin is looking after the interest of the Au-tin creamery Henry Fero has received a nice and variety of Philadelphia two or three new varieties of potatoes Take a stroll down Turtle Creek to the farm of look at bis cattle and hogs and if one farmer at not struck out In the direction Look out for tbe be is out already Erick bss rented bis farm and for Dakota in a few days Norton bas arrived from Wisconsin to visit bis wbo is very old and feeble She lives with her daughter King He is ako visiting bis E and Elmer J who reside In Moscow Is rather bad luck with bis bogs be lost six old ones and three pigs last week Norton has got a new pump in his well and b elevating water at the rate of two quarts to tbe stroke It works well for only being a common suction pump John Is doing a good job taking tbe stumps out of tbe grain FREEBORN School is progressing finely with eight scholars tbe first week Xo physician In this place Good opening for one One case of choking in tbc village last week but did not prove fatal Tbc new KB boat is ready to be launched W E Thompson graduate of tbe ta institute for tbe bund is In town ing a class in instrumental music Geo commenced cattle and Monday Ernest and also commence herding this week L T Scott sold a new ditching machine last Week It was ordered from Otter Tail county All quiet on the Potomac in regard to coal prospecting still the people are well in the that we are living over an extensive coal mine but for the want of tal and experience nothing win be done at present towards developing tbc mine MANCHESTER Anna Peterson left for Norman Iowa last Saturday Don't forget the grand war dance on day evening Carroll of v paid Manchester and her son George a visit on Tuesday of last week Lars Osan left for Clayton Iowa last Friday Dr Burnham and Ackland of Albert Lea were in town on Friday The Scandinavians vicinity will the Seventeenth in Albert Lea returning in time for the dance in the evening at Manchester Han This station without a hotel or stopping place any kind as belated travelers have often found sorrow We hope some kind hearted person win be- fore long start a hotel open his house to transient Meanwhile doesn't It look a little unhospitable tn turn a man out of doors after night seven miles from the nearest hotel Notice to Cattle Owners All parties are hereby notified on and after May 21st the city ordinance forbidding the running at large of cattle or horses within the limits of the city of Albert Lea will be strictly enforced By order of council N ANDERSON Clerk Popular Unless Ir had great merit Parker's Cuic Tonic could not be no popular Kile nan spread remarkably find It them new life and visor when other fall day moraine Aldermen Brundin and Gulbrandson went sworn Alderman was elected president pro tern after which the council adjourned until 7 o'clock in the evening The council met p nu and at once went into secret session When the doors were opened it ed that the following officers were no vote Street M Luce Anderson E the secret session the above were agreed on The rirst lot on clerk stood as For and Thompson v Fur Aid Morin then proposed a ballot on Mr for clerk with this re- For Gulbrandson and Thompson For t for This shows that Aid Morin did not want Mr elected but merely introduced hu name in the hope that it would result in the defeat of Mr But one ballot was taken on evening the council again all members present ex- cept application for vacation and change or Lake street was on the table A proposition from Geo Hublet deed lands near M LuceV residence for accepted which settles the road con- the and Mr ble and were appointed a- on streets and roads Committee on poor ulsen and din The of the street er policemen attorney and treasurer were presented and approved The clerk was directed to notify the cattle owners that on and af day next the ordinance forbidding the running at huge of cattle etc within the dty limits will be en- forced dent which stood as For hatuen Gulbrandson and Thompson For Oleson On the formal ballot for clerk the vote stood as follows For Gulbrandson Thompson For and Oleson Mr Todd received all of the The ballot for assessor stood as For hausen and M M was street commissioner AVm Mitchell and Henry were appointed and confirmed as The inaugural Mayor Hall was then read and ordered placed on file It is as Omen TT of the called to administer the affairs of city the coming rear Our first duty is to find the financial condition how much do we owe and bow much hare we to th J find we arc indebted as follows r Duo for July 1 Other claims not One on bridge bonds July Interest on bridge bonds 1 OK AU to Add to this to be paid this estimate the Support of Interest on old TON 2 Bit total for year's besides roads acd crossings By collecting poll tax promptly we way possibly lor roads and crossings with about This tcHl make the of dry Uvs year Old debt due this year the Main the toad All of which due should be paid tbe coming year let us see what we bave to pay Due from 4 4 em Probable receipts frora Total Deduct this from debts aad the very lowest estimate for running Leaves at tbe end of the put due aad unpaid 1 M Add to this bridge OOo tbe city to the end of the Now let us recapitulate and sec bow we wQl stand at the end of the year It we work to tbc f plan as compared with bow we stand Old debt due this Bridge bonds not due this 2000 Present of the city YODE In dty Ordem trmpt or to Conceal Total debt at the end of the year Ing we do not so above Which deducted from present debt leaves This mar look like a big thing to do hi one T ear but ft ought to be done can be done If we all for that How shall we to work to accomplish this much wished for result Stop opening up new and expensive streets Stop grading down large bills to date one or two who mav bare built in the of the city The old settlers have got along nicely for ten years without walks or crossings and let the new ones go without one year while we pay our Let us keep in good repair the streets and crossings already built and request the ship of Albert lia to keep in good order the main roads leading into this city Xo city can prosper by and nothing en- courages the people from the country to a city as to have the city expend a few hundred dollars in helping to make good roads leading into the dty The road leading to Itasca also the Bancroft road arc at the present time impassable with a load I would recommend a committee be pointed on roads with tions to meet the supervisors of Albert Lea and make arrangements to help place these roads and also any other main roads leading into this city hi good order at once Other matters relating to the welfare of the city will be presented at your next meeting Hoping that we will all work together for the prosperity of the dty I am very truly HALL Slayor The following liquor licenses were A Tom John Thorsen Bailey S P scn A Wiegand Kilbride M NV Connor Ole Jens The matter of the road near The annual report of the clerk on file shows a floating indebtedness against the city of some Monday Mayor Hall asked of the citr clerk a statement of the financial standing of the city which has out the fact that in addition to the of city orders unpaid a large amount of which is drawing seven per cent interest there are about 31.300 of debts incurred during the are still to come in which will make floating indebtedness of In other words the total ex- of the last year including payments on the bonded debt were oner thirteen thousand dollars The question where bas the gone? Jt has largely gone into street work under the direction of Alderman Morin and in very many cases the council one pended The fact is the kite street commissioner was the mere tool of derman who gave him his orders as he did Ids other hired help What these orders were it is un- necessary to say to people who know Mr and of ing public The result Ls fore us and a ul one it is to contemplate It is not a difficult ter to figure up what would have saved had it taken the advice of THE and ousted the ring three Instead of floating indebtedness of there would not have city order even for the engine hose or and would have been in cash in the ury to-day not or bonds would have been re- by that are un- it is true us no pleasure to state them but de it to ourselves for the un- ceasing have made against the criminally extravagant mismanagement of the affairs city during the past four vears and which has happily resulted in complete overthrow The object of the ring in suppressing the treasurer's report is now apparent It was to conceal the actual state of affairs from the public UP SHE Work on As we week the con- tract for the first story of the steam flouring mill in this city has been let to O IL Mather of and work has com- The foundation is wide at the is started rock pounded into the clay a precaution against heaving frost The mill building proper will be feet four stories high above a basement and will be of with brick The engine house will be on the west of the mill ing and will be feet one story The office will be on the east side and will be The office will be com- first and the whole ture will be rushed to completion as fast as possible the plans being now in hand A well has been dug in the engine room and a strong vein of water has been found at the depth of 30 feet a Sudden Death of S G Hand On Friday afternoon last S a gentleman quite well known in this section and who lias made his home for several years at the Hall House in this fell dead in the hallway of the Fleck House at from a stroke of The fall was heard and when help reached him life was entirely extinct Tbe remains were forwarded on Saturday to a er at Oneida X Y The deceased quite an extensive land owner in this and Mower counties Very little is known of his early histo- ry as he was a remarkably reticent man having no confidants It is said that he was in in Baltimore at one tinle and we have been told that he was a brigadier eral in the confederate army He was a man of kindly nature and genial leaves many warm friends Lost On or about May 4th sory note given by Knud Zide to bert Evenson dated May 1882 amount The finder will please leave it at the post office as the payment has been stopped GILBERT BVENSON It Freeman Minn Money On farm mortgages and school district bonds Time and amounts to suit No commission no delay Principal and interest payable at our back 41 II D Co All kinds of hardware sold prices at Knatvold Bros at re-
