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Minnesota State Historical Microfilm Transcribed January, 2002 by: Mary Lindbo, mjlindbo@msn.com January 21, 1869 Disastrous Conflagration at LeRoy Four of the Largest Stores Burned - Loss about $30,000 - Insurance $9,000 About half-past three o'clock last Tuesday morning, the citizens at LeRoy were awakened from their slumbers by the alarm of fire and upon investigation, flames were discovered bursting from the dry goods store of W. Hayes. So rapidly did the flames spread that it was with difficulty that the family of Mr. Hayes, who resided in the second story of the building, could be removed, and then only by being taken from the windows. The flames were soon communicated to the store of W. A. Gilson, which was immediately adjoining and in a very short time, despite the energetic efforts made to prevent its onward progress, the devouring element was licking with its fiery tongues the entire block, composed of the dry goods and grocery store of Wentworth Hayes, the variety store of W. A. Gilson, a boot, shoe and grocery store occupied by Charles Smith and the store and hardware store of Corbitt & Allen. So far advanced had the fire become ere its discovery and so rapidly did it spread, that it was impossible to save more than a mere handful of goods from the store of Mr. Hayes, the family being even thankful to escape with their lives. Building, stock, household furniture, books and papers, were a total loss. The other establishments having more time to remove their goods, were rather more fortunate, considerable quantities being taken out, although in a more or less damaged condition. Clemmer's drug store, which stood within twenty-five feet of the burning block, caught fire several times, but the flames were fortunately extinguished before any great damage was done. The losses as near as can be ascertained, are as follows: W. Hayes, dry goods and clothing, building and contents, total loss - estimated at $10,000, insured for $2,000 on building and stock. W. A. Gilson, dry goods, groceries, &c., building total loss, stock partial - estimated at about $7,000, insured for $3,800 on building and stock. Charles Smith, boots, shoes and groceries, building total loss, stock partial - estimated at $5,000, insurance $1,300, $800 on building and $500 on stock. Corbitt & Allen, hardware, building total loss, stock partial - estimated at about $6,000, insured for $2,000. We learn that Mr. Gilson and Messrs. Corbitt & Allen had each a policy for $1,000 cancelled the week previous, owing to the insecurity of the buildings, and the amount of risk incurred. We sympathize deeply with our neighbors of LeRoy at this calamity which has befallen them, for the blow is very heavy, especially for so young a town. The buildings were of the best in the place, and the stocks of the largest, and their loss will be deeply felt, and the injury to business resulting from their destruction will be almost incalculable. January 28, 1869 LeRoy - On Monday we made a short visit to this prosperous Mower county town. The fire of a few days since which destroyed four of the prominent business houses of the place, has made an ugly vacancy in the general looks of the Main street. We were informed, however, that it is highly probable that the burnt district will be rebuilt in the Spring with good, substantial brick buildings. This should be the case, and as far as the town is concerned, the fire may in the end prove to have been a benefit instead of an injury. Mr. W. A. Gilson has moved what is left of his stock into a small frame building on Main street, and will try and get along with it during the winter. Corbett & Allen are also arranging their depleted stock of hardware in a rough frame building on the same street, so that they can once more commence business. Smith is occupying the north side of E. McKee's hardware store on the opposite side of the street. W. Hayes, who was the heaviest loses, losing as well as his building nearly all of his stock of goods, will probably not go into business again at present, at least not till spring. Notwithstanding this disastrous conflagration, the citizens of LeRoy bear up under their misfortune with true manliness. The town is constantly improving and increasing in population. Business just now, however, is no better than at some other towns we know of, owing to the low price of produce. W. A. Coleman & Co., escaped the fire, and are doing a good business. This is one of the prominent institutions of LeRoy. The Colemans are gentlemen of honor and integrity. See their advertisement in another column. J. C. Burlingame, the "livery" man of LeRoy, has taken a partner in his business. The firm name is now Burlingame & McCraney. They keep constantly from fourteen to sixteen horses and a fine variety of cutters, buggys, carriages, &c., to let, at all times, day or night, and will deal honorably with all who patronize them. Goodykoontz & Wyckoff are doing a profitable law, real estate and insurance business and are gentlemen who are held in high esteem by the citizens of LeRoy. The Caswell House is doing a flourishing business. The hotel accommodations of LeRoy are first class. February 11, 1869 Real Estate Transfers - Hereafter all real estate transactions in Mower county will be published weekly in this paper. They are reported expressly for us by Crane, Chase & Hall, General Real Estate Agents. Office, opposite 1st National Bank in Basford's Brick Block, Austin, Minn. Certified abstracts furnished. Oliver Alford and wife to Martha E. Wales Daniel Bosworth and wife to Stevenson Burke Dean Russell and wife to Lemuel D. Wood E. C. Dorr to J. M. Hall Lyman Hawley and wife to Geo. Wood, war deed, NW 1/4 6, 103, 17 - $600 J. M. Hall and wife to Samuel Blackford J. Fred Mason to John C. Mason H. Parker and wife to E. A. Parker Boyd Phelps and wife to E. P. Van Valkenburgh Robert Townsend to Samuel Dearborn John M. Vandergrift and wife to Wm. R. Vandegrift Wm. R. Vandegrift to Mary Vandegrift P. D. Vaughan et al to Lyman Hawley A. and W. Winkley to D. B. Johnson, Jr. Mary and John Wright to Austin & Smout List of Jurors - The following is the list of Grand and Petit Jurors drawn for the March term of the District Court for Mower county: Grand Jurors George Anker, C. W. Wilson, Alonzo Fairbanks, T. J. Bishop, W. G. Horton, Jonathan Stewart, Geo. Wood, E. C. Dorr, L. A. Phelps, Thomas Richardson, Geo. H. Azure, R. I. Smith, Abram Dickerson, Thomas Trimble, I. Ingmundson, Oliver Somers, W. B. Spencer, Austin Hutchinson, J. L. Davidson, L. Bostwick, J. C. Smith, Benjamin Kingsbury, A. E. Peek Petit Jurors S. Carey, M. J. Woodson, H. P. Sleeper, Hugh R. Mills, W. E. Harris, Geo. Benton, Wilson Beach, S. Truax, Carloss Fenton, C. H. Cotton, Henry Roberts, David L. Chandler, W. S. Potter, Alanson Wright, Matthew Rooney, A. H. Chapin, Randall Billings, Frank Merchant, X. S. Burke, O. J. Bemis, Carloss Manchester, John Hoy, H. G. Prouty, E. K. Angell February 18, 1869 Real Estate Transfers G. H. Bemis to Rable and Murphy Silas Dutcher and wife to M. J. Barnes Wm. Dreisbach and wife to Solomon Snow J. C. Easton to Ole Sjurson J. C. Easton to Robert Nelson James Foster and wife to Wm. Steel Jesse Moore and wife to J. C. Lee Orlando McCrancy to A. Thayer Mower County to E. W. Elder Morton Albert et al to E. W. Elder Wm. H. Pritchard and wife to Geo. B. Hayes J. Solner and wife to B. F. Morgan Emeline Temple and husband to Geo. W. Day Moses E. Vail et al to Mary Vail Moses E. Vail et al to Henry Vail James Foster and wife to Louisa F. Parmeter February 25, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Thomas Bounallie and wife to Evan Watkins L. D. Carter and H. L. Burgess Claiborne Day et al to John Anderson W. L. Pitcher and wife to John T. Asher Sylvester Smith et al to Ormanzo Allen D. C. Trippe and wife to Benj. Warne March 4, 1869 Real Estate Transfers J. F. Cook, et al to J. L. Davidson E. C. Dorr to Geo. Parker C. H. Davidson and wife to E. B. Crane Harvey F. Grant et al to Henry L. Grant L. N. Griffith et al to Geo. E. Skinner Charles Lamb and wife to R. B. Whiting Orlando McCraney to N. W. Hunderford Mower County to P. S. Whitman W. L. Pitcher to J. L. Hall Jan and Peter Parker to Geo. Parker Wm. Rogers and wife to Geo. Parker H. W. Page et al to Geo. J. Johnston Geo. Parker to H. Weseman John A. Prall to B. F. Williams Louis Peterson and wife to Ole E. Siren Geo. E. Skinner and wife to J. L. Hall Geo E. Skinner et al to John F. Cook Wm. C. Sutherland and wife to J. F. Conferral A. B. Vaughan and wife to Minn. C. R. R. Co. Andrew Wheeler and wife to Geo. Parker March 11, 1869 Real Estate Transfers D. W. Carpenter and wife to Conrad Schneider S. Chamberlain to N. A. Cowry E. C. Dorr to John Kurtz J. L. Davidson and wife to John Kurtz Joseph Dickerson and wife to Wealthy A. Jones Theodore B. Edwards and wife to S. A. Dennis L. N. Griffith et al to G. E. Skinner Phillip N. Grant et al to Henry L. Grant Orlando McCraney to A. B. De La Ronda Nails Oleson and wife to Hans Gilbertown Lewis Patchin and wife to Francis Puffery Eliza M. Simmons to Sarah A. Melvin Geo. Staley to Ira Jones David M. Todd and wife to Geo. Lukens Nicholas Todd and wife to Geo. Lukens March 18, 1869 Real Estate Transfers S. H. Bailey and wife to John Schroider Albert Galloway and wife to J. C. Day et al Lewis Hall and wife to J. F. Stevens D. W. Hayen and wife to H. L. Burgess Wm. A. Jones et al to Joseph Dickerson Wealthy Ann Jones to Samuel B. Butts Frederick King and wife to Albert Galloway Caleb Lewis and wife to W. S. Potter R. Lyle and wife to E. D. Ames Rutson Rea and wife to J. C. Easton Ira Rose to H. E. Ketchum C. J. Shortt and wife to b. J. Van Valkenburg United States to Dexter Perritt Jessie S. Wood and wife to Jonah H. Wood March 25, 1869 Real Estate Transfers J. C. Ackley to James L. Clarke Geo. H. Bemis and wife to John R. Glougie W. C. Cassell and wife to Ormanzo Allen G. M. Cameron and wife to H. E. Ketchum Freelie S. Clarke and husband to J. C. Ackley Edward C. Dorr to Gustave Schleuder Truman Folsom to Wm. A. Gilson H. W. Gregory and wife to W. A. Gilson C. H. Huntington and wife to Rusk & Officer V. P. Lewis and wife to John Lambert Rudolph Meyer and wife to Orlando McCraney Orlando McCraney to W. A. Gilson Orlando McCraney to Rudolph Meyer Selah B. Moore et al to Sally M. Baker Selah B. Moore et al to Henry Dixon David Oliver and wife to Minn. Cen. R. R. Co. Eugene Piper et al to Silas A. Moore and S. M. Baker A. J. Palmer to Jessie Martz David Berry and wife to Martin Neller R. J. Staples to Page & Wheeler H. B. Shedd and wife to L. W. Sprague O. Gardner Trow to Martin Neller J. M. Vandegrift and wife to Freelie S. Clarke Farms for Sale in Mower County 220 acres, 70 under plow, 40 fall plowed, good living spring, 60 acres timber, 35 acres meadowland, 120 acres well fenced; new frame house 22 X 24 and wing 16 X 26 feet, with good cellar, together with two yoke of cattle, span of breeding mares, two cows, yearling heifer and bull; one new mowing machine, hay rake, three plows, &c. Pleasantly situated three miles from Austin; all for $5,000. 160 acres, 100 rich prairie, limestone subsoil, 60 acres timber, 70 under good state of cultivation, 20 in timothy; all well fenced and cross fenced. House 1 1/2 story, main part 18 X 30, wing 10 X 16, good well of water at door; desirable neighboring; house in a nice grove 1 1/2 miles south from Frankford and 2 1/2 miles west from Spring Valley. Price $5,000, with long credit and east interest. At a Bargain - 162 1/2 acres, 70 under good state of cultivation, 100 well fenced, good well at house, good house 16 X 32 1 1/2 stories high, finished throughout in a grove of some 700 Balm of Gilliad trees. Price $2,000, one-half cash, balance in 1, 2, 3 and 4 years. Two miles east from Brownsdale. Houses for Sale in Austin One large three story dwelling, with French roof, beautifully located in front of new school building. Price $4,000; terms to suit purchaser. House and two lots south of D. B. Johnson's residence. House 24 X 26 feet, finished throughout. Price $1,200. Beautiful new two story house and barn, nicely finished. Price $2,500. House and two lots. House 14 X 22. Price $600; will exchange for horses. A beautiful residence, with 10 acres of land, highly cultivated and a great variety of fruit and shade trees, half mile sw public square. Price $6,000. April 1, 1869 Salaries of State Officers The following are the salaries provided in the bill which passed the Senate this morning. It had previously passed the House: Governor - $3,000 Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Printing - $1,800 State Auditor - $1,500 State Treasurer - $1,000 Attorney General - $1,000 Superintendent of Public Instruction - $2,500 Adjutant General - $1,500 Commissioner of State Land Office - $1,000 State Librarian - $600 Janitor at Capitol - $800 Night Watchman at Capitol - $600 Governor's Private Secretary - $1,000 Assistant Secretary of State - $1,000 Chief Clerk in the Auditor's Department - $1,200 Deputy Treasury of State - $1,000 Clerk of State Land - $1,000 Clerk of Adjutant General - $1,200 Clerk of Attorney General - $200 Total salaries of Supreme, District and Common Pleas Court Judges - $29,000 Clerk of Supreme Court - $800 Supreme Court Reporter - $600 Real Estate Transfers J. F. Atherton and wife to Solomon Snow John Bacon and wife to Edwin Parker Ansel Crane to Jas. W. Gibson J. L. Davidson et al to L. N. Griffith Edward Abraham and wife to S. R. Caullvin J. G. Truman and wife to J. W. Potter E. O. Hamlin to C. P. Bell Geo. Johnson and wife to P. G. Lamoreaux V. P. Lewis to Joseph Adams Betsey Nelson to Nels Oleson A. E. Parker and wife to Orin Knight Page & Wheeler to Woodard & Dorr Solomon Snow and wife to J. F. Atherton J. W. Tower and wife to C. H. Stewart Wm. H. White and wife to G. P. Kean F. Whitcomb and wife to E. F. McKee April 8, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Moses K. Armstrong to Thos. H. Armstrong Geo. H. Bemis and wife to J. J. Clemmer Mrs. Kate Bradley to C. L. Chase Geo. H. Bemis and wife to Anna M. Brown S. Chamberlain to P. G. Lemoreaux A. H. Chapin to Geo. Baird Edmund Davis and wife to Levi R. Davis Abram Enoch and wife to S. R. Colvin Samuel Elder and wife to Sherman Page Robert Fletcher and wife to J. H. Eno Wm. Goodrich and wife to Sam'l Elder John A. Howell to Chas. Lamb Jno. W. Hoy to J. Hoy Harold M. F. Irgeus and wife to Ole Storkson E. Langworthy and wife to Palevia A. Langworthy James Lyons to Guvoin Halverson P.G. Lamoreaux and wife to Edwin Booth Orlando McCraney to James S. Walters John C. Mason and wife to D. R. Coleman O. B. Morse to H. H. Brooks Vanaker to j. H. Eno April 15, 1869 Township Elections - We have results for this issue of the following towns: Frankford Supervisors - Wm. H. Parker, Ch'n; Ole Finhart, J. Tebe; Clerk - D. W. Donaldson; Treasurer - R. A. Donaldson Adams Supervisors -Mike Siminson, Ch'n; John Hubbard, Philip Baldner; Clerk - L. E. Pearce; Assessor - John Gilligan; Treasurer - J. S. Irgens; Justices of the Peace - L. E. Pearce, Dr. Chamberlain; Constables - A. L. Rockwell, Louis Hildabrand April 22, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Ormanzo Allen to Frederick Crapsey C. P. Bell to Simon Alderson Geo. Baird and wife to A. Galloway Enoch Darar to Pitt Cooke A. Galloway and wife to Geo. Litchfield J. L. & A. D. Hall to Simon Alderson J. L. & A. D. Hall to Simon Alderson P. E. Hallett and husband to Samuel Carl Lewis Leighton and wife to Lemuel Carl B. F. Lowery and wife to James M. Gordon P. G. Lamoreaux and wife to Wm. L. Pitcher Gamaliel Rathbone to J. V. Sharpe Sylvester Smith and wife to Solomon Snow Solomon Snow to Adaline Truesdell Geo. E. Skinner and wife to Trustees of M. E. Church Sylvester Smith and wife to A. S. Lott Adaline Truesdell and husband to W. L. Austin May 6, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Catharine Booth and husband to John H. Leavitt L. N. Griffith and wife to Sarah I. Davidson Sarah and Moses Herrick to Wm. P. Slafter G. B. Nicholson and wife to Albert Bush U. S. to A. St. John May 13, 1869 Real Estate Transfers E. W. Clark and wife to Martin Bencke N. A. Cowdery and wife to Joseph T. Bowen H. A. French and wife to V. P. Lewis F. M. Goodykoontz and wife to Isaac Gregory R. C. Hushold and wife to Samuel Blackford Ralph Hall and wife to Joseph H. McKnight Samuel Kelley and wife to Isaiah Wood V. P. Lewis and wife to John S. Crandall Edward Langworthy and wife to Agnes Langworthy P. M. Rooney and wife to Mathias Kribsback Delia V. Ricker to Henry L. Brown Sylvester Smith and wife to P. J. Garcelon Wm. B. Strong and wife to Orlando McCraney Mary Vandegrift and husband to N. P. Austin John M. Vandegrift and wife to Levi Foss May 20, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Franklin Bevier and wife to F. M. Goodykoontz Peres Brown to Joseph Baskings C. L. Chase and wife to W. Rupel F. M. Goodykoontz and wife to H. J. G. Groswell H. C. Lacy to Albert Galloway H. B. Whipple and wife to J. F. Cook May 27, 1869 Real Estate Transfers John F. Asher and wife to Simon Alderson Ole Anderson and wife to Paul Anderson Daniel J. Butts and wife to Daniel Pratt Samuel Blackford and wife to S. Alderson Trustee S. Chamberlain to Wm. L. Pitcher C. C. Crane and wife to Betsey Morrill J. H. Donaldson and wife to Aeby L. Marshall A. S. Everest to S. M. Darrah Jacob Fleck and wife to Henry A. Butler S. R. Gunn and wife to E. H. Wells Mark Green to Wm. D. Peck F. M. Goodykoontz et al to John Boyd Sarah E. Huntington et al to Phillip Wadsworth Eli Hall and wife to Wm. Allerman Conrad Hambrecht and wife to Trustees of School District No. 52 G. B. Hayes to J. P. Alwelling John Kurtz and wife to Jane Parker D. C. Knowles and wife to James Magee John S. Lacy to Daniel Pratt Mower County to C. J. Shortt Geo. E. Skinner and wife to S. Alderson G. J. Shortt and wife to I. N. Musser Thos. Simpson et al to Jas. M. Williams H. Stowell et al to G. L. Chase and Wm. Russell Stephen Sanborn and wife to David Sanborn Eliza A. and T. J. Thayer to Obediah Clouse Jackson and Julia A. Tabor to Thomas Kough Elias H. Wells and wife to Daniel Pratt Lora A. Dixon to Daniel Pratt H. B. Whipple and wife to Simon Alderson June 3, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Phillip Wadsworth and wife to Geo. B. Hayes Samuel Blackford and wife to Henry A. Butler R. B. Barnes and wife to Albert Estlick Harvey E. Case and wife to Aurora Case John Chandler to Starline Chandler J. C. Easton et al to Thomas Armstrong Daniel Guinnea and wife to Samuel Little W. G. Goddard and wife to Page & Wheeler D. C. Hendershott and wife to W. P. Belden Page & Wheeler to W. G. Goddard C. B. Surface and wife to Geo. B. Hayes R. K. Stewart and wife to John W. Harper Solomon Snow and wife to Geo. E. Skinner D. C. Shepard to Solomon Snow Sylvester Smith and J. F. Cook to Skinner & Shepard Ole Oleson Sebjier and wife to Chas. Smith Julia and Jackson Taber to Thomas Kough John Funney and wife to Sarah Evans John Walling and wife to Lillis Tenney S. K. Winnie to Antoine Efinger Betsey M. White to Geo. G. Farrell J. B. Yates and wife to Samuel Blackford June 10, 1869 Real Estate Transfers L. N. Griffith and wife to Edward Paine S. H. Hinman and wife to C. Chamberlain H S. Holt and wife to Frederick King Leon King and wife to W. D. Peek Knud Knudson to J. P. Jones Peter G. Lamoreaux and wife to Isaac Westover Caleb Lewis and wife to Ingemund Ingemundson Caleb Lewis and wife to John F. Inwards Orlando McCraney to Wentworth Hayes Edward G. Babcock and wife to G. M. Cameron Samuel Blackford and wife to W. W. Gibbs Daniel F. Booth et al to Geo. H. Chapman Starling Chandler and wife to John Chandler Geo. E. Case to O. H. Shepley J. C. Easton to Edwin G. Babcock J. C. Easton to John H. J. Week Lawrence Fitz Patrick to Christian Johnson Wm. Goodrich to S. Bostwick J. F. Stevens and wife to Wm. Lehmann George Warren and wife to Adeliza Stogy W. H. Wiard et al to John McGeough J. B. Yates and wife to Samuel Blackford June 17, 1869 Aaron Case and wife to Chas. E. Carter Elizabeth Chittenden and husband to D. C. Tiffany E. W. Cluek and wife to Gotlieb Faber Geo. W. Day to D. J. Pettis H. Easton and D. C. West to Wm. Windom F. M. Goodykoontz and wife to Raynald Oleson F. M. Goodykoontz and wife to Johannes Oleson Edson Gates and wife to Holmes Temple Elizabeth T. Harrison and husband to Geo. E. Skinner Caleb Lewis and wife to J. D. Allen P. G. Lamoreaux and wife to Wm. L. Hollister Robert Mares and wife to Reuben Rollings Orlando McCraney to John Curry Patrick Naugh and wife to Daniel Gurrien Simeon Parks and wife to LeRoy Hathaway Wm. Windom and wife to Solomon Snow John C. Mason and wife to Oglivie Forster July 1, 1869 Real Estate Transfers J. C. Ackley and wife to John Revord H. C. Balcom to Thomas Wilson Geo. Baird and wife to R. H. McClellan J. F. Cook to Sylvester Smith J. L. Davidson and wife to R. H. McClellan E. Langworthy and wife to A. Mahony Wm. H. Eyman and wife to Geo. F. Trenwith Wm. Lehumann to J. F. Stevens John B. Revord and wife to J. C. Ackley Sylvester Smith and wife to L. R. Anderson C. J. Shortt and wife to Geo. Baird Sylvester Smith and wife to H. A. McClellan O. H. Shepley and wife to R. H. McClellan S. Snow and wife to H. C. Hushold and J. Wagner M. A. Oliver and husband to E. H. Welles J. Plummer and wife to W. M. Plummer W. H. White and wife to A. S. Everest T. C. Trimple to Lydia B. Smith T. C. Trimble to W. C. Snow July 8, 1869 Real Estate Transfers N. A. Cowdrey and wife to Richards & Crandall James G. Evans and wife to W. G. Telfer Orlando McCraney to J. G. Evans Orlando McCraney to A. J. Porter John R. Nourse and wife to J. C. Gee James E. Nassett to Ole O. Sejar Dan. Pratt and wife to Clark W. Thompson Daniel Snively and wife to John C. Snively John C. Snively and wife to W. A. Matson Holland Sessions and wife to T. H. Armstrong Edwin Soule and wife to Warren Soule J. C. Easton and wife to F. Van Wagner July 15, 1869 Real Estate Transfers J. L. Davidson and wife to F. A. Richardson Stowell Hammon and wife to Willie W. Dodd Dirk Van Doern and wife to Adrins Masterbrook E. J. Stimson and wife to Q. J. Ellsworth Lucy Rowley to Dwight Rowley Knud Tollefson and wife to Richard Oleson David M. Todd and wife to Henry Thompson Administrator of Thos. Oleson, deceased, to Peter Oleson Orlando McCraney to Chas. Allen Elias Moses to W. D. Washburne and Granville M. Stickney Albert E. Meigs and wife to Elizabeth Warm United States to Lowel Buller E. B. Crane to C. H. Davidson V. P. Lewis and wife to Elizabeth Warne Lowel Buller and wife to Emory Snow Emory A. Snow and wife to Henry H. Snow July 22, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Mathias Krebsback and wife to Andrew Smith Elizabeth Cash and husband to Annie S. Lewis Solomon Snow and wife to Wm. C. Snow John S. Lacy to Anderson Garred Sheriff Mower County to Jno. Emerson Geo. E. Skinner and wife to S. S. Merrill United States to Alfred Van Horn July 29, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Julia M. & Fred King to Samuel C. Bacon Annie Mehan to Patrick Moran Solomon Snow and wife to Frank Winand John L. Gaskill and wife to Maria Rought Charles C. Hunt and wife to N. P. Austin Herman Warner and wife to Wm. D. Peck Owen Bruce and wife to Elijah C. Crane E. C. Crane and wife to Lydia L. Street August 5, 1869 Real Estate Transfers James D. Smith to Mary J. Burns Robert Mathes and wife to Anzella M. Williams Samuel Malone and wife to Edward Potter J. C. and Sarah H. Mason to Charles E. Nichols L. R. Hathaway and wife to Miles W. Dodd Sylvester Smith and wife to H. Perkins Andrew J. Potter and wife to W. S. Wilsey N. G. Perry and wife to Martha R. Lute United States to Benjamin Doerance Thomas J. Lake and wife to James Truesdell Orlando McCraney to Thomas Young Edward Jordan to Patrick Moran Wm. A. Gilson and wife to R. Burnes H. B. Whipple and wife to Wm. B. McNiel Wm. B. McNiel to Charles Killan R. Burns and wife to Thomas Young Jurors for the September Term of Court: Grand Jurors Thomas, Gibson, J. L. Davidson, T. J. Bishop, John Hoy, C. S. Wilson, Gunder Halverson, P. G. Mills, Seth Washburne, T. C. Trimble, I. Ingmundson, J. C. Burlingame, Johnathan Stewart, William Seaborn, James Stokes, W. L. Austin, S. Bostwick, G. H. Azure, R. I. Smith, George Wood, E. C. Dorr, George Anker, Adam St. John Petit Jurors Randall Billings, H. R. Mills, A. V. Ellis, L. L. Lamb, Ephraim Noakes, Henry Roberts, Hans C. Anderson, W. E. Harris, A. P. Northrup, John Walker, V. P. Lewis, C. H. Cotton, W. K. Smith, H. S. Holt, M. C. Potter, S. Truax, Wilson Beach, H. L. Sleeper, Alfred Lounsbury, Harris Barber, Jr., R. Dunkleman, Carlos Manchester, D. L. Chandler, Matthew Rooney August 12, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Robert F. Leighton to Samuel Carl Sylvia L. Kimball to Wm. H. Moore and Jas. L. Killoran Tyler Bullock and wife to Harry Marshall Thomas Young and wife to Theopholus Tokens Andrew Truman and wife to Emory A. Snow Martin Fate and Almira Fate to James M. Readbury ? C. Davenport and C. M. Stephens to Wm. F. Hunt George H. Pierce to J. S. Corning W. W. Gibbs and wife to Jacob Fleck J. D. Thompson and wife to Rhoda A. Tuttle G. E. Skinner and wife to Ormanzo Allen Martin L. Willey and wife to Mary E. Burbank Addison and Rhoda Tuttle to Sylvia Kimball August 19, 1869 Real Estate Transfers R. B. Whipple and wife to Joseph Billdawn Alfred Van Horn to John Van Horn J. C. Easton and wife to George E. Wilbour David Dobbs and wife to Frederick Simmer George W. Payne and wife to Geo. W. Churchill John Masterbrock and wife to George E. Wilbour Gardner O. Tron to Isabella Harrison Francis A. Neller to Gardner O. Tron T. J. Thayer and wife to T. P. Dren Geo. E. Wilbour and wife to Thos. Young and Theo. Lukens Samuel W. Leigh to Geo. E. Wilbur H. S. Holt and wife to P. B. Basford August 26, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Frances Lawton and wife to George E. Wilbour Ormanzo Allen and wife to Cephas C. Robinson P. C. Berry and wife to Samuel P. Thornhill H. H. Shook and wife to G. L. Rosa Joshua L. Davidson and wife to P. B. Berry Parley Hopkins and wife to B. N. Johnson Benjamin R. Potter and wife to B. N. Johnson J. G. Warner and wife to M. M. Baines September 9, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Sheriff Mower County to John White John L. Boyer and wife to W. S. Gillet - war deed. W 1/2 E 1/2 NE 1/4 and W 1/2 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 13, 103, 14 - $800 E. B. Crane and wife to Ira E. Daggett Charles Lamb and wife to Daniel and Milton Peterson Lewis Matthews and wife to O. P. Matthews W. D. Becket and wife to Henry Bagley Solomon Snow and wife to Samuel W. Rice O. H. Shepley and wife to Emily Olson W. C. Cassell and wife to Henry A. Fairbanks Niles Olson and wife to Carrie M. Shepley Lyman Johnson and wife to Jacob Johnson Lucius A. Campbell and wife to Amos B. Wood September 30, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Edwin A. Jones and wife to Charles E. Carter James M. Sherrett and wife to I. N. Ross Adam Sherrett and wife to I. N. Ross Wm. Lewis and wife to School District No. 21 Oscar D. Graff to Mary M. Kinsman L. N. Griffith and wife to R. Dunkleman James M. Gordon and wife to J. H. Eno Aaron Dixon and wife to Joseph Hall H. S. Holt and wife to Geo. P. Morse Wm. Reid and wife to Geo. H. Swasey Amos D. Combs and wife to Kennart Evanson and Evan Hendrickson B. T. Olin and wife to H. H. Wright Mary B. Folts to L. R. Hathaway and H. M. Allen Simon Alderson and wife to Isaac Brown Barbary Johnson and husband to Mary B. Folts Edwin French and wife to Lorenzo and Alfred D. Fairbanks Joshua L. Davidson and wife to H. A. Mayhew John Hanlery and wife to Wm. Carson October 7, 1869 Real Estate Transfers John W. Hill and wife to J. T. & F. H. Avery Samuel Blackford and wife to Jacob B. Raab Louisa M. Carser and husband to Wm. C. Snow Mary Lyman to Edwin French Harmon Stowell and wife to Ira Jones E. B. Crane and wife to Jonathan Mills E. B. Crane and wife to Henry Lincoln Chas. S. Phelps and wife to A. J. Phelps Samuel Blackford and wife to J. T. Maxson Albert Kittle to Solomon Snow Geo. Howes to N. P. Langford John W. Smith to G. Rathburn Peter A. Bailey and wife to H. H. Riley H. H. Riley and wife to Geo. B. Hayes James Davis and wife to David Mering David Mering and wife to Orrin H. Brown Henry C. Lacy to C. J. Shortt Sheriff of Mower County to Johnson & Bro. Martha Kirkland and others to H. G. Tyler H. G. Tyler and wife to Martha Kirkland October 14, 1869 Real Estate Transfers Lucinda G. Derby to Geo. W. Donaldson W. A. Gilson and wife to John S. Slow J. Q. A. Vale and wife to B. J. Grant S. M. Rice and wife to Ephraim McMartin Oscar Ayers and wife to Julius A. Hine L. N. Griffith and wife to Jno. F. Atherton and Martin Litchfield Carlos C. Houghton and wife to Jos. Leonard Vernon Townsend and wife to Spencer M. Rice Sheriff of Mower County to Phineas Underwood Sheriff of Mower County to Henry Roberts October 21, 1869 Real Estate Transfers William L. Bentley to Peter G. Lamoreaux P.G. Lamoreaus and wife to Mary J. Morrill Sheriff of Mower County to John T. Asher Sarah E. Tabor and husband to Thos. Sinsger Joseph C. Gist and wife to J. S. Hodgson Sheriff of Mower County to Smith P. Schofield United States to Henry Moore Henry Crotherton and wife to C. W. Perkins R. J. Tyler and wife to L. D. Carter Emily Oleson and husband to H. H. Curtis F. M. Goodykoontz and wife to John T. Avery Adam St. John and wife to P. G. Lamoreaux P. G. Lamoreaus and wife to Phillip McLaughlin William Rankin and wife to Allan Mollison Levi Foss and wife to Fannie W. Waite Peter O'Maley and wife to Patrick Geraghty January 13, 1870 The following is a list of persons, selected by the Board of County Commissioners from which grand and petit jurors are to be drawn for the year 1870. Grand Jurors C. C. Hunt, Geo. Baird, A. C. Cameron, A. M. Fleck, E. C. Dorr, S. S. Truax, S. M. Darrah, Christian Johnson, Edward Maloney, John Watkins, Jr., V. P. Lewis, Benj. Vaughan, Dwight Weller, W. H. Officer, W. H. Merrick, H. L. Burgess, A. H. Chapin, C. P. Bell, G. L. Henderson, Thomas Young, Tunis Welsey, W. I. harden, J. Curry, L. F. Henry, Ole Munson, S. C. Ball, H. L. Wiard, Wm. Grant, J. R. Mason, H. M. F. Irgens, Thomas Peek, Wm. Kellner, H. J. S. Croswell, H. P. Sleeper, A. A. Northrup, Wm. E. Harris, L. Story, S. Cary, Jno. Walker, Wm. S. Root, O. W. Case, Isaac Falkner, Lewis Hall, Namon Goodsell, C. C. Cole, Fred Luley, Joshua Epler, Miles Trowbridge, R. B. Foster, Cornelius Deremer, Hans C. Anderson, D. S. B. Mollison, Jno. A. Thompson, Wm. Furlong, F. G. Ray, E. Bassett, P. A. Peterson, J. H. Reynolds, H. A. Brown, Thomas Allred, L. Edwards, H. Tilton, J. M. Vandegrift, Samuel King, Daniel Witham, A. J. Hunt, W. Woodard, Andrew Mack, Martin L. Smith, E. Maloney Petit Jurors P. G. Mills, Jno. Hartley, L. A. Phelps, J. M. Hall, T. K. Kaiser, A. J. Phelps, T. B. Morrill, J. Jennings, C. Fenton, P. B. Basford, G. W. Shepley, Luther Smith, P. Garrity, J. C. Smith, Geo. Wood, M. Teeter, John F. Cook, Wm. A. Woodson, E. C. Kasson, J. P. Trask, E. R. Angell, J. M. Larrabee, P. C. Sheffield, E. A. Whitcomb, W. A. Coleman, I. Ingmundson, W. L. Potter, J. K. Sayles, W. E. Davis, P. T. McIntire, Henry Guy, Wm. Colton, H. Holverson, Geo. Anker, S. Bostwick, Wm. Seaborn, W. L. Councilman, Jonathan Stewart, David Hendershott, D. A. Page, John Beiderbeck, H. Sleeper, Wm. H. Bentley, R. O. Donaldson, S. E. Boyce, J. B. Niles, T. F. Goslee, C. R. Hughson, John Beach, Gunder Holverson, Geo. H. Van Camp, O. C. Brown, Obadiah Smith, Alonzo Fairbanks, M. J. Slaven, Henry Bagley, A. Mayo, W. D. Peek, E. J. Stimson, Dexter Barrett, H. E. Tanner, N. P. Tuttle, E. E. Tanner, James McKee, E. S. Hoppin, John Wolf, P. D. Kimball, H. N. Sargent, Abe Dickerson, A. G. Lawyer September 8, 1870 Letters Remaining Unclaimed in the Post Office at Austin, State of Minnesota, September 1, 1870. To obtain any of these letters, the application must call for advertised letters and give the date of this list. If not called for in one month they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. John August, John Bannister, Peter O. Brenden, I. H. Burwell, Lizzie Cowan, Miss Isabel Covey, Takasar Christianson, John S. Craig (2), Miss Anna Clarkson, J. T. Dodge, J. C. Donaldson, Miss Mary Dearvon, Miss Clara Donaldson, Channecy Devendorff, Mr. N. Davis, Frank E. Dand, Christopher Fisher, Alak Gilickson, Andrene Hanson, Henry R. Heath, Lars N. Hagen, Walter H. Holmes, Mr. O. Hough, E. H. Jones (2), Allen Jay, Thomas Kennedy, David Keif, Edd Knutson, Germain Lirkholz, Patrick Lavelle, C. J. Leanst, Geo. P. Martin, Piasmus Monson, Horace Mixer, Sevre Olesdatter, Hans P. Oleson, Miss Tilda Oleson, Mariah Borke Oleson, Thomas O'Neil, Ole Humdal Oleson, Miss Oline Oleson, John Wogland Oleson, Susan Oleson, Stephen P. Purse, Minnie Phillips, J. P. Patrick, John Ruble, I. C. Robinson, J. A. Richards, William Spettstoiser, Matilda E. Stranes, Mrs. Fredrick Struk (2), Miles G. Stewart, Andrew Shelly, Swallow & Clark, John Tearl, John M. Taylor, B. Tiller, Julia Tompson, T. Thomas, Fannie Vanslack, Philip Wheat, John B. Wescott, John Wald, James Wilson, A. E. Williamson, Delos C. Wright The Census Increase of Population in Austin and Mower County for the Past Five Years Deputy Marshals Snow and Harris have completed the census of the county and we are enabled to give our readers who result of their labors as far as the population of the county is concerned. Other interesting statistics will be given in due time. With forty-nine more souls, the population of the county would have exactly doubled in the last five years. Austin township has done nobly, having increased her population from 760 in 1865 to 2, 632 in 1870. LeRoy makes a splendid showing, so also does Lansing, Grand Meadow and Nevada. Below will be found a tabular statement of the population of the different towns in 1865 and 1870 and the total increase in the past five years: (note - the first figure represents the population in 1865, the second figure the population in 1870 and the third figure the increase in population) Austin - 760 - 2,632 - 1,872 Adams - 322 - 576 - 254 Nevada - 364 - 677 - 313 Lyle - 310 - 480 - 170 LeRoy - 441 - 1,055 - 614 Bennington - 112 - 257 - 145 Frankford - 476 - 557 - 81 Racine - 570 - 819 - 249 Red Rock - 440 - 650 - 210 Lansing - 456 - 808 - 352 Udolpho - 322 - 383 - 61 Grand Meadow - 206 - 490 - 284 Pleasant Valley - 225 - 320 - 95 Waltham - 180 (1870 only) Dexter - 120 (1870 only) Beach - 100 (1870 only) Windom - 405 (1870 only) Total - 5,279 (1865) - 10,509 (1870) September 29, 1870 District Court - The present session of the District Court has been an unusually busy one. It will be two weeks Monday since Court convened and the following is the disposition of the cases on the court calendar up to this date: Chas. E. Thurber vs. A. E. Meigs - settled Herman Warner vs. H. B. Vaughan, et al - referred to Webb of Owatonna Frank West vs. A. D. Wright and Frank Church - referred to Ormanzo Allen School District No. 59 vs. Salmon H. Murdick and S. M. Hudson - continued on affidavit of defendants Charles Tuttle, et al vs. Rensaleer Soule, Sen., et al - discontinued Sammons & Frederich vs. F. B. Frost - judgment for plaintiff W. A. Crane vs. Simon Alderson - referred to Ormanzo Allen William Baudler vs. Simon Alderson - referred to Ormanzo Allen A. Frederich vs. Catherine Brown - settled John F. Cook vs. Charles H. Davidson - referred to Ormanzo Allen W. M. Peck vs. Henry Bagley - judgment for defendant George B. Hayes vs. William West - judgment for defendant Benjamin Lowry vs. James M. Gordon and James H. Eno - continued by consent of parties W. T. Mandeville vs. Thomas Hanson - settled W. S. Kennett vs. Uriah Parry - continued Jerome I. Case vs. J. C. and David Sanborn - judgment for defense James P. Townsend vs. R. G. Tyler - judgment for plaintiff Wm. and Ellen Mahoney vs. John Mallady - settled Jacob Johnson, et al vs. Charles and John Lynch - continued for settlement H. A. Graves vs. Asleck Olson and Louis Hildebrand - judgment for defendant John Mallady vs. Wm. Mahoney - settled Sherman Page vs. Mollison & Tubbs - continued John T. Asher vs. E. C. Bradford and Robert Townsend - settled Haney & Co. vs. S. M. Hudson - settled Phillip Howell vs. John A. Howell and Charles Lamb - judgment for plaintiff Wm. T. Madeville vs. H. G. Tyer - settled Andrew D. Brown et al vs. Ward White - discontinued Amos Eastman vs. Joseph McKnight - continued Sherman Page vs. E. B. Crane - continued Catharine Torbeson vs. S. Anderson - settled D. B. Germain vs. A. W. Allen and C. K. Stewart - judgment for plaintiff Mary Manny vs. W. T. Mandeville - judgment for plaintiff Henry W. Mason vs Wm. Madden - judgment for plaintiff Morris E. Fuller et al vs. Harvey E. Anderson Wm. Gutherless vs Ira Jones - continued G. O. Shepardson vs. John N. Wheat - dismissed Mary Manny vs. Wm. W. Perkinson - settled George H. Azure vs. Dodge, Stevenson & Co. - continued Martin Litchfield vs. D. B. Germain et al - judgment for defendants P. Gormley et al vs. John S. Corning - continued Martin M. Walker vs. Orlenzer Allen - discontinued M. Litchfield et al vs. Albert Galloway - referred W. D. Washburn, et al vs Henry F. Thayer et al - continued Michael Gorman vs. W. H. Weird, et al - continued Benz & Bechk vs L. R. Anderson - judgment for plaintiff Louis Leaverson et al vs. J. & C. Johnson - continued J. G. & Mary J. Wright vs. Peter Ostrom - issue of law Duchane & Spring vs. Buckley, Murphey & Cecil - judgment for plaintiff Dodge & Stevenson, Manufacturing Co. vs. L. A. & G. T. Angell - continued Sweet, Demster & Co. vs. Peter Zeller - continued John Neller vs. Joseph Neller - judgment for plaintiff B. J. Van Valdenburgh vs. Major F. Drown - continued Zalman Ames vs. Supervisors of the Town of Red Rock - settled Orlando Wilder vs. C. Pierce and J. H. Eno - continued S. B. Washburn vs. O. W. Gibson - continued R. Sherbondy vs. S. Alderson - referred to Ormanzo Allen Appeal Cases W. W. Gibbs vs. Woodard & Dorr - settled Charles M. Clark vs. T. C. Hicks - judgment for defendant George Alderson vs. Joseph Furtney & Simon Alderson O. W. Kerr and H. M. Pepper vs. Wm. Simpson - settled John Curbutt vs. A. Richmand and J. C. Ackley - continued Geo. W. Boles vs. Henry L. Slaven - continued J. E. Peters vs. Thomas Murphey - continued Sherman Page and E. O. Wheeler vs. Carlos Fenton - continued Joseph Levy vs. George B. Hayes S. Klows & Co. vs. Jacob & Christian Johnson - continued October 6, 1870 District Court - Last week we gave the disposition of the several cases on the docket as far as they had been reached up to that time. We now give the disposition of the remaining cases: Morris E. Fuller et al vs. Harvey Anderson - judgment for plaintiff George Alderson vs. Joseph Furtney and Simon Alderson - dismissed Joseph Levy vs. Geo. B. Hayes - continued T. C. Hicks vs. Charles Clark et al - continued L. Hildebrand vs. Theodore Blonigan - continued T. J. Lake vs. R. J. Cochrane - continued August Ramspott vs. Robert Leedle - continued David Gates vs. Philo Pace - continued Sherman Page and E. O. Wheeler vs. O. W. Firkins - stricken from calendar J. B. Rogers vs. Elijah Guill - settled January 19, 1871 Mortgage Sale Default has been made in the payment of the sum of four hundred and forty dollars which is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, on a certain mortgage, dated the 19th day of November, 1867, executed by Daniel McCaskell and Esther McCaskell, his wife, to Alzeddy M. Austin and recorded on the 25th day of November, 1867, at 11 o'clock, a.m., in book I of Mortgages, pages 80, 81 and 82 in the office of Register of Deeds, for Mower County, Minn., which said mortgage was duly assigned by the said Alzeddy M. Austin and Powell Austin, to William McCullough and The assignment thereof, duly recorded in said office of Register of Deeds for said Mower County, April 16th, 1870 at 3 o'clock, p.m., in book L of Mortgages, pages 77 and 78; and the suit or proceedings at law has been instituted to recover the sum of money secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a power of sale contained in said mortgage, and in conformity to law, the premises lying and being in the County of Mower, and State of Minnesota, described in and covered by said mortgage, to-wit: The east-half of the northeast quarter of section No. twenty, township one hundred and three (103) north, of Range fourteen (14) west, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging will be sold by the Sheriff of Mower County, at public venue, to the highest bidder at the front door of the Court House in the village of Austin, in said county of Mower, on Saturday, the 7th day of January, 1871, at ten o'clock, a.m., to satisfy the amount then due on said mortgage, together with ten dollars Attorney's fees, stipulated in said mortgage, to be paid in case of a foreclosure, and costs of sale. Dated November 23d, 1871 William McCullough, Assignee Ormanzo Allen, Atty. for Assignee February 16, 1871 Homesteads to Soldiers We publish elsewhere a full text of the bill which recently passed the House of Representatives allowing all soldiers or sailors who served ninety days or more in the late war to enter public lands of all descriptions, including school lands and to have their time of service deducted from the usual time of occupation and settlement required by the by the homestead law to perfect a title. It also allows the assignment of any interest which might be acquired in pursuance of the act, thereby repealing the homestead law to the extent of permitting a settler to avail himself of a three years' soldier's deduction of time by purchasing his certificate and to acquire title upon a two years' instead of a five years' residence. We learn, however, since the bill was placed in type, that the Senate committee on public lands has modified the bills, excluding school lands and lands otherwise appropriated from its operation and striking out the right of assignment and the power to make settlement by attorney and so compelling a settlement in person. As the bill now stands, it but re-enacts the provisions of the general homestead law, with the exception that it gives to soldiers and sailors the benefit of the time which they have devoted to the public service, the same to count as actual settlement, in case they otherwise meet the general pre-emption requirements. Soldier's Homestead Bill Full Text of the Bill Recently Passed, Giving Every Soldier a Homestead A bill to enable honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, their widows and orphan children to acquire homesteads on the public lands of the United States. Be it enacted, &c., That every private soldier and officer who has served in the United States during the recent rebellion, for ninety days, and who was honorably discharged, and has remained loyal to the government, including the troops mustered into the service of the United States by virtue of the third section of an act entitled "an act making appropriations for completing the defenses of Washington and for other purposes," approved February 13, 1862; and every seaman, marine and officer or other person who has served in the navy of the United States or in the marine corps during the rebellion, for ninety days and who was honorably discharged and has remained loyal to the government, shall, on compliance with the provisions of an act entitled "an act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," and the acts amendatory thereof as hereinafter modified, be entitled to enter upon and receive patents for a quantity of public land, not mineral, not exceeding 160 acres or one quarter section, to be taken in compact form, according to legal subdivisions, including the alternate reserved sections of public lands along the line of any railroad or other public work, or other lands subject to entry under the homestead laws, in the United States, wherever public lands have been or may be granted by acts of Congress; provided that said homestead settler shall be allowed twelve months after locating his homestead within which to commence his settlements and improvements; and provided also that the time which the homestead settler shall have served in the army, navy or marine corps, as aforesaid, or if discharged on account of wounds received or disability incurred in the line of duty, then the term of enlistment shall be deducted from the time heretofore required to perfect title; and provided further that any homestead settler as aforesaid may assign his homestead certificate within twelve months from the date thereof to any citizen of the United States over twenty-one years of age, or any person who has declared his intention to become such, who has not previously availed himself of the benefits of the Homestead or Pre- emption laws and the assignee shall succeed to all the rights of the said homestead settler, but no such assignor of a homestead certificate shall thereafter have the right to avail himself of the benefit of this act or the acts heretofore passed, granting homesteads to actual settlers, nor shall such assigned have the right to acquire any other homestead under said acts; provided, however, that no patent shall issue to a homestead settler, or his assignee, who has not resided upon, improved and cultivated his said homestead for a period of at least two years, except as provided in section four of this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person entitled, under the provisions of the foregoing section, to enter a homestead who may have heretofore entered under the homestead laws a quantity of land less than 160 acres, shall be permitted to enter, under the provisions of this section, so much land as, when added to the quantity previously entered, shall not exceed 160 acres. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in case of the death of any person who would be entitled to a homestead under the provisions of the first section of this act, his widow, if unmarried, or in case of her death or marriage, then his minor orphan children, shall be entitled to all the benefits enumerated in this act; provided, that if such person died during his term of enlistment the whole term of enlistment shall be deducted from the time heretofore required to perfect the title. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every private soldier and every seaman, marine and officer who served in the army and navy for the said period of ninety days and is now inscribed on the pension rolls of the United States or is entitled to be so inscribed on account of wounds received or disabilities incurred in the line of duty, may, in lieu of the rights, privileges and benefits hereinbefore conferred; enter upon by an agent or attorney, and receive a patent for one quarter section of land as provided in section one of this act, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of said first section, or liable to all the provisions thereof except as to the actual residence, and that all acts and things required to be done by the homestead settler by said first section, may be done by said agent or attorney; provided that no such agent or attorney shall act as such for more than one person at the same time. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all declarations and proofs required under this act and the former acts granting homesteads to actual settlers, may be taken before the judge or clerk of any court of record in the United States, or in any State or territory; and when duly authenticated, under the official scale of such court, shall be of the same force and effect as if taken before the register or receiver of the of the proper land office. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner of the General Land Office shall have authority to make all needful rules and regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this act. The Census of Minnesota The St. Paul Press publishes the township returns of population as compiled by the Secretary of State with the aid of a considerable force of clerks, under a resolution of the Legislature, for use of the Committee on Apportionment. The whole population of the state as returned by the United States census, is here shows to be as follows: Males - 231,892; Females - 204,802; Total population - 436,784 A new census of the east half of Houston county shows the total population of that county to be 15,000, instead of 11,670, as returned by the Deputy Marshals and the whole population of the state is therefore, 440,114. The footings show just 27,000 more males than females in the population of Minnesota, or a masculine excess of about 12 percent. In St. Paul the number of males is 10,270; females 9,760, an excess of but 510. The following shows the population of the principal cities and towns in the order of their rank: St. Paul - 20,030 Minneapolis - 18,073 Winona - 7,192 St. Anthony - 5,014 Stillwater - 4, 507 Red Wing - 4,270 Faribault - 4,130 Rochester - 3,953 Mankato - 3, 482 Hastings - 3,456 Duluth - 3, 094 St. Peter - 2,640 Lake City - 2,608 Northfield - 2,277 St. Cloud - 2,176 Owatonna - 2,077 Austin - 2,040 Chatfield - 1,663 New Ulm - 1,313 Rushford - 1,245 Albert Lea - 1,167 Shakopee - 1,029 Population of Mower County by Towns Below we give official returns of the population of this county, as returned by the U. S. Marshal to the Secretary of State's office: Adams - 576 Austin, village - 2,010 Austin, town - 592 Beach - 101 Bennington - 257 Dexter - 120 Frankford - 676 Grand Meadow - 444 Lansing - 773 Leroy - 1,056 Lyle - 440 Nevada - 637 Pleasant Valley - 319 Racine - 813 Red Rock - 602 Udolpho - 381 Waltham - 179 Windom - 404 Total - 10,440 February 23, 1871 Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners, Austin, Feb. 15, 1871 On motion the following bills were allowed: D. W. Donaldson, rep. deaths and births, $5.50 A. C. Bisbee, rep. deaths and births, $2.25 John Walsh, rep. deaths and births, $2.25 E. S. Hoppin, rep. deaths and births, $4.50 Henry Edwards, rep. deaths and births, $2.00 A. N. Converse, rep. deaths and births, $0.75 S. H. Rice, rep. deaths and births, $2.00 Alonzo Fairbanks, rep. deaths and births, $5.25 W. M. Howe, rep. deaths and births, $3.75 Chas. H. Pierce, rep. deaths and births, $0.25 February 23, 1871 The following is a list of persons will be used to select the grand and petit jurors for the March term of the District Court: For Grand Jurors: Oscar Rhoades, Isaac Reed, B. F. Carll, A. H. Marsh, H. Tilton, N. R. Parmeter, Moses Bolin, George Johnson, Dexter Parrett, John Gaskill, Orion Dickerson, Vincent Wilber, O. Wilder, Thomas Hotson, David Austin, Geo. Van Camp, Gunder Halverson, Alonzo Fairbanks, A. Wright, G. N. Conkey, O. J. Bemis, W. G. Goddard, A. J. Porter, J. D. Allen, Robert Plummer, Lawrence Rooney, Daniel Bosworth, T. Folsom, Z. B. Daily, S. P. Bacon, P. C. Sheffield, John Mehen, James Grant, Henry Boyd, Elihu Morse, D. L. Bonner, J. R. Campfield, A. J. Felch, R. E. Stewart, L. S. Bates, Samuel Scribner, E. W. Elder, Wm. Harper, B. F. Langworthy, S. W. Rice, O. H. Color, G. Fryer, S. Wilson, -- Noble, W. W. Hills, W. L. Austin, John Osborn, H. H. Hubbard, Wm. Woodson, W. W. Gibbs, W. H. Merrick, Joseph Kyle, Robert Mathes, F. W. Allen, C. M. Fernald, B. Sammons, C. P. Kenyon, F. King. Geo. Baird, James Truesdell, B. F. Morgan, R. N. Green, Wm. Litchfield, I. P. Stewart, H. Lyon, Wm. Baudler, William George. For Petit Jurors: B. Eusey Stimson, Joseph Neller, Philip Stezer, J. T. Sargent, James Stokes, E. E. Tanner, Jay Chase, Daniel Hartwell, John Belts, John Funderhind, Allen Thayer, Daniel Williams, Milo Trowbridge, Henry Roberts, Julius Griffin, James Davis, Wm. Stewart, O. D. Brown, John Furlong, Obediah Smith, Geo. W. Benton, A. N. Converse, R. Billings, Giles Jones, A. D. Park, L. S. Wirard, John Galiger, John Hubbard, D. Finley, Justice Nason, Stephen Guy, Henry Guy, John Turner, Mathew Rooney, John Johnson, Wm. Gee, A. W. Sanborn, Philip Eppard, Ole Johnson, Geo. Weed, A. Finhart, W. A. Carey, D. A. Page, G. C. Wee, Thomas Ferber, A. L. Bush, Hans Anderson, Otis Weston, Geo. Damond, J. S. Decker, Washington Hull, A. O. Hollister, William Allen, W. S. Conger, Edwin French, T. K. Keyser, G. K. Hanson; C. N. Beisecker, A. Soule, Wm. Richards, E. P. Van Valkenburg, James Thomas, Isaac Westover, Peter Zeller, W. M. Leach, B. F. Aldrich, C. P. Bell, H. A. Hines, William Rutherford, J. N. Cook, J. S. Lacy March 16, 1871 Frankford Township Election We are under obligations to Mr. W. A. Carey, for the following list of officers elected at the town election for the above named town: Supervisors - W. H. Parker, Chairman, P. M. Rudy, J. Wright Town Clerk - D. W. Donaldson Assessor - G. W. Dean Treasurer - T. J. Tebay Justices of the Peace (to fill vacancies) - G. C. Weed, J. Weeks Constable (to fill vacancy) - E. O. Hovda March 23, 1871 District Court Disposition of the Cases The following is the disposition of the several cases on the Calendar for the March term of the District Court, for Mower County. The Court convened on March 13 and adjourned on Wednesday noon, March 22, Hon. N. M. Donaldson presiding. Messrs. Cameron & Johnson were engaged as counsel, in 33 of the cases, Messrs. Page & Wheeler, 31, Mr. A. S. Everest, 6, Mr. O. Allen, 6, Mr. E. B. Crane, 4, Messrs. Greenman & Hawkins, 3, Messrs J. Q. & D. J. Farmer, 5, Messrs. Jones & Butler, 2. School District, No. 59 vs. Salmon H. Murdick and S. M. Hudson. Continued, with leave to amend pleadings. Benjamin Lowery vs. James M. Gordon and James H. Eno. Dismissed for want of prosecution. W. S. Kennett vs. Uriah Parry. Judgment for plaintiff by consent. Jerome I. Case vs. J. C. & David Sanborn. Submitted on written arguments. Jacob Johnson et al vs. Charles & John Lynch. Settled, with costs to defendant. Sherman Page vs. Mollison & Tubbs. Continued Amos Eastman vs. Joseph McKnight. Continued Wm. Gutherless vs. Ira Jones. Judgment for plaintiff Geo. H. Azure vs. Dodge, Stephenson & Co. Discontinued P. Gormley et al vs. John S. Corning. Tried and jury disagreed Martin Litchfield vs. Albert Galoway. Referred to J. Q. Farmer W. D. Washburn et al vs. Henry F. Thayer, et al. Justment for Plaintiff Michael Gorman vs. W. h. Wirard. Continued J. G. & Mary J. Wright vs. Peter Ostrom. Settled Dodge, Stephenson Manufacturing Co. vs. L. A. & G. L. Angell. Discontinued Sweet, Dempster & Co. vs. Peter Zeller. Settled Orlando Wilder vs. C. Pierce & J. H. Eno. Continued S. B. Washburne vs. O. W. Gibson. Judgment for plaintiff J. A. & H. A. Wood vs. Jessie E. Wood. Referred to Ormanzo Allen William Baudler vs. Simon Alderson. Referred to J. Q. Farmer John Carbutt vs A. Richmond and J. C. Ackley. Appeal Case. Continued, with leave to file amended complaint George W. Bole vs. Henry L. Slaven. Appeal Case. Settled J. E. Peters vs. Thomas Murphey. Appeal Case. Order for amended return Joseph Levy vs. Geo. B. Hayes. Appeal Case. Judgment for defendant Sherman Page and E. O. Wheeler vs. Carlos Fenton. Appeal Case. Continued T. C. Hicks vs. Charles Clark et al. Appeal Case. Argued, but decision of court not given L. Hildebrand vs. Theodore Blonigan. Appeal Case. Judgment for defendant T. J. Lake vs. R. J. Cochrane. Appeal case. Submitted on written arguments David Gates vs Philo Pace. Appeal Case. Submitted on written arguments May 4, 1871 Married In Frankford, on Sunday, April 23 by the Rev. John Martin, Mr. Henry Bush to Miss Leantha Murdick. Our congratulations, Henry.