Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-09-30
miscellaneous


~. / r. miscellaneous.
The population Of Wheeling is estima-
ted at Is, 000.s
= Adams Express Company contributed
sIOO0 70 the Avontlale sufferers.
--Kirkwood, tho famous Iowa trotting
horse, has boon sold to Henry Compton for
$4,000.
- The railroad bridge in course of con-
struction ct Fort Dodge, Iowa, was entirely
destroyed by tho recent flood.
--FroSheta in Washington county, KS,
have done immense damage, washing away
mills, farm houses, and crops.
- An exchange has an advertisement for
a servant who is q "plain cook, able to
dress little boy Ave years old"
Statistics show that moro men commit
suicide because they arc married, than the
lovers who want to marry.
Tho Central Illinois Methodist Episco-
pal Conference cast its vote ons lay dele
CATION asfollows: Ayes, "a; nays Is.
lThe trotting horse John Stewart of
New York, on Saturday, made twenty
miles within an hour for 8 purse of s., 600.
Time 80 minutes 800 seconds.
The State Central Conservative Com
mittee has adopted resolutions advising
against the election of U. S.. Senator at
the meeting of the Legislature on the 9Th
of October.
There are %, 900 men, women and
children said to be starving at this moment
in two English counties, owing to o strike
among the nail makers.
Tho Quincy, Alton and st. Louis Rail-
road Company was organized at Quincy,
ILL.,. on Friday, with Gen. J. w. Singleton
as President and Thos. T. Woodruff as Sec
rotary and TREASURER
Tho Raritan and Delaware Bay road
has been sold to the bondholders for $50. ;
600, and tho rolling stock and steamer
Jesse Hoyt for S94, 900. The road is to be
put in order and improved.
The American genealogical Society met
in horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, on tho
18th, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, presiding.
Twenty-Five states are represented. The
attendance is larger than ever before. An
address was delivered this afternoon by the
President. The exhibition of fruits is very
attractive, and comprises specimens from
oil sections Of the country.
=. Foreign.
Some young Paris snobs have actually
started the fashion of wearing bracelets
Great Britain places q yearh impxis-
onmont on the importation Of nltro-glycer-
inc. ;
Miss Helen Armstrong, q young Amer
lean lady, is succeeding in Germany ~ q
singer.
Tho King Of italy hos given bis con-
sent to the selection of the Duke Of Genoa
as king Of Spain.
The official journals Of France an
nounce that the health Of the Emperor is
restored.
p 1t is reported that Gen. Prim has said
that thoinsurrection in Cuba shall,be sub
dued at all hazards. ,,,o ...s. ~ .,...
The report is repeated that the Gar
has forbidden the attendance Of Russian
| bishops at the Ecumenical Council. :;il,t
--Treyne, ireland, 0 bailiff, WAS. shot
dead at Abbeydevy, on the 18th. The cul-
prit, it is supposed, is =; Fenian on % hi;p
The republicans are extending. their
Influence in Portugal. and their organiza-
lions are increasing in numbersti'>! .i"';
A fearful hurricane has swept: over the
north Of France, causing much damage to
crops and other property. @ H.
Tho international oculling match, be
tweenWalter Brown Of Portland Maine, land
Joseph Saddlsr Of England is appointed for
October z, on the Thames, from Putnoy to
Mortlake.
| --Tolegraphio communication between
Russia and China has been interrupted by
inundatiOns in. tho vicinity, of Lake Baabal
The wires ore prost,ated for miles, and
many stations have been destroyed -
Victor Emmanuel of Italy, In reply to
overtures made to the Duke OF Aosta in
connection with the Spanish throne, de-
clares that his son shall never reign in O
free country, unless by the unanimous call
Of it's constituent chambers. aj'-"2"'
l -, The Spanish barque Aurora, from Lon.
don reports the burning, on the 9Th inst.
of the English barque Thistle, from elias
gov for Mantanza with cargo of coal, of
Cayo. The Santa Maria, q Spanish man
of-war, went to her assistance.
| AT Knnigsberg, Prussia, during thu
festivities in honor of the visit of tho KIM
Of Prussia, tho ratings of bridge, over
crowded with spectators, burst, and man,
-~~.o iisitsstesa ineo rfre river: wonsy
four bodies have been recovered.
lie Public, of Paris, reports that at thu
recent interview with Gen. Prim, the EN-
peror renewed his declaration ofabsolutt
non-intervention in the affairs Of Spain, anC
declined to accede to the request thai
France shou1d make representations against
the recognition of the Cuban insurgents a,
belligerents by the United States. -.
The London Times predicts that til,
Ecumenial Council will not sit longer tina,
three weeks, and will declare the inftllli
bility of the Pope, on the proposal of al
English prelate. ] It also believes that tn
recent syllabus of the Pope will be mad,
law, and the assumption Of the Virgin vii
be proclaimed. 80 81 :. > -,
The International Workingmen's Con
gress assembled in Bassle on the 18th.
largo number Of delegates arc present. =
Congratulatory letters and dispatches from
all parts of Europe and Moth Amesics
have been received. Mr.. Cameron, thi
American delegate, made speech, and in
vited delegates to attend the National Iabol
Congress- to be helda Cincinnati in 1870.
~ --Advices are received of the total wrocl
! of the Indian mail steamer Caranatic off tn,
Island of Shabun in the Red Sea. TIL,
steamer had on board large amount o
specie for London, Which was lost. Five
passengers, nine of the crew and fifteen ma
tives are missing, and it is supposed the.
are drowned.
james Armstrong shot his wife doai
in North Bridgewater, on the 10th.
Henry Willetts, 'ofo Detroit; was killed
by burglar in his house on s:Wednesila,
night ;. r:.
* duel vas fought in san MN Francisco Of
the15th between James II: gmedbnrK ani
J. B., Gardner: 1smedburg had two finger
shot %: -,
Daniel Richardson killed Silas p
Casey opposite Henderson, KY, Saturday
barrel Both were AatbOatmen. The mur
\ ,derer was arrested. 49,
! Tho Grand Jury Of Monroe county,
ILL.,, hos indicted McCoole, Allen and Gal
lagher, and the sheriff of the county has
sont to Springfield Mo- for a requisit'on
for 'theirarrest. "'
T. >s:Frelerick Branzert fatally stabbed his
two sons, John and Frederick, Thursday
evening in tho town of Union, N. J., during
family fight. He was arrested. He at
tempted to cut his own throat, but failed.
| Louisa and Nancy Davis have been ar
rested in St Louis for perjury, in making
false and fraudulent returns to the Bank
rupt Court, and hold to bail in tho sum of
$1,000 each to appear before the United
! Statoa Commissioner.
Last evening during M alteration in
street car in Philadelphia between Ber-
nard Hagen and a man named Quinn, the
latter shot Hagen through tho body, inflict-
ing wound which will probably prove
| fatal. Qninn escaped.
Tho body of O. Hillman. of Tennessee,
was found in the river at Cairo on tho 18th,
with his throat out He was last seen