Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-07-15
Telegraphic Summary.

Telegraphic Summary.
The internal revenue receipts on Tues
day were s1,715,O 900.
Captain Monroe Harrison, of the q. S.
Army, died at St. Louis on the 9Th, Of
brain fever. '''.,' -.
The President does not contemplate q
prolonged absence from the Capital this
summer. :~ ,.,........-.
Mrs. Grant and children will probably
commence their summer residence ut Long
Branch about the 18th INST.
-Four boys in Washington were very
seriously injured on the. 5th by the explo-
sion of box of powder.
Senior Alfero and Barroa, of the Cuban
Junta, were admitted to bail on Tuesday in
the sum of $4,000 each.
On Saturday night burglars entered the
Office of the Revenue Collector at Hamil-
ton, O., and stole $1,000.
Mr.. Stevens was run over at Corners
vile, Indiana, Saturday, by the train on
the White River Valley Railroad, and killed.
On Monday night Henry Hoffman was
run over and killed, at Avondale Station,
Ohio, by the train on the Marietta Railroad.
The mill and lumber yard of w. w.
Cooke & Son, of Whitehall, N. Y, was
burned on the 5th. Loss from $500 to
S75,OO0 p ..
Thomas Dards, an apprentice on the
Memphis Avalanche, was run over by a
train on the Memphis & Charleston road,
Monday night, and killed.
"A fire at Plainfeld, N. j., Tuesday
morning, destroyed the stores of Richell &
Ramsey, NJ. Vermude, j. s. Durham, and
damaged that of Boyce & Thorne. Loss,
$50, 600; two-thirde insured.
Thomas and John Kelly were buried
by the caving-in of an immense bank of
earth on the Rock Island & Pacific Rail-
road track, about three miles west of Daven-
port, on the 5th. John was got out alive,
although seriously injured. It was several
hours before Thomas was reached, and he
was quite dead. -
-Seventy-five thousand pounds of wool,
from Southern Colorado and New Mexico
have been shipped east from Sheridan, Kan
sas, this month, and one hundred and fifty
thousand pounds additional are now wait
ing shipment at that point. The WOOL
trade Of that region promises to be very
great. -
-Thompson's Hotel at Lake Mahopac,
n Y, was entirely destroyed by fire on Tues
day. All the guests, numbering 200, were
removed to the neighboring hotels. A
great part Of the furniture and baggage was
saved in a damaged condition. The loss is
estimated at $500, 600, mostly covered by
insurance.
York on Monday night, buildings 1862, $50
and thirteen persons had narrow escape,
barely getting out with their lives. Men
delsshon & Stone, dry goods dealers, in
whose store the fire commenced, have been
arrested, charged with arson. They claim
to have lost ST. 900, and are insured.
Other losses, 5000; insured. .''5i !
AT Elgin, Illinois, on the 5th. while
large crowd were gathered on the Union
bridge, which spans the Fox river, witness-.
ing tub race, ono, VI lilo epo..e e.vos WY
and precipitated about one hun bred men,
women and children into the river in al
most inextricable confusion, and also .
span of horses. Fortunately the river was
not more than four feet deep, and it is be-
lieved that none were drowned, although
quite number were more or less injured.
Two of the number, Mr.. Tourtelotte and
young child, are not expected to recover.
This is the same bridge that broke down
less than a year since, under the weight of
o drove Of cattle. The accident yester-
day, it is said, occurred from the defective
construction of an abutment, and from the
sudden rush of the crowd from one side OF
the bridge to the other.
The Congressional excursion party
now visiting Kansas, by invitation of the
Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, consist
ing of Senators Scott of Pennsylvania, Rice
of Arkansas, Shurz and Drake of Missouri, I
and Representatives Morrill, of Pennsylva-
MIA, Van Horn and Tinkelburg Of Missouri,
arrived Monday evening at Salina. Kansas,
and on Tuesday continued their trip by
special train to Sheridan, the present ter
minus of the road. Thence they will 60,
via Puebla and Pixies Peak, to Denver.
General Schofeld and staff accompany
them to Colorado. Saturday tho party at
tended the celebration of the opening of
the new bridge at Kansas City. Sunday
was spent at Leavenworth, and on Monday
special train of the Kansas Pacific took
them to Salina. stopping at Topeka, where
they crossed the new bridge OF the Atchl-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad across
the Kansas river. The citizens Of Topeka
turned out in goodly numbers, and gave
the party m impromptu but cordial vel
come, at which Senators Scott and Drake
a..