Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-11-18
GENERAL ITEMS.
Personal.

GENEKAL lTEMS.
Personal.
One Of John Tyler's sons is editing the
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser:
- Mrs. Senator Sprague has--and it
was girl.
Rev. Thomas Gordon Penn, the last
male descendant of VIM. Penn, died in
England not long since.
Louisa Muhlbach will visit America
next year. Won't toadies 90 for ride on
that mules. back thought
Franklin's autobiography, in an italian
translation, has appeared in Florence, and
1t Is to be followed by his essays and selec-
tions from his letters.
The ltev. Charles Beecher, of George
town, Mass, brother of Henry Ward
Beecher, will be compelled, through i'll
health, to resign his pastoral duties.
Young Frank Hawthorne Pierce. neph-
CIV Of the late ex-President, is highly spo-
ken of among the Princeton students ~
talented and promising young man.
Uncle Billy Cantrill, over 20 years old,
residing in Decatur, ILL.,, challenges the
state of Illinois to produce a man of his
age who will outshoot him ut any number
of birds.
--'Josh Billings" has prepared bur-
lesque upon the old-fashioned ,':Farmer's
Almanac" full of weather prognostica-
tons, family recipes and moral advice to
farmers
The two oldest bank officers in the
United States are Eliphalet Williams, pres
idont of the Northampton National Band,
who is in his Goth year, and Stalham Will
liams, president of the Utica Savings Bank,
who is in his 9th year.
Father Hyacinthe's conduct creates
great deal of talk in Rome. The Pope was
much depressed for several days after the
news came, but his Holiness seems more
cheerful. The Council Hall arrangements
divert his thoughts q little from what must
be to him, however, and every Roman
Catholic, sorrowful affair.
"A French paper reports that 'the most
brilliant of the stars of song" by which
every one will recognize the Marquise de
Caux, "has signed a splendid engagement
to sing in Russia 1t is stipulated in the
treaty that the diva promises-you would
never guess what-to have no children
during the period of her engagement And
her husband has written at the bottom of
the contract: The above writing is read
and approved.
Foreign.
Brass buttons with device of shovel
and pickaxe are sold in Paris under the
title of ''Boutons de Traupmaun," or ''Sou-
venirs de Pantin."
The following is copied from placard
inviting worshippers to Bethesda Chapel in
Chaplain, England:-''Ned Wright, who
| before his conversion was convicted three
| times of burglary, will deliver gospel ad-
dress. Come and welcome! No collection p
The servant-gal question lately assum-
ed new phase in Alais, France. All the
female servants OF the town organized and
went on strike for three concessions: in
creased pay, decreased labor, and the priv
! ilege Of receiving their ttcousins" in the
kitchen. A compromise was effected, the
third demand being acceded to, and the
others refused. As the domestics cared
most about that point, they yielded the
others and returned to their Kitchens.
| Accidents from machinery in facto-
ries, in England, during the six months
ending April 80, 1869, amounted In num-
Der to 1901, Of which fifty-three were fatal.
The total number of accidents, whether
from machinery or other causes, amounted
to 8, III. With this large number OF casu-
alties, only 43O informations against own
ers was laid, and III of these were with
drawn on payment Of costs. The convic-
tons were 265, and the fines inflicted
amounted to S2,11O.
An sEarl's brother" advertises in q
London paper that he requires loan Of
.elO0, and as security twould admit a lady
or gentleman into his family circle to board
and lodge" But this impecunious aristo-
| crat, a scion, doubtless, Of the noble house
| of Bareacres, adds, Preferences required"
which must;prove aamper to many vul-
gar persons who imagined that for SO tri-
fling consideration as e100 they might en-
joy the society of an 'Earl's brother"
| --"Musical gymnastics is q term not
unfrequently used in igurative sense, but
it is an accomplished fact in London
Music hall. One MIR. Forrest and his sons
performed on tight rope while playing on
violins, and they wound up by series of
somersaults, each playing fiddle, without
missing note. during his performance.
The spectacle of an orchestra performing
a symphony by Beethoven, keeping time
with the conductors baton, in series Of
jumps and solne.sanlts, would be sure to
attract great crowd.
Tho Bulletin de Lois gives the follow
it,s; statistics OF the increase Uf tlle poirt-
lation of France during the last twenty
years: In 1916, the number of inhabitants
amounted to 50, 400, 1856; in 1856, to sc, O39,
1854; and, in 1865, to 38,O67, 094. The in-
crease in the first ten years was 666. COS,
and in the second ten years 2, 1927, $50. The
large increase during the second period is
due to the annexation of Savoy and Nice,
in 1860. In 1863, there were $50, 967 births,
795, COZ deaths, and $50, 600 marriages. In
1868, there were 1,0O6, 258 births, 8S4, 573
deaths, and 802. 1856 marriages.
james Thompson and James McCor-
mick, aged II and 10, were arrested at
Jersey City on the 5th, for robbing the
post-office ct Rockaway, N. j.
Two farmers named Tod and Robin
son, near Tate's Greek, KY, got into a
quarrel about shooting mules, when the
latter was shot and killed by the former.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
rob the safe of the Long Island Railroad at
Hunters Point, on the night of the 4th.
The Waterman was gagged and bound. but
the robbers failed in their purpose.
u. H. Beadle, editor of the Utah Re-
porter, while attending the Probate Court,
on the I'd, at Brigham City, was set uron
and beaten nearly to death. The cause of
the attack is claimed to be his writing
against polygamy.
10. Coppini and wife have been SEN
fenced to the peniteatiary for and year,
respectively, for dealing in counterfeit
money at St. Louis prominent detective
says that Joseph Coppini has probably
given circulation to nearly a million dol.
lars Of spurious money since 1857.
jacob WEIGH, postmaster at New Por-
tage, Ohio. shot and instantly killed a bur-
glar named VIM. Winter, who was trying
to enter his store WEIGH had frequently
discovered traces of depredations, and con.
Guided to put stop to them, and did so by
watching for and shooting the offender.
Winter had serveda term in the penitentia-
ry for robbing the mail.
Pike, who is to be hung at Concord.
N. H., on Thursday next, for murder,
makes request, which will probably be
granted, that quartette of young ladies
in Concord who have often sung to him
and other prisoners, be allowed to remain
in his cell after he passes out for the last
time, and sing while the preparations to
launch him into eternity are being conclu-
ded-that is, after the cap ia drawn over
his face, while the straps and ropes are
being adjusted. He also requests that no
relatives of the victim shall be admitted to
witness his death.
Casualties.