Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-09-23
Dreuitics.
Miscellaneous liens.

CHpe Cou yieluh lew cfaDpefI1eS Ibis
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In 1867 there were 3OS 'homicides in
France; in Italy 1926.
Six hundred and five horses were eaten
in Paris in June
Russia is about to introduce trial by
jury as q new pledge Of her progress in
civilization.
- IN Massachusetts this summer the
farm"rs' daughters have helped to make
tho hay. Hired men arc scarce.
A Munich professor estimates the
amount OF beer annually manufactured in
E"r"p" to he equal to 5000, O00, 600 pints.
John Durivage, O nephew of Edward
Everett, and well-knows journalist, actor,
and dra1natist. died ut the City Hospital in .
Memphis, few days ago utterly penniless.
A crazy French legislator was found
STARK naked in q railway carriage, Il wish
my constituents to see me Just M / am"
WAS his explanation.
=, IS sad that Commodore Vanderbilt
went TO Canada to- be married 80 that Fisk
an, ""ni1 should not get ont an Injunction
anu put MS intended into the hands of a
| receive her.
j. b. Ford d Go. have purchased .ho
Church Union. Henry Ward Reecher vii,
edit it after the expiration Of the present
year, and his sermons will appear therein.
Iowa has recently taken its consus, and
returns from all but five counties show a
population Of 1,Oll,Gi1. During tho past
two Years 20, 600 dwellings have been erect
ed in the State.
! The Eastern (Mass.) Railroad carried
more passengers than any other road in
the state during the past year. At the
| small town of Maiden, four miles from
Boston, they have eight hundred regular
yearly commuters.
-l.anndre sscs in Montgomery have
found a new way to increase their Rains.-
They take the clothes to be washed on
Monday morning, hire them out day or
two, and then clean and iron them in time
to be returned on Saturday.
The dogs in Somerset county. N. j..
have made havoc among tho sheep About
fifty have been killed within few weeks
past. emo gentleman, out of flock of
twenty-four, had all killed but one.
The pay roll Of the Chicago Police De-
partm"nt for the month Of August was s2a
! 47.72 The pay roll Of the Fire Depart
m nn Tor the same time footed up s14, 49,
! The Lynchburg vireipian saws that
fifty thousand head Of cattle viii he sent t.
the Northern markets from Southwest Viz
ginia during the coming season.
There were 473 more commitments in
Boston in July and August Of the present
| year titan there we're in the same inonths
last year. And still the city is agitated bv
the question-Is there an open bar in Bos-
ton? 49, V I'D - -
! Announcement was made to the s,u-
dents of Amherst College on Friday morn
ing that Professor }. H. Seelye, had written
a letter declining the Presidency Of the IN
iversity Of Michigan. The students were
greatly pleased
--AIucl}age Of remarkable adhesive prop-
critics is taken from the leaves of Ire tNew
Zealand fax. 1t is TO be largely used in
England for the manufacture Of s;safety en-
velopts:" When two pieces Of paper are
fastened by means Of this gum, no steam
ing Or soaking will separate them.
According to Rev: DR.. .Osgood, eor-
geously dressed beadles, with sword and
staff, move around in the German churches.
and give the faithful a poke by way Of re-
buke when they twist their heads arouzaa
to look at the ladies or see who is coming
in.
On Saturday heavy thunder storm
passed over Nashville, Ill. Mrs. Ada Ian
don, fearing to remain in her house in CON-
lpany with Mrs. Frank Lee, stepped out in
to the yard and took refuge under tree. .
when a bolt of lightning descended, killing
Mrs. Landon, and rendering Mrs. Lee in
sensible, ,ji,v
! Professor Romeo Elton, graduate of
brown University, who returns to Provi-
aencc after seventeen years absence, has
Just founded scholarship of one thousand
dollars in the University in memory Of his
wife. Professor Elton was! professor of {
Greek and Latin in the institution from (
1895 TO 1843, and this is the second scho}-
arship he has endowed.
: Edward Matthews has purchased 4
burial plot atGreenwood occupying 20 lots.
OF cost of S1G,O 0O A vault and temple
will be constructed at cost ofS1OO, 900. -
The price of lots i'll Greenwood cemetery.
II feet by 81, is from 5000 to $500, and Of
single grayes in the public lots from S2Oto
S25. The corporation has now between
$500, 900 and $500, 600 sinking fund, which
will soon be increased to 81, OO0, 600.
! A new arrival ut Sweetwater, Wyom-
ing, was waited upon by gentleman as
soon as he had registered his name at the
hotel, with the offer of the position of de-
putty sheriff. On inquiriug why he was so
mucl, favored, he learned that the last in
cumbent was shot the night before, and
his predecessor on the day presiding
show long does q deputy sheriff live in
these parts?" 'Oh, about twenty -four
hours" The stranger declined the appoint
ment.
a panbury farmer, whose stack Of hay
was growing smaller by degrees and beau
+ tifully less" posted himself one night to
find out the cause, and soon had the salts
faction of seeing fellow approaching with
fork, The farmer waited until TIE thief
| had got his fork full and was Walking of
: with it, when he" came up behind him and
set fire to the hay, which, soon blazsd up
terribly: The fellow was e{ lecttsa3}5y -euRsa-
OF stealing hay from that locality.
: A revival at Richmond, Ind, which has
'Fbeen in progress for about six months is
one OF the most remarkable on record.
About nine hundred persons have been ad-
} ded to the various churches. Out door
meetings have been held twice a week, and
noon-day saloon prayer meeting has be-
come nearly permanent institution. Some-
} times as many as fifteen prayer-meetings in
private houses have been simultaneously
held in different parts of the city.
The terms of the following United
States Senators will expire in 1871, and
|
during tho current year: II. v. Miller,
Georgia.; Richard Yates, Illinois; James w.
Grimes, Iowa; Edmund G. Ross Kansas;
Thomas G. McCreery, Kentucky; VIM Pitt
Fessenden, Maine; Henry Wilson, Massa-
chuSetts; Jacob N. Howard, Michigan;
Daniel S. Norton, Minnesota; John NJ.
'rhayer, Nebraska; Aaron H. Cragin, New
hampshire; Alexander IT, Cattell, New Jer-
sey; George II. Williams, Oregon; Henry
i. Anthony, Rhode Island; Joseph s. Fow-
Ter. Tennessee; Waitman r. Wiley, West
Virginia 1G.
"A good story is told of Quaker land
lord ut Atlantic City. An urchin of five or
; six years was seen by him drumming nois-
lily upon handsome walnut balustnde.
The friend demonstrated with him without
effect and then quietly took him up bodily
and carried him into the back yard. In t.
: moment the boys angry mother made her
appearance and opened upon the landlord
with torrent ofinvective. concluding with
'Ill leave this house instantly" The
Quaker Immediately touched bell and
said to the dark-skinned waiter who re-
sponded to the call, "Leonidas. 60 up to
: AZ and bring down this friends baggage
; when she tells thee she is ready for thee.
II she wants thee to get carriage for her,
or has any other commands until she is
gone, thee will see them attend. Il to. The
, lady suddenly began to cool down, apolog.
lied, and asked to be- allowed t. retain her
room Int only received the renlv s.A[v