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

GENERAL ITEMS.
Personal.
Ono 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 20 for ride on
that mules. back thought
-Franklin's autobiography, in an italian
translation, has appeared In Florence, and
u Is to be followed by his essays and selec-
tons from his letters.
The Rev. Charles Beecher, of George
town, Mass, a brother of Henry Ward
Beecher, will be compelled, through ill
health, to resign his pastoral duties.
Young Frank Hawthorne Pierce. neph-
ew Of the late ex-President, is highly spo.
ken of among the Princeton students as a
talented and promising young man.
Uncle Billy Cantrill, over 70 years old,
residing in Decatur, ILL.,, challenges the
state of Illinois to produce q man of his
age who will outshoot him at any number
of birds :s.t,,:f; a. -.
Josh Billings" has prepared . bur-
lesque upon the old-fashioned, Farmers
Almanac" full of weather pfognostica-
lions, family recipes and moral advice to
farmers.
The two Oldest bank officers in the
United States are Eliphalet Williams, pres
ident of the Northampton National Band,
who is in his 9Oth year, and Stalham Will
liams, president of the Utica Savings Bank,
who is in his 9th year.
Father Hyacinthe's conduct creates a
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, a 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, t'has signed splendid engagement
to sing in Russia. It is stipulated in the
treaty that the diva promises-you would
never guess what-to have no chfidren
| during the period of her engagement. And
her husband has written ct the bottom of
the contract: The above writing is read
and approved ~ -
| -; 49,, = Foreign. -9... 4.,H,
| Brass buttons with q device of q shovel
and pickaxe are sold in Paris under the
title of ':Boutons de Traupmaun," or ssSou-
venirs de Pantin." =. .......
The following is copied from a 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 r.
| The servant-gal question lately ASSUME
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 ,:.'cousins" 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 3.O61, of which fifty three were fatal.
The total number of accidents, whether
from machinery. or other causes, amounted
to 8, 1T. With this large number OF casu.
alties, only 430 informations against own.
ers was laid, and 1T of these were with
drawn on payment of costs. The convic-
tions were 265, and the fines inflicted
amounted to 81, 40. III .;st-e- ...ss..
An 'Earl's brother" advertises in .
London paper that he requires loan of
e10O, and as security swould admit q lady
or gentleman into his family circle to board
and lodge" But this impecuniods aristo-
crat, q scion, doubtless, OF the noble house
| of Bareacres, adds, Preferences required, y
which must!prove aamper to many vnl-
gar persons who imagined that for 80 tri-
fling consideration as s10O they might en-
joy the society of an ':Earl's brother. "''2.s
-" Musical gymnastics" is o. term not
unfrequently used in fguntive sense, but
it Is an accomplished fact in q London
Music hall. One Mr.. 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 somersaults, would be sure to
attract great crowd. - ;. ..-.,a..,..
The Bulletin de Lois gives the follow
T al
lation of France. during the 7 last twenty
years: In 1876. the number of inhabitants
amounted to IS, 400, 1856; in 1856, to 81, O39,
1854; and, in 1866, to 80, O67, 094. The in
crease in the first ten years was CSC. COS,
and in the second ten years 2, 1927, 100. The
large increase during the second period is
due to the annexation of Savoy and Nice,
in 1860. In 1863, there were 936, 9967 births,
795, COZ deaths, and 200, 6O9 marriages. In
1868, there were 1,0O6, 258 births, 1884, 57a
deaths, and 500. 1856 marriages.
james Thompson and James McCor-
mick, aged II and 10, were arrested at
Jersey City on the 9Th, for robbing the
post-office at Rockaway, N. j. -fs'- ~"
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 watch tl1l vas gagged and bound. but
the robbers failed in their purpose.
j. H. Beadle, editor of the Utah Re
porter, while, attending the Probate Court,
on the I'd, at Brigham City, was set ulon
and beaten nearly to death. The cause of
tho attack is claimed to be his writing
against polygamy. ,.-.... -, 1884,; :,
-Jo. Coppini and wife have been SEN
fenced to the peniteatiary for S and year,
respectively, for dealing in counterfeit
money at st. Louis. "A prominent detective
says that Joseph Coppini has probably
given circulation to nearly = million dol
lars of spurious money since 1857. -, y
| Jacob WEIGH, postmaster at New Por-
tage, Ohio. shot and instantly killed 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 30 by
watching for and shooting the offender:
Winter had served term in the penitentia-
~ for robbing the mail. + ,'-,..,, .,".o.E
Pike, who is to be hung at Concord.
| N. H., on Thursday next, for murder,
makes a 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-i
ded-that is, after the cap is 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. ..,-