Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-08-26
lTEWS Ey.z'sll1Esy@:5
miscellaneous.

1t is said that the summer visitors at
Newport leave no lcsH than two millions q
year there.
A clergyman in Virginia has invented
q peanut picker and cleaner tlut will do tie
work OF twenty men.
w. i. Van Dcuscn q prominent bro
kcr Of Chicago has abscon'lcd with So
600 in government bonds belonging to q
New York house.
- The I'intc Indians :cru.t. the whites
! Of having changed the climate OF \, v.ulu
They say that ii rains now moro tilan be-
fore the coming Of civilization.
"A horse tanner named Mngncr Git ought
to be mangcr) is astonishing buffalo with
his wonderful fc:ts in tanning vicious studs.
ole puts his hands in his pockets and
| makes Il horse lie down ten times"
There is young lady in Harris county
Georgia, who has ploughed, sowed and cul-
tivated without help five acres Of cotton and
has Il crop nearly ready to harvest She
was wealthy before the war.
The Atlanta (GA.) Mtc]ligcnccr an
nounccB the sale OF lands at Kirkwood on
Friday. Nineteen thousand one hundred
and fifteen acres were sold ut prices ranging
from thirty-ninc to scvcnty-ninc dollars per
acre.
"A Mrs. Boone, in o lecture at Boston,
| made the statement that 'lhcrc We're more
deaths than births among the strictly Amer
| lean children, so that aside from foreign
parentagc, the population Of the various
states was steadily decreasing"
In keokuk, Iowa, few days ago, a
young dog of valuable breed got sick. His
| master administered an emctic, and the
''purp" vomited up about half pint Of
leather-headed taclss which he had "gob-
bled' out of one of the carpets.
They have now at Saratoga Young
| lady possessing eight trunks Of Partisan
toilettes, several boxes Of lingerie, and S1O,-
600 i'll rings, earrings, brooches, necklaces
and other ornaments. Five years ago this
| dcmoiselle resided over ler fathers dram
shop in Sixth avenue, New York.
Tile Chicago Post says: at is u-
pleasant at all times to sec valuable prop
erty bequcathed to the flames; but when
such fires as that at Philadelphia are doom
ed to occur, it is very consoling to have
whisky for its food. Better five thousand
barrels of whisky than five thousand bar
rels Of flonr.'
There is trouble at Davenport, between
the Catholic people and the G. r. I. IL p.
L. r. Co., caused by the latter tearing
down the fence of the Catholic Cemetery,
| preparatory to running the track through
the enclosure. A lawsuit has arisen out OF
the matter.
| Only one passenger has been killed on
the Iowa Division of the Chicago, Rocl.
Island and Pacific Railroad, since it was
first opened to the public, rs the NJ. e. NJ.
Railroad, in 1855. He met his death
through carelessly standing upon car
PLATFORM.
The American Association for the Ad.
vancement Of Science will meet at Salem,
Mass, on the 18th inst, and the proceed
ings, embracing as they will, the observa
tons Oh the recent eclipse, together will
the dedication Of the Peabody Academy
Of Sciences, promise to be Of unusual in
terest.
The new postoffice ri New York is tc
be connected with tho various newspaper
offices by means of pneumatic tubes, by
which tho editions intended for the mails
can be sent directly into the basement Of
the postoflice, and there distributed in the
mail bags.
One Of the Sandwich Islands has q
Mormon plantation Of 289 adults. They ell
gage in sugar culture and export it, Sal
Lake City.
In the island of Hawaii there are two
lakes, side by side, one Of fresh wate7
and the other salt. Both arc far above tllt
level of tho sea.
-Manoli, the Turkish brigand, has a
last been killed. The Turks are indignan
that a Christian was the author Of hi
| 1aofI o,,1 a1Oinoc ho + e. l.; I
Tho German Frauenvcrein, or women
Association, will meet at Casscl in Octobe
to discuss female education and tho posi-
ton of female teachers.
The Countess of Grey appeals for hell
for the East London Family Emigration
Committee, which she says has alread
sent out COB emigrants to Canada who or
all doing we'll, and to send out whom
cost but sixpence head.
"A Frcnchman has invented n hand
some table churn, so that persons ma
make their butter at the table while break
fast is going Oh. 1t takes but three min
utcs' times, and the machine is gorgcou
with cut glass and silver.
Sir Henry Bulwer has written life Q
Lord Palmerston. Most valuable assist
ance has been placed in his hands by Lad
; Palmerston i'll the shape Of diary KEEP
by her husband from the year 1927. Com
mencing at that time, it takes in the storm
, times which accompanied the formation 9
the Canning Ministry and the secession {
f Lord Palmerston, Mr.. HusIisson, Lor
Goderich, and the Marquis Of Landstlown
from the Ministry which the Duke {
} Wellington formed after Canning's death
} According to the statistics of 1865 Their
are in Europe 1G6, 800 deaf and dumb, 219,
600 blind, 305. $50 insane and imbecile pei
sons: Insanity is most frequent in tn
northwest OF Europe. and toward til
southeast gradually decreases. Climate
nationality, and even religion, appear t
exert an influence upon some of these dis
cases. Cold, damp and mist appear t
crease diseases of the mind much NOR
} than great heat. The only country whic
rivals the north in such diseases is Switze1
land, with its comparatively cold Alpin
} region.
The Moscow Gazette says that Mr.. Pei
ry Collins, formerly Agent OF the Unite
States Government for the Amoor district
left Washington on the % of June for Lon
don and st. Petersburgh, in order to NAL;
preparations for laying down telegraph
cable between Russia aud America. Hi
|
Pacific, starting from tho western coast c
America, and proceeding by the Alcutia
,, and Kerile Islands and Japan, to China an
Siberia" The Moscow Gazette adds thu
''sevelal capitalists have offered considers
BILE sums for this great work.
Personal.
Bismarck has nearly finished his trans
lation Of Euclid.
, Gen. Mcclellan and family will visi
Long Branch this month.
Gen. Garibaldi has delayed his visit t.
, England for the present.
} -NIazzini has left Switzerland, and vii
again take up his residence in England.
Thomas Holland an Eric engineer
has fallen heir to 5000, 900 in England.
An exquisite ut Long Branch drives
tandem team ornamented with white lcatb
er harness.
Tho nephew and heir-presumptive c
an Irish earl is book-keepcr in n Nc'
| York distillely.
J. NJ. Peoples, Of the Chicago Cnivcrs
has started for Trcbisond, Turkey, whcr
: he is to act as consul.
"A St. Louis millionaire -NIarston b
name has arrived at Long Branch with a
elegant four-in-hand cquilhsge.
The Galesburg FREQ Press has a com
position who, although only twenty years c
age, has worked in every State in tho Un
ion.
Judge Ridgcway, noted as the invcn
tor OF tho Ridgeway revolving turret TO
iron-clads, died on the 18th inst, aged S
years.
Henry Keen said. abonf war ooc