Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
THE N EW S .
miscellaneous


mittance to tho i'terior OF the Jail, but the
assistant jailer fred on them and called the
police. the rli.i.ns fl eeing.
Two hundrr! rc"t Of the roof of the iron
depot of tho Rensselaer, Railroad in Saratoga,
was crushed by tho weight Of snow Monday
afternoon. Nobody hurt.
NEWMAN, of Illinois, has been appointed
First Deputy Commissioner of Internal Rove
nue. for that state, vice II. ] Sweet, appointed
First Deputy Commissioner.
1T is stated that Fisk has paid Miss Mans
field 5000 for the settlement of hcr libel
suit against him,
Tnt Lower House Of the Missouri Legisla-
turo has passed a concurrent resolution asking
Congress to pass law granting full amnesty
to all who have beer depriv, d Of their rights
az citizens.
RETURNS received in Washington Indicate
that tho cotton crop will yield three aud one
third million halo@.
The Pos, master General has ordered the
extension Of the mail service on the West
Wisconsin Railroad from Menominee to Hud-
son, 43 miles, at all additional cost of 50, 300
per annlim
DoN MANUEL CABAz, citizen of Ecuador,
and Manuel Cllt'ero Collector of Customs of
tho Mexican urt of L,Paz, have been arrested
in San Francisco on a warrant char gins them
with piracy in aeiZing tho American schooner
q. eenwuod. for alleged violation of Law, at
Magdalena Bay. Oct. 2Sth. The Lower Cali
fornla Company Hppcals to he the principal
mOvorm tie prosecution.
tuNrENNlNu tho California insurance COM
panles We learn that tho Occidental Ins,lr. nee
Company has lciusurcd outstanding policies,
aud the Pacific Insurance Company will have
a deficit OF over 5i0D,OO which portion the
stockholders will make up by subscription.
A REPORT was presented to the South Caro-
lima House of Representatives last Thursday,
by the ro:nmi:tee of Investigation. headed by
&. G. Bowen, to the effect that the state has
been defraudei l.; over-i~s,,e of S6,3l4. 600
The committee recommend that the House
take the Necessary steps to hnIl accountable
t. se persons who violated the law and ruined
the credit Of the state.
TuE War Derartn e1i, in general orders an
nolln"c to Ia 1rnly the death of Brig. Gen.
Robert Anderson, Of Fort Sumter memory,
and PAYS handsome compliment to his mill
tary services and private character. On the
arrival OF his re- :la,ils On tho shlp-of- war
Guerrierrc, orders will be issued to 10 them
honor.
The Prosile:lt on Thursday aent to the Sen
ate the name of George II. Williams, of Ore
gon, to be Attorney General in place Of Acker
man, whose resignation is to take effect Jan
uary 10th; also tho following nominations
Joseph VI. Corey, Associate Justice of the
Supreme Conrt of Wyoming: = J. Sweet, of
Illinois. First Deputy Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue.
On Thursday Miss Tennie C. Clatii appear
ed at the Jefferson Market Court New York,
and complained to Justice Shandley that her
father and mother were source of continual
annoyance to her and Miss Woodruff She
c"mplalnod specifically that they went to her
residence on Wednesday, evening last and Gre
ated great disturbance. warrant was issued
for their arrest.
The Erie Railway Company has restored the
fifty thousand shares claimed by the English
bondhoders.
The cotton firm of VIM. Wright, Of New
York city, has settled on the basis of seventy
five cents on the dollar, and will resume
shortly
A PRIVATE letter from San Domingo says tho
two years lease of the Bay of Samana having
expired, the United States flag has been hauled
down.
The wool crop of the United States for the
year ending in June, 1870, according to the
census returns. amounted to $lO1, ,2S4, ,G78, in
Guiding 81, ,929,G47 from the Northwestern
states
UPWARDS of eighty buildings have been
erected at Holland since tho fire, which de-
stroyed most of the town in October. Many
are shanties and temporary structures but
there are some far better than were ever built
there BEFORE
Mr. CALLANDoR, the National Bank Exam
iner, was arrested in New Jersey, on Tuesday
evening, on warrant issued by Commissioner
Osborne, on charge of receiving bribe of
S75.O 900 from the Ocean National Bank.
The New York Colonization Society, at their
annual meeting, reelected Prof. Morse Presi-
dent. The contributions in the state, the past
year, III aid Of the American Society amount
to $4,000.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States has announced to the bar
that the opinion III le.5al-tcnder cases will be
real al an early day after the recess, and that
the delivery Of these opinions had been post
poncd at the request Of the minority.
HE Board of Arbitration of the Lehip31
region unanimously agreed to continue the
rate OF miners wages as paid in the year 1871
for 1892.
A PASSENGER train on the Pittsburg and
Conne4lsville Railroad, ran from the track near
West Newton, Wednesday morning. Twelve
persons were injured, two seriously
JUSTICE HAEra1AN, of New York. has been
indicted for 70 >ery in privately altering the
Judgment of another court.
HERE IS rumor in Printing House Square
that Horace Greeley will soon publish a long
letter declining p ,!itlcal honors under any cir
a anil, ,aT,, ~,
"r any oilice. It Is belle ved that he takes surh
curse to prevent all disharmouy among Re-
ui icnns
AN ilictnent has Eeel found against F. A
Marden. cL.u, ing him w. III embezzling :l2,-
Ooo OF the ':lted StAtes, and against Seth
Johnson. Charged with embezzling $40, ,OOO
DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARv1N. of New York.
states that to his knowledge the name CT
John {. Heeaan has not even been before the
grand jury, and he is not aware of any indict-
ment against Heenan
A MOB of Degroes took John H. Saunders
Jasper Dugoen and Curtis Garrett from Jail
at Lake City, Arkansas, where they we're con
lined for the murder of negro lawyer named
Wym"t, and shot them to death. After kill
ing tue prisoners the mob took possession of
the town, which they still held at last counts
and many OF the citizens had fled for safety
HH. NJ. Twill. i, reported to have said his
enemies have exhausted their mali.nity that
they can DO linn further harm; that thew
are aware that they cannot convict him of
anything, and cart put him in prison by anv
legal sillclnery. llo now EXPIRE ses the deter
mi lation not to resign either of his Offices
Two freight trains on the Michigan Central
Railroad collidel NEAR Niles about ten O'Clock
Friday morning. The locomotive attached to
each train was demniished and ten or twelve
cars were thrown from the track and broken
into fragments, the road being covered with
the debris. Three men were killed instantly
th9 cnHlnoors and tho renen Of the up train
and two severely I'M ured-the fireman of the
down tram and irakeman. The names Of
the victims are not t,iven.
:''.icigE.
QrEEEt spec Il states that on Friday night
in the Hn 'se of Assembly, one OF the leaders
of the opposition created great excitement
by charging bribery and corruption upon the
agents of the ministry eciting cheers from
the galleries. The Speaker had the galleries
cleared by armed police, when the crowd or
ganzed meeting outside which was address
e1 by prominent annexationists, who claimed
that annexation to the United States was pre-
ferablc tD armed rovincal tyranny
TIE Swiss Federal Assembly has paased a
bill interdictinH tho establishment of Jesuit