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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
A Mystery with u Ridiculous Fraturc.

There IS a horrible mystery ut Han
over, N. H., but, as in most human
affairs, it has managed to present a
ridiculous feature. Two Dartmouth
College students, while stroll1ng by the
Connecticut River, discovered the
body Of woman floating in the water
with the face mnff)cd up in Il shawl,
and the hands fastened to the sides
A dispute arose as to whether New
Hampshire or Vermont had iur,s,lic-
ton in the case, and meantime the
body was allowed to lie in the river.
It was finally settled in favor of the
Granite State, and the Hanover Cor
oner will have something to do Tor the
first time within the memory OF man.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
Tim ronorta IF snvoro1

TIE reports of several great English
submarine telegraph companies show
them to be very successful. The Brit.
ish Indian Company pays 9pcr cent.
the Anglo o-MediterruHean Company
pays Is per cent, and the others also
declare large dividends.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20

The sugar-cane of Louisiana has de-
generated to such an extent that the
planters have sent an agent to Java and
Sumatra to procure vigorous cane nom
the East Indies.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
Freight Traffic Of the Central Pacific
Rai1rnoA

The general freight agent of the Gen.
trail Pacific Railroad has sent the San
Francisco Bulletin the following state
ment of the through freight forwarded
over the road in April:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
Total. .....4,78l,18

All the tea, leather, silk, cotton,
quicksilver, Australian wool, together
with 545, 457 lbs. California wool, 12O,-
600 lbs. flour, 251,5l6 lbs. salmon.
298, 259 lbs. wine and 1,638, 1876 lbs.
merchandise, went from San Francisco,
and the remainder from interior cities,
including 40,68S lbs. wine, 70, 500 lbs.
salmon, 40, 76O ll's. wool, 100, ,274 lbs.
merchandise, together with the fruit
and live stock from Sacramento. The
remainder of the -four went from
Marysville.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
The Crews in the Recent international
Boat Race.

The following are the names and ap-
proximate weights of the rival crews in
the recent boat race between the Eng
lish and American clubs:
IONOOn ROWING cHnn
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
CONTENTS OF THE sATCHEL.

The following memorandum in the
Captain s own handwriting, which was
found in his trunk at home, affords evi.
dence of the contents of the riaed
satchel:
MAY 13, 1872.
The following are the securities which
now hold, aud those marked with the letter D
shall. on my arrival at New York, place in
the Safe Deposit, l2O Broadway, Equitable
Building, for cOnvenience:
D Ten Central Pacific, LIST mort, 6 per
D Eight Union Pacific, LIST mort, 6per ;r'A'''''
o Twelve Connecticut Valley, ist m., ''''
D fTwenty.nine u. s. Gov. 5-2os, ~. ''
isfi Fifteen sac U: 'Gsy Gov ;-sos, IS; ay $4,000
and November. ........... ......... $4,000
Six Connecticut State Gs. .......... 5000
Five Danvllle, Urbana, Pokin and
Bloomington Railroad bonds w 5000
Ten Shepang Valley shares. ...... 900
Twenty one Rochester Water Loan ,oo
Bonds II 600
I also hold life ins,,rances to tho amount Of
$193,o 900, and Coupons duo LIST May, on
United States Bonds. G. NJ. G.
Two former lists, and bearing date
Sept. z, 1871, and another April 4,
1872, were also found, showing how
frequently he revised his inventory,
and the steady improvement he was
making in his financial affairs. 1t will
be observed that in the last list he III.
dicates oil but three securities as hav-
ing been placed in the Safe Deposit
Company's vaults This WIS, of
course, anticipatory, rs ut that time lie
was only negotiating for IN apartment.
But as he subsequently secured the
apartment, which he was to have occu-
pied last week Thursday, which he
failed to do; as he had withdrawn his
box from the bank ut Litchfield; rs he
had that satchel with him on the fatal
night which he was guarding so care.
fully; aud above all, as the securities
so indicated are missing, while the
others are found ut his late residence,
exactly as described in 'hc mcmoran-
dun, the conclusion, is ,i.,tih'r that
he had them with him tEh n"l,;, aud
was doubtless taking them to the vault
for deposit.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
The following is list of the compa
MES in which Captain Colvocoresses was
s173,000
Ao'~1...''.'' '''..'.'............ ,OUO
All of this amount, saving $19, 900

All of this amount, saving $4,000
and TIE s., 600 in the Berkshire Com.
pany, was effected since January 18th,
1872, and of the total amount $i68, 600
was effected through A. E. Smith, of
the firm Of Blanchard e. Smith, mana
gers of the Commonwealth Life, 178
Broadway. The premiums are paya-
BILE semi-annually, and amount to about
IS, 600. The policies we're payable to
himself.
Captain Colvocoresses had an ap.
pointment with Mr. A. E. Smith at the
Astor House, on Tuesday, and was on
his way to New York to keep the ap-
pointment when his death occurred.
Reliable and competent witnesses
testify that only a few moments pre-
vious to the shot they saw men stand
ing in close conversation on the corner
of Clinton! and Main streets, mot one
hundred feet from where the shooting
occurred. Of allthe rumors afloat this
is the only grain of truth that can be
sifted out at the present time, but it is
confidently expected that further devel-
Opments will soon unravel the mystery.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
Movement Of Grain.

GEOIu INC N6W 1O1K COmmeEClAl AUVeEtl0efs
There is very decided tendency of
grain this year toward the St. Law
renee: During the year ending May
31st there were shipped from Chicago,
Toledo and Milwaukee /. 797, ,961 BUSH
els Of corn. OF this amount nearly
one-half, or 8O9, 900 bushels, went to
Canadian ports. There are now three
lines of foreign steamers which sails
from Montreal, and three ships sail
each week. They have a capacity of
about 18O, 900 bushels of grain. The
grain traffic of Canada increases very
rapidly. Commerce goes to the cheap
est channels. Our laws impose expen-
sive burdens on everything, and the
Dominion offers advantages once
possessed by us. The Erie canal
opens this year at a disadvantage.
The water is low. The supply is in
adequate !; legislation has failed to
promote the canal interest, and a
drought of two years continuance, has
enhanced all the Inconvenience and
hindrances which before existed. Nor
Is grain alone the only product which is
removed from this port. The Bulletin
states that few days ago "no less
than so vessels were receiving lumber
in Quebec for South America and other
markets. Formerly all this trade be-
longed to New York, but, while Quebec
is crowded, there is scarcely half a
dozen vessels receiving lumber in this
port for foreign destinations" We can
rejoice in the prosperity of our neigh
bors, but New York may not see any
of its legitimate traffic slipping away
from it without concern. Energy and
economy will bring it all back.
Large Importation Of Wild Animals.
From the N. Y. Sun.
A large lot of exceedingly rare wild
animals was landed on Saturday last
from the steamer Minia, belonging to
the Anglo-Egyptian Navigation Com
pany, from Alexandria via Antwerp.
Among the most interesting of these
were two-horned rhinoceros, the first
one ever brought to this country; a
great variety of antelopes, including
specimens of seven Or eight species
that have not been seen here until now;
some peculiar foxes from Africa, with
ears nearly rs long as those Of mule;
curious African sheep; several varieties
of the ibex; bears, hyenas, tigers,
birds, and numerous small animals.
An addax, with very long spiral horns,
was one of the most singular of these
animals. Out of this collection royal
Bengal tiger, spotted hyena, nyi.
CHAN, and some smaller animals were
sent to Central Park; the remainder
were shipped to Van Amburgh's menag.
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At the time of his death the captain
was getting ready to go to Washington,
and perhaps further south, to be alb.
sent some time. He had previously
secured his valuable papers in a tin
chest, which he kept in the safe of the
First National Bank of Litchfeld. In
anticipation of going away, he called
upon the Safe Deposit Company, l2O
Broadway, and investigated their man
ner of aoing business. Being pleased
with it, he spoke for an apartment
in their vaults for his own
securities. Last week he wrote
to them from Litchfeld, ask
ing of them that his apartment
might be ready for him on Thursday,
May 80. On that day he came to the
city. While there he was very busy.
He called at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
and drew his pay, then amounting to
$3.50. Then he called on his insurance
broker, to make arrangements regard
ing the payment of any premium that
might become dne while he should be
away. To effect this he took the broker
down to Ills bankers, Messrs. john J.
Cisco & Co., where he kept an open
account, and perfected an arrangement
by which that account could be checked
upon for this purpose in his absence.
These engagements seem to have oc-
cupied the most of his time throughout
the day, and be was unable to call at
the Safe Deposit Company. He re-
turned that night to Bridgeport, and
thence home. On the Monday follow
ing he started again for the city, having
in his possession the little satchel he
guarded so carefully. At Bridgeport
he was waylaid, murdered, his satchel
taken away and ritled of its contents,
Whatever theV were
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20

The following memorandum in the
Captains own handwriting, which was
found in his trunk at home, affords evi.
dence of the contents of the rifed
satchel:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20

LONDON papers represent the famine in Per;
slu worse than ever
inE great event of the French racing season.
Tl" contest for the prize of Paris, was won
easily by Cremorne. tho winner of the Derby.
vii" came III two lengths ahead of Barbillon,
IL '':t. '::, third.
'''.E rI~aty giving Germany workin; control
o. 81 The Luxembourg railways has been sign
e.. The Germans stipulato mover to make
u: of the roads for the transportation of
w.. like m,tella in time of war.
lnE Channel match of the Royal Thames
Yu'It Club took place Wednesday. The course
wa, lrom thu More to Dover The Egeria
came in first, but by time allowance the Fiona,
which was second, was awarded the prize.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20

MAY 10, 10(z.
The following are the securities which
now hold, aud those marked with the letter D
Ishall. on my arrival at New York, place in
the Safe Deposit, l2O Broadway, Equitable
Building, for convenience:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
NUMBER II.
The j" WHY - in yeretah,e C.okerv.


Why should seakale never be boiled
in plain boiling water, but in milk and
water and salt; or, instead of milk. 4
little bacon fat, butter, lard, or beef
dripping2 Because kale requires to
be cooked in soft water and be kept q
good color. Soda would soften the
water, but turn the kale black. Equal
parts of milk and water may be used,
but then milk is expensive, while by
using little fat in the water the kale
is equally good, and is not greasy when
served.
Why schould celery. for sauce or for
stewing, be boiled in little milk, but
ter, and salt, and with sufficient water
to very little more than cover it2-Be.
cause it requires soft water to cook il
in, and the milk and water in which IL
is cooked viii, after the celery is dressed,
serve for sauce, If it be thickened with
one or two tablespoonfuls of contour,
mixed with little milk, and addine e
to the celery and liquor it is in. its
then converted into thick sauce, ard
served as such or if for stewed celery,
the latter can remain in the sauce TIL
wanted, then be placed in . sdish, and
the sauce strained over il.
Why should carrots not be split for
boiling gs-Because the Aavoris entirely
lost BY splitting them. They REQUIRE
boiling in soft water; soda would
blacken them Some fat, as dripping
or other fat, should be put in the water
when it is put on cold; when it boils
fast put in two ounces of salt, and the
carrots whole or cut across, not szolIk,
and boil them two hours after they have
boiled up. These directions are for
boiling carrots in winter.
Why should summer carrots not he
ed2-Because the delicate a.
voring would be spoiled. They should
be washed clean, be put; into boiling
water with a little fat and salt. be
boiled from fifteen to twenty minutes,
then be strained and thrown into cold
water With q clean cloth rub of the
outside skin, and throw each carrot q
it is done in hot water till the moment
OF serving. : ,:: s:';::'-' J. u. ..-:.s
Why should parsnips not be split for
cooking them the same reason
as for carrots-splitting destroys the
flavor. They should be boiled % di.
rected for carrots, but only for twenty
minutes, half an hour, OF IN hour, ac.
cording to size-the largest only IN
hour.
Why should soda be boiled with
green's, cabbages, broccoli, and turnip
greens a-Because tho oil which ali
these vegetables contain, moro or less,
the soda extracts. and leaves the green's
sweet and wholesome; but the water IL,
after boiling the greens With soda,
most unwholesome, perhaPs poisonous.
How wrong, then, it 10 to eat green's
not cooked with soda A piece Of soda
, 1872-11-16
The Ideal OF Christ,s Person.

The Christie painters is b1ue-eyed and golden
haired, and such one never existed save in
their iulaginations. A blonde in the race of
Syrian Jews is unknown. He was 6,un (eince
We have no word in our language which
describes C. man with dark hair and ewes,
and olive comploxion) Of that race. There are
pious people who have recourse to miracle to
make him blonde, with whom it is useless to
argue. Generally, the stoutest defenders Of his
divinity believe that in taking on himself mans
nature he subjected himself to tho laws which
govern it, and that he thus inherited the charac-
teristics Of the race from which he sprung.
Leonardo, Guido, Raphael, and other masters,
created their Christ regardless Of historical re-
qui1ements, and invested him with an ideal
character which he never possessed, according
to their idea Of the beautiful in art. This mod
81, once imposed, has since been perpctrated by
all painters, because they think blue eyes moro
spiritual than dark, and golden hair more god
like than black.
They had an idea, too, that the Jewish typo Of
face was ignoble, which may have had some
foundation from the degradation to which the
1aco was forced for so many centuries by per-
scouting Christians, and they thus had thoir
prejudices against investing the Savior
With the traits OF people whom they
despised But the jew of Syria in the day Of
Jesus was, before his persecution and conse-
quont debazemont, perhaps the equal Of theman
Of any other race in point Of natural advantages.
There are Syrian Jews now in isolated habita-
tions in Palestine, who are remarkable for their
handsome traits.-Albert Rhodes, in Appzetons'
, 1872-11-16
a Woman's Conspiracy Against TTcr
HuShQUds

., Human deprayity is continually manifestin 6
itself in new shapes and no one has ever
"tonched bottom in attempting to sound it's
depths. One Of these novel manifestations
comes from Now ersey, where woman has re-
Gently been arrested for attempting to deprive
her husband Of his liberty, in order to defraud
him Of his property. hi. Bischoffer, the hus-
band, is grocer in Newark, worth about SAC, 900,
and, seven months ago, being, as is alleged,
urged on b., her brother-in-law, strentz, proeur-
ed from physician q certificate Of her hus-
bands insanity, and, on the strength Of
it, he was received at the Trenton Asy-
1um, no examination Of his person or
papers being made. His wifepaid sf1 months
board for him in advance, and promised fee Of
S20 to the attendant physician. Having dis
posed Of him, she get to work to secure his
property. While she Was thus engaged the six
months elapsed, and the Superintendent sud
denly discovered that the man WAS not insane.
He sent for the wife to come and take him away.
but as 3 continuance Of his forced retirement
was just then essential to the SUCCESS Of her
schemes, she sent pay for three months more
board. This would doubtless have made the
man insane again, in the Superintendent's esti-
nation, hut his friends had become suspicious
and just here they interfered and secured his
Ielense. It is the intention, not only to punish
the guilty parties but to fully expose the iniqui-
ties Of the Asylum.
, 1872-11-16
TERRIFIC STORM.

Al Almost Unparalleled Gale ut Du.
lu1h-Scveral Vessels Driven Ashore
aaG Gwrecked-The New BreaAsvatel
Completely Destroyed - A Severe
Blow to the Prosperity of the ssZenith
C::y.,s
l77 T:izsconsi,. from Duluth says: The greatest
etu7n, that has visited this region for yea1E
raged yesterday and last night. 1t noon yester-
dag lie sel,oonars sweethoart OF Detroit, and
Francis Palms, Of Buffalo, both laden with coal
came IL and the Captains being unacquainted
with tie situation here, instead Of sailing
through the canal into the bay, which they could
eafely have done, endcavored to seek shelter be-
hird the breakWater, and, exposing their
hroadsides to the tremendous breakers, we're
easy in the sand, and Will probably sustain very
little injury. The Palms struck on the rocks,
and is broken in two. She Will probably be 8
total wreck.
the breakwater began giving way before the
tremendous seas, and eoon two breaks occurred
in the solid end immense structure. one being in
tho base in front OF elevator 4, and another 150
feet out, through which the maddened waters
rushed in fearful manner.
ssThe steamer st. Paul, tug Bob Anderson,
and the small schooner Alice Craig. we're moored
behind the bEeaEwater when it gaye way. Tho
steamer and tug started to seek refuge in the
bay. The tug succeeded in passing through the
storm, the St. Paul missed tle F.ers by few feet
and stranded! It is thought she will sustain no
serious injury. The schooner Alice Craig broke
her anchorage and drifted On the beach q total
wreck ..
at is reported tlat another vessel, name un-
known, was wrecked some miles below here, on
Minnesota loint, but there are no particulars.
sfTt is thought the damage to the breakwater
is not very extensive, aId II such character as
to permit repairs at no great expense.
T. for of 1ifa ia tad
fnghtful gale. IL
3The wfndi is going down tbs morning. The
weather is clear and cold"
The only additional ditastF reported on the
west ehorenf Lake 5Iicl,iget thus far is the
schooner Madonna, Of this city, which stranded
at sheboygsa. She is l0a6ea With wocd, and can
be got of.
81. PAUL, Minn.. Nov. IA special corre-
eppudeut furnishes tle Pioneer with details Of
tie storm at Duluth Yesterday, from which it
eTer visited that Locally, and that the destruc-
ton Of property, bob public and private, has
heen ye1-- large, antEiu be severe blow to the
fntnre OF the Zenith h}Cty. The correspondent
eayg the great breakiater has been swept away,
the elevator and the freight depot badly dam
aged. and will prqably be total losses. The
schooner Alice CrB, from Bayfield,, is total
wreck. The schooAr Sweetheart, loaded with
coal, is Ashore, bnWM probably be saved. The
with coal, is ashorI and will be total wreck.
The steamer st. Pnl has suffered some injury
but will probably be got off without serious
damage The watt in the bay rose some Is feet
higher than ever bfore, completely submerging
Minnesota Point, Faich WAS largely occupied BY
private dwellings,, MD tic damages here alone is
estimated at $4,000.
, 1872-11-16
BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.


The Story Told in the yyItness.Hox.
From. The stGunton {pq.> Vindicator, yop. 3.
a very painful scene has been exhibiting in
the Circuit Court room here for the last week.
The case on trial is that Of Mrs. Sarah J. Gar
Der against David Myers for $40, 900 damages
for breach of promise Of marriage under which
promise, she testified, she was induced to yield
herself to the defendant and fell A little girl
years old, Of which it is claimed the De- Ic-
fendant is the father, was produced in Court
The parties were in Court sitting bv, and
constantly communicating with, their coun-
sell Mrs. CARRIER, the plaintiff, is widow,
plexion, full black suit Of her own hair, and
blue eyes. She is Of medium size, and was
dressed plainly in q close-itting drab merino
dress, wearing heavy plaid shawl and exhibit
ing no ornament except q broad gold brooch.
Her manner was sef-possezsed, and her answers
to counsel clear and prompt, except to some
questions touching her relations with the de-
fendant, which were not answered until after
painful pause. Her story was not; long. It ap-
one Of his executors, and was thrown good
deal with her, and in 1868, two weeks after the
burial Of his own wife, he made her an offer of
marriage; that she told him such an offer was
his bis wife's death; that, in 161 her own own
words, tthe threw himself on his knee
as humble as q child, and cried and begged
me SO" that she consented to become
his wife, and that q few days sitter that promise
he ruined her. An effort had been made, 80 she
testified, to deter her from this suit by persons
who told her that the defendant could produce
witnesses that would ruin her character. He
promised to marry her in the fall after lie ruined
her, and agreed at one time that they should 20
away together and get married.
Ihe defendant Is very respectable land
owner, residing about q mile from New Hope on
farm adjoining that owned by Mrs. CARRIER.
His character, like hers, has always been good,
urf his io ;1.o
, 1872-11-16

~ olo, aud1enceB would seem to have de-
nghteu lg N disturbance upon very slight grounds,
Ihe rioters Wera in some sort q disciplined
body, and proceeding systematically. Their
plan OF action had been previously agreed
upon. It was o rule that the ladies should
the commencement Of any violent act Of
hostility; and this disappearance Of the, ladies'
from among the audience WAS always viewed by
tho management as rather an alarming hint Of
What might be expected: Then wine was sent
for into the pit, the candles were thrown down,
and the gentlemen drew their swords. They
prepared to climb over the partitions of the
orchestra and to carry the stage by
hsvoa hsaaalt' ~ Nov Nov and then they made
and cut and s1ashed the curtains, hangines. and
scenery. At Drury Lane, in 1740, when riot
took place in consequence OF the non-appearance
OF Nine Chateaznetlf, favorite French dancer,
2 E noble Marquis deliberately proposed that the
forthwith heaped upon the stage, in order to
carry into effect this atrocious suggestion.
At the Haynarket Theatre, in 1749, the
11p a1ndie1ce, enraged at the famous Bot
the culloaen Duke Of Cumberland ,n to pnl dowg5 ~
the house The Royal Prince stood up in his
box waving his drawn sword which some one.
however, yentured to Wrest from his grasp. The
interior fittings of the theatre were completely
DESTROYED, the furniture and hangings being chr
rled into the street, and made bonfire Of, the
curtain surmounting the flaming heap looking
like gigantic flag. A riot of the Lincoln's Inn
Fields, in 1721, lod to George the First's order
that in future d guard should attend the
performances. This WIS the origin Of the Gus
tom that long prevailed Of station1ng sentries on
either side Of the proscenium during Representa-
tions at the patent theatres. OF late years the
guards have been 1eleSated to tho outside OF the
buildings. On the occasion Of State visits Of
royalty to the THEATRE hoHever-although thege
are now, perhaps, to be counted among things
of the past-beef-eators upon the stage form an
impressive part Of the eremonial.-AA the Year
Hound