Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01
the N e " 8.
Al Homo,

'hS SulS HUI "s S~to A'A~Ss WOW "~AA'SN WV
q fit in shallow water aud drowned.
THE New York marble cutters have eutcre
upon the ninth week Of the STRIKE The mar
bic poshers are ready to resume work, bu
cannot, as they arc lope'Pnf upon the cut
tcrs. ! I -
MADAME PEscnxA LkUrxEn has sailed 10
Europe, offended, it is said, because che coul
not command Nelson's terms Of 81 .0D(, COL
per night, aud part of the net receipts in ad
dttiou. = 70 +
"A SPRINGFIELD, H., dispatch dated Julv 2
says: Much rain has fallen in that scct;o,
since Saturday. and tho farmers arc complain,
ing that tho wet weather Will ininrc tho I'm,
and other crops.
"a HAN whose nano IL supposed to DO Thorn
az Need, and whose residence il thought 70 b.
in Homer, N. Y, committed suicide by hang
ing himself to tree On tho bank Of Gen 500
river.
HoH. WILLIAM NJ. CoNvrRsE, who for twelve
ycarswas member from Connecticut Of thu
National Democratic Committee, and fou.
ycarsa member OF the National Executive
Committee, died ia franklin, Conn. ON Friday
A DETROIT dispatch says Alfred Miller,
merchant from Cincinnati, fell from the steams,
d oselen into the river Saturday afternoon, and
received such injuries to his spine that he Gun.
not Recover. RI >? y ss.@ pr
NEW and dangerous counterfeit Of so M.
tional bank notes has been discovered in cir
culat'on At the watering places near Now York,
1t Is supposed they were put In circulation byg
gang OF operators, partly from tuat citv au1
partly ftonaehe, vest. 3 '
Two youas men wese &urried alive ~ ii,
cas'ng OF well four miles from Milton, Mus.
cas'ne county. Iowa, o. Friday last. Thick
names were Clark aud Chamberlain, and the
formers father. Wv
AreRSADo psssedeover the l,ozthsruslimits
OF Chicago on Saturday. Seventy-eieft trees tree -
the SMALLEST Of them seventeen i0ches in II.
amcter-were either torn up or broken down
Dy the force OF the blast = barn near Hol.
stem, ON Armtage road, was blown down. snd
several dwellings, more or less injured.
LIE strikers At Williamsport, Pa. are be,
coming troublesome. On Monday they as.
scmoled. and despite the efforts Of the poI;cs.
moved through the various mills and mil
yaros: driving ont the men at work and clos.
lug the establishments. Military has h..r,,
eau out to preserve order.
PHYSICIANS in and around New York reDort
large number Of cases OF cholera infautuum
""rioS the last two weeks in consequence If
the hot weather. In some cases on T1,Mhv
Island and in New Jersey, ten per cent. OF the
Iui'u1en under two years old have died since
July l, aud the mortality still continues.
AaE commissioners OF Cook county. III.
nave offered Aessrs. Shortell l. Hoard &4oo-
wv 'or duplicates VI the abstract records in
their possession, and which are the only one.
that escaped the great CONFEDERATION. Thc
gentlemen refuge tho offer. and demand ~
modest sum Of $3.50. 900 for their tr..snro
this 10 "S" E'ecuihess
DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred ut Nebraska
citv Sunday night, destroying uorton,s block
with the Postofice, Midland Pacific Railroad
ana ana Great Western Telegraph office, Hardiup,s
Ms S. s!U1e, and the Photograph gallery of a.
NJ. smith and several other Offices. i'be Arc
y" %a -, caHsed by lightning. The freight house
~ ua. .ae lineage, Burlington aud st. Joe Rail
time '""'A ~ '"e same
IHE New York police are agitat d over a,
attempt to sssassinate mus;c.to,chor n.n,o,
~"''er' Wednesday night, after no bad been
:: .Es rom home by decoy letter s;pucd
sing Muller was shot At, and assani l. d., ;n
ne lace with y pistol after the bullet hal
missed the mark. He was not ser;onsiv " ;,'
!urcd. It 10 believed the cause. VI. rcv:n~e
'or q real or 1ancied wrong on . LADY.
AAE commission for the survey of the north-
west boundary will 20 direct to st, P.ul. and
.nence 20 Pembins, where the first point Of
~" boundary j to be fixed ~Tho
me ~, 70 be.1asstablishcd is about one
thousand miles long, and vii. reouire Tho
erection Of field astronomical apparatn. a,
aD'nt forty stations. The work ~ e.c,.
sts' ION VII! require, on IN average. about 49,.
W., ~ecks, and the whole with the necessary de-.
s,;,., ~ t nccount OF winter, is expected to con-
A TERRIBLE hail storm prevailed in sioux
county Iowa, last Saturday: Crops through
out an extent Of country six or eight miles
square were utter ly destroyed; foliage waa
s''attp so ron n the trees, and windows were
NESTS. Lee and ,Strublc lost about ne k~n,,
a ,.s and thirty acres Of grain each. and MANY
ptners sone'ed pr0portisjliately. On The ri.
! low morning tho hail was found in nlaces
ihE damage in Brooklyn, by the storm Of
f'iday, proved very heavy In couseouence ~
detective and inadequate sewerage. The lover
stories Of hoases'dd Concord siest. Pail I'D
'ushlhs avenues, were flooded. and manr
FAMILIES obliged to leave tenements. 1 l.r,s
s" oi'lon U! the embankment on Fourth svenne.
- ns on soveral streets IN the GvHanus district
o. os. IS S, ~ wsse yeshe NY, entaiiing
1aE Postoh3ce Department, in answer to
many Inquiries relating to the now nost.l
card system, states that Z busfncss nrinted
card VII be charged one cent for fran.m,..;o,,
provided 1t has an address only writer ~, - i
= ror more than this tba regular posis.se vim he
Of hiSssi, IA c4rssI sssaot nske postal cards
blamk car Wy ;n sI'a as9 one cent stamp ON
viii bc recognized but that one ;.s~ol H., IT.
paIenent., Tho card will he re.Sv ~ vi. VIZ
Gnu sIm. distribution BY postmasters some time in
T1tpae,sntbo board Of managers o, the Eric
Il railroad arc about to bring suit against !
PANEL Drew, for the 10000 shares ~ ..tocl
winch 1t is said he illegally issued in 1sa,
""1c treasurer Of the corporation. Tie
papers IN dfc suit are being prepared, and tie
matter viii be pushed to IN iasno as om;otiv
q, possICie. This issue il the one Drew masic
" c,"tI nls shorts when Vanderbilt. WAS trv.
.ns 20 OBTAIN possession Of the Erie R,ilway.
and E Dec % the aght Of Fisk snd Could
t, innocent OF ahy illegal practices, and alleges
."at nc paid the entire proceeds into tce treas.
"ry Of The company. '"' ''0"''
\, ""oN' Tue improvements contemplated nv
Tue new directors OF the Erie Railroad COM
p'"s 10 change from the broad gauge OF nix
ICE! 10 the narrow gauge of four feet nine
'nches. The alterations will be made pradn.
any anu the third rail will be placed bctwe.,
tho OLD rails. and new rolling stock will, r..
supplied as fast a. the old stocl vc,,s ~.
meanwhile the broad gauge will be used. Int
al new locomotives and cars will he 81 the
ouner pattern. Both gauges will be used for
four or rye wears. Tho Atlantic and Great
' "cs.ern railway Company is now laying
change Of the Erie gauge imperative.
ON Saturday John Reber, Of Lancaster. a.
procured writ Of attachment upon certain
horses at the Cleveland Club races, owned by
William Patrick, Of Chicago, for = debt OF
three thousand dollars. The papers were
st,ved by the Sherin, the following being the
T.. .stac1ed, with their APPRAISED 1alug
$500; Easter, $500, and Emily Peyten. 36oo::
sorrel scIding Kimbali, $50; gray mare
Lady Gray, half interest. t375.totsi "a G25
Mr.. Keb'r also endcavored 10 get p<sscss;on
OF the tr"t'ing mare Lady Fairfield, but Mr..
! iatflck had put her out OF reach, aud a re-
pIcvln WAS issued.
Abroad,
The weather in England is wet, but favora.
bic to crops. The hop crop gives prospect Of
= large yield.
THE price OF coal is advancing in England.
and ocean steamers have raised their fares.
Everything connected with the coal trade is
higher. The importation Of the article from
Belgium han commercial