Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-28

The forms We love
And cherish for each faultless hne,
But shadows are of those divine
That We shall know above;
SO let Ms live
In love OF Nature. not of Art,
That each may then, with reverent heart,
Fit homage have to give.
-Deoensber GALAXY.
| General ltenas.
JOURNALS are being started In Paris
at the rate of seven Q month.
CoUNTERTET postage stamps have
attained large circulation.
The Fort Scott Kan.) Republican ID
going to suspend publication.
SAGE GREEN is the latest fashionable
color in kid gloves
| A PRUss1AH.s circus is to visit tho
United States nect spring.
4 DENVER, Col, is gaxing through her
! spectacles at pure silver lodes afty feet
wide and four miles long. :, :.
! PRAIRIE fires in Hardin county, Iowa.
have conusmed property to The amount
of $15, 600 within two weeks. r<
A VERY pretty piece of parlor furni-
ture, newly designed, IL an easel and
music portfolio combined. 2z7s'
TaE Windsor Castle, 26eo tons reg-
lster, recently passed through the Suez
Canal in nineteen hours.
! A PUMPKIN holloved out Was used -
a ballot box ut recent Kansas cleo
tion. .s,s az
The San Francisco Bulletin calls
Chinese servants /" . crovning domes-
tic disappointment" ''' -
"TH,ugs TUou !" in ErRland this
year. Her clock export amounts to
about $600, 900 more than last season.
TIE lions and tigers in the New York
Central Park collection have had tho
horse disease, though the xebras aud
Shetland ponies escaped.
A woxAx in Rutherfordton, N. c.,
has been fined by the Mayor Of that
city, for the dreadful offence of calling
the marshal '|Old pewter buttons"
Ar q recent wedding in Muskeeon.
Mich, the bride was adorned with dia-
monds to the amount of CSC. 600. The
groom sperted two solitaires ON hin
shirt front valued at g, 600 each
The Alaska Seal Company has paid
into the United States Treasury $54281
as their tax on the catch of 1872. They
are limited to 100, 200 seals, and tho
catch this year was within 1000 of The
maximum.
In digging a well in Pike county, ON
Saturday last, some parties exhumed .
large pair of elk horns at the depth of
80 feet from the surface, which were
apparently in good state of preser-a-
ton. --s ,<5
As TWO women in Philadelphia vere
returning from the spectacle ofGeneral
Meade's obsequies, they were attacked
by ruhian; whereapon .one Of them
knocked him down with an umbrella.
The Lake Superior Powder Company,
located at Marquette, Michigan, have
made nearly Is, 600 kegs of powder dur
ing the Last FIVE months. i They arc
about to close their mill for tho winter.
IRoH ore in considerable quantities
has been discovered in Tuscola county,
Michigan. This county il Htuated on
tho Lower Peninsnla, the northern
boundary of the county lying On sagi-
nsw Boy. -ssss@5r ! -z4
TIM Chicago Times puts the solemn
conundrum: How can We escape
fret" The Gospd offers you every
encouragement, butperhaps your best
hold " 10 to get ont Of, C6ieago.-Msr
York Commercial Adpeytiser.
| TIE old Livinston House in Pough-
keepsie. n. T., - being denoHGhod,
preparatory to the erection Of tho
buildings Of the Hudson River Iron
Company of that city. The house il
one Of the Oldest In the state, having
been erected in the eighteenth century:
seTm Star of South Africa, y the first
and only fine stone Of any sise which
has been sent home from the South
African mines, has been set - the GEN.
trail stone in . coronet for the Countess
Of. Dudley. It's present weight ID forty
nix and half oarats, and it IL of the
purest water and briliancy. s
+. An Irishman passing through VII
lage near Chester, Pa., saw . crowd ap-
preaching, which made him inquire
what vas the matter. He was ausvsr-
ed: "a man is going to be buried"
"Oh," replied he, 7sIR stop 70 see
:e::; :S:s for 10 ''''' them u t'' I'D '''n-
A1ovrnrun novice NJ, i i'm IN smoking q turned
deadly pale and threw his oieN away.
ooh, dear" he said, g there's
som'in' in that cigar that's maxim No
sick" 80
"I know what it is" said his COM
panion, p1lling away.
"What2"
"Tobaeker."
4BA1a1wonR il in trouble about her
scanty supply Of water; and the author
tiles now have under conlde9ation .
fplan by which . permanent water sup
pIy can be secured at q cost Of, 500-
600. and two plans for tembofary sup
plies until the completion Of the per.
manent work, at the respective costs OF
500, 900 and $780, 900. .....
The East Greenwich R.. ~ Semi
mary, once q prosperous institution un-
der the patronage of the PIoyidence
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, is said to be in deep water.
Not only has the typhoid fevegi scatter
ed its inmates but, aooording 70 New
port paper, it lies under 60 heavy aload
Of debt that its reopeningi i very doubt
full. - f...,e,..s,, .r~..-...,.-
A Mu1.1ATo girl in!attemptingt to Cross
the track of the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad, recently, wass struck BY
the cow-catcher and thrown back upon
the pilot. She was found TO be un-
hurt, and remained there quietly en-
lioying the ride until the next! station
was reached, when she jumped of and
exclaimed: Dis is Just do place I
wanted to come TO-" u
The following is said to be IN au-
thentic copy of a circular issued By .
commercial firm in Bombay: Gentle
men, We have the pleabure to inform
you our respected father departed this
life ON the - inst His business VIII
be continued by his beloved sons,
whose names are stated below. The
opium market is quiet, and Ialwad
is thy stingl Oh, death vhere 10 thy
gravel We are yours truly,
, REv. GEo1as HARp1No, Of the st:
, Louis Democrat, has introduced apeet
, but not gaudy buS-saw in the seef Of
, the spare chair in his sanctum. Wheo
; . fellow comes in to bore hun With
questions about the smallpox, oe jast
to look at . few exchanges, he = poleo'
" invited to q seat ON the chair. The
bodies of three or four victims OF thu
. diabolical contrivance are supposed 70
, be concealed in one of lack's OLD alp
4 pers.