Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-14

GIN. J. T. CuT1KSDEN, OF the counsel 10
OK -Congrssansn ". B. seobsA has entered
suit Against him tor, $40 efor profession,
services in defending him in his late trial,
JAHEs S1EP1ENs, ex-fenian He'd Centre
10 not prosperiug In the wine business in Ne,
York. his employees hsvi1g sued him fo
wages. IL T.! Il
TIE artillery association Of the Army OF III
Potomac met on Tuesday, and elected Gen. v
F. Barry President, and Gen. Henry J. Hun
Vice President. .o,',.
ANactor named ". Robssts suicided At Bowl
ing Green. Ky. on Monday, BY st.ibinR him
self thirty six times in tho breast and stom.o]
with psn-knife. .r.r :,
WI. Yoax, convicted Of robbins tho maui /,
Madison county, Ky, last fall, has been sen
fenced to hve years imprisonment in tn
Kentucky penitentisry.
THE body Of : negro deck hand named An.
drew Pearson ,was found IN tho wreck Of th,
burned steamer Falls' City, At Louisville, 0,
Thursday. ,;.cu9' .'s' n@.isi
AsoNo the combinations By the Senate O,
Wednesday, were tho following: Wilbur p
Sanders. District Attorney for Nootaas Terri
tory L. Hall, Of Michigan, Consul at Valencia
Spain. ..rt .,.,.., a. !
JAMES ME1LAs was killed In . bar>room f,eh,
in YoEkville, near New York city, early Mon.
day morning By blow ON tho head indicted
BY Thomas Murray. . wsll-knovn politician.
Murray was arrested. g., -,
MONS. SAoE. for several. years manager Of
the French drama in New York. was zecsntly
murdered and robbed in Havrs, by person
who had taken passage with him in New Or
leans. Poison was used BY tho assassin. He
has made good his escape.
P1rrsBuRo special reports the horrible
mutilation, at Franklin, Pa, Of . youth named
Amos heKsnney, BY Patrick Tracy. Who had
was to bs married Lynoisrs 40 sftsr Tsscv. "
ONE Of the fruit growers near Holland.
Mich, has made careful examination Of tb.
fruit buds In that vicinity. He thinks the
prospects for good crop this year bsttsr than
hey have been in years before.
IT is stated In Warrington, on good author
ity, that Con. Longstrest will be removed
from his position - Surveyor Of tho Port Of
New Orleans on account Of hin activs friand-
ship TOR General Warmoth in the Louisiana
political imbroglio.
Dunno tho past three years sums varyipe
from sl00, 900 to 9s5.000 have been psid 70
Tweed, Sweeney and others q deputy collect
ors Of tho assessment bureau, None Of than
Perf0rmedany SERVICES Of the bureau. Anon,
the items are e65.624 to Hank Smith, snd
e65, 900 to A. D. Barber.
TIE Government, ON Tuesday svsuink. xsve
agrsnd reception to The japanese sthbasoy at
Washington, At tho Masonic temple. About
400 persons were present, including Yioe
PRESIDENT Colfax, Speaker Blaine, Seerstsry
fish, tho Judges of tho Supreme Court, and
otne1s. Inc Preetdent did not attend.
TIE National Base Ball Association met in
Cleveland ON Monday. Tho following ohhcers
were chosen: B. W. Ferguson. Of tho Allan
hcs' President; II. G.. Doolittls, Of the Forest
Gtys, Vice President; N. g. Young, Of tho
oaIamore club. Secretary. The rules were then
sev.seo ana adopted, With few exception, the
A WASHINGTON special says Mr.. viii am Or
ton, President Of the Western Union Tele-
graph, has written letter to tho Appropriation
Committee Of the House, informing them OF
his unWillingnsss to transmit the reports OF
the Signal Service Bureau In future 1t the
present retes, on tie ground that 10 cannot
DO 90 except at . loss TO tho company. Tho
F-~Aes ~AAeASCS 0AVHO0 nay 10t.
s1oxks, Of Tennessee, has been sentenced
to pay 6ne Of d, 500 and costs. Tho fee hs
received for worting tho fraudulent claims
through Congress was 10000, and the real
fraud upon tho Government was beevean
100000 and 100000. Tho evidence elected
on the trial wa universally rexsEdetli ueomci,l
circles - showing one Of tho blsokesl go Of
90frpPtlon which was ever brought to light IN
OK Friday last tho body Of / ;wolaan, name
unknown. was found in tho woods near Miner,l
Point, Pa When discovered, the body vas
covered With burning wood. Tho lower a.
tremities were entirely burned of. sever.l
stabe found in the region OF the heart. anv one
o1 wmen W. 20 deep - to have proved fatal,
rope was fastened tightly sbout the neck.
having died Of strangulation.
TIE Medical Commission sent bv tba ar,+.,
70 feFs'a' near the Turkish borders, to decide
on the character OF the pestilencer raging there,
have reported that Il il tho regular Eastern
plague. The nnalady takes tho form Of slow
fever, with typhus symptoms With bubos un-
aeE the arms, In, groin and neck, cafbuncles,
and general eruption ever thA wlole body. Il
carries tho sufferer OF quietly, attacking
neighborhoods and entire families. and II
Abroad.
DECREE has been issued founding . naval
academy at Kiel
IHE marriage Of tho Marquis Of Butte will
take place on tho 18th Of April.
} The Queen will leave tor Germanv IN N.
26th instant, and return on the 18th Of Anr;l
FIFTEEN hundred coal miners OF Zsahm. in
tho county Of Teuhars, ars ON . strike for
higher wages.
TIE report Of the Commission Of INQUIRY
on the loss Of the Megera, severely cen.ures
tho entire administration Of the ENGLISH nd
miralty.
IaE Emperor Of Austria has issued decree
declining to recognize the old Catol,c b,shops
or the opponents Of the dogma of Pspal infal
ibility as portion Of tho Roman Catholic
hierarchy Of Austria.
TIE Savonio World, of Prague, says the
Prince Of Sarns is about to marry Russian
Princess, and it predicts from this alliance ,
no less important result than the driving Of
tho Turks from Europe.
IT is reported that treaty has been con.
cluded between Brazil and Paraguay, by the
terms Of which tho former continues 10 exer-
osH0 PAVsoGlOXA&0 Ov0I ESkAKU8y ten
years, and the latter undertakes 70 pay tho o.
Penses OF the protectorate. and cedes certain
territory to Brazil
The operatives in the fax mills of Leeds
have struck for . reduction in their hours OF
labor to nine hours per day. They are conduct
ing themselves in IN orderly manner. and no
trouble is apprehended. The number of per-
sons IN the strike is estimated between ID, ,OOO
and II, 600. @0''''
The directors Of the Great Rhenish Musical
Festival, to be held next summer at Dussel.
dorf. have engaged Madame Parepa Rosa Al
*'the principal solo vocalist. She wilIssail 70,
Europe on the 1st OF May. 1t IL not likely
that she will be in America next season
She will probably give opera next year in Lon