Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-29
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'ooDgCrR and highwaynen. NoOOdy hhfco.
TIE planning mill Of A. F. Eism"nd, At Nom
roc. Mich., was burned on Wednesday. LOSS
S1O, O,00O-n0 insurance.
!? JAS. G. sWALxER, for many years reading
Cl,rk of tho House Of Represent ativcs, died in
Washington on Wednesday.
Ar Louisville, on Monday evening, FrMl
spsu'iu4ex stabbed Anton Kloppcl in the
broast wisha pocket knife, from tho effects Of
which he has since died.
THE saw-mill Of Mann l. Moon, at Muske.
gon, WAY destroysl by tiro Thursday morning
with 100 feet OF lumber Loss, $AO.tO0'
.ipDpkel. .tor. $4,000.
APAaTH sent out by tho first diamond cou,
panydsas returned without reaching the al
legged diamond fields. Diamond stock il mo-
in demand in San Francisco.
- PA1srDxR1 0RAEr has ordered par,lons to b,
forwarded I'D such Ku-Klux prisoners couflnot
at tA'bany ~ were recommended 10 executive
clemcncy i,ysCol. Whitley. -
FORTY thOasald sllOilars worth M damage
was don, by hrc "n Saturday. in tho large
eight-story granite block on l'corl street, Bos'
ton, embracing Nos. 80 u 81 inclusive.
SOLOMON TURcx. Mayor Of Dubuque, Iowa,
has Ltcn elected President y! tho latlin 4
sIeanl Powder Company, with headquarters IN
New York, ut y salary Of $4,000 y year.
TaE new steamship PCnnsyiva was sue.
cessful'y launched in Philadclpl,.S un Thurs
day. great crowd was present. She is tho
As$Re@R% u 46dsww Livorpool Hue from lhs,
Hon A. 8. PoRrER, ex-Uuitcd States Scna.
tor. was prcstrsted on "Wednesday, at Niagara
Falls, by III attack of aloplcxy, sn,l is not ex-
pectcd to recover.
WI. HUoHEs, Charles Harrison aud John
McNamsrs got into an alteration in The IA.
loon Of tho former, atSt. Louis, "Wednesday
night, when Hughes struck McNamara on the
head, killing him instantly.
A DISPATCH has been received at the Navy
Department from Minister Washburne. dated
Paris, August 9th, snuouncin: the death of
Capt. G. X. Davenport, Of tho steamship Con.
grcss, at Carlsbad, on the Stt inst.
LOUISVILLE dispatch states that the spcc.
ulations Of Robert Atwood aro developed "a
hear half . million dollars. The sufferers iu.
ciude his relations and most intimate friends,
1t is reported that ho has loft tho city.
PHILLIP SCHALL and Thomas Matthews
quarreled about politics in Frelcri, ktow,,
NO., when the latter shot tho former through,
the head with revolver, killing him almost
instantly.
l.. GODFREY, grocer, CORNER Of Jessie and Ba-
kor strcots, San Francisco, stabbed his wife =
dozen times, and cut his own throat, on
Thursday. Cause, jealousy. Gotlfrey is dying
The woman may survive.
A TERRIFIC thunder storm passed over Amcs-
burg, Mass, Tuesday afternoon. Lightning
struck in four places, one Of which was tho
house Of the poet Whittier, prostrating him to
the floor. Ho was not seriously injured, how
ever, nor his house much damaged,
The yacht blossom ON Thursday cal,six,tl
in a storm OF Far Rockaway. Tho crew, num-
boring eleven. saved their lives by clinging to
the bottom of the yacht, where they remained
fisohot,rs in tho storm. They finally rishtctl
tho yacht and bcachcd her.
SETH War;, farmer living ut Frenchtown,
Michigan, was run over near Monroe, Wetnos-
day night, by train on the Holly, Wayne and
Monroe Railroad, and instantly killed. A
valuable horse which l,c was ritln e was also
killed.
Ar meeting OH Thurs, lay Of the cic,iitors Of
Fisher Bros, the Tit usville oil dealers, who's
tall'irc was recently announced, the utmost
hberality was shown. Contracts amounting
TO &2OO 600 were cancelled. The statement
shows tho liabilities only sG5, 600 in excess Of
assets after these cancellations.
IT is reported that Col. Blanton Duncan. Of
Louisville, chairman Of the Dcmocrati. M.
tonai Exccnt vo Committee, has inst brought
suit IN the United States Court against tho
Chicago Tribune Company for one hundred
Thousand dollars damages, for alleged libel,
The snit il based on an editorial in the Tribune
on the 10th inst.
ADvIoEs from Salt Lake City state that tho
trial OF Olive Obey for killing Charles n. Dali
son, about two months ago, resulted this eve
ming in her acquittal. 1t will be remembered
that DalsOn published infamous statements
against Obey and hts wife, when Obey, meet
ing DaIson, deliberately shot him dead.
The Crispin strik. in Lynn is virtually eutl-
ed. Nearly al the manufactures that stop
pod have started again, but some of them
with diminished forces. Tho manufacturers
hnd little difficulty in procuring all the help
they require. Peace has been restored be-
tween employers and employees, who have re-
turned to york iu an amicsble manner.
IHERE are now twenty.eight yellow fever
patients at tho quarantine hospital in New
York. The Spanish ram Numancia IL at an
chor at southwest spit, II miles from the cspe.
Several additional infected vessels arc expoct-
eti to arrive daily, and tho health author tiles
are taking ~ proper precautions.
The second trial OF tho famous caso ,,f DR..
sch@ppc for poisoning Miss steinccko will
begin at Carlisle, Pa, next week. fhc Doctor,
who has now bocn in prison three years and
SIX months, is entirely contidcnt uf acuuittal.
several Of tho most important Witnesses
against him not now being available. It il
also stated that Offers Of discharge have been
made sDr. 6chteppe IL hc will give up his
4cIa'ms'so the property of Miss Steinnocke.
Ar Union City, Ind, on Tuesday evening
mrs. ). Il. Dozen was taken with something
quite like hytlrophobia. She was bitton some
twelve days ago by dog. She crawls around
thc room Oh hcr hands and foot barking like
dog, and swapping ut everything which comes
within reach. She has had about fifteen
spasms. At times she is rational, and when
feeling 1T coming on motions to all to got
away from her. Tho dog docs not u,al,if,st
any symptoms Is yet.
oEN. SHERIDAN paid . visit to tue ancient
Town OF Duntlec, on Wednesday.
LIE princc Of Wales las gone On \ yachting
cXcarslo" to the coast Of France.
LONDON journals heartily approve tho vor-
Dict Ut tho Court OF Impeachment in the casc
of fJuJge3Barnard.
a. 1T having come t" the knowledge of the
Canadian Government that certain persons in
tse DdnDion are organizing war-likv expo
dition OH The island Of Cuba, y proclamation il
issued by tho Governor General warning al
parties Of the consequences of infringing the
International obligations Of neutrality.
COUNT ORLVFF has transmitted to Theirs y
letter from tho Emperor Of Russia which,
states that tho meeting OF Emperors vt Berlin
il not aimed at France.
luE sessions Of the international Statistical
Congress were opened at st. Petersburg on
Thursday, by the Grand Duke Constantine,
The ceremonies Of the occasion wore Of "a SOL
cinn and impressive nature.
IhE riots in Belfast, Ireland, have lee
quoted Tho value Of property destroyed b,
TIC mob is estimated ut $3.50, O,OOO
lhE )oulncyncn bakers Of Dublin arc on q
str1kc for higher wages, i'll consequence Of
"u'ch large numbers Of inhabitants arc de-
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