Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-26
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Srom tho Regents Of Dartmouth College t
DELIVER course Ct lectures before the stu
dents OF that institute during the holidays.
THE Rev. William c. striblug, for sixt!
years minister Of tho Methodist Episcopa
Church, and an old and wealthy citizen o
jacksonville, ILL.,, died on Tuesday evening, =
the advanced age of 7S years.
MISS 8. BLlNN Il ANsox, Of Cairo, who CLAIM
to have had $20,OOO stolen from them q weel
sso, ard who were arrested on Tuesday BY tn
United States Marshal. on the charge Of .,
attempt to detraad their creditors, have bee,
required to give bail in the sum Of $4,000
They have not succeeded yet in giving the &c
c"r'sy' Their effects are in the hands Of III
Marshal.
DAVID G. CaoLY, late managing editor OF III
World, has been engaged ~ managing edito
"i an illustrated daily paper, which will b
started shortly in New York, with heav,
capital mainly furnished by parties in Mon
trea'. Several insurance companies in New
York are interested in the enterprise.
IHE New York daily papers have significant
editorials on the recent increase of crime, e.
PeciaiIy Of murder, and intimate that tn,
remedies tried in San Francisco and othe,
places, some years ago, would not be out O.
place there, and may be expected at any time
GIRL named Jacobs was burned to deatt
at Cleveland, on Tuesday evening, by the ig
olaon OF can OF kerosene while filing lsmp
The shops OF Carter, Allen l. Co. 1t canon.
qnla, Pa, were burned Wednesday night
Loss $50. 600. One hundred men arS throvr
out Of work.
The assizes column Of the London Times O
Wednesday morning contains six vcrtlicts O
murder with sentence Of death found upon th,
culprits.
The ship Matchiess, Of Boston, was wrecked
of the coast OF Northumberland. England
and all ON board lost.
fARIs kilograms state that the Seine ha,
oSerfiowed. In that city the quays are hoodet
ana the stores near them closed. All traffic il
that quarter is carried On by boats. Beyolt
bercy, suburb on the right bank of tn,
Seine, houses in the vicinity OF tho river ar.
standing in one vast lake of water.
ABOUT 7:30 Wednesday night 4 M.
senger train from Chicago for st. Louis colided
with freight train at Anderson .t,.
'ion' between Springfield and Csrlinville
wrecking three freight cars and killing ].
Hawk, engineer OF the passenger train.
A DISPATCH from Ghent reports that the
streams in that section have risen shove the
empsnkments, and the country il inundated.
The water is three feet deep in some Of the
streets Of Client.
AN unknown man was run over by n train In
1t. Louis, during Wednesday night. and
killed.
wsnE Prot. Tyndall was lecturiug in New
York, Tuesday night, : burglar got into hi.
room At the Brevoort House and took purse
OF gold containing 84O sterling.
CYRUS ". FIELD has bought out the interest
OF considerable number OF holders OF stock in
tho New York, New FoundIand and London
Ie'eSraoh Company, amounting ia all to abou,
three million dollars. The price raid WIS 90
cents.
A CONFEDERATION At Flushing, L. I. Wetl.
nesday night, destroyed a number Of build
."ss' One man was instantly killed by fall.
ing chimney.
= SWITCH locomotive exploded at Lafayette
lnd., on Thursday, killing David McNary en-.
e'neer, and seriously injur.ng boy. Houses
in the vicinity were badly damaged.
THE House Committee on Post Offices and
Post-roads have agreed TO recommend the e.
sablishment Of the le:ter-carrier system in al
cities OF 900 population.
THERE was stormy time at the meeting Of
the Credit Mobilier Committee on Tuesday.
oskes Ames submitted his statement, which
renected severely upon McComb. The latter.
being present, became greatly excited and de-
manded the right to examine Ames. The
committee refused, aud decided to conduct
tho investigation itself, and not allow Nc.
Comb or his attorney, Judge Black. to exam.
inc witnesses.
Z. A. POLLARD, the well-known editor and
author, died on Monday evening, At Lynch
burg, Va.
The state Temperance Convention Of New
hampshire nominated Rev. John Bl,ckmsn
Tor Governor, Asa 8. Kendall for Railroad
Commissioners, and candidates for Congress in
ench district Is follows: First District. Rev.
A. G. Corning Second District, ]. ". Fletcher:
Third District, A. c. Hardy.
THE rcar coach Of an express train on the
Grand Rapids and indianapolis Railroad, con-
tanning twenty persons, was thrown from the
track, Wednesday morning, near Reynolds
and eight Of the passengers injured. one fa.
tally.
BOTH houses Of the Masses achusetts l1eo;.ls,
ture have passed resolutions condemnine sen.
&tor Sumner for his sham Cancellation ra.oI,.
tious.
Ihe consul Of Denmark in New York ac-
knowledged the receipt Of q, ,54l for the relief
OF the sufferers by the recent inunda ,ions in
Denmark. Six thousand Rix dollars have
thus far been sent.
THERE is great enthusiasm at Corinne over
the prospect Of the branch Utah Northern
Railroad from that point through the north.
ern settlements Of the territory to Montana.
IN the Kellogg uouisisna) Legislature the
OIL furnishing bribery in Office passed. The
Court OF impeachment adjourned to the 23d.
JESSE TURNER, Receiver cf Public Lands At
drand Rapids, Neb., accidentally shot and
Killed himself on Wednesday while cleaning a
gun.
TEE Credit Mobilier Committee, on Thurs.
day, cross'e1amined McComb, who contra,
dicted point blank Brooks's statement in the
House concerning himself The committee
commenced to examine ex-C Congressman Alley,
and then sdjourned until after the holidays.
THE Senate, in executive session on Thurs.
day afternoon, confirmed the following nomi
nations: James H. Burdick, Marshal OF Dsko.
"a ierr'tory; VIM. Prund, Attorney ef Dako.
"a John Hall. Marshal for the Western Dis.
'r'cs OF Pennsylvania; Chauncey N. Noto.
wear, conner OF the brarch mint at Carson
City, Nevada.
CHARLES J. STERNs, who killed Sand,
Thompson on the 10th at Holyoke, Mass, wa,
arrested At Nassau, n. H., Thursda morning
TEE machine shops Of the E. L. H. and c
kaiiroad. at Terre Haute, Ind, were burnet
on Thursday evening. Loss, $4,000.
TEE loss by the fire at Flushing, l.. /.
reaches 10000.
FORECLOSURE suit has been brough
against the New York Grand Opera House /,
collect 100000, due November LIST, with inter
est from August Th, 1872, and is in the nam.
OF Ellen NJ. Pike, holder Of mortgages, and
was oio,ght before tho death Of s. N. Pike
her husband.
The New York Dock Commissioners bay(
applied for 'aandamus to compel Comp
sroller Green to pay them $500, 900, the pro
ceeds OF the sale OF dock bonds. or min,
million dollars to which the department i.
entitled, it has thus tar received only two mil
lion dollars.
The cause Of the refusal Of Vice-Presideu
Colsax to assume the editorsh,p OF the Tri
r. hn I'll