Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-04
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InE receiver Of the Union Square Bank re-
ports tho assets sufficient to pay all liabilities,
and leave e., 900 for the shareholders.
COMPTROLLER Green publishes official state
"ents showing the debt Of the city and coun-
ty OF New York to be $95, 413,7s6. The amount
OF cash in the treasury Is about or, 000, 900.
VIZ. BRowN one Of tho counterfeiters who
escaped from Ludlow street Jail, New York,
some weeks ago, was re.arrestel at Froeport,
Illinois.
IHE engine and machine works of Hugh Il.
Bole 4 Co., At Duquesne, near Pittsbura, were
totally burned Thursday evening. Loss esti-
mated at $50, 900; insurance not ascertained.
The upper portion Of New York city was de-
pnved OF gas on Sunday by the explosion Of
the purifying house Of the Metropolitan Gas
,wompanys Works on Forty-Second street.
Inc building was demolished. Fortunately no
one received serious injuries
The examination of the Robinson murder
ers At Salt Lake City has resulted in the COM
initial Of three Of the persons under arrest,
Hampton, Jolls and Blithe, and tho discharge
OF the rest.
1aE Philadelphia health ohicsr reports 22s
death from smallpox last week, . slight in
crease over the previous week.
LEONARD CoPENHA11 and Jacomina. hIs
wife, an aged Holland couple, who had charge
Ct tho Holland church in Goodwin street. Pat
terson, N. J., and occupied rooms in tho base.
Ment, were asphyxiated on Saturday night
~ gas generated in . small cooking stove
adjoining their bedroom. When found both
were dead. -
VIZ. Doss1SE and blacksmith named
Crews, were instantly killed by the explosion
OF an old cannon at Shields Mill, near Sew
poar, Ind, on Christmas day. A young man
named August lost ono Of his hands.
AA1 commissioner Of Internal Revenue in Of
tue op'nion that the amount of taxes paid or
payable upon dividends, interest, and undi-
Sloed profits OF corporations for the five
mouths Of tho calendar year 1870, il not far
from 81, 00O, 900.
EARLY Monday morning, ChaIles Talmau,
assistant pressman OF the Methodist BOOK
concern in Cincinnati, while intoxicated, shcs
and killed . saloon keeper named Lorenzo
Dfaeis, who was leading him home.
JOHN L. CABn4, the "Drummer-boy Of
Shiloh" called At the White House on Tuesday
morning, to tender his thanks to the President
Tor his appointment to . second lieutenanev
IN the Gath infantry.
In the Court of Oyer and Terminer. in New
YORK city, OF Tuesday, Edward Mahonev and
George Williamson voluntarily confessed that
they were guilty Of robbery for which two
other men were convicted. They were re-
handed for an investigation.
REV. ". c. WALLACE was shot and killed st
Atlanta, Columbia county. Arkansas. on the
2oth, by man named shelman. The latter
was drunk. and used some insulting language
10 the family Of Mr.. Wallace, whom the latter
reproved, and Shelman shot and killed him.
Shelman made his escape.
WANG Hole, son Of the late President of
the Ming Yung company, was buried With inn |
posing Celestial ceremonies in San Francisco
on Tuesday. Nearly ono hundred carriseea
were in line, with twenty professional moufn-
ers and i've wagon loads Of provisions and |
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