Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
THE NEWs.

A'oHAAN d Co.'S distillery, near Cincn
$4,000. ~
CHARLES McFAR1AND's distillery at Sage
town. Illinois, was burned on Monday. Loss
$4,000.
IHE Post Office Department has agreed to
receive mutilated currency In payment of
postage stamps.
THr small pox deaths in Philadelphia for
the last week wore $50, which is about the
same ~ for the previous week. There ia
falling off of 100 in tho number of new ca.es
reported.
ORDERS have been received in Chicago nom
washington, for the condemnation Of tho
property known ~ tho Customllousc block.
"herenpon it is proposed to erect eoyernment
buildings.
IhE wife Of Robert Hausm.n. hf r.-~.
fiaote' was 80 badly burned by the explosion
o' a can Of Kerosene, Sunday morning. that
s''e died. Her husband was badly burned in
irving to save her.
- SECRETARY BOUTWELL, has sent to the Hon.a
estimates OF appropriations to supply the do
"c'enc'es Tor tho years 1871 and 1872. Tho
'"sstcsate amount is ono million two hundred
ana thlrty-two thousand dollars.
PARTY Of masked men released several NJ
their friends from arrest while on tho wax
from New Madrid to Charleston. No.. in tho
keop'ns OF several deputy U. 5. Marshals,
Ahe parties had been arrested for Illicit dis.
tilling.
1r appears that Laura D. Fair, tho Califor
MIA murderess, il not dead, a. reported, but
in excellent health, and confident that she
will be hanged. Elisha Cook. her prin-
clpal counsel, died the last hour of the wear
1871. so"'
AT Fort Wayne, on Saturday eveninc ,ba
large frnit-houso and grocery Of j. D. White.
on "cs'bes'y street, was s.iiestroyed by fire.
also two threc-story ,,rick buildings adjoining
sntsYi SWrSn ey Aes "ss. Taylor and Anderson. Tho
'''a' loss - about el4O, 900.
''AE fifty thousand people viewed the re
mains OF James Fisk, jr.. before their re-
noval from the Opera House. The body was
dressed in the uniform Of = Colonel. Tbe
face wore . slight expression Of pain. but
was otherwise natural. His can and sword
Lay OH the top Of tho catafalque
The coronsr's jury has returned yer6;ct
that Fisk came to his death in CONSEQUENCES of
wound or wounds il lflicted bv ball or balls
from pistol in tho hands of Edw.rd q
Stokes, discharged by him in deliber.te mss ~
ncl AZ the person OF the said Fisl, at the
Grand Central Hotel. w 'le
a BhATTLEBoRo corraal,ondent nav. Tho.
JAS tisk's mother is 10 much overwh.,,r.d
ny the sudden ar1a tragic death of her son
ds fatnar mol condition is very critical and his
Ialner, who was for some time In y 1nn.t;o
r0n0EfA6 n
RAILROAD war has broken out in Hemp-
stead, L. l. The Brooklyn Trust COMPANY.
ON Tuesday, took steps to fosec,ose the mort-
s'age Of the Hampstead Branch Railroad on
hchai1 OF the bondholders who have not re-
v1.SeI ,.,.s tne overdue coupons. Disputes az to
suited IN the wounding OF several.
A DELEGATION Of Creek Indians are en- ,,ot,e
10 washington, where they will endeavor to
oe1eat all schemes for the abtogation Of tribal
ORGANIZATIONS, and held the government a.
tioseiy as possible to the land treaty stipu]a-
-,.,,,,e aney VIII present claims amounting to
rovs,r,oent COVE vn,t'V; which they have against the
e'nuct'cn m OF property during the war.
LE Sutro tunnel commissioner repo<t thu
project to be entirely feasible Thew sav tia
tunnel can be constructed in }Asa tb,,, tw<,
ana hah years, ut . cost Of about four and 4
i.1,, ha!1 millions. They believe that the Com
downward indeAnitely. -''e
!HE mixing house ofLafin d Rands Pow.
der Company, at Rifton, N. r., was blown nm
ps an explosion, at 9:45 Tuesday morning.
'n'Aer named Oliver Le Fever was killed. The
mouse and man were blown to atoms. The
cause OF the explosion is unknown, but it il
the shaft running through the building 'AoA'
ALEXANDRA DE1nAR's paper, Of the city Of
frook'yn, brings to light an alleged extraer%
oihary nnanclal transaction affecting the tiy-
orpooi, London and Globe Insurance Coupanv.
IL charges that through financial mauipuiation
sa. sae ;n mage have pledged e Of as-
annum invfolate. and that tho former imm.ppss p.
sum u falsely advertised among the companv's
assets. The article has caused 4 sans.t;on ~
insurance circles. '''"''o1 !"
"o". BALDWIN, OF Michigan, has issued
Proclamation addressed to the people of the
United States, in which he now takes pleasure
IN announcing that further contributions of
money for the relief of the sufferers by the
late disastrous fires in Michigan are unneces-
sary; Ihe Governor tenders the hearty thanks
OF inc whole people of Michigan to those
whose earnest sympathy and liberal aid have
80 greatly alleviated the suffering people of
Michigan. i~
dov. WARMoTH has appointed Gen. famed
LoDgstreet Major General Of the Louisiana
state militia, and assigned him to the immedi-
ate command and supervision of the entire
militia, police, and all civil forces within the
city OF New Orleans, and instructed him to
confer with and act in harmony. with Mai.
Gen. Emory, commanding the United States
troops, taking all necessary precautions to pre-
serve the peace and subdue any spirit of tur-
bulence that may arise.
SPEAKER CARTER, of the Louisiana House of
Representatives, has issued card to the peo-
pie OF Louisiana that, as tho legal Speaker of
: the only legal House Of Representatives of
the state of Louisiana, in his Judgment the
course OF Governor Warmoth is revolutionary
and IN violation Of the constitution and laws.
and the Eighth District Courts support and
.urtnerance thereof is not judicial, and that
ne shall continue in every legitimste wav Ia
ignore aud resist him to the utmost of his
power as public officer sworn to SUPPORT the
constitution Of the state.
ATERR1BLE accident occurred near Union.
Broome county, N. Y, on Thursday last. A
Mrs. Barnes, her daughter and daughter-in-
law started from that village with q horse and
wagon. On their way home, when crossing 4
BRIDGE the horses commenced kicking anp
backed the wagon off the bridge. THROWN
the occupants out. The horses also fell OF
the bridge and upon the ladies' Mrs. Barnes
was instantly killed three Of her danchter.;n.
laws. ribs were broken, and the dauchfer Wa
very severely injured.
Abroad.
The small pox is becoming more prevalent
in Sheffield.
The rinderpest prevails in the departments
OF Orne and Calvaleur, France.
JAMES AsHBURY has been appointed Commo.
dore of the London Yacht Club.
PRIVATE letter dated Italy. December 9th.
says that almost every city IN Italy is infested
with smallpox.
1T Is announced that the Pope will shortly
send an uNimatu,n to the Roman Catholic
Bishops who have not accept ed the dogma of
infallibillty.
BOMBAY letter to tho Herald says an Eng,
lish expedition of 10000 troops was sent
thence to subjugate the Lazions, on the north
eastern frontier of India.
AMonTUARY statue to the memory OF the
soldiers of Gen. Bourbaki's army who persisted
after the retreat into Switzerland was unveiled
in Lausanne on Sunday, in the presence of
5000 persons.
IHE Provincial Correspondence says the
rc-establishment of diplomatic relations with
France proves that tho German government
wishes to resume the former friendly relations
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