Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-04
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The receiver of tho Union Square Bank 70
ports tho assets sufficient to pay all liabilities
and leave si2, 900 for the shareholders.
CoMrrKoLI.EH Green publishes official state
:';'','s showing tho debt Of the city and r"un-
T.; OF Now York to be :?5, ,4l3,7sG. Tho amount
OF cash in tho treasury is about 77,00o,mr.
WM. BEowS one Of tho countcrfeiters who
escaped from Ludlow street Jail, New York,
some weeks ago. was rc-arrcste,i at EtTcpOrt,
Ninois.
inN engine and machine works of Hugh II.
En'c 4 Co., at Duqucsne, near pittsburg. were
totally burned Thursday evening. Loss csti-
mated at S5O,Ooo; insurance not asccrtaincl.
THE ulpcyportion OF New York city was de-
rrlved of gas on Sunday by the explosion Of
'!'' purifying house Of the Metropolitan Gas
'a,omranH's Works on Forty-Scccnd street.
l tie building was demolished. Fortunately no
one received serious injuries.
THE examination Of the Robinson murder
rrs at Salt Lake City has resulted in the COM
initial Of three Of the persons under arrest.
Hampton, Joils and Blithc, and tho discharge
oi tho rest
THE Philadelphia health officer reports 22S
death from small pox last week, slight i'll
crease over the previous week.
LEONARD CorESMAIL and Jaromina, his
wife. an aged Holland couple, who had charge
.i the Holland church in Goodwin street, I'at-
tcrson, y. j., and occupied rooms in tie base
nlrnt, were asphvXiatcd on Saturday night
t'v gas generated in = small cooking stove
adjoining their bedroom When found both
"crc dead.
WM. DonBISE AMI blacksmith named
Crews. were instantly killed by tho explosion
of all old cannon at Shields Mill, near Sey
mour Ind. on Christmas day. Young man
named August lost one of his hands.
IHE Commissioner Of Internal Revenue is of
the opinion that the amount OF taxes paid or
Iayahtc upon dividends. interest. and lln,li-
'iiet profits Of corporations for -. ';>,.
- ''tn- a. l' rt'vl4,ilr year l-.t, il no, far
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EARLY Monday morning, Cha1les Talman,
assistant prcssman Of the Methodist Book
ronrern i'll Cincinnati, while intoxicated. shot
and killed saloon keeper named Loreuzo
brasle, who was leading him homo.
JouN L. CABlLL. the Drummer-boy Of
shiloh, called at the White House on Tuesday
morning. to tender his thanks to the President
i1r his appointment to second iioute,lallcy
III tho 24th infantry.
In tho Court of Oyer and Terminer, in New
York city. OF. Tuesday, Edward Mahoncv and
George Williamson voluntarily confessed that
they were guilty Of robbery for which two
other men were convicted. They were re-
'nan'ied for an Investigation.
E!:v. " &. WALLACE was shot and killed at
Atlanta, Columbia county. Arkansas. on the
2nth, by nIan named Sheman The latter
WAS drunk, and used some Insulting language
to the family Of Mr.. Wallace, when the latter
rr1'roved and Shelman shot and killed him.
Shrlman made his escape.
WANG 1IoLG. son of the late President of
t?le Ming Iung company. was buried with I'M
posing Celestial ceremonies in San Francisco
IN Tuesday. Nearly one hundred carriages
were i'll line, with twenty professional mourn
crs anu i've wagon loads Of provisions and
flowers.
The residence belonging to G. A. Woods, of
Iitts' ursh, at Wheatlaud, Pa, burned on
Christmas. Two servant girls were burned to
ie.th. Loss on house, S25,000; insurance,
:lJUun.
WILLIAM y. WHITAKER, postmaster at Bowl
n$ Green. Wood county, o., is under arrest
On 4 charge Of cnshezzling money order funds.
lnE Howard sugar refinery in East Cam
bridge. Mass, was damaged by fire on We'd
ncsslav.
Asuoor1Sa ARRAY in a saloon in East Ar
ilnSton, w., on Christmas Day, resulted in
the death of two persons the mortal wound
ing of two Others and serious injury of fifth
person.
I'VE Order Of the United Mechanics will
celebrate Waahmgton's birthday, in New York
cry. bya grand banquet, ball, etc., at which
delegates rom all over the states will be pres.
ent.
FIRE at New York, Saturday afternoon in
Book n schncider's match factory, damaged
property to the amount of 500, ,OGO
ESHL1sH 4 Co.'S oil cloth factory at Cam
den, New Jersey. was burned Friday night
Loss 100000.
The report of several deaths in Nevada from
the bursting of dam ia contradict ed bv the
superintendent Of the North Bloomfield
'hne. Extensive damage was done to the
i,i.!.s along the rivers in Nevada. Portions of
layton add Empire City are flooded.
~ explosion Of fireworks in Macon, Ca,
".' Christmas day. occasioned the destruction
OF four business houses. Loss $50 900.
l,lE Christmas carnival at Now o. leans re-
suited as follows John Hampton, first Off
ger If the ship Success, was accidentally
drowned: Mrs. Waldron accidentally caught
tile and was burned to death: A. Bush Vas
shot dead by Joel Cannon; two persons we're
dangerously shot and two dangerously stabbed
D. an a*sa'lit; live were accidentally shot, and
nii:e boys were sevcrelv Y injured by q gun
no"der explosion. two dangerously. The po-
he made l?2 arrests for all manherof offences.
Drunkenness predominated over all.
hS Sunday afternoon, Bill Woods and an
"':'s:r negro approached the commissary build.
IN; Of the contractors of the Memphis and
>'tn Ea,lroad, five miles east Of Memphis,
They were ordered away by man named Rev.
:'' l., in charge Of the building, who threat
cne' 10 shoot thcm if they approached. Not
,.:'1;ns ,:'etlas the warning, they started for the
h':i'n !''c'll instantly. He then lied
Tur !'unton House. 81 ~. ILL.,. was
!"'r!"' Sa'"''.at ~trttn" cd that
some pc o"ns persisted If ,nonS
''Se ''I"Tcd by j"u'. ing
ri G.. Meter. clel. a Court
of C"':!:.: y, peas, who, i'll falling from the
;i-.rl stony on Iii. head and shoulders is so
1'"lI: kart that his life is desi,ared of; J. l..
: ~, Of !'ampton, ankle dislocated; Warren
- Wv, of Plato, leg broken, and Mr.. Eoote,
4 .a:-"l III the employ of G. H. Reeves, had
','h 'nkles di~ocatcd. LOSS on building and
fl.i4!.ture : ,OGO.
NEAE S;c,cra, Seosho county. 10, las
week. Louis swimmes and another de- pera,!o
known of Texas Joe," alias ' Bucliskin,"
az aulted German named Henry Solomon
with clu'.s. and left him for dead, after rob-
b;ng !l:n Of twenty-five dollars and watch.
H:'iu:l:rn recovered sufficiently to crawl back
!" town. and reported tho affair. The desper
"'."e- we're subsequently captured and hung
90 tree. ;cfo,c the execution, Buckskin con.
i'''sel to having murdered eleven men tl1,rin.,
tie pa yc,r. the total booty obtained LcinT
only ninety dollars.
h'pATrHEs from st. Louis, Louisville In
'!1"m. oil, Lafayette. Toledo, Buffalo md
Springfield, ILL.,, announce much damage to
';i!di''Gs and other property by the high wind
o! S .t'1rlay. Seven hundred feet of tho tres
Il ;-worl; of the railway bridge across the Ohio,
near Nc" Albany, were blown down
"o men III buggy on the road, we're in the
track OF the storm, and the horse, buggy and
'!'"' were lifted up and carried forty feet. and
'rlped 'll!!urt. At Lafay' tie a large number
If buildings unroofcd. including the Sec
IN Nat! 'nal Bank. the Po5totlicc and tclc-
'-;lr'i OIL - h::idl:,g3. Several persons We're
.:'t'r"'l. =: rlclo. the spire Of the llst
H:i''-t 'ttr'i, wnA blown down, falling upon
;:'i larti"!iy 'r'i-l,n3 an adjoining bui';'ing
it Springfield. Ill.,, the wind blew down tho
'n."''"r skating rink, the new rolling mill of
It: >rirl@'ld Iron Co.. and entirely DESTROYING
!: e ronnd-house of the Gilman, Clifton and
;i!r,;"ll ra'roa'!, beside doing other lam
s':. Loss 30. 800.
>:oTl' T. il issued from the American Lera-