Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-05
General Items.

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TH1 statues of Francis !. and Louis
XIV. have been discovered under :
lot Of rubbish in the cellar Of the Ho-
tel do Vile at Paris. s--,sv ri, =. 49,.
Tn Alisooa diamonds are merely
brilliant crystals that would make .
very good material to pave Rapden..
walks With or line . fountain BASIN
M1asns. Bass 4 Co., the English Ale
and beer manufacturers, paid to the
Midland Railway Company, England;
last year, $7A0, 900 for carriage Of beer.
A,nzacAx zig iron win be exported
This il the prophecy Of an old iron
>, Wn11r Mr.. James Russell Lowell
10 in Europe, r. B. Aldrich;; of Every
Saturday., occupies hi1: Cambridge:
home. ,,......
A ousac inch of gold Is worth $3.50.
A million dollars in gold, according to
the figures at the mini, weigh just about
two tons.
Tn late Lowell Mason received .
larger copywright than was ever given
TO any anthor, With tho exception of
Sir Walter Scott -,
VIZ have good news from Paris. The
narrow military hee3s for ladies' boots
arc no longer fashionahle in that city.
Hall-inch heels 10 the mode.
/ Dunx1.x, n. T., IL bosingfoF gas, and
the prospect IL favorable, - hes Iseefi
VILLAGE Of Fredonia, only three milea.
distant, has been lit With natural gas
for many years. =" H''a
.Anoxa the petitions psesented 70 H.
Theirs 10 one presenting . plan 70 pre-
servo the heads Of the guillotined, and
to exhibit them from time to time a. .
warning to evil-doess.' - -: 30 =,
If il reported that the cupola Of st.
Peters Church, at Rome. shows unmis-
taxable signs Of decay. 4 commission
Of Papal architects and eogiineers has
been appointed to examineit. g,~..,..
Tn Winchester Arms Company, Of
New Haven, Conn, recently shipped
their first inseallneoe Of 9a0o0n1es to
To aTnfkiah Government A VIM
chester 10 now in Europe, arranging
for another large coanack 7zzsH 6T
Tn Dominion Telegraph sCouipany
have successfully laid . cable, across
the bed of tho St Lawrence between
Prescott and Ogdensburg. The cable
il about 800 feet long, and capable ef
resisting the heaviest strain. .s
TN project Of constructing = canal
between the Tennessee and Cooe4 Nv:
en-, with . eW:ofsoPsning anew Eiyer.
route from tho Mississippi = to the A.
lant;c seaboard, <coptin1es 70 attract
cousideeable astention in tho Southern
A r1ouou1,u1 u t,,u Enelishman h,s left !
large sum OF money yearly for the purt
pose of sending patients OF tho Ma.
taoual Hospital for Consumption, near
London, TO tho Nadeiras, III cases
where cures aRe likely 10; result from
the change ,..qsr So. : =. z:@C -.r.g.1
IH1R1Es1ua but unpleasant reyela-
tons have been lately made concerning
tho adultefstion Of osndy in New York.
Terra alba, vetdigsis, red Lad, ambo-:
line and fusil oil arc among the iugre-
dients employed. Some Of chem act as
violent poisons in tho systen. .zts'2 IL
Ar inclined Iaiiwsy,s over which cass
are TO ascend and descend BY steel wiro
ropes and stationary engines, is TO be
construckod lust outside San Ffanoisoo.
Tho incline win be {, 800 feet in length,
and at the top the cars ore to be de-
iveFed over 10 horse railway. s'' ,t'2S
On. Of tho feasures u . London.
theatre IL woman styling herself the
Mexican athlete. She holds suspend
ed bv q cord from her teeth two 16O-
pound balls and at tho same time 100
pound hall in each hand. She also
ehoulders q 5OO-pound cannon. and
holds it while . round 10 being fred. =
TIM peon system Of labor still NJ
mains throuehout Mexico and upon the
Rio 0zande border Of Texas. poor
man. on account Of his own OF. the ne
cessities of his family, once obliged to
become the debtor Of one of the wealth.
icr classes, becomes bondman, and
his servitude 10 enforced until, by his
labor, he discharges The debt.
A oRxr1r1Ax addicted to scientific
inquiry, has discovered that thirty
threedays complete the cycle of the po.
tato. bug generation; that seven hun.
dred Of the critters arc the average
product of ono female, from which the
family grows in the second generation
to 2A6 600, and in tho th,rd to 81, 7Oo,-
600.
WHYxnxR, tho distinguished Alpine
climber, has Just had two canoes built
for use in Greenland explorations.
One OF them il driven by screw pro-
peller at an average speed Of three
knots, and q minimum speed Of hve
and . quarter, veig6J only 50 pounds,
including her machinery, and affords
good sleeping accommodations, though
only fourteen feet lons.
SrAxwooD BnooEs, of Abbeville, S.
O., has in his possession . strange
chicken. It u . hen changed into Z
rooster. The chicken laid the eggs,
aud raised . brood Of chickens this
year, since which time il hes undergone
. complete metamorphosis, Il has 4
new comb and tail, and it il, to ill in
tents and purposes, . rooseer.-
i As0sska (Ga.) Gkrostcse. ..
i M Enn1soa has geoe to live ia tn.
"Old Manae, = nade famous by Haw
thorne, while his own house 10 rebuild
ing. HIS father WAS born there, and
his first hook, the ono which drew thl
fire of Ill critics, was written in it
All tho contents Of his library wen
saved, bat some Of the books and nj
pers and photographs kept in the att
were burned or injured. The financia
loss 10 not great, but tho interruptio
, to his mode Of life and studies will be
! lserious ipcopvenieace.