Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-18
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He expressed . willingness to die, but declared
The wau Of r. Sims brewery, corner OF
Fifteenth and Dumisipal streets, foil OH FRI
day afternoon, crashing Sims to death.
CoxsmxsAB1s excitement was caused in
Windsor, Saturday morning, by the finding in
thu woods Of the dead body Of G. Cornwol, :
ealing resident OF The town Of Colchester. =
II. A. LElnlslcNa,,4C., 8. Murphy and two
othors wcre arrested At Littlc ltock, Ark,
Friday, for passing counterfeit Treasury certi.
ficates. About $9s,00O worth were found on
their pcrsnns. ~
+. L.SANDsnsesss aememeee of 41aso BROOKLYN
bar. has commenced suit, claiming $4,000
damages from tlie Brooklyn Onion for An al
Legged Libel pulliaAel in January. =
Tar basket factory at Grand Haven was de-
shrugged by fire Friday evening. Loss, $4,000;
no inpnrancs; The 4re waaeaused by sparks
roma steamer! !, = + $4 ST.
VIII. H. STowEL1 has been nominated for
Cmefess by the Repabhcsps cof tho
4th District 81 Fafn,ville, w. Porter is 'a,I
independent candidate, having bo!ted when
he found the convention opposcdt0 him.
A LARGE store belonging to Land and
Lumber company aud dwelling Of man
namo! Wcnsel, in Elizabeth, N. c., was de-
struyed by hre Friday mornings Loss, s60, ,0o0
MRs. NELSON Row and her, ,son Frank died
on Friday, Of injuries received on the South
Side Railroad, in Nov Jersey. It is clearly es-
tabhshed that the accident WAS occasioncd bv
the culpable disobedlence Of the rples VI the
company BY cpRductor RathbonA.
a.oaax HAak.n John DaAssty. Corusliu 8:
Doherty, and Johl HaskinsS Sadd - Gov
ernor's lall6s1a 1l3axhor,,s1 lka,n,
sail boat, and took refuge from shower in
an unoccupied building: During the storm
th- building was struck by lightning, and all
the men except Harkins killed.
Ar San Francisco on Thursday, o fro de-
stroyed one-third Of tho entire block from
Drunlon street on tho south side Of Pacific, to
the water front. Slips in the slip cut their
somewhat damaged state. On Washington
street, east OF Sa0soul street., 1 stock OF fire
works caught fire, and was burned out. Two
adjoining stores were badly damaged. No
on was injured. -...t
The pork aud provision establishment Of
Jacob Dold, Nos. l39 and 14O Michigan street.
and 81 and s4.Hsst Market street, in Buffalo.
together WITH tlree-stors brick f9ilding I'd
joining, were >bnined Sunday evening. One
hundred and fifty hogs were roasted alive.
Loss 375, ,OOO-partialy insured.
JOSEPH REssEI, the inventor, Of the screw
propeller, is to he moiumeiited in Central
park, New York.
B. GRATz Brown was taken suddenly and
aiarminsly i'll from cholera morbus at the
Filth Avenue Hotel, New York, on Friday.
Prompt medical assistance speedily placed
him out Of danger.
The public schools in Paterson, New Jersey,
have been closed in consequence Of the alarm.
ing prevalence Of smallpox in the city.
JOHN RArHBoNE, conductor, and. James
Scott, engineer, are under arrest for. having
caused the recentfatal smash-up on the South
Side Railroad in New Jersey.
FREDERICK LuHMAN, q wealthy citizen and
highly esteemed business man, member of
the firm Of Tipp and Luhman, brewers, was
thrown from buggy while out riding in Chi
eago, Thursday evening". and received fatal
injuries.
AT Buffalo, on Thursday, in the single soul
match between Billy Scharner. of Pitt ,burg,
snd Richard Thinning. jr., Of Toronto, Canada.
the iormer took the purse easily. In single
scul race. open to all, Robert Berry, (negro)
Of Toronto, took the sculls. The four cared
Mckee club OF Pittsburg. At Nowbury, N.
l., on the same day. in the single scull, four
mile race, Gilbert Ward, Dan. Ward, OF the
famous Ward Brothers, John McKiel and John
Henyon, were contestants Nickel won the
race IN thlrty-seven minutes and twenty-sevcn
seconds: Z
sMRs. CLEs1 has been interviewed. She was
cheerful aud hopeful, being confident of new
tria! and her ultimate acquittal. She thinks
tho nn ~
her, as shown by their recommendation to ex-
ecutive clemency. This is the opinion of her
friends in Boone county, who taunt the unfor-
tanate Jurors with charges Of cowardce, and
say that IL Mrs. Glenn was not proven guilty
her case ought not to be left in the hands Of
tho Executive.
The quantity Of spirits in bond May 1st Was
S,G72, At gallons. The number of distilleries
running June 29th were 215. Daily capacity
217, $50 gallons. Decrease in the number Of
disullerieS during the month Of June 20; in-
crea in capacity $3.50 gallons.
JoHx J. CoRcoRAN, one Of the free holders el
Pass ice ,unty, New Jersey, has boon sem
fenced to six months IN the state prison, for
fraud.
The lighthouse board is considering the
question Of establishing lights on the Mis-
sourt aud Ohio iyers. At present the various
surveys of tho rivers arc under examination
and arrangement, and it is hoped that the de-
tails OF Il complete pan can be submitted to
the appropriation committee at the next ses-
sion of Congress. -
The depot OF the l. B. and W. R. r., ut Craw-
tordsville, wAs robbed Of g. 4S5 and then fred,
on Sunday night. The building was badly
injured but not destroyed.
VIZ. II. REYNOLDS, boss carpenter on the
indianapolis, B. & ". Railroad, was killed by
falling from . train near Indianapolis.
The hotels a. Long Branch are oil full-no
less than $1,000 pleasure-seekers having al
ready cougregated there.
TOLEDO on Monday voted in favor Of aiding
the Toledo and Columbus and Toledo and
Southwestern Roads-$20, 600 to the former.
and 500, ,oJO to the latter.
GEO. w. X. TEoMBLY was killed bv loco
motive on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, Monday,
= THURSDAY evening VIM. Owens, who had q
difficulty with an old man named John Griffin,
at Owens mills, near Pine Hill station, on the
L. aud N. railway, shot Griffin, who die from
the wound.
JOHN HENNEssY, while quarreling with the
foreman Of the Ohio River bridge depot at
Louisville. attempted to follow him across the
bridge and fell through, a distance OF seventy
feet. He was instantly killed.
IT is currently reported that gold has been
discovered in Logan County, ILL.,, on Sugar
Greek. by . man OF the name Of R. H. Spartlor.
he says the vein is twelve feet deep and four
vide, and ali lie wants is capital to develop it.
TIE perpetrators Of the alleged outrl ses
upon Rev. ID. Callahan, in Missouri, have been
arrested.
The Manhattan Clubhouse, Staten Island.
was burned on Thursday lust. Loss $4,000.
The steamship Great Republic, from Sal,
Francisco, for China and Japan, carried 81, ,11s,.
900 in treasure.
THB police Of New York got into trouble
with Co. A Of the nth regiment while endeav.
oring TO enforce the new Sunday law regard
ng music in pr0cesslons. The company
turned out to escort the remains Of their late
Captain, Ernst Simon, to the grave, and in
sisted n on having music, which tho polio
would not permit. The CAPTAIN Of the com
pany has been arrested.
Abroad.
PARIS dispatch states that England, Ital,
and Switzerland decline accepting tho mod;ti
ations to the Treaty Of Washington.
THE master builders Of London have con
c'uded an arrangement with the journeymen
and the latter will resume work at once
Othcr trades will probably follow this example
SPENcER's Gazette tofficiaD says Empero,
William has appointed three OF the law off.
GERS OF the crown to prepare report on the
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