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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
Sud Downfall OF Il Talented Man.

The subject of the following para.
graph is well known to most of on,
readers:
The Peoria Review prints this plain
story: "Springfeld has just had q
sensation. A former state official. and
q man who has occupied high positions,
not only in the commonwealth, but in
the nation, has been on a prolonged
spree for some days in her classic ore.
cincts. Friday he visited Bunn's bank.
ing house, and demanded $50. It was
refused him, whercupon he abused the
teller like q pickpocket, and had to be
elected. He visited saloon, and asked
for drink of whisky. The bartende,
told him that he had none, whereupou
he grew so violent that he had to be
put out by force. Drunken, friendless.
and an outcast-such is the fate of one
who aspired to be President of the Uni.
led States. He is now perfect wreck,
and even his friends have come to the
conclusion that the only service he car
render is to die. Whisky has swamped
him, as it has many another"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
The '< Hub'' Of South America.

Santiago is to Chill what Boston il
TO the United States,--viz., the seat of
culture of the fine arts, and of music
especially: The leading musical soci
city there is named the s'Orfeon," md
1t comprises some 800, all of whom
arc active members and take part in its
festivals. It is very exclusive and few
ARTISTS who travel through South
america have been admitted. l.. NJ.
tiottschalk, Carlota, Patti, and JOSEPH,
Heine the blind violinist nrc the ex.
ceptlons, and have been elected honor.
ary members life members. The III
Piona is quite an elaborate nf1,.ir, and
is signed by the numerous offlce-hultlers
and directors Of the society.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
DeSnernte. Neht.

--latest advices from tho head waters
of the Kearn river, where the fight be.
tween Charles Jones, an escaped
convict from the Nevada State Prison,
and Francis s. Armstead, who waa
pursuing him, occurred, confirm all the
particulars first given. Jones was hit
twelve times and Armstead niue, With
McHenty rifle at ten PAGES: Both
died. The fight is considered the most
desperate on record,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
Ice Beats,

The ice boats on the Hudson attract
ed great attention during the recent
cold weather. On January I'd . fleet
of seven boats, carrying twenty one
men, sailed over the ice from New
Hampshire to Poughkeepsie, beating q
distance of nine miles against a north
wind. A large feet of ice boats from
Poughkeepsie sailed down to meet the
visitors, and . lively scene was pre-
sented. The ice boat Haze, an i'm
proved vessel, recently built for this
description Of sport, mea ~ures twenty
one and half feet in length from the
rudder post to the mast, and fifteen and
q half feet from tho mast to the end of
the bowsprit. The runner plank il
eighteen feet long. The iron and steel
work is nickel-plated, and the rigging
is made of wire.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
UnWcddcd.

s"SuSANWs
oi oou beloved, who shoultlst have been mine own
Serenely beautiful aud wise and strong
Consclef whom my life has never known
how have I missed thoe seeking thee alone
All my life longs
Somewhere upon tho widc and misty track
strayed behind, or did not wait for thcp:
Ahd 80 must always mourn my bitter luck, *
Fer on this weary rosd we 60 not back.
All, woe is mel
Often, with sorcly burdencdiheart and mimi
How have %esS to aid Sr
In the thick darkness, longing but to fnJl
Thy helpful handl
For believed that Love Is tloubly >r,,,sA
Against all woes, and with ui,sEakcn breath
,i Eon pass tn1ou9n pam and suffering unalarmc.f
Could take up 20 isonous things and not be harmed
And dare even tratks
And how shall Love- ipnaortA. aid sublime"
said, "be htndcrea 6f lts best estate
Dy any petty clldlleo Of space or time7n
Alas my iife has lost its frcshest nr,me
And stili % wait.
fh1~ ~, oeantlful our mingled lives had been.
,r,'1V nau VIC Dnt found ourselves In our youth
anc "or.u had grown, despite its stain and ain
S"ceter because We two had lived therin
Our utter truth.
Then all the myriad ills which fate conttiyas
Whercwith to fret mems hoafts, to us hsd been
6ut moteo al0n9 the sunshine Of our lives:
Naoshs % Gould haso harmed US, sincs the true soul
BY discipline.
Then this unending toll and ceaselcss toss
Had never marrod my life the hil,defin4 load
" worldly ciTcumstance, OF gain OF losn
HsA seemed to ~ but cobwebs stretched sceoss
Our upward road.
Where art thou, Iovo4 Far ~ the fsrthest poie.
Hast thou, too, vaguely dreamed Of c;;nat shonl1
Or, mated early with sou.s ieslier ami,
Has struggled with the bonds In pf;af and dole.
Longing for met
mad hees More than all Me world to thee
se reoudly tender, 20 entirely true,
90 wise and oreless In my ministry
More dear than any other soul couid be.
All my life through.
Aasl The suns last glimmer has kissed
xmA ING highest mountaan-tops to gold and now
!ho crtmson west has changed 10 amethyet.
And all the vale IL dim with chilly miSt,
But where art thou4
Too late too latoi the darkness Rsthereth,
And the night fslleth, pitiless aud dumbt
cannot reach thee with this hopeless breath:
But when walk the other side Of death.
VIII thou not Gomez
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
A Contradictions,

The sad story of the freezing to
death of Mrs. Palmer, at Graham Lake,
is familiar to our renders. Her hus-
band went away from home ON some
business, and when he returned he
found his children a-bed, hungry and
cold. On searching tor his wife. he
found her dead about forty rods from
the house. The sensational story was
thereupon started that she died in con-
sequence Of the criminal neglect Of her
husband, he having failed to supply
his house with fuel. Investigation OF
the case, however, clears him of intcn
tional fault. The story that the woman
was taken with labor palus is proven to
be without foundation,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
Huge Railway Job.

Henry Meiggs, che American railway
king, has undertaken another huge
railway jo6. He has contracted to
build and equip within three years q
road one hundred and twenty miles in
length from the port of Limon, on the
Atlantic ocean, to the city of Aldjuela,
Costa Rica, for the sum of e., ,60O, 600
sterling, or g. O00, 900 United States
currency. When completed this road
will be Of great advantage to the
United States, rs at the present time
the greater portion of the coffee crop
of the country il hauled in carts to the
port of Punta Arenas, on the Pacific, at
a heavy cost. From thence it is taken
by sailing vessels around to London
and Hamburg, occupying four months
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
NUMBER al.
PUZZLlNG QUESTIONS.
Authenticated Instances OF Living An
tqaals EAbeAaeA in Stone and In
drotttn4 Trees.

tgaals, EAheAAed In Stone and In
A writer i'll Chanbers' Journal con-
founds the philosophers with hard
questions. He enumerates the long
list of well authenticated instances d
animals being held involuntarily pris-
ouers Of nature, and then he demands
a. reason for this anomalous state OF
things: A few OF his pefplexities are
curious et1eugh. Some workmen in q
quarry at Boursire, 0otha, having de.
tached d large stone from the mass,
opened it and found in the centre live
toad. 1t was OF d dark gray color, its
back a little speckled. The aper.
ture of the mouth was covered With
fine tnenbrane, as were also the eyes.
1t could wink, tut seemed incapable OF
any other motion. It nved but shori
time after regaining its liberty: In
1719, near Caen, q live toad was found
in the trunk of an elm tree, four feet
above the root and exactly in the center.
The tree was perfectly sound and about
as thick ~ q mans body. No place
could he discsfhsd through which II
was possible for the G1tilsal 10 have
penetrated. As soon - the wood VA
cut away, the toad, which was a large
one; crawled out and skipped aw,y a.
If glad to escape.
These facts and many others of 8
similar character led n. Herrisan, &
French savan, to make some cuff6us
experiments. In February 1771, he
inclosed three live toads IN as mauy
cases Of plaster, and shut them up in 8
deal box. In April, 1774, he opened
the boxes and found the eases whole.
On opening the cases he found t*o OF
the toads alive, but the third had died
a martyr to science. They were handed
over to the Academy Of Sciences, and
q careful examination showed that the
animals had no communication With
the external air, and must have existed
without the slightest nourishment.
The same experimenter inclosed some
toads in glass, 80 Is to observe their
movements, but, 20 the detriment of
science and relief Of tho toads. he
soon died aid the Investigation stopped.
The writer from whom We quote also
mentions other animals that have been
1Ound IN equally strange quareers. At
Toulon oysters fit to eat are frequently
found in pieces of stone. In Spain,
two live worms were found in tho mid
die of block of marble which sculp-
tor was carving into 4 lion for the royal
family. These worms occupied small
cavities to which there was noinlet that
could possibly admit the air. In
France, in 1772, IN adder WAS found
alive in the center Of block of marble
thirty feet in diameter. InGuadeloupe
live frogs are found in beds of petIi-
faction. In these and many other cases
given by the writer, his perplexity, Of
course, is TO know how the animals got
in there in the first place, and then how
were in. Il any bugoloeist, or others,
can discover how It is done, he,will
have . psssable recips for sonferring
immortality,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
Phosphoric Lights for Use at Ses.

A series of interesting experiments
with a phosphoric light has been made
in the Firth of Forth. This light, If
brought into use, would supersede the
ordinary blue light now universally
used AZ danger and other signals in the
naval and mercantile services. The
phosphorated substance il contained in
q tin lamp, holding about half = pint,
and before being used Z hollow tube at
the top and bottom 10 opened. The
lamp is then suspended by an ordinary
piece of wood, which is thrown into the
sea. A bright light imme-
diately flashes up, and continues
to burn very brilliantly for upwards OF
three-quarters of an hour. The light
was also exhibited from the masthead
of a vessel by placing the lamp in .
small can containing water, constructed
for the purpose. It is expected that
the light will be very serviceable for
indicating the position of . life-buoy
at night While the experiments were
being made, the steamer was going at
full speed. From the time the lamp
and ife.buey were thrown overheard,
the engines stopped and reversed, and
q boat lowered, to the time when the
buoy and light were picked up, only
three minutes elapsed
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
Useful Stove.

When the last German Arctic Ex-
pedition started for the North Pole, it
carried q newly invented stove by Prot.
Meidinger, which would have rejoiced
the heart of Count Rumford, and has
proved an invaluable invention. It is
Of iron, having double wall. with .
space about two inches wide between
the outer and inner walls, to which the
air has free access, above and below.
The cold air being always at the bot
tom, and the warm ascending, it
follows that Ill the air in the
room is being constantly forced through
the space between the outer and inner
covering of the stove, or what is the
same, is being constantly heated. The
coal is put in at the top, and fills the
whole inside Of, the stove, which is
about six feet high, more or less. 1t is
then lighted at the top, and kept burn
ing by the draught created by valves
inserted both into the side walls, and
at the bottom of the stove. The valves
opened, the greater the heat, so tina.
the temperature can be easily regulated.
The expense is . third less than that Of
an ordinary German stove, and the new
invention, in IN elegant shape, is rap
IDLY finding its way into dwelling house.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18

Mr. SAMUEL HUNTER, of Maine, was
married the other day ut the age OF 96.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
Words,
n Uu KAY.

Tho violets Weee eprfnginG,
Tbe sunshine al5ed the dsy;
Tho hsppy birds ware singing
The peaises OF the Nay.
A Werd came to me bhghting
The beauty Of the scene,
And my heart Was Winter,
Though al the woods were green.
Nov down the blast 10 saihng
Tho dad lesve0 brown and scar
The forests aEe bewsflan0
The dying of the year.
A word came to me nehtine
with rapture all the air,
And in my heart b Summer,
Th0ua6 III the trees aEe bare.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18

WEDNEsDAX, January 1O.-SENATE-
Messrs. Wright, Morrill,, Of Maine, ard Norwood
were appointed committee to investigate the
charges against Clayton. A bill from tho foreign
committee. authorizing the admission Of III
japanese youths to West Point, without OK
pense to the government, was introduced,
occasioning long debate as to the precedent
cot BY such proceeding. Tho till finally wont
over: Mr.. Carpenter offered preamble and
regulations taking from the President the
power Of nominating to public Office, would be
contrary to tho constitution. He said that u
an early day he would call it up for submitting
some remarks upon the latest political delusion,
called civil s9rvlce reform, which takes it from
tho officers in whom It IL vested by the oonsti
tation t.an and n svs: to boaTd Of :ehSoln.'ters
over. Tho bill to prohibit the detention Of
soldiers' discharges by claim agents attorney.
was adopted. Several bills were introduced
and referred. after which the Senate i'd
iourned.
WEDNESDAY, January 10.-HousE.-
The mint and coinage bill came up, and VA
the occasion Of political sparring exhibition
between Messrs. Dawes and Wood, which fol
the credit Of the parties named might have
been omitted. W.T.. Clarke was admitted to
seat from tho third District of Texas, which
was contested by N. G. Giddings. Mr.. Sargent
was also sworn In ~ representative from
California.
THURSDAY, January 11--SENA1I.-
A large number Of petitions for tho reduction
Of the tariff and tho repeal Of the protective
duties on salt, iron, coal, TO-, were presented
A bill WAS passed, appropriating ,sl5 to de-
fray the expenses Of tho Ku Klux Committee
MI. Carpenter introduced bill authorizing
the West Wisconsin Railroad to construct and
maintain . railroad bridge across Lake St.
Croix at Hudson, Wis. The Joint resolution oi
MIR. Sumner, proposing 4 constitutions
amendment limiting tho service Of the Presi
den to one term, came up. MI. Conkling i'd
dress dressed & the Senate IN Opposition to the amend,
The Senate then went INTO executive session
bill passed for the relief Of Mrs. Parker
whose deceased husband had discovered thu
Guano 1s]ands in the Pacific Ocean, from
which she has derived no advantage. A bill
! was introduced increasing the limitation o.
! the minimum amount OF suits which may b,
appealed to the Supreme Court from o., ,OOl
to $4,000. The joint resolution accepting tn,
statue Of Roger Williams from Rhode 1slsni
was then taken up, and after discussion
passed.
THURSDAY, January 11.-HousE-Mr
Edwards, Of Arkansas, addressed the Hous,
upon the charges brought against him. A res
olution in reference to the improvement Of tn
Tennessee River was adopted. A bill from tn
Commerce Committee, authorizing the con
struction Of ship canal from Lake Michiga1
to the Mississippi River, was reported and re
comittvd.
FRIDAY, January 12.-HousE-Or
motion Of Mr.. Farnsworth, resolution VA
adopted directing tho Post Office Committe
to inquire into tho contracts recently mad
for tho transportation Of mails, with power b
send for persons and papers. He stated tha
the Postmaster General requested an investi
| gati0n
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18

negotiating with the other claimants,
creating the impression that they would
submit the case by argument to the
Secretary of the Interior. In the mean
time, Stewart made hurried trip to
Washington, and managed quietly to
get q patent covering the tract in ques-
ton, and had been in Europe operating
tor month before the discovery of his
little game.
THR Rock Island, Illinois, Argus
claims that "'the largest yield of corn
per acre ever recorded in Scott county
was produced by L. W. Clemens, of
Pleasant Valley township, this year.
His sworn statement to the Scott Coun-
ty Agricultural Society is, that the
yield was 154 bushels and three pecks
of shellcd corn! His onion crop WAS
ut the rate of 48O bushels per acre,
which was q good yield for the past
year, but 80 bushels less per acre than
he raised ON a previous season several
years ago. His carrot crop averaged
1000 bushels per acre, aud the potato
crop at $50 bushels.
NJ JosEL1Y, an italian photographer,
has hit upon a new branch of photo
eraphy. BY means OF diving-bell
(and, no doubt, electric, magnetism,
oxy-hydrogen, or other powerful illu-
minstion, we would ssy) this irnovator
has succeeded in Obtaining submarine
views. The idea is said to be quite prac-
tical, several experiments made on the
Italian coasts having been attended
with q perfect success. The most fan
tastic images have been obtained,
showing the negotiations and zooph Ytes
of the seas bottom, which, according
to spheric trigonometry, occupies i've
eighths of our globe, thus aforailg q
valuable auxiliary TO. students. NJ.
Joselly intends to send ample proofs of
his photographs to all the scientifi es-
tablshments of Europe.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18
THE OBJECT OF THE CRIME.

At the inquest this morning Bakers
story corresponded exactly with that
told by him on Tuesday evening. and
McCarroll corroborated it. When ask.
ed why he did not at once inform the
authorities, he replied that he was
afraid he would be DISCHARGED If he
didn't go home and "do the chores
first. It appeared from other witnesses
that on Monday evening three men ar
rived in Windsor Locks on the evening
train from this city, and applied Mt the
livery stable to be taken to the Bull
Run House. A team was provided and
they were taken over and left at the
place designated. Two of these men had
on light overcoats and high rubber
boots, corresponding to the description
first given by Baker of the men whom
he had seen run from the house. One
of these three men went back to the
Locks on Tuesday and took tho three
o'clock r. M. train south. The other
two are without doubt tho murderers.
They were tracked this morning
through the woods west of the house
for half mile or more.
Timothy Billings, the keeper of the
house, was about As years old, and
formerly kept IL similar place on Kill
bo'lrn street in this city. Della Bill,
lings, his wife, was Il woman of about
forty.
GREEN is the favorite color for house
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18

send an ultimatu,n to the Roman Catholic
Bishops who have not accept ed the dogma of
infal!ibihty.
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. Bourbakis army who perished
after the retreat into Switzerland was unveiled
in Lausanne on Sunday, in the presence of
5000 persons.
THE Provincial Correspondence saws the
rc-estabishment of diplomatic relations with
France proves that tho German government
wishes to resume the former friendly relations
between the two nations.
In Paris, On Sunday evening, Theirs gave .
banquet to the Emperor and Empress OF
brazli' and afterwards held a reception, which
was largely attended, and was the most bril-
liant affair of the kind since the war.
BRITISH sovereignty has been proclaimed
over that portion Of African territory which
was recently annexed to tho colonial posses
sions eff Great Britain Brant, President of tl,t
Free States, protests against annexation.
In the French Assembly the committee te
which was referred the proposal that the As
scmbly return to PARIS, reported adversely
Tho report was received with great cheering
by the Right, but the Left remained silent.
A TELEGRAM dated City of Mexico, Decem
ler 3lst, from the Mexican Minister Of War
Announces two general engagements between
ten. Rocha's forces and the insurgents undo
ten. Dlaz. in which the latter wore routed
with loss of artillery and cavalry.
HERE was an uproarious scene in tn
f'c"rh Assembly on Saturday, the occasion
tnins tho reading of a largo number of peti
'io's praying for the restoration Of the mon
arcfy. Some of the petitions wanted Coup
do tliarnbord, and others the Count dc Pari
for King.
The latest received Malr.,l journals threatc,
to declare war against the United States. an,
sweep our navy from the ocean if VIC intcrfcr
il, the least with Cnba They breathe bloo
and thunder and declare that witt, our y, esen
,''.l'"ted +reas,lry end internal dleco.d. W.
Jl be terribly punished.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-18

GREEN is the favorite color for house
in Florida,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-02

BREAD AND WArEK-TREATMEST OF Con
yrCTs IN JAIL.-Wc COPY as follows from the
Virginia (Nevala) Enterprise "Convlct
though he ~, there is something touching
i'm the remark made by Willis to Mr. Bots
ford, at whose house in SiN.lnile Canon he
called for food and Shelter last Saturday night
HIS feet were frozen, and he tottered to the
door trembling md famiShed wreck. HI
had eateB little or nothing for five or sin
DAYS, and when food was offered him he was
able TO swallow but few mOrsels. til
called for water necessarily, and when fe;a
was expressed that an over-lndlllgenct
might injure him, he remarked that
&c thous.he moi, u, ne utu fr,u iftttc else lol
the past four or five months. Soon after OBJ
tanning shelter he became dclrious, and it il
nor improbable that he will be permanent!
crippled. The story Of Willis corresponds
with the statements of captured prisoners
and others to the effect that since the Sep
TENDER cmeute the prisoners returned have
been fed on bread and water. Strong men
cannot long subsist OH a diet Of this kind.
and il is not matter of wonder that in then
desperation they broke from the Ormsb.
county Jail, with dozen chances to one in
favor of their recapture or death. Will
lis said he preferred death to return
to the State prison and its starvation
fare. The prisoners generally are well
and substantially fed; but it hus been fire.
quently asserted, and never denied, that the
recaptured convicts concerned in the Septem-
Der break have since their return been fcG
exclusively on bread and water. This regu.
lation was intended partly us punishment.
no doubt, and partly with the view of re-
ducing the offending conyicts to such Il con.
dition physically that they could not again
escape, even were the doors of the prison
thrown open to them. The plight in which
Willis reached the house of Mr.. Botsford
last Saturday shows the bread and watsl
theory to have been correct. He was men,
tai and physical wreck"