Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06

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Glsdness on wings, the bobolink fs here;
Half-hid in tip-top app1e baoon,s he swings,
Or climbs against he breese With quive1in wings,
Or, givin' way to It I'm mock despair,
Runs down. . brook o. laughter. thru the air.
General Items.;
: ANOTHER bridge is to be built across
the river at st. Louis, at q cost Of H.
OOO,O 900. =. -.:.1.E
L. D.. SPKxcER & Co. g SAW mill, al
East Tawas, was burned last week.
Loss $12, ,OOO ..'," .. -,
An English workingman recently and
irregularly struck for eight hours, and
got six months. =. J.- ,- ~. e.
| SEvERAn granite men, all the way
from the state of Maine, last week, in
spected the granite quarries Of Mis-
souri,.
A FISH breeder in Michigan had, his
dam cut by an enemy in the night, and
millions of young trout escaped. The
loss was So, 1000.
COPPER mines are in successful ope-
ration at Dncktown, in East Tennessee.
The different mines in the vicinity fur
nish employment to over one thousand
men. -,t.,,..r7
The French name for, s Dolly Var :
dens" is "Watteaus. An obvious
misnomer, for when women wear euch
dragging skirts no one can see What
toes they have. s,.,>~ :.ss.sf.s ]:
The largest silver button ever cast
in Montana Territory, was turned out
at Helena Reduction works lately, Its
weight was 3O8 lbs, and it's value
$1,000. .. -. b.. j., =.
A NEW Celestial physician, named,
All -Tshew, has set up in San francisco.
He is probably oftenest called by pa
tients who are suffering with inhuenza.
THE notices of deceased graduates of
Harvard College will makes volume of
about one hundred pages and will SO IN
| be issued. .Es57 stsizi
| Two acres of forest land ON . noun
tain side near Elkton, Mo-, recently.
sunk to the depth Of the tree tops,
leaving walls as vertical as the sides Of
a house. 3. -
CA11FoRS1A sets liquor laws at def
ance with the discovery of = natural
spring, whose flow, instead of the lOos-
ening influence of most mineral waters,
has the effect Of making those who
drink it "tight- II .s....- = 80,
New YoRK state has II, 728 district:
schools-houses, valued ct go, ,468, ,266.
Nearly SIC, OO0, goo has been expended
for buildings and improvements during
the last five years. The number of
children in attendance Is about 1,604-
600. X .~-.-:r: =
The Portland Press thus describes q
painting by local artist =. 1t is q
winter scene the horse. stands quietly
in the road, with the dog perched on
the seat of the sleigh, while the owner
and his wife. are sitting on. the sea
shore, at little distance. .-,t>-*ts":--
THERE is not q single licensed saloon,
in the long stretch of country from
Estiville, Va, to Pearlsburg, in the
same state, comprising the counties of
Scott, Russell, TazeweA, Bland and
Giles. '',-',' =f=F-.
The Scientific Press says: esThe reel
hitherto used to measure the speed of
ships is another ime-honored institu-.
ton that is passing away: The fhysi-
meter is an instrument which perma-
nently connects the water with an in
dicator in the captains room, marking
the exact speed at all times.
MAaNA CHARrA was translated into
English in 1858; the Psalms of David
were done into meter in 1910: plays
were firstperformed in English in 1923;
wills and settlements we're first written
in English in 1347; and the first speech
in English was made in Parliament IN
1892 bY Sir Edward Turner. III 7zk-fs
The record of the fall Of snow, last
winter, near the line of NevHampshire
and Maine shows that the aggregate
was nine feet and two inches. The
largest fall in one Gay was, eighteen
inches. Twice during the winter foot
| of snow fell, but there were many storms
when from four to eight inches fell; Eas
Nml.o's GARDENi is being rapidly: ne
built, and will reopen in September
with a spectacular play by F. G. Bur
nand. The Black Crook will be revived L
during the winter. When rebuilt
Niblo's will present much the appear
ance as of old, the principal alteration
being the enlargement of the stage; s.,
A CURIOUS portrait of Gen. Waking
ton, on earthenware, is displayed in
New York jewelers. window. It is
death an American travelling in, Eng
land discovered. some sets of earthen-
ware with these portraits enameled up
on them. 81 He purchased the whole lot,
had the portraits cut out and framed,
and distributed them among his friends.
! Buzz saw returns continue to come
in quite lively. nAyoung man named
Oscar F., Camp, at Orange, Vt, kicked
against saw the other: day, and the
latter returned the compliment by split
ting his foot and leg to the knee and
throwing his knee pan to the other side
the mill. His arm was also split up
to the shoulder the whole length. He
lived but five hours after the accident.
Old boots and shoes are now cut into
small pieces, and put into chloride of
sulphur for few days. This makes
the leather hard and brittle, and after
it has been washed and thoroughly
dried, it is ground topowder and mixed
with a sort of gum or glue. II is
then pressed into moulds, and buttons,
knife; handles, and similar articles are
the result.
THREE young Cinnamon went to the
Prefecture of the Seine, Paris, for .
/ patent for the working of a new system
of telegraphy invented by them. This
simple and ingenious apparatus, it
seems, is destined to obtain great sue
cess, especially as the cost is insig-
nificant. The young Inventors have
only been studying in Paris for three
months. '~... ei.,l! :: figure. e:gl1.
"A LAD named Daniels, living in Du-
buque, Iowa, while ishing . few days
ago with some companions, attached .
large snake, and, as he supposed, killed
the reptile, and then twined it about
his neck. The reptile suddenly revived,
and frightened its coil about the boys
neck, and his companions only sue
ceeded in disengagipg the monster
| just in time to save tho boy from strang.
ling. IN. 81 arsvs.-xss - =. T.. :.
Two MEx1oANs and one .Arapahoe
Indian committed horrible outrage
upon a boy named Pulier, in Southern
Colorado some weeks ago, by holding
the boys head in the fire and burning
him frightfully, because he refused to
glve information, where his herd was.
The guilty wretches escaped. The boy
will probably recover, but he has lost
! one eye, and his head presents ghast-
|, lyappearance.
Il A CURIOUS case of spontaneous com.
= hnskion in noted in Reading. Pa. A