Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-01
General Items.

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EnRRsox says: tIn the great house
hold of Nature the farmer stands at the
doot II the bread-room and weighs to
each his Loaf.
LONDON, with a population of 5000,
600, has only nine daily newspapers-
five morning and four evening while
Paris has twenty, and New York twenty
four. -" .s@s
Duuxa the recent "cold snap" in
Paris there were 800 serious falls on the
ice, 70 arms and legs were broken,
and two men died from accidental IN the
streets.
B1A1RsvnLE, Pa, is the site selected
by the isabella Furnace Company for
the erection OF mammoth coke works,
to supply its furnaces at Sharpsburg.
INDEPENDENCE HALL, in Philadelphia,
wss visited by $4,000 persons last
year. Over zoo, 600 tickets to the
steeple were issued.
CHICAGO is contracting for brick at
from eight and q half to ten dollars 3
thousand. Mccormick takes {, 600, 600
at tho lowest price.
TIN number Of vessels owned in
Pmladelphia in 1871 WAS two thousand,
five hundred and, f0rty-six; in 1870, it
was two thousand four hundred and
four. ,1s:E@.s5~sss-~ = ssszT g -
"THz Fes EarO1 Company p il the
romantic style adGRted p by ds,,s@9p company ny
the capacity Of the we'll whether they
will make q silk purse out of it OF not
TEE worm uses 250, ,0e0, 600 pounds Of
tea each year, and 718, O01o00 pounds
of coffee. China furnishes 1eaI1y all
the tsa, and Brazil over one-half Of the
coffee.
EH1 RrrfFh,Aus, the most eminent
of the younger poets q Germany, has
q poem on Lake Erie, in which he talks
about the palm trees and allgatoes of
that region. i. 53! ,,--- ..,=.:- -
Tn British mercantile marine con-
sists OF $1,000 vessels, representing
0OOO. 600 tons. OF these, LOCO 900
t6s1e axe steamers; and, altogether, the
English have mere ships than all other
nations combined |7-':''s.
TIE value of property at Monaco,
the only famous place in Europe where
gaming il still allowed, has doubled
since the edicts, suppressing Baden
Baden and tho others.
NxwBpKYPopf boasts of q canary bird
that snng for five years, was silent SIX
years, and now, at the age OF thirteen,
has begun to sing With all the tervor
and brilliancy Of youth. =. -.
Two Cherokees committed suicide at
Fort Gibson, which il noticed as re-
markable fact. This tribe has been
more noted than the natves of the
Emerald Isle for the rarity OF sui
cides. - 's->; ''
"A NV HAVEN woman gave such an
unearth1y 6hriek when she saw burg
lar making off with her household treas
ures, that the fellow dropped every
thing snd made himself scarce in the
quickest time possible.
AMERICAN Baldwin apples are sold in
the interior of England at = penny
apiece. This is cheaper than in the
Boston market, while lemons and
oranges are sold at our street corners
| for ten cents . dozen. i s.Et
Mr.. P. F. RoHHKRlnL, the artist VINO
painted the ''Batttle of Gettysburg, "
has notified Governor Geary and the
Legislature of Pennsylvania that this
| lon9.expected work, of art will be ready
for delivery about the 22d Of February
next.
MR. DANIEL LEONARD, of West Wood
] stock, Conn, recently cut IN elm tree,
from which he secured over l,5OO feet
j of lumber, and five cords Of wood. A
log II feet in length produced so feet
of lumber. sj! la j .s:r.r.:i,
A Mn died the. .othar day from hab-
itual drunkenness. A post ns0rten'
examination Of his internal organs
Ishowed thst his blood was largely mixed
With alcohol. The coroner testified
that the heart smeIled ~ though It had
| been stepped in alcohol. =
l In Washington county, Me-. two
men. while ct work on Columbia River
RECENTLY. aroused three baars, which
they ran into their den. One OF the
men, named Foster, entered the caye
j with . musket and shot the whole
three. '','''' 'ts : go:
Ar a party at Harriisonburg, Va, :
few nights ago, . gentleman thought
, lessly attempted to burn q cuEl OF
Young lady's hair. Unfortunately tn
curl was false, and in m instant tn
flames had enyeloped the ladys head
burning her severely.
ApooR man, for many years driver Q
the Halifax, n. S.. city prison wagon
The, other; day, received authentic IN
f. formation that his father and bfothe
q 1haye recently died, leaving HIM EGO
q lOOO Invested in bank in. Dublin, an
l.: Rz. 600 available cash in the hands OF
:. brother, and three steamships.
n TH. new paper money which has ~
Q peared in Paris ia printed in: blue in
II on fine tissue parchment paper, and
q issued by the Sociate GeneFale IL
y y small payments Of one, txo and n,
Y francs. It is we'll received by the pu,
y lie, as small change has been exeTemel
n scarce since the war.s at.-,fs>
4 A TREASURY girl, who has remark
~ bly fine complexion, says it was pr,
- duoed BY, the arsenic which she Absorb
Z from the greenbacks she handle
"a There are hundreds Of masculine
" whose complexions already leave not
a: ing to be desired, who are willing
% absorb unlimited quantities of poist
Il in that particular manner.
10 GRACE GREENWOOD, in her lecture {
10 6 The Heroic in Common Life" tell.
y story of the wife of member of Il
"a Arizona Legislature, whose house VIII
g her husband was absent on b
le legislative duties was attacked by I
e. dams. She shot six, and the next d
ID wrote to her husband: Dear job
lg the Apaches attacked the ranche.
I'd have won the fight, You need not cor
,e yourself, but send some more ANN
" nition."
SP8AxINa of rewardlng virtue, t
Norwich Bulletin says: A well-kno,
Justice of the Peace subscribed ii
a. dollars to the relief fund recently, a
n. upon returning to his Office immet
,r. ately received the amount for marryi
q. q couple. Thus il virtue rewarde
b. Another man was requested to &C
ma tribute, but declined, and within t.
,is hours heard that his mother ln-law h
cd come to stay month with him.
ct. A SuMeR of exceedingly dangerc
la- counterfeits of the denomination
nd $50 have lately been put in circulate
oe. How large the number may be
nat not known, but the notes are nea
to fanltlessly executed, and it is W
er: great difficulty than even experts c
of detect them. The only weak point
or. the execution is the central fignl
ap- which is a little too coarsely dol
Of When presented in package this
he ure is not seen in rapid counting, it