Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-30
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the fracture Of both legs and an arm. lie
died in a short time.
The laborers who have worked on tho new
Post Office in New York are about to take
steps to obtain pay for two extra hours thcy
have worked per day since tho passage Of tho
cight-hour law.
JUDGE B1ArcnroRD has granted writ Of
l. abeas corpus, requiring legal cause to be
shown for tho attempt of Gov. Hoffman to
send Carl Vosllt back to Belgium for trial in tho
ab,encc Of an oxtradition treaty covering tho
cr,mc of murder, with which Voght is charged.
Hon. WILLIAM BAKER. Mayor OF Evansville.
INDIANA, is dead.
P"slrIvE information warrants the Secretary
of tho Treasury IN assuming that the three
hundred millions Of five pcr cent. bonds can
be negotiated i'll Europe at an carly dav, and
without fail.
IHE first case Of sunstroke OF tho scason
occurred in Now York On Friday.
BosroN dispatch says that a criminal
prosecution has been commenced against
stannard, the dcfaulting collector OF customs
Of tho Vermont district. His accounts arc
short about $4,000.
In Newport, Ky, on Thursday night, an at
tempt was made by nn unknown rutlian to as-
sassinato Mrs. Carrie Robinson PIERCE the Ill
vorced wife Of VIM. A. Robinson. a railroad
ticket agent at Cincinnati. Two thr,lsts wore
made at her with a knife, ono Of which she
avoided. Tho secsnd inflicted a serious but
not dangerous wound.
JOHN RICHARDS, = we'll known Indian trader
near Fort Laramie, wltl, Yellow Bear, and shot
u, p;,l,o L., =: m
riends Of Yellow Bear.
IN New York, on Saturday, q messenger Of
the Gallatin National Bank, while on collect
ing route, WAS robbed of . parcel containing
$4,000 III gold certificates aud checks, and
Sloo cash. Tho thieves arc known, and their
arrest is expected.
DURING the prevalence Of the high wind on
last Saturday afternoon, skiff in Lake Pc
osta, near Dubuque, Iowa, containing party
of six, three young men and three young
women. was upset, and three Of the party
Nellie Connolly. Katio Lonersan, and George
Beck-were drowned. The other Young
woman, Bridget Feeuey, was saved, but lies
III precarious condition, from fright.
y TELEGRAM from Little Rock says the river
at that point lacks but four feet of being AZ
high as in 1S47. The town Of Argenta, oppo-
site Little Rock. is overflowed, as also the de-
pot and tracks Of the Memphis Railroad. The
damage already done to plantations near hero
Is estimated at $4,000. Thousands Of acres
OF cotton are under water. below as we'll az
Above In Jefferson, Ark, Dcsha and Chicot
counties, large part of the farms bordering
along tho river are covered with water
AT Annapolis, on Wednesday, whilo tho
m!dshipmen were being examined in practice,
seamanship by the Board Of Visitors. in set
ting and furlins sails, ETC., on Board the ship
Dot. midshipman Fdclcos Carter, of Illinois.
te1 from below the foretopsail yarlarm'
striking tho rigging in his fall, into the water.
M'dshlpmen Il: H. Mclean of New York and
Is. W. Gait Of Virginia jumped overheard and
Kept him af1oat until all were rescued by
boat Carter was not seriously injured
RE1DER W. CLARKE died at Batavia. Cler-
mont county. Ohio, on Thursday, of dropsy.
He was member of Congress from the SIKH
Ohio district, from 1864 to 1868. then was an
pointed Third Auditor of tho Treasury. and
afterwards supervisor of internal revenue of
tho southern district of Ohio Ho has been
an invalid several years.
HENRY HAD1soN, engineer, and E. l.. DOUG
lass, fireman. on construction train on the
pennsylvania Road, were killed Thursday
morning near Gallitzln. The construction
train was standing ON the track, and was run
An,o ny freight tram.
The July election for Eric Directors il at
tracing attention, OWING to the supposed in
harmony among the foreign stockholders, who
control quite three-fourths of the stock.
A COAL mine, two and a half miles south of
Waught Mills, in Mercer county, ILL.,, has been
on fire since the 10th inst Water from IA
vine has been turned into the mine, and it is
hoped it will be extiugulsheI.
In breach Of promise case tried at Proyi-
dcnce, r. l., Friday. Julia E. Vailett. aged
twenty-five, recovered $4,000 from Thomas
Grace. aged sixty-nne.
The famous case of Dowlin vs.. the Second |
National Bank of Cleveland, Ohio, for the
recovery of $4,000 in United States bonds de-
posted with the said bank in 1867 as q specia1 !
deposit, and abstracted by the late cashier of
that institution, was closed on Friday by the
jury rendering verdict for the plaintif for
sl3, 3sss-the full value of the bonds, with in.
terest.
In New York on Friday evening the five-
story building, 1852 and 164 West Twenty-sev-
enth street, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
5lO5 0O0. as follows: Doench Il Co.. cabinet
makers, S25, 600; Marvin X Co., safe manu.
1acturers, SO, 900; E. G. Robinson, owner of
eAo OuAuAu6, T1U,UUO. lu0 EaICH falling
through the flooring crushed the boiler, which
was filed with steam. but no one was injured.
Terrible tornado passed ovor Paloma.
Camp Point. Cottsburg and other villages in
the country on Thursday night, unroofng
houses, barns, etc., and doing serious damage.
4 freight train on the Toledo, Wabash and
Western Railroad was brought to stand still
and nearly thrown from the track.
a boat containing six men capsized on the
Aonongahela river, near McKeesport, Pa, at
noon on Friday. -Four Of the men, whose
names are not given, were drowned.
GEO. HERBERT, an employe of E. divers
rolling mill, in Pittsburg, ,on Friday fell against
a revolving circular saw used in saving rcd
hot iron. A fearful cash fourteen inches long
was cut in his back, penetrating to his back
bone and severing portion of the vetsbr~.
The Davenport and st. Paul Railroad Com
pany placed on file for record at the recorders
Office at Davenport. on Thursday, . mortgage
to secure bonds Of that company I'd the extent
of sc, 900, 900. Grading and bridging is 90
nearly completed on the Muscatine Western
Railroad to the Iowa river, that track-layiuc
will probably commence next week.
On Tuesday of last week, J. b. Somers and
wife, P. B. Roberts and Susie Hofraker, at
tempted to ford Neosho r1ver, at Council
Grove, Kansas. Their wagon was upset. and
all drO yned.
COLLISION occurred Thursday morning, on
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
near the crossing Of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, in Quincy. Six cars were COM
pletely wrecked, and two engines and twenty
four cars badly damaged. The freight train
from tho west was standing On the track, when
hhe was run into by an extra and driven for
ward on to No. 8. All three trains were badly
injured.
FEARS are entertained that the corn crop in
Iowa will be very light this year, as not over
one-lalf the corn has been planted, and the
weather il still cool. The season is about T.
month behind that of last year. Many fields of
corn will have to be replanted in consequence
Of the seed rottinS in tho cold, wet ground.
Small grain Of all kinds is in good condition.
The will of John D. Hendey, involving half
million of dollars, is being contested before
the Supreme Judicial Court Of NJ Massachusetts,,
by portion of the heirs, who allege the un-
sound mind of the testator, and undue in
huerce by parties receiving the largest lega-
cies
The U. S. troops sent to quell the disturb,
anccs in the Lake Superior region, visited the
Calumet ard IIecla mines last Friday night.
Sunday forenoon the strikers marched up in
front OF the headquarters of tue troops and
allowed five OF their number to be taken prjs-
oners.
lie claims Of Mrs. .FitZhugll, a relative of
the family Of Gen. Washington, for 1876, 900,
Tor wood and timber taken from her estate
ior the United States army during the rebel
non, has been filed before the Southern Claims
Commission. Among the papers is a safe
guard to the lady's family and property. from
Gen. Winfield Scott