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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-26
THE COYOTE.
Lively Description Of . Strange Lit
tie Antma1-lts Remarkable Flowers,
and their Practical Illnstr ra tim.

1avely OescFape1oh OF . strange Lit
and their Practical Illastratjon.
The coyote is an inhabitant of thu
North and Southwest of the United
States and Mexico; it is found from
Mexico to the Saskatchewan. It il
35 to 40 inches long, with q tail large
and bushy, about Is inches long, with
large ears, a sharp, fox-like muzzle,
four toes on each foot, and on the fore:
feet sharp claw on the inside, two
inches above the ground, attached to
the rudimentary thumb. In color 1t
is usually of a dull, yellowish gray,
with black cloudings the under parts
of q dirty white. It is very feet of foot,
and can outrun almost every other ami
NAL in the same range. Naturalists call
1t CAMS latrovis, or Lyciscus latravis,
meaning the thieving VOLTA tit name
for this stealing rogue.
We lately saw an article in the Evan:
Journal, by J. w. Steele, giving an
account of the coyote. He differs
from naturalists, in making him slow
of foot. An old, pioneer informs ar.s
that, like all the wolf and fox trbes,
they are feet of foot but, be this as it
may, they are remarkable for their
cunning and thieving propensities.
He in common with all his tribe, eats
almost anything that comes in his
way. A number of them will some-
times attack lonely buffalo, and, af-
ter dogging and molesting BIN for
days together, will wound him and
bring him to the ground. He is fond
OF eggs and of birds, and by his in
genuity makes out to capture them.
But the great business of his life is
to steal; he will steal everything that
comes in his way.
Mr.. Steele says he will gnaw the
twisted lariat from the pony's neck,
and drag away the saddle and chew it
mp beyond recognition by it's owner.
He will enter into the open barrack
window and steal the accoutrements
from the soldiers bedpost, and his
shoes from under his pillow. He will
walk backward and drag . dry hide a
mile from where he found it. It
would seem that he does not steal
these things for food, but he steals as
some men do, because he is thief by
nature. His howl, or bark, is very
peculiar, and he keeps it up all night,
to the great discomfort of the campers.
These animals have their homes only
on the plains and open prairies. The
coyote figures largely in the legends Of
the old pioneers, who crossed the plains
before the age of railroads. But like
the Indian, the elk, and the buffalo,
he is fast ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Co.., Miner.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-26

C66.
Two years passed, and 1 heard
no more of my nocturnal ad-
venture. I had letters from Oscar
don and from some German friends.
full of wonder at my sudden departure.
but giving no hint as to its cause, and
the circumstance had almost faded
from my recollection. Last autumn.
however, I was in Germany, and hear.
ing that an old tutor of mine had be-
come q Protestant chaplain at the gaol
of Verdun- place q few miles from
Dusselberg-I went over to see him.
He acted as my cicer0,se round the
prison, and while going through one
of the wards I caught sight of q face
that turned me faint. This face be.
]onged to convict, short, thick set
"an, who was sitting apart from the
rest. 1 recognized him in an instant
as the man whom I had nearly murder
ed. approached he raised his head,
started, and then grinned calmy.
"Do you know me 2" asked.
II do," he answered. ~ only saw
you once, as you came out of the sad.
aler's door, but You saw me after that,
and gave me M,is.''
He raised his matted hair as he
spoke, and showed me red scar or his
temple about three inches long.
shuddered ut the recollection.
"And why did you attack me- 2"
"Why ?"hr replied, ''because was
pni.| for it, rs I had been for many
more. That Polish count was my mas
ter and partner; we were one 1irm all
that winter, and shared alike. He
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-26

TIE loss by the fire at Flushing, L. L.,
reaches $4,000.
FORECLOSURE suit has been brought
against the New York Grand Opera House to
collect 500, 900, due November LIST, with inter.
est from August 7h, 1872, and is in the name
OF Ellen N. Pike, holder Of mortgages, and
was No'.ght before tho death Of s. N. Pike.
her husband.
TIE New York Dock Commissioners have
applied for mandamus to compel Comp
troller Green to pay them $500, 900, the pro-
ceeds OF the sale OF dock bonds. or nine
million dollars to which the department is
entitled, it has thus tar received only two mil.
lion dollars.
The cause Of the refusal Of Vice-Presiden
ColFax to assume the editorshlp OF the Tri-
bune il said to be disagreement between
Messs. Colfax and Orton as to the future
policy snd management Of the papor.
TH,MAs SANDERsoS, deputy Marshal Of
Springfield, Ohio, charged with robbing money
order letters Of $1,000, waived an examination
before the United States Commissioner, and
was held to answer in $6, 900.
WI. GARDNER, who has been on trial q
Cleveland, charged with poisoning J. Waters
OF Bedford, last March, was acquitted satur
day.
COMMODORE VANDERBILT has abandoned to
the present his underground railway through
New York City.
Hon. W. W. SELLERS, pro- ,inent IIlnoi
R'p"''l'cans, died at Pchin, Sunday, of typhoi,
ever.
THos. DUNnAM was arrested in Now York Of
ia '"idav Tor att mpti, 4 to negotiate bon.
of the state OF Missouri, which was raised from
81 to $500 Durham had on his person bond
representing $4O, 600, all OF wi,icl, hc atlmittc
". re ralseC.
JOHN +. KENsETT, President Of the Artist,
l:.ni Society, and member Of the Nationa
Academy, d distinguished landscape painter
cied suddenly at bis studio, in New YORK, 81.
uyd.y afternoon.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-26

TuEa United States steamships Supply and
Guard have been detained by tho Government
to carry the goods If American exhibitors to
the Vienna Interna tionala Exposition.
ANEW YoHx Sunday paper states that tho
murder Of Maud Merrill by her uncle. Robert
p. Bleakley, Was caused by her refusal to con-
tinue to pay him share Of her earnings, and
that he was her real ssducer.
FIVE men were buried by the caving in Of a
trench on the grounds Of tho Missouri Insane
Asylum, only ono Of whom was rescued alive.
BOILER explosion in a mill in Wayne
county, Missouri, demolished tho building,
killed four men and wounded three others.
A YOUNG son Of F. b. Machhold upset coal
oil lamp at Columbus, Ohio. Saturday night,
and was go seriously burned by the fluid that
he died.
ALL the lists Of Electoral Colleges Of the
several states for President and Vice President,
excepting three, have been sent to the Presi.
dent OF the Senate by mail, though not more
than one-third OF the entire lists required by
law to b. delivered to him by messenger have
yet been received. Louisiana sends lists from
two different Electoral Colleges. The two
oOuSco Va NOu61o0os ~ JOAuI cOuSoutAOus Will
determine which list shall be counted on the
second Wednesday Of February, the time Of
counting all the electoral votes.
TIE assets Of Reed l. Bancroft, grocers, of
Clinton, Iowa, who made an assignment on
Thursday last, are only about 40 per cent Of
the liabilities.
WI. HENRY RUSSELL, for long time mer-
chant Of New York, died in Paris, on Satur-
day, aged 7a.
GENERAL Crook is prosecuting vigorous
campaign against the hostile Indians in Ari-
zOna.
The Tennessee code prohibits the sale Ct
spurious liquors on Sunday. Under this law
many Nashville beer sellers were indicted and
fined by the Criminal Court Of that county.
A test case was made and q decision rendered
that there is difference between spurious
and fermented liquors, and declares that the
statute does no. prohibit the sale Of wine and
beer, they being fermentod liquors.
FouR hundred aud seventy one horses died
at Cincinnati from the epizootic in the last
four weeks.
GEHERAL S1oEL has been elected president
Of the Society Of United Nationalities.
TIE Mutual Lite Insurance Company has
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-01
Improvement In Trotting Time.
From Wilkes Spirit.


In Goldsmith Maid we have seen dis
played such a capacity for repeating
fast feats as no other trotter exhibited.
At least three times she has trotted
three heats inside Of IN. Dos, and at
each of these trots has reduced the best
aggregate time of the three fastest heats
in harness. Ten years ago the I'm. l9is.
in harness OF Flora Temple was unri-
vailed. George NJ. Patchen had been
close UP with her in fast heats, but in
none Of them as good as I'm. 90, and it
was set down that he was as good as
people might reasonably look for. Yet,
in 1864, when Dexter's best time was
in Pm. 30s. to harness, Hiram Woodruff
took his friend, c. j. Foster, to Dexter's
stable. and said: Here is the king of
the world" He was right, too, but it
was not given to any king to reign all
the time, and in the natural course of
events Goldsmith Maid has entered
into the throne by legitimate succession.
When it was seen that FIVE public
horses had beaten Pm. 20s, and all CO
temporaries-for Dexter, Lady Thorn,
Goldsmith Maid, George Palmer and
American girldiffered but little in age
it showed that the natural course Of
events favored speed. When to this 1t
was added that Goldsmith Maid had
twice trotted three heats all inside Of
Pm. Dos, it seemed pretty plain that she
could get below Dexter's best time. 1t
is our firm belief that he would have
got below il before now if he had re-
manned on the public turf. For the de-
velopment Of speed, bottom, and other
elements required to make up the race
horse, there is nothing go good as racing
itself, and when he was taken from the
turf there was an end TO his main
chance to improve his time, for no
horse can really have any time except
that which is given him BY the turf au-
thorities for performance in a public
race, but to improve in those elements
Of speed, admirable action, gameness
and stoutness, for which he was once SO
remarkable. In the natural course of
events his time has nav been beaten by
Goldsmith Maid, and inasmuch as Jay
Gould, a green horse, came out last year
and trotted in minutes % seconds
with Judge Fullertsn-als0 in his first
season, and younger than he-close to
him, we may very likely see her time
beaten in the same natural course OF
events, without living to be very
old men.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-01

In the Senate on the 10th Mr.. Logan
presented the petitions Of heavy lumber
men in the Northwest in favor Of the Chi
cago Relief bill; also, the resolution Of the
Illinois Legislature for the same......The bill
to extend the time for the construction Of q
railroad from the river st. Crcix to Lake
Superior was passed. ....Sumner's war ma
tsrial resolution was again taken up and
discussed until adjournment.
In the House on the 18th bill was passed
al owing Photographic pictures for the ex-
hibition Of the National Photographic Asso-
citation, TO be held in Cleveland, o., in june
next, 10 be imported free......Mr. Hay pre-.
sented an invitation from the American
Sharpshooters' Association to the House Il
attend the festival at Highlands, ILL.,, in Mal
next, and moved to appoint committee o
Ave to attend. Adopteda.".A large number
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-01
MarssilIss tJsn. ~ Correspondence n. 7. Hsrsl

Marseies tJsn. 30 Correspondence N. ]. Herald.
Every one was beginning to breathe
more freely, when we were shocked by
the news of cruel murder in our
midst The victim is merchant Of
Tunis, or rather the continental agent
Of a mercantile house in that city.
About ten days ago this person, whose
name was Gregg, was invited by cou-
pie of intimate friends to visit them in
q store they had just hired. They were
fellow country men, and professed the
same creed, possibly sat in the same
pew in the Synagogue of the Rue
Breteull. So he went, nothing suspect
ing, to the Rue des Tonneliers. There
he found his two friends, and third
friend and a countrymen, who had, as
it were, just dropped in.
The chief criminal, named Sidebon,
who had planned the murder, knew that
Gregg hai received, or was about to re-
ceive, 250,000f., in drafts, from Tunis.
No sooner had the victim reached the
middle of the store, than the accom-
plice, Niscime, struck him down with a
loaded cane. Sidebon Immediately
strangled him. The third party, Tolu.
dane, young man of 81, and who now
appears in the character Of informer,
says he did nothing. The three muir.
derers proceeded TO the victims lodg-
ings at Al Rue Montgrand, where they
found, the informer says, from fifty to
sixty thousand francs, which they car.
ried off and divided among them at
Sidebon's lodging in the Rue Fon-
gate.
The next move was to dispose of the
body. For this purpose they bought
saw and an axe, chopped and sawed the
body up, procured trunk and packed
up the pieces. Sidebon and Toludano
then went on board Tunisian vessel in
the port, asked the Captain to take
trunk to Tunis, and to send boat for
it to the foot of the Cannebiere The
boat was sent in charge of . boy, who
was sent of by them to get cigars, and
they then rowed the boat containing the
trunk outside the docks. When they
thought themselves at q safe distance,
they threw the thing overheard, but,
not being heavy enough to sink, it
Aoated. They left it to float away, but
it did not 20 far, for next morning a
fisherman found it stranded at the
Chateau DIFF. This man reported his
trouvaille, and Toludano was soon found.
Upon his testimony N;scime was i'm.
mediately arrested, but Sidebon has not
yet been found. Toludano gave up
l5,OOOf, which he says was all he got,
and 25OOOf. more were found at the
bottom of the cistern. The victim was
buried on Sunday in the Israelite Gem.
etery. The unhappy man was we'll
known at the Bourse, and the affair has
caused great dea' of painful excite.
ment. The murderers belonged during
the war 70 the legion raised here, called
" Egalite," legion of known Commu.
nists and ruffians. 1t is almost enough
TO say that it was commanded By Del
pech,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-01

An exchange furnishes the following
as sure cure for this painful disease
"Boil small potfNl Of potatoes, and
battle the part affected with the water
in which the potatoes were boiled, as
hot as can be applied, immediately be.
fore going to bed. The palma will be
removed, or at least alleviated, by the
next morning. Some Of the most OBJ
stinatc rheumatic pains have lately
been cured by one application Of this
novel remedy"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-01

M0re Tight.rope Performers Needed.
1t 10 obvious that we do not hang
enough people in this country. As .
missionary work alone, hanging should
become more common and popular.
Nothing has ever been devised that can
be compared to il for efficacy in pro.
noting piety on the part the subjects.
There was Buckhout, the perpetrator Of
the murders At Sleepy Hollow, New
York, and about a. uncomfortable a
brute and malefactor As the criminal
annals Of the country can produc II
he had been simply sentenced to i'm
prisonment for life there 10 reason to
apprehend that he would not have been
brought to any saving sense of the err
ror Of his ways; but just before he was
hung, the other day, he gave the smil.
ing assurance that he had repented and
secured forgiveness. If ju,ies, and
courts, and governors will not be moved
to the infiction Of hempen punishment
by the demands Of Justice or the safety
Of society, let them take into the &C
count the spiritual welfare Of the cul
prit, and hang him forwith. Chicog
Times,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-01

CINCINNATI, Feb. 20.-A special to the
Chronicle says: "a horrible tragedy
came to light early this morning in
Clark county, two miles above New AL
bany, Ind. A log house in which a
German named Bentley resided was
found burned TO the ground, the debris
having fallen into the cellar. The men
who made the discovery secured hook
and fished out Of the cellar the legs and
arms Of Bentley and his wife, also the
skull of Bentley. 1t is supposed they
we're murdered for their money las
Ben tley sold . lar &c lot of bacon yester-
day., and then the house was burned
cover the crime. The County Coroner
and large number Of people from New
Albany and Jacksonville went to the
scene to day, and the case is now being
investigated.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-01

SECRETARY BOUTWELL, defends himself from
the fault found with him for the selection Of
the Bigelow block for the Post Office site in
Chicago by asserting that the Government
saved $500 900 thereby, and that he was re-
commended 70 accept this bid by q majority
Of the members of the Illinois congressional
delegation. With reference to the govern
ment interest in the old site, ithas been sug.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-01


were badly injured. The body OF Henry
A. Sweet, SON Of Alanson Sweet, an old resi-
dent of Milwaukee. was found frozen be-
tween Superior and Bayfield,, . few days
since, where he had gone to look after prop
erty.....The first of The riot murder cases at
Los Angeles has resulted in verdict Of not
guilty, the District Attorney stating that he
had only Chinese testimony to offer, which
was not reliable. The defense introduced no
witnesses......A grinder employed in the
reaper works Of +. II. Nanny, Of Rockford,
Ill, On Thursday, va caught in belt from
shaft, revolving at the rate Of seventy FIVE
revolutions . minute, and almsst instantly
killed. HE head was crushed, and his bones
badly broken. The deceased was swede,
named Charles England, and was about -
years old...... Harry Johnson, employed on a
wood-sawing machine, was killed At Mazo-
mamie, Wis.,, by the bursting Of the fy.whSel,
pieces striking him in the head and breast
and killing him almost instantly.
rRIvAr. letter from Fort Benton, Mon
tana, states that during the latter part Of
December the thermometer marked 50 de-
grees below zero that buffalo, antelope
cattle and horses were frozen to death in
large numbers. On Jan. IL, when the letter
was written, the weather had moderated u
20 degrees above zero......At Laero, ina, on
Friday, the heading aud stave factory Of
Scherschell 4 Bro. was destroyed by FIRE
Loss about $6,000....T The jury in the case Of
n: j.. Bright, State Printer Of Indiana, or
trial for perjury and overdraw, have re.
turned . verdict Of not guilty $500. United
states Deputy Marshal John Peeke, havins
in charge . man implicated in robbins ths
express. ct Muskoga, Indian Territory, We,
shot and MORALLY wounded at that place, on
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-08-15
WHITE WINE VINEGAR.
REMNANTS

OF food should never be put away in gravy
if intended to be eaten cold. Warmed-up veg
etables, stcwcd fruits, sauces, puddings, etc.,
should appear on the table in clean dishes, and
not in the dish they were sent from the table
in. unless cleaned. Some housewives send
warmcd-up food to the table in the same dish
in which they were warmed, which is always
untidy. A dish which is presentable should
not be subjected to the heat required in cook
cry, excepting, of course, pie and pudding
dishes
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-08-15
Gen. Bradley JollnsOn's Views Of Greeley's
-f strength in the SOutli.

A special New York dispatch of the oath
saws. The Tribune of this morning publishes
nm interview with Gen. Bradley johnson, of
MARYLAND. The General said that he thought
the southern States, wherever the ballot is LETT
free and from under the direction of schemlng
rings, will support Greeley and Brown. He
considered the ticket good for at least 12O OF
the electoral votes of the Southern States. He
thought the unanimity of sentiment through
ont the entire South in behalf of the Greeley
and Brown ticket might seem surprising but
it would be explained according to the simplest
principles which regulate human conduct.
when the war ended, when the Confederate
soldiers gave their paroles of honor to obey. the
laws, they did it with the frankness of soldiers.
Instead of being met with spirit OF magma
nimity they have been subjected to unccasing
obloquy and insult, and have been compelled
again and again to reiterate the pledges which
once given they considered final and binding
forever. He says their self-respect has prohib-
tied them from any such reiteration, and they
have silently waited until the time should come
when they would be met as equals and treated
as men of honor. This liberal movement, un-
der the leadership of Greeley and Brown, is
the first hand that has been fairly extended to
them, and they arc grasping it now as an hon
est effort for reconciliation. IL is necessary,
also, said Gen. johnson, to bear in mind that
Mt least onc-third of the voting power at the
South has no political anteccdents or constitu-
ents Many thousands of young men who
have come to age during the past twelve years
have belonged to no national party, nor have
they ever participated in any national political
contest. The Presidential election of 1868 was
abnormal in its nature, and it cannot be really
said that the people of the South have been
connected for nearly twenty years with any
national political organizations. The power OF
this vast body of men, vastly superior to mere
numerical strength, is frce too, tor new politi-
cal alliances upon new issues, and with them
the issue is not party principles, but govern
ment and the administration of the laws They
go back beyond constitutional rights and seek
more particularly the preservation of the fun
damcntal conditica ai socie;s. T',ey seek to
restore the habcas corpus and the rishts of per-
sonal property, protection from general war
rants for the seizure of private papers, tho
subicction of power to the control of law, and
the prcdominancc of civil over military power.
They have done with old issues, and in the re.
suit of the election hope to regain the personal
rights lost in the war;
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-08-15
81 will not" was the reply.
And John kept his promise.

IF law which it was found necessary to
put in force in the seventeenth century in Eng
land were to be resumed to-day, it would cause
an immense downfall of chignons. 1t was as
follows call women, of whatever age rank,
profession, or degree, whether virgins, wives,
or widows, that shall, from and after this date,
impose upon, seduce, and bctray into matrimo-
paints, cosmetics, washes, artificial teeth, false
hair, Spanish wool, iron stays, hoops, high
heeled shoes, or bolstcred hips, shall incur the
penalty of the laws in force against witchcraft,
sorcery, and the like, and the marriage, upon
conviction, shall stand null and void"