Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-04
TIL e N e w s,
Al Home.


JOHN BRoDDENT, a mechanic, shot and kill
cd hls wife 1t Kansas City, Mo-, on Thursday.
They had been saiverced.
TllE'st: Louis (ho.) Democrat Company is
composed of Geo. W. Fishback, Henry G.. Yea
: ger, Richard Holmes, and Geo. r. Whitlaw. i
The capital stock is $500, 900. 80 |
A D1sPArCH from Wilmington, N. @, gives |
rumor that tho New York Herald's corres- |
pondeht, recently captured by the Lowry gang
Of outlaws. has boon murdered!$< !,
. A DIVER named George Seaman was suifo i
Gated on Thursday, vhile WORKING on . sunk
en- wreck in the North River New York, by |
the bursting of fresh air pipe.
TIE boiler Of locomotive Oh tho Michigan
Central track, at Chicago, drawing hoav
train, exploded Saturday, morning with great
riolcnce. Only tho engineer was injured.
TIE commanders Of Posts of the Grand
Army of the Republic havo commenced ar-
ran:cmcnts for tho decoration of tho graves
of tho Urien dead, May 30. .>y4. ~,ss .sr.. .,sp
TtERE is great excitement iasths tcinitS Of
1isk'lwa Illinois. caused by tue depredations
Of gang of horse thieves. The farmers arc
forming; for vigilance committee. - /
1T Is now stated that Minister ,Sickles will
return to Spain, and, at tho special roouest of
the President, win remain thero until his sue
cessor is detern inel upon.
E'LAED PAUK, teller of tho Bank of San
Jose, California, committed suicide on Mon
day by shooting limsolf through tho heart
and falling into tho Gs,adeloupo River 1
DISPATCH from New York says tho water
Ill the upper aqueduct Of tho Croten Riysr is
unusually low. Tho water beMth thdrawl from
he park ponds until the Reservoirs arc filled
tho next fall of rain.
The new drawing.room car Duchess was |
destroyed by fire at Poushkeepsie, Monday
morning: 1t was on q side track. The fire |
caught from = stovc! Loss GIG, OO0-unin- !
surtd. -. Il
). Z. OWENS. proprietor, of the, Bronson |
House. st. Joseph, Mo-, committed suicide !
Thursday afternoon by shooting himself |
through the head with , pistol. Financial |
ombarrassmentsar are the alleged Gauss. / -
SEcltErARl FISH has sent to Madrid q vigor-
Gus dispatch upon tho case Of DR.. Howard, !
tho American citizen: just transported to a |
Spanish penal colony for 20 years, for partici-
patton i'll the Cuban rebellion.
IuE boiler OF the Trenton rolling mills. in
jersey City, exploded on Saturday, destroying |
tie blacksmith shop and portions of the main
building Five mon were injured, and Hugh
BALES, tender, is missing. Loss $4,000.
Iu1sTx EIGHT converts from Romanism. al
Cub;sns, were confirmed by Rshop Potter, in
New York, on Sunday afternoon, in an Epis-
copal church, which is tho first Spanish
Protestant Organization in tho United States.
1he service is in Spanish.
OK Saturday man named ;Ciark, in Cold
Spring. near Otis, Mass, by the nost foolish
carelessness n with loaded gun. shots&d killed
his sister, aged % years, aud wounded her
tho arm was necessary.
HE Secretary of the Treasury has received.
Tor redemption, about 10000, 600 of five.
twenty y called bonds, the interest on the-last
2o,oo0,ooO of!xlieh:ceased .Mitich %! CfEhere
are still outstanding some nine or ten millions
OF the called bonds, ON which tho intt lost
ceased last December. -
P1YTsBuqH dispatch says John Lsverty: q
crazy nan, attempt Cd to stop d passenger
train at Fairview, on Saturday. As the train
approached he seized club and Jumped iii,n on
the track III front of tho engine. ready Tor a
hSht, out cencutling that It, would be too
nnnrlo mucn TOR or nun; he turned to flee from its
Mrs. EMILY WALTON, proprietress of a
boradlngg-house in Thirty-irst street Now
York while Oh her way to deposit 81, 600 in
United States bonds, and $1,000 in money in,
safe custody, either lost or was robbed Of all
tho money. which she had pinned in tho bos-
.;l,; u,l VI nef ofess. S5OO diamond pin is also
missing. reward Of 1000 is offered.
At meeting Of the Erie directors, on Tues
ri RI
place OF jay Gould The Now York Post gives
reports that the present Erie directors have
made arrangements with Jay Gould by which.
tor . consideration, all proxies of stock stand
lug IN his name or those offices of which ho
mas been or is member shall be passed over
to them. f0" 0'oA
TRAINS on the Bellevue and Southern nl;n
ols Hallway have been stoned lately and tho
lives Of passengers endangered. by a gang of
scou;1drels near Pickneyv,llo THURSDAY night
las! TWO men were arrested in the act, and,
While being searched by the City Marshal, one
~ 1T. them stabbed him. inhicting wound thir-.
Teen inches long, whereupon the MarshaI shot
the desperate dead.
DETAILS of the revolt of the native troopsi in
Cavita, Malta, show the conspiracy was ren-
eral for rising throughout the island. Had
not an accident precipitatea the rising At
Ca'lta before the time arranged, few Euro
pGans would have escaped. The prisons are
hlled with suspected persons, including many
Creoies. Every lnsurgent taken was bayonet
cd or shot.
AN official statement shows an increase in
the revenue on Spirits, tobacco, fermented
liquors, banks and bankers, income, gas and
stamps, between September I, 1871. aud Jam.
ary 1, 1872, compared with the Same period of
the previous year, Of 4,687, ,892. against t1e.
crease from exmept articles and occupations.
of 96,73O,617. '"'''''''
CABLE dispatches from Belgium render it
probable that startling diclosures will soon
be made in the case Of Vogt, the. alleged m,,r-
derer Of Count Blanco. vogt's real name is
suspected to be Carl Stupp, and the woman
passing for his wife is supposed to have been
mistress Of the murdered man. B6th.St,inn
and the; Counts mistress disappeaIed7 frnmn
HeiSlum soon after the MURDER The heirs of
the Count are now on their way across the At.
iantlc to identify Vogt.
IHE Secretary of the Navy informs the Sem
ate that the expenses of vessels employed on
tue coast of San Domingo since the beginning
OF the negotiations fer the annexation Of
Gl, tham f. tiss amounts %o% to o6ono greater
III the West Indies, and that nine or ten Ves-
ses is the usual number employed in waters
adjacent to tho West Indies.
oS Sunday morning = negro named -Dsyid
Jones, robbed the house of 4 farmer named
Murray, in Nashville, and when the latter
offered resistance; the negro shot him. The
la'iraeler was arrested and put in jail At 9
O'Clock On Monday night an infuriated mob
gr9xe open the jail. ,and, after shooting the
prisoner twice, put rope around his neck
ana dragged him out on the public square and
s'iuhS hlm up to lamp post.
HE National Executive Democratic Com
mttee will hold meeting in Washington in
May, after the meeting of the Cincinnati Con-
ve''tlon, to fix time and place for tho ho1d-
ing OF the National Democratic Convention.
i. i! Is supposed by leading Democrats there
WAT q, time win be the 4th sof july and the
pace st. Louis. ~ r
1HE earthquake in California, on Tuesday.
was felt less at San Francisco than in Sacra-
mcnto. No damage anywhere On the foot
hills twenty-five miles east of visalia, : crash
occurred as II the modntaiins in we're rent .sun.
der. The earthquake evidently proceeded on
from that point, radiating with decreased force
throughout their entire length. It was the
strongest along the baso Of the Sierras. Slight
damage was done. at .Visalia :. none whatever
elsewhere.
Abroad.