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

The Osservatore Romano gives long
and interesting account of the marriage
of a young American lady, Miss Cath
arine Riggs, the eminent banker at
Washington, with Signor Ludovico de
Geoffroy, so favorably remembered i'll
this city as French Consul General, and
who is now Envoy Extraor linary and
Minister Plenipotentiary from France
to the Court of China. The marriage
was celebrated by his Eminence the
Cardinal Barili, in his private chapel,
in the presence of all that WIS most
distinguished from every country at
Rome, the subscribing Witnesses being
the Count Bernardo d. Harcourt, the
Ambassador. of France at "la Santa
Sede," and Monsignore Antonio Catal.
di, one of the chief ministers of his
Holiness the Pope, Previous to the
wedding Gl'illustrio sposi "paid 9
visit of homage to the tomb of the
Chief of the Apostles, and had tht
honor of being admitted to a spec
ial private audience with his Holi
ness the Pope, who impaired to him tn,
Apostolic benediction. Immediatel,
after the ceremony, Monsieur and Mad
ame de Geoffroy proceeded to Monsieur
de Geotfroy's diplomatic destination, b.
the way of Brindisi.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
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"A Veritalle. India Rubber Man.

The Gardiner INC. Journal gives the
following PARTICULARS -6f~ the wonderful
escape Of Mr.. Joseph 61azier; Of that
city, from instant death. He was ex-
amining paper mill in Topsham, and
while so engaged the skirt of his coat
caught in the roll. He Immediately
'bethought himself to throw off his coat,
but in doing so his hand was drawn
into the rolls. "l'll let it pull my arm
out, nhe thought to himself, but as the
merclless machinery pulled at the stout
muscles ana tendons, Mr.. G. found
that his arm would not pull off without
breaking his neck. just think of such
situation for a man to be in! Cody
submitting to his fate, he turned his
head over on the side to save his nose,
and through the space of about four
inches lie was drawn to his. hips. He
says as the rclls passed over" his head
it made q noise like grinding coffee in
mill, and that's the last he remem-
bers. The blood spirited from his eyes,
ears and mouth so as to go on to the
dryer, twelve feet distant. He was
taken up, for dead, but, strange to. say,
he is now about the street. .. The space
he went through was about four inches,
we are told, but the upper roll could
rise little by what give there was to
an 80-inch felt The Journal naturally
remarks that it hardly seems possible
that man could be ground through
c1lcll a small space and live.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
A Burglar Captured After an Exciting
Chase.

On Monday night the clothing store
of Shouts & Stofragan, at Plano, Ill,
was robbed of $1,500 worth of cloth.
Tuesday the thief was traced to Auro-
ra, where it was learned that u man
calling himself E. 9. Mathews, had
hired q team the night before at
Roach's livery stable, had changed the
buggy for meat wagon at West Auro-
ra, and gone with the same to Plano,
returning to Aurora towards morning.
Possessing these facts, a posse of men
from Plano, along with the City Mar.
shall of Aurora, surrounded Mathews
house Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock
on Spring street, in Aurora. Finding
himself in close quarters, Mathews
made dash for his back door, firing at
the same time into the crowd, hitting
Charles McCurdy, 4 station agent at
Plano, in the arm. McCurdy, nothing
daunted, however, gave chase, knocked
Mathews down, and thus the burglar
was secured and placed in jail, not,
however, until he had fired several
shots ut his pursuers. All the cloth
was found in his possession.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
Ticllborn Claimant Again.

The Tichborn claimant who has been
at large for some time past, has not,
it appears, abandoned theidea of push
ing his claims upon the estate. Hav-
ing exhausted his own resources, he is
now appealing to the English public to
enable him to recommcnce or rather
proceed with the suit. English cor
respondents relate incidents of
his travelling through the coun-
try in company with Mr.. Onslow,
member of Parliament, and appealing
in person to the people, in speeches
from tavern windows, prove the fal-
lacy of the statements which were
brought up by the opposition to show
that he was an impostor. His tactic
so far are said to have met with con.
siderable success. The money is mostl,
raised from among thelaboring classes
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
An ArtiesS,P ,PaTisienne.

The Parisians are recovering from
the state of emotion into which they
were plunged by the news of the muir
der of Nine. Dubourg, and are begin
ming to recollect anecdotes more or less
apropres. Here is the latest: "At
the Theatre Francais, Mile. D. was,
in the presence of the author, repeating
qer part in tho comedy by Scribe.
My child said NJ. Scribe, 'permlt
me to give you q hint. Here is the
scene. Suppose that you are in your
own room. A young man is at your
feet making passionate declaration OF
love to you; your husband suddenly
enters. Now, what would you doa 4
would tell him to go away again, re-
piled the artless maiden"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
Valuable Information.

A new agriculturalist says: "The
best instrument for cutting stalks is
Boynton's lightning Saw Should
lightning be scarce You can drive the
saw by steam, or with an ox.goad.
When the corn is dug in the fall, take
up good deal of earth with the roo is,
to prevent injury to the delicate tibr es.
The butt.stocks, according to our friend
HUI Gag, whose initials will he at once
recognized,, 'are excellent for cattle
chopped up though if the cattle arc
chopped up badly, wc should think
they would be beyond butt-stocks o,
other human aid. At any rate if yo,
feed them out, mixture of white-oak
chips or scrap iron, half and half, will
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
Revolutionary Incident.

Mr.. Jefferson used to relate, with
much merriment, that the final 81 gning
of the Declaration of Independence was
hastened by IN absurdly trivial cause
Near the hall where the debates were
then held was Il livery stable, from
which swarms of flies came into the
open windows and ussailed the silk.
stockinged legs of honorable members.
Handkerchief in hand they laslled the
flies with such vigor as they could CON-
manl on July afternoon, but the ar
noyance became ut length 80 extreme ns
to render them impatient of delay, and
they made haste to bring the moment.
olls business to q cor ClusiOn.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
Utah Jack.

Utah Jack.
Jask Halyasd wss Jolly tsr.
Who loved rowing life;
In cvcry storm he found port.
In every port wife.
A farmer he WAS bred ON land,
And lived like any lord;
But when he shipped and went to ga,
He had to live on board.
He liked plain dealing all his life,
But when he plOwcd the main
He found his work, ~ we'll - board,
Where both deal too plain.
Tho use of ropes, or sails and shrouds,
OF masts and ribs and knees,
Like latitude and longitude,
He mastered by degrees.
He made an " observation" onco
Tho captain SAID was true;
He "rcckoned'' he was lying stiu
When they were lying 10. -.
But he resolved ono day to quit
The briAy deep for life,
And never more 70 60 to sca,
Excsrk % see htD wife.
But ,chicA wife he should anchor to
He had "gal" In Portugal,
Another one In spain.
Another "duck" In Turkey dwelt--
He did not like her RIG. -
He didn't care Ag for Aer,
Her Aeure was % big.
Though Fstima wss fat, YET sho
Was sweet % any flower;
Jackb tasee inclined the other way,
No lean-nke Piscss tower.
He roaned through lily to Rome:
-.Anice GIL took his fancy; =
Then he took In "two Sicilyn,"
And then he left for Nancy.
And 20, to cut his "true loves not"
This Mormon harum-scaFum
Collected all his wives, and went
To Utah with his harem.
Like Lots one wife, should "Utah'sn lot
Look back aud turn to salt,
With such hot ~ his, the pfioe
Would make yummergault;
And" Sal" would then Be vsry dear
At any price at all;
saltpetre could not save the "saints"
: Should such thing befall
For women, whether salt or Aesh,
The s&Church's pillars are;
And Salt Lake Saints would let ft slide
without more fresh ones there.
Ha,pers Magazine
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06

call you that +? All of those poor crca.
turcs are not worth one moments sor-
row from one SO pure as you, my dar-
ling 2"
Miss Loche had turned deadly pale,
and her eyes were full of tears.
Mr.. Hilton, have done much-so
they tell mc-during this unhappy
strife, and saved many lives, not 50
much by skill as by patient effort
Gould not what have done blot out
the sins of one fallen woman p
"Great heavens why will you make
such comparison 2"
" Answer me !"
"Yes, believe it might"
And could not man forget where
God has forgivena"
"We are terribly imperfect, Clellie
I fear nct.'' .:
"Then I am lost!' More like a
groan than words was the sound from
her white lips.
"What can you mean2 You lost!
you who are so good and true!'
"You have only known me for a few
months, Mr.. Hilton,
/ "My God! Clellie, you could never
have been less than You are now,!"
J g Pure in heart always, but-Ged
pity 1ne!"' ~
The Colonel staggerelas from blow
and sank into ch1| -T,I ~:
"I have loved you well, Clellie Nor
gan" he moaned, "but it must all end
now!" =.
EYES," "she answered, calmly, "sec-
iety keeps up its law, where 1 believe
God has forgiven. too, have loved.
not for weeks, but for years. When you
was a student, with eyes blinded by
work. I saw and loved yot... May God
forgive us both ~: She turned to the
door. - T.; g.,
"stop p The Colonel was on his
feet, and trying to stop her: {" You are
my savior-to you owe all I am! I
love you-be my wife -
&c No, Colonel Hilton, I will have no
sacrifice for gratitude's sake. cannot
have your love I will not have your
pity" ".&:}: :. r
He reached out his hand TO stop her.
but the door swung to in his face. She
was gone-forever.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
ANEcDorE OF, EDWIN FORREST.

scene IN = ER1Ao0eApn1o SSkeet C9Es
Stuart Robson delivered lecture in
New Orleans on Sunday April 28, in
course of which he related the follow
ing anecdote: "One day, few sum.
mers ago, I had occasion to enter 4
street car in Philadelphia Ncontain-
ed but few passengers e pair of tired
women, their laps incumbered with
market baskets a. big almost - them
selves, large man with . small voice,
who mistook me for a Methodist clergy
man, on account of my white neck-tie,
perhaps, which I am fond of wearing
occasionally, as ! have an idea that il
lends an air Of becomingness to my
blue but expressive jaws, and who
"plied me with questions relative to the
next meeting, stranger, Of the Metho-
dist Conference, "'a, young and pretty
lady, the owner evidently of . beautiful
little four year old girl, who was skip
ping p1ayfully about the car, and an
elderly looking gentleman whose head
rested on a. stout stick. These We're
the only passengers. The little girl
looked so bright and lively and pretty,
as she held in her hand . bunch ,o1
loosely. arranged flowers, the eyes Of
every passenger followed her as she
gambolled from one end of the car ia
the other, with the single exception oi
the surly-looking gentleman, whose
head still rested on the stout stick. All
at once the little creature stopped, look
ed timidly toward him, then, as halt
afraid of tho liberty she was taking
picked a rosebud from the bunch, and
trotting to his side, placed it with some
little difficulty in an uninyiting button.
hole of the coat worn by the surly look
ing gentleman, whose head still rested or
his stout stick The movement reused
him; he lifted. his head, took in the
situation at glance, bent his eyes or
the darling, Who ran laughingly baol
to her mother, and-never thanked
her! To some, the mans conduct may
have appeared heartless and unfeeling,
but I watched him closely, and, though
he scarcely, changed his position, hi.
eyes never left her until, the car stop
ping a few PAGES of, he ahghted, ant
rs he did so discovered: they wer'
filled with tears. The car moved on
but until it was lost to view he stoot
looking gloomily toward us. This ma,
was Americas gr- at tragedian, Edwin
Forrest and we may rest assured tina
the unprecedented act of this prett,
little child affected him more thai
many of the great honors which hav
been showered on this lonely, childles
gentleman"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
Extraordinary TOincitlences.

! It is curious fact, the Pail Mall
Gazette thinks, that eruptions of Mount
Vesuvius are generally followed or fol-
low or take place simultaneously with
political disturbance in England, "In
1855 the resignation of the Aberdeen
Ministry and the accession of Lord
Palmerstoh to power were followed al
most Immediately by a serious erup-
tion of Vesuvins: In 1859 the resigna-
tion of Lord Derby and an eruption
took place within few days of each
other. In 1861 the Trent affair occur
red with America, Mr.. Mason and Mr..
Slidell being released on Dec. % of that
year, and Tore del Greco being des-
troyed by. IN eruption. in the same
month. Another eruption began on
November 12, 1867, and on the 18th of
the following month the TFenians at
tempted toblowup ClerkenweN Prison;
| the eruption continued to increase in
intensity until Lord Derby resigned of
fee in February, 1868, and MI. Dis
raela Ministry was / formed, when
it gradually subsidized. III we turn to
Etna, we find the same phenomonen:
In 1880, the year in which the Grey ad-
ministration was formed, Etna had a
serious eruption. In 1887, the Reform
Act was passed in June, and in Novem-
ber the town of Bronte was destroyed
by An eruptaon: 4 I'm, September, 1862,
when the Duke of Wellington died,
there was an eruption of Etna. In 1865
an eruption commenced in February
and lasted until July; three months
later Lord PalmerstOn died. and Lord
Russell becdme PRIMER in his place.
There is, as might perhaps be expected,
less sympathy between Mount Hecla
and our own domestic occurrences than
! is evincedby Etna and Vesnvius :, but,
nevertheless, during the period Of the
railway mania, and the Corn law agita-
tion of 1916, Hecla was in very dis
turbed state; indeed, it had a most
disagreeable eruption, which began in
i. September, 1845, and lasted until April,
! 1916. Three new crate1:s were formed, ,
from which pillars of fire rose to the
height of Il, 900 feet The lava foamed
several hills, pieces Of pumiee-Stone and
tscorc of two cwt. were thrown to a
distance of league and d half, and the
ice and snow which had covered the
mountains for centuries melted into
prodigions foods All this boiling
and bubbling continued until the fol-
lowing year, when the Corn Laws were
repealed, and Hecla became quiet
again. Hecla, on this occasion, showed
q tendency to interfere with us, which
it is to be hoped it will not display on
future occasions for, not content with
keeping its own immediate neighbor
hood in a state of ferment by ejectine
stones of an enormous size, it actually
threw some ashes over the, Orkney
Islands. = This1must not happen again,
Volcanoes will do we'll to remembe,
that owing to the collusion which exists
fbetween the dust contractors and ou1
vesterymen, we cannot get the cinder,
removed from our own houses; theJ
should, therefore, learn to locally self
govern themselvesf and not add to ou
troubles by throwing their refuse in ou
11rectiOn-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
The Seal Fisheries.

xH0 SCaSl ElSucElCSe
A correspondent of the New York
Times, writing from St. Pierre, N. F.,
n the subject Of seal fishery, gives the
following facts which may hereafter be
of use in the explanation of the discuss
sion which is likely to arse
"Many patches Of seal were found off
st. Pierre Oh the 18th inst, and the
discovery has created much excite
ment, certain, captain having claimed
them as seals which had been killed,
"sculped," and. marked by luis men9
The seals, when found, were on the
body Of the ice, tied with strong ropes
and a "gaff," bearing a colored rag on
the top, was fixed into each pile. BY
these marks Captain White Of the
steamship Nimrod, proposes to identify
the lost prey, which, after the process
known as panning,' were drifted away
upon the ice severed by sudden squalls,
The fishermen of st. Pierre who dis
covered the booty, claim that Captain
White had no law to defend him in de-
manding back seals lost at Alaw-
suit will ensue, and curious; question
will for time absorb the legal lore of
Newfoundland.
A Commission composed of three
members will proceed to England this
summer, and protest against the fact of
American vessels being allowed to pros
ecute the sealing voyage on the New
foundland coast. The delegates will
be taken from the legislative council at
St. Johns, and they propose either to
make . special question of their griev
ance, or have it included in the 't.coun;;
ter case" at Geneva By the treaty Of
Paris the privilege is granted to Eng.
lend of having exclusive control over
the seal.hunting region off this cuun-
try. The Monticello and other Ameri.
can steamers not alone engaged in the
seal fishery, are fitted out from New.
foundland ports. The injustice Of this
incursion is held by the 'Newfound.
landers to exist in the difference of duty
imposed upon oil brought into Ameri-
! can markets by United States traders
and those from this portion Of British
America. A tax Of twenty per cent. is
| imposed upon all seal skins and oil
brought into the, American market by
this people, whereas our traders who
take seals and oil from Newfoundland
incur no impost on their cargo. Fear
ing that such an unequal competition
would ruin whatever trade Newfound
land has with the United States, th'
people generally attach grave import
ance to the agitation made over tn
American interference by the hous,
of assembly and councils at st. Johns.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06

A BOY supposed to have died OF spot
tel fever in Marshall, Mich, insisted
on being taken out of his coffin and is
now getting we'll.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06

A WYOMING papers fees for marriage
notices are "as high rs the ecstacy
and librrality Of the bridegroom may
prompt
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
Tho Search for Kidd's, Treasures...An.
other Haul 0f Coin of fElizabcthport.

The EllZabethpOrt fOrtune-hunters
continue their work with redoubled &C.
tivity since the discovery recorded on
Thursday. The Dixon brothers in par
ticular have been fortunate in finding
several silver pieces ut the spot off the
old brick yard, and their oyster tongs
have been "pro6tably employed since
Wednesday last. Only one piece of
gold has thus far been brought to
light. Its original value is unknown,
since it is worn and battered SO that
the inscriptions are illegible. It is
about three.quarters of:an inch. in diam
eter, and hasa protruding stem on the
edge. The Roman characters VII. and
the figure 8 are visible ON the diverse,
while the reverse bears a number Of
Roman letters, of which the only ones
legible are p and r. The coin weighs
about half an ounce. ~: ...'.i:.13
The Dixon brothers have received
much more for their coins than their
real value. ;. Yesterday they came to
New York and sold a number for four
or five times the real value of the met
al. One Robert cCloud, of Elizabeth,
purchased one of the coins for So, and
the metal in his hands commands q
premium OF $22 over cost price. It
bears the name of Pope Plus L. 1t is
a silver coin about the size of q dime.
Another one about the size of q silver
dollar bears the word 's Hispania. -
There are Hebrew and Belgian coins,
also of ancient: date - .;s1'.:.'.
What makes the discoveries most re-
markable is: the fact that the spot
where the treasure is found is sunksn
land. Forty years ago it formed the
dry shore: What it was in the time of
Capt. Kidd, . part of whose booty
everybody snpposes these coins to be,
can only be conjectured. This fact
gives color to the supposition that. q
large portion, of his enormous gains
were buried on shore, and lends propa-
biiity to the belief universally enter.
tained by. the; oystermen that vast
amounts Of coin are buried beneath the
waves and the sands of the Sound. -
N. Y Sur, Saturday. Il" M:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06

oENATE.-Ihe COMMITTEE On Com
merce reported adversely on the House bill to in.
corporate the Loomis Aerial Telegraph Company.
Mr.. Scott, from the committee ON alleged outrages
in tie southern States, reported a new bill, com.
posed of the exact phraseoloey Of the bill extending
the President power to suspend the writ Of habeas
corpus and Of the civil rights bill, both Of which
passed the Senate last week. Mr.. Sumner offered q
joint resolution amending the Constitution by pro-
vtdtng for the election Of the President by the di
rect vote Of the people, and abolsbing the Vice
Presidency. number of pension bills we're re.
ported and passed. The tax and tariff bin came up
and after consideration in Committee Of the Whole
was reported to the Senate, when it passed by vote
Of 6Ot
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mated st $4,000. :,
Abroad.
MISS NELLIE GRANT was the guest of Prcsi-
dent and Madame Theirs on Monday night.
WM. RUSSELL, the eighth Duke OF Bedford
nephew Of Earl Russell, died on Monday, q
Baron, i9iis sixty fourth year. ejEfH
BAL1lSo BUIwER, better known as sil
Henry Lytton Bulwer, brother Of Lord Lytton
died Sunday night, aged 68.
GEN: ULR1cH, who was severely ceosuret
by the Commission on Captulation In their re-
port on the surrender Of Strasbourg, has beer
retired from active service in the army.
CoMMANDER CnARLEs BRAND, aretired Officer
ofths Royal Navy, died in England on Wednes
day. Deceased was present, At the capture OF
Washington by the British in 1914.
The trial Of Chalan for setting fire to th,
Tuileries, terminated on Wednesday with .
verdict Of guilty and the prisoner was sen
fenced to be- shot.
FLgpay, tbs abscopding cashier Of the Lin
crick Bank, who was supposed to have fed Il
America, has surrendered himself to the Off
GERS ofjustiee.s
MANY Of the Car]ist officers and soldiers wb
hsd4nto Htanoo have gone into Bourges. Al
ava, CObicilla and other chiefs of bands hav
reached Bayonne. They had passports signe
by SerfxnO.