Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
General Items.

GrAnp RAPIDS Ii to have IN elevator
with storage capacity of 60,OOO BUSH
els of grain.
JULIAN HAwrHoRNE il at work upon
llis first novel, whose seene is laid
among the Berkshire hills
GEORGE JAcurs, of Worcester, Mass,
has offered to give that city hospital
site valued at $50, 900. =
MADAME PAREPA Rosa, it il stated, is
to be the principal owner OF new
Opera House in Chicago. = 2S7
LEH1aH COUNT, Pa, has the largest
stationary engine and the longest and
highest railroad bridge in the world.
HORSE thieves are hanged in Kansas,
while murderers are sent to the Penn
tentiary for two years.
! AMHERST COLLEGE now offers more
prize money for excellence in compost
ton and defamation than any other in
stitution in the country.
An ivory manufacturer in New York
has q 5000 contract for outfits for =
gambling estsb11iih a't IN Santiago
P1A1o believed that those who talked
long enough wefe sure at last to ar
rive At the enthusiastically perhaps.
Oliver WxxDx11 Ho1HEs calls kiss
. lisping conDonant He should have
added, also that it usually follows a
vowal.
T THE "Pilgrim's Pfogfess has been
translated into Chinese, and one of the
illustrations represents Christian with
pigtail.
A CORRESPONDENT criticising prima
donna rather defciently in physique,
sayA, - chest is as essential to
singer rs a bureau to . freedman.
WHEN Mrs. Moore, of Indianapolis,
thrashed her husband, that afflicted
man took keen revenge by calling her
''the bride of lama Moore"
DE-. Macy WALKER is disgusted at
the prospect of tight pantalo0ns CON-
ing into fashion again. She says they
make her look ike pair Of tongs.
JAMES Russell LowK1L has invented q
new beautitude. 4" Blessed are they
Who have nothing to cay and who can
not be pursuaded to say it."
As Mr.. Hopkins remarks: What
would the organ be-eepecialy the
barrel organ it were without Han
deli
SAN FRAxcisco gambling houses are
under cloud. The keepers ofthe few
that are still in operation, blind the
uninitiated % + 4 BY hanging out the sign of
Two Of Darwin's sons recently re-
turned to England from . visit to AZ
rica. It is said that the monkeys recog-
nized them at once and asked kindly af-
SrRAxoscH has invested in some of
Louis Napoleon'a goods, which have
been sold OF very cheaply in Paris.
He has one of the carriages on -e1hibi-
ton in: New York. -: ass.
:, MRs. JAS. w. MA1Es, has amazed the
people of Fulton, Ky., with her skin as
. marksman- Last week, With rifle,
she shot several Wild geese, hitting
each exactly in the head.
A Po1rsfou1H N. H. dog, only six
months old, chews tobacco, and viii
take an intoxicating drink whenever
invited. In fact, he viii get "as drunk
- . lord" a. often - he has IN oppor-
tunity.
AN absent-minded resident Of Dan
bury, Conn, shut down . window re-
Gently, and forgot to draw in his head.
He was calling for Helen Bl.zes when
discovered.
APHnApx1PH1A girl fToze her fore.
head while sleigh riding recently with
nothing on her mead but fashionable
bonnet. The final result il insanity.
ME-. A. G. HEA1ox, = Philadelphia
artist, has painted . good picture of
John Eurns, of Gettysburg, the hero of
Bret Harte's poem. The old man sat
for the portrait. +,
SAVING from drowning Last summer
the cook of . canal boat, Poughkeep-
sic drygoods clerk was overcome by his
feelings, on recently receiving from:his
father letter saying: "As ye sav'd
the gal she's your'n."
A COMPANY has been organized in
Cleveland for the purpose of buildings
large steel screw factory. The build
ing alone will cost $65, 200, the con
tracts for which have been let. The
mandatory will be known IS the Uni
ted Steel Works, and will employ .
force of from 500 to 800 workmen.
A LETTER from Menomonee, Mich,
states that the Breen Mining Company
is fully organized. There. is little
doubt chat the mine viii be opeued and
worked this summer. The officers are
f.. 8. Ingalls,, Prest.; BARLEY 6reen, S.
P. Saxton and Thomas Breen, Direc-
tors; 8. P. Saxton, Treasurer, and
Thomas Rice, Seey.
Nh, JOHN DUNN, the Temperance
war horse, % died in New York on Friday
last. He was native of ireland, but
has resided in this county for over
fifty years, Waging m unc0mprOmlnng
war against intemperance during the
whole of that time.
They have room in the Insane Asy-
lum Of Maine with six beds, in which
those patients arc placed who have an
inclination to commit suicide. It is
said they never attempt to kill them
selves except when alone, and by CIV
ing them company all the time this
propensity is continually counteracted.
A SAVANNAH paper tells this: 'eFrom
the mere misplacing ofa comma in our
local columns yesterday, . woman was
CuAIScu AueO u uO39. OUA A0pVAs s0As 40
describing the painting on banner,
wrote beside this maiden il IN Irish
greyhound but comma having found
its way after the firet word, It read,
sbeside, this maiden is an Irish grey
hound.
THERE were married on Wednesday,
the 18th ult, on horseback, in front of
the tavern-house oil VIM. J. McGlaugil-
lin, in Pocahontas county, Va, when
the Thermometer stood eight degrees
below zero, by the Rev. g. l.. Brown,
Daniel McCarty, Esq, q pensiorer for
service II the war of 1912, aged IS
years, to Miss Ann Gabert, aged %
years, all of Pocahontas county.
| An American writer from Copenha-
gen says :: II have noticed many
things which strike me rs being SO en-
tirely different from what have seen
in Amer1ca that can not help making
mention of some of them. For in
stance, carpets are not much worn here
even by the nobility. You will find an
; occasional strip around the sofas and
tables, or few mats in front of the
stoves and rocking chairs. Most of the
wealthy folks have carpets, but care
: very little about them. In very fine
houses the floors are nicely colored and
: waxed, which. think, is rather orna-
! mental than otherwise"
Two newsboys, says the Commercial
!, Bulletin, were standing before q cigar