Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03
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Al Horne.

Now York harbor on Monday, had flags dis
played at halimast il. consequence OF the
noticp Of the death OF King Charles. Appro-
pirate services we,e also held III the Swedish
spd Norwegian churcnes. So
dunno the storm Of Sunday, seven stacks
Il hay~were cot on 1re q Greene, Iowa, caus.
ing : loss ofabout $500. At Wspsllo lightning
burned The ground wire In tho Telegraph odaee,
and set hre TO the railroad Office, but WAS ex-
tinguishsd before much damage WAS done.
MA 1El11azs, efsy years cid, was ,surned to
death At Springfield, Ill.,, ON Saturday, by an
eaploeton q ke1Qssno. ~ 20
'Tmrscdptaef iqteraal revenue 50 FIR this
month, amount to 81, sss, 900. indicating to
tL Of about 81, 900, ,oOo Tor the month. Thisis
falling od, trom )l4. 90 QUO in July and ST.
oO0e inAsgust, and is believed to be about
an average Of the monthly receipts uuder the
new law when il u in full and fair operation.
CHAll1s SMITH,; alias, stole number Of
cattle from r. Childs pasture near Marion,
Ohio, shipped them TO Pittsburg, Pa. and sold
them for q 900. Tho cattle were recovered,
but the thief escaped.
S1x hundred members Of tho Chicago Car
pentezs and Joiners' Union 40 on strike for
- per day. Non-union men, to the nunber
q three thousand. do not join the strike.
Ha1ExA, Mont, reports that party Of,
eaopx dlstsd ~ uI,x.,sov Alsausy - sebaRse
day, killing DeFor1est and tve Crow squavs,
and fannang OF the stock.
HEsa CouDsr 4 solnr extensive pager mill
inahavansank, Ulster eoanty, h. T., was~ do
stroyed By hre last Friday night. The lcss 10
>2oe, 900; insurance $4,000. seventy-dvs
persons ars thrown out Of employment.
In the ocean race between the yachts RAM
bier and Madeline, the former won by about
four hours. The owner Of the Madeline has
challenged the owner Of the Rambler to sail
another race twenty miles 70 windward and
back.
AZ Cincinnati, last Saturday evening. Ct.
teen year old lad named John r. Conway
Amrahed Tor Greeley when . drunken rulilan
struck him with his Ast and injured him 90
severely that he died.. The same evening .
solored Grant Club WAS attacked BY rowdies
and tired upon. One OF the club named Saun-
deEs was hit On The head with : pistol, but not
ser,cusly hurt. -.
ColxElus DalscolL died In Philadelphia,
ea Saturday, asb ALLEGED, from the effects Of
. blow in . peis%6ght with Howard Price.
Tho principal and seconds in the fight have
bosn arrested.
A PRENA1uR1 explosion st tho west end Of
the Hoosac tunnel on Saturday killed man
named Peter Stone, seriously injured John
Smith, and slightly injured two other work
men, :
JEsss Poxz1ox, fourteen years OF age, living
With his mother in South Boston, il under ar
rest for decoying boys Of five OK ten years to
sut-oI.ths. way places, stripping them naked,
gasging and tying them up, beating and 9TH
ezwise maltreat,ng them. In many cases he
cut small holes under his victims eyes, dis
Aguriug them for life, and inficting on others
painful cuts and stabs on various parts Of the
body. He confesses the crimes.
Tn attention OF the mining public in Salt
Lake City is occupied with the highly import
ant discovery Ct silver lod: twenty-five miles
north Of Tecoma, on the Central Pacific Rail-
road. Free milling ore is said to be in mex
haustible quantities, assaying from ninety
four to three thousand ounces OF silver per
TOP. The lodges Of the district are well de-
fined. There is great rush Of people 70 the
new district. >~
TEE Treasury officers from Warrington &C.
quit the sub-treasury Of any blame in regard
to Jonnson's defalcation. They say Johnson
did not abstract the stamps, but appropriated
money realized from their sales. The brokers
with whom be did business have made clean
breast Of IL.
h-2AYoR KAlB1Lx1soH, Of Brooklyn, has
been sued for breach Of promise by Mrs. Mary
Francis Wade. Damages laid at $150, 600.
Two failures are announced from Pittsburg
WIN. Wsttach h Sons, tanners, liabilities
900, 900 and James B. McEdden, iewelry,
liabilities >s5,00O.
JosRn ORDmH, OF California, was robbed on
train Of the Pan Handle railroad of . pocket.
beck containing $4,000 IN Treasury notes.
He discovered his loss 1t Newark, Ohio, and
thinks that he was robbed At Pittsburg.
JAifEs. .FRANo,s was shot, and ~ il supposed,
fatally injured, near the corner OF Blake street
and Indiana avenue, Indianapolis, Saturday
night, by Albert Obermau. 1t appeared that
Obsrman had been improperly intimate with
~ wife 81 Francis. 49,
CHARLES r. HENDERSON was arrested Satur.
day night, by the police authorities OF .Balti.
more, charged with the murder OF DR.. Merri.
man Cole on the night Of January 8, 1871
Henderson was . tenant Of DR.. Cole up to
within tew days Of the murder. It 10 stated
that there il evidence very strong sgainsl
him.
SAMvEL s11lNE1T was carried over the State
dam at cohoes, N. T., in ski6. near Greer
lsland, Saturday night, and drowned.
A3HER HAYWOOD, Secretary Of the New Yorl
FEeman's Insurance Company, ia dofaultel
to the amount OF $4,000
PATTON ANDERSON, . Major General in the
late Confederate Army, died at his residence,
lsar Memphis, Friday morning. He was ,
graduate of West Point.
TIE War Department has issued an order
announcing the deathl Of Gen. Thayer and
directing the usual salutes TO be fired and tht
observance Of ether ceremonies.
EARrHQuAKts, accompanied by underground
explosions, have occurred in Owen County
Valley, California.
TH1RE 10 considerable excitement ut Ceda,
Rapids, Iowa, over the absconding OF Alez
neClelland, Wholesale and retail grocer, who's,
liabilities are some $4,000. About ten pei
cent is expected to be realized from the stock
store and fixtures.
TIE warehouse Of VIM. 3. Long l. Co., il
st. Louis, with its contents of coal, oil, -four
hemp, hay, salt, sugar, etc.. burned Friday
night. Loss between ~, 600 aud $50, 900.
Tn Union school building at~ Moline, Iowa
was burned Thursday night. LOSS, $40,o 900
insurance, $25,0oo.
TIE Lawrence -four mills, at Appleton, Wis.
owned and operated by Charles Morey, wer,
destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Loss
$4,000; insurance, $10, 900. The capacity o
the mill was 80 barrels per day.
4 11R1 st Green Bay, Thursday night, de
stroyed the Astor Lumber Company's mill
Loss, $4,000 insurance. $500.
TBE Acting Commissioner Of Internal Reve
nue. has directed tho suspension Of the worl
OF gauying Geer packages, which was beinl
done under special order 12O, until further or
ders.
In sinking shaft for coal At Chaplin Nor
gan county, ILL.,, when depth of $50 feet wa
reached, vein Of lead was reached.
AT Bellevue, Iowa, William Hawkins, an ol,
man Of Ga years, while laboring under fit o
insanity, brought on by long illness, commit
eed suicide by drowning in mill pond.
LARGE dry goods firm IN West Broadway
New York, having numerous Western connec