Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-22

WA e1 '''"'' !" NO" 1"lnpsnfe, died in
Concord, on Friday, aged 81.
a GRANT Central Club has been orc.n;zod
id Boston. ~'s'''''''>>
IHE Union Square Bank Of Now York nav,
dividend of fifty per cent.
MRS. HORACE GREELEY has recovered from
Aor supposed incurablo complaint. and will
soon return to America
IHE annual dinner Of tho Harvard alumni
takes place next Wednesday,. PrssidentsEliot
and other distinguished sons Of Harvard will be
present.
DRUNKEN man named Kerns O'Connor,
was run ever by railway t,ain near Jefferson.
Ill., on Saturday evening, and literally torn to
pieces. -
The American Protestant Association Of
new York will parade ON Washington's Birth
day. 1t is expected that $1,000 members will
bo in line.
The Japanese Embassy were banqueted in
Salt Lake City ON Monday evening. The Affair
Is pronounced the most brilliant that has ever
taken place in Utah. = -S
IT is reported that prominent lawyer in
Brooklyn forged = mortgage amounting ia
forty-two thousand dollars, ane fed to escape
arrest.
NICHOLAS KENNEDY was thrown from q bug
gy, near Cleveland, Sunday night, and 50 So
verely injured that he died. The, accident
WAS occaadoned BY collision with smother ve-
hicle.
The six-story building, Nos. and II Baxter
street, New York. occupied by several mould-
ing and frame factories. was destroyed by fire
on Wednesday. Loss about &65, 900 on build
'nGs, machinery and stock.
DISPATCH from Sioux City states that two
mon left there with livery team en- Monday
morning, going short distance in the coun.
try, and have not been heard from since the
storm. It is feared they froze to death.
LAST Friday evening, At Puce river, in the
township of Maidston, 16 miles from Windsor
Ontario, Wyet: Stuart killed Samuel Hamilton
by striking him ON the shoulder with an AKA
ana cieavng him entirely through the body.
The troops sent after the Apachea who can,
tured two stages near Tucson. Arizona. M
murdered the drivers and passengers, found
the mails cut up and destroyed. They buried
the dead. They were unable to oyertake the
savayes. --
SECRETARY F1sH's recent letter to Prince
oortschakoff is said to be very severe crit,
clsm OF Catacazys course, and defends the
action OF our government in rssorting to OK
treme measures, oven while the Grand Duke
was tho guest or the government.
A FIRE At Monticello, Iowa. Sunday morn
ing, burned Frostwood 4 Co. 3 steam flour and
planning mill !; also three grain warehouses.
the foundry of Dexter W. Page, and other
small buildings. Total loss about $40, 900
insurance $4,000.
THE celebrated case Of Phillips and 81, John
against the Grand Tower Manufacturing and
transportation Company, Of which Geo, Tall
bot OlyPhant, Of New York, is President. WAS
tried in the United States Court at Springfield.
H.: last week, and resulted in . verdict for the
plainti9 Of 5000, ,0O0-the entire amount
A PASSENGER and freight train on the Chica-
60 and Northwestern Railway collided near
Evansville, ILL.,, Tuesday afternoon. Both
engines and two or three cars were badly
smashed, and an express messenger named
Gus Barker injured.
NE" YORK has fashionable burglars, Two
OF tae gentry named William Porter and Thos.
Br'xley, we're arrested on Saturday with tho
implements Of their profession. Thew Offered
~, 900 each to the officers to release them. T.
Is stated that the criminals have heretofore
moved in good society.
MRS. ELIZABETH DoUaHEnTY, of Paris. Ky.
cooked pistol at the request of . little grand.
son, and handing the weapon back to tho little
fellow, said "shoot." The child pulled tho
trigger and the ball entered her stomach. in
nlct!ng fatal wound. No ono dreamed that
IHE property known as the Hgelow Block,
in Chicago. has been accepted by Secretary
Boutwell, as site for the new Custom House
and Postofice. The block was offered to tho
Government for one million and q quarter
dollars. It is bounded by Dearborn street on
west, and Quincy on the south.
Rev. JOHN LEYEs, D. D., died At his residence
at Springfield, Ohio, on Friday night, aged
seventy-five. He was for many years resident
minister at Liberia from the United States ::
also missionary IN West Africa. He made
ten voyages between this country and Africa
prior to his final return in 1870. The funeral
WILL take place next Tuesday.
A FIRE in Chicago, Wednesday, on West
Madison street, destroyed Nos. 155, l57, and
l59, all of them being wooden buildings. The
occupants were: J. B. Lamkin, boots and
shoes, loss $1,000; Glanz & Hoffman. fur
dealers, $1,000; jacobson l. Stein, tailors.
S5,OOO; and several small losses, Total. 600 >
200; insured for 5000.
MEssRs. SINGER Il TA1corr, of Chicago.
have secured permission from the Illinois and
Michigan Canal Commissioners to run boats
from Lockport to Chicago on the cable plan.
Acable will be laid in the middle of the canal.
wheel, grasps the cable and propels It at the
rate OF seven miles per hour, taking with it
from eight to ten well-laden canal-boats.
IoAAso RoDuNDo alias Procopio, who is
charged with many murders, and stage rob-
oerles and other crimes, has been captured in
San Francisco. He has been tho terror Of
Southern California for years. He was sur-
prlsed to-day, and had not time to draw his
pistols. or, it is said, he would never have been
taken alive. He is = nephew of the famous
bandit Joaquin Muriatta, who was killed here
in early days.
REV. STEPHEN MORGAN, recently convicted
OF stealing books from Theological Library
IN Ohio, was tried by council of his own and
nelshoorlng churches at Cheviot, ON Tuesday,
lie expressed penitence, and the council for
gave him, but censured him severely, ant
sentenced him to receive = reprimand before
his congregation. His ordination is deferre,
to give him probation. He is required t,
replace with now books al the books take,
from the library. He will continue to preac|
to his congregation.
Abroad.
FIVE thousand pounds have been subscribe,
toward fund to defray the expenses Of th,
proposed expedition in search of DR.. Living
stone; tho subscription took place in London
InE Vienna Presse, in an article upon tn,
CLAIMS OF America before the Arbtrators a
Gsncva, says England has probably learne,
that the opinion of the board will BIO unfayor
able to the conduct OF that nation during tn
civl war IN America, and fears the conse
quence of her course towards the Unite
States.
A RECENT outbreak of fanaticism in the tow
of Jundil, in the Argentine States. resulted i;
fearful massacre. Tho Janches, excited T.
frenzy by man named Salune, made a sud
den attack on the foreigners. The latter. take
by surprise, were unable to defend them
selves, and before tho authorities could sto
the slaughter, thirty-six were killed. The ar
sassns we're then attacked by tho troope
They fled, but were surprised, and sixtee
Shot and twenty-four taken prisoners.
TELEGRAM from London states that IL
conflict Of opinion on the Alabama claims il
creases. A meeting Of workingmen has bee
held to oppose the course Of the Goyernme,
and demand an immediate settlement Of tt
claims. A party in Parliament is preparing
move tor the resignation Of the present minis
try, on the ground Of it's blundering incapac
ty, and the formation OF cabinet which sha
propose settlement Of the Alabama claim
on new basis.
The Cuban government has given offici,
notice that for the present, all applications