Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-05

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A LETTER from the editor OF prominc t
Republican paper in Oregon predicts that that
State will give 1000 majority for Grant and
Wilson unless the favorable course Of affairs
should be checked by reverse in Mainc.-
Rev. HUaH. s. RRowx, noted Baptist
preacher ofIiverpool. arrived in New York
Sunday morning, and preached 70 IN immense
audience in. Hanson Place Baptist Church ii
he evening. I N'As@ = sNs1
The largest single days receipts of. grain in
Chicago occurred on Monday, the same being
LIZA car loads, together with 100, 900 Bushels
received by canal. The aggregate il about
s0O, 900 bushels, valued in tho neighborhood
OF $500, 900. The past week has also been the
heaviest in the annals Of this great depot.
VICTORIA WooDHuLL and her Sister Tennie
e. Clafin were exam ined ON Tuesday, asjudg-
mcnt debtors in . suit brought against them
by Brinkerhoh Myers. Both testified that
they do not own dollars worth Of property.
JuDsE SHELL, OF the Washington police
court, on Tuesday fined restaurant keeper
one hundred dollars, and ordered the forfeit
ure OF his license, for refusing liquor to COL
ored man.
A DEsTRucr1vE incendiary fire occurred At
Mount Carmel, Illinois, between Il and 2
O'Clock Tuesday morning, burning eight buri.
ness houses, Including the Register printing
office and Ridgeway's new three-story block,
Loss about 81, 900, with less than $4,000 in
surance. .....u
HENRY REDMOND, gold broker Of New York,
failed on Monday. Liabilities d, ,o00, 900, With
less than half that amount ofassets. = :. :,
RE1So1Ds' h CO.'S large ham warehouse
with the ice house adjoining, in Peoria, ILL.,,
was burned down on Tuesday. The loss ON
buildings and stock is forty thousand dollars.
Ok Wednesday afternoon = two yearold in
FAINT OF Matt Gill, Of Jeffarsonvile, Ind, play
ing on the track Of the railroad, was run over
BY train aud had an arm and leg cut OF. It
died three hours after.
THERE is considerable excitement in Salt
Lake City in consequence of the receipt OF
precious eenas, by the Savage Company, from
New Mexico. The rubies, emeralds, opals, gar
nets, and sapphires are pronounced genuine.
The lapidaries Of New York are to decide the
diamond question. Another expedition is or
ganizins there in search Of gems. -.i5
SOPHIA PETERS was burned to death by m
explosion OF kerosene, at tho residence of
farmer named Creamer, in Buffalo, Scott cour-
ty, Iowa, on Sunday.
AVERY heavy rain fell on Tuesday night at
Cedar Rapids and west Of that city, which
caused break in the Chicago and North.
western Railroad at Oxford, ffty-eight miles
west Of Cedar Rapids, Of about two hundred
feet OF track, and one small bridge, Tho
break will be repaired by to-day.
CAPT. ]. H. HANsARD, OF the tug boat Julia
Hadley, was caught in the machinery at Du-
buquc, and had both legs badly crushedvand
mangled, rendertn8 The Am6a tati6n of.one
necessary. He now lies. in . precarious con-
aition.
The Mayor Of Ycddo, now visiting New;
York, says he intends introducing the munich
pal machinery OF New York into his mctropo-
l's. He will have two Boards of Aldermen :
Comptroller, City Chamberlain, Boards OF
Public Works, Of Parks, Docks, &c. The elec-
tions will be conducted ON the same plan.
Fnok Cedar Rapids We learn that on Tues
day man named John Brodie was found lying
across a sidc:ts1k pn The Chicago aud North
western Railroad, mangled in horrible m.u-
ner. His head was severed from his body lust
ssneath the chin, one arm and one leg entirely
Oh, and his body mutilated and clothes torn
tfom his body.
A BAND OF Apachcs attacked settlement on
the San Pedro river. Arizona, but were routed
BY the settlers, who killed three.
THE importation Of Belgium coal continues
Y tnnaivo aca1d
per ton cheaper than English coal.
The principal part OF the business portion OF
tho town Of Mitchell, Ontario, was burned on
saturda y,iucludipg the postofsice, teleerapl,
Office and several stores. Loss 100000. In
elrance $3.50
SIX men were injured by in explosion Of fire
damlsin colliery near Rttsburg, on satur.
day. Two viii die. -,
AT Pouehkeepsie, on Friday last, - the wiic
OF Dr. Robsrts, her mother, two children and
the nurse we're descending the mountain CD.
pos'te the city in one horse wagon the traces
sodde My broke, and the wagon went down hill
with fearful velocity and then tumbled over 9
preclplce. All the occupants we're found nm
der the vehicle and al! more or less injured
but none it is thought seriously.
ALErTER from A. J. Alexander, the owner
OF the race horse Lexington, says "Old Lex
iugton is not dead, sed h hope he will not b.
for years toeoniie. he has been somewhat in
disposed, Vt h6an nothing serious. Nothin,
has cansed me to feaT his early death. He /
much improved in the past week: Lcxingto,
8 now % years DID,"
The contract for furnishing the stone for tn
superstructure Of the new Federal building a
Chicago has been awsrdcd'1 y John N. Mueller
"t Cincinnati. she itone isto BIO taken from
the same quarry as that for tho new Board o
Trade building in Chicago. The rates to b
paid arc $3.50 per cubic foot for blocks con
tanning one hundred feet or less, 41.35per foo
Tor blocks between one hundred and one hun
efed ami fifty cabicfect, and $1:47K per foo
Ior all IN blocks Of more than one hundred an,
Atty cubic feet.
AN expensive monument was demolished b
Lightning at Terre Haute, on Wednesday even
ing.
CONSIDERABLE damage was done to build
jner, Oh: do trees and crops in the vicinity q
Jacksonville, ILL.,, On Wednesday evening.
Abroad.
THE reports OF tho condition Of cereals i
France arc favorable. Tho crops are pr
n'unccd very good in forty-two department.
good in Corsica, and excellent il Algeria; y
estimates Of tho probable yield in Amerie
and Eastern Europe indicate that those coiul
tries cannot furnish the customary supplies
'reads'uffs, and that England and Italy vi
require M re- than tho usua1 ammnf fro
Trance. 1t may possible exceed 10, ,OOO, 900.
GE':Ar preparations arc being made in Be
II" 1"r the festivities attending the meeting
the E'npcrors Of Germany, Austria and Ru
ria. The great day will be the 7th OF Septer
Der, when their Majestics Of Russia and Au
tria will be received. In the forenoon the
will bc grand military parade, in the afte
noon state banquet at the castle, and in t
evening gala performance at the Opera,
:.ndcd by the three Empcrors. This will
sncccc'lcdby torch-lisht procession, and I
entire city will be Illuminated,