Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11
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that place on Monday. Col. Boyd was being
arrested at the time ON . civil warrant.
IxrENsH heat prevailed on Monday, from the
Atlantic TO the Mississippi. The thermometer
indicat d % deg ees in the shade at New York,
whore many cases Of sunstroke occurred.
TAI smallpox 10 spreading rapidly in Eas
Warrington. The Board Health has caused
several localities to be closed in, and there 10
great excitement in regard to the subject in
that part Of the city.
SEVEN flooded oil cars caught fire from
passing engine Saturday morning, near Pal
myra, and were entirely consumed. Both
tracks Of railroad for some distance, were dc.
stroyed. The loss is heavy.
last Wednesday at Fort Smith, Fred. .Trossc
attacked Mise Anna McGrcw, a dress maker,
with An iron oar, striking her ON tho head
and telling her to tho earth. Thinking he had
killed. her, he retired to his room and shot
himself through the heart. Cause, Jealousy.
Tn distillery of Elkcin l. Middleton, in
Phladelphia, Was damaged by fire, en- Monday
evening. to the extent Of >65, ,O00. insurance
100000.
RoskRr BONNER, on Saturday. received Z,
dispatch from Boston, stating that the horse
Jc. Elliott, 6 years old, had just been driven =
mile in 2:l5x, beating Dexter's fast time Of
1:la
JANRs Bulxs, Treasurer OF Yates county,
uew Aork, has been absent from his home at
Penn Yam, and it ID now definitely ascertained
that he 10 defAulter 10 the amount Of $40O,-
o00, and that he has absconded with = young
woman named Cynthia Cooley.
Mes LIZZIE VooRHEEs, daughter Of Stephen
Voorhees,, Of Jacksonville, Ill.,, was accidentally
shot, and mortally wounded, by Thos. NJ.
Dunn, ut her fathers residence. Dunn ia
relative OF the Voorhees,, and boarded with
the family.
CHARLES Brown, n banjoist, accidentally
shot . song and dance man named Reagan
during the performance Of FARGO at the Net
1opOhtan Theatre, Warrington, on Saturday
evening. A ramrod had been carelessly left in
. gun. Reagan IL dangerously hurt.
A NAN named Climes, from Burke county,
Penn, was robbed Of $1,000 to-day, while
asleep on the west bound train on the Hani-
bal and St. Joseph Railroad, between Brook
Aeld and Cameron. Several valuable papers
were Also taken.
THREE DoteA scoundrels, in Newark, got =
taste Of Jersey justice on Saturday. to the ex-
tent Of ten years each in the state prison.
These we're II chael Carr, ex-prize fighter ::
James Ennc an and Michael Farley-the trio
who brutally beat and robbed Newark Jew.
elry otI.ekes per named Bannister, some four
or i've months ago,
A1s. CANPBElL, residing on Third avenue,
Chicago, was fatally poisoned on Saturday by
tasting decoction Of woodbine leaves, pre-
pared ss medicine for . sick daughter, the
poison Immediately taking effect on Mrs.
Campbell. The daughter refrained from TAX
nR. any. Deceased leaves = family OF fur
chiluren.
TIE report published on Saturday that Gen.
Mckenzie, Lieutenants Smith and Themen
were surprised and killed by Indians between
Fort Bolknsp and Jacksboro, Texas, is not be-
iieved at the War Department, as no lntima-
tion Of such = di<aster has been received at
the Department., although telegraphic COM
nunication is still open with General Anger.
TIE chief feature at the Harlingham Club
Grounds, New London, Saturday, June 18th,
wss shooting match between Reginald Her
bert and G: L. LoriIlard, OF this city, for f500
side, at fifty birds each, thirty ards rise.
In shooting, As in rowing, America sustained
another defeo the Engiishman winning by =
score Of 81 to Il.
IHE Secretary OF the Treasury on Saturday,
called in 81 ,5OO, 900 of the per cent. tempo
rary loan ceraifacates, the interest on which
will cease August 81, Of 1879, a. follows: All
oututandiOg certificates of five thousand each,
between the numbers 1857 and 3947 inciu-
sive, and Of q 900, between the numbers ISL
and 4, ,395 inclusive. These certifcales are Of
various from August to September i, 1868.
DOMINION Day was celebrated ON Monday
in Windsor with great success, never before
equalled. Over 10000 people were drawn to-
geher, and, Notwithstanding the intense heat,
: sham fight took place, and also brigade
was IN address by Mayor Cameron, and other
ceremonies. No accidents occurred, and
everything passed OF well. The encampment
OF volunteers has broken up.
THREE BOYS drowned while bathing, wife
and mother.in-Daw cut and bruised in shock
ing manner by IN infuriated husband, inquests
on the body Of drowned laborer named Ho-
gan, and an infant who had been smothered
BY ito drunken mother, and the dangerous in
jury Of the steward Of the bark Vanderbilt
caused by falling through the cabin window,
formed the accidents and incidents of Sunday
in Chicago.
Ii. Col. DAVIDSON writes to the Secretary
Of the Interior, under date Of Camp Supply,
June Sd, to the feet that the main camp OF
the Cheyennes, and some two hundred Kiowas,
intend to depredate along the road from Camp
Supply TO Arkansas. Indian Agent Tapp.n
writes from Fort Berthold, Dakota, that there
have been unusual movements among the ST.
oux near that agency, and that some seven
hundred lodges Of hostile Indians were con-
centrating about eighty miles from the fort,
evidently bent on mischief
TxE Tom Thumb party, consisting Of Gen
eral Tom Thumb and mis- wife, Commodore
Nn.t, and Minnie Warren, accompanied by
their Manager. 8. Blocker and vile, and reti-
rue, in all thirteen persons, = pair OF ponies
and carriage, arrived in New York in the
steamer Egypt, having been absent three
world. They have travelled 81, 900 miles,
81 600 by sea; given ILL entertainments in
different cities aud towns, in all climates Of the
w"rld. without losing single day or missing
dents.
OK Thursday last, in Sioux county. Iowa, .
little orphan boy, whose only name, 20 far ~
can be learned, was Charley, was drowned un-
der circumstances which lead to the suppose
ton Of foul play. He was living with farm
or named Anderson, and just before the drown
ing occurred, Anderson was searching for the
boy, apparently enraged about something.
tartles heard child scream several times, and
Anderson was seen to leave the river bank
Alone, though the footprints OF himself and =
boy were found there the next day. The body
OF the boy was found in the river, lodged
against some driftwood. Anderson took tue
btdy and buried it without an inqucst. The
u)tter il being investigated.
~DIABoI1cAL attempt was made during
wednesday night, to throw train returning
from Springfield to Chicago with delegates ard
visitors to the conventions. of the track. Fol
this purpose, ten railroad ties had been laid
across tho track, At intervals Of rod, tn
last three being piled together. The cnginee
discovered the obstruction when within ter
rods. and reversed tbs engine and whistled
down brakes, but the distance was 30 short
that the locomotive struck and knocked oh
most OF the tics. One OF them, however, pass
Cd uCder the cow-catcher, and the truck rode
On il some distance, the advancing wheels
pressing it ahead. When the locomotive
stopped it was just ready to plunge from the
track, and it was half an hour fore the tic
could be removed 80 as to enable the train to
proceed.
TIE Americans in Paris propose to celebrate
the Fourth Of July by grand banquet.
CASES OF vomito are becoming numerous in
Havana, and many result fatally. Senor To.
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