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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
LOVE AND SUICIDE.
Strange story or Intlecisi0n In Love
s'"'I Of DcsPcrnt ton Ina Dixa ppoln mt

ANA II Dssp.r", ito" /" d.. rpo o"ve
mem.
Frank Marker, young man of re-
spectacle and well-to-do parents in To-
ledo, was employed as a printer on the
Republican of West Meridcn, Conn.
Marker became enamored of a young
woman named Miss Rosa Faulkener
Two months ago, having obtained his
parents consent to his union, he asked
her to prepare for their wedding, when
he would take her to Toledo. After
Whiting day or two, he left the city
very suddenly. The girl was much sur
prised and mortified ut his strange
conduct, and when he wrote asking for
giveness she declin'd any more acanaint-
anceship with him. Last week he left
Toledo provided with pistol. On the
way it was taken from him. He bought
u second one, and that was taken from
him. He bought third one. with
which he finally reached Meriden on
Saturday. He interviewed friend of
the girls named Charles Fitch, com.
positor, also working on the Republi-
Gun, and threatened his life, claiming
that it was his doings that had led to
the infringement. The girl, however,
cleared Fitch, and, on retiring, he said
to friend, "That girl has saved that
mans life, but I will shoot myself. j"
His friend demonstrated, and tried to
get the pistol from him, but failed, and
young Marker escaped. He was last
seen alive at the Byxbee House. He
was not by any means the worst for
liquor, having been very steady ever
since he had known the
girl. On Monday morning
his body was discovered about fifty
yards from the road, near Andrews
hemlock grove. He was lying face
downward, with a wound from pistol
bullet about an inch and q half above
and the same distance left of the sight
ear: The ball had lodged IN the base
OF the brain and death must have been
instantaneous. In letter found upon
him he stated that he was dying for
love; that life had nothing worth living
for, and concluded with the following
remarkable sentence: "Like Thad-
deus Stevens, if there be any place in
he'll hot enough for him, let me 60
there too; if not, give me a barrel Of
tar and some kindling wood, and will
make a hell of my own" In his
memorandum book was brief prayer.
At his feet lay the last letter of his
sweetheart, renouncing him, torn into
a hundred fragments. No valuables
OF any kind were found upon him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
clergyman nd HIS Wifo and ,l,,vo
Gna!drcn cctpttated from II High
'nrltEc--Thc Minister Killed Out


Ghtidrcn t'rccIpitatetl from u High
'nrisl gothic Minister Killed Out
right.
From the Chicago Tribune Of Wednesday.
As the Rev. 4. NJ. Goodfellow, wife,
and two children were passing over
Aliens brio &c, across Salt Creek, in the
town OF Elk Grove, on Thursday evening
last, about Z o'clock, in sleigh, the
horse made sudden stop near the
middle OF the bridge, staggering side
wise until he struck the railing of the
bridge, which gave way and the horse
fell over the side of the bridge, throw
ing Mr.. G. and family headlong down
on the solid ice distance
of sixteen feet. It appears that both
MIR. GOodfellow and his wife fell On
their faces, each having a deep cash
above the eye. Mrs. G. lay insensiblc
for short time, but then became con-
scious. She raised herself on her
knees and found her two little boys
standing crying by her side. She
asked Tor Pa, and one of the children
said, "oh my Pa is killed; he is here
behind you, NIa." She then crawlcl
to him aud tried to raise his head. and
while doing SO the cries of the children
were heard by Mrs. Allen, ST., who
lives with Mr.. J. NJ. Allen, about thirty
rods from the bridge.
Mrs. Allen and one of the hired men
started for MIR. j. Allen, a distance of
about sixty rods, where Mr.. Goodfel-
low and MIR. j. NJ. Allen had been Wis.,
iting with some friends. They all i'm
medittely started for the bridge, and
found Mrs. Goodfellow sitting by the
side OF her husband, and, in her feeble
ness trying to raise his head there was
plenty of help at hand, and they were
carefully conveyed to the house of Mr..
). NJ. Allen. Messengers were dis
patched for Drs. Best and Smith, who
arrived IN the course of an hour. The
wound in the forehead of Mr.. Good
fellow was examined, but it did not
appear to have penetrated through the
skull. He was never in the least con-
scious, and fingered until next dav
about l O'Clock at noon. when h.
breathed his last.
Mrs. Goodfellow, besides receiving a
deep cash in the forehead, was much
hurt in the arm and shoulder, but
neither was broken. She is quite
conscious, and is doing as we'll as can
DO expected. The two little boys are
not injured beyond slight bruises. Mr..
Goodfellow was pastor of the Metho-
dist Church at Dunton, Cook county.
ILL.,
Ihere Is every reason to believe that
the horse was choked by the pressure
OF the collar on the windpipe while
pulling the cutter over the dry plank
on the bridge, and, losing his wind, he
reeled sidewise and struck the railing
Ut the bridge. He was found standing
under the west end of the bridge with
part of the thills attached to the
harness, and, strange to say, had re-
ceived no visible injuries except IN
abrasion of the skin on the knees
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
Special llotires.
Consumption or Cough,
PLEASE
READ the FOLLOWING letter.
MOUNT VERNON. ILL.,, April -, 1871.

"ooNI ' GhNONs Ill., Apf1I u, l67l
Mcssrs J. N: Harris d Co.. Cincinnati, Ohio:
GENTLEMEN heard ono Of my customer, sneak In
such high terms Of Aliens Lung Dalsam to day that
Thought would write sou the substance Of his state
ago, has SUFFERED with CONSUMPTION for SEVERAL.
YEARS: and has been under the care Of all Sest
physctans. but never received any permanent benefit;
then she resorted to every kind Of Cough aud Luna
Baeam that could be procured for her, but az no
avail She still grew worse, until she was confined to
her bed; and when she was seized with paroxysm Of
SsSSashns she wgnd .o.s de P9~er Of re.praon and
store breathing; and while she csuGhed hard she
could not expectorate anything and tho family and
friends had given up all hopea Of her recovery. Her
son noticed the Of Aliens Lung Balsam
In the CArfan Advocate and thcy thought they would
procure :1d IT, T. They oom%encod giving her the
hour until midnieht then she took another spell Of
coughing, and expect0rated mouthfu Of dark, yol.
low matter, which was something she had not been
able to DO for some tme They continued to give her
the baisam until morning, and then she began to
Psctorate freely and within two hour. she had ExPEc
her immediate relief and since that time she has
continued TO- improve. She sits mp all day. and
walk about tho house and take considerable outdoor
exercise Her son bought moro Of the Bslsam to-day
and he Is recommending It very highly to every
Your: respeetf9!1Z
es;s Of merit than tho
ALIENS iUSa BA1sAM i. without doubt the
BEST ExPECr0RANT RlMEDX ever offered to the
amicted public. Il contains opium in any form
and It. use is harmless to the most delicate.
a Directions accompany each bottle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
Charcoal or Earth tor Hogs.

Hogs that are put up to fatten, as
we'll as store hogs, should have some
charcoal or earth given them occasion.
ally. We have found it a good plan to
dig few sods from the fence corners
for them, which they will consume with
much relish. Ina state of nature, the
hogs which roots for his living, must
necessarily take into his stomach q
large quantity of earth. It is advisable
to allow HIM to do this when pennedup. "
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
Economy In FatteninR Animals.

It has been proved by experiment.
that the more rapidly an animal is fat
tened the less quantity of food is me-
cessary to sustain its mere vitality.
Thus an animal can be more cheapiy
fattened by consuming ten bushels Of
corn in two months than iffour months
were occupied in the process. Liberal
and abundant feeding is the most econ.
omica], and a saving of time in produc-
ing the same result is gain in the
profit
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
BRIGHT on WA}cs.

The Vicar OF Rochdale, in proposing
the Prince and Princess of Wales. AMI
the rest of the Royal Family, at a re-
cent dinner in connection with n
church opening in that town, said he
was speaking the other day with one of
his parishioners who had recently the
pleasure of dining with Mr.. John
Bright, and who put the question to
him what was his opinion Of the char.
acter of the Prince of Wales in his pri-
yate life. Mr.. Bright said his ROYAL
Hlgtness was good-natured fellow:
man not ut all devoid of intellect.
but rather above the average, and a
man who wished to do everything that
was right and proper; out his good M
pcaranccs of1ndiscretion which pcopIc
were apt to make so much of in u pub
lie man.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11

TWENTY enormous specimens of me-
toric iron we're brought from Green
land by the Swedish Attic expedition.
One weighs twenty.one tons.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
How to Make Farm Life Attrac1,xe.


l. BY less hard work. Farmers Oft
Ell undertake more than they can do
well, and consequently work too early
and too late.
2. BY more system. The farmers
should have Il time to begin and to
stop labor. They should put more
mind and machinery into their work.
They should theorize as we'll as prac-
tice, and let both 60 together. Farm
ing is moral, healthy, respectable, and,
in the long run, profitable. The farm
er should keep good stock, and out of
debt.
3. BY tax ing care of health. Farmers
have healthy variety of exercise, but
too often neglect cleanliness, eat ir-
regularly and hurriedly, sleep in ill.,
ventilated apartments, and expose
themselves needlessly to the cold.
4. By adjoining the home. Books,
papers, pictures, music and reading
should Ill be brought to bear upon the
inn-door family entertainments and
neatness and comfort, order, shrub
berry, flowers and fruits should har-
monizc all without. There would be
fewer desertions of old homesteads if
pains were taken to make them agreea-
Die. Ease. order, health and beauty
are compatible with farm life, and were
ordained to go with it,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11

Among the great
discoveries of modern
science, few are of
more real value tc
mankind than this eff
tectuaI remedy for all
diseases of the Throat
and Lungs. A vast
trial of its virtues,
throughout this and
other countries, has
shown that it does
surely and offncfn01I,,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11

HE best article ever in use by fami-
lies, recommended by all who have tried it. in
the HalforG Leicestershirc Table Sarce. To be
had of every good grocer Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
A Mormon Community in Indiana
Row.

It is not generally known that COM
munity of the Latter-Day Saints exists
in Clark county, Indiana. A few miles
from New Providence, snugly hid away
among the hills, little Mormon church
has aourished for something more than
q year, and, SO for as known, its men,
bers have strictly kept the faith in all
respects, save in the matter of poly
gamy. The planting of this "Stake of
Zion," as the Mormons term their set.
Elements, took place about June, 1870.
1t was affected chiefly through the
preaching of two peripatetic ''Saints, I"
who appeared suddenly in the com
munity about that time, and began
what, in the country, is called "big
meeting" It was not generally known
at the outset who these preachers were.
or what the nature of the doctrines they
were to proclaim: but as they were an
nounced by minister of the Christian
church, the use of the chapel belong
ing to the denomination was rendered
them, AMI the good brethren turned
out quite willingly to hear: The pub
lie was not long, however, in discover
ing the REGULARITY of the religious views
held by the 'tapostles - it soon became
apparent, too, that the object of their
visit was the establishment of Nor
mon church.
The success of this effort to introduce
Mormonlsm caused universal surprise.
The surprise, however, was not greater
than the indignation that soon broke
out. Especially did the Christian
church, which has been long establish
ed there, and some of whose members
had gone over to the Mormons, wax in
dignant and spring into action. It was
suddenly discovered that the devil was
ut his old tricks again, and all good
people were urged to be on their guard.
The little chapel at Pleasant Ridge was
abruptly closed against the Mormon
brotherhood, and the community was
soon divided into two contending fac.
tions, the .'Mormons," and the 'santi.
M0rmons."
People generally supposed that the
Mormons, in view of the opposition
brought against them would disband
but such was not the result They hay,
shown themselves plucky lot of saints
and have not allowed opposition tc
stop their progress. Mormon books
tracts, &C., have constantly been re-
ceived from headquarters, and distri
buted wherever it was thought the,
would be effective. By various mean
they have labored to bring sinners ,
INTO the fold, and they have not al
together failed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
BRIGGS 4 DRoTHER'8.
Catalogue ofFIovver 4 Vegetable
s. B B p s,

Summer Towering Balbs for 1879 !;
Nov ready Consisting Of over 10 pages, On rose-
81 q nn!ifal CeIeEea f1a1ee: gevss. beaati-
Ashed. Send 8 oents for copy not one han the value
Of the colored plates. In the E1 order, aloa1tinE
be refunded In seeds: Nov customefS placed o. the
ssne footing 9TH Old FIRE. 70 Cd c4sto@es salitY
make It 70 the advantage Of IN 70 purchase seeds OF
You viii miss It II yoa do not so our Cstaloguo BE-
fore ordering eeedA
Either Of oar two Chfonos for 1s74 size lS11l-oos
aowor piste Of 6ulbous Plants, conetsttng Of Lilies,
&e-the other Of Annual. Biennial and Perennial
Plants guaranteed the
MOST ELEGANT FLORAL CHRDNllDk
ever issued N thi. ooentsy. superb Pszicr otna-
lncnt mailed, postpaid, receipt of 76e: sloo free
on conditions :;setaed g CatsleEse: Address
, BRIGGS Il BROTHER,
tEsobHshed 1881 Rochester New YOFA.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
Method Of Asccrtoinlng tho Weight Of
Cattle when Living.
From the New England American.

Method Of Asccrtaining tho Weight OF
Cattle when Living.
From the New England American.
This is of the utmost utility for all
those who are not experienced Judges
by the eye and by the following direc.
tions the weight can be ascertained
within q mere trifle. Take a string.
put it around the beast, Just behind
the shoulder blade; measure on a foot
rule the feet and inches the animal ia
in circumference; this is called the
girth then, with the string, measure
the bone Of the tail which plumbs the
line with the hinder part of the bullock,
direct the line along the back to the
fore part OF the shoulder-blade take
the dimensions on the foot rule as be-
fore, which is the length, and work the
figures in the following manner: Girth
of the bullock, 6 feet 4 inches length.
feet inches which, multiplied to-
gether, make 81 square superficial feet:
that again multiplied by % (the mum,
Der of pounds allowed to each superfi-
cial foot OF cattle measuring less than
and more than in girth) makes 713
pounds weight. When the animal
measures less than 5 and more than 7
feet in girth, 81 is the number of
pounds to each superficial foot. Again,
suppose pig or any small beast should
measure 2 feet in girth and 2 feet along
the back, which, multiplied together.
make square feet; that multiplied by
IL, the number of pounds allowed fol
each square foot of cattle measuring
less than 8 feet in girth, makes a
pounds. Again, suppose cali, sheep,
&C., should measure 4 feet 6 inches IL
girth, and 8 feet 9 inches in length,
which, multiplied together, makes Isl
square feet, multiplied by l6, the mum.
Der OF pounds, allowed to all cattle
measuring less than five feet and more
than three in girth, makes23 pounds,
The dimensions of the girth and the
length of back of cattle, sheep, calves
or hogs may be as exactly taken this
way as at all necessary for any compu.
tation or valuation of stock, and will
answer exactly to the four quarters,
sinking Ike offal and which every man
who cannot get even a piece of chalk,
can easily perform.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
" 81. N. Do

Don't stand aghast with awe and
lear, eyes wide open, hair ON end, and
fingers tightly cfinched with the ide.
TINT these mysterious symbols are Gu
ballstic signs and represent some Sc
cret organization of masked demons,
who carry terror and dismay with their
midnight prowlings and dispense on
the dawn of morning. No! They arc
only the initials of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, that pleasant me,li-
cine which has acquired a Nationa,
reputation and proven so efficacious in
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Consump
ton and kindred diseases. For these
complaints it has no equal. Sold by
all druggists. 579
An Article OF True Merit.-'' Browns
BRONCHIAL TRocHEs are the most
popular article in this country or Eu-
rope for Throat Diseases and Coughs,
and this popularity is based upon real
merit. II
READY FOR CUsT0MERs.-H. w. Il
J: NJ: Wetherell have located, since the fire,
ct 1853 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, and can now
FURNISH their customers new and complete
COCK OF Millinery goods.-C0m
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
WANTED, THIS SPRING
10000 Farmers,

TO improys 100 Of tho very best prairie
lands In Iowa. FREQ iron moetgage or other fne1nl-
hFenee, which can noW be had e THEIR PRE6EWT
VALUE for cash, q apee long time. With m peE
oo0t. interest On deferred payn9nts These lands
oo0p9ise th0 govef1He0t rstEO0l RFsuts alnn0 &c
Me- ct The ITO great Between Chicago
Omaha and 6io1x City, and He mainly
In the Middle Region Of Western IsWa,
noted for tts sal1bssoas climate, md inexhs.stibls
the hsst afTicnlt1.al State IN ths Qnioa
Agents provided With teams 70 chow them froe to
purchaser. Now b the time to
SECURE a home AT 81 OR IS
per in the uxuriaut valley Of either tho Boyer
The ! nspie. the Soldier. q The Little sio.1.
Rstlvays ars sold 1t the railroad ofces in Chicago
(Wells strcet depot), Clinton and Dubuque. at
main once in Cedar Rapids, receivable Tor Land pur
chased. County maps sent frec Send for . guide
gives prices, terms. locations and descriptions Of
the lands, and how to reach them.
Address JOHN d. CALHOUN.
Rapids, Iowa.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
MISPLACED Affection.

Some thirty years ago, two young
ladies, sisters, were at school in Lon.
don, where they had been sent from
Jamaica, their native place. After
every one but themselves were asleep
they used to get up quietly, slip down
into the kitchen, and there catch and
eat cockroaches. This extraordinary
habit was not detected for some time,
but at last the mistress found it out
and demonstrated with them. They.
however, defended themselves by saw
ing they had seen her eat shrimps, which
fed upon all manner of carrion, whereas
the cockroaches were clean feeders.
living on the crumbs which lad been
suffered to lie about in the kitchen.
Even after the discovery, it was almost
impossible to keep them from the
kitchen at night, so strong was their
love of the cockroaches.-New Haven
PHLLnfli2fan
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
The Little COrDOral.

First in the list of Juvenile Magazines. is
more full Of life, spice, and interest since the
fire than ever. It's editor, Mrs. Emily Hunt
esting children, has given it national reputa-
ton, aud made it > welcome and Indispensable
guest in hundred thousand households, Its
prominent features the coming year will be q
$500 prize story by Helen c. Weeks, a contin-
uation Of the Editors 81 Summer Days." so at
tractive to young readers, more prof,se illus
ence, natural history, biography. travels, home
amusements, games, puzzles, &c. No family
with children is furnished without The Little
Corporal. Price so a year, or $1.OO in clubs
Of twenty. with premium to agents. Pub
ished by John E. Miller, 81 West Randolph st.,
ChiCagO.-CO,n
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11

70 TIRE AFFLICTED
your DrugGst 10 out Of the Salve, and neelects
to Keep supplied send seventy five cents as directed
below, and recei-c a box by return mail.
Put up in 1ar~e Boxes II so cents each
(ncarly three tir ~ large a. the box represented
aoove). Irepa. ii by MISS c. SAWYER and
put up BY L. n. ROBBINS, v lolesale
Trial Box sent free by mail on receipt Of seventy
I'VE cents, by l.. N. ROBBINS. Hockland, Me-
THIS VALUABLE SALvE IS SOLD BY
AL DEALERS IN MED..SES
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11

Sold Wholesale BY GREENE BUTTON Milwsu
tee III, 4. H0SW0RrA SONS, Milwaukee; FULLER
Louis; MCCULLOOH, McCORD co, La Crosse
MOVES kRQTHERS CUTLER. st. Paul; FAR.
RAND WILLIAMS 4 co. netroif ~ ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11
New Method Of Warn,in,. Railway f,.r,

New Method Of Warming Railway Cars.
A new method for warming railway
cars has been introduced on some of
the French and German lines with
gratifying success. The preparation
consists of wood charcoal, nitrate of
potash and starch. At first the char
coal was turned in perforated boxes
two feet long, four and one-half inches
wide, and two and three-fourths deep
1t was soon found, however, that the
combustion caused violent headaches.
and the charcoal was therefore
put into close iron boxes placed
under the seats, double top being
employed to prevent the seats of the cars
from becoming too hot. The prepared
charcoal is packed in the boxes, in
pieces four inches long, three inches
wide, and two inches thick. On the
line between AK Ia Chapelle and Ber-
I'm, eight pieces of charcoal were used
for heating a compartment. This guam
tity very efficiently warmed the car
during sixteen hours, and ut the end of
the journey the fuel was still red hot.
This prepared charcoal costs thirty-two
shillings per cwt.. and the expense of
heating one compartment is said to be
much less than that required by any of
the ordinary methods employed, being
less than a penny an hour.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-11

Wheat Growing.
There are two ways of cultivating this
crop The first consists in sowing after