Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

FIRE at 0reen BAY, InorSd4y night, de-
stroyed the. Astor Lumber Company's mill
Loss, $2O, 900 Insurance, $500. +.
The Acting Commissioner Of Internal Reve-
nue. has directed the suspension Of tho work
Of gauging beer packages, which was being
done under special order 120, until further Or
dcrs. ,-~r -
In sinking shaft for coal At Chapin. Nor
gan county, H., wheq adepth of $50 feet vas
reaeheds vein OF ie4a wae refchsd.s IL
EMBAlevde} }IoAa, ,kWllkmf Hawkins, III old
man OF Ga years, while laboring under fit Of
insanity, brought on by long illness; commit
ted suicide by efowni>eipsa nil popds = zz-e~
LAael dft goods S1xm ID lsWesA, ,nroadvay,
New York, having numerous Western connec-
tions, is reported one Of the suspended. Its
liabilities are represented ss very large and its
assets disproportionately small.
DURING the past two weeks there have beer
in and around New York, about fifty suicides,
actual and attempted, more than have been
known IN the same time for many years. This
destructive epidemic continues. !
TIE volcano Mausolva, At Hawaii, is again
in active eruption. The spectacle is described
as magnificent.
THE agricultural implement warehouse Of
Joseph Houck, At Blsirstown, Iowa, was de-
stroyed by fire on Tuesday. Loss about IS 900.
insured in the Home, OF New York, for q. 600;
CoRYDox, Iowa, was visited with an incen-
diary fire Wednesday night. Loss about cigh-
teen hundred dollars. The Masonic fraternity
which met there lost every: hing.
On Tuesday evening the extensive friedrich
works at Dover, Ohio, were entirely destroyed
by fire. Loss $1,000.
BILLIARD match between Maurice Daly of
New York, and John Deery, Of Chicago, for
$4,000, GOO points, three-ball carom, ON five
by ten table, was played in New York on Fri.
d.y, and won by DAILY.
An ice famine is threatened in New Orleans
1t is stated that the supply viii be exhausted
by Monday. The weather is cooler.
A ROW occurred At Republican torchlight
procession ut Jehersonville, Ind, Thursday
night, in which negroes drove of the police
and rescued disorderly prisoners. Several
men were hurt, one having IN eye knocked
out.
PAT CoNRoY was murdered by James Craw-
ford in Clark county, Indiana, last Thursday
night.
DELEGATES from the Kiowas, Comanehes,
Arrapahoes and Cheyennes will soon visit
Washington.
The brewery Of F. Kempf, in Dubuque, was
burned on Friday. Loss $4,000; insurance
$4,000.
A FIRsr-cLAss line Of clipper ships ID to be
Immediately established between Aukland and
New York.
Rev. E. D. SAUNDE1s, . prominent citizen OF
Philadelphia, died suddenly on Friday after
noop. The deceased conduc ted what was
known as Saunders Institute.
LITTLE son or Charles Fehr was smother
ed to death on Wednesday, in swill barrel, At
his fathers residence IN Indianapolis.
CONRAD DREsHER, tried in Indianapolis for
shooting Alexander Grove, has been convicted
Of murder in the first degree.
MARION EASTMAN, Archbishop, Of the Die
sese OF Massachusetts,, died Thursday morn
ing.
DISPATCHES from every station On the Vino
la and St. Peter Railroad, estimate the dam
age to wheat by the late rain at one fourth to
ono bird OF the entire crop. More than one
third Of the crop is still in the shock. The
damage to wheat in stack is very light. The
average yield in Southern Minnesota 10 from
eighteen to twenty bushels per acre.
The suspension Of J. D. Mckenzie l. Co.
New York tea merchants, is announced.
RICHARD H. RossEAu, brother of the late
Gen. Rosseau, and Minister Of Honduras, un-
der President johnson, died in Louisville on
Saturday. He was regarded as one OF the
best lawyers in Louisville.
VICE CHANCELLOR DoDD, OF Newark, has is
sued an Injunction against the Weehawke,
Stock Yard Company prohibiting them from
issuing bonds to the amount OF 1894, 600, and
aisofrom selling any OF their personal prop
erty.
TIE milk train on the Midland railroad ran
into freight train near Middletown, N. T., on
Wednesday. The accident was caused by .
misplaced SWITCH Engineer ,Tebbet and sew
eral brakenen were severely injured. The
ears were demolished. : ~ 2
The Pacific ,mail steamship company have
received special telegram confirming the loss
Of the steamer America at Yokohama. Part Of
the cargo was saved, and the lost specie will
be recovered by divers.
The Border Commissioners report that =
bad condition Of affairs exists all along the
Texan border. On the downward voyage the
Commissioners saw large quantities OF smug-
gled goods on the Texas bank. Hmupylers
with small boats were on both banks. The
continued murders aud thefts. which the diff
ant attitude Of the Mexicans, produce feeling
Of insecurity.
"A COAL PIT near Herrlal, Belgium, on the
Mense, was accidentally food recently while
tho men were at work. The inundation wal
80 sudden that Twenty-Five miners were drown
al in the pit.
IN 1rishman named Navy was shotain thI
ba k in saloon row at 1shpenning, on Thurs
day night. A sa]oon-keeper named Anderson
is under arrest for the crime.
LARGE engineer deputation, under com
n,and OF Captain Anderson. of the Royal En-
sinccrs, has left London for Pembina, where
t''cy expect to meet an American party, ap
pointed t" designate the 49th parallel bound
"ry '~'wccn Canada and the United States
from the Lake Of the Woods to the Rock,
Mountains. 1t is thought the work will occu
py three or four years.
THE total number Of ictims by the disaste
in tlf.. Barcelona and Valencia Railroad is un
known. Seven dead bodies have been recov
ercl nnasbrought to Larrazona, twenty-five
passengers are injured, some fatally.
SrnsAIExANDER COcKBURN the British mem
,..r of the Board Of Arbitstion, will delive
al, elaborate opinion on the points where h
d itrs from the decision Of the Court OF Arbi
trati,n. His secretaries arc now engaged il