Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
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was poisoned at Raleigh, N. g., on tuesday.
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED dollars and some
cents. tho proceeds Of the sale OF coin, re-
ceiyed from . conscsencc-striken individual
in Hamburg, Germany, have been credited to
the conscience fund by tho Treasury OF the
Unitel States.
On Wednesday, At Lyons, N. Y, 4 farmers
tom ran away, throwing a man ont ard kill
ing him. In the afternoon \ relative named
Fox drove tho runaway team 10 tho village for
tho purpose OF procuring = coffin for the de-
ceased, and in crossing tho Central Railroad
track locomotive collided with the wagon,
and Fox and the horses were killed. The loco
motive and two or three cars wore thrown into
tho ditch. No person on the tram was in
jurcd.-
THURSDAY morning, passenger on the $40
train from Rochester, N. Y, while standing on
the platform Of \ car, lost his balance and fell
just sas tho train was On . bridge over the
Clyde river. He foil into the water His name
Is unknown.
%. E.sDAroN, late Of the Second Color ado
Cavalry, was checked to death by piece Of
meat at st. Wendell, twelve miles from Evans
vile, Ind, "Wednesday night. Deceased was
Irish, n stranger there, and had relatives in
New York City. r
The attendance at the Cincinntti exposition
is very large. It will number half million
visitors and realize one hundred thousand
dollars, which will leave small balance after
the, expenses. 5e.a -. s..:ss"s3 .5&ee
Il Grand Rapids, Mich, during Wednesday
night, = small frame house, occupied BY Mrs.
FrancisM. Wallace. Z woman about 30 yeaa<
old was burned. The woman was alone, and
the evidence before tho coroner's jury indi-
Gates that she was drunk. She was burned to
death. As sho was an inverterate smoker, it
is supposed she set fire to the building while
intoxicated, She was in the habit of drinking
and taking opium. ----~.~.-..
ANOTHER explosion in the Hoosac tunnel
Thursday morning. killed one workman and
badly injured several.
On. PAUL SoHoEprE, Of Carlisle, Pa. has
adopted new mode Of proceeding to obtain
possession Of the property Of Miss steinnecke,
OF whose murder he was recently acquitted.
After three years imprisonment he abandons
his former claim - her heir, and asks the
baltimore court to appoint him administrator
'of- -hsr estate, their marriage, to which he
makes oath, revoking, urder the Maryland
laws, her previous viii in hisfavor.
WA1soS's foundry, silk factory and machine
shop in Paterson, N. ]. were destroyed by fire
ON Friday: Loss $500, 900.
The brick layers of Chicago are on . strike
for four dollars day.
A CONFEDERATION at Springfield, Mass. on
"Wednesday. destroyed property on Court
Square valued at ~. .ooO.
In New Orleans, on Wednesday, John Ben
net, policeman, shot and killed Chas. Nc.
Cormick.
LOUIS zELNER, sentenced in March, 1871
to the Albany Penitentiary for eight years. for
counterfei'ins. was pardoned by tue President
on the recommendation Of Dayitl Dnf,lav
Field
ELLIS VAN MEER was caught In T. eang-bel,
at Peters saw mill, atBay City, Monday. and
crushed to death, every bone in his bodv he.
ing broken.
iaf Secretary OF the Treasury has ordered
the calling Of one million three.per-cent.
numbered as follows: s., 600, numbered from
4'3l0 to 1881 $4,000 numbered from 7ao
TO Ats; the in crest on which will cease M,
vcmber 80, 1872.
A FIRE broke out in Nickersof's lumbe
yard and planning mill in Bridgeport, c., Mon
day night, and before it could be stayed. burn.
Ell ten buildings and one numbered and an,
thousand dollars worth Of properly.
A DISPATCH from Eastport, Maine, saws
-Four men, while returning in .. small boat
from the Pemboke Fair, Friday night. were
upset and probably drowned. The bo.t h.s
been found, but the bodies have not been re'
covered. Two of tie men were sons NJ Wi.
''ee 'upit' one Of Nelson auplit. and the
ofler son Of Capt. Vim. Muhlman.
"oRKAEN in clearing away the debris .t
tne Ohlo Insane Asylum, at Newbure, found
the bodies Of Miss Walker, Benjamin BURGESS
ana OF an IRON puddler, Of Newburg, who h~e
been missing since the fire. Two other ner.
sons are still missing. Several wards in the
wings OF the building least injured have been
pat IN order, and hundred or more patient,
have been placed in them.
AT Iunnel Hill. H., Saturday night. ar
aftray took place among laborers employed or
the n'lroad tunnel. Three men were stabbed
one dted and the other two can hardly recover
Their names are unknown. After the melee
an attempt was made to blow up the residenct
ofa saloon-keeper named Conor, who had in
CURED the ill-will of the crowd bnt. tho fr,<
being wet it failed to ignite the powder.
IHE action OF the Pennsylvania oil nro
ducers' in shutting dowDther wells for the
pnrFose OF forcing up prices, has caused in.
tense Indignation in that State.
HORACE GREELEY will attend the State F.;,
at Goldsboro. N. c., on the 23d of October.
: :! 4HE eteuben monument was unveiled a
Steuben, New York, on Monday, in the nres
ence of twelve thousand people.-
GEORGE REED and John Sims. both co,.roa
got INTO dispute at the Bethel Colore,j
Church, Little Rock, Sunday night. over ,
question as to Which put the most money IN
the basket when it was handed aronnd wAer
Reed drew out pistol and shot Sims, NOR
= tally wopnding him. =
EDMUND Yates, the we'll known E,ors,
novelist, delivered his lecture, "Modern so
clety," to fine audience in Mchipan .ver,,.
BAPTIST church, Chicago, Monday evening
the occasion being the Inauguration ~ ~.
" '"l Aec'"re Course, and Mr.. Yates's first ap
pearance on the platform in America. His "a
ceptlonwas very flattering one.
FIRE occurred in Harper Il Uhie's lace,
peer brewery, Brooklyn, Monday evening
caused by the overhesting Of saftine in N.
matt mill. Loss $4,000; Insured.
ALI the Norwegian and Swedish sh;n. n
view York hal Dor on Monday, had 8aps Iii.
pla!ed at half-mast il. conseauence of H.,
not'ce OF the death OF King Charles. Annro
pirate services were also held in the Swcd;.,
. ad Norwegian churches.
Blk hundred members of the f,h;oooo w.
penters and Joiners' Union are on strike r.,
e4 Per day. Non-union men, to the numbe
OF three thousand. do not join the strike,
MEssRs. CoND1r l. Soxs' extensive paper mil
shawansunk, Ulster county, N. Y, was dc
stroyed by fire last Friday night. The icas i,
s2oo,o 600; insurance s75,o0o. .seventy-6v,
; persons are thrown out OF Employment.
A MADRID telegram states that tho fire j,
INC Escurial monastery was confined to tina
part OF the palace in which the library wa,
located, Asreat quantity Of books has bee,
ren!9sed, and there are hopes of saving tn
ehtlfe library, but in a damaged condition.
oSE Cedemedicican, Partisan, has bee
sentenced to prison for fifteen days for due,
Eg.
IHE Strashourg Gazette saws five bundrc
Aisatlans are now serving az soldiers in Ge,