Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
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Iialttax4 g TYsses To lightning struck the
,HsssinE down through The building. ttaring
M !nc ct 1iing, hcor etc, ard completely dcmol-
11xnh1,x, 1.h.S;,. she enlohaaE mission, house: Ihs
b'nldihs. and did considerable damage to that
ArELEGRAM from San Francisco states that
on Tuesday evening comet appeared httlo
southwest Of mid-hcavcn, moving rapidly and
somewhat irrogularly. It passed across: tho
sky northcastcrly and disappeared. apparently
ascending again. It shone like star Of tho
first magnitude, Its tail was u Wavv, lunin-
GUS and rosc-cOl0rcd ,vapOr. 1t was i'll sight
1. NlN minutes. = .s-'
The first annual meeting Of the Artillery
Association OF the Army Of tho. Rotonac was
hold in Boston on. Wednesday a1ernoon.a II
was wen attended ~ seomrales.. There was
also number 81 distinguished guests, among
whom were Governor Washburne, Governor
<irary, of PENNSYLVANIA; Governor Wilmot. Of
New Brunswick Governor Harvey, of Kansas;
AID Governor Baldwin, of Michigan. Gen.
Wm. 4. Barry was elected President for the
ensuing year.
LOUIS LoEDoSSE, Mrs. Burgois, aud her
daughter, aged years, while boating on the
lake at ChiraSo, Wednesday evening, wore run
IItp nv NiIptitE DCNt CtltdlllLb CWO u1Cu. INC
sklffoccupcd by the tirst-namel parties was
capsizc.l i'll the collision, and the little girl
drowned.
THE Treasury Department has decided that
manifcsts arc not required in the case Of ferry
boats, or ofbonded cars passing from one state
to another through foreign contiguous terri
tory.
The strike Of the garment cutters of Phila-
delphia has proved successful.
MAJOR F. B. FIRTH, superintendent Of the
Atchinson and Nevada Railroad, who was 80
severely injured by an accident OH that road
on the sth inst, died on Wednesday evening
of his injuries.
AREroRT FRI m Little Cottonwood is 10 tho
effect that collision occurred on Sunday, un-
dcreround, between tho occupants of ti,e
Illinois tunnel and the Emma excavation,
during which numerous firearms were used.
though no one was injured. The laborcrs in
the 4li,ols tunnel have been busily. engaged
ir sackin8 ore ut the point worked by the
Emma Company before the cave.
The ceremony OF breaking ground on the
Utah, Idaho and Montana Railroad took place
last Monday at CorinDe.
MonaAS H. KoATs, Unitcd States Marshal of
the Western judicial district of Arkansas, has
been suspended by the President because OF
Irregularities in his accounts.
The famous Jumcl case will be soon tried
again.
JOSEPH NlMMs, JR., has boon rc-appointed
Supervising Inspector of Steamboats,.
ONE hundred and ffty-two deaths in Cnica-
so last week.
The upper floors OF the stove works in De-
troit We're damaged by fire on Tuesday to tho
extent OF s35, ,000- insurance $4,000.
INDIAN AGENT MILLER, near Fort Defiance,
in Arizona, has been murdered by the In
dams.
THE White Mountain Apaches in Arizona are
again on the war path, notwithstanding the
late peace palaver.
THE Amcricus club House, in New York,
was sold to Mr.. Voorhees,, one Of the creditors,
for $4,000.
The Oransemen expect, with police proteo.
ton, to parade five thousand men on the 12th
Of July.
TuE:excitement in New York about labt
strikes is on the wanc, ana promises to result
most disastrously for the men.
BAlNBR1poE WADLI IaH was on Tuesday
elected U. s. Senator by the Legislature Of
New Hampshire, receiving 2O4 votes out of 341
cast necessary to q choice III.
THE internal revenue officials say that the
increase Of the whisky tax in the last three
years over the previous three years, will foot
up nearly $50, 100000.
SEVEN thousand sugar refiners have struck
in New York, and tho factories arc idle. They
reject all offers OF conpromisc and stand solid
for s15 q week.
The red-coats are swarming IN Windsor, Op-
posite Detroit, 1900 infantry and 500 cavalry
having gone into camp there, where they will
remain for instruction and drill sixteen days.
The lager beer brewery Of Andrew Fink, in
New York, was destroyed by fire Tuesday
evening. Loss, 81, 900; insured. The cause
Of the fire is unknown.
THERE appears to be general understand
ing among all the political factions of Louisi-
ana that Mr.. Collector Casey, Of Now Orleans,
who's" resignation was requested by the Presi-
dent, will not now be disturbed in his position.
The American Club of New York will be re-
organized the present season, and ro-purchase
the property sold by the sheriff on Monday.
will be lqu!datcd by subscription.
THE eighth annual Convention OF the Illinois
Press Association was held in Champaign, ILL.,,
on Tuesday, wi h about sixty editors present
and many ladies', J. Il. Wo-scr, of the Decatur
Republican, presiding.
The New York Board OF Health has resolved
that in tnsu,e, no human dead body bc al
lowed t" be buried in any vault or cemetery
south Of 13Oth street, and no vault or cemetery
will be opened for any purpose between May
and November.
At1nE at Spring Lake, Michigan, on Mon
day. destroyed Monroe, Thomson L. Co.'s mill,
with loss Of $50, ,OOO-insured for 81, 1000. The
losers arc DR.. Monroe, Nelson Hawlctt, of
Grand Haven John Thomson aud Warner
V"sS, of Spring Lake. Tie fire was acci-
dental.
GOVERNOR 1To, OF the Japanese Embassy,
returns to America by the present mail, ac-
c"mpanicd by the Vice Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, Tcraspila. Greater powers have been
ds gated them by The Mikado, and foreign
powers Will be persuaded into Japanese views
ere tho Embassy returns, which is now stated
10 be one year instead of eight months as
formerly stated.
The approaching marriage Of the Emperor
ofChina has been officially announced. II
will take place on the 10th Of October. It ID
generally Believed the Emperor will ascend
the throne few months later. Great dis
tress il reported in the province of Zccchncl,
III consequence OF tho failure of the crops.
Baron Rlchtofcn has been obliged TO abandon
his eXplOra tion Of the province OF Human. He
Is expected shortly in Shanghai
A CIVIL coin commotion has taken place
among the farmers near Miagatc, Japan
They were fired upon by the troops and scv
crAl killed and DISPERSED
HERE is a rumor that Miss Nellie Grant il
engaged. to be married to Scotch Lord.
NEGOTIATIONS for the evacuation Of Franc,
arr progressing rapidly between Theirs ant
Count Van Arni!n. The Department OF Marn'
and llalltc Marine, are to be evacuated in
few weeks, after tho signing Of the commits
sion, the details Uf which are nearly com
plctnel.
The North German Gazette, in lcadin
arrlc, hints that Germany will make her il,
i],,cocc felt in the election of the next Pope.
The Spanish Government has received intc
liScnc" of the temperance Of Carlist insu
gems in the provinces Of Terrasona, Bisca,
and GaIicia.
SlxrY-rwo vessels of the Spanish m.
rinr, comprising steamships, ship
':rks, and brigs, have left the port (
Savannah this season, all If tllom co