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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
Terrible Railroad Accident Near Nice.
From the Swiss Times.

On January "a, the omnibus train for
Grasse left Nice at $50 punctually, and
proceeded safely to within about one
kilometre of Antlbee, when, on coming
near the bridge over the Brnguc, the
engine driver perceived through the
mist that lamps had been lighted as
danger signals but it was too late; the
train was in full speed, and there was
no possibility of stopping it before the
bridge was reached, though the firemen
and engine driver remained at their
posts, and used every means i'll their
power. The bridge over the Brague
measures 105 feet in length, having q
span OF three arches and piers on either
side. The swelling of the torrent by
six days of incessant rain had
flooded the ground near the bridge,
so when the tide rose to high water
mark the bridge WAS submerged. At
the turn of the tide the current was so
great that the central arches and the
pier on the Nice side of the river were
carried away, in fact the Whole of the
bridge except the pier near Antilles.
Toward this dreadful chasm the ill
fatcd Nice train came flashing along Mt
Il fearful rate, tho engine, tender, lug
gagc-car, aud two Of the carriages leap
ing down the prccipice into the roaring
torrent with All awful momentum,
left the rest Of the train upon
the bank, one of the carriages
held by the co,,pling-chain, hanging
over the abyss. OF the carriages
which fell over, only one was seen font
ing out to sea, with an unhappy woman
therein, calling for succor which could
not reach her. The rest were crushed
to atoms or covered by the waters Mt
the bottom of the ravine. The engine
has never since been seen. Twelve
persons persisted upon the spot, among
whom are the engine driver and the
i fireman. The body Of the former is
! still to be seen floating in the Brague.
pierced through the chest by nn iron
bar. The conductor escaped m,raru
l"' lv, by jumping fr"m the lug2'"'
: ear ", ttfcll into the chas,n; also, Mm''.
i.ii n.i III. L,usSrl were extracted
.!: ~ from the suspended currsayc
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
Imposition UrOn Il Child.

The latest dodge of a parent to over
come his sons aver ON to medicine,
and "doctor" him at the same time,
occurred Oh Prospect street, where Il
croupy younSster was induced to make
quite hearty meal from q plate of
buckwhcat cakes and "maplc syrup"
but the latter proved to bc nice syrup
OF squills. The boy said he "thonght
something ailei the moInsscs the min
ute his father told him to eat all he
wanted to."--(Tc ctuutl Lcudcy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
A Mysterious Occurrence.

For some time we have been in pos
session of the circumstances of a most
singular manifestation which took place
in our city, and which is fully attested
by firm disbeliever in spiritualism.
Regard for the feelings of the family
has Kept lis silent concerning a matter
the mention of which at this time, we
trust, may not CRATE hershly on stricken
hearts.
For several days the family in aues-
tion had been watching by tie b aside
Of an only daugnte::, al unusually
bright and attractive child: aud the nl-
yielding grasp of tho t.::;;ease from
which she suffered, one of mal;snaa;
character, bad lett them little hope for
her life. As the little heart grew feebler,
tue child became p,Itly unconscious,
md as she lay thus one morning shortly
before her death, the fotber STOOD over
her, and a.ter doing an he might to
make comfortable the led on " ,'ch she
lay, seated himsele on sofa 4 the oppC-
site side of the room. He had hardly
done so when mn ipvi;,:I1.e and strange
power lifted the child ilom the bed on
which che l.sy, and placed her in the
middle of the floor. So gently WAS
this done that It did not even dist,,b
her sleep, and the father was 50 startled
by tue s;oht that be was almost too
weak 10 i4S hei back again. All this in
broad day light, with no one in iie
room save tho father and child, and
there was 10 possible opportunity for
deception or illusion of any kind. As
before intimatcd, the gentleman in
question is skept,cal on all points OF
; spiritual belief, and his known charac-
ter and standing in the community is
such as to place his word beyond qucs-
ton, even did the peculiar circnm.
stances of the case render fabrication
welt nigh impossible. 1t would seem
: that the occurrence must be left OH
that mysterious boundary where the
known laws meet the unknown, and
leave MI human intelligence ut loss. -
| Toledo Bi0tic.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
NUMBER Al.
JEALOUSY AND REVENGE.
Horrible Termination Of . Dual Love
Affair In LoWells

Horrible Termination Of = Dual love
Affair In Loyvells
Correspondence of the N. Y Herald.
BosroN, February 19, 1872.-Another
unpleasant love affair last night distin-
guished the manufacturing city of
Lowell. The social position Of the
parties connected Herewith, their gen.
eral responsibility and the singular
nature Of tho circumstances of the case,
render the affair ope Of moro than ordi-
nary Importance.
The facts may be briefly stated. For
some months past MIR. Charles Kimbalt
and Charles B. Watt, have been paying
their attention to Miss Ella Spofford,
daughter of Deacon Abraham Spofford,
and appeared to receive almost an
equal share of her regards-so much
so that {; strong feeling of jealousy was
created between them. Last evening
Kimball accompanied Miss Spofford to
the john street Congregational Church
and returned with her to her home on
Mount Vernon street, entering the
house and remaining in social CONVEX
sation with her until after ten o'clock,
when he came out. After bidding her
good night he discovered Watts stand
ing on the sidewalk, and accused him
of! having followed the couple home.
An Indignant denial followed, and this
led to mutual recriminations and gen.
eral row.
FINALLY WATTS DREW PISTOL
from his pocket, and with the exclama-
tion, This thing has gone far enough, {"
he fired two shots at Kimball's body.
One of them took effect in the right arm
and the other was lodged in the lungs
of the victim, inficting a dangerous
and probably fatal wound. A
great crowd gathered about the spot,
and the assassin, who is only sixteen
years old, was taken to the station
house. Kimball was removed to his
home and properly cared for.
An interview with Watts develops the
facts that he does not attempt to palli.
ate or deny his crime, but is only sorry
that fatal result was not assured be-
yond the possibility of a doubt. The
affair has caused great excitement in
Lowell, and the general sympathy is
with the assassin on account Of q belief
that he is partially insane.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
Tvhre Island.

The sea is rapidly encroaching on
Tybee Island. On the eastern end,
wheie the old beacon light formerly
stood, the sea- has washed away the
sapd-banks sOthat the brick fonntlat ON
is visible to it's base. The ravine in
which the Confederate troops drilled in
1861 Is now salt water pond during
high tides. The remains OF the United
State soldiers who fell victims to the
cholera in 1858, are exposed to view l'v
tin' shifting Of the sand. which has lai,l
bare their shallow graves. ,,t,rriri: :.
N,uH
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
AN ETERNAL DIVORCE,
A Jealous Ads1bn nd Shoots His VIII
and Hislisclf,

nAil Htsiixclf.
A fearful tragedy was enacted i'll Co.
lumbus, on Wednesday night last. A
colorcd man named Robt. w. Scott,
shot his wife dead and shot himself.
He fingered until Thursday, when
he died. The particulars are AZ fol-
lows: Scott had been married seven
years to Caroline Toles. and lived hap
PLY until lately. They had one child,
q girl aged six years. Last spring, on
account of alleged misconduct on both
sides, separation took place, and since
that time they have not lived together.
Scott made frequent attempts to have
her live with him, which she refused.
From the following entry IN a diary,
dated February 14th, found on his per-
son today, it will be seen that he had
finally determined to have her, or kill
her.
"Feb. IA. This is decided to have
my wife, or die and go to hell. 1 will
not be put off by her. She bought q
revolver to take my life. I thought
would give her a chance TO do so.
want to see if she will do so to night
1t is Caroline's time to die or mine,
UUV L VAAAA OVUu u OuI G1lOC6 W O1c.
They tell me that IS hard. / do it for
I like to. [Signed] Robt. w. Scott"
About seven o'clock last evening he
visited his wife at her home, on Win
ter street, in the southern part of the
city. She was not at home when he
went there, SO he sat down by the stove
and conversed with several of the
neighbors who were present.
Shortly after 8 p. NJ. Caroline, his
wife, entered and nodded pleasantly to
him. He spoke to her and asked her
to step outside, as he wished to talk
with her. They went out the back
door, talked little while. returned
again, and as Scott entered the room,
said: "Well, Caroline, that settles
it." He turned to several men who
were in the house and said, "there's
the door, " and advised them to leave.
They did SO, and he turned to his wife,
drew a five-shooter and fred. The
ball struck her in the cheek. She then
threw up her hand and advanced toward
him. He stepped back and fred again,
the bullet entering her eye and lodging
in her brain. She fell dead, and he
then turned and went out of the house,
ran about q square, placed his pistol to
his ear and shot himself. He was found
there by the police shortly after. .. It is
charged that the wife had criminal re-
lations with other men, which so much
incensed her husband as to lead to the
deed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29

COLONEL ltonl,, Collector o; the port
of Savannah, has rendered his r~i,;-
nation. In his letter to the President
he says he is impellcd to this course
from desire to promote. SO far us any
act Of his can 'l,, entire harmony in
the ranks Of the Republican party in
Georgia.
TIE Emperor Of Brazil has j. ,,4 Tire
lr-n:-t '',y'r uf rl'"''":r,!I,> rs :
known in p,riH
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
The Figaro states that official ctot;.

The Figaro states that official statis.
tics show that between September II,
the date of thc Investment of Paris.
and january 2S, the date of the reopen
ing Of communications, the number of
deaths rec' 'dea i'll the capital was G5,-
291. ThoEumber of tho killed in action
with the enemy and deaths in thc
hospital: resulting from wounds WAS
13,mi.
y HEHl, AN copper cents cir:nIatc at
three times tiit:;. home value in Japan.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
HThe Battle Of Berlin in 1876"

A Frcnchman has lately published in
Paris a tract entitled "The Battle of
Berlin in 1875" 1t is after the style of
the Battle Of Dorking," which ap.
pcared in Blackwood's Magazine last
Spring. The story is professedly told
by an :" Old Soldier of the Landwehr, y
who, having served through the late
German war, lived to serve again in
the same cause, and to see his country
utterly defeated and overborne by
France in 1T. He na-rates the course
or everts which led to this result, to
his son. The imaginary battle of l)ork-
ing had crushed the power of England,
and Germany or rather Prussia, was
Lett alone topursue her policy of unlim-
tied anreSe ion. She compels Deu-
mark to come into her confederation.
and at lecss::ih urges the States of Hol-
land to do he same thing. Italy aod
Austria a.e her friends, and she seems
to have a.! Edrope at her feet.
At this moment Bismarck suddenly
dies, ard the En- pe-or, over-confident
in bis sb.it.es,and not finding minis
ter whom he could trust, attempts 20
carry on the Government himself.
Everything straight way begins to 90
wrong. On account OF some imaginary
offence, war is declared ara: :rst France.
The Prus:;ians alone, OF all the Ger
mans, are in favor of the war, and they
are confident of success. It was to be
the campaign of 1870 over again.
France was to be made province Of
Germany. The other States were op-
posed to it. They raised their quotas
slowly and reluctantly, and some of
them did not raise them al all. Eng
land was now on the side Of France, so
far rs she was ON either side, but since
the battle Of Dozking, she had been
too weak to render any important as
sistance. Russia was on the same side,
and took the field with an immense
ar-2y. Austria and Italy were in ALI
arce with Prussia, and expectations
were cherished o. tleir assistance. But
when the time came, Italy was not
ready, and revelation in Hungary alb
sorbed the attention o: Austria. Prus-
sia was compelled to meet the shock
alone. TIE struggle was terrible, but
between tie invasions OF Eu: sia on the
one side, and of france on the OTHER,
with the d.safection o; nearly all the
smaller German States, and armies of
France penetrated to The lea-t of the
country and fought the "Battle of
Berlin" They afterwa.d entered
tue Prussian capital ard distated
the terms of humiliating peace.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
Lost to His Friends.
u 1oAQUU OB 0xnxK8,
1is hiocupo have fsiled q,

II SoAQUu OB o1uL1.
/. uis kiocupo have fas1ed -,
i J Whe1o Doses aRe Hod;,
Heb tined the Good Templaxs-
Heb home and Sbod.
TIE gin MIN hem paN
With ~ haH.ope0 door
The glaoseD NAY dfnk-
H0 Yi0 enter ~ H00eA
Hot whistles 08y DesoD,
And llioed lemons ny swim
Ku1 ooufs y1o66 tAsB taDso-
HbDetAf1g y No. -*s.
GA DIowhafd na9 G1u13
I'M III red fsoe efoWD baAcks
And coll him hard name0-
Ho Wfu never come hoek.
HI fuM Are II eooe,
Vhat G1Do oan bo done
tn II In 20 On
In ~ vsy hs5 bsgun1
Two gIaases IN roandl
F1l 'em up 70 t1se bstDI
This oOe's for ourselves,
And t'oGheris for him !!
THE SI1aRAs o. PoDUHk, 1S72.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29

TIE following curious advertisement
is taken from Paris paper: "Mar.
riages-Two sisters, very distinguished,
of the first no, Lilly, retired from the
world, aged nineteen and twenty-three
respectively, with \ fortune OF four
millions each, desire to be united to
tNu Young gentlemen, not Older
IT,. ~ tiit:, possessing titles and
iot, l,ri. Address for particulars, &c. )"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
Mark Twain on Woman Suffrage.

Mark Twain says that when women
frame laws TIE first thing they will do
will be to enact:
l. That all men should be ut home ut
ten p. m., without fail.
2. Tb;. MI rr;ed men should bestow
considerable attention upon their own
w:ycs.
s. That it should be a hanging ofzense
to sell whisky in saloons, ard that fines
and Acknowledgement should follow in
such places.
=. That thc smoking of cigars to ex-
cess should be focb Jden, and the
smok ing Of pipes u;te;ly abolished.
). Ipat the wife shoc,ld have the
title Of her own properly when she
marl:es man who hasn't any.
"Suc'l tvranny as this says Mark,
"we could never sand. Our .ree souls
con'u never crIcrc such degrading
thr. 'Iom. Womer so away! Seek
not to bcgr;'e us of orr imperial priv
i,eges. CoH*cnt yourselves with your
little feminine t:;.'es-your baD,es,
your benevolent societies., ana your
knit:ing-and let your natural bosses
DO the voting. St:nd back--ycu will
he wanted to go TO WIZ next. We will
lei you teach school as much as you
wary to, and Ply you halt price, too
bot beware! we Cont want you to
crowd us too much"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29

7 r-fV'-t NNN''f NT !NNNEU:r:lI
known il, Paris.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29

cuil5ion WITH team and sleigh, while poinp
at 'eaftui speed. near the foot of the hill.
'm. n'i3es y; Williams, ago 10. was Instantly
Killed: John Wessler, aged l3 was fatallv
injured and four others received serons cnts
ahd nrtIses. Ono of the horses was killed.
''o oo'll sie'Shs were completely wrecked.
Abroad,
FRINGE FREDERICK CHARLES has gone m q
visit to Egypt.
LIE French police have information which
reads them to believe that 10000 rifles and
'lirty cannon, with large stores of ammun;-
ton. arc c'nccaled in Paris. An active search
Is being made in all parts of the city.
IHE revolt OF the native trooDs in tho Phil
"Phe Islands has been suppressed. Th.
surviving mu,ineers were tried by a court
marital, and eleven suffered death. The lead
CT OF the revolt has been executed.
QUITS of fearful weather on the Mexica,
coast arc received. The English bark Paml,
co, from Liverpool, which arrived on the Gtl
at Vera Cruz, dragged her anchor during th
"a 2. and the vessel was lost. Twelve OF tn
crew were drowned.
LIE London Times says the companies Oh
c''a'inG The existing cables between Europ
aid Aineri::a lave agreed on basis whereof
tie trcli'h company will proceed to lay an
CHER cable. The article hints that motif
r!!on OF the present tariff on cable dispatche
may be- expected
AN American named Menar was shot an
a''''''o to death, on Friday. by workman
"ro mstook the victim for a relative name
i''i'nEt"n. The murderer intended to XII
l"'i' E'"" III order to secure EI, 75O, which Ii
"o ''A liliclit at his Geath
lhE Opinion Rationale asserts that con
5;A';s'y i"s been discovered, in winch tI,,c
generals, under the late Emperor Napolco,
a"~ Tie leaders. Their plan was to dispers
the Al Sea'blv Ly force, and take posse4sio
cf'tlp Government, when they were to oe s.,,
I"!'cd bv q large .n'ilnher Oi lhc ox- o:tice
''''; 'n'la,.' uf :!.o En1 G from ,l,e lurt]
the OT.i','en says ''a., Ia rn'lsc. ,uc rco of II,
.:vc!aiin,, he T. Il ian 20 !. e., ~,
:, 'n:' d. AID no orc pc 4ri:: lto pas, i.,
France w'th,ut Il passport,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-07-17
HILLFUL WASTE.

The rather startling statement is
made, on the authority of r. S. Eli
oft, ESQ, Industrial Agent of the
Kansas Pacific Railroad Company.
that in less than twenty-five years the
accessible forests in the region of the
great lakes, on the upper waters of
the Mississippi, and in the British
possessions adjacent, will be exhaus-
ted. In the Southern States, the
Rocky Mountain regions, and on the
Pacific coast, the demands of eivilza-
ton and trade are causing the forests
to rapidly disappear.
There Is but one remedy for this,
and that is forest culture. The state
ment above cited was made before the
National Agricultural Association at
its recent meeting in st. Louis, and
was embraced in the report of Il COM
mittee to consider that subject. The
committee recommend farmers to
plant forest trees on their hiIly or
other waste lands, and to place shelter
belts OF clumps Of rapid growing and
useful timber at suitable places on
their farms solieitse State LegisIa-
ture to pass laws encouraging the
planting Of trees on farms and on the
highways; for the provision of State
nurseries OF young timber trees, the
app6intment of annual sAfbor Day,
for the planting Of trees, as in Ne
braska, etc. cia1 -ab bn -r-t
These suggesti0ns are important,
and should command attention. The
wilful waste OF our forests will bring
woeful want, ard that before many
generations have elapsed, unless some
means are adopted fol, keeping up the
supply. :. -tl-- -lr.. .alnl ~ IL
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-07-17
p. RRCKWTUH. Den.
II zeal NOTICE

i ITO Clarissa Ray, who resides at Pitts
Held, Massachusetts; Miranda Tyler, who
resides at Jonesyille, Virginia; Rhoda Hen
dricks, who resides at Carrtboo, Maine: Cy-
rus Reed. and Lavinia Reed. who reside at
Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
You are hereby notified thatJ n. Baldwin
Administrator OF the estate OF Cyrus Reed,
decd, on the 18th day of June, 1872, filed his
petition in the Probate Court within and
for the county of Trumbull and State of o.,
alleging that the personal estate or said
decedent is insufficient to pay his debts and
the charges of administering his estate; that
he died seized in fee simple OF the following
described real estate in. said county, to-wit (:
Situate in Mesopotamia township, Trum-
bull county. and State OF Ohio, and in Lots
No. Is, %, a, 45, &c, A, in said township, be-
ginning at the southwest corner Of said
Lot IT and running thence east and with
lot line 226 rods Is links; thence south 81
rods II links; thence E. I72rods; thence N. 80
rods links; thence east Is links; thence
north IS rods 10 links; thence east lo6 rods 20
links; thence north 81 rods is links; thence
east Is rods IL links; thence north l6 rods;
thence north 20o26 rods II links; thence n.
10 45 WA rods 9inks;thence north II rods Is
links; thence n. $40 81 E. los rods p links !;
thence north % rods; thence east 50 rods S
links thence south 26 rods thence east %
rods links; thence north l09 rods; thence
west 80 rods; thence north Is rods Y links; ;
thence west l22 rods links; thence north 10
rods; thence west 80 rods links; thence
north 29rods 3 links; thence west 80 rods Is
links. to the west line of said Lot as; thence
south with the west line OF Lots 46 and AZ.
293 rods TO the place of beginning. contain
ing S74 acres, more or less, but excepting
therefrOn all that part Of Lot No. a lying
between the north line of the Lot and the
center OF Mill Creek, and bounded east by
line 50 rods links west from the west line
Of said Lot a, containing 20 acres, more or
less, including an acre owned by DR.. Casey.
Also alleging that said Clarissa Ray.
Miranda Tyler, Rhoda Hendricks. Cyrus
Reed and Layinia Reed, held the next estate
Of inheritance in said premises. The pray
er OF said petition is for sale of said prem
ises for the payment OF the debts and
charges aforesaid. Said petition will be for
hearing on the Sd day of August, 1872. at 10
O'Clock q. m, or as soon thereafter as coun-
ncI can be heard j.. n. BALDWIN,
Admir- Of Cyrus Reed.
By Hutehins, Tuttle & Stull, his Att'ys.
lime 26 lST2-4t
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-07-17

A NARROW ESCAPE. a
class meeting held several years since
by the Methodist brethren of a South
ern village, Brother Jones went
among the colored portion-of the con-
gregatioa. Finding there anold man
notorious for his endeaVOr to serve
God on the Sabbath and Satan the
rest of the week, he said ....s
i well Brother Dick, I'm glad to
see you here Haven't stole any tur-
keys since I saw you last. Brother
Dick ?'' .ifsi "a q f
.'No, no, Brudder Jones no tur-
keys" ~ -..t g .a.fi W. zu...- --..e,
Nor any chickens, Brother Dick p"
''No, no, Brudder Jones; no chick
ems ~ ~ if2--z -sT
THANK the Lord, Brother Dick -
That's doing well, my brother pa said
Brother Jones, leaving Brother Dick,
who Immediately relieved his over
burdened conscience by saying to, q
near neighbor, with an immense sigh
Of relief: -.. .,.+r.4 oi@
"Efhe'd said ducks he'd a had me
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-07-17
EGAL NOTICE.

i {Court ofCommon Pleas, ,TTumbull Co. o.
fsa5es & Delin, Pit ds, VS.. Morris Harris
Deft. Civil action. The defendant, Morris
Harris, whose residence is unknown, viii
take notice that the plaintiffs, Gates &
Delin, OF the county and State aforesaid did
on the ID day Of April. 1872, file their peti-
ton in said Court, within and for the county
aforesaid, against him the said Morris Har-
ris, defendant setting forth that the said
Harris was indebted TO them for money had
and received in the sum of Nine Hundred
and six S3-IOO dollars, that said sum was
wholly due and unpaid, and praying that
they may have judgment for said sum OF
Nine Hundred and six dollars and eighty
three cents, with interest from said ID day
OF April, 1872, and the said Harris is notified
that he is required to appear and answer
sale petition on or before the 24th day OF
August, 1872. GATES & DELIN.
By Geo. P. Hunter, Attorney.
Warren, Ohio, June %. 1S72-6t.