Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
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APE1MAxE.1. .frea. gallery of art has been
opened in Brooklyn.
MANY carpenters in New York city, who
made . successful strike for eight hours
work now favor new stxiko for four dollars
per asy.sj 9sa s.zt: .z ss,:45@.
T~2N1f 4uousA1p emierants landed At
Castle Garden, New York, last week. The
largest numbsr onresord.
THOMAS II. A1lmTloxo. on Tuesday even
ing. stabbed his sged mother, In New York,
inflicting mortal wound.
TRE most violsnt storm for six years passed
over !, 1setress Monroe Thursday, unroofng
houses, and prostrating trees and fences.
TIE greater portion Of the town Of Man
nington, Virginia, was destroyed by fire Thurs
day morning. ~ -
Mrs. JOHN HERMAN, residing at Mount Wash
ingtop, vas struct by lightptne No'saiy morn
ing add fatally injured, = =
Tue receiver Of the Ocean National Bank
Of New York, is paying an additional twenty
per cent. dividend.
The directors Of the Doanesburg Railroad
have perfected the lease Of their road to the
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company.
The President has sent the following nomi-
nation to the Senate: Postmaster, Edward
F. Douglass. Houghton, Mich.
Two boys, aged ten years, bathing in a
streamnear kockdale, Iowa. werc drowned
Friday afternoon.
THIRTY persons werc moro or less injured
by the explosion of the tug Epsilon, in New
York harbor, ON Monday!
A CHlLb named Dolerinsky was stolen from
the house of Mrs. Stun art, in New York, on
Wednesday, by three mon representing them
selves to be deputy shsriffs. @vI !.
The President has made an arrangement or
treaty with tho chief Of Tutila, ono of the
Navigators' Islands, for naval station and
coal depot.
In the Presbyterian General Assembly At
Detroit tho stsnding committee has reported
that e4so, 900 will be needed for homo mis-:
siops during the ensuing year. ,... .......;
In the examination Of Rev. DR.. Huston, the
clerical libertine, at Baltimore, on Saturday,
Miss Driscoll testified in regard to her seduc-
ton by The defendant Is. =: -
IxkAR TRKllAlNE, John d. Townsend, and
Henry Daily ,Jr.. have been retained as Stokes
counsel y place Of Graham, Gerry and Bart
The National Agricultural Association and
National Agricultural Congress convened in
JOINT session At tho Masonic Hall, St. Louis,
OH Monday.
JOHN G. HEENAN and Chris. O'Connor have
arrived at Fortress Monroe: It is uuderstood
they are selecting grounds for the fight be-
tween Mace and O'Baldwin ia June. .,,.,.
A TRAIN on the Wilmington, Columbus and
Augusta Railroad ran of the track near Grist's
Station, on Thursday, iniuripg two persons
seriously and i've slightly. ".s
An OK customs officer, Thomas j. Wilson,
who was sentenced 70 three years. inprison-
ment at Baltimore, Maryland, for embezzle-
mens, hAs; been pardoped BY the President: :
Rev. JoRN e. RoBiE, editor Of tho Buffalo
Christian Advocate, ono of the Oldest Metho-
dist ministers in Western New York, died sud-
denly Sunday morning At Cowlesville, Of apo.
ple1y. - "':.-.t
The Department Of Justice will soon issue
an oEder Abandoning alk suits akslnst those
who have filed public Offices contrary to the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution,
and whose political disabilities have lust been
removed by law. The largest nnmbsrof cases
THEl ssit ef James Fisk. Jr.,; against the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, credit n.obts-
Ter, and others, has been revised in the United
States Circuit Court, Judge BlAtchford allow
ing Mrs. Fisk to be substituted as plaintiff.
In New York, Tuesday morning, Christian
Trefez. baker, stabbed his wife four times
with dirk. She was living with Franz Lind
man, who was also stabbed. Trafez then stab
bed himself. It is thought all will die.
DIR. ANDBEwJ J. LYNN, Of Boston, who was
held to bail in ton thousand dollars, in that
city, ON Monday, is charged with procuring an
abortion, resulting in the death Of Sarah
Brown, young woman belonging to Fitchburg.
The ffty-eight anniversary of the American
Baptist Missionary Union was celebrated Tues
day morlipga at Calvary Church. DR.. N. B. Ah-
derson'prssided. Tho receipts for the year
were e21A1 expenses $3.50, ,952.
AZ Orvine, Maine, on Thursday, 8. A. Horn,
while at work. in his saw-mill, fell across 4 |
circulaxRv in motion, and was cut to pieces.
Both bis legs and ono arm were cut OIL, and |!
his body sawn asunder.
TIE Senate confirmed the following nomin-
atoms: Benjamin E. Smith, Register Of Land
Office at Red Wood Falls, Mimi; VIM. H. Kel-
ley, Receiver of Public Moneys at the same
place; Frank Wolcott, United States Marshal
Of Wyoming Territory. / RI =
A FRE1aH1IrRAn on the Orange, :Alexandria
and Manassas Railroad, ran over I cow eight
miles from Alexandra, ya, Nonday evening,
throwing the engine and cars OF the track,
killing two braksmen, and seriously wounding
the fireman.
The Senate h.. cor,armtd the. following
nominations: George II. Hand, Register Of
the Land Office at Yankton. Dakota: Charles
Adams, Agent Of the Los Pimos Indians. Col
oradO; Gsbrge H. Myers, Postmaster at Ap
pleton Wis., ; :,
An intelligent engineer At Philadelphia
named Varey chained down the safety valve
of his boiler to get up steam. Result: Engi-
neer instantly killed ). Augusta 9chahex, . 1t
tie girl, fatally crushed; her brother. aged
badly scalded John Greeplsaf, Alonzo Cor
don and Mr.. Troth, members Of tho firm, &C.
riously injured. Large pieces Of iron were
found squares away, and timbers ten feet
long were blown over houses and fell two
The Sioux isdAn ds,ss,.s..ion ,,s. hold .ooa eoanci,
in Washington, on Monday. with Secretary De-
lauo. Red Cloud, Red Dog, and other chlefs
made speeches. The speeches of the different
9ots 'sifss sn ~. 'hs s
peace, md ! request {or PRESENTS Of guns,
ammunition, horses, etc., and better facilities
for receiving their supplies sent to the agency.
They were informed thst they will be provided
with horses on their return home, also some
arms and ammunition.
LATE Saturday afternoon the building in
Dubuque known Is the Towa< Clock Store, o.,
cupied by John Bell l. Co., wholesale and re-
tail goods, fell with 4 terrible crash: The
clerks took refuge in = rear. building, when
they heard the crssh. and escaped. Two per-
sons were, however, killed, and one other had
both legs bFoken- Two women. trundling
bahy-wagon!iD front 1f the building 1T the
time, we're prostratsd and the baby killed,
also one of the women, while thlrd had both
legs broken. The cause OF the disaster was
the undermining of the wallis by workmen OK
cavating for : new building Immediately ad-
joining. They saw the walls giving way and
left the pit with their teams and we're un-
harmed. The loss on the building and its con-
tents, together with the great clock, is esti-
mated st $40, ,00O.. ~,
Abroad.
Miss NELLIE GRANT was the guest of Presi-
dent and Madame Theirs on Monday night
WM. RUSSELL, the eighth Duke OF Bedford,
nephew of Earl Russell, died on Monday, a
Baron, i9fis sixty fourth year. ce:.}.;