Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-04
General Items.
BUFFALoKs invade the streets OF Kan.

BuFFALoEs invade the streets OF Kan.
sas frontier towns.
" ASSAULT with intent to become in
sane" is the correct way to speak of u
murderOus assault.
THE new artesian we'll at Chicago is
200 feet deep and yields 800 gallons
of water minute. =.
A GRAND hotel is to be built if Lima,
Peru; it is to cost $500, 900, divided
into one hundred shares. i.
AMERICANS continue to apply to the
German Government for patents of no.
bility. '-'
The wheat crop in Maryland is re-
ported to be bad, being generally in
jured by the drouth.
RESEARCHES in CD :nese archives show
thattha architect " ~ designed and the
engineer who built the, great wall were
HUNTINGTON county, N. j., has a gold
excitement A certain substance has
been found near Point Pleasant which
is pronounced gold.
The Gerke Vineyard, in Tehama
county, California, covers an area of
$50 acres, all of which is in full state
of cultivation. ,..
A VESSEL has Just sailed from
Charleston, s. c., with 397, 1923 feet Of
pitch pine for. Quebec, to be used in
ship. building.
A HUNDRED families are about to
start from Hamburg and Bremen, to
settle on lands already selected for
them near Dallas, Texas.
An affectionate wife Of Ohio has re-
covered a verdict Of 1000 against a
liquor dealer under the new law. s'for
the loss Of her husbands society for
three years.
THOUGH there is neither q brick house
nora piano within tho limits of Rob-
ertson county, KY, there is SAID to be
more sewing machines than in any other
county OF its population in the state.
THR report that Edwin Forrest, Jr.,
narrowly escaped from death by q
chicken bone will convey to many peo-
pie the first information of the exist.
ence of an heir to the Great American
Tragedian.
By one of those singular freaks which
electricity occasionally displays Rhode
Island was struck by lightning, during
q shower last week, without the shock
being felt by any one in the adjoining
states. -.
A SWARM of bees the other day at
tempted to light on the corner of a
railroad car in one of the interior
towns of New York, driving the beset
passengers out in most bewjldering
hurry.
An old inmate of the Schenectady
county POorhouse was bitten by an in
sane man on the left hand about three
months ago, and has been compelled
to suffer amputation in consequence
The effect was very much like that pro-
duced by poison.
A NEW supply of Peruvian guano has
been discovered some distance:to the
south of Lima and several miles
inland. The deposit is reported to be
very extensive, and lies under success
sive beds of black salt, nitrate of soda
and borax.
BoSY NASH, the Cincinnati gambler,
whose death was recently recorded,
was congratulated . short time; before
the event upon looking in better health
than usual, when he replied, 81 bet
you $50 don't live q week., He won.
/. A REPoRrzR climbed three fights of
stairs in Boston in search of a labor
meeting, and upon inquiry as to the
intention of the strikers, was informed
through the key-hole that der vas no
meetings der dat der newspapers vas to
know holdings about."s The reporter
retired. $3.50: 49,.
A Nh. TowsE has kindly suggested
that some alumnus of Yale should pre-
sent his Alma Mater with $4,000, 600.
He adds, considerately, that if no sim
gle individual feels like lifting the bur
den, "there is room for SYNDICATE of
benefactozs." We should think so.
TEE decided stand taken. on the
que stion of temperance by the Interna-
tional Convention at Lowell, on Satur-
day, in making total abstinence a pre-
requisite fer admission TO the Young
Men,s Christian Association, shows the
is taking foid GP6h ali minds.
>. WHo.is le2::'. aeid. 2 passer-by to a
policeman, who was endeavoring to
raise on intoxicated 'indiSidual who
had fallen into the; gutter.~ "Can't
say, SIR replied the policeman she
can't give an account of himself "Of
course not" said the other; siihow can
you expect an account from "a man who
has lost his balance7"
A aEESs;rhExAS in Massachusetts, be-
ing threatened with: q contagious dis
| oooo o.,:.1 ~ his 1.<k1D COZ, Tho ou
affectionate mode, wished 10 embrace
him, "You mustn't hug me; you'll
catch the scarlet fever" Willie, stand
ing back, looked in MANAGEMENT upon
his father (who, by the way; is a pat.
tern of propriety), and quickly asked,
"Why, papa, who did you huge"
A co1oREp philosopher thus unbur.
dened himself on one of woman's weak
nesses: '.Jim, de men, don't make
such fools of demselves about women
as de women do about men, If dey
look at de moon dey see i man in it.;
il dey. hear mouse nibbiiDg, it's a
man; and dey all look under de bed
last thing at night: 10 fad a man.
Why, I nebber looks under my bed to
find u woman, does you7"
The system of "packing' tele-
graphic messages by meanA sof pre-
arranged cipher code is exciting utten-
ton abroad The government tele-
graphic department in England has
given notice that it can and will pro.
hibit tue system of packing messages,
and intimates that unless the company
voluntarily retlres from business, rates
will be SD arranged us to destroy that
business
SIX students of Colby University,
Maine, were arrested for arson ON
Wednesday. On the -l4th. Of May last
one of the outbuild,ngs belonging to
tie university was destroyed by fire ut
midnight. Recently facts have been
ascertained sufficient to warrant the
arrest Of six Of the leading students,
and their examination takes place to-
morrow. The friends of the students
are anxiously awaiting the result Of the
examination. The Widest excitement
prevails throughout the college. The
arrested parties have heretofore MAIN
tanned spotless reputation.
Tue balance of trade ageinst the
United States, to he exact, was, ut last
accounts, $5l, So, $40. This represents
the lncreuse in the foreign indebted
ness OF this country for merchandise.
There is only one way to change the
balance of trade and make it favorable
to the United States, and that IS by
stimulating the production and manu.
facture of merchandise adapted to ex-
portation. The policy of the govern
ment sho'ld be to enable the country
to defy cnmnetition and Inv all tie