Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-25
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was consumed: Loss, &60O0O; fully insnred.
COAL miner near Peoria named Harry Har-
ris. shot and fatally wounded his wife while in
a drunken frenzy, because she forbade . sa-
loon keeper selling him more liquor.
The stage between Dallas and Canon City,
Orego.,, was robbed by ,hsoc highwaymen on
Wednesday. Twelve to fifteon thousand dol
lars was taken from the mails.
Hon. ALEX. RANDALL, Ex-Governor OF Wis
consin. and Postmaster General under An
dsow Johnson, is lying critically i'll 1t his resi.
rdcicc in Emira, NY. :
A GERMAN tailor, residing at Union Hall,
New York. has sued Father Barnard, a Ger
man Catholic priest, for s!andor in denouncing
him as fraud and swindler. Damages are
laid at $4,000. ~~,> - -
TENEMENT house, owned by the Central
Manufacturing Company, at Central Village.
Conn.,, IVES destroyed by fire, on Tuesday nigh
last, and two French boys were burned to
death. ~, j
!, ]. W. BROWNE, son ofthe Cincinnati iniuis-'
ter who shot the fruit-stcaling buy, IL under
indioment At Nenphis for shootingz man
who scluced his daughter. Stolen fruit scenis
to be the bane Of the family.
MRs. LINCOLN, widow Of the late President,
has presented to the state Of Illinois, through
Hon. John +. S.uart, very valuable oil por-
trait of the late Colonel F. D. Baker, favsfitB;
Sol, of Illinois. =, Il x. es>7 81
FATHER GAyAzzl, of the free church Of Italy,
spoke twice in Cincinnati, on Sunday, to i'm.
mcnse congregations, it being necessary on
both occasions to provide extra accommoda-
lions for the audiences ! :a ! 4 "a
Royal family, viewed the picture Of Bradford,
the American painter, At Windsor, on Thurs
day last, and'congratulated the artist on the
pleasure his work had given them. ..
The Indians killed about 20 head of cattle
belonging to q a: Moore. 1t Sidney, Nebras-
ka, about 25 miles north Of there last week, A
detachment Of cavalry from Sidney has gone
after them. T. 'itH'f -, =
The saw mill belonging to W. p Trivia, os,
Albany, N. Y, situated At South Saginaw, WAS
burned on Wednesday last, together with
25O,eO0 feet of lumber and 800 cords Of wood.
Loss So, 600. =,
FRANK HARRIS fell from the top Of the
Broo"lyn tower Of the East river bridge, 100
feet through one OF the holes that have been
left to be filled with concrete. Three feet of
water At the bottom saved his life. He was
hulsted out uninjurtd.
The wife Of Judge Smith, Of Winchester,
Ind, died at that place on Monday, from In
jnries sustained by jumping from "a omnibus
in front of passenger train, which ran over
her, cutting of both limbs. and otherwise in
Turing her.
TIE p'cture-frame, looking glass and mold
ing marufactury Of Sanford l. Bon, ON the
corner Of James and Pearl streets, syracuse,
MAS destroyed by FIRE Saturday evening.
Loss $50 OOO upon which there was An fnAuT-
auc. Ut $50 900. The store house was saved.
TIE Apachcs from the great reservation of
Arizona, who made treaty with General How
ard month since, and been full fed. have leit
with the ayowcd intention OF going on the
war path. Troops are pursuing. Many depre-
H. hons arc reported.
In Cincinnati, on Monday, work was COM
menced upon John Robinson's new theatre,
corner of Ninth and Plumb streets, intended
to be one OF the most spacious and elegant in
the country. The first tier, stage, etc., will
be on the ground floor. The theatre will be
125 feet deep. with Stage depth of42 feet.
GENERAL HOWARD las made his report to
the Secretary OF the interior about his oper-
stions in Arizona He believes Gen. Cook, the
commanding officer, should have large discre.
tion. One can do nothing bound head and
foot with q multitude Of specific orders which
may or may not Apply to tie situstion.
Two thousand sewing machine workers re-
sumsd work at ten hours. The rest are ex-
Pected to, come soon,- The strike OF the iron
and metal workers is also declared at an end.
The fnrriers struck ON Monday, but the strike
is rot general, some employers having con
ceded the demand Of the men.
A pEI1BERATE murder was committed in
: Oeairv'lle, Green county, on Friday. Thomas
Grant, driving along the road in q spring
wagon, met an old msn,. willis Allen, on
horseback. After = few angry words, Grant
picked up musket, fired, and blew Aliens
head to pieces. Grant was arrested. Both
men were cOlOred.
The VEST shop Of tho Northern Indiana
State Prison, at Michigan City, Was burned ON
Saturday. The shop, building 400 by 40
feet, was tho largest OF the prison, working
about ole hundred men, and its loss will se-
rlously impair the prosperity Ut the institu-
i' msoe. rhe contractors a1s occupying the build
from $4,000 to ea5, 900 loss to the state
about $4,000. The state has no insurance
Ford, johnson h Co., are insured for 81, 900.
DgRNG the cQnaagration at Alpena, on Fri
! ja3 btsht la.t,: Mrs -westtrook, keeping
millinery store, persisted in the street, in front
of her store. She could not be rescued.
Nothing but her bones were found. George,
s4b5G1 fSeas thss Ss d;ed' 4he hh're. remains aos
OF TWO other parties, supposed tobe men, were
found in tho river. A sailor named Kelley,
and &. H. West:ey, engineer Of Bazlow's mill,
Weae badly injured: There are doubts OF
West'ey's recovery. Th, locses, Is far as
$4,000.
The Board of Visitors to the West Point
Military Academy in their annual report,
animadvert severely upon many things about
the academy, jts regulations and course Of
studies. 1t finds many serious defects in the
! lions Ire made ~ TO the study Of language.
advising the substitution Of French Tor
Spanish, and saying that the study of English
should not be benea.h q man deep in
mathematics. They think the hours Of rest
should not be broken short Of eight hours
sleep, the practice having recently obtained
more milk in diet.
A Catacazy pamphlet dated Paris, July 9th,
,}s published in the Herald. The ex-Niuister
endeavors to -vindieate himself from the
charges brought against him by Secretary
Fish. and says his pamphlet takes the form of .
etter which he addresses to Chief
'astice Chase. He was not dismissed
tfom his position, but was relieved At
ms own request. He goes at length into the
history OF the Perkins claim, as well az other
matters in which he was said to be Involved:
asserts that most OF the charges against
him were based On old woman stories vhich
were groundless. The documents which he
appends in his defence comprise letters from
Fisk, Horace Greeley, Chas. A. Dana, Jas,
uordon Bennett, Junior, DC. The Her. Id ed.
torlal'y gives NO comfort to the ex-Min.ster
charactcrizing him as sort Of intrieuer from
whose own showing it would be difficult tova,
who was in the wrong.
Abroad.
TEE German ri1emen from America, wb,
are to take part in the federal schuetzenfest
arrived last week in Hanover, where they ha.
amost cordial reception.
The German government has notified thi
government that it has adopted = metriea
system, Of which the unit of value is on,
mark: value in United States gold, % sous.
The London Observer anticipates that b,
the award to he made by tho Geneva Tribunal
England will be obliged TO pay heavy sums 10
direct damages, although it believes no tota
uam0unt will fail several millions below tn,
American estimate.
ACCORDING to the latest advices from Soutl
America, Brazil has declined to receive Gen
cral Mltra, the Plcnopitcntiaryf from tho Aruen