Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13
VOLUME v.

| VOLUME V.
Watertown. Mass, was burned Sunday. Lost
s75,0OO
THE Republicans carried the charter election
at Clinton, Iowa, on Tuesday.
THE Germans Of St. Joseph, Mo, arc max
ing extensive preparations for the snngcrfes.
to bo held there the last OF May.
CnAs. +. DpEANr, tho lam GUS aeronaut
died on Sunday at his residence in Jersey City.
GAIT. OSCAR c. PRATT, rece ntly connected
with the Cincinnati Enquirer, Sioux City
Times, Omaha Bee and st. Joseph Herald,
shielded at Omaha ON Saturday.
THE imported stallion Prince Imperial wal
sold at West Chester, Pa, on Fritay last, for
$2l coo.
| MANY important changes have taken place
in the Philadelphia Custom-housc. Eighteen
inspectors, the superintendent OF warehouses,
and other positions, haEe been declared va
cant. The change scanscs much dissatisfac-
tcn among tbfpolitiesns. ;:
AnLocK of three:story buildings in Louis.
vile were destroyed by fire few days since.
Loss s25;Ov0.~-
LEE H. GuoSa, Chinese merchant and
court Interpreter, OF Sacramento, WAS cruelty
murdered by one Of his codntzymen IN. that
Ecity. . Rhe murderer sscaped.
II RILEY WA1sHT, farmer living near syea-
more, III. suicidsd on Saturday by cutting luis
throat with razor.
On the 10th OF January. Capt. Price had a
tight near Verde, killing five Apachcs.
ISAAC HuTcHINs, of Massachusetts, has been
appointed Superintendent Of the Green Bay
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a
call for $50. 600, 900 OF 1862 bonds, second and
third ser,os, and registered bonds $45, ,OOO. 900
are coupon bonds, and &, ,O0O, 600 registered
bonds. This Call includes all tho balance o
tho second series, and about 81, ,o0O, 600 of the
third series. Tho coupon call 10 made for
three months interest, ceasing the first Of
juno.
AT Niles, Mich, on Sunday, young woman
! named Nettie Flynn committed suicide by
shooting herself. Cause unknown.
TIE President, in conversation with Sena-
tor Cameron day or two since, said that
from office during his next administration
except for cause.
The defeat Of the Louisiana bill in tho Ut
s. Senate created considerable excitement in
New Orleans. A large meeting OF sympa-
thizers with tho McEnery government was
held on Friday evening.
In Trigg county. Ky, tho clothing Of =
daughter of James Pishoo caught fire from a
pile OF burning bl ush, and she was burned to
death.
A COAL mirer was robbed Of 1896 at La
Sallo, ILL.,, = few days SINCE
TIE public debt has been reduced $5,OO0,-
900.
The whole number Of hogs packed in Gin
cinnati from November 1st, 1879 to March 1st,
1873, was 126,305.
The death Of Robert Breckenridge, a lead
ing lawyer Of Fort Wayne. IN announced.
COMMISSIONERS have been appointed by tie
Legislature Of New Jersey to procure statues
Of Kearney and Stockton for tho halls OF
Congress and $4,000 is appropriated for the
purpose.
Az Cedar Falls, Iowa, the Clerk of tho Dis
trict Court, VIM. Eberhart, in reported to bo
~ NCs1uAScI III tu0 baul VI
Two LADIES, Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Milace,
were drowned, on Tuesday night, in trying to
cross the Colman Creek, near San Diego, Cal.
RsPonTs are current Of heavy embezzle-
ment from the Lechmore National Bank, Of
East Cambridge, Mass, consisting of United
States and other bonds.
Gov. HEHDRICKs, of Indiana, has signed the
temperance bill, and it has now become a law.
Abroad.
CAPTAIN CURRY, OF the American vessel Al
gonna, carried away from Antwerp by force
sevcn sailors belonging to the French schoon-
er LAiricaine.
Ar meeting Of tho Royal Institution OF
Great Britain, Tuesday night, resolutions
were unanimously adopted congratulatinp
Prof. Tyndall on his success in his visit to the
United States.
The steamship City Of Brussels lost her
rudder at sea, and has been towed TO Liver
pool for repairs.
Tue naturalization treaty between Germany
and the United Stotes will probably be amend
cd SO as to provide that Germans who have re.
turned from America and remained two years
at home, shall be considered to have re-
nounced their rights ~ naturalized American
citic, ns.
LONDON kilograms annouco tho daath Of
Viscouns AssinGton, John Evelyn Denison,
formerly Speaker Of the House OF Commons,
aged IS, and Henry Thomas Lowrey Cary,
member from Tione. 49,.
THE French government has thus far paid
Germany three and half billions of francs on
account of the war indemnity.
The London police on Friday arrested q wo-
man giving the name Of Ellen Burnham,
Warren, principal in tho heavy forecries OF
the Bank of England; $13,57o was found in her
apartments, which she said was not hers.
THE Canada Southern Railway Company
have determined to tunnel upder tho Detroit
river at Trenton, and have already commenced
operations. They have sunk shaft at Stony
Island, and working on it with all the men
that can be employed. The indications are
that tho tunnel will DO run through bed OF
limestone rock the whole distance. The
shaft has already been sunk into stratum OF
such rock.
The dinner given by Minister Bancroft, in
Berlin. on Inauguration day, was fine affair.
Minister Bancroft presided. At his right sat
Prince Bismarck. The Diplomatic Corps was
represented by its principal members. Among
the distinguished guests were Councillor Won
Philipsborn aud Herr Won Greist, Lirector OF
the Universities. The toast to the President
Of the United States was offered by Prince
Bismarck, anl!Mr. Bancroft gavo tho health Of
the German Emperor.
AN authenticated ru,nor is afloat that the
| Marquis Of Lorno and Princess Louise had
separated because of incompatibillty OF tenn
per, and that the Princess was in religious
retreat near Windsor and the Marquis gone
abroad.
THEIRS has recognized the belligerent
rights OF the Carlists in Spain. The impres.
sion grows in London that Don Carlos will
| succeed.
FRANCES arsenals are now replenished, and
all material lost during the war with Germany
has been replaced.
IT is now believed the frauds on the Banl
OF England rcacl. cd million dollars.
| AsPEc1AL correspondent writes from Madrid
that decree abolishing slavery IN Porto Rice
is impending, and that ono of the first acts u
the Constituent Cortes will probably be to pro
Calm emancipation in Cuba.
THREE HUNDRED liberal Catholics hav,
united in an address to Porc Hyacinthc, urgin: