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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-10

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6omebody came to the ga:den gate,
While soft hand trimmed the n5wers:
And = blackbirt p:ped to his listening mate,
In language ~ rich as ours.
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Somebody blushed .t the garden gate
A blush it Was fais 70 see;
And the s)y san peevel % he lain, would wait,
And the blackbird paused On tie tree.
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Somebody spoke 1t the garden gate,
T. A tbs hs'shadowsEhs9s1 - IN :ssss@
Apa y; ;.ese looked up, tho,sh .hs oar was
:, And tA* pe.cb FLASHED piokes ths.~all.
4 eueet head ielret ttlnessslSa
On an arm that Was strong ard ttpe;
AnlfA chjRap Of 6pG GoaGh11fd11os s6otc
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a few days ag0we gave some statis-
tics, iron the maps attached 70 the
Ninth Census Report, showing the
pie productions Of the different States.
The subject, however, ,sis by NO means
exhausted, and 3; further. examination.
of the tables proves equally instructive.
In fact, although statistics are apt to
be dry and unattractive, the fgnres Of
this report offer 80 many surprises
and curiositics, that a l0ng and
patient research would be required
to exhaust the interest in it,, e.Y,..
The acres Of improved farming land
in the United States in. 1870 numbered
168, ,92l, ,O99. The woodland ON farms
amounted to 159, $40, III acres, and the
uuimproyed land, not woodland, num-
bered 59, ,503, 765. The estimated value
of all farming land is a little more
than 6, ,O00, ,0O0, 900, against sc, 5OO,-
O0O, 600 in 1860. The increase of value
ssss4S4y 4 ~ efiihsS9 sss tsts, : ss.as
hi Ddv ninvo1ted: in sfarmbee= land
,{{QQQ0y y0Qot tOQos saeaipst $4,000, 600 ain'
1850; Indiana has almost doubled it,
valaation, }anda &MfsAiean haS added
more thar 100 per, cent; Ainuesots
has sprung up from $27, ,O00, 600 to $97, :.
600, ,OO0, and, the most decided advance
gof all, Iowa has increased it farm in
'yestment from e119, OOO, 900 to almost
$4OO, 600, 600. All the Northern States
have made much larger advance in
this direction than the average of the
country, while there has been an as
toniehing depreciation in value Of farm
lands in nearly ill tho Southern States.
In 1860 Alabama returned farm val
uation Of $175: 600, 600, while now it is
only $67, ,OOO, 600; Arkansas has gone
backward more than 100, per cent;
Georgia has fallen from $157, OO0, 600
to 894, 900, 900; Louisiana from $780, :
O00, ,000s4 ~ 10 40 t6A 000, O00;; :ss Mis-!
sissippis from $3.50, ,O00, 900 to $751;
OO0, 600; South Carolina from $780,
|OO0 200 TO ~, ,0o0, ,oO0;5 and III the
other southern states have lest heavily
except Kentucky, Maryland and Dela-
ware. IL ii 'certainly4not the entertain
nent to which Davis T00mbs. 4 Co, ,
invited the farmers OF the South when
they made war on the Government, for
t0ey pI0Woto0 tQ0b WINS boef oOutu
would flourish, grass would grow in. the
streets Of Northern cities, aud the far
mers and other mudsills would have no
markets left near home, Since the
ceneus was taken, however, many Of
the Southern States have made rapid
improvement, and, with tho preeelva-
ton, Of peace, they: ma, in, few yeass
be even more prosperous than they
where in 1850. Z -: =. l.. 1854 s@"G~-
One Of the important staples Of the
country, potatoes, is not included in
the illustrated statistics, and was not
mentioned in the former article. The
table of returns is divided into two
columns, Irish and sweet potatoes, and
the amount produced yearly il given in
bushels. New York leads the list in
the amount Of Irish potatoes produced,
Z ~,
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a SOUTH AFRICAN ADVENTURE.

miles above tho air, sEss
Sie had never heard the great Wind blarc.
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I KU.KLUx have appeared in Massa-
chusetts. Mr.. Henry Weeks of Man
Oh, was called ont ef: biz house ISeent-
ly, and when he appeared at the door
charge Of buckshot Was Afired at him,
in6icting Ead. aeeh wounds in the 1eqp.
Tho whole affair is enyeloped in m3s-
tery. -.
THE valuation Of the real estate in
Ward 4, Boston, will be about thesane
as last year. Notwithstanding Sl3QN-
600, worth of buildings were destroyed
i,y the fire, and il is estimated that TIE
increase salns. .of neals sestate in the city
will be from $15, ,OO0, 600 to $4,000.
900. - Boston AdUertise-.
p A LATE Kentuckian bequeeathed IFS
two daughters &. .Oo0 and left lebtsaof
only $5& The administrator prevailed
upon them To put the estate into tie
courts, andtitzsaaaeout last week, AFTER
= two years course, when every Qabt
Of the IS, 900 was found to have beep
awaaowed up by insatiate Justice.
) GILMAN newspapers announce that
the dictionary of the German language,
in course of compilation by the; Broth
ers Grimm. viii contain more words
than any 0thor publication on record:
1t has already. reached the number nf
about 150, coo, and BY the time 1t il
completed Il will comprise ut least
$4,000. -: -: :, t71>s e. a.. :
Iris NV the faaiion in Paris, at'res
ceptions, of:ladies to sit in the, eentrs
of = room, back p back, Oh large OF
tonan; and on sofas against the walIs
the 8eqAemen stand and walk aroand
the!b@ hive. OF course no position
[,oapka more effective for the display OF
0s&ss:~ .'
JosH BILLINGS knows what's guOd...
He says Take couple Of young
partridges and pot them down., and
serve up with the right kind d~ova 4
chorus, and they heat the ham sand:
vich you buy on the Camden and
Amboy Railroad 874 per cent. 1 have
eat these lamentabel M jersey ham
sandwich, and must say that prefer a
couple ov basswood chips, soaked in
mustard water, andstqck together with
sPauldipgs glue"
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The Fastest Speed on English Railways.


Member Sd Congressional Dist. Cal.
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THE MODOCS.

The War VA used by Wrongful Act. OF
White Mem. |
The following letter from member
from California explains itself, and
puts quite new phase on the Modoc
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T.AsE~N 6W6.
a { n o m .

~ IL o m q.
The business portion Of Bellevll,e, Jefferson
u county, n r., was burned ON Wednesday.
Loss 900.
Ar Syracuse, Wednesday night, Dewitt Cont
stock, aged shirty.six years, while druns'
killed His wIo, aged forty two year, BY break
ing ID her skal with . oobblc-stone. 'Sas
ousy was tho cause. Comstock gave Mh'so"
up. ..,-
A SISTER Of Col. Moschy, Of Confederate
fame, has been appointed clerk m NE slseAa
letter Office at Washington
Tur boiler ola switch locomotive cxPlo!ct'a
NJ Port Jcrvis, n. u, on Friday, severely IN.
i:yins ti,c engineer and fireman, tfemoliships
!, sn,all huusc near thc teack, aud damaging
anuthcrlr,use cousideraby. Ia - @- !
rmE Great Eastern has arrived ut Heart =
loutcn. witt b the new Atla1tic cabta.a ai,,
\rRERr II. kMlru was executed in pring-
field, Mass, on EEiAlsyys Eaesetsse1zRarsaor OF
Charles II. Socket, Of Wcsthcld, committed
on tho Goth of last November. : Nv
WAGNER, the Isle of Shoals murderer, and
two others, escaped from the Alfred sMainea
! iAil on ~ clnesdsy night
MAN namei T.. d. Hernwick went to
Quincy, Ill.,, some days pxo,> and comn,cucetl
business ~ ~cop,n',ssisn merchant. On
Wednesday it was discovered that no had
| Il Ised tWssdehects On tho banks for sevcra'
thousand dollars, aud had left tho city. HIS
whereabouts are not known. -
Ar Dcs MONIES, Iowa, Saturday night. Mel
~tSnYasd Mot and iDstsntly killed Jackson
Jones, who Yard alleges has repeatedly out
~ RACED his wife. Mrs. Yard also fred shot at
Jones with q revolver, but missed Yarl'atia
his wife surrendered voluntarily to tho yau-
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A CURIOUS CATASTROPHE.

Three Men Successfully Descend Into n
Lime kiln and are Ovcrpowered by
NOxious Gasos-Two OF Them Dead
One Survives-A Dear Attempt At
Rescue.
EAsToN, Pa, May 8, 1879
The story Of most melancholy and terrible ca.
tastrophe comes from Nazareth, Lehgh county, by
which two leading citizens met their death in q
horrible manner. lime kiln belonging to one OF
them, named Lchtenwallner had become choked,
and on Monday evening last he, with q neighbor
named Haldeman, mounted the kiln, and with
long iron rod forced hole down through the lime.
When the passage was made Jet OF sulphurous
gas rushed upward, and Lichtenwallner was over
powered by its fumes before he could get
away. His companion to his horror saw him
pitch head first int the kiln. Surprising he
had lost his balance, Haldeman rushed to the spot
where Lichtenwalner had stood to render him aid
in getting out. There was large quantity OF lime
in the kiln, ana Mr.. Haldeman, seeing his CON-
panion lying upon 1t, bent forward and actually
succeeded in getting hold OF him. As he raised up
THE sULPHURoUs FUMES
struck Hademan in the face, and he instantly lost
all consciousness, and fell after Mr.. Lchtenwallner
into the kiln. Theodore Walters, a man living on
tile Bath road, was driving by at the time Halde-
man ran up to the top Of the kiln. Attracted by
his actions Walters started up to see what
was the matter. Before he reached the
top he saw Haldeman fall into the pit.
Walters made all haste, and, seizing
ladder that was near the kiln. ran to the top and
lowered 1t down to where the men we're lying.
Seeing that they both were unconscious he ran
ylown the ladder and, selling the body Of Lichten-
wallner, started up with It, Before he reached the
top he, too, was .pyt
OyERPOwERRD BY THE NoxIous vApoR .H
and fell back into the Kiln Fortunately some par
ties working near had seen Walters 90 down Into
the kiln, and surmi3ing that something was wrong
proceeded thther, They reached the top Just as
Walters in hts noble effort to rescue the bodies OF
the two unfortunate men, had fallen down uncon.
scious. One Of the new csmers, without an in
stant's delay, rushed down the ladder and seizing
the body OF Walters, succeeded in reaching the
top with 1t, but not without feeling the effects of
the gas. Walters was laid on the ground, and q
boy despatched for doctor His rescuer after
getting breath OF fresh air, again risked his life
to bring out the other bodies. He rescued them
both, by which time Walters had been restored to
consciousness.
LrcnTENwALLNER AND nALDEMAN,
however, were dead.
The news of the sad AFFAIR spread like wlld1re
and In short time hundreds OF people locked to
the scene Both OF the unfortunate victims were
men OF families. Nothing has ever occurred he.
fore In that part OF the country which has cast
such gloom over all. eaf
coroner's jury held an inquest and verdict
was rendered In accordance with the above facts
Both Walters and the man who rescued MIN are
reported as suffering severely from the effects OF
the suifocating gas. -.
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: LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

CRITICAL MEMOIR OF the late Emperor Ma.
poleon ILL.,, to which is added political poem on
the state OF society in France in 177l ana 1871 BY
Mr.. George Browning, win be issued soon. 81
BRrT0N who wants "a free breaKfaat tablet,
has printed book III favor OF the absltion or the
income tax and the substitution for IL OF pou tax
RYAER's "FoEDERA" Is huge congeries Of foos
which most readers have heard OF, but few have
handled. its value consists In the reproduction
In plain print OF all the treaties leagues captula-
lions, confederaces and alliances which have ever
been made between Great Britain and other for.
eign Powers. Twenty volumes OF this bulk operate
to warn on Students and the English Rolls once
has done an immense service by condensing into
two octave volumes, by the thorough and compe.
tent hand OF Thomas buffers Hardy, complete al.
gest or syllabus Of Rymer's prodigIous work.
CHICAGO House is about to print book On
landscape architecture In the West, with essays on
forest planting on the Great Plains, by Mr.. II. W. s.
Cleveland, architects. -t,.v- 4
PROFESSOR DEvoNs has prepared an elaborate
new work on logic, upon which he has been occu.
pied many years. Its title Will be- sThe Principles
OF science; Treatise on Logic and Scientific
Method.u r
MEssRs. A. D. r. RANDOLPH & Co. have re0nty
received from DR.. Hepburn, OF Japan, o limited
number OF copies or his Japanese English and
English-Japanese Dictionary. The work contains
ABOUT twenty-eight hundred Japanese terms rem
dered into English and complete and thoroughly
revised table OF the japanese Kama. DIR. Hepburn
Is now here, and VIII prepare during his stay an
edition. In portable form, without the Japanese
which win be ready Ia the course OF
fcW months. w4 I
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well known that President Grant Is strong per-
sonal friend Of Mr.. Evarts and that he has oiten
acknowledged to Mr.. Evarts the great services
which tho eminent jurls-consult performed in the
Geneva arbitration. II was pretty generally under
stood that Mr.. Evarts could have been nominated
to the position OF Secretary OF State at
the close or his recent European labors
If he would have accepted the position. But hts
friends assert that he could not become mere
clerk as the Cabinet officers are believed to be
under this administration. They say now that Mr.
Evarts is the only eminent lawyer now in complete
sympathy with the psllcy of President Grant, and
that his chances are very good for the high dignity
Among other names mentioned are those OF Sena-
tor Conkling. Senator Oliver p. Morton. Caleb
Cushing Neah Davis and Mr.. Justice Swayne.
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At the opening OF the Court It was moved by W.
McAdam, and seconded by Mr.. Byrne, that the
Court adjourn out Of respect to the memory or the
late Chief Justice Of the United States Supreme
Court In ordering the adjournment Justice Shea
said:-
expected that suggestion Ike this would
have been made rs matter usual but on the
was at the head OF the Judiciary OF this country,
and coniessedly in the FIRST line OF American states
cmiDently and efficiently contributed to laying
the broad foundation Tor a union Of all phases VI
opinion throughout these States.
10 myself 1t Is another link lost among those
social friends who were an Inheritance to me from
my own iatner and from those with whom he as
soclated. history now claims him, and even what
was imperfect history has become perfected by hIs
aea,n: ~ ls too grand subject for emotion, and
~ nlstoricai theme that one loses all fndvduI
ay anu lnueed Is apt TO consider IL rather as an.
aDstract proposition, sustaining the nation, en-.
riching ~ W professional. statesmanlLke and.
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know, Christian attributes. IL is proper OF course,
that this Court should adjourn out OF respect to his
timent which contracts the brow of the nation
into one OF gloom. The Court now adj0Hrns, and
the proper suggestion OF the cause Of adjourn
ment VIII be entered on the minutes OF the Court.
Part OF this Court. presided over BY Judge
Cross was also adjourned, on motion, and after
eloquent and most appropriate remarks by counsel
ana the Judge In respect to the memory OF Chief
Justice Chase and his great services to the coun-
try as q statesman. and latterly as the Chief JUS
tice OF the Supreme Court OF the United States.
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ACTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.

In response to communication from the Mayor,
announcing the death OF Chief Justice Chase,
the Common Council yesterday adopted the fol-
lOwing:-
The members OF this Board, having learned, through
message from His Honor the Mayor of the death of Hon.
Salmon Chase Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of
the United States and being profoundly impressed with
the uncertainty Of life by the suddenness Of the event
that has taken from among Of ablest statesmen
and most eminent being DESTROYS Of
to his country by the deceased Chief Justice he having
long well and faithfully served 1t In every department.
OF government known to constitution and laws
ecltve, legislative and judcial.yiew hsdea as great
public lOss and 1t is cmnenty fitting ind proper thar in
recognition Of the valuable public SERVICES rendered by
him for the veal, Governor Senator Cabinet
officer and head OF the Judiciary OF the Republic fitting
tribute of respect should be paid to his memory by the
representatives OF the people OF this, the chief city in
the Union; be 1t therefore
Resolved That In the for the death of Salmon
Chase late the great and good Chief Justice Of the
United States, pervading all hearts Of common
country the people and government of this city deeply
participate and do hereby give expression to their grief
for the sad event. and II ordered that the from
His the Mayer and this preamble and resolution
placed in the archives OF the Common Council
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MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES.

Lydia Thompson takes her benefit this evening
at the Academy OF Music. - tAA *
Miss Nelson is vigorously at wsrk preparing foH
the production Of "Amy Robsart."
The annual benent OF Miss Minnie Conway occurs
tonight at the Brooklyn Theatre. She will appeaE
In three plays. 49,.
George Macdonald the poet ana novelist, VIM
lecture on "John Mlton,n OF Association Hail. ON
Saturday afternoon. - 49,
AfemaIe athlete for whom great agility Is claimed
Is to appear ct the olympic next week. The name
OF this new wonder Is ALA. 49,. ...e.s
Society people are beginning to talk about the
production or Mrs. Sheridan SHOCKS play, "with-
out Heart" at the Union Square Theatre, In
which Miss Agnes Ethel Is to take the leading part.
bit Of delightful news for theatre-goers IL the
fact that Mr. Lester Wallack IL going to produce
old English comedy ut his theatre next season,
playing some OF the parts which are universally
regarded as his own. g eeessrg es3Fs
Mr.. Theodore Moss opens the Summer season az
Wallack's with Mr. Boucicault's new piece, written
expressly for this theatre The play is to be called
"Mona; or, the Golden Feathers" Miss Rogers. Of
Wallack's, and Mr.. Wheelock and Miss Mary Wells,
OF Booths, are to be In the cast. c,sa3T
The FIFTH Avenue Theatre has long had repu-
tation for the beauty OF the ladies' of the company
and 1T seems that next season Is to be fully up to
young cantatrce, and Miss Minnie Conway, Of the
Brooklyn Theatre, having been already engaged.
The Olympic Theatre will be closed this eveninA
out Of respect to the memory Of MI. Hayes.
the deceased manager, whose funeral takes place
at four O'Clock. Mr. Hayes was grsasiy bsoved by all
the people connected with his theasret and his
death has touched the hearts OF all with whom ne
came in contact, especially those who were asso-
cated with him many years In business. es1as
Madame Anna Bishop announces matinee CON-
cert to take place at steinway Hall on Saturday.
It will be the commencement of farewell tour OF
America by this great artist, whose public career
began In the Augustan age Of Gris viardot 0aroia,
Perslan, Rubinl and Lablache, and whose fame il
literally worldwide, extending nom London to
Pekin, New York to Melbourne, and Cairo to Rio
Janelr0. LW @A& *ls& e. atA
The announcement ofthe opening OF the Central
Park Garden concert season on Wednesday next
with Thomas superb orchestra, win be cheering
intelligence to those who have every Summer.
enjoyed the choicest music in America and the cool
retreat from heat and dust Of an elegant hall and
garden. As before. the orchestra will be kept up
to its full complement, and novelties will be ON
every programme. Mr.. John Koch has made many
important improvements In the garden. M
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WOMEN NOT VOTERS IN MISSOURI
ST. LOUIS, Mo

~il ST. LOUIS, No., May 9, lsTa
The supreme Court to-day aflrmcd the decision
eli the lower Court in the case OF Virginia L. Minor
vs.. H. Huppernctt for refusing to register her AZ .
voter last Fall. The Courts held that women are
not voters, either under the constitution OF Mis-
souri, or by the fourteenth amendment to the led
eral constitution. The case Will be appealed Ia tRo
United states supreme Court AHrsl1 ID I-.H
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Court OF General Sessions.
slant District Attorney Russell addressed tn

Court OF General Sessions.
Assistant District Attorney Russell addressed the
Court as f0llows:-
MAY IT PLEASE THE CeURT-Since the adjourn
ment Of the Court yesterday, we have learned OF the
death OF the Hon. Salmon p Chase, the Chief Justice
OF the United States. Although his death was not
altogether unexpected 1t has filed the nation with
mourning. He had served the country long and
faithfully. He has filled many and high positions
OF trust and honor. To them oil he brought great
abilities, the most jealous fidelity, the highest
honor. The worst ever alleged against him
was ..the last infrmity. Of noble minds"
He came to the Office OF Chief Justice late
In Hfe in the maturity of his powers,
with the wisdom garnered from a long experience,
and 1t Is not too much to say that to that high
office his great ability and spetless honor lent ad.
diti0nal lustre. respectfully move that out OF
respect to his memory this Court do now adjourn
for the day.
Mr.. Eldrldge 7. Gerry seconded the motion Of the
District Attorney in few eloquent remarks.
Judge Sutherland said that he agreed with all
that had been said In reference to the late Chief
Justice Chase, and thought 1t was entirely proper
that the motion should be granted. His Honor
directed the Court to be adjourned till this morn
Ing.
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Supreme Court-Circuit.

THIS court was yesterday adjourned after the
usual formalities.
Judge Barrett In granting the motion, Said
The Court entertains the motion with the most
loss Of so great and distinguished public citizen
should be received with respect and sorrow, and
that that respect and sorrow should be exhibited
by the Court when we consider that this distin-
guished man was at the head Of the judiciary OF
the United States This 10 no place for making any
extended remarks In reference to so great and
good man. Sufilce It to say that the Court read
lily adopts the motion, and will direct the Clerk to
make the proper record In the minutes. ~
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Rrookivn Courts.

A meeting Of members Of the bar will be held at
noon to-day In the United States Court room, for
the purpose Of taking action with reference to the
death OF Chief Justice Chase. Business In all the
Courts win be suspended. calendar has been
prepared In the City Court. out no cases will be
tried.
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The Tombs Police Court.
Judge Hogan, at twelve O'Clock, adjourned the
Tombs Police Court, out OF respect to the memory
OF the late Chief Justice salmon p. Chase.
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proceedings then closed.

United States District Court.
The United States District Court was also ad-
journed upon the motion Of ex-Judge W. II. Beebe
seconded by Mr. Knox.
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Supreme COurt-Specinl Term.
This Court also adjourned In memory OF the de.
ceased statesman and jurist. aat fas
Judge Van Brunt said - s4t aHa
1t is no more than proper mark OF respect, not
only to the highest judicial officer, but probably
the highest dignitary In the country. Certainly
citizens in the death OF Chief Justice Chase, and
one whose place In the Supreme Court Is most
diflcult to snpply-one OF the most distinguished
citizens, and one whose services to the country
during its most trying times have not been fully
appreciated. therefore direct the Clerk to enter
an adjournment, out OF respect TO his memory, In
the minutes OF the Court.