Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-21

lHE engineer OF the steamer Wawassott wa
assisting the bar-keppcr i'll dispensing liquor
when the disaster occurred.
TnE lumber barge ]. ID. Morton went t,
pieces, Wednesday evening. about twenty .fiv'
miles from Cleveland. Two seamen wor,
drowned.
THREE men wcrc drowned from an over
loaded skif, near Pttsburg, Pa. Monda,
evening.
The City Mills in Quincy, ILL.,, owned b,
Whittemorc Bros, was burned on Tuesday
with largo quantity Of grain and -four. Loss
$50, insured for 81, coo in st. Louis Agcn
cieS.
JOHN Brown and George Thomas, two
young farmers IN 0sags township, Jackson
county, No., got into an alteration ON We'd.
ncslay, aud Brown stabbed and killed
Thomas.
The Painos mills and salt works at Saginaw
City, with 100000 feet OF lumber, and 1,O0l
barrels Of salt were burned Wednesday. Lose
100000. Insurance, $4,000.
Tas store OF James Wilson, OF Goshen, Intli.
ana, WAS entered by burglars on Wednesday
evening, and a largo amount Of jewelry taken,
to tho value Of 81 900. Tho burglars arc sup
posed to he from Chicago.
AT Gaines, Mich, Sidney Cole was caught
. in thrashing machine, Wednesday, and eve ~
rib in his body was broken. His recovery il
not expected.
TUNNEL burstcd in Baltimore, Thursday
from excess of water, causing two buildingf
to fall into the stream, with kitchen utensils
household furniture, etc. The inmates bal 81,
escaped with their lives.
THE Iowa state board Of equalization have
completed the valuation OF that state, which
is 1864 $50, $50, including the railroad valua.
tion Of $1S,S32, ,9sS. This is an increase in the
valuation of $3,l49, ,1s6 over 1871.
GEO. N. SAUNDERS. Of secession fame, il
dead. His funeral took place in New York on
Thursday, number Of distinguished person,
from different portions of the country being
present.
VIOLENT northwest storm has prevailed al
tho East and South for tho past three days
The New York yacht squadron, on its annual
cruise. was obliged to run fer shelter, and
most OF the vessels are now reported safe at
different points. At Baltimore, it 10 reported
that the streets in various parts OF the city arc
submerged, and the cellars flooded. Jone',
Falls overlowed, and q portion Of the old
flooded district was again inundated, in some
places to the depth of four and five feet. All
the railroads running into Baltimore have
been moro or less damaged, and detention OF
mails is more general than in some years on
the Baltimore and Ohio Road. Tho first floors
OF the mills at Manayunk, Pa are flooded,
and business there is partially suspended.
pa DEPUTY SHERIFF Of Monroe county. Ark.
was killed. on Saturday, while attempting to
arrest a desperado.
A GRANGE shipping association has been
organized Mt Toledo, ILL.,, with capital stock
Of 100000.
HEAVY rains on tho South Carolina coast for
the past few days threaten serious Injury to
the cotton crop.
GEN. HENRY NJ. Wn1rJLEsEY, for q long time
on Gen. Howard's stat, died at Washington
OH Friday
JOHN WENz, Of Poughkccpsie, murdered his
vile and then committed suicide they leave
seven children.
FHoN Warren county, KY, is reported a
marriage between boy aged 13 and a girl
aged IL.
The trot at Buffalo, Saturday, seems to be
merely an exhibition affair. Goldsmith Maid
won in three heats. the quickest time being
2:2OH.
FIRE at Chicago, on Saturday morning :,
destroyed tho foundry OF Kuntz BROS. IL
Burrman, Nos. S2s to $50 Hubbard street. AMI,
the dwelling No. s34 Hubbard. Loss on the
foundry, $4,000; insured tor q, 900 each in
G'rard OF fPhi'adelphia, and Germania OF New
York. Loss on dwelling 800; insured in the
National of Philadelphia; amount unknown.
ACHINEsE camp of laborcrs working on the
harrow suaSe railroad near Benicia, Califor-
h'a' were attacked by crowd OF eight drunk
en- white mcn, who tore down their tents and
Pcited the Cinnamon with stones and clubs.
The Chinese fed like sheep into the hills. All
work Is suspended. Several Cinnamon were
fonnd miles away from the place Of attack.
ON Saturday night burglars robbed the
van'ts OF Richards, Shaw h Winslow. corner
of Madison and State streets. Chicago, of two
thousand dollars, and then attempted to burn
the building. The flames were fortunately
discovered IN time and extinguislcd.
GRAVEL TRAIN running through a swamp
octwee" Orrellia and Otherly, Canada. ran
over two cows. The van, containing lahorcr.
was badly broken up, and two, named Stevens
anu foweIl, were instantly killed, aud six 9th
rrs fatally wounded.
IRE extentive rope walks Of Sewall. Day h
Co. III koxbury, Mass, burned Saturday
Loss, 100000.
ANN FARLEY, employed in q shirt factory in
New Haven, had her hair caught by the mn
ch:cry, and her scalp and car and 4 portion
of her cheek torn of.
LAST Friday morning Thomas Wood,on =.
nephew Of Gov. Wootson. OF Missonri shot
ana Killed William Barlow in corn field, near
lerclvai Station, Iowa, on the St. 10 and
Council Bum Rrailroad. The act was COM
nttcd in sclf.defcncc.
PRIVATE dispatch from Corintl,. Miss.
says DR.. T. Dunn, United States Marshal was
"ss'sS'"a'ed in bed Friday night.
JOHN WING, junk dealer. shot his wife nj
longhkeepsio, N. Y, Monday, and thon shot
himself. Ihoy leave seven children.
THE Agricultural Department reports that
the probable wheat yield for 1873 will Lc $780,
ooe'ooO bushels. The largest absolute falling
of in corn is in Illinois, where there is 70.
d"c:l"n OF Is per cent. The Department re-
ports that the flax culture is greatly on tho in
crease in Iowa.
Ds JAMES B1RDsAL, physician at British
'o"o"' Grant county, Wis.,, was found, on
'''"'"ay, with his throat cut from car to cal.
ana had been dead some hours when found.
All inquest was he'll, aud the verdict rendered
was that he died by his own hand. with tho
ald OF surgical instrument.
ROW occurred in Warren cou,,v ~ ,,a.
week, in which VIM. S!ircs was shot thron,,
the arm. Constable Howard attcmntcd 20
-t''p the fight, when he WAS stabbed twice bv
VIM. Lark, one OF The contestants Anotbor
constable named Wright was struck in tho
forehead with rock, inficting wound. from
the effects wbicl. he died last night. How
ards wounds are not fatal
At Bay City, Mich, Wednesday, a fire in
William Peters saw-mill bu,nc the mill and
Soo,0 900 feet OF lumber on the docks, damaging
the rat works to the extent OF $1,000. The
mn was old, and valued at $15,OOC, without
Insurance. Tho salt works were also unill-
sur"". The lumber was valued al $4,000.
DISPATCH from Berlin says the cholera ID
prevalent in the barracks in that city.
S'x h'cr sellers at Worcester, Mass, were
on Il''r"day fined $40 and costs, sent fenced ia
'h' House Of Correction TOR six months, and
" s','tO bail not to violate the law for a wear.
A1IHJss.
y '"EAT earthquake was felt at Valparaiso
'"'S 7lh The shocks were worse than t},o.c
"' 1877. great deal of damage was done tt
many houses and churches though nothing Il,