Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-25


Lafayette Ind.) bankers out of $1O,:
600 by means of forged checks, and i
lost to sight. 80. ...:~
SREAToR SUNNRR's health is 80 much
improved that he is thinking seriously
of entering the lecture field this sea-
son.
| JOHN WILLIAMS, of Dubuque, an in
veteIate topper, has given up drinking
at the age of forty. He mistook q
bottle of corrosive sublimate for whisky.
S1R ANDREW CLARK has been an
pointed British Governor and Com
mander-in- Chief of the Straits settle
ments and their dependencies. ~
NR ANDREW CARNAqR, a wealthy
resident of New York, has given &25.-
600 for the erection of public baths in
Dunfermline, Scotland, the place Of
his birth. e..
A CRITIC compares Dickens with
Adam, showing remarkable likeness
in many respects, but omits to mention
that Dickens wife, like Adams, raised
Cain.
NEGOTIATIONS are pending between
Prussia and Austria, looking for the
adoption of means for the suppression
OF socialism and revolutionary princi:.
pies.
"WHAI," said n teacher to a pupil.
"make8 you feel uncomfortable after
you have done Wrongf" my papa's
big leather strap" !" feelingiy replied the
boy > .~.,4-..... -: ',7..- -,... Il
TIE cat is q volume of wonders.
One, resident in Oregon, catches its
two or three snakes week, aud often
brings them in alive twined about its
neck.
ONE Mr.. MAURICE RICHARDSON, of
Ftchburg, Mass, recently SWAN hSm
Falmouth to Martha's Vineyard, dis
tance of seven miles and q half, IN I've
hours and ffty-hve minutes. -: .
+, OLYMp1A AND SKooxuM CHUCK il the
name: of the Last railroad contemplated
in Oregon. It ought to be ashort one,
as it is really but 4 step from the sub.
lime to the ridiculous. La.--
A CoNN8cTIcuT admirer of Alexander
Fl. Stephens wrote to him asking him
ii sassafras was good for the blood,
and Nh. Stephens wrote back on six
teen pages of note paper that it was.
SAwDUsT as substitute for stockings
is recommended by q writer in the
Oneida Circular, who says that . ta-
blespoonful of the substance placed in
each boot will keep the feet both dry
and warm.
A 4RoRo1A bride is deserted in, one
of the local papers as sslooking. q very
lily Graded in the golden glimmer of
some evening lake-a foam:Aeck,
snowy, yet sun-aushed. crowning tho
npplings of some soft southern sea. :"
A WIDOW once said to her daughter,
'~hen you are at my age it will be time
enough to dream Of > Husband" Yes
mamma" replied the thoughtless girl,
{" for second one.''' The mother
tainted. II: =
A NAN who lately suicided in Omaha,
had been Q clerk in Patee's lottery
Office, had endeavored to start Ger
man newspaper, was financially em-
barrassed, and had trouble with his
wife.
A JAPANESE Police Commissioner
has been cashiered, and his entire es-
tate confiscated, for taking o bribe to
wink at the doings of = disorderly
character. How fortunate that our civ
ilization 10 more advanced!
GRoRaE, STIRLING, . resident of
Brooklyn, opposite Jacksonville, Flor
ida, while attempting to rescue his
niece, Who had fallen from the boat ;
into the st. Johns river, was drowned,
together with the girl.
A:GEona1A bride is described by one
of the local papers as I" "looking 4 very
lily Graded in the golden glimmer, of
some evening lake-a foam-heck,
snowy, vet sun. flushed, browning the :
ripplings of. some soft southern sea-"
AFRExon physician has discovered
that the peculiar odor of Russia leather
has beneficial effect on weak lungs,
and advises consumptive patients to
repose upon pillows covered with this
material. >
C1ouD, the actor, who is rowing to
New. Or3eans ON . 5000 wager, isn't
having . very good time. His limbs
are badly swollen, and he is afraid to
row nights, - ho gets shot at, proba-
bly, by some ono Who has bet against
him.
HERE is the lateat description Of q
kiss, floating about without credit:
Twas night. A real warm couple stood
in the pale,-oold moopbeams.s Their
lips touched, and there Was . sound
like a COW hauling her foot out OF the
mud. "a - ,>'''A
The Deseret News says that ga lev
DAYS ago our citizens we're rejoicing
over the novel fact of . Judge sitting in
the District Court and administering
the law with dispatch and evident I'M
partially, without bias against any
portion Of the citizens. y
A LADY who the other day bought i
barrel Of .cabesees in the aeorgesown
market, found a live baby in il, we'll
dressed, With q milk bottle in its
mouth, and 90 protected by the man
ner in which the cabbages had been
arranged as to prevent its suftocation.
The Japanese Government is anx :
i0us to have foreigners residing in.tl'e
country made amenable to the laws of.
Japan. Although the island empire
has made some progress in civilisatiou,1
its code is too baEbarous yet for
Western people. 0rabbers have their
heads chopped OF.
A SON of the Emerald Isle recently
married the beautiful daughter OF
White Cloud on the Missouri shoic.
The trousseau of the bride was very
simple, consisting of faded calico
gown, which hung loosely over her
graceful form. Tue groom was robed
in the same garment he had been &C
customed to wear on duty on the grsv
al train. ~..: =
>TH Ceylon Qndia) Observer of July
10 says that there was no cholera i'll
that region at the date mentioned. The
disease, wh. On it appears in Ceylon, is
invariably imported from Southern
India, where the true Asiatic cholera is
indigenous. The Observer hears, how
ever, that . cholera Hwave is ap-
proaching Ceylcn from the infected
district, and 1t fears that the plague.
preeipitated BY the convocation OF P,t;;
Rrims which last July had assembled
at Ratregam, would reach Ceylon next
year. -,
"IA REPuB1IQuH FRANcAIsE, reports
j a new miracle at La 8alette, France,
where. girl who was deaf add du'n',
suddenly became able to hear and
speak. THE Bishop of Grsnoble ap-
pointed q board, consisting of his
grand vicar. and some other ecclesias:
tics, to inquire into this matter, and
they appear to be satisfied With the
authenticity of the cure. The Repub-
leque thinks that at least one medical
man should have taken part in the