Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
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Committee OF ways auO means tnAC Ne 0lQ not
know OF any money having been spent to pro-
Iure legislation for tho Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, but no had heard such ruuors in
tho iobbios of the Capitol and at tho hotels.
WASHINGTON dispatch states that the dc.
foat o: tho Louisiana bill renders an extra
session OF Congress almost certain. It is be-
hcved that it will be called about tho first ol
April.
A FIRE insNew York, Friday evening, com.
pletely destroyed tho builders hardware
msnufactory Of Newman 4 Capron; No. l27
West Twenty ninth street. Loss, $4,000.
ABour fifty members of the Illinois House
of Representatives are now absent from their
seats on sick leave.
The Democrats Of Kentucky hold state
convention, May l.
TRE Miami Medical College graduated fifty
seven and the Louisville College fifty -one stu
dents Friday evening.
LEONARD GRUESwALD, blacksmith, was
found frozen to death in :he canal at Dayton,
Ohio, ON Friday. His head aud shoulders pro-
icctcd above the ico.
Cork with cargo Of wheat, foundcrcd ON the
bar atWhite Lorisg PoinA nssr San. Francis
co. Vessel and cargo total loss. The cargo
wassalued at )7d.0o0 <5'.7":s
In Trigg county. KY, the clothing Of a
daughter Of James Pishoo caught fire from 4
pile OF burning bush, and she was burned to
death.
TIE President, in conversation with Sena-
tor Cameron day or two since, said that il
~ spko 20 noLo
from Office during lis uext administration
except for cause.
TIE defeat Of the Louisiana bill in the Ut
s. Senate created considerable excitement in
New Orleans. A large meeting OF sympa-
thizers with the McEnery government was
held on Friday evening.
A COAL mirer was robbed of 1895 At La
Sale, ILL.,, q few days since.
The United States ship Supply is rapidly
completing her cargo at New York for the
Vienna Exposition, aud will sail ON Monday
Tor her destination in the Mediterranean. She
has freight room for 1000 tons, and will be
laden to her full capacity. The amount OF
goods sent in by exhibitors il much greater
than was at one time anticipated, especially in
the department Of machinery. The ship
Guard, with 3 similar cargo will depart from
New York March Is.
TIE public debt has been reduced $5,ooo,-
600.
TEE whole number, Of hogs packed in Gin.
c'nnati nom November LIST, 1874 to March 1st,
1879, was 126, sos.
The death OF Robert Breckenridge, . lead
ing lawyer Of Fort Warne. is announced.
ATARxER named Schultz, residing in Floyd
county, Iowa, died under mysterious circum-
stances, the ether day. An investigation led
to the arrest Of tho mans wife and brother.
on the charge OF murder by poisoning. The
two had been on terms of improper intimacy,
and it in supposed they contrived together to
bring about his death, so as to enable them
o ocontinue their illicit love undisturbed.
CoNM1ss1oNERs have been appointed by tho
Legislature Of New Jersey to procure statues
OF Kearney and Stockton for the halls Of
Congress and $4,000 is appropriated for the
purpose.
Ar Cedar Falls, Iowa, the Clerk of the Dis
tr'ct Court, VIM. Eberhart. il reported to be
defaulter In tho sam OF $1,000
Two LADIES, Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Milace.
were drowned, on Tuesday night, in trying to
cross the Co]Dan Greek, near San Diego, Cal.
REPORTS are current Of = heavy embezzlc-
ment from the Lechmore Nstional Bank, of
East Cambridge, Mass, consisting of Uaitcd
States and other bonds.
STEPHEN W. KELLoea, Republican, has been
nominated for Congress in the Second Con-
necticut district.
Gov. HENDRICKS, ofIndiana, has signed tn q
temperance bill, and it has now become law.
DURING Tuesday night, the stage between
Gilroy and Firebaugh's Ferry, California, was
stopped b: band OF Spanish robbers. Tho
driver of the stage was taken by them into the
station. They tod and robbed him and the
passengers. obtaining about 500.
The London Telegraph, 14th says: A
lamentable loss of life occurred at Liverpool
yesterday. Afire broke out in tho packing
room Of Z seed and rice merchant. In room
adjoining were seven women employed, two ol
whom escaped by the staircase. The other
five, in consequence OF terror, rushed toward
the packing room, and were suffocated a nd
burned to death"
GEo. L. WEDEwooD, late School superinton.
dent OF LaSalle county, H.. who absconded
last November with q, 900 OF the school funds,
deserting his wife and taking with him anothe,
woman, was arrested at Quincy, on Thurs.
day.
PORTUGAL is armins, in anticipation OF civil
commotion. The Federalists are everywhere
in the ascendant.
SEvEnAL married women residing near vi:
emma, Mo-, engaged in free fight, few days
since, which ended in tho murder of Mrs,
Brown by Mrs. Bowler.
JOHN o. PAGE, the Independent (Kansas)
banker. has instituted suit in the Supreme
Court Of the District OF Columbia, to recove,
from ". N. York the $1,000 delivered to him
by Senator Pomcroy during the recent Sena
torial election.
THE Marshall House in Alexandria, where
Col. Ellsworth was shot, has been destroyed
by an incendiary fire.
TIE late Edwin Forests property is valued
st over $50, 900.
SALT LAKE had the severest snow storm
known for fourteen years on Tuesday
Ok Sunday afternoon, = boat house in De
troit, containing one hundred and fifty smal
boats, was destroyed by fire with its contents
Total loss $1,000.
IBE Bonds OF which Vice-President Cola,
was robbed in Washington, on Saturday, wer,
recovered in Baltimore.
FIRE at Chicago, on Tuesday night dc
stroyed the papcr-box manufactory of 4. n
Barrett Il Co., the junk establishment Of B
Lowenthal Co., liquor store Of 8. Scbratler
and saloon Of Vim. Byer !; and partially dc
stroyed the sash, door and blind factory of @
nc. Williams l. Co. Total loss $32,GO0.
A TIRE At Montague, Michigan, Tucstla
morning, destroyed the Montague Hotel
Dowling's Block, five stores, and the Syntli
cate printing Office. The hotel was valued a
$4,000 the other buildings $4,000. Part,a
insurance.
THOMAS CHAPLIN, Of Union, Rock county
Wisconsin, shot h,mself through the bod
with revolver. las: Sunday, and died on tn
following evening.
oHEh"ooD d Co. Is extensive printing cst at
i'shment, corner ot Gay and Baltimore street,
IN Baltimore, was burned on Friday.
SNOW DRIFTS cut off all railway communica
tons vest OF Quebec or Tuesday. Some {
the trains are snow-bound in out of tho VA
places. A four days storm ceased Tuesda,
the severest witnessed in many'ycars.
NEAR Greenport, L. l., the Schooner Jur
OF Trenton, N. j., went to pieces on the 2ls
All on board were drowned. Four bodies La,
been recovered.
TIE engine house OF the indianapolis Bloor
ington and Western Railroad, at lndianapol
was destroyed by fire last night, together wi
two engines, which it was found impossib