Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-11

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night, two al the crew who were waltzing, fell
overheard and were drowned.
\ r.TTsBunG dispatch says: An engineer
AMI fireman and two other employees, bcs,dcs
:, vrral boys, were overcome by foul air iu
meetings. coal pit, Soath Side, Friday after
noon, while con,in:: through with full train.
One boy, named Mccain, ion of the car and
was run over. His head was cut of. Two
other boys Of the sau.c name were found nm.
conscious when brought out. THE engineer
and fireman were slightly burned by falling
upon the boiler. The train got through be.
forc the parties were suffocatcd, and was
stopped by q man outside, who, with presence
OF mind, seeing something wrong. jumped Oh
the locomotive and stopped it,
ANDREW CARSHAN, wealthy resident al
New York, formerly OF pittsburG, has given
$2j. 900 for the erection of public bath in
Dunfermline. Scotland, tho place Of his birth.
john BUTLER, aged SO, was caught i'll the
machinery of the Rochester Salt and Lumber
Company, opposite East Saginaw, Mich, and
crushed to death. .
COMPTROLLER GREEN says the permanent
debt is increasing with frightiul rapidity.
DURING storm in Vausemond county, Va,
the house Of Charles Sumner was struck by
lightning, two of his children killed, and his
VITO and another child probably fatally in
jured.
OSE night last week cabin on the planta-
ton Of Mr.. Murphy, in Faycttc county, Tenn.,
was burned, and three negro children per.
i<hed in the flames.
The explosion Of boiler at Harris's new
mill at Woonsocket, Pa, Friday morning,
killed two men, seriously injured two others and
demolished building.
TN. voRDE, late Deputy United States
Collector at Kansas City, has been indicted As
lctaultcr in the sum OF a 900.
AMERICANS i'll Paris wcro not allowed to dis
pay the United States flag on tho Anniversary
OF the proclamation OF the Republic.
\ GREAT Cathedral Of the Protestant Episco-
PAL Church is to DO erected in New York at q
cost Of - 900 600.
The New York Times gave fourteen excur-
sions to the poor children, the aggregate
number attending being 1898.
The Pintca and other Indians OF southern
Utah have all agreed to 20 Jon reservation.
and the Indian problem is regarded as solved
in Utah and Nevada.
The exploring party OF Prof. .. C. Marsh,
Of Yale College, returned to Fort Bridger, a.
ter an absence Of six weeks in the region Of
the Uintah Mountains. The trip was very
successful, and many important discoveries OF
extinct animals we're made.
A TORNADO paesed over St. Joseph, No., o
Tuesday night, wrecking the Exposition
b,,;v,.;,, ~, oh AOO OnO 4 1,oo,, n,,.rAol
and doing other damage. At Cameron, No.,
fine school house was blown down.
ALEXANDER CURTIS, of Minneapolis, MIMI,
sulcided near CrestIine, Ohio, ON Thur,day,
by throwing himself under tbs wheels Of
railway train.
Col. JOHN +. HARPER, revenue collector OF
the Eighth Illinois district, is a detaulter to
the extent Of $1,000
A sAlL.BoAr with q party Of four persons
capsizcd on Concsus Lake, near Rochester, II.
u, several days ago. The persons were Chas
Sanford, Of Genesec, and Albert Richardson,
OF Mt. Morris, and their wives. Both gentle.
men wero saved, and both their wives were
drowned.
The planning mill OF Randall, Daniels l. Co.
corner Of Sangamon and Carroll streets, Chi.
cago, was burned on Thursday evening. Loss
$50, 1000.
p. H. LuND's grist-mill, at Mount Vernon,
Ohio, was destroyed by fire on Thursday.
Loss 80, 900.
PRESIDENT GRANTS horses burned ut Trcn-
ton. N. j., Thursday morning, we're both thor
oushbred, and the most highly priced o: his
entire stock. Que was valued ut SIS, 900, and
considered the most promising young mare in
tho country.
The Hon. Demas Hubbard iicl at his resi-
dence in Smyrna, Chenanso county, N. Y. on,
Tuesday, aged Gs years. He was elected to
Congress in 1854, and had served previously
two years in the State Assembly.
A TELEGRAM from Rockford, Ill.,, says: ''The
grape vines in this part Of the country are be-
ing destroyed by small insect, which has
lately made its appearance. Mr.. Jeffries' vine-
yard is already ruined. There 10 but slight
prospect ofauy grape crop in consequence.
LIE paper mill OF Sturdevant l. Company of
Mount Pleasant, N. T.. and tte saw mill of
Issac LonGyear, were burned on Monday
night. Loss about $4,000.
Two craftsmen have been arrested in Chi.
cago with stolen books, engravinss. ph to-
graphs. linens. dry goods. clothing otc, val
ucd at $4,000, in thu ir possession.
DEFALCAI1oN Of S2CO: COO has been discov
cred in the State Bank at Newburyport, N. J..
The Peoples Anti-Railroad Monopoly ticket
in California, was successful in the election on
Wednesday.
The forged bonds of the Buffalo and Erie
Railroad amount to between S2O0, 900 and
$1,000
PETER DAWSON. a stablc-boy, was killed at
Hamilton, Ohio, Thursday afternoon, BY lump.
Ing on trsin.
A TERRIBLE fire is raging in the western
part of East Surry. Me-, in piece OF wood
land. large force Of men are fighting the
flames, but il the high winds continue great
number OF dwelling houses will be burned. as
the wells are all dry, and hardly any water is
to be had.
HAPPY JACK, policeman, who killed Cad
Price, Texan cattle dealer, some time ago. at
Ellsworth, KS, was himself killed Thursday,
by officer brown.
Col. JOHN. T. HARPER, revenue collector OF
the Eighth Illinois District, is deiaulter to
the extent Of *16O,O0O.
PRESIDENT GRANTS horses burned at Tren-
ton, N. j., Thursday morning. were both thor
"nghbred, and the most highly priced OF his
entire stock. One was valued at $4,000. and
considered the most promising young mare in
the country.
ALEcK DAVIS, colorcd candidate for I.cutcn-
ant Governor Of Mississippi, was barber ut
Memphis, few years sincc. and during the
existence Of the Metropolitan police at that
place he was appointed turnkey it the Second
police station, which position he held to the
time OF his lcavi <. During the war he was
cook in the 1O4th Tennessee Confederate rcs,-
nIcnt.
IRVING names now, as associated with him
III the Nathan murder, Daniel Kelly. Caleb
Vernon Kelly struck the blow. He denies
that no was in prison at the time OF the muir
der, and says it he ever r,aches New York he
WIZ produce the paper and memorandum
DOCK which he took from Nathan's safe with
his own hands,
MRS. 'AHA"A CHAMPION, lady widely cclc-
pfa"d Tor her charities and philanthroph
among the soldiers during the war, died in
Columbus, O., Saturday morning.
J. &. SPEEK was murdered by Indians near
San Diego, Saturday. The citizens forced
the Indians to give up the murderer, and
hung him.
The Edridgc House, at Sharon Springs, N.
Y, was burned Saturday night. A portion OF
the furniture was saved. Two or three per.
p0na ,ynrc ini,rnI hrt M 1iv..u 1nur no, M,