Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

EARLY Wednesday morning Pullman
sleeping-car fn|i Of passengers. was destroyed
by fire twenty miles north Of Holland, on the
Chicago and Lake Michigan Railroad. Tho
passengers barely escaped before tic car was
buried to the trucks, losing their baggage
and some clothing. The loss is probably
$50 goo.
Mrs. Pur<AM ,lonics the story that she re.
ccved $4,000 for wiring tho lotter to Gov.
DIX asking Communication Of Fosters son.
tence.
Col. J. W. Brown, ono of tho founders o.
the Cincinnati Commercial, died at Memphis
on Wednesday,:
J. $. HOPKINS has given $4,000, 900 aud thir-
lstcen acres of land fol- the maintenance Of 4
] hospital for sick and indigcnt orrhans at
| Baltimore.
On "Wednesday. morning at Lylc,; Iowa a
freight car OF tho Milwaukee and St. Paul
Road, LOADED With horses and household Of:
ffcts vas burned. Two men in the same car
were so badly burned that they arc not e.
peoisd to lve.r :.
! WI. G. 0a1i "A notoriou. couutsrfeiter. va,
| arrested in Philadelphia on Wednesday. A
1tlarge quantity Of dies and presD untezialD for
1the manufacture OF scounserf eft. ss1 tenders
were found On" the premises, and captured.
| 0glc was 1t: the head Of desperate and prom.
|ircnt revenue counterfctting gang which was
broken up in the west some years ago, several
81 the gan: being. lynchcd. Several years
ago he killed policeman in the streets Of St.
LOUIS whila- attempting to escape from. GUS
tody. g.: =
TnE Secretary Of the Treasury states that the
use by the Department Of tho legal-tender
reserves will not exceed three millions, and is
hardly expected to be much over two millions
JuDoE R1cHARDsoN has assumed charge AZ
Acting Secretary Of the Treasury. Mr.. Bout
we'll made his last official signature ON We'd
neAlay. Senat II Snmnerr called on Mr.. Bout
we'll Wednesday afternoon and congratulated
! him in these words: ~ congratulate the
country, congratulate the state, and con-
.srato'ete myself On hayips SOU - ny col
league"
THE Illinois House Of Representatives has
adopted, by vote of 1903 to 81 . resolution
severely censuring those Illinois Congress
men who voted to increaas the salaries At the
end Of tho late term Of Congress.
I've Afaus OF, the Missouri penitentiary
havssbeea n4estigated by legislative CON-
mittee, Who report that !!prisoners have IRE
duently received barbarous tteatmest; and
That many irregularities nave been committed
by the officers. During the last fifteen months
the establishment has cost the state SEC, goo
above its receipts.
! In the United States Court at Cincinnati, on
Wednesday the 6rm~ofS. W. Morton Il Co..
composed OF g. ". Morton and John G. FIRE.
mont, was declared bankrupt. Mr.. Fremont
attempted to pay tho clsim Of the petitioning
creditors, but the latter refused to comprom-
lsc unless all outstanding liabilities against
tue firm We're paid. 80. .,
+ .vlczrPBEt1neNr WILSON fectured at Cooper
Institute, New York, in aid OF the fund for q
statue of Father Matthew.
THr womenst Allegheny City; Pa, are per-
Efeetipgs a temperance ossapization.
Miss LINDA Gn.1ERTis library for the county
Jail at St. Louis, was dedicated on Monday.
DR.. J. F. CLARKE has been expelled from
the Methodist Episcopal Church South for
immortality.
New WORKERS arc said to be organising q
vigilance committee ''.e
.GEoRsE WILLIAM CURTIS is not dangerously
i'll, as reported.
The wholesale grocsrs Of Philadelphia have
instituted an inquiry into tho reason why
rates Of transportation between Philadelphia
and Chicago ale higher than between Boston
and Chicago.
The vault of the Falls City Tobacco Bank, in
Louisville, was entered by burglars on Satur-
day night and Sunday, and robbed Of govern
ment bonds belonging to special depositors.
The exact amount stolen is not known.
IL u Memphis court. on Saturday, Jerome
Pillow received Judgment for $4,000 agains
the Memphis and Charleston Railroad for in.
iuries received several years ago.
BEL ATKINSON, a notorious negro burglar.
has been sentenced to the Penitsntiary Tor
twenty-one years by Memphis Judge. He
escaped from tho Penitentiary, leaving four
years unserved.
IT has been discovered that Allen 1. Jones
late clerk in the Southern Bank Of Georgia, at.
Savannah. committed a fraud on that bank by
@s si"o forged draft'' to the amount of
THERE were several fires in Hackensack, N.
j., Saturday morning, and 1t is believed an at
tempt was made to burn tho town.
AN attempt to rob the Corn Exchange Bank,
in Philadelphia, was discovered early Sunday
;motn,aa .na}t1' ,efs the burglar. vsrs ar
TRINITY CnuncH,:a new edifco was burned
ia:Easten, Pa, on Saturday night. Loss $25,-
O0O-nojigiprence. : ;',':.5 ~ +
: The ship River Indus has arrived at San.
Francisco in one hundred and sixteen days
from London-one CT the quickest passages
on record.
) Ar Suffer Creek. 'Amador county, California,
Patrick Cqttierand George GaradeIle were in.
stantly killed by falling buckets in a mining
shaft, in which. they were working.
TEE Modocs have finally accepted the terms
ofpeace offered by the Commissioners, and
will be removed to Angel Island at once.
The disabled steamer Idaho has been towed
to San Francisco by the Great Republic.
JOSEPH B. STEWART has brought suit against
the, Speaker and Scrgeant-at- Arms of the
Haascs OF Representatives for e10O, 900. each
being sued separately for false imprisonment.
R1DDEL1, counsel for Page, the Kansa,
banker, against York, has Withdrawn the suit
of replcyin.
The Interior Department has Information
that Cochsc is on his reservation, and has not
resumed hostilities. az announced.
NICHOLAS and Matthias Brior, skaters, fell
from roof in Toledo, on Thursday, dista nee
OF slxty feet. and were both killed.
FIGHT occurred At Chicago, Thursday
morning, between party of rouchs and two
A WASHINGTON dispatch says much canvass.
ing Is gong on rs to the Presidential policy to
be pursued with regard to Federal appoint
ments. On this point the authoritics,are con-
tlicting. Some friends Of the President claim
that i.c will make numerous changes through
out the country, especially among Postmast-
srs and Collectors; while others are confident
that, with but few exceptions, the present in
:nmbcnts will DO reappointed for second
term.
Abroad.
The German geographical societies will send
al expedition to explore the western part of
Africa.
MEXICO refuses EngIand's demands for dam
ages by raids in British Honduras.
HE French Assembly has adopted the Con-
htituti"nal project reported by the Committee
Of Thirty.
ANOTHER body Of Spanish troops have been
defeated by Carlists with heavy loss.
A REMARKABLE phenomenon WAS witnessed
| recently in the town OF San Ignocia, SinaIvs,
Mexico. There was quite \ shower of quick
silver, fine drops Of mercury falling every.
where and covering plants. Tho inhabitants
collected many drops to preserve AZ mon.sn-
toes OF the singular storm, and some have
been secured tor scientific analysis.
B1saoP McILvA1SE died in Florence, Italy,