Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
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swept away. There had been some loss ii
life.
LIZZIE 4. STEM ART, of Fairhavcn. and Cor
nelia Torrey, Of boston, were drowned ut
Quissctt Island near Falmouth, Saturday, to
gcthcr with Hardy Davis, Of Falmouth, who
tried to save them.
The saw mill. cooper shop and sNrying
houses of The B"on,on lioni Works, at Nor
rist"wn, N. j., wei, burned Saturday uivht
One thousand kegs Of mails were tlcsttoyet.
Estimated loss S21J.OlO. r.
Miss SEAvEi, of Belmont. NJ H., aged 60,
died on Thursday OF voluntary starvation.
having refused food for twcnty-cisht DAVIS. A
sister OF the deceased died in the Same wav. I.
few years ago
pEFA1cArlox Of $4,000 Aass been ,lscoy
crcd IN tho National Albany Exchange Bank.
The teller md assistant make iull ackrowlctle
m'nt. Their bonds oovcr.th 1atncuut, 70
ThE business house Of Crowtlus, Vim X
Co., in Ncosho City, Mo-, was robbed of about
$4,000 few nights ago. \ l.! ~ -! ts,.1
The Spanish fever or Texas cattle disease
" has broken out in. tho diaries in st.. Louis, anj
some twenty-five cows have died in the last
few days.
The Galveston health irlttr I !orderss fiat
all vessels from New Orlcaus be detained at
quarantine. - :
\ BLIND man and his vito were killed at
Bath. N. y, Thursday, by the Hudson, River
Railroan train,
Bl thes Sailing OF q derrick At the new GUS
T 's% | ss.ss; s's:fa pRaa "a
.S.. time %"s t.us:.-L and instantly killed.
THURSDAY afternoon, &P..iE :DayiS ibid
Chas Granville, two farmers at work with \
threshng machine, near Council 1,ti,, .,,,nr.-
relied. and Davis. drawing y knife, stabbed in
the abdomen and instantly killed Granville.
Davis was arrested,
Hon. ELISHA MEARs, Judge of the Third
Judicial Circuit, who resides ut GAINESVILLE, in
johnson county, Arkansas, while gong home
about three quarters of mile from town, to
dinner, Wednesday, was shot and mortally
wounded by some unknown person from the
bush.
CARS loaded with silver ore from Utah and
New Mexico are passing daily in large num-
bers, over the Rock Island road.
The Medocs, Captain jack, Schonc min
Black Jim, Boston Charley, Barncho, alias
X.
be hanged on tho Sd of October.
The bodies Of three men dead and three
badly mutilatcd were found Monday morning
on the track Of the Toledo, Peoria and War
saw Railway, near Blon,linsvillc. They arc
supposed to have been run over by a freight
truin on Saturday night but nothing is known
of the circumstances.
The postofficc at Berry, Pope county, Ar
kansas, has been discontinued because the
postmaster Is unable to protect it from thieves.
Mrs. SARAH JOHNSON, who was bitten by a
rabld cat one year ago, was taken Will, inv
drophohia on Wednesday and died Friday.
OK Saturday evening. james Slatoy. a work
man OIL the st. Louis bridge, fell from the
westward ahutment, a distance Of SO feet, into
the river. striking piece Of lumbc in his de-
scent. He was rescued from the water. but
died almost instantly from internal injuries.
REV. JOHN ToDD, D. D., long pastor o:
the First Congregational Church at Pittstield.
Mass, author OF the Students Manuel and
numerous books for the young, died at his
home Sunday morning, in his seventv-th,rd
year.
ONE hundred and thirty families were rcn-
dcred homeless by confaSration in Belfast.
Me-, On Sdnlay. Que hundred ard twenty
buildings were destroyed. Anumber OF prom
inent business houses are included
DEATHS in New York the past week Gl5. 4
decrease Of 10 from the previous week.
AS WALTER GIBSON, proprietor Of the Har-
lem, IN. ~ Local, was enterin. his Office.
Friday evening, an unknown person flung q
cup Of vitrol or muriatic acid full in his face.
probably destroying the sight OF one if not
both eyes. The perpetrator of the decd
jumped into buggy standing near, in charge
or confederate, and disappeared. Revenge
Tor personal attacks by Gibson in his paper is
supposed to have prompted the attack.
AUGUSTUS STEWART, time keeper and W. A.
Champaign, dispatcher OF Phillipsburs, N. J..
have been arrested on the charge of defraud.
ing the New York Central Railroad Of $50. 900.
by adding fictitious names to the paw rolls.
Both gave bail.
DISPATCHES from Alex andriGa give particrn1
lars of the loss IN the Fed Sea, near the east
ern entrance, OF steamer from Singapore
and Shanghai for London. The captain, off,
GERS and some o.: rev we're lost.
Two negroes were executed in MARYLAND On
Friday for murder.
ABRAHAM GUMDEnT, one of the eldest Jew
lsh citizens IN Evansville. Ind., I'll overheard
from - steamer Friday morning and was
drowned.
Four n,en We're killed and nine Others fatal
" Injured By The fall OF wall in New York on
the 23d
CIVIL suit has been commenced against
Carl Vost to recover s12 600.
colorcd woman of means, obtaining 500 from
another female, and making $1,000 extra by
peculiar operations, has been sent to ja,l for
attempting to swndc cigar merchant tn
the tune OF $1,000. :. Ii
some excitement has been created nj Vienna
BY the rcfu al OF an English firm to Accent .
model OF merit awarded them by the EXPOSE
ton judges.
RAILWAY collision occurred near Noting
han', England, on Saturday, by which four
persons were killed and large number in.
jured.
JUDGE THOMAS A. r. NELSON, of the Supreme
Court of Tennessee, wc!l-known as ssTarn
Nelson, during Andrew JohDson's adm,nistra-
ton, died OF cholera at Knoxville On Sunday
His illness lasted two DAYS.
The time for the payment of the Genev.
award of $l5, 100000 under the Washington
treaty expires on september Is, and all but
100000 have already been received. Great
Britain notifies the government that the bal.
ance will be paid next week. The transfer has
been conducted SO as not to disturb the com.
merclalrelations OF the two countr,es
l"E Louisville Conrier-Journal publishes a
lohS list .: kr-Knx "ntra3es in KcnrucAv.
Inc list embraces ci:hty-six outragcs COM
mitted in Henry, Owen and Franklin counties
since 1870, varying from simple warnings to
property holders not to employ negroes. to
arsons' rapcs, whppinsz, pilages and mur-
dcrs.
The leading counsel for the Tichborne
claimant has just concluded his address to
the jury having been speaking all the time the
Court was in session since the 22l Of July.
REPUBLICANS IN Spain achieved a brilliant
victory over the Carsts near Bcrya.
H"'nl'Ourg Dow.
This resort ia full ~ A,on.:.. 49, :,