Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12
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VI Joseph DaIrymplc, OF Harrison to"hsu'P'
Tow miles from EIkhart, Indiana, "Wednesday
evening. A young sou Of Mr.. Dalrymple SCI
tro to the straw tick of his bed while retiring
and tho father went to his rescue, followed
&, by the mother and sister about - years
old. Mr.. Daryn,plo seized tho burning tict
and rushed down stairs with it, leaving hii
family behind. Everything combnstiblo wa.
set ou fire by tho flaming bed; shutting of thu
cg,ess Of mother, daughter aud son, and be-
fore any assistance could bo rendered thcy
pcr'shcd in tho flames, which completely dc
stroyed the house.
The Massachusetts .Senate has paysed ,
bill eAppropriatiDs fifty thousand dollars 70,
the competition OF tho Hoosac tunnel.
GeV. WooDsoN, OF Missouri, will in a fev
uays advertise the Missouri Pacific ,ailroafl
TO DO sold December 10Th, to satisfy q state
lion OF eight million dollars,
JoaN WILSON, packing box manufacturer o.
.ph.ladelphia, has ahscondel With go, ,0oO. H,
nad fallen into his difficulties from mania
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UNDER tho recent net of Congress creating a
board Of immigration Commissioners, the
Secretary of the Treasurer has slado tho fol.
loving appointments: DR.. Johlt' NJ. Wood:
M4th. J. II Saunders, ]. Fred Meyers, Chas.
>sCo'mo..tJ. H. Piper, and Helen W. Bernard.
THE survivors Of tho Polalis Arctic expedi-
ton have arrived in WaLhinston.
ArELEanAM from Halifax, dated Thursday,
says: Heavy fires arc raging in tho woods
3 different parts or tho province. The woods
In tho vicsnity 81 Liverpool have boon on fire
for two days, and last evening Tho town was In
ss1roat deGef. 4ueA isl I'd Sluliis
In Pictou county. The firo has swept nom
the west branch OF tho river John to Black
river, aud on the >east branch OF tho rivcr
John for distance OF twelve miles, destroy.
ing sGyerythia6. The woods through which
tho hre passed sra tho most valuable In the
country"
Gov. STRAW, Of New Hampshire, .was- inau-
gurated on Thursday. Ho recommends the
local option law as tho best method Of
checking intemperaneo.: ,One-third OF tho
population Ofthe state are depositors in the
savings banks.
AT -Bhliagsxille, Mo- Saturday last, Pat
: McNa1i,ara. section bose, shot and killed
Tom Graney, and Jo Mason, who, with two
others had assaulied him.
AsAA1L party of 0sage Indians attached
some herds of cattle on tho new Ellsworth
trail In Kansas last Saturday, aud killed and
scalpod man named Chambers. One Indian
was killed.
hkAvf rains In Texas have completely food
CO the country, entailing great damage to the
cotton and corn crops. Many parts of the
state have been visited by the seversst storms
over known, entirely destroying the grain
crops. =, =
=. SrEwARTA Sons boot and shoe factory,
III Rochester, N T., was burned on Wednes,
day The fall Of one Of the walls carried .w.v
portion OF the bridge across the Gcnessee
river. Loss $GO, ,OO0-insurance 10000.
EXTENSIVE fires are ragiog in the woods .t
Campoiie'lo and in the vicinity Of Perry l.
Bros, in Maine.
BROWN Il Sons woolen mill, in PHILADELPHIA.
was burned on Wednesday. Tho mill had !.
front OF 800 feet, ran 172 looms and gave en-
p'osmcnt to 800 hands. Loss $500, 600.
FIRE at Ell Paso, ILL.,, Tuesday dostrovef,
szo'OO worth Of property
BAND of armed dcspcradoes anrronr1o1
'ho )ah at Waco, Texas, Tuesday, and after
securing tho keepers of the prison liberated
-" inc prisoners, several of them notorious
characters.
InE Jury in the case Of Mrs. Lamb. the W.T.
consln Borgia, tried at Ellsworth. Pierce
county, has returned . verdict Of guilty OF
murder.
AhH man who was arrested ut Cedar RAPIDS,
io"a' some days since as being the old man
hehder turns ont to be Henry Cephas. Al
together, Cephas has = mystery. He is per-
'ectiy sane. but refuses to give an intellioent
account Of himself. He was turned ont os
j"il tnls morning, bat Ill . Yksiz,xsAtst t. Zee.
main.
WILLIAM BURNS, said to be the founder Of
inc city Of La.Salle, died At st. Joseph's hos.
pltaI IN Chicago on Wednesday afternoon. at
the advanced age Of 113 years. The old man
has been at the hospital about three years
tie was native Of Ireland His vito died at
La Sale some four years ago, and his last re-
quest was to be buried by her side. This will
OF course be granted,
MOST OF the Warm Spring Intlisns arc mem.
bers OF the Methods Church.
a. NJ. CRIG, the farmers candidate for
Chief Justice OF Illinois, IL probably elected by
1900 majority.
IHE Mormon bribery charges to the cfft ct
mat ton Thousand dollars were paid to a
prominent Congressman, md other sums to
the publisher Of Washington newspaper
ana the correspondent OF Western paper.
Tor po'ygamtc legislation during the recent
session, continue to exercise the Washington
press. That money was expended IN Wash
lnston III the Mormon interest last winter was
no secret. It is likely that an investigation
will be called for next December, aud tho facts
in connection with this hundred thousapd-
dollar plum elicted.
The schooner Jane was driven ashore bv the
ice on New London Cape, Prince Edward
Island, on the 18th ult. Fourteen persons
wore on board, tour OF whom pf rlshed from
exposure and cold.
IHE survivors Of the Arctic expedition shin
Polaris are daily expected to reach Washing
ton. A dispatch says that al communications
with them will be prohibited until they are
separately examined by the department. The
Secretary seems to be OF the opinion that they
nave been engaged in a mutiny. and were not
separated from the vessel as they represent.
That Captain Hall died . natural death, IA
also not credited by tho officials,
FREIGHT train on tho Cincinnati. Hamilton
and Indianapolis Railroad, zan of the track
between cornersvillo and Nash vile, Wetlncs-
day, killing tho engineer, named Howe,
breaking the firenaan's legs and seriously in
juring the brcakman.
FIVE residences on Michigan avenue, Chi
cago' were entered by burglars, Sunday
morning, and robbed Of property valued at
$500.
InE insurance on property destroyed by tho
c'niiaSration in Boston, last Friday, is stated
to be as follows: Foreign Offices, ssl, 900:
New York, s29l 900; Pennsylvania, &18O, 600;
Hartford, $77 600; Providenee, $89, 900: Ban.
gor, $4,000; miscellaneous $50, 600. Total
outside OF Boston, $97O,OOO.
NEw YORK insurance companies lose by the
Eoston fire $4,000. The highest amount lost
by any single company is $4,000.
a MAMMOTH tin ledge has been discovered
orty-hse miles from Los Angeles, Cal.
IT is believed tho steamer George Cromwell
bound from New York to New Orleans, has
been lost.
CArT. MCNEIL, ofthc bark Maverton, reports
at Quc'"c, that May -, off tho cast end oi
Ant'costi, hc saw heavy field OF ice, extend.
ing as far as the eye could reach, and from
"'cre TO the southwest end saw very heavy
'ccbcrgs. Ten miles west no saw tho huls o
two vessels aud a tent on shore,
YOUNG n'an supposed to bc young Bender
Hon OF tho wcll.known Kansas murderer, wa.
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