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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
An Important Railway.

The completion of the Montclair
branch of the New York and Oswego
Railway is regarded very justly in New
Jersey as an event of no small import
ance to that state. The road is about
forty miles long, commencing at Jersey
City, passing through Kearney, North
Newark, Bloomfield, Montclair, Little
Falls, and Pompton to Greenwood
Lake, where it is to connect with the
short line of the New York and Oswego
Midland Railroad. The Montclair
Railway has two branches now building,
one lending to Orange and the other
to Morristown. The principal advan-
tages which the building of the road
offers to the community are the opening
up of large section hitherto dormant,
and the infusion Of new life and activity
along its line by bringing these places
into comparatively close connection
with the metropolis. How far these
advantages are real will be readily
understood when the fact is considered
that the average advance of property
along its route of thirty-two miles is
1913 per cent, or SIC. 800, 600. TO pro-
duce this the Company have expended
something like 81, 600, 600.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
AUSTIN MOWER COUNTY M1NNES0TA,

agony. The doomed men looked de-
jected, but had reached that firmness
which characterizes the Moslem when
he knows that death is inevitable.
Those three instruments of an agoniz
ing death were strong ironspits about
ten feet high.
About five feet from the ground there
was heavy nail through each of the
spits. When tho criminals reached the
foot of the mound they were seized by
six executioners. They quickly un-
dressed the three doomed men. Two
of them placed high step-ladder close
to one of the spits-two of them held
the ladder, so that it did not fall-and
one, fellow of herculean strength, car
ried Bulu Ben-Hsnkim up toward the
point of Z spit. Raising the unfortu.
nate man above it he put him upon the
spit. The victim uttered q wild scream
as the cold iron entered his flesh. and
seized the spit with his hand,
but the executioner pressed down
heavily until he reached the cross
nail. Fortunately for the sufferer, he
died almost instantly. The same
atrociops operation was then performed
upon Aldu- Ben. FEST. He had seen the
torture which his wretched predeces-
sors had to undergo, and struggled
feebly when the pitiless hand of the
execntioner seized him. The victim
lived two or three minutes after he
had been lmpaled, uttering feeble
means, and presenting an appearance
than which nothing could be imagined
more horrible. The third culprit
seemed utterly Indifferent to his fate,
and died with the sang froid of a true
Moslem.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
ChanRed HIS Mind.

A few days ago, q tall, rough looking
entered tho Union Rail-
road ticket Office at Denver, and
through mistake, purchased q ticket
for New York via the Kansas Pacific
line, when he wanted to 60 over the
Union Pacific. He did not discover
thisifact until after the ticket had been
paid for, and on asking the agent to
change il, the latter refused to do 20.
" You won't change this ticket, then,
won't youa"
"No, sir" replied the agent; "you
have your ticket and have the money
for it, and if you want ticket over the
new route, you will have to buy it."
Very quietly the stranger twisted his
ticket into . small roll; very serenely
he drew from under his right coat.tail
a six-shooter about the dimensions OF
u mountain howitzer: coolly and delib.
erately he stuck the twisted ticket into
the muxxle of that six-shooter, and
sticking the ugly looking thing through
the little square window of the ticket
Office, and almost in the agents face,
and speaking in the tone that left NO
doubt of his determination, said:
,."Strangel, that's that ticket; tax,
it yourself and changeit, or I'll blow i
clean through you n: v';'- 9@~' =
The ticket was changed immediate
y, and without any more words from
the agent, and the mountaineer walket
away, saying, IL just thought I coult
induce him to change his mind q lee
tle."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

Tho World few days ago said: "Tho ap
pended fine ballad, by writer identified Will
the choicest literature OF tho South, is worth,
Of companionship with Bayard Taylor's Give
us song, the soldiers cried and me,its iur
ther circulation, in both sections, for its stir
ring expression Of national brotherhood
MUSIC IN CAMP.
Two armies covered hill and plain
-. Where Rappahann0ok' waters
Ran deeply CriMs0ncd with tho stain
o. battles re cent slaughters.
The summer clouds lay pitched like tents
In meads OF heavenly azure
Slept in its hid embrasure.
Tho breeze 30 softly blew, it made
No forest leaf to quivcr;
And the smoke Of the random canonade
Rolled slowly from the river.
And now, whore circling hills look down
With cannon grimly planted.
Der listless camp and silent town
The golden sunset slanted;
When on the tcrvid air there came
A strain, now rich, now tender;,
The lnusio seemed itself aaane, =
With days departing splendor.
A Fedora band, which eve and morn
Played measures brave and nimblc,
Had Just struck up with flute and horn
And lively clash Of cymbal.
Down flocked the soldiers to the banks
TIL margincd by its pebbles,
One wooded shore was blue with ''Yarks,''
Aud ono was gray with Rebels"
Then all was still and then the band
With movement light and tricksy,
Made stream and forest. hill and strand,
Reverberate with Dixie"
The conscious stream, with FURNISHED glow
Went proudly oor it's pebbles,
But thrill ed throughout its deepest flow
With yelling OF the Rebels.
Again pause, and then again
The trumpet pealed sonorous,
And Yankee Doodle vas tho strain
To which the shore gayo chorus.
The laughing ripple shoreward flew
To kiss the shining pebhIesi
Loud shrieked the swarqing Boys in Blue
Defiance to the Rebels.
And yet once more the bugle sang
Above the stormy riot;
No shout upon the evening rang:
The ereigned holy quiet.
The sad, slow stream its noiseless flood
Poured DER the glistening pebbles;
All silent now the Yankees stoel,
All silent stood the Rebels:
No unresponsive soul had heard
That p!aintivo notes appealing,
So deeply" Home, Sweet Home, had stirred
The hidden fOunts Of feeling.
or blue or gray, the soldier SECS,
As by the wand Of fairy,
Tho cottage meath the live oak trees,
The cabin by the prairie.
Or cold or warm, his native skies
Bend in their beauty DER him
Seen through the tear-mists in bis eyes,
His loved ones stand before him.
As fades the iris after rain
1n April's fearful weather,
The vision vanished as the strain
And daylight died together.
But Memory, walked by Music's art,
Expressed in simplest numbers,
Subdued the sternest Yankees heart,
Made light the Rebels slumbcrs.
And fair the form of Music shines,
That bright, celestial creature,
Who still mid wars embattied lines,
Gave this one touch Of nature.
John r. Thompson.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
An English magazine writer has fall.

An English magazine writer has fall
en- upon the newspaper reporters, and
here is one of the illustrative anecdotes
he tells: "Capital stories are told of
the different varieties of reporters, es-
pecially those of the old school, which
is now, happily, passing away There
is the frightfully eager reporter, who
is always on duty, never forgetting his
mission. One worthy of this class was
aroused from his slumbers one night
by disturbance on his doorstep. His
alarmed spouse compelled him to de.
scend and see what the matter was, and
on opening the door he discovered q
man stretched across the threshold in
q fit. "Mary, Mary" cried he to hi.
better half, "bripg my note. book and
a candle IL .d directly, here's a paragraph
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
Wisconsin Iron.

Prof. Murrish, whom We have often met
af Grand Rapids and vicinity, has made a
rerort to the Governor in the iron deposits
in Wisconsin. The Madison State Journal.
says off
The report of Prof. John Murrish, State
Commissioner of the Survey Of the Mineral
Regions, has been spread upon tho Assem-.
bly, Journal. 1t is largely devoted to q
survey of the Iron and Kaolin deposits.
He visited Vernon, RicLland, Sauk, Ju-
neau, jackson, Wood, and other counties
in the section, which he finds rich in iron
ore, of excellent quality. At 1ronton, in
the northwest part Of Sauk county, thero
is a mine from which has already been
taken twenty.seven thousand tons of ex-
cellent Hematite ore, yielding from So t.
SIS per cent. of iron.
lie found ore of good quality in Rich.
land Center, and also at Rsedstown, Yer.
non county, where, in company with Sen.
ator Nelson, of viroqua, he dug out in
about two hours, half ton of good ore
from three small pits ON hill slde. At
Black River Falls, and above, bo found
mounds Of iron ore. Of Wood county in
dications. he says: i" know Of no pl' co
on earth where there are more favorable
conditions combined to produce extensive
deposits of rich bog ore than here" He
found beds of it there extending into Por-
tags, and also in Juneau county.
From the Iron Ridge and the Ironton
minus 93,500 tons Of ore were taken last
year.
), Wisconsin is destined to become great
iron producing State in Che northwest, and
the world is iron hungry now. Seventeen
years ago but seven million tons were pro-
duced in the world, Of which Great Brit:
ain produced 3,5V0.00O and the United
States 1000, 900 tons were sold in NIL mar
kets. 1t will probably double in the
mex: seventeen years and it is estimated
that by 1900, America will produce l5,.
100000 tons for the manufacture of which
one hundred million tons of coal will be
required.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
A Slight Mistake.

A negro in Kansas City named Pete
Mayberry-called Hannibal Cesar for
his son, Henry Clay, went
to the woods one day last week to look
after some rabbit traps they had set.
While at work the fierce barking of
their dog caused Henry Clay to cast his
eyes heavenward, and he Immediately
sung out "possum, dar." Closer in
spection showed pair of glittering
eyes glaring down from the tree, which
was prima-facie evidence of the. exist.
ence Of the negro's delight. Henry
Clay at once stationed himself at the
foot, axe in hand, ready to finish the
enemy, while Hannibal Caesar retired
short distance and took careful
aim with an old blunderbuss.
Presently down came the hammer,
and shortly after the gun went
of: So, likewise, did Hannibal
Caesar, who for few minutes gave as
fine specimens of ground and lofty
tumbling as could be expected with q
shoulder out of joint. Meanwhile the
varluint came down from the tree with
q yell, and proved to be wildcat, land
ing with a lunge plump on the top of
Henry Clay's devoted head In less
than q minute the place where the
wool ought to grow was as bare as the
cliffs of Dover, and Henry Clay, with
his heart full of agony and his mouth
full of fur, struck right and left with
his legs and arms like hurricane.
The mongrel dog now joined in, and
the battle became general all along the
line. Mistaking Henry Clay's revolv-
ing pedal extremities as the primal
cause of all the yells and commotion,
he grabbed at heel that waved over
the scene of conflict like the black flag
in a sea fight, and proceeded to
chew and tussle and pull with zeal
that in a short time promised to swal
low Henry Clay bodily. Hannibal
Cesar, in tho meantime, having got
through with his circus perform ance
seeing he had barked up the wrone
tree, started off with the rapidity of {
railroad train and the noise of steam
boat whistle. This started the wild
cat, and he left the scene kissing, spit
ting and careering over the ground llk,
q runaway Babcock Fire Extinguisher
When Hannibal Caesar returned h,
found Henry Clay seated on a los
'nending his scalp and splitting fur ou
of his mouth, with some shreds of clotl
hanging on him, looking as if they hal
Just come out of threshing machine
lie toted him home with the advice
Il tell you, chile, dey's de sassiest var
mint dere is to get q hold ON. In
diana2O0tis Sentinel.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

IT is now said that drawings for the
construction of two fifty ton guns have
been sent to the British war Office, and
that the authorities of the royal gun
factories are ready to construct another
OF seventy tons to the Frazer plan,
which will throw projectile weighing
l. 400 pounds. BY uf ing this the most
improved system of constructing guns
ny coil upon coil Of wrought iron, there
Is no practical limit to the sizeaof gun
or its projectile, which could be made
arge enough to annihilate anything
afloat.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
Rapidity Of the German Army Move.
Ments,

The suddenness and completeness of
the late Emperor Napoleon's overthrow
is explained by few details of the
Franco-German conflict. War was
formally declared between the two
powers on July 15, 1870, and terminat.
ed on February 16, 1871, lasting 2lO
days, but practically 18O days, in con-
sequence of the first and last periods
being free from engagements. In one
week the German troops were mobil-
lied, or prepared to march, aud in
two weeks were dispatched to the west,
were arranged on the line from
Trcves to Landau. The troops
sent to the frontier number
ed 600,090; and $4,000 men, with
horses, guns, carriages, and ammuni-
ton, were conveyed every day on five
lines Of railway, two of which, how.
ever, were little used. Four Prussian
corps d'armee had to traverse from 500
to 600 miles to reach the French from
tier, and had to be fed on the wav.
During the 180 days of active service.
there were fought 1855 engagements
and II great battles 80 fortresses were
taken. II, $50 officers and 3e3. 600 men
OF the rank and flo were made prison.
ers, and 6, 700 guns and 100 eagles were
captured. The late Emperor surrcn.
dered at Sedan on Sept. 40 days af-
ter the declaration of war, and only 80
days after actual hostillties began.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
A BRAVE WOMAN.
Heroic Conduct Of = Long Island Girl
"A Sharcr IN Ida Lcvvfs' Fame.

"A Sharcr IN Ida Lcvvfs' Fame.
Long Island has a heroine, and her
name deserves to he connected with
Ida Lewis. The Sun tells of two men;
John Mason and a friend, whose. b ,at
capsized last Friday afternoon, near
Eaton's Neck light, opposite the resi-
dence OF Mr.. CoDklin, q farmer. When
the cries for help were heard, We learn
from the account in the Sun, Mr.. Conk.
lin was away from home, and there
were only three women and little boy
in the house. All rushed to the beach
and saw the struggle of the drowning
man, but for a moment they were
so paralyzed' that neither Of them
had presence Of mind enough to
make a movement to aid him. Then
Miss Lucinda Conklin, without stop
ping to consult her mother or sister.
waded out into the bay determined to
make at least one effort to save Mason.
At this part of. the bay the beach is
broad and shelves out very gradually,
80 that the brave woman was enabled
to wade within q few feet of MI. Mason.
But as she moved forward, clearing
the ice from her path. the water
deepened little by little until at last,
when she was only eight or ten feet
from the man she sought to save, only
her head was above water. BY this
time Mason showed positive signs of
exhaustion. He olung to the ice for 20
long time that his hands had become
numb and almost powerless,' and Miss
Conklin saw, from his efforts to relieve
his hands by placing one of his elbows
on the cake of ice, that his chances of
life were not worth a minutes pur-
chase. With heroism seldom, if ever,
paralle)cd, she plunged into the deep
water, and with few vigorous strokes
reached the drowning man. Although
exhausted, he was still sensible, and
faithfully obeyed the instructions given
him by the brave woman. She had
warned hin, against seizing hold of her
in such a manner as to impede her mo.
tions; SO when che reached him he
placed his hands on her shoulder, and
in few seconds, thanks to her good
swimming, both stood neck deep
in the ice cold water and be-
gan wading shoreward. A Miss
Conklin reached the shore she tainted
away, and was carried to the house by
her relatives. Mason, nearly frozen to
death, following slowly in their wake.
Miss Conklin was thoroughly exhaust
ed by her exertions. as we'll as by the
tremendous excitement under which
she had labored, and did not recover
for two or three days. Mason's COM
panion stuck manful]y to the keel of
the boat, and in due course of time
was hauled ashore. Miss Conklin is q
young lady of about the average size
but her country training has Impaired
to her much more than the average
strength of her sex. Although not
beautiful, she is spoken of as interest.
ing and piqwo'ste in style, and is very
popular in the neighborhood in which
che resides.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
Like superior Conner in 1872.

There are three working copper dis
tricts on Lake Superior: Portage Lake,
Keweenau Point, and Ontonagon. Ac.
cording to the Portage Lake Mining
Gazette, the total product OF the first
named district for 1872, il 2,612 tons.
OF this, tho Calumet and Hecla pro.
duced $500 tons, aud the Quincy mine
1897 tons, while over half . dozen 9TH
ee mines yielded the remainder. The
product of the Portage Lake district
for the year 1872 falls 1872 tons short of
the product of 1871.
The Keweenaw Point District pro-
duced in 1872 to the amount of !, 1,838
tons; tho Central leading with 724, the
Phoenix and Copper Falls following
with ATT tons and 423 tons respectively.
The decrease from the previous year ia
given at 5O4 tons.
The Ontonagon district produced
from the Ridge, Minnesota, National
and all, only 725 tons of copper last
year, showing falling of of 265 from
the year preceding.
The total product of the three dis
tricts is set at Is, III tons If copper fol-
1872, against 1906 in 1871, marking
decrease of 902 tons. Last years
product, however, has realized more
than the yield of the previous twelve
month, in cash.
The strike last spring as a great hin
drance to production. Tho Phoenix
mine was Kindred by an inefficient Sup
erintendent in the early part of the
year. CNot the first case OF the kind
in the mining region probably. Its
produce should have been sOOtons. The
''terrible accident at the Copper Falls
mine in July" is given as . good rea.
son for diminished production in that
quarter, and altogether the Gazette
holds that the past season shows q pro-
per advance.
It also regards the Calumet and
Hecla as likely to be prosperous fo1
years to come, in spite Of the croakers,
and says the Minnesota, National and
Cliff mines will yet renew their palmy
tla, by working "below their deepest
levels" The Gazette compliments the
Quincy management as the representa-
tive of successful mining on Lake
Superior; depiores the letting of the
Pewabic and Franklin mines on tri-
butte; is pleased with the prospective
outlook of the Sehoolcraft; is on the
fence about the Allouez which the Bos-
ton bulls are lifting; gives the Atlantic
and the Houghton a suggestive future,
and touches lightly on the remaining
mines, mentioning however that some
Of them pay handsomely.
The price of copper during the past
year has been over 80 cents per ID,
which, as our readers may easily see,
brings the business done in the copper
region, up into the millions. fhe
ruling price at present, we believe, j.
80 cents per ID. The copper returns o1
1872, namely, 1914 tons, or $685..
600 lbs, if sold at this price in the
rough, would realize 50, I'll, 800, OF
nearly ten millions of dollars. An ap
proximate idea of the attractiveness o.
lake Superior mining ventures may b<
gained from such facts. Yet the
wealth of Lake Superior as yet ha,
only been touched.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

politicians of influence would have been ghd
to get r. -
The Pacific Touring mills, in Omaha, wcre
lestro. cd by fire Saturday night, Loss *2o,-
OOC.
THE mill and forge buildings Of thc Lake
Eric Iron Company's rolling mill, At Cleveland,
were completely DESTROYED by fre on Sunday.
;. If is reported that General Burnside will be
appointed Commander Of the United States
Marine Corps.
GouLD 4 SONS wooden factory at North
field, w.. Was burned Friday evening. Tho
loss is estimated At $1OO, COO.
SEVERAL women clerks in doll e store At
Lowell have been poisoned by female recent.
~ discharged. Mt fatal.
V1cE-PRrslDENr CoLFAx delivered . lecture
at Baltimore, Saturday evening, on temper
auce, and was enthusiastically received.
An inccndiary fire in Brooklyn, on Sunday.
destroyed 81, 600 worth OF property.
The body of a man found murdered in the
Elysiaa Fields, Hoboken, tho other evening,
y aupposed to 9e that Of Henry Brook, Of
slAnadelS6 S6ia: . = 9
+*+7>E .s%.,.S: y :: Abroad. '"*'V'
that offerings for the new s por cent. funded
loan of the United States will be in excess OF
rhe anount advertised, . part OF the loan,
however, having been reserved for sale in this
country. L
By q terrible hurricane, recently, the schoon-
or Royal Arch and . bark were driven through
the Pacific Mail Company's wharf at Aspin-
wall. Scventy.fvo feet Of tho wharf, engines
and a quantity OF merchandise were destroy
ed: They were afterwards sunk Other barks
were driven ashore. Three persons we're
killed. The total loss is between $500, 900 and
81, ,o0O, 900.
Tue british. Isles werc visited by very &C.
we're storm Saturday night. and travel was
suspended in London by +ix inches Of snow.
The Spanish Government h ID received intel
ligence Of tho destruction Of Maestranzo's
band Of Carlists, the defeat Of Boball's b,nd,
and the complete rout Of another force Of
1,2OO insurgents, with loss OF twcnty-eight
killed, including two priests.
ACH1NEsE Coolie ship has arrived at Homo
lulu.
TIE British Isles were visited by se very
vere storm Saturday night, and travel was
suspended in London by six inches Of snow.
The French Assem- ,]y has passed resolu-
ton condemning the parties who raised the
red flag at Lyons.
The Haytiens got up IN insurrection to pre-
vent the election IT = President, but were IN
successful.
THE strike Of engineers and stokers on the
Portuguese Railroad has terminated, the Gov.
ernment having intcrlered and compelled
them to resume work.
THE Vienna exposition building 10 CON-
pleted.
The journeymen house painters of Berlin
have struck work.
TEE Sultan will attend the Vienna exhibi.
tion. He will leave the government in charge
Of Yassef Izzeddin Iffendi. Before starting
he will proclaim the latter heir to the throne.