Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-27
THE NEWS.
Al AoMe.

ing. and carried oil silk worth between s., 600
aud $4,000.
THE dam at Aurora, ILL.,, suffered damage to
the extent of $4,000 by tho spring breakup.
PorsE Of officers had skirmish with a
band Of horse thieves headed by desperate
named Stevens, at Oak Hill, Ohio, ON Wednes.
day, Stevens escaped, but two OF his men
were severely, and third fatally, wounded.
A FlvE'sroEY building owned by ". 3.
Smith and occupied by lico. II. Blanchard as
book store, was badly damased by fro on
Thursday night. Loss between SIS, 900 ant
10000.
HAHNExAN MEDICAL COLLIE aE, OF Chicago
graduated thirty-nino students, on Thursday
ancluding eight womon.
JAMES EoELHANEr, the vito murderer, WAS
hung in Boston on Friday. The prisoner
walked firmly to tho scaff,ld. He lett six
thousand dollars worth Ct property to his
child.
FulLr onc-half Of the wheat in southern
Iowa has been sown.
SECRETARY RICHARDSON authorizes the state-
mcnt will be unchanged.
SERIOUS attempts are being made to secure
the removal OF Watts, the .prcsont Commits
sioncr Of Agriculture. prominent western
man is candidate for the position.
MANY complaints have been received nom
merchants Of New York city that their boxes,
while in bond in Meyers L Co.'S. warehouse,
have been broken open, and valuable silks
stolen. Tho government has ordered an In.
vestigation.
John Biglin accepts tho challenge recently
issued by George Brown, of Halifax, vs., and
offers to row five or six-mile race in shell
boats on the Connecticut River at Springfield,
Mass, on or about the date which may be set
tied tor tho annual college regatta next July.
II Brown does not accept those terms, they
are open to any man in the country, for the
championship Of America.
The loss Of itbc British steamship Peters,
''nrsb, at Bermuda, with l,466, ,1s2 pounds Of
tea, has created . stir in the market, which
has been duh Of late. The tendency il to.
wards higher rates. Most Of. the cargo was
owned in New.York, Mr.. E. ". Corlss having
$4,000 packages. The cargo was largely in
surcd in New York and Philadelphia Offices.
The Delaware Mutnal Company il reported to
have $4,000.
JOHN A. MorTAr suicidcd at Rushville, Ind,
on Wednesday, by stabbing himself in the
breast with a pair of shears.
EMMA HATE, = waiter girl in the Fisher
Hotel, at Three Rivers, Michigan, took cold
poison and died on Monday night.
The steamer Sioux City was sunk by ice
near Fort Sully, on Wcdnesda
A DAVENPORT telegram states that while the
down train on the Western Union road was
nearing Cordova, on Tuesday afternoon, some
scoundrel in tho ditch alongside the track dis.
charged the contents Of doable-barreled
shotgun through the car window, number
of'ho shot penetrating passengers back,
who occupied the seat. Tie train was stopped
and backed to the place, but tho fellow had
vamooscd.
The defalcation which caused the suspen.
son OF the Bulls Head Bank, OF New York
city amounts to $500. 600. Its deposits are
said to have been 81, ,s0o, ,OOO Last year div
ldcnd OF sixteen per cent. was paid to stock.
holders, and its STOCK has lately been quoted
At 10S.
The remains OF man were found in a m.
ned portion Of the st. James: Hotel, Montreal.
on Thursday. Tho body has been identified
as that OF Mr.. Hyatt. travelling agent. He
was found on the fifth floor, and had evidently
been suf{ocated.
COMMISSIONER DOUGLASS has instructed Col
Iector Bailey to pursue the course he has
taken IN the New York Central Railroad case
until property enough has been seized and
sold to bring 10 the Government the entire
amount. OF claim due.
AdENERAL order has been issned from the
War Department that no officer. either .ct;v.
or retired, shall directly or indirectly, without
being called upon by proper authority, solicit.
aid on Recommendation by members OF Con.
gress for or against military offences.
AT Lampsan's mill, in Grand Ledge, Michi-
gan, on Thursday, Frank Krupp, one OF the
owners OF the mill, was standing behind the
saw with his back to il, while it was ruaninr
full speed he stopped to lift q plank on the
carriage, when be was caught in the long.
hooking teeth OF the saw and carried upon it.
cutting his body entirely in two lenphtvise.
MERRITT SMITH, Of Cascade, Michigan.
whose wife and son were burned to death by
kerosene explosion, few days ago, has
become maniac. and his life il despairel Of.
IN tho case Of James Druyer, . boy of
twelve, tried in Chicago for the murder Of a
Swcde named Gustav Larsen, last winter. .
plea OF self-defcnce was established and the
youthful rulfiau acquitted.
OK Saturday VIM. Potter stabbed and
killed George Sheets, in = dispute growing
out Ola debt Of twenty five cents, at staunton.
Va.
"WEDNESDAY night the harness trimminp
factory OF VIM. Waldron, and neiehborine
buildings on Beekman street, New York. were
burned. Loss about $4,000.
THE failure of the Bulls Head Bank. of New
York city, il announced.
A SERIOUS rot between Englishmen and
1rishmen occurred at Wolverhamptown. near
Tuesday. At least 5000 persons
were engaged in the conflict.
The principal part OF the town OF Center.
vile. Ohio, was destoyed by fire on Tuesday.
Loss $35, COO.
TIE oil excitement at saylorville, Iowa, still
continues. Many proprietors are digging
wells.
THREE-HEAR old boy named Calm had hin
neck broken at Chicago, on Wednesday, by
wo 'den Indian placed before his fathers
cigar mandatory as = sign, which some of
the little fellows playmates pushed over upon
him.
1T is understood th at the Consistory OF tho
Dutch Church in New York has voted to pu)l
down tho old Fulton Street Church, and cover
the site thereof with buildings for business
purposes. 1t is here that the celebrated daiIy
praycr-meetings have been held for fifteen
years without interruption.
AT Rockford, ILL.,, on Tuesday, hotel keeper
named White was horse.wAipped by Mrs. Mil
DER wife ola Chicago capitalist, for an alleged
insult.
BOILER exploded in Young's saw mill At
Elm Grove. ILL.,, on Tuesday, demolisbing tho
building and killing = man named Lesnder
Monken. The damage to property is esti-
mated at $4,000
Two negroes ramed Hugh Jordan and All
o'one' quarre|el over game of cards in In
''a"apohs. stone shot Gordon through the
head 'nflicting mortal wound.
SUNDAY night boy and girl, children Of =
colored man, weae burned to death in house
two miles from New Albany, Ind, in tho A.
sence OF the father. An elder boy cscapcd
from the building.
A FIRE in Macon. Georgia, Tucsday morn.
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