Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
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or Louis shot in an Italian saloon in New York
on Wednesday.
sEvESrY.rlvE thousand dollar conAagra-
ton occurred in Carbondale, Ill.,, on Wcdnes.
day.
Anour 10c feet Of the roof Of Whitney's rail-
road cur wheel factory, ON 18th street, Phila-
delphia, fell in by the weight OF tho snow on
Thursday. Five workmen were buried in the
rnius, but rescued with slight injuries.
Two serious fires occurred in Chicago on
Sunday. Que destroyed = row of wooden
buildings on West Lake street, damage $14,-
OOO. The second destro, ed three brick dwoll-
ings on Cottage Grove Avenue. Loes $780,
QUO.
IT is stated, upon the authority Of Whitelaw
Reid, that the reason why Mr.. Colfax declined
to edit tho Tribune was because Mr.. Orton
wished the paper to be run in the interest Of
tho Western Union Telegraph Company.
DuRlNo the cold snap Of Saturday night VA
tor froze in the pipes in many buildings in
C,ncnnati, Cleveland and Harrisburg. In
tho first named place four explosions Of cook
ing ranges occurred, fatally injuring one per-
son, girl named Kate Connor. In Harris.
burg Mrs. Samuel Knox swas killed by the ex.
p,osion Of y xanKe.a In CsSstlal . ranRo ex-
ploded, demoiishing fixtures, bat iajuring no
one.
SEVERAL towns west Of Boone, Iowa, are Re.
ported suffering from want Of coal, and have
TO burn furniture to keep from freezing. This
is especially the case in Carroll, Iowa.
GEORGE CArL1S, the celebrated American
Indian painter and traveller, died on Monday
in Jersey City, N. J., aged 78.
AY,UN0 man named Charles Kendall was
found murdered in some woods near New Jei-
ferson, Iowa, on Monday. It seems to have
been done by shotgun in some unknown
persons hands. Tho decd is shrouded in
mystery, and nothin; definite can be learned.
The model Of the Franklin School Building
in Washington, aud one Of tue tiuest in the
East, is being prepared for the Vienna Expo.
sition. Th. model will be made in sections %
that it can be taken apart. The building viii
bs represented just as it is, and the system oi
heating and ventilation will be fully demon.
strated. One OF the rooms will contain all the
school furniture in miniature.
DISPATCH from Bordeaux says that the
Allen Line Liverpool, Havana and New Or.
leans steamship Germany, went ashore on
Saturday evening, during violent storm, on
sandbank at the mouth Of the river Gironde
The water soon Hegan to break over the ves-
SCI, and the passengers and crew were com
PEELED to take to the rigging, from which 81
persons wero washed away aud drowned. The
remainder, after passing an entire night il
their perilous position, were rescued ON Sun
day morning by French steamer.
The daily returns from internal revenue are
reaching toward the close Of the year, quite
six hundred thousand dollars per day, and
show in the aggregate an increase so fal
above the estimate as to fully justify Congress
in further reducing taxa ton by abolishing the
samp tax on checks and matches.
TIE new public school building, No. 5, Jer-
scy City, was partially destroyed by fire on
Monday evening. The loss on the building
and furniture is estimated at sixty thousand
dollars; insurance forty thousand dollars.
About one hundred and fifty girls in the school
at the time escaped without accident.
4 PASSENGER train on the Philadelphia and
Washington Railroad ran into Z carriage near
Stanton Station, Maryland, STaesdsy, fatally
injuring two persons.
The atmospheric wave which caused such
Intense cold here Monday and Tuesday, reach
ed the eastern states Tuesday night. At Con.
cord, N. H., ON Wednesday, the mercury indi-
Gated 80 degrees below; Lancaster, N. T.,
from Is to so below. At Bath, Me-, q below,
which was the coldest with perhaps one or two
exceptions since 1857.
An old lady named Potter, residing in Keo-
kuk, Iowa, was burned to death Monday even
ing by her clothing taking fire from stove at
which she Was cooking.
CoPloUs rains have fallen in every portion ol
California, from San Diego to Yreka. A boun.
tiful harvest is promised mex. year.
KATE Common, the servant injured by q
cooking range explosion in Cincinnati, On Sun
dAy, is dead.
A CONFEDERATION in Elmira, N. Y, on Tues
day, destroyed = number Of buildings be-
tween Railroad Avenue and Main street, in
Guiding the Pennsylvania House. Loss, $50,
900.
The Porto Rico emancipation bill providel
that slave owners shall receive 80 per cent
indemnity, the slaves to be free within fou,
months after the passage ofthe bill.
KAnEHAMEHA, King OF the Sandwich Is
lands, died at Honolulu on the 18th of Decem
Der. He is the last of the royal line named
No SUCCESSOR had bean chosen when tn
steamer left.
A NIGHT express train on the Chicago Ant
Northwestern Railroad ran Of the track le,
miles north of Harvard, III. All of the car
except the sleeper, six in number, were throw
otI, and the conductor, Murray Milmine, engi
neer Stephen Hottling, and brakeman name,
Ben Hill, were rlight'y injured.s
A NlsUNDERs1AND1Sa between two lamilie
named Wilson and Broughton, living neal
Marion. Ohio, led to the deliberate murder o
Henry Wilson by William Broughton. Th
tragedy occurred on Mo:.day. The murdere
has bt 81 arrested.
JOHN Ru1oN died in Philadelphia Monda
morning, aged "a. He had been engaged il
thcEast India trade for nearly half century
Mrs. THOMAS SMITH, OF Virginia, was DE-
tanned on board the steamship California, a
New York, on Saturday, until divested by Gu,
toms officers ofa skirt lined with silks, eatint
jewelry and silver-ware.
The will Of the late John Harris, OF Woor
socket, is to he contested by David Harris, {
New York, the testator's only son, who n
ceives ~, 900 from IN estate whose value
estimated by some as high Is q, ,0O0, 900.
Hon. JAMES LYNCH (colored), Secretary
State OF Mississippi, died At Jackson. To-
week.
TIE latest London estimate of Bowles Brotl
ers' liabilities is 81 ,2O0, 600; assets nominal
$240, 900, but really next to nothing. It il Q,
firmed that Josephine Mansfield lost heavil
also the wife of Pere Hyacinthc.
A CONFEDERATION At Portland, Oregon,
stroyed three blocks of buildings. L &
$35O,OO0; insurance, $4,000.
Mrs. CAROLINE ADAMS ,adies' corset man
factory, Washington street, Boston, was e
tirely estroyed by fire Monday morning. Lo
$4,000. On Monday the property adjoini'
the corset establishment, valued at 475,0(
was burned.
The river at Little Rock was partially froz
over Sunday morning. The present cold sn
is the hardest since 1863.
At Owensburg KY, on Monday, Miss A.
Gram accidentally shot herself through t
heart with pistol. The young lady v
widely noted for her beauty, amiabillty q
i,,tn nd IN Ir,r, rr;