Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
All Sorts Of Items.

years O4Os HaD -COUlulttcO y -xa4ekVSks
How much longer will bf9ots insist on
the infes1ority Of the Afrieanrxese7
+A1LuBER at York, England, IL inn.
prisoned for three months for driving
horse 10 hard that both his fore feet
came OF ~<4s =-: -z. ..g....z.
An eccentric Bostonian put three
vanes on his stable, and when an In
quisitive neighboT asked him II he did
not think there were too many, he
went off and ordered dozen more, and
had them ill put mp.
A COLLECTOR il Dayton, Ohio, stab
bed delinquent tenant four times,
and even then failed to obtain the
money, amounting to 81, due his EN-
ployer, who is a lady. The wounds in
aicted are dangerous, and may prove
fatal. -<' " -.'''-r 1+.-' -
Az exchange says that the largest
church in the work, ,snun,berinH 4500
members, is in Hilo, on the island of
Hawaii. Very good for the church of
Hil0, but the church of Hgh4ow-Jack,
in this country, has hnndsed times
that many members. -.s>..=s
SoME lively girls in Pittsburg, with
malice aforethought, placed the e1Rey
Of q woman in q young mans bed, and
strewed the room With hoop: s1nIts,
false hair, &c. He hid the false hair,
and the lively girls stayed sat home
from church next day. q IS 81: $500 szs.@= & !.
THs nephew Of the lata zThaddeus
Stevens, having forfeited ;h,s rights
under his uncle's viii by .using ipto1i-
eating drinks, the executions Will apply
his share of the Great Commoner's"
estate, estimated at $50, 600 to 500, GOO,
to the founding of an orphan house at
Lancaster, Pa, in eomplianceaNith the
will .;- ',.,..--.z.... = =.
WHKN Lucca Was presented with .
diamond Cross. IN Chic1go, she cried
n8ht out. The only gift abe had ex-
pected from Chicago was aypiQpe con-
tanning the newspaper accounts and
comments ION & the - great fle," and
when they gave her that diamond pin
she doubtless thought they had some.
thing under It ''s...'- - =
Al auctioneer, 1t iate sale of an-
tiquities, put up. q heinet nth the
following candid obsexvations: This,
ladies and gentlemen, is helmet Of
Romulua, the Roman founder, but
whether he was . brass, iron, or type
founder, 1 cannot tell T" ss.. s
THr Portland Argus says that Mrs.
Hall, wife of tho lamentsd Arctic ex-
plorer, was on board train, from Bos-
ton, and hearing gentleman read the
account of her husbands death-the
first intimation of the disaster she had
received-burst into an uncomfortable
dt of weeping, and wa4 assisted from
the car at Dover. f~@ss-,S::as :.s-.
ii The President, according TO custom,
has addressed letters of coincidence to
Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria,
ON the death of Her Majesty the
Empress Caroline Augusta, widow of
the late Emperor Francis Il. and to
King Lcuis First, of Portugal, on the
death of Her Majesty the Empress Of
Brazil, his grandmother. sygfz :.
CHICAGO il about building . tunnel
nearly four miles long, tor under the
river to the site of The hike pumping
works and supply the west aide with
water. The clear width of the tunnel
win be seven feet, and the height seven
feet two inches and it is te be COM
pleted January, 1875, at = cost less
than $500, 900. ..,.,
DEACON SOLOMON MoxTAauE, of Cam
bridge, N. H., aged eighty-eight,
walked nearly ten mules to take charge
of the erection of building, setting
out the frame himself. For half ..
century he has drank no liquor never.
has had the doctor but once; never
hnd the headache; never was member
Of Congress, nor . candidate for any
once. 1s.sz-- azzEs = -. zz.
NM. BRzs has received the deeree
of doctor of Medicine in France Her
certificate runs thus: =" Nine. Brea,
married woman and mother OF two
children, does not pursue the study OF
medicine as pastime or by reason OF
scientific vanity. She fuIfils Ill tho
duties of her profession. During both
aeges of Paris she never Int the bed
side of our wounded soldierA
HERE is . frightful warning for
youne ladies' Who will sit on the kitch-
en- stairs at parties. : An uptown belle
engaged in desperate hlrtetlon :as
lately deluged by the upsetting OF .
l
oysters in the hands of . waiter Who
stumbled over her in the dark. and her
neck WAS scalded so badly that she IL
probably dis6gured for life.
TIE Central Falls Visitor says that
at q recent funeral at M0hasauok
cemetery, after the coffin had been
lowered to its last resting place, the
mourners stood in silence q few mo-
ments apparently not knowing what to
do next, when man stepped upto the
undertaken and said loud enough to be
heard by all around, 6. Well you may
AZ we'll fiji her up." That was all the
service there was at the grave.
The following stanzaa are from .
poem written by the. late John b
Thompson to a friend upon the occa.
sion of sore bereavement:
BE strong, my friend, these days ofdoon
Are but the threads OF darkest hue
That daily enter to renew
The warp Of the eternal loom. X
Aud when to us it shall be given
In iOy to see the other side,
These threads the bsiehtest hall abide
In the fair tapestries OF heaven.
| Ar Niagara Falls this season, when
the new Prospect Park Company have
completed their arraneemepts, no
stranger or visitor will be able to OBJ.
tain glimpse Of the cataract without
paying for the privilege. An entrance
Zee to the Park will be charged. and,
Of course, to see anything from the
J Canadian side, the fee across the Sus-
, pension Bridge must be paid. Hence
the Falls will be entirely ;hemmed IN,
, and complete penny-grab exhibition
, made of one of Natures subhmest
, spectacles. J.? = =
: The largest vessel ever built on tho
TYNE was launched from Mitcheli's
, ward, Newcastle, on March %. She ID
intended for the laying Of Transatlantic
/ cables for the Western Telegraph. She
is s, 600 tons register, and has carry
ing oapacity larger than that of any
} vessel afioat except the Great Eastern.
The available length Of the ship ID di.
vided into three tanks for the STORING
OF cables.