Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
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wellington street. Memphis, was burned Fri
day. The large collection OF valuable paint.
ings aud most of tho furniture saved. Los,
H.0c0-covered by insurance.
The Synod OF Virginia, embracing the'terri.
tory Ct Virginia aud West Vsrgl mia, WAS opcuetl
at Charleston, Wv. on Friday.
TmE West Virginia State Senate has passed
a resolution nrgins the & vcrnment to rccos-
nizo the independence Of Cuba.
FIRE in New Orleans, Wednesday, dc.
stroyed half a block of small buildings, the
Mobile ana Texas Railway elevator, several
freight cars, etc.
: ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS has left for WASH
.ngton. Though still feeble, ho hopes to be
alba TO remain at his. past during Congress
slttSa{ Interview to-day, he said: 81 am for
il not sooner" He thinks
i D movement to take possession Of Cuba
would bring about good feeling between the
North and the South.
TEE Standing Committee of the Diocese Of
Kentucky have forwarded to Bishop Smith, at
Hoboken, a certificate at: bishop Cummins's
Withdrawal from the Protestant Episcopal
.Church,. The next step is the formal deposit
tion OF Cupinins from Episcopal functions.
VINCENT CoLLYER, the philanthropist, is at
the Peabody House, Memphis, en- route to
New York, after visiting the towns injected
with tue yellow fever IN Texas.
The Memphis Exposition opened on the
18th, under favorable circumstances.
illness at Louisville.
A LARGE meeting Of the Chamber Of Com
mcrce OF Charleston, s. c., has taken favor
able action regarding the proposed direct
railway from Chicago to Charleston, and has
appoin,ed: committee to arrange for the re-
ception OF delegates from the Northwest on
the 1lth OF December, when it is expected it
will give fresh impetus to the movement.
CLARENCE PRENTICE, the only surviving son
of Geo. D. Prentice, was thrown from buggy
and killed, while returning home, a few miles
from Louisville.
An infantry company Of sixty-av men, or
ganized in Louisville, have rendered their ser
vices to the Government; and are anxious to
be sent to the prospective Spanish war. A
meeting will be held to secure further enlist
ments. A Federal veteran also offers to raise
4 regiment Of !, ,000 men.
At Large.
Col. THOMAS ScorT, Vice President OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad, says the road, since
tho action Of the directors in the way Of de-
clarins scrip dividend, was in condition to
go on wihout trouble, aud would undoubtedly
meet its ebli .ations as they became due. He
had no fears for the future.
Two Thousand dollars reward il offered for
the arrest OF Sharkey, the condemned and es.
capped murderer.
No MORE work will be done on tho Chicago
extension OF tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
urtil the winter is past. It is proposed to i'm
prove the communication between Chicago
and Toledo, and the lake ports generally, by
connecting this; line with the Canada Southern
At Defiance, Ohio.
A GREAT falling off in railroad building in
this country appears in the figures presented
in the annual report Of the Iron and Stccl Al
sociati.n. The number OF miles Of new track
laid in 1873 was 5000, a decrease OF so per
cent. in one year. In 1870, when the highest
point was reached, 7,779 miles were laid.
An important change is contemplated in the
management Of The Chicago and Northwestern
Railway. Colonel James H. Howe is expected
to sever his connection with the road. to DO
succeeded by Mr.. H. NJ. Porter, for some time
past and at preeent one Of the Directors, aud
a member of the Executive Committee OF the
company.
AT Buffalo, on Thursday, a thief snatched
the pocket.book o G. FuIlmger, an Ohio cat
tie drover, from the counter OF tho Marine
Bank, containing a check drawn by L. L..
Crockel for $4,000, end valuable papers. All
pereons are warned against negotiating the
check.
NEARLY 1900 900 bushels Of wheat are on
board OF boats caueht in the ice in New York
canals.
A CUBAN gentleman, living and doing bust.
ness in New York, who arrived from Cuba
than 100 Of the crew Of the virginius were ex-
ecuted as true, ~ he saw it stated by Spanish
official rcports in Havana. ,s-
Al the annual meeting Of the American
Iron and Steel AssociatiCD, at Philadelphia,
resolutions were adopted attlibutiug tho past
prosperity Of the iron trade Of the country to
the tariff policy Of the government, which has
fostered home industry; asking Congress to
adopt q financial system adequate to the large
increased and increasing business Of the
country declaring the reduction OF ten per
cent. OF duties by the last Congress unwise !;
asking Congress for: the revision of
the national banking system and
means for an adequate supply
Of currency: declaring that the custom law
ted States ports denouncing free trade in
ships, and affirming that the bankrupt law
should be 30 amended as. to give three fourths
Of the creditors the right TO- control the set
tlemsnt of the affairs OF insolvents, and pre-
vent them being thrown into bankruptcy.
OFFICERS Of the Spanish war steamer Arap-
oils, now being completely fitted out at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, are very anxious to get
away. having received orders to- take their
vesseliuto Cuban waters as coon Is rossihIe.
Officers at the yard say it will be shame to
allow her to depart. They say tho Spaniards
have not recognized International law, anl
they fail to see why the United States shonld
be 20 considsrate when the presence Of an
i1on-clad there would DO a hostage for the
Virginius affair.
OWING to the statement contained in y let
ter from Havana that on the night of the eth
inst. when the news that the Virg1nius was
captured reached Santiago, the Spanish vol.
unteers in fiendish exultati0n over their tri.
umph, visited the widows OF the Masous shot
In 1868, and brutaly outraged the helpless
women; that in the struggle four were killed,
seven have since died and several were in
such dangerous condition that they canno,
possibly recover. A petition circulated IN
New York is being signed generally by the Mas
ters OF Masonic lodges in New York and Past
Masters OF lodges residing there, Ca ling TO, an
emergent session of tho Grand Lodge OF the
state, to take such action as may be necessary
Hon. ALLEN T. GOSHEN, dji ector general d
the centennial commission, has addressed 6
circular communication to the Governors O.
every state in the United States soliciting
their cooperation in getting up state bonds
for the purpose of securing thorough repre-
sentation at the exhibition. Circulars were
also issued containing carefully compiled in
structons in detail to those to become exhibit