Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
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Cor, John NJ. HonERr1N, editor Of the Free
Press. the only German paper published in
Kansas, died on Friday.
In the billiard match for the championship
Of the United States, the diamond cue and
one thousand dollars i eide: between Maurice
DAILY and Cyrillo Dion At New York, the former
won BY 24l points.
THE legal tenders outstanding amount to
1856 365, ,220.
Francis A. MAKlPEACE, young man from
Worcester, Mass, committed suicide at his
boarding house in Chicago, on Thursday, by
blowing his brains ont with revolver. An
open letter found upon his person, addressed
to his sister. Miss E. F. Mskcpeacc, Worcester,
Mass, assigns as tue cause for the act the re-
ception OF letter from her, stating that she
was hopelessly i'll with lung disease.
e." TIE Mayor and city authorities Of Chicago
have extended an invitation to the President
and Vicc-President, the British aud German
Ambassadors, the German Consul General IN
New York, the Goscruors OF the New England
and Middle states and the Canadian Provinces,
to be tho guests Of the city during the three
days Of tho rebuilding jubilee, commencing
June 4ii, 1873. Tho great concerts will DO on
Thursday, Juno 5th.
TERRIFIC storms Of lightning, wind aud
rain passed over central and northern Iowa on
the morning Of the 22d. Houses were blown
down or moved from their foundations IN
some instances sevaEA were struck wikh
lghtnins, and q e.ss 100 amsn wss I'M.
"a 10 his bod. Tie Valleys wsre Aosdsdz and
had not the storm been Of short duration it
must have proved most destructive.
THERE are no signs, OF 1ire at the Drummond
.plosion is fitty.n There are thirty widows
$ and TWENTY-FIVE fatherless children. -
j. H. WICKER, an old and wealthy citizen Of
Chicago has commaneed. suit against the
1nter-Ocean newspaper for libel, laying his
damages at five hundred thousand dollars.
The alleged libel was the publication in refer
encc to the marriage Of Wicker to a young
woman who had been a servant in his family.
SEVERAL builtlings were unroofed by gale
at Chicago on Wednesday evening.
THREE more bodies have been recovered
from the Atlantic wreck. A considerable part
OF the cargo, mostly hardware, has been taken
up.
An old man, evidently farmer, was found
morninS. The murlerers arc supposed to
have stolen his horse and wagon.
DISPATCH from Shanghai announces that
tho palace Of the Mikado was burned on the
5lh inst.
THE brisantine Kildare, from Baltimore.
reports that on the 5th inst, on Big Georce
Bank, she saw . schooner lying at anchor
twenty feet under water. The foremost,
ma'nmast, aud main topsail were standing
Tho Kildare went close mp, and dead bodies
were seen IN the cabin. Her name could not
be made cut, but it is supposed to be that Of
an American fishing schooner.
IN digging for new croton main IN Cham.
bers street, from Broadway to Centre street.
New York. tho workmen struck an old grave
yard, and exhumed about 6fty skeletons.
AT Lawrenceburg, lnd., on Thursday, the
furniture mandatory OF E. b. Dobel was
burned. Loss $75,o00..
The mining interest Of Utah is looking up.
NUMBER s0,777. has drawn $4,000 in the
Omaha lottery.
DR. 3. G. AscRAFr, was shot and fatally
wounded by an assassin in Ssntlusky. Ohio.
"wednesday evening. Jesse Gregg, son Of
Philsnder Gregg, Ex-Mayor, Of that city, has
been arrested on suspicion of being connected
with the shooting.
81, coo fire occurred in Plymouth. Ind.
on Wednesday.
HARvE1's oil cloth factory in Brooklyn was
burned on Tuesday.
AoREAr struggle is said to be prevailing io
shamokin, Pa, for the possession of over ten
thousand acres in the anthracite coal regions.
VAIn0f a 20 a.
ed three houses which the other side erected.
and retaliation 10 now threatened. O. p.
Wheeler, Of New York, represents one s;ds
and the Reading railroad the other.
DONALDSON. the eronaut, made an ascension
in Reading, Pa. recently, in balloon made OF
brown naper, and landed safely.
FIRE At Aurora, ILL.,, destroyed several Of
the shops OF the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad, with FIVE passenger coaches
and number OF other cars. Total loss $780,
600.
S1oAN, CLARK l. Co.'S brush factory at Grand
Rapids was destroyed by fire, Friday morning.
Loss s60,OOO-insuranco on building $1,000
on brush factory $4,000.
CHARLEs MORTIMER WAS executed at san
francisco on Thursday, for the murder Of
Mary Gibson. He was really insane or fejpned
insanity to the last moment. He did not
recognize his brother, the minister, the conn.
sel, or any other person, and did not utter a
word. Ho seemed not to comprehend the
position. No emotion was visible. HIS conn.
tenance considered, he was the worst criminal
in California.
The receipts Of the Cincinnati Mus cal Festi.
val covered its expenses.
ABOUT i've hundred policy holders Of the
st. Louis Mutual Life Insurance COMPANY.
met in st. Louis Friday evening and appointed
committee to investigate the ,fRairs Of the
company.
LIEUT.. SHERWOOD. killed in the Modoc fight.
was buried with military honor., in Buffalo.
Thursday.
IHE NJ. E. Women's Foreign Miss ssionsry So.
ciety, held in Cincinnati, resolved to send ad.
d'tenal missionaries to Mexico and South
Amer'ca, but lone to Japan and Africa.
AT Otsego. Michigan, two bows, sRed and
H. sons OF the Rev. VIM. Paddock. were NAV.
ing At mi]l.rsce, on Wednesday. when tho
youngest fell IN and the Oldest plunged to tho
rescue-both were drowned.
A NAN in Cincinnati, on Friday, fell across
circular saw, which took of his lett arm and
heel and cut bis heart half in two. Ho extri.
Gated himself, ran fifty yards and fell dead.
SENATOR CAssERLY has sent check to the
secretary OF the Treasury for his back nav "A
member OF the Forty-second Congress.
MISSOURI has no money in her State lre.s.
ury.
IT is reported that Mobile correspondent
ola New York firm, drawing bills on London.
has failed in consequence OF over advances on
cotton, and that tho New York house will
lose f50,O00 sterling by tho failure.
Abroad.
FATHER HYAclNTHE, in his sermons in Gene.
va. attacks the confessional. He also urges
the election OF their priests by the people, and
the use OF the Bible and liturgy in the national
language.
ADvlcEs from Spain announce the capture
ofsan Asuja ana butcllery OF sixty volunteers
by the Carlists.
The French Atlantic cable has been re-.
paired.
The Shah OF Persia arrived at Moscow on
Monday.
LONDON papers say that the clergy and