Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-24
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cd, ON Frday,
exXMLuE Of -four and wheat exports from CAL
fnia t2 Atlantic and foreign ports the last
ar, $l9,262 900. =
y sfHo'snA is islcportcd as prevalent in several
1lentuckv- towns
GEoEGE pENNISGroN, of bloomington, Ill.,,
was drowned nj Joliet, Wednesday, while
bathing.
MlcllAEl. EyckLEY, sub-contractor Of tho
E'cksptrtT and Bangor Railroad, in Maine,
has ahscondcd with tho funds entrusted to
Inn /" pay cmpl"yss.
TuE elder OF two boys, at Mattcson, ILL.,, by
the name of Wcdel, while he was playing witt.
an 'id pistol, sl'vt. tAe younger .tl.rough thc
'prain, injuring linn fatally. :;
Do. Thomas. DUDLEY, First Assistant in tho
Hsastern Iii,hatt Asylum at Lexington, Ky.,
c''"'nittcd suicide, on Friday, by taking three
Era'nsof 1'urpl,ihc. Hc was about 10 years
olL, and had been with tho institution nearly
twenty ,cays. .lle has bcon \ valuable officer.
During the past year or two he has shown
s,.n.c cy!dcusys of Insanity, owing, it is sup.
lused, to his intimate relations with the i'll
sullc and intense Application to his duties.
SEVERAL. members bf Congress, who have
>jnvtrscd with, the President at Long Branch
in regard to the salary grab, say that he OK
presses himself as iavorins ~ total repeal Of
ti'r pl"y!slpn m question. SHOULD Congress
" tho .lic xt scssio eowply with the desires Of
tho President, aud law, the effect
V6nld b. to place quito thnmber OF mem-
lisrs aud ex:lneinbGrs in: an embarrassing po-
s.ioh, from the sscs+hat tlisarepeatssiil -ne-
oessitate tho return :of the q, 900 back pay,
tho money having been spent by many OF
thrua IN paymoat OF old liabilities contracted
III Washington and elsewhere.
4 BuEsorX1 1sEs correspondent narrates tho
particulars or tho discovery, in tho provinces
OF the .Argcntine Republic, OF a wonderful
gold daide, ,safd t. be the richest in the world.
One-liaif 81 the site Of the mine has be N sold,
according is Tho narrator, Tor $1G0, ,OOO, 900.
The cholera Is raging fcaruIly at Mount
Vernon, Indiana, .using an almost total sus,
pension OF business.
TaE Ncw York Ecat4l otsU ,1lcrwritcrs adopt
eli arysnl,t.on to kvy All additional premium,
ot ono per cent. on Mansard roofs aftor Janu-
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PERSONS implicated in the recent duel be-
stwe"" Wall stAoet. parties have. boon indicted
by tao Grand jury.
:-ffrSnr5souBE and Hen y Fox, willie labor
ing in an excavation in tho extreme lower
part of st. Louis, Thursday evening, were
killed by al emhankmout falling on them.
Philip Moascr and Daniel Rock were also
badly injured. .~.
a r,RE Eatf[orncllsv,llc destroyed the Shcr-
man House. Loss s4Q,OGO.
THEicccnt attacks Of Lieut.. Babcock on the
Ionto Apaches has produced good effect.
Two hundred savagcs have surrendered at
the reservation. Chief Shelter Pan says he
wants peace. Gen. Crook made him sergeant
oEths In.Ran scda,ts at Verdi.
No PEACHES, few cherries and grapes, and al
cntire failure of blackbcrres is the latest fruit
rrrurt from Southern Illinois,.
CENTRAL PARK is to have statue OF Hon.
VIM. II. Seward.
The trunk of Mrs. Maxwell, OF Salt lake,
w.s'r?e6el was. Of sl2,ooo worth OF diamonds in
DANIEL DAVIDSON, an old citizen OF David
son county, KY, was run over by a passenger
traip @lA instantly killed, while crossing the
track in his buggy near ChattanooSa, THURS
day.
DISPATCH from Portland, Oregon, states
the arrival OF the steamer Otis, and reports
the finding Of six bodies of pcrsons supposed
to have pershcd on the li.fatcd steamer Geo.
S. Wright.
The Postmaster General is very confident
that the aboitio,l Of the ,franking privilege
will result in a very material increase in the
revenues OF the postal service. He is OF the
opinion that the increase will be so great that
the department will become entirely self.
sustaining. The receipts from sales of
stamps since the abolition of the frapkiny
privilege furnish a substantial basis tor this
confidence. They exceeded in amount the
receipts during any similar period in the hs-
.tsry Of the Government.
The value OF mcrclandise and produce cx-
ports from San Francisco to Central America
during thp Last eight and half years foots
up over s2,oOo,0Oo. During the same period
California shipped treasure to the amount of
$31lG,O9O.
The SAN Francisco Bulletin publishes tables
showing the cprescnt indebtedness OF the Cen
till Pacific Railroad Company. Bonds bor-
earnings Of the road for the year ending Jurc
,Slh, 1872, the date OF the last official report
S1,"5t ,433.. 1t is estimated that 5000, 900 Der
atnun goes into the hands of private specu-
laors, and not toward the release Of the COM
Eany's obligations. - !. {
The Court '0f Inquiry in the loss of the
steamship City OF Washington has suspen ntle,l
capta,is4 ,W~. Il phillips: her commander, for
one year.
CONTINUED rain-strlns III Ohio are damop
H: the CROPS wiicli- were spared by the rains
ast week.
ADvIcEs from different portions Of New Mex.
lc" represent the crops as entirely ruined by a
continue us drought.
C"MM"DoEE WM. McGLENDy, U ,ited States
Navy, but Oh the retired list, dicd Wednesday
morning at Baltimore, aged u.
FIRE in Jefferson, Texas, on Tuesday. de-
sth~cd S1C5,0Oo wortl, OF property,
1HE New Nc xico Republican Convention on
Tuesday, nominated Hon. 8. i. Elkins a
It AIDING lawyer OF the Territory, as delegate to
Congress.
"A SPECIAL from Mount Vernon, Ind, saws
ch"lera Is raH1nt; fearfulIy at that plucc Com.
mcn.YpG o't T!qrs1sy' latt,. there nave been
about thirty DEATHS
POLICEMAN IHrs MILLS shot and killed Jno,
Nckl""y, i'll New Orleans, Wednesday. Canse
-pclsoncr kbiicd an officer, who was cndeay.
ing 10 exc ute.a warrant Of arrest
at pctrmt. Tucsylay Ylght, George Faxyor-
'''' "%' =" '"ur years, fell into the river from
Inc dock. His brother Patrick, seven wears
"l"' jumped iii to rescue him, and both were
urbwncd. :. -.
Nv" >"ns "f Mis-. l;ul,lcr "; r,. drowned
"A''' bathing !" Lake Michigan, at Michigan
'uy, 7l"h', Wednesday. They were learning
10 S"'" "Ifl plank. The Younger one fell
OIL and the Older one attempted 10 save him,
and both went down together.
'AhEAvy rai'-storm at Marquette, Tuesday
night, caused great damage to property and
'l''<Aa! Easements and cellars. Foundation
"als IN some places were broken in The
reefs have been a perfect torrent OF water.
Abortion OF abascment wall o. tho new Ma
some Block, lately completed. at a cost Of fjfty
'n'asa''' dollars, has been washed away. The
track 'f the Marquette, IIoughton and Onto,,-
'S'' "S''rcad' has been seriously damaged
Wv" '''' mo mann Inc and the branches run
'''S I" III" docks, furnaces and mines.
ia. NO. mon residents Of Salt Lake Civ arc
"'s''.. bed by the announcement that Ann
i''"a "thh' tlI" young (scvcntccn) wife OF
Hl'sham12ung, lad forever Il II l,m. carry.
I':s Off furniture and lrrs nal fleets. E,o.
h'"' VIII 'ndravor to rcpievin the goods. She
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