Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
The West.

The West.
CHAMBERLAIN, the owner of True Blue.
having telegraphed stats ment that his horse
was cat down b. Joe Daniels, III the srca.
tour mile race, George Treat, the owner Of
Ihad StevcLs, publishes card in reply, on
the authority Of the judges and til. rider OF
True Blue himself, who says that at the time
his horse was hurt Daniels and Stevens were
beth ahead OF him. Treat offers to match
Stevens against any horse that c,n be brought
tor f250nO.
AT Richmond, Ind. recently man named
Moody, an emrloyc in 4 wholesale liquor
mouse, took $500 ont OF the bank and deposit.
cd 1t IN his trunk. A thief entered his room
"Wednesday night aud stole the trunk.
A TELEGRAM from Jacksonville, ILL.,, states
that within the past few days some fiend or
hends IN human shape have gone into the coru
helds OF four farmers near VlrLeu, named
Coulton, Crane, Eurtis aud Ryan, and, lifting
the huSks from ears OF coru, placed strych-
2lnc between the husks and the grains Sew.
eral valuable steers belonging to these rcn
dlcd OF eating poisoned corn before the vii.
lalny WAS discovered
lHE news from Spain creates inteuso excite.
ment in San francisco. Il is reported that
3'o veterans Of TIE late war have signed q roll
;:s volunteers, ana viii offer their services in
the event vi war.
Col. Ints. ]. JACKSON. Of New Albany, Ind.
VINO served in the late war as Lieutenant.
COLONEL OF Colorado regiment, with dlst,nc
t'oh, proposes to raise brigade of 900 col
osed men and tender their services to the
government IN case OF q war with Spain, Col.
jackson has considerable influence with the
colercd people, and no doubt could PROMPTLY
furnish the Brigade
LIE prlze.ight between Hogan and Allen
resulted in row by the spectators, and the
r'h; was broken INTO and the fight stopped.
Inc stakeholder refused to give up the stakes.
ana has been arrested by the friends of Hogan
who demand fair division of the money.
ANOTHER Modoc war IS threatened. Seven
ye'rs ago Congress sold certain lands in Ore.
Son. which the Nodes row claim. and
threaten to fight if .l'ey do not have it.
-FOUR women arc already candidates for
the clerkship in the next Iowa Legislature
DESTRUCTIVE fires prevail in the woods be-
damage so far is confined to feucea and
bridges.
LIE official count Of the vote at the recent
e'ec'lon in Iowa shows that for Supreme
Judge j. NJ. Beck, Republican, has 1OC, 267
'"tcs' q. j. Hall, Autobiography, 81,546: for
State Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
Abernethy has 1G5,971, D. W. Prindlc 1923.
6cck's majority il 2l.721 Abcrnctby's is 2s.-
no. The votes for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor will he counted by tho Legislature.
lHE soldiers who haze returned from the
Alien Hogan fight say that the sheriff of Pot
ta"attamle county absolutely refused to do
anything to prevent the fight, and they believe
mat he had been bought of. Gov. Carpenter
did his whole duty in the matter.
TIE Commissioners of Internal Im,rovo
ment, accompanied by Col. r. Fl. Allen. havo
arrived at Little Rock, Ark, from st, Louis IN
inspect the southern division of the Cairo and
Fulton Railroad.
"A BRAKEMAN named William Woods, an old
c'tlzcn OF J"ffersonvile, ind, was INSTANTLY
Kllled on Wednesday afternoon at Memnh,s
Ina by freight train. from which he fell
passing over Inn. Wood. ieav, 9 H. wife and
several chdr.n.
IHE barge Bella wa7 burned at Dulta Ia
on Thursday. She had on beard 1000 bales
OF cotton and 1000 packages, consisting OF
ryo Tour, corn. cats and sunarics.
The Hoosac tunnel will 30 broken ti,rcnph
about the 25th inst. On TIE 18th Inst. there.
remained Ill feet If rock to be pierced. Dur.
1ns he past week the average aggregate of
progress accomplished at both headings was
fnily nine feet Per day.
J. II. T. BUTLER, man Of some promi-
nc'icr in Detroit, some years ago. but of late
confirmed drunkart, was released from thc
house OF Correction ia that city on Wedncs.
'"s' ""u oicd III the streets the same night.
DESTRUCTIVE prairie fire swept over
large portion of country in Kansas on Sun
DAY. About six miles of tics on the Contra,
Branch Ranch Railway were burned and scv.
eral bridges consumed. The ,cstructi,n NJ
fences, houses, etc, is immcnsc. Several
houses near Corning were burned: also. laroc
amounts OF corn Stacks. Several dcstruct;vo
fires have a'ro occurred along the line at Tho
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fc I,a,,yav
The damagc in Lancaster county amounts r.,
$4,000.
NAvfGA11oS on the upper Mississippi river
is closed. The river is still open, but full Of
hoatMy ice.
"'1r 'I'> - low. spromincntly men.
toned az the snccesso" OF Chief Justice Chase.
years ego he married Miss Honisacc. the act
r''s4, but they Son separated.
PRESIDENT GRANT as given r. large dclcpa.
ton OF Northern Cheyenne and Arapabo In
dams plain talk. He said thew must live =,
'ear. with other tribes and white men. and
must go on reservations and prepare to adopt
tn" customs OF civilisation. including tha, of
working for a living. The last command clio.
lfCd Grunts OF disapproval. One Of the chiefs
hatlv refused to o. v The others promised
rhhplAHilr' ~ = IurllIn1l to DC cictntur,aI
The South.
\. G. G"ss. brother Of W H. (,naa, has
bren arr' rtcI. ,,.a' 'c'l with ron- pifin. with
WIN. T.. Unhr, zn, !. at Haltl,,,ur,', to ,icf:aud
insurance rnEI;m,lirs '.f S25.CGO.
TIN residence Vt Frank D. Davis, President
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