Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-14
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~. sEAn ADMIRAL SrEED,AN, commanding tho
S'tith facific feet, has been placed on the re-
tined list in the Department.. Rear Admiral
Amy has received preparatory orders to COM
mand fleet in the navy. Rear Admiral Taylo
(. n.'ing the South Atlantic feet. will BE-
retircl, and believed OF command by Rear Ad.
miral Strong. Rear Admiral Jcnkins, cou,-
m'ndins the Asiatic fleet, will be retired in
December. His SUCCESSOR is not yet desig-
mated.
The wife OF Cnss,us Claxton, living in Henry
d, county, KY. was awakened fow nights since
by u man named Payne attempting to get in
ut a window, Mrs. Caxton seized pistol and
shot Payne through tho head, INJECTING fatal
ac,;uittcd.-
'rros. CosSEsrox, and Thomas Feeney aud
Patrick Fecney, brothers, were killed in q
well ut burlington, Wis.,, Thursday afternoon,
Cause foul air. Connerton decentlcd first and
falling to tue bottom dead, Feeney went to
his assistance, followed by his brother, when
both suffered the same fate. Connerton leaves
wifv and seven children,
Two sons Of David Kendall, a highly re.
spectacle citizen OF Henry county. Tenn.
aged eighteen and twenty-five, were drowned,
Saturday, while bathing.
GERMAN named Rittan was shot, proba-
bly, fatally, Tuesday night, through the neck
and body, at Richmond, Indiana, by a pistol
in the hands Ola boy fourteen years old. who
miStook him for burglar.
\ TELEGRAM from Bridgeport, Conn.,, states
that while officer jennings and q party were
eonversinS, Thursday evening, a dog owned
by the latter attacked jennings animal and
was beaten off, when he jumped at h,s owner,
catching him by the neck and cheek, and in
dieting fearful and probably fatal wounds.
The directory Of Detroit for this year con-
tains se,472 names, which, on the basis Of
three and a half inhabitants for each uamo.
would give population Of $4,000.
a SERIOUS railroad accident occurred Tues
day afternoon on the Southwestern Road,
near Jalnesport, Mo. A double engine train
was coming down the grade rapidly, when
drnve OF cattle started to cross the track
ahead Of the train. The engines ran into
tl'rlr midst, add threw them in various dircc-
tl''''s, but dtcilcd both engines and wrecked
the train. fireman named John Morgan
was Instantly killed. Tho two engineers, Ed
ward Mills aud George WalIingford, were
badly njured.
The finn Of Case, Klans Il Co., OF Green
Buy, general dealers and dealers in lumber
and shingles, has been thrownuinto bank.
ruptcy. The estate Of o. X. Moore, of Nee
nah, was tho complainant, the order being
granted by Judge Miller, Of Milwaukee. Par
ties (,hip1 who To- 10
SOFT that the liabilities OF the two firms Of
Case, Klaus Co. and Earl, Case l. Go. will
reach half Il million dollars
TIE family Of Mr.. Samnel G.. Merriam. O.
the town OF New Haven, one OF tho oldest and
he known families in Oswego county, had a
narrow eseal" from dcath by poisoning one
'ay last week, through eating toadstools
winch were mistaken for mushrooms. All
were re ''crcd dangerously i'll, but arc now
doing we'll.
iHE Chambers-Setdons prize fight took
Place Sunday about live miles from BROOKLYN.
he hitter beng defeated in fourteen rounds.
GOVERNMENT surveyors report the discovery
OF Immense tracts OF pine lands in northern
and northwestern Nebraska, country here
tpforo thought to be barron.
Two women were killed by Indians at Camp
lhown, Wyoming Territory, last week.
>. n. RIPLEY, a clerk in the postoffico De.
lartmcnt st Washington, committed suicide.
Saturday.
Mis- u. F. s. OsDonNE, OF Kalamazoo.
Michigan, suicded Friday. Cause, domestic
troubles.
CHOLERA has appeared Mt Pleasant Hill, N.
j., opposite New York.
IHE Sheriff Of Dcs Moincs county, Iowa, re-.
turned from tho hunt after the railroad rob-
'rrs. lie says they have fled to Texas and
Mexico.
AT Three Rivers. Mich, on Friday, Edward
Fisher, son Of the proprietor Of tho Three
Rivers House, suicidcd by taking two ounces
vi Iaudanum.
DEATHS ii st. Louis for tho week ending
. saturday, evening I'll decrease from prcyioua
week, 10. Seventeen arc reported as cholera,
and 20 as cholera mnrbus,
hf Worcester, Mass, ON Saturday alter
hon TIL" state cousta able, assisted by local
'lhc' r., vsltct! IL largo number Of saloons in
thl- c'iv where beer is Sold and seized all that
could DC found, tho total amount being about
one hundred kegs. Most Of tho saloons Wis.,
tied we're icpt by Germans.
The Texas cattle fever, which has boen
prevailing in DeKalb, Davies, Nodaway. and
other counties OF northwestern Missouri, for
two weeks past haa carried Il several thous.
ana head, and is still raging.
DRUNKEN roughs assaulted the police at
lrov'deDcc, Il. l.. Saturday night. and pistols
were ''scd to ancll the riot. Fifty Of the mob
were wounded, rome seriously.
IwE>lY'rmHEE THOUSAND six hundred cmi.
rant, arrived at New York last week.
AT ."'caSo'' Oh Saturday evening, tho
''''6 n'hce"t flve-stor' marble building, erect.
:" ny the Singer Sewing Machine Company
ior Field, Letter n Co., aud not yet occupied.
WAS damaged by fire t" the extent Of SlrO mo
Two men. Edward johnson, a foreman Of
the city pottery, and Louis Knight, paintcr.
While rowing on pond, near the water works.
DIT Detroit, ran against snag, the boat I'M
SIT, in ten feet OF water, and, being sheet
iron, WAS u"managablc. Both were drowned.
CITIZENS Of Portland, Oregon, residing in
Washington state that the fire in that city was
'''"'i"cd entirely to the Oldest portion Of that
town, and in which nearly all buildings were
of wood and Of comparatively small value.
Many "f the structures have been standing
from the first settlement Of the place, no fire
"f any Importance having ever occurred. In
'"" district eighteen sprar,s were burned
aver, principally occupied by dwellings,. All
III" best ana most substantial business part
~ The city escaped.
oH Saturday morning II dreadful accident
occurred on the Northwestern Railroad. near
"';:un, England. to tho Scptcl, tourist cxprc.a
ram ir"'n ]. 'nLn. Twelve persons were ill
s'aI''y KILLED and thirty wounded. Among
the killed is Sir john Aison. MANY of the
injured will die.
Four deaths from, cholera, one from cholera
,..rrbms, and three from cholera intantum arc
't"p6rte'; I" lave occurred at Dayton, Ohio,
aud vr",,ity, ''ur'r III" past week
e v Wu DsrN. u Missouri, aud Gen James
Cla; and several other gentlemen, Of st. 10
seph, No., went across the line into Kansas,