Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-20
General Items,


General Items.
DID you ever stop to think that there
are fifteen distinct varieties of deas2
A WESTERN paper: His name is
Caldwell, but his fame is called Ill. j"
THOUSANDS of cattle in the Nueces
Valley are dying of hunger.
SADDLES came into use in the fourth
century.
North CAROLINA shad bring &2.50
per pair.
NV JERSEY has discovered mine
of petri6ed clans.
A DANBUBY sport wears ten cent sill
YER piece ON hiS shirt bosom, and calls
It . dime and pin.
TEE buds ON the young peach trees
frost. Thie il in Kansas.
THk White Star Steamship Company
unkindly Offers 70 bring Sergeant
Bates back to America gratis.
SAN FRANc1soo mechanics and manu-
facturers are sending out articles for
exhibition at the fair in Hioga, japan,
in March.
A REsmEN1 of Putnam Valley IN.
Y. }, who. brought suit for small cleo
whole am0,.nt with costs.
Why are Goals tho most contradictory
articles known to commerce? Because,
when purchased, instead Of going 70 tho
buyer they 80 to tts collar. e
The Quincy copper mine has declar-
ed dividend of i've dollars per share,
or 500 900. from tho earnings Of the
mine for 1874 - p.s9.s =
TaE Big Sandy Herald says that the
cliffs in tho rear of Vanoeburg, Ky.,
five hundred feet shove the Ohio river,
are impregDated with alum.
Tn New York Herald dilates upon
what it calls the insecurity of English
iron-built steamers, especially those of
lean, long, lank models.
ANoHa those Who propose to leave
Germany this year for the United
States are 10000 tobacco growers and
II, 600 wine growers.
TIE fusion which passes into the
sewers of the forty.three cities of this
country IN estimated 10 have IN annual
cash value of over 81, ,004 COO
A sMA1I-Pox patient pursued the doc
tor and nurse through the streets of
Baltimore tho other day With nothing
but his infected shirt on.
G1oRa1A proposes to buy Stone
mountain and build . penitentiary, ut
the same time selling enough granite
to New Orieans-$2, ,0Oo. 900 wolth-to
pay the cost.
Two Youxo men of Dover, N. H.,
went ceiling last week and caught, in
one day, 700 pounds Of "snakes,"
which readily commanded twelve cents
per pound.
A DRUNKEN fool made q sandwich Of
. five dollar bill and . piece of bread
in Kansas City . day OF two since, and
ate it amid the plaudits of the specta-
tors, Who thought A. r. Stewart vas in
town.
Tnz United Pr,sbyterian Church of
Edinburg, Scotland. exoonmu1icated
q member and an elder who entertain-
ed conscientious soruples against par
taking of intoxicating wine at the com
munion table.
THERE il Bible nearly 100 years
old in tho railroad depot at Salem,
Mass. It il two feet square, and was
the gift of an old gentleman Who wish.
ed it to be 'splaced wheze il vould do
the most good.n zF,.zz
NuxB1Rs 81 cattIe and S6eeP Ms re-
ported dying in Susquehanns county,
Pa, from what 10 believed to be hydro
phobia and some persons are thought
to have also endangered their lives by
treating the diseased animals without
suspecting the malady.
Ar the "Old Horse sale" of Wells,
Fargo 4 Co., in San Francisco, recent
", = woman. purchased . package for
one dollar, which ON being opened was
found to contain IN elegant black silk
dress in tho pocket of which. was . So
lid gold brooch and . Large pearl ring.
MADAM De- bsyi1g aid n her in
tense style, i" 1 should Ike to b married
in Ens]ish-in . lasGuaes II which vows
are % fithfally kspe," sons oee asked
Frsrs, "What language. l wonder, was
she married in p' sbfokea Eagiish, I
answered lrsrs.
"A 0CxA0IVO DO WV 49, 0Vo0 so0
other night and tosnd hs door locked up,
after infinite troab!e managed 70 gam en-
trance q: osok "leoV eeu saee u~e1:
ered on mo Ps1ao1 'eo.s . Ao'' .Iom e,S
vile. resolns: neve ~ oo'; wn,
lind the Key On one nae OF inc doos 'eeP'
TIE administrator Of the estate of
Howard Crittenden, Who vss shot by
Mrs. Fair at 8an Ftancisco, has
bronpht suit aa,inst tho Phnnix Mu.
tnal fife Insuf.nce Company Of Hart
ford 10 recover 110.OO a. = lie policy.
The nI.,nt;ff ,lleras in hi. oonplaint
that the policv al insurance IL concealed
from ia ,,bserv.tion. 10 that he 10 un-
able to state the daes o. tho Poncy or
the amount OF ehe premium. s.,...,
A cux,o.m soRm vss presented in
Moutreal. last wednesday night, when
Eve snov.ahoa cluhs musteIed their
fnii tore and formed : torchlieht pro-
ce..;on over tho q l[o1ntain" IN honor
~ In,d And Iadv Duffesin. There
~ ~.,e hnndreds Of lovsl and strong
1;n,I,s = C.n.d;ana n the linea and the
tnrchGshts re0eeked .bv1 fke enow.
msJa + verv hr;il,ant sneofacle. Ar.
-;reJ a. tSe;r deet;n,tion. the snow
ahoers were welcomed With rockets, an
iIluminatiop. . supper, and speeches.
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