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

At Large.
Col. THOMAS Scorr, Vice President OF thu
Pennsylvania Railroad, says the road, since
| the acton Of the directors in the way Of de-
clarins scrip dividend, was in condition tt
so on without trouble, and would updoubtedl,
meet its cbli :ations IS they became due. HI
had no fears for the future.
| Two thousand dollars reward is offered to-
the arrest OF Sharkcy. the condemned and es
capped murderer.
| No MORE work will lie done on tho Chicago
extension of tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
ur til the winter is past. It is proposed to i'm
| prove the communication between Chicago
and Toledo, and the lake ports generally, b,
| connecting this;linc with the Canada Southern
| at Defiance, Ohio.
GREAT falling off in railroad building il
this country appears in the figures presented
in the annual report Of the Iron aud Steel a.
sociati.n. The number OF miles Of new sraci
laid in 1873 was 5000, a decrease OF 80 pei
cent. ia one year. In 1870, when the highcs
po.nt was reached. 7,779 miles were laid.
An important change is contemplated in thu
management Of The Chica go and Northwestern
Railway. Colonel james Fl. Howe is expected
| to sever his connection with the road. to bt
succeeded by Mr.. II. N. Porter. for some t1lnt
past and at prcsent one Of the Directors, ant
! a member of the Executive Committee OF the
| company.
AT Buffllo, on Thursday, a thief snatcllci
the pocket-book Of G. FuIlinger, an Ohio cat
tie drover, from the counter OF the Marine
Bank, containing Il cheek drawn by l.. l.
Crockcl for $4,000, end valuable papers. Al
pereons are warned against negotiating the
check.
NEARLY 1900, 600 bushels of wheat are on
board Of Loats caught in the ice in New York
canals.
A CUBAN gentleman, living and doing bust
ness in New York, who arrived from Cuba
yesterday, declares the statement that more
than 100 OF the crew OF the Virgil were ex-
ecuted as true, al he saw it stated by Spanish
official reports in Havana.
Iron and Steel Association, at Philadelphia,
resolutions were adopted attributinS tho past
prosperity of the iron trade Of the country to
the tarlG policy Of the government. which has
fostercd home industry asking Congress to
adopt financial system adequate to the large
increased and increasing business Of the
country declaring the reduction OF ten per
cent. Of duties by the last Congress unwise
asking Congress for the revision OF
the national banking System and
means for all adequate supply
Of currency: declaring that the custom law
should have uniform construction at all Uni
ted States ports; dencuncins fire: trade in
ships, and affirming that tho bankrupt Law
should be 80 amended as to give three fourths
of the creditors the right to control the set
Element of the affairs OF insolveuts, and pre-
vent them bcin. thrown into bankruptcy.
OFr!CLEs of the Spanish war steamer Arap-
oils, now being completely fitted out at the,
Brooklyn Navy Yard, are very anxious to get
away. having received orders to take their
vessel into Cuban waters as coon rs rossihle.
Officers at the yard say it will be shame to
allow her to depart. They say tho spaniards
have not recognized international law, AMI
DO 80 consideratc when tho presence OF an
iIon-clad there would b hostage for the
Vr.inius affair.
OWING to the statement contained III n let
ter from Havana that on the night of ;he eth
inst, when the news that the VlrSlnius was
captured reached Santiago, the Spanish 7ol.
unteers i'll tiendish eXultation over their tri.
ulnph, visited the widows OF the Masous shot
in 1868, and brutalIy outraged the helpless
hot i,,t ho az fo.,
seven have since died and several were in
such dangerous condition that they cannot
possibly recover. A petition circulated II
New York is being signed generally by the Mas
ters of Masonic lodges in New York ard p: 9.
Masters OF lodges residing there, Ca Hin. for an
emcrScnt session of tho Grand Lodge of tho
state, to take such action as may be necessary
Hon. ALLEN T. GOSHEN, dji ector general O
the centennial commits sion, has addressed 9
circular communication to the Governors o
every state in the United States soliciting
their corporation in getting up state bonds
for the purpose of securing thorough repre-
scntation at the exhibition. Circulars wert
also issued containing carefully compiled in
st, uctons in detail 10 those to become exhibit
ors in tue expedition.
ARRANGEMENTS have been entered into be.
tween the United States and Germany for tho
cycllan1" Of postal cards between the two
c""ntri"9, t, s" into cff'ct tho last OF Deem.
l'cr. Ih" arrangement ia tho same as with
the Can"'lmn government.
Washington.
lHE superintendent, Of the mounted re
cruitn% serve" is ordered to send all the dis.
possible co!orcd cavalry recruit, to Fort
| Brown, Texas. tor assignment to- tn, OH raw.
| airy.
PATENT has been grant Il to Ex.p,csj,,eni
! Andrew johnson for 4 combination plane
The trouble with Spain grows more, like w,,
daily. The latest news from Madrid il Of ,
warl'kc nature, and our government canno
| long brook the insults that Spain i, contjn,aI
| ~ offering; to orr Nag Cabinet meetings ar,
becoming more frequent, aud matters ar,
coming crisis. The President seems +,
be in earn. - i'll till, luattcr, and in ,unvels
| ing upon TIE subject of our relations will
Spa'n, is free from passion, his manner j.
| calm, but 1T the came time lnicdt,s tari.c, I
| hess, and Is evidently in fuil arcnrt! with Tho
sri''ninnts "f the country. Di.ratcllcs hay,