Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-25

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interview formulated with expressions .,
gratitude that tue negotiations had been ST,
sssleRl xssn4 sess1caa,sy scarricaaou,, aud
honss Frls cateft aimed bs ,I'e Representatives
ut odh e@ysl6cnts Mat the pcaeelul rela
tion~l6aislfNE betwcsn the United States and
Spain would not again be threatened.
:. nThe East.
JoHN E. OwESs, the comedian, is lying So
riously iliat Newark, N. J. Ho is suffering
from the effects Of fall while playing Too.
dlcs.
CuAs: EodrEs, convicted Of the murder OF
Elite Conki:ng, il, May last, at Albumin. Y,
has been sentenced to be hanged Friday, 9Th
Of February.
EUGENE MckEEL, Eugene Merritt and Ey.
gone Opcnwcldcr were drowned who skating
on the Hudson recently. Attending the same
school, about nine years. of age, and al Of the
sauie Christian name, they died together
holdin, each either by tho hand as they wen,
down. A@T - -. 81
LoE1SG LIE WHITE, alias William Ellis. OF
Weymouth, Mass, who WIS arrested in New
York last February, was Saturday, at Cleve.
land, Ohio, found guilty Of issuing and pass.
in:, forged Union Pacific income bonds to the
amount OF $4,000.
A SPECIAL despatch from New York give
rome Interesting facts and figures concerning
the condition Of the workingmcn Of that city.
From these it appears that although thel G
are 10000 unemployed artisans, the number
is net largely in excesssof previous years al
tutS season. -,.%sa |1.$' - ~ - -
IRREGrLARIr1Es have been discovered in
the city government Of Pittsburg. A meet
ing Of citizens was held on. Saturday night to
take the matter into consideration. A reso-
luton calling for the resignation Of all officers
who shall be found to be Implicated, and ere.
ating a committee oftorty citizens to institute
prosecutions, was agreed unon. 1t appears
that the city deposits amount to $500, 600.
The citizens propose that the bonds shall be
increased to $4,000, 900:
The New York Times publishes an article
stating that there are 80 OOO, 900 duo the city
for non.paymcnt OF its assessments. Among
those in arrears is VIM. D. Astor.'
The West.
Coal OF a superior quality has been found
north OF Grand Island, Nebraska.
CHIEF JUSTICE MCLEAN, at Salt Lake, again
refuses to admit polygamists TO citizenship.
The case was where the az piicant had left a
plural wife to go herding for subsistence.
NJ. R. HALE, contractor on Kansas rail-
road, abscondcd with the funds of the road,
leaving 1900 mon unpaid, and many families
destitute.
Iwo-T.'1EDs OF the business portion Of,Hud.
sonvi'!c, ILL.,, has been destroyed by fire. Loss
sou, O-llttle or no insurance.
ALL the arches Of the Dlidgo across the
Mississippi riv, at St. Louis have closed, and
it is expected that trains will be running
across it by the 18th ofJuiy next.
NINETY coal miners in the employ OF the
Northern Illinois Conl and Ir0u Company at
La Sale, ILL.,, have been discharged, in conso-
qncnce Of a diminished demand tor coal, and
the remainder OF the miners, numbering about
400, zefusedto resume work unless the ninety
were employed. Wiser counsel, however, sub.
seqlcntly prevailed, and the 400 went to work
again.
SEvENTY-FlyE lamps have been placed in
position on the sire is: Of Fort Wayne, Ind,
aud lighted. They give good, satisfactory
light, and should they continue to do SO the
city viii be as well lighted as other places
using gas.
The third annual Exhibition of The Michi
gan Association embraced nearly fifteen hum
drcd specimens OF fowl.
The London journals, in their obituary no.
tees. award a high plaise to Judge Nelson
and Prot. Agassiz +,
Ex-JpaE PH1LASDtn TRAcYldied al his res
ifcncc in Grand Rapids, Mich, ON Thursday.
aged " years. He was a pioneer settler Of
the valley, coming to Grand Rapids in 1885,
and was Judge Of Probate OF that county 30
years ago.. T.. -. ...,.:
L1EUr:-0ExERAL SHERIDAN has informed
Gen. Ord, commanding the Department of the
Platte. that the Sioux Indians, who are now
absent from their reservation without permits
sion, will bes permitted to- hunt upon tho
Upper Republican river SO long as they re-
main peaceable. The Secretary of the In
terror promises TO- apply to Congress for a
change in the treaty with these;Indians
NEGOTIATIONS are pending for the consoli-
datlon OF the parrow gauge railway projected
from Kansas City. No., and the Keokuk and
Kansas-~City road, which, if effected, will re.
suit in the building OF road ofistandard
gauge. The work will be vigorously pushed,
and when completed will be the most direct
line to Chicago, and the shortest from Kansas
CITY to New York.
FREsHEr III tire Kansas River at Lawrence
swept away portion of the new dam being
erected at cost Of s6o,O00, two corn Gibbs
containing 5000 bushels Of corn, owned by Gov
Robinson, ferrv-boat, and endangered the
abutmcnts of the wagon bridge SO that trave
across the bridge had to he forbidden. The
north bank Of the river, ,,,car~the abutment
was washed away tolhe extent of from $50 IL
200 feet.
THE Iowa State Grange has adjourned sisst
dH after resolving, among other things, in
favor OF double track freight railroad from
Council Bluffs to Norfolk, Va.
Tue grand fury Of Jackson county, Iowa
last week found an indictment against James
a. Bryan, late county t easurcr, for ,mbcz.
element of $1,000.
AN association has been organized and arti.
c'rs ofincorrorat,on adopted, and a board o.
directors appointed. i"r the promotion and
encouragement of manufactures, III dubuque
Iowa.
THE bar of I.cavcnworth aud Douglas coun
ties, Kansas, held a meeting At Leav.nwort
and requested the President to defer a
pointing Judge Delahay's successor until al
ter meeting OF the State Bar Association
ar Dubuque, on Friday, the jury in the cas-
Of the heirs Of J. II. Way vs.. the Illinois Cen
trail Hallway Go npany returned a verdict TO
the plaintiff OF $4,000. wav was killed Will
employed on the road, two years ago.
Rich LEAD ORE was foun! at a depth OF Is
feet, and again at u depth OF 1874 feet, il
oskaloo.a, Iowa, While boring an artesial
well. y coal vein between twelve and tiftccl
feet thick was struck 1T IL pth OF 81 feet.
The South.
TIE steamboat - II Ice ran into and san
the Spanish hi" Lcbauc lying at port 13
on the Mississippi, Oh Tuesday. Loss $50, Oo
Ex-CoNGREss Hon. W. N. EDWARDS die
at Raleigh. N. c., on Friday, aged 80.
FIERCE hail 81 orm, with thunder aud high
ming, passed over Nashville on Friday.
At Montgomery, Ala, on Friday, the jnl
in the case OF Lewis =. Parsons against Ricl
ard Bustccd, Judge OF the United State Di
trict Court, FIR false imprisonment, gave IL
plaintiff $4,000 damages.
At Large.
ANDREW j. Perfect, the colored wife mu
'crcr, was hanged at Joliet, ILL.,, on Frlda
December 10, where his second trial and col
vlctiOn occurred.
HERMAN KoEwiSa, who married Lucy Schl
man III Hamburg last summer, brought b
I" this country and endcavorcd to murd
her, has bec,. convicted ut Elizabeth, N. :
vt AtrOci"us assault, aud sentenced to- |,