Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-09
VOLUME vi.

("suas NeUE4SlTaba trOonS, amer aSSauHlhR
detaclsafht u raIacios' force. wh'l,. uric:
Aag.Qt truce, approached the fsrt, sacked
/ OmcH aud imprisoned all British subjects,
I Ruf1efIhe coEsulatcs Of America, England.
SnatlAsfd Portugal, torc tue american flag to
piecssand sacked merchants warehouses; and
safes; leaving them Il perfect wreck. The :
obo soon after arrived, aud demanded tho sur
rlana lions for Encourages. The authorities
were obstinate, and refused t" a,ccde to tho
demands oftbe commander of the Niobe, when
u bombardmcnt followed, till flag of truce
was hoisted. Tho prisoners we've then surrsn
dcrcd and compensation pronisetl.
LOUISE MuHIBAcn, tho celebrated German,
k-novelist, il dead.
f. TwExrY.roun deaths from yellow fever, At
| Memphis, Sunday.
BARNUx's rhlnoccros died on Monday MORN
ing. in Philadelphia.
TWENTY intcrments from yellow fever in
Memphis, Monday.
\ The Cincinnati police are to arrest all in
ma tes OF gambling houses on their beats, aud
station keepers are held responsible for sup.
plsssiug gambling in their districts. Lotter-
les and games OF chance in the city are to lie
suppressed.
Tnr Governor OF Mississippi has issued a
proclamation declaring that no election can
be legally held till November, when Con-
srcssmen, State officers and the Legislature
will be elected. Amcs' organ denounces the
proclamation 40 incendjary and revolutionary.
JAMES GIBBONS, formerly President of the
Fe0sn Brotherhood, died in Philadelphia, on
Monday. aged IS years.
lNrERHENTs At Shreveport, on Saturday,
twenty-five white and one colored person.
SEVERAL men were killed and others severely
injured by the fall of tho wall OF building on
the corner OF Second and Chestnut streets,
st. Louis, Saturday.
TIE colossal statue in Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, Of John Howard Payne, author of
Home, Sweet Home" Was unveiled, on Sat.
urday, in the presence Of 5000 people. Ad-
dresses were made, the children OF the pub.
lie schools sang "Home, Sweet Home," and
''Amcrjca," aud John G. SAKE read %. origi-
nal poem.
Two.1H,RDs Of the Hourishing mining town
of Fairplay, Colorado, was destroyed by fire
on Friday. AL tho stores. printing Offices.
United States land Office, postoffice, express
Office, hotels, and other business places, with
two or three exceptions, we're entirely de.
stroyed. Many lost stores, stocks, dwellings,
and everything, except tho clothes on their
persons.
CHAs. BlR0ENTHAI, young man who was
shot in 4 saloon, corner Madison and Clark
a%rooka f1l,,ro %xvo xroaGo 1soA lsok J..
urday Of his wounds, his survival this long
with bullet in his head being regarded as
wonderful.
A DIFFICULTY between Nathaniel Daniels and
F. N. Houston, at Platte City. NO., resulted
| in the killing Of Daniels and tho woundiug Of
Houston.
The bodies Of Mrs. O'Mera, aged 65. and her
daughter, aged 36, were found near Montroso
Station. on the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad, Saturday morning. cor
oner's jury elected sufficient evidence to war
! want the belief that they were murdered.
TIE Chicago Exposition is in full blast.
The machinery department is filled with fine
array Of mechanical inventions; art hall con-
tains fine collection Of paintings, litho.
graphs, chromos and statuary; one OF the
most interesting departments OF the cxposi
ton is the one devoted to the exhibition of the
! mineral and agricultural productions of the
Western States and Territories, tho contribu.
tions to which have been furnished by the
different railroads traversing those sections
! the department devoted to the display of iron
and copper ores, and their heavy cast and
wrought productions, also attract much at.
tent;on and admiration, and is admitted to be
the most complete collection ever made in tli,
country and the different branches OF trade
are also finely represented by large collection
| Of their various wares, tastctully arranged.