Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-25

pointed British Governor aad Com
mander-in- Chief of the Straits settle
ments and their dependencies. -
AR. -ANDR1w CARHAaIK, a wealthy
resident of New York, has given $685.
600 fox the erection of public baths in
Dunfermline, Scotland, the place Of
his birth. Z,
A CRITIC comparee Dickens with
Adam, showing remarkable likeness
in many respects, but omits to mention
that Dickens wife, like Adams raised
Cain.
NEaor1Ar1oxs are pending between
Prussia and Austria, looking for the
adoption of means for the suppressiofl
of socialism and revolutionary princi:
pies. ~. :.
"WHAR," said teacher to pupil,
"make4 you feel uncomfortable after
you have done wrong2" my papa's
big leather strap, +" feelineiy replied the
boy, = .4.1. .,a..-.< !
TIE cat is volume of wonders.
One, resident in Oregon, catches its
two or three snakes = week, and often
brings them in alive twined about its
neck.
Oxz Mr.. MAuR1cr RICHARDSON, of
Fitchburg, Mass., recently SWAN fran
Falmouth to MATTHIAS Vineyard, . dis
TANGO of seven miles and q half, IN TIVE
hours and fihy-4ve minutes.
p OLY1P1A AND 8KooKUM CHUCK is the
name. of the Last railroad contemplated
in Oregon. It ought to be short one,
~ it Is really but 4 step from the sub.
lime to the ridiculous. A.. +.
A CoNN8cTIcUT admirer of Alexander
H. Stephens wrote to him asking him
ii sassafras was good for the blood,
and Mr.. Stephens wrote back on six
teen pages of note paper that it was.
SAwDusT as substitute for stockings
is recommended by q writer in the
Oneida Circular, who says that t.
blespoonful of the substance placed in
each boot will keep the feet both dry
and warm.
A GEORGIA bride is described in one
of the local papers as "looking. q very
lily Graded in the golden glimmer Of
some evening lake-a foam-deck,
snowy, yet sun-dushed. crowning the
ripplings of some soft southern sea"
Awmow once said to her daughter,
.~hen you are at my age it will be time
enough to dream of Husband. Yes
mamma" replied the thoughtless girl,
'fof q second one."' The mother
tainted. -! :
A NAN who lately suicided in Omaha
Office, had endeavored to start Ger
man newspaper, Was financially en-
barrassed, and had trouble with his
wife.
A JAPANESE Police Commissioner
has been cashiered, and his entire es-
tate confiscated, for taking bride to
wink. at the doings of disorderly
character. How fortunate that our civ
ilizati0n il more advanced!
GEoRaE STIRLING, . resident OF
Brooklyn, opposite Jacksonville, Flor
ida, while attempting to rescue his
niece who had fallen from the boat
into the st. Johns river, was drowned,
together with the girl.
AGEoRa1A bride is described by one
of the local papers rs Sc looking very
lily graded in the golden glimmer of
some evening lake-a f0am-deck,
snowy, vet sun flushed, browning the
ripplings of some soft southern sea-"
AFRsxon physician has discovered
that the peculiar odor of Russia leather
has beneficial effect on weak lungs,
and advises consumptive patients to
repose upon pillows covered with this
material.
C1ouD, the actor, who is rowing to
New Orleans on . 5000 wager, isn't
having . very good time. His limbs
are badly swollen, and he il afraid to
row nights, - he gets shot ct, proba-
bly, by some ono Who has bet against
him.
HERE is the latest description of a
kiss, floating about without credit:
Twas night. A real warm couple stood
in the pale, cold moopbeaIRs.s Their
lips toucheds and there WAS . sound
like a COW hauling her foot out OF the
mud. II. ," ,--N ..
THE Deseret News says thai !" . lev
DAYS ago our citizens we're rejoicing
over the novel fact of a Judge sitting in
the District Court and administering
the law with dispatch and evident I'M
partially, without bias against ANY
portion Of the citizens. ="
A LADY who the other day bought i
barrel Of .cabbages in the Georgetown
msrket, found live baby in it, we'll
dressed, With . milk bottle in its
mouth, and 20 protected by the man
| ner in which the cabbages had been
arranged as to prevent its suffocation.
The Japanese Government is anx-
| ious TO have foreigners residing in.thc
country made amenable to the laws Of
Japan. Although the island empire
| las made some progress in. civilisatiou,'
it's code is too barbarous yet Tor
Western people. 0rabbers have their
heads chopped of.
A SON of the Emerald Isle recently
married the beautiful daughter OF
| White Cloud on the Missouri sboic.
The trousseau of the bride was very
simple, consisting of q faded calico
gown, which hung loosely over her
graceful form. Tue groom was robed
i in the same garment he had been &C
customed to wear on duty on the gray
al train. - -.y
sTnH Ceylon Undia) Observer of July
10 SAYS that there was no cholera il
that region at the date mentioned. The
disease, VII en- it appears in Ceylon, il
inyarially imported from Southern
. India, where the true Asiatic cholera il
, Indigenous: The Observer hears, how
, over, that . cholera ":waye is ap
| proaching Ceylcn from the infected
, district, and 1t fears that the p1as NE
: preeipitatea BY the convocahon OF p'i
) grims which last July had assemble.
) at Ratregam, would reach Ceylon mex
year. ~ -
D "LA REpuBIlQuE FRANcA1sE, report
n a new miracle at La Salotte, France
J. where a girl who was deaf add dnlh'
Q suddenly became able to hear ant
j. speak. THE Bishop of Grsnoble ap
q pointed board, consisting OF hi
d grand vicar. and some other ecclesias
g tics, to inquire into this matter, an
r: they appear to be satisfied With th
II authenticity of the cure. The Reput
+ leQue thinks that at least on. medic,
e man should have taken part in th
inquiry. :. =