Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-09
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TUE three revenue collection d'stric's in
Vermont have been CON pli.laied.a~
Tux anniversary O. the Independence oil
Brazil WAS rrIcbra teGon the- 7th nit lin Rio
There was a great: Jsstival, and the city Wi
Illuminated in thcsevening.
DISPATCHES from ST.. p.Irrsbnrg report thai
rupture has &c 'nrrea in the relations be-
tween the Scvcrnm"ptsoi Russia and Japan
growing out of tn" qncstlose>ls psopsis,d5s
Of portion "f Sashalicn Island. -. = -
THERE ~ large amount of cotton at IN:
ison, Texas, awati' < shipment to the East.
J. a. SrfruESs, cashier IT the st. Louis
Mutual Lite lnsdrance Company, lett his
office 'early Monday morning, and. has moi
since been seen, nor ia itSknown by his family
or anybody else where he Is. His accounts
arc sc, 900 ont Of the way.
TnE locomotive aud car works at Patterson,
N. j., and Jersey City, arc in trouble on &C.
count Of the scarcity Of currency.
JAY GOULD and Bischuffshcim have adj
justed their dispute growing out CT the sale o
Erie stock
The public debt statement shows rcduc.
ton Of *l,9Ol, ACT during the past month.
MILITARY CvlLtuE has been organized in
Guatemala, and all religious committees cup.
pressed, aud their property dedicated to H.
struction.
THE whole numbe{ Of claims submitted tc
the American and British Mixed Com mission
was 497, aggregating $95, 0OO, 400 =; but OF these
only 1871 were allowed, the awards reaching
the SUN Of 81, az, 298. ~
GILBERT butcher, proprietor Of the Metro
pclitan Hotel at St. Paul. died "Wednesday
morning of apople1y.
ONE-FoURTH OF the work on the Sturgeon
Bay Ship Canal is completed.
THE River 1mprovem .nt Commission, 1T its
session in Louisville, recommended the re-
moval Of the Muscle Shoals obstruction in the
Tennessee River, and IN appropriation Of
s25o.oo0 for tho ensuing year. Resolutions ask
ing for tho w,den;og Of the cut passing
through the falls below Louisville to 16o feet !:
an increase OF the appropriation for tho
Cumberland River improvement. the
lower river to $4,000 and the upper
river to $4,000; requesting Congress-
to order surveys with tho view 10
extend the stock OF water within three milea If
the forks OF the Kentucky River, and suryevs
OF the head waters Of tho Allegheny and Mon
ongahcla Rivers, with view to determine tn.
practicability Of supplying water to the Ohio
by reservoirs and that no private corpor..
ton shall control any future canal connect;ro
the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers with the oce.n
where the Government aids, were also adont-
cd.
The town Of Lampasas, Texas. WAS hmm.
dated on Saturday last by sudden ri.c in
creek that flows through tho place. The water
was 80 swift that some twenty houses were
carried away, inundatinS the postofice and its
contents, and the stores Of Messrs. Wood. and
Chalson, with thoir contents. Six per.on. A.,
known to have been drowned.
Two Bohemians, whose names arc nnknov,
were drowned in skiff few DAYS ago. At IA.
CANADA. They got drunk, had fight. nnaet
she SKILL and were drowned. Their bod;e.
were found clutched in each other. embr,cc
InE lnterments from yellow fever at Sbrcvo.
port, Thursday, were IL white and IN co,or.d
IwENTS-sEvEN yellow ifeverl interments a.
Memphis, on Thureday.
r. ". d. SHEFFIELD, President, and r. A
Babbago, Cashier, off the suspendel Mo-
chants National Bank, OF Dubuoue. are 10.
fanlters, the latter in the sum Of 1857 ooo ~,
the former So, 900. Il. NJ. Mjtche,l sro,.", 10y.
shemeId as President, and G. H. Booth. Rah.
bage, as Cashier. -'"''
COLUMBUS, Ohio, endured a fnancia, r.,;1
on Friday. Tho banks sustained . be.vr ~.
and several suspended. A"'''
POLICE OFFICER ROBERT BURk comr;.,o. :,
suicide in San francisco THURSDAY n;oht h.,
shooting himself through tho head 49,:
Quilted love WAS tho cause.
IHE suspension OF George Bird. Criminal, &
Co., New York bankers and broker. :. 80
nounced. That firm is known 10 ". or
brokers. o' oA'
"A FIRE in tho 18th Regiment arn,orv ro,+v
nfth street, New York, on Thursday. c.n.sd
damage to the amount Of $4,000.
WASHINGTON special saws Siotul .,d
narnsno' two OF the Modoc Indians sentenced
TO DC hanged with Captain Jack b.ve hssa
paruoneo Dy the President, on tho cronnd
mat they wero merely instruments y, 49,.
cher IN the peace commission a.s.s.;...:.N"
1ne' Will % imprisoned for life in Fort Al.
catraz, San Francisco harbor.
AT San Juan Del Nolte, a vessel called .h<
fernando' Captain Nelson, raporscd ~ 49,
governor that there wore great m.nv A,,or
,.anS from New Orleans arriving with rife.
"c.' who were committing cxcesse. in R..,
tan. A great many Of these tijlibn.ter. ..-.
blacks. "o1'
1nE following is the State ticket nominal i
oy tho Democrats Of New York: Diedr;ch Wi
lers' Ill., Tor Secretary OF State: Asher e
NICHOLS controller; Daniel, Pratt. Attorne,
General; Thomas Rain, Treasurer. svIv.rr
D. sweet Engineer and Surveyor; Jas. J.ck
son. canal Commissioner. and Geo. ". Mills
paugh' State Prison Inspector.
IaE boiler Of hosting engine ~, .h<
0rand Trunk wharf exploded in Ro.to, ~,
Friday, killing one man and vonndin - .o,o.. -.
others. '''0'
ihE remaining members of thu Modo
tr'oe VIII not be surrendered to the GRECO,
nu'noroee but are to be transferred to For
RUSSELL Wyoming Territory. The remnan
amounts to 165 men, women and children
capt HasbFouck will escort them to In. For
with the Fourth Artillery.
HE political situation in Manco :. ...:
becoming critical, and Paris il f,lled With ~,
flictine rumors '''' wa
AT Hollidaysburg. Pa, six persons .ecentl
!ost their lives by drinking from = cup vhic
nad been used by persons who had died .
diphtheria.
iHE sale Of the pews in the now Jevia
temple in New York, recently dedicated. re.
lzed 100000. ~"
DUR1SG the next fiscal year the sum Of S31
OOO,0 600 will be paid ont to United State. no,
siOners. r
lhE steamship Midway, from Quebec +,
LONDON, Is reported wrecked in the Straits
helIe Isles Several OF the crew were browne,
FIRE broke out in the Athenaeum Iibrar,
OF Manchester, England, Wednesday, and b,
iore 1t was distinguished 10000 volumes We,
destroyed.
HON. W. ID. FOSTER, Representative in Co,
eress from Michigan, is dead.
ALBFsT DoTY, = draughtsman, suicided o
opr'neticd, ILL.,, on Sunday, by shootin: him
self with pistol.
STACK w"ollcn stocking factory, in Trcn
toh' H.J., wac burned on SUNDAY. THROWN
o'c hurried and fifty hands ont Of empIo,
ment. F''
Collision, on Thursday, on the railroa,
ne'r Carlisle, England, resulted in .cycr,
persons being killed and injured.
PRIVATE DISPATCHES from yur, Au;.
say Private Casscl. Of Co. G. 81, In,antr,
prisoner, attempting to escape, on the 2At