Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-17
THE N EW s.


now in Iowa will be held IN Dcs MONIES 'i"s
fall.
UUGu DuurErl killed G",. Scho:h 1T Lal'-
r,.,,r mi, FINN, ,!av, for undertaking, him
on Il job.
\ SEVERE storm of wind and rain passed
,x,,r Little Rock about three O'Clock Thurs
,lav morning, and again about four O'Clock the
,,n, evening. Several houses were uIrOOio,l.
y rlar,rtu received from Altoona and
Mu,i,rlylllr, Iowa, about twelve miles east OF
liz. lock Island Road says y terrific rail,
storm paste, over that section Thursday az
t.. noon. The crops were beaten to the
ground, and the damage is iMmc.lsc. Farm.
,!.> stand ;.f;l..st at the ruin
r..L w,ccN ct the City Of Washington broke
INTO pieces "n Gull Rock Shoal Thursday
mo, MIN. The Captain, officers and crew were
on board at the time, bu: succeeded! in landing,
safely.
lnE. United States Secret Service officers
llav" uncarthr@i system of fraudulent inll'or-
ta'i,ns Of dry s,"'ds and ready-nadc clothing
from Canada. which has boon carried OH for
several years. Several arrests have occn made
Il: Montpelier, Vt.
:llE Touring mill OF Mr.. Brooksmitl', at We
ma. 90. H., on the line Of tho st. Louis and
Southwestern Railroad, was struck by light
ming last Saturday morning. It then caught
fire an'twas totally destroyed, together with
u large amount Of flour and gram. Tho loss
aud insuranc" is not stated.
JOHN EApEFLE, at Newark, N. J., struck
John. Gustausen, foll0w-labOrcr, with an
axe, because God told him to kill the Devil.
ABLAcK Rock (Idaho) dispatch says that
on Saturday last seven indians, who were ut
Fort Hall awaiting their trial for tho murder
Ola party ofwiite mon on Lost River. Idaho,
last summer, attempted to escape while ship
ping wouduuior u guard. three OF whom sue
ceedcd, tho remaining four were shot and
killed.
4 DlsrATcu from Brcslau says vioiont
typo ct cholera has appeared i'll that city.
TX the burning OF tho house of Thomas
Adams, ut Wothcr,fcld, Conn.,, ono child
pc,lsllcd, aud two uthcrs were fatally mi urcd
intSG WALwoKru was taken to Sing Sing
on Wednesday.
liEs. c. S. FARKELL is the SUCCESSOR OF
Jesse Il. Grant us Postmaster ut Covington
ny.
J"nS!W. GEtcu, ala. John w. Young, wa.
detected al Cincinnati in trying to sccur,
money fcom the postoi1ice upon counterfeit
orders, purportiAS 10 be from Oshkosh, anI
wa, arrested.
fsroErS from Iowa. and Illinois say thor,
Will be full: an avora3" crop OF wheat.
AwIND and rain storm ut Iowa City, Iowa,
Wednesday afternoon, was accompanied b,
hal, which devastated tho treos, crcha1 ds
and crops over 4 limited area rs cftectually as
by fire.
TERRIFIC rain storm passed over Dies
M"in $, Iowa, on Friday, flooding cellars aud
damaging, nc" buildings. Wheat and oats
are down tlll, and il they do not rise tho los,
will &c great, as tho crop was the largest cvr,
grown.
JONES Il EEEGEK's bone factory, ut GRAY,
Ferry, Pa, was burned on Saturday. Los.
forty thousand dollars insurance twcut,
thousand dollars.
SEVERAL persons were killed in Kcnss
Gr'cp, LONDON, Wednesday morning, by tho
alllng OF walls Of IL burning building.
The fifteenth commencement Of the Uni
vctSiiy OF Cn'ca;o was held on Thursday, A
class OF sixteen graduated, among them Eyro1
l.. A,rlci,, OF Lii Crosse.
Ll'nrSlSG struck the house Of Mrs. Drew
in Tuflonboro, N. H., OH Friday, Instant,
killing her and considerably damaging til,
building.
y MAN n.mcu Williams had just completes ,
null at bridgeport. Boone county, Iowa, wl,c,
he was caught i'll tho machinery and Instant,
s'llcd. He leaves 4 family in Minnesota.
FRIDAY, at Lawrcnccburg, Ind, Deputy
Sheriff Paul Tracctt was knocked down by a
desperate named Pete Miller, whom ),e had
arrested. Yracett shot Miller in the back
the lnll passing through and being taken out
OF tic abdomen.
Inos. burgess and wife, who live at the
corner Of Garrett street and Hamilton nv.
nnue, brooklyn, quarrclcd Friday evening,
and the latter struck Inc former will, an axe
fatally injuriug him.
AD'icEs hom AIaysyillc, Ky, state that Il
severe storm visited that section last Friday
unrooiinS many buildings, npruoting trees,
Blowing Oft cl;imncys, and doing great dam.
;,:c to crops. Six miles Of canal arc gone be
tween Athens aud Salil,a. Tho damage +,
crops Is over 4 million dollars, and the Sail
Works anu ether commercial interests arc
suffering greatly.
DURING 8 severe tornado at st. Joseph, Mo-
Friday evening. the steamer Mountainecr
was driven against u railroad bridge, dam.
aging the structure to the extent OF 10000
TIA" steamers damage amounting to $50, OOO
Tho steamer ElkAorn was also damaged
buildings were nnroofcd and crops greatly
damaged.
Two OF the parties who went over tho Niap
ara Fails on the 18th sayo their names as JONI,
EH'olt and Margaret Isol:inston, both of Gin.
.cihnau. The former was about 20 and the lat.
ter about IL years of ago.
1nEEE shocks OF earthquake were felt 4
E''tl;.to Sunday morning.
GiN. DEUMMoND, Commissioner of the Lane
Office, has decided that lands valuable on ac
count OF deposits Of carbonate of soda. nitrat,
OF soda, sulphur, alum, and asphalt, NAV b,
natcntc! under the mining act of May 10th
lS'2, as well as other valuable mineral tlcpos
is, except where specially reserved by act {,
Congress-.
COMMANDER L. Z. LUL1., of the Intcr-Dccan
Sup Canal surveying expedition to Nic,raugua
has arrived ut Washington, and reports til,
results thus far in advance of his expectations
The feasibility Of the route is beyond question
and he viii strongly recommend it.
rIlNTEE named Evans attempted to Shoot
one Fla"llaSan, OF whom nc was jealous. al
Wheeling, West Virginia. on Saturday. but
shot and killed himself in u struggle for the
l">e'i~lrn Of Il rev )lvcr.
IN south Acton. Mass, on the 4tl,. Gror,,
units, ''.' Il lat Years, nticr,, s,nv uumc,
i"''". thi't ;rs 'f "-H into tn, wu,nI: AL,
'lric Ec;tt ina wit, II club il, !, most s,,o,kn.
~ ,s'irr. ].anr was soon ,:lscoycv,d Lut L,,,
OF his Injuries tour hours aitcrwar,. Fin
ci''li! murderer fled, but was arrested in Cam
bridge.
Ar G'tc'Eburg, Ind. on Friday, WIN. Adler
l'"'t'r shot and killed Geo Leisure. I'll,
i"r'irs were brothers -i.,-law
W. Wednesday morning last three Molo,
'"rN5, Miller Charley, one Of Can't. jack.
'''''cr-in-laws, surrendered with their fami
lies.
ihE Second Auditor Of the Treasury la,
j'','t completed the settlement Of the account
u '"c"b Thompson, Secretary of the Intorjo
!'"'"r E""i'a'ans Administration, and actin.
III INC '''n' IL" trustee OF the Indian fund. l
~ SHOWN that there Is :. deficit of $9l, UOO.
JAMES AtL', OF Shoals Ind, Saturday, bca
out The brains Ut Waiter William, with y hic,;
DRY cl"b for i'aiIowIn;; him. Able was arr,st,,
Al Il secretly remained To- avoid lyncliny