Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-22
the NEWS:
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Wednesday. Loss $4,000.
u BOILER in the foundry and machine sho
" ~: u. Beach, at South Bend, Ind, cxploil
u" wednesday afternoon, killing Lewis ca
~o' aud breaking tho leg Of 10y. The On
. i,Ene, mass Of iron weighing 2,oOo pounds
u sSes - tnroY4A oA distance of twelve rods. On
SHams Iron tore through a third-stor
,Na hc Bir'sel works, forty rod
NqtEr fa0ssAND salmon eggs, sont to Mich
/ s1an "a the gtternment authorities, have bee,
ysceessfnlly hStched at Charleston, and the Fisl
commissioner as soon as possible, will stool
the rivers and lakes OF the S::atc Herewith.
The New York Legislature will adjourn
without considering tho constitutions al amend
nlGnts.
The Senate OF New York passed bill tc
dividc tho crime OF murder into two degrees
CAPT. BoaAnDUs won the championship in
pigeon shooting, in Chicago, Thursday, killing
81 birds, to Tinkcr's IS.
THERE were rumors at Little Rock, Thurs
''ay, Of another attempt TO seize tho records OF
tho Governors Office.
SOLDIERS OF the Mexican War Withhold ,
national convention At Washington in Janu.
ary. - = sSsas
TuE Post-ciaoe Department has issued an
advertisement soliciting proposals. for one
years supply Of post-oflice, registered pack.
ages, and envelopes. They estimate the
quantity OF the former at $1,000, 900, and Of
tho latter $4,000, 900.
AT Mount Carroll. Ill. on Friday, Joseph o.
Neal was hanged in tho Jail yard, for the
murder of Hiram Rextord on the 22d of Sep,
tcmbcr last.
ToM BowL1So made the best threc.oId
r"un ming time on record at Lexington, Ky., on
Friday, winning two straight heats.
CHARLES W. GUNraRlE shot aud killed his
brother'in-law, Charles ". Weaver, At St.
Louis Thursday night.
NIXON, who shot Chas. A. Piyfer in the
streets OF New York several months ago. WAS
hung in the Tombs on Friday.
THOMAS 3. NEWMAN, a miser, rcported To he
worth s25O.oo0, died in hospital at Buffalo on
Thursday.
Lus1sANl, an Italian, Of 'Morristown, N. J.
was hung on Thursday for tho murder of his
wife.
The New York Supreme Court has granted
writ OF error in the case of Edward 8. Stokes.
Cpon the stipulation by the defense to take
tho case At once to the Court Of Appeals, now
in session.
PROPERTY belonging to VIM. N. Tweed
brought s4ss, 900 under tho hammer in New
York, the other day.
DIR. PADDOCK was elected Episcopal Bish, n
ot Massachusetts, on Thursday. His compe.
t'tor was DR.. James DcKoven, of Racine.
WIS. The vote was close, and the defeat OF
Dchoven is assembled to his avowcd belief !,
the personal presence Of Christ in the ole.
mcnts Of tue Holy Sacrament.
A GENERAL Conference of the United Broth.
'cen Church commt nee at Dayton, Ohio, on
Thursday.
LIEUT.. GEo. HARRIS. whose death At the
Lava Beds is announced. is PhiIadelphian
ny birth, and ncphow Of the late Bishop Nc
llvainc.
The Presbyterian assembly met in Balti-
more Thursday, and elected DR.. Crosby, Of N.
T., as moderator. Roll call chowed 379 dele
gates present.
IHE contes. for tho speakcrship Of the next
House Is fairly inaugurated. The only caudi-
dates who have yet appeared with any con.
siderable following are James G.. Blaine Of
Maine, and Horace Maynard Of Tennessee.
The former, at present leads the race.
IHE Indian Bureau has received a a'lette~
from the agent OF the Cheyenes at the South
FORK OF the Canadian River, Indian Territory.
reporting that it has been definitely ascertain
81 that the murder IF the four surveyors of
Darlins's party, was perpetratcd by a small
Dand OF young Cheyennes belonging to Bull
ie"r's faction, who are now regarded a. out
laws, even by their own tribe.
KUFus KING. the abscondng postmaster of
silver Greek, Idaho, has been arrcstel.
A. &. BunT Co., bankers and brokers of
Cincinnati, have failed.
A MAN named Anthony schathins, u years
old' committed suicide at Pittsburg by cutting
his throat with case.knife.
NEAR R'ngwood, ILL.,, on Tuesday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrison were found dead IN their
house, will, their throa's cut. The supnosi.
ton Is That Mr.. Harrison murdered bis wife
aud then committed suicide.
Two CHILDREN named Giles and Carroll vere
smoshered by falling into privy vault, in
Chicago, several days ago.
Con-. SELFRIDoE, of tho Daricn Expedition.
has been ordered to duty AZ assistant to the
executive officer Of the Boston Navy Yard, a nd
L'eutenants Sullivan aud Eaton, OF the same
expedition, have teen granted three months,
leave of absence.
THERE is authority for stating that it hal
never bccn the intention OF the ordnance
bureau to sell our revolutionary trophies, which
nave been carefully preserved for many years
at the arsenals. nor any other Of historical
value.
THE trnstees' sale Of Walter Rcche's prop-
crty tor the benefit Of the late Guardian Say.
in%s Bank: occurred in New York on Wedncs.
DAY, realizing $97,O00.
JUDGE THEODORE STRONG, o prominent men,
Der OF the New York Bar, died on Wednesday
"t his residenc. in that city, aged 10.
THREE men named Phillip Murp,,v. John
Hewett and Charles Daily, were scalded at the
br'dseportStee Works, in Chicago, on Tncs-
day evening. Tho two first named are re-.
ported to be fatally injured.
1T has traDspircd that Mrs. ]. +. Murphv
and two children, Of Newport, R. l., were
among the victims of the Atlantic disaster.
Two BRIDGES near Brownsville, Ind., on the
caro- aud Vincenncs Railroad, were fired by
lncen;l'a'ics, and lot OF timber riled on tno
track by some scoundrcls as yet unknown, for
tie purpose Of ditclling the freight train
sont3, but tho engineer, seeing the light from
the burning bridge, stopped tho train to avoid
the danger. Fifteen feet of one bridge was
consumed. The other WAS extinguished by q
farmer before much damage was done. In.
ccndiarics also burned three box cars at
Brownsville Monday night.
THF steamer Rimand struck on rock in
Lachinc rapids, st. Lawrence River, Monday
evening. One hundred and fifty passengers
we're ON board, all of whom landed safely
This vessel is total wreck.
A STABLE loft fell in New York. on Tucsdav
Killing James N. Manning, tho proprietor Of
the stable, Jacob vanAgle, freight agent on
1oard the Champion steamer plying between
NC" York city and Catskill, and John NJ. Kill
mar, 4 stablcman, and seriously lnjurine
Patrick Burns,
JOHN suFFs and George Misar fell from a
new building in New York, on Tuesday. and
were killed.
A MIR. CHAPLEN, late of California, who had
recently taken homestead on Prairie Dog
Creek, four miles below Nortonviljc, Kansas.
was found on Saturday by his hcie hLors who
visited the premises, brutally murdered, his
hosIy being pit reed with bullets, stabbed with
Knife, and the head pounded with rocks. H.
hau at different times and places, incauti, usly
displayed about 81 500 in gold coin, and it il
supposed that Le was murdered for Lii
money:
JOHN e, MCHDECA1. one OF The DrincDals in