Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-05
THE NEWS.
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tree, near Williamsburg, 1ud., ON Thursflav
evening, during'a heavy thunder storm: The
lightning struck tho tree, and instantly killed
him, his horses apd dog.
GENTLEMAN who has lived within eiph,
miles OF the Bender farm, Kansas. and who
helped IN exhuming the dead bodies, came "a
Cedar Rapids, ON Thursday, from Dcs Noiucs
''E tue exoress purpose. OF seeing tho prisone,
now IN Jail there, supposed to be cd man
BENDER" During his interview with the
prisoner tho latter told hia, that he knows
brockman, who lives ncsr Bendcrs house,
ana Also named sevcral other persons living
IN that vicinity. The gentleman says he has
no reasonable doubt but that the prisoner ia
old Bender.
The epizootic has reappsared in Brooklyn.
Two men wero suf0catcd,in vault at COL
.mbas, Ohio, Thursday morning.
Mas. NEILsor, daughter Of tho lato James
Brooks, died in New York on Wednesday.
BAsNUM's horse Startlo, has made the fast.
est half-,nilo trot to road wagon on record,
1874.
The warehouse OF Peter Hill, at Carlisle.
Ind. containing 900 bush> d Of whs.t VA
burned Thuraday night.
TIE body ot ". Jacques. well.known for
warder OF Toronto, was found in the bay at
that place on Wednesday. Foul play is sus-
pscted, ~ his watch aud other valuables arc
missing.
FREsHErs in Canadian rivers have caused
immense destruction Of property. Tho 0os.
ford railroad bridge, over the Jacques Cartier
lavor, Is reported swept away, also tho GOV.
crnment dam at the mouth Of the St. Maurice
River, and a number Of extensive saw mills.
ON Tuesday night white man named G.
Alfred was murdered in Waahineton countv.
by two negroes, named Geo. Miller Alfred and
Ned Alfred. The n,urderels escaped on two
stolen horses.
"A 1E1naRAn from Duquoin, ILL.,, states that
>. b. Lemons, while changing cara at that
place, early on Wednesday, was knocked down
and robbed OF s., ,OOo. g. =
RALPH WALDO EAERs0N, on his return home
IN Concord. Wednesday, met with . cort,;.,
welcome from his fehow towpsnep, many OF
"hom turned out In body, and, forming
procession, with school children, escorted him
to new house which had been erected durinp
lis absence,
THE orders for postal cards received At The
.oS' omce department aggregate u, ,e0o, 900.
Aooot S,ooO,0Oo have thus far been sent to
postmasters.
BOGUS CHARLEY, shacknssty Jim, Hooker
jim and Steamboat Frank. after conference
WIN Zen. Davis and . ride through portion
o' 'he Lava Beds, have been furnished four
Days rations, horses. Springfield rides. and
started ON the trail OF Captain Jack. pro.
Pos'tlon was made by them to kill him or can.
ture him with the rest OF the band. Dayi. ia
satisfied Of their loyalty.
IHE loss by the fro at Carlisle, Ky., report-
ed wednesday, is 50. 900 At Warden, Miss.
$1O2,COo.
A-HRE:at Aurora. Ill.,, destroyed several Of
.ne snops OF the Chicago, Burlington and
quincy Railroad. with five passenger coaches
ana number ofothcr cars. Total loss $3.50.
ON. '>>'''0
IHE NJ. E. Womens: Foreign Missionary 80.
ciesy' held In Cincinnati, resolved to send ad.
N"'enal missionaries to Mexico and south.
America, but hone to Japan and Africa i.
bT the fall Of gallery in Sing Sing Prison
ono convict was killed and several Injured.
MAR Heading, Pa, on Sunday, John Peo-
PICS ehot and killed James Hahn, and wounded
David Waters and Vim. Briner.
THERE are still thirty miles OF ice of Mar.
quette. In some places It is fifteen feet thick.
Awlnd which shall break up this immense
neid IL anxiously desired. Such 4 season ba.
seldom been witnessed.
The trial OF Bogart by court martial At
Marc Island, CAL, was ended on Frid.v bv Tho
prisoner making clean breast of it. He
thinks he has been punished enough already.
having been imprisoned six times and having
Judgment ofs2o. 600 over his head four re ,rs.
CAPT. BoaARDus, at Chicago, on Friday. won
Weeon-st ooti0g match with Ira Paine. o,
New York.
IN the billiard match for the championshin
OF the United Statee, the diamond cue and
one Thousand dollars . ei1e3bctwecn Maurice
DAILY and Cyr'lIe Dion at New York, the former
won by ~ points.
Abroad.
THERE were numerous accidents at the
Derby races on Wednesday, caused by run.
away horses the falling Of stands, otc. sev-
erai persons lost their lives.
MANUFACTURERS Of Woiverh.mpton. Enc.
lantl, are importing iron from the United
bates, on account OF the high price OF the
native production.
IHE yellow fever 10 raging at Yucatan.
THE Spanish Government has authorized
the creation Of . new society for tho abolition
Of slavery in Porto Rico.
SUIT has been commenced in London To
prevent the ama'gamation Of Atlantic cable
companies.
a TERRIBLE boiler explosion occurred in q
"ork'ho? at Brussels on Wednesday, sixteen
persons being killed and many injured.
THIRTY houses have been destroyed by !
conhagration in stamboul, Turkey.
iHE Gaceta, OF Madrid, promulgates a de.
cree which prohibits the granting hereafter or
use in official documents. of titlca NJ noh;l;+,