Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-26

MARBLE statue OF Franklin, by Hiram
towers, was unveiled in Lafayette s9uaxs.s
Wednesday, s;st-s''. -
=. .ak1 k1ulg dssettlas Sp9remSu Court 81 liBnois
:Aasc elected sidney 1rssse Ckief
Jqstice. Judge Bsoeso Il thes ofdssf ;hSaa6eISs
Of tho court. having held Iii 80 1srs over 3
quarter Of century. T + &.S = g.
,TuE fourth annual convert don of the United
Railroad Nutuai Lite Association met in 81.
Louis on Wednesday, with . large representa-.
t'ou from all sections Of tho country. The.
present membership Of the Association in
400, and l0l railroads. we're represented. |,s
The Governor OF Arkansas has commntea
the sentence OF c. D. Chute, from hanging 10. .
Il years imprisonment. -. :.5 -. :
CARPENTER and Sheldon, managers of the
'atc chicago jubilee, announce that the net
Prohts OF that spice were less that $4,000.
IhE ship Caravan, 235 days out from Now
1otR tor San Francisco, has not been heard
nom, and is supposed to be lost. I
iuE jury in the case Of Wagner, tho Isle Of
ehoals murderer. brought in q verdict of n,ur.
der in the first degree,
NinvestlgatIon Of the affairs OF the Farm.
ees Bank, OF Chicago, developed the fact that
'sne proprietors, two brothers named Ten
Eyck, commenced business without a dollar
of capital. ~'
AN expedition d to be seat BY the Navy De-
partment to points in the Indian Ocean to
stake observations of the transit of Venus, :
A. b. MEAcuAA, the Peace Commissioner
wounded by tho Modocs at the time Of tho
assassination OF Con. Candy, will Be the Driu-
c'pal witness against Captain Jack and his
cohorts. ' "''
AT peoria,@ ILL.,, on Wednesday, : firo de.
sttoyed tho planning andsa wing mill of Frsnci.
A. Mott. Loss $4,000.
>WanE the Modocs we're being =, rer,ove1
rom the Peninsula of Tule Lake to Fort K,.-
man, one OF the Indians, known "A Curlv-
Icaded Jack, who surrendered with the Hot
= Cteeks band to General Davis sst, -Psirohild,.
nanche' shot himself, and has, since died. 81
~ also reported that somo OF the Indians who
were lroned nearly succeeded in fling of
'nelr IRONS, but were detected in time to nre-
vent their escape.
Two BOYS, Frank g., aged thirteen years.
anu Lincoln, aged eight years, sons of Win.
d. NeIch,s OF Westport, Me-, were drowned
1aesday, while fishing near their home.
LIE frame building, Nos. 81 and 63 North
"e'ls street, Chicago, occupied by c.. c.. tHol.
ton n Go. ~ furniture manufactorv. was
burned ats late hourFriday night. Ioss ba.
tween a1s,s00 and go. coo Insurance 915solr
--~ol- which the Brewers OF Milwaukee,. b.n
1000. -'"'
A LARGE and elegant dwelling, belonging to
EDWARD Dunningon, located nine miles south
VI oacksonvil!e, ILL.,, was struck by lightning
on Monday night and damaged to tho extent
o' some 81, 500. No one killed, but several
persons we're badly injured.
PHOTOGRAPHS have been taken OF CAPTAIN
Jack and his whole band Of warriors.
S.vzSrEEN'interments IN Memphis, Friday.
aeeinst - the day before p -.
IHE Postmaster-G General has ordered a sfa.
ton Of the Chicago Postoilice to be- establish.
ed on the West Side, to be known a. the West
sue Division Station, service to be commenced
'herem July l.. This station will also l,e a
money-ordcr Office.
'ohS WILSON, packing box manufacturer OF
thi'ceIphia, has absconlcd with $4,000. He
had fallen into his difficulties from mania
from gambling. !. :.
.IHE Massachusetts Senate has passed a
: Dill appropriati6s fifty thousand dollars for
the.completipn Of the Hoosac tunnel. =
UNDER the recent act Of Congress croatnr !,
Board OF immigration Commissioners. the
secretaU;oEtbe Treasurer has made: tho fol-
'o"ihg apl plointments DR.. John M. Wood.
worth, J.B. Saunders, j Fred Meyers. Cbss.
'Cof'ne, J. n. Piper, and Helen W. Bernard. =
ArE1EssAH from Halifax, dated Thurstiavr.
says Heavy fires are raging in the woods
ID d'1erent parts Of the province, The woods
IN tue vicinity Of LIVERPOOL have been On fire
'or Two days, and last evening the town was in
sreae danger. Much damage has been done
i9 ~hctou county. The fire has swept from
'.'e west branch Of the river John to Black
rver' and On the east brancl, of the river
John Tor distance OF twelve miles. destrov.
~ .,efsth'ng. The woods through which,
country" '''0
=. ,: Abroad. 80,
IHE Court OF Inquiry at Cadiz has finished,
Its Investigations o. the NortLhcet t,i,astcr
ana severely censures the captain Of the Span.
"'' steamer and his certificate has bcen sus.
pended for niDe months
ADvscEs from Spain state that the euro or
SANTA Cruz burned the railroad depot. with
i1v passenger anfIfrcight cars, at Bessairo.
CORRESPONDENCE from Jerusalem states
.aa' tho geological plate just completed by
tse Oriental Typographical corps, now cnuac.
Gu III sketches and military surveys of I,itfs
la',as, SLOWS that the exposed skull shaped
me OF the upper starta Of the hill outside Of
N"e Dapecus gate, and near the north wall Of
J JcrnsaleLn. isstrone1y suggestive osEolgoth.,
thc place ofskulls. Tho Oriental Topographic
cal Corps haTo arranged by means of a te!c.
graph from Joppa to Jerusalem, for accura to
Parometric ratification: Of altitude on tho