Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
VOLUME W.
ALex. B. SHEPHERD will be appointed Gov
ernor Of tho District of Columbia in place OF

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r ALEX. B. SHEPHERD will be appointed Gov
ernor Of tho District of Columbta in place OF
Governor Cooke.
0kx. SHERMAN considers the Indian crisis
passed, and uulcss our troops meet with fur
ther Motloc rcvcrscs, a general uprising need
not be apprchcndcd.
ABOUT 1000 pcoplc we,c present At the
musical festival, Wednesday evening in Gin
cinnati, Notwithstanding tho inclcment wealth
or. The festival proves great success.
A ONE hundred Thousand dollar fire in Paris,
Tenn, ON Tuesday:
ONLY three OF the crew OF the ship Tenny-
son, which foundered at sea on the 22d Of
February, were saved, including Wm. Hayes,
the second mate. They hoated cisht days on
4 piece OF tho wreck.
THE steamship Atlantic has been completely
blown no. Fourteen bodies were recovered
Sunday aud Monday. Very few vaIuables
were found. Tho blowing up Of the steamer
is condemned as injudicous. Tho New York
wrecking company, it is said, win be heavy
losers.
New York ON Wednesday.
Ar Nattville, Wis, on Sunday morning, 4
young man named James Ray became sud.
denly insane and attacked Two men, slabbing
them fatally,
An extensive condagration occurred in Me-
dina, N. Y, on Wednesday.
BxNJAx1n REID h Co., ,'nurserymen OF Aber-
deem, Scotland, have presented this Govern
ment, through tho Agricultural Department,
thirty thousand plants Of the true Scotch fir
or Highland pino tree, for distribution in the
Western States.
TIE remains Of Lieut.. Dennison were buried
at Columbus, Ohio. on Wednesday.
A FIRE At No. G3 West Washington street,
Chicago, destroyed $50, 900 worth Of property.
A DEs MoINEs Uowa) dispatch Gays an In
dian Of the rowing tribe OF Musquakoss, which
one Of his tribe. The tribe was then aud il
now encamped on the Skunk river, near Col.
fax, Jasper county. They put the murderer
to trial and decided that he should be pun
ished by being starved to death. The sen-
seucs was carried out to the cruel letter. The
Indian was tied to log in the woods, and
several Indians detailed to carry the sentence
into effect which took eight days, other cru.
elites, known only to the red devils themselves
being added to the torture OF starvation.
THERE are strong indications OF hostilities
among the Indians in Washington Territory
TIE. furniture factory Of Steinman, Meyer l.
Co.. III Cincinnati, was damaged by FIRE to the
extent of s25, 600 on Saturday.
| TB1RTEES bodies were recovered from the
wreck of the Atlantic on Friday.
| TIE first structure finished and occupied in
he burnt district Of Boston, was dedicated on
Saturday.
| THE strike Of the Crispins in New York. for
an advance in wages. has proved successful.
The coopers of New York city have made a
| successful strike against the importation OF
barrels from Portland, Maine. The object Of
| the move was to induce non-Union coopers in
Portland. Bath and other places to join the
society. In order to bring this about, similar
strikes have been ordered by the 1nterna-
tional Union, to take place whenever these
Eastern.made barrels were used.
THE Masonic lodges Of New York are dis
cuseing new Constitution which is to be voted
| on BY the Grand Lodge in June. The Consti.
tuition does not meet with general approba-
tion.
The citizens OF New Iberia, Louisiana, have
organized = tax-reeisting association.
8. E. CoERY (colored), postmaster at COL
ax, Grant parish, La, reports that he has
been driven from his post by the McEnryites
| who threatened linn With death If he did not
leave the country.
TIE funeral of tho late James Brooks toox
place in New York on Sunday. The following
gentlemen acted ~ .paIl.bearers: Richard
Sche]l, Cornelius Dubois, Royal Phelps, Hor.
ace F. Clsrk. Francis Skiddy, John D. Jones,
Geo. Opd,ke spd VIM. Tracy. At two P. n.
the remains we're taken to the High Altar,
where the solemn and impressive service Of
the Episcopal Church appropriate TO the oc.
casion WAS performed. No funeral oratiou
was pronounced. The remains were inferred
in Greenwood cemetery.
The Indians are threatening the settlers in
the San Pete Valley, In southern Utah.
An excursion train ran over = number o
cows between Princeton, Indiana, and Mt
Carmell, Illinois, en- Saturday evening, pre-
cipitssing . car down an embankment A
number Of persons are reported to have beer
seriously injured.
AT Belleviile, No., on Saturday. Jno. Ger
Enger. employed in the Beiieville nail works
shot James Long, while in bed, with q shot
gun, blowing his head almost from his body
REV. D. A. NJ. CoRR1aAN was consecratet
Bishop OF Newark in the Cathedral at Newark
on Sunday.
SEVERAL Congrcssmen, in turning their OK
ira compensation into the Treasury, have re
quested that their names be withheld.
Rev. D. HENRY D'MooRA has severed hi
connection with the Vine Street Congrega
tional Church, Cincinnati, because of objec
tions to his being Free Mason. He will or
ganize new church in the city.
JoHN STUART Mill died at Avienon, France
on Friday.
TIE Carlst insurrection is waning. tn
revolutionists have suffered numerous eeriou
defeats lately.
The strike Of the Arcadia coal miners in th
Dominion, has ended.
Four moro bodies have been recovered fron
the Atlantic wreck.
A 5uNIA has been appointed to appraiso tn
value IT liberated slaves in Porto Rico.
TIE spanish Government 10 manufxcturin,
paper currency.
SPANISH dispatches report several defeat
for the Carlists recently.
TIE Emperor OF Germany left st. Petersbur
on 'Churaday, on his return to Berlin, and
expected to arrive on Sunday.
The Csrlsts lost City killed and twent
prisoners in their attack few days since O
tho town OF Vera, in Navarro.
TEE Government Of Holland has asked tn
Chamber OF Deputies for an appropriation G
$50, 600 forms for the expenses Of the Atchee
war. =
TEE greater portion of the village of Tour
eres, Canada, was burned on Tuesday.
TEE existence OF cholera in Austria an
Turkey is denied.
WAR is probable between Russia and Bol
hara.
DISPATCH from Pesth announces q shocl
ing railway accident near that city. Twent,
one persons are reported killed outright, an
iorty injured, some Of whom it is suppose
are fatally. Six carriages we're complete
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