Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-25
VOLUME vi.
Monday morning, on account Of the stringcnc

Monday morning, on account OF the strngcnc
Of the money market.
RETURNS from 466 towns in Maine toots up:
Dinghy, 1914 Titcomb, 32,Gl9; Williams,
1913; total 50,686. Dinyby's majority, 49,
COZ. Tho towns aud precincts yet to be heard
from viii lot materially change these results.
"A rELEaRAM from a special agent engaged
in examining the account Of Internal Revenue
Collector Harper, in Illinois, statos that the
amount Of the defalcation is S1O6, 748, Of which
20 ,948 10 def ;iercy in stamps arid Oh lists.
The improvements OF tho White House
Viii Gu have been going forward all SUMMER,
Arc now nearly completed. aud the building
will be ready for occupancy in a week. The
President aud family will not return, however,
until the first week in October.
ADyIcEs from the Indian Territory say the
negroes there, numbering some $4,000, form.
crly slaves OF Indians, arc moving to secure
territorial organization for their own prot.c.
ton, and will soon hold c invention in the
Choctaw Nation to consider tho subject.
The Ny. Express announces the failure OF
the Electric Lite Insurance Company, with
deficiency Of nearly $4O0, 0O0.
A COUNTRY boy ut Niagara Falls on Friday
crossed tho river upon rope during gallo
and performed several gyn.nastic fcats, rival
ne professional ropc-waskcrs.
DURING u thunder storm on Saturday light
ming struck the rod on the residence OF G. G
Eddy, merchant of Negaunee, Mich, pass
ing down tho rod and leaving it at tho peak
aud passing into the house, penetrating every
room. Dir. Eddy, his wife and child were
asleep in ono room. The fluid passed over
them, intlicting severe injuries, Mr.. Eddy re-
cciving heavy shock, and is in critical con-
di.ion. The child was At first supposed to be
dead, but is now recovering. Mrs. Eddy is
not dangerously injured. Tho house was
completely demolished.
The square of buildings at Havana known
10 EAza Vaspor, were burned Saturday night,
causing d loss OF s., oOo, 900. Twenty persons
persisted in the flames.
TuREE locomotives were demolished, an
engineer killed, and considerable track torn
up, by q series Of collisions between the cast
ward and wcstward-bound express trains
and freight train, caused by misplaced
switch, on the Pennsylvania RAILROAD, near
Wilmore.
A COUNTERFEIT Of the new fifty cent cur
rency Is in circulation, and is said to have
made its appearance two days alter tho issue
OF tho genuine.
The President has appointed Alexander r.
Shepard Governor Of the District OF Column
. bin. vice Henry D. Cooke, resigned.
SATURDAY evening there were no Iess than
five fatal accidents on tho Pennsylvania Rail-
Three Of the accidents occurred within tho city
limits.
A ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND dollar fro is re-
ported from Ii xington. Ky. The old Broad
way Hotel, with the portion recently rebuilt,
was burned.
A NEW Jewish temple was dedicated at pl.ila-
dclphia, on Sunday, in the presence of five
thousand people.
A REGATTA took place at Sartosa, 7 hurs-
day, in which no pool-solling was allowed, and
in which the senior single scull race was won
BY Courtney, OF the Union Springs Club, and
the pair cared race by the two Lambs, OF the
Aeruuaut Club, Of Toronto.
A BILL Of $45O,OOO was presented, on
Wednesday, by legal firm for defending Now
York city in suit against the Excise Com.
missiOncrs.
Tue Attorney General states that the recent
Ku-Klux outrages in Kentucky will have the
effect to stay the pardoning OF convicted Ku-
Kiux now imprisoned.
AN incendiary at Marblehcad, Mass, Thurs
day forenoon, burned Paine's stables and six
horses, tho Manataug House, the National
Grand Bank, and dwelling. Loss $25, 900.
I'm I, loo xlo1k 30 l~;, n.
York from San Francisco to SEQ what he knows
Of the Nathan murder.
Col. RoBB, one of the commissioners into .
quirc into deprcdations committed on per-
sons aud property CT American citizens Of the
Rio Grandc border, has recently received nu.
n,erous letters that such acts are constantly
occurring, and that since the commissioners
left that section last spring, large drovcs Of
cattle have been driven to the American side,
from ranches between Brownsville and Brazos
de Santiago, and between Brownsville and
Rio Grande City.
The bond for $4,000, 900, the amount OF the
Geneva award, is held now by the Secretary of
State IN that Department, aud is not placed
for bookkeeping in the Treasury. The bond
is made payable to the order of the Secretary
Of State. This bond is for the largest amount
Of money ever issued by any government in a
single transaction. photographs Of tho bond
and certificate ofdeposit were completed at The
Treasury Thursday, and copies sent to the
President and each member of the Cabinet,
TRE exposure Of tho $15,O0O,O 900 cotton
claims, in the teJegraphic dispatches, has
gro,tly alarmed some Of the largest claimants
who are.now in Washington, and the holder
oil the Confederate records having suddenly
disapr cared from his accustomed where.
abouts, it is surmised that they have found
him ont and made overtures or the suppress
sion OF tho information in his possession. His
| disappearance is singular enough to excite the
suspicion. It is believed. however, that the
Governm~ mt will yet succeed in obta ming tae
records.
THE postotiice authorities have been in
formed by the government Of Germany that
newspaper taxes are no longer collected from
persons In the kinRlom OF Prussia.
A DlsrArcu from Australia reports great
fre in Auckland, New Zealand. Fifty.cigh,
buildings wore burned, and tho total loss is
cstinated at $210,OOO
The Wrong Spring.
From the Suffer (oal.) Banner.
The following story is from Bartlett
fSprings, where, as is we'll known, there
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