Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-30
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TIE sentence of the Court Martial in the
case of Surgeon of Marines Dnval. q. y. Navy,
who was tried at Annapolis for shooting and
wourding two marines gathering Strawberries
in one OF tho enclosures ~ sehe Naval, ,AcadeS
my, is that he be suspended from: rank and
duty for three years. Tho President has mod
iticd the sentence to two ycara. suspensiou.
The Fourth Auditor has adjusted the prize
award Of s10O, 900 in favor OF the crews Of four
teen ships who shared in the capture of tho
Sumptcr of Memphis in 1862. This money
was appropriated by Congress at its last ses-
sion, and is now being paid out.
SINCE tl14sasRes9ion slectllon -hst year
five deaths OF consress,nsni elect hive &c.
currcd, viz: James Brooks, CT New York ,
William WhitsnR, OF Massachusetts, Wilbur
D. Forster, OF Michigan; A. T. II. Wight, OF
Georgia AnaJesrpl,>G. WILSON, ;of Oregon.
Two Vacancies ksve Seen filled by the election
OF A. II. Stephens in place Of Gen.. Wright, and
James W. Nennjth in place Of Mr.. wilson.
Hon. s. s. Cox will succeed Mr.. Brooks. Mavor
Pierce, Of Basten, .wilr hlthtps Aasmchasesti
seat. and tie Hon. William q. Williams, Re-
lablsan, 'ssenain 10 he elqctaa from Michi.
The FIRST National Bank of Washington
will, during the week; psy; Aie Goveyn.i,ent
100000 and thirty per cent. to stockholders.
The chanceS arc Of its realizing enough lro11
th( fsP<ts.oEJae Cooke ehhsES 3o.slatasi It I'd
paeA6har l0r dollar are now considered very
good. -...~ ~, -,
Tue cle&ekha iSahnk Alilf Company; whose
mouthly pay roll amounts to nearly. one. hun.
dred thousand dollars, paid their men in full
Saturday.
AHAN na,aed Meaux, in Louisville, recov-
cred fifty dollars from ten uumaskcd Ku Klux,
for outrages in 1868, and both parties IRE
much dissatisti with the Verdict.
ABRAHAM 'Posr's house at CatskiN, N. Y.
was entered. Friday night, by SIX men, who
bound the family and robbed the house of a
considerable amount OF money, bonds and s,l.
ver ware.
The Senate Transportation Committee will
hold session at st. Louis on the goth inst,
at which time they desire to meet persons in
the West who may wish TO confer with them
In regard to the subject OF cheap transporta.
ton.
CAROLINE HuoET, aged twenty, from Al
SAGE. was killed by her father, in Now Orleans,
on Sunday, after landing from tho steamer
Louisiana
AT San Francisco, on Saturday, the amateur
balloonists, Austin ana Cloush, made an as.
censlona hunting for the eastern current
They fonnd one which took them three miles
out to sea, of Golden Gate, where the balloon
came down and dragged long distance in the
water. When a boats crew rescued the youne
men the balloon went up again, and when last
seen was flying northward without any pas
senser in the basket.
TIE average condition of the cotton crop
has fallen of from 80 to 78x since the tirst
week IN September. Tho October status of
the crop is materially reduced. The season
must be OF average length and comparatively
favorable for picking to insure q clop equal to
that OF last year. Tue state averages arc as
olloTs: Virginia 80, North Carolina 88, South
Carolina 80, Georgia 50, Florida 76, Alabama
49, Mississippi 75, Louisiana 6s, Texas 80, Ar.
kansas 81, Tenness sec 80, Missouri 80,
The Board of Examiners for the Treasury
Department will hold series OF examiua-
tions, commencing October %, to fill vacan-
cies in the clerkships OF class one.
Mrs. VoaEL, al aged German woman. vss
found murdered at Iowa City, LAVA, on Thurs
day.
TIE st. Louis Clearing Houss Association
have agreed to resume currency payments on
Monday. the eth.
IHE widow Of Squire Taylor, one Of the
three nesrQes hung by 3 mob At Chsrlestown.
lhd., two years ago, has commenced suit
against Mathew Slegg and John Stewart. Of
clark county. Ind, the lleSed principals in
inc murder other husband. The suit comes
of in the Court OF Indianapolis.
A RuMoR comes from Charlestown. Indiana.
that Newton Connor, confined in Jail there.
charged with forgery, confessed his part in
she hanging of three negroes, to his attorney.
IHE coronel's jury which investigated the
e''ootlng OF man at Lake View, ILL.,, Wednes.
gay night. BY one Forest. captain Of the Po-
nee OF that town, rendered verdict that the
k'ihug ~as Done 10 eelf.detence.. On Friday
the .Eeadsmanwas identified by the authorities
OF the City Hospital az J. ". Daw son. a Kansas
farmer who had just been discharged from
the Hospital, and was believed to have been
OF scod character. a pair OF brass k,uckles.
clalmed to have been foand rear where he was
shot, and to have been used in the attack IN
Forest, it is now ascertained were several
sizes TOO small for Dawson's use 1t is probable
the case will be reopened.
l4E 1871 ~ the frs n Nadiapn,- Wis, Sun,
day Morning. is nov. estiuas steA Il .$1oo, ,soe--
insurance 10000. miller named william
Pannekuchen was bnrned to death. in the
m'h. He is supposed to have retired in
IRE to the bnilding.
Al persons who lest their lives by the
burning OF the ssesr er Mary E. Poe, we're tho
i""se' one cabin passenger, two female and
one mate deck passengers, ho are missing. The
P"os' Hans Cowan, was badly burped before
ne left his post. Several passengers we're
pAu'y burned, none reported serious. Tire
100 was large stsrn-wheel St. Louis and
heu River Carter line freight carrier. valued
at $4,000. 1
THE Danish Government has granted 4 con.
cession for laying telegraph cable rom. g.
Inomas to 1t. Croix, Para, Bermudis, and
New York. :.
IHE Dominion Parlisment was opened .t
o'-a"a, Thursda7, with speech from t:,a
Governor General who expressed a wish tn
.n carry ana vlgpe'us sprosecutionof fho Gam
eda Pacific Railroad,
IaE specie reservei the Bank OF France
h1s increased 4, COO, ,ooo. during tho past week.
IT is reported that the Genera, Of tho Jee.
n'ts mas transferred the headquarters OF the
order to Malta.
CARDINAL PErA is about to leave Rome fnr
Franco, it is understood, on message from
the Vatican to the french Bishope.
IHE King ofsaxony is in dying condition.
The physicians bulletins announce that hin
condition ia hopeless.
The German Emperor and Prince Bismarck
visited the Vienna Exposition Wednesday,
They expressed particular desire to see the
american machinery in motion, aud we're con-
Quoted through the department Of tho United
States, where they examined with interest
several VI the most curious inventions. As
the EmDcsOP annronohoo &Ao E....l -