Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-25


amount Of $4,000. -. .sss.~ ~ v'
A srEc1AL despatch from New York give
come interesting facts and figures concerning
the condition Of the workingmen of that city.
Fren's 'shtso' it appears that although there
are 10000 unemployed artisans, the number
is nstsisrsely in excesssSf prsvious; yeaSs g
iRRfd6IAsiT1Es have Seen discovered in
the city government Of Pittsburg. A meet
ing Of citizens wae held on. Saturday night to
take tho matter into Consideration. A resos.
luton calling for the resignation Of ali officers
who shall be found to be Implicated, and cre-
ating committee oftorty citizens to institute
prosecutions. was agreed upon. It appears
that the city deposits amount to $500, 600.
The citizens propose that the bonds shall be
increased to s2,O0Q,0Qo:. =, a.. u. -..J -
The New York Times. publishes An article
stating thatt there are So, ,0oo; 900 due tho city
for non.payment Of its assessments. Among
those in arrears Is VII. b: Astor.s - a ~
Tire VvO0t. '''"'---1
Cq14 Of q superior quality has been found
north Of Grand Island, Nebraska. =;
CHIEF JUSTICE MCLEAN, at Salt Lake, again
refuses to admit po.ygamists to citizenship.
The case was where ths d. piicant had left =
plaral wits 70 60 herding for subsistence.
NJ. R. HALE, contractor on Kansas rail.
road, absconded with the funds Of the road,
leaving $500 mon unpaid. and many families
destitute. -" .-''~
Two-rA1RDs oi the business portion ot,Hu1.
sonvil'o, ILL.,, has been destroyed by fire. Loss
$50, ,00e-llttle or no Insurance.
ALL the arches OF the bridge across the
Mississippi river at St. Louis have closed, and
it is expected that trains will be running
across it by the 4th osJ1uiy next: So
NINETY coal miners in the employ Of the
Northern 4lhneis Coal and Iron Company 1t
La Sale, Ill.,, have been discharged, in conse-
'quence ofa diminished demand tor coal, and
the remainder Qt the miners, numbering about
100, Sefusedto resume Work unless the ninety
were employed. Wiser counsel. however, sub.
seqdently prevailed, and the 100 went to work
again.
sEvrs7r-rryE lamps have been placed in
position on tie b,ree IS Of Fort Wayne, Ind,
and lighted. They give a good, satisfactory
light, and should they continue to do 10 the
cityWill, be, as well lighted as; other places
using gas. : J : j
The third annual exhibition of the Michi
gan Association embraced nearly fifteen hun.
dred specimens of fowl.
TIE London journals, in their obituary no.
tices, aware = hHA ,p,aise 10 Judge Ne,son
and Prof A1saf e 49, )
. ErJu9oiP PHiA1bkn 1RAcz6akd sShfs ret
idepoe, il Grind Rapids, Mich; dn Thursday
aged " years. He was a pioneer settler ol
the valley, coming to Gfshd Rapids In 1856
and was Judge Of Probate Of that county 50
'sis; sss; a14.I.l liz S.fis,g,,mn fis,g,nsj
Gen. Ord, commanding the Department of the
Platte. that tho Sioux Indians, who are nov
absent tsom their reasrration without ypsEnis
zion, xill bss Rsr@isted to- sAnnta upoos thi
Upper Republican river 60 long as they re.
main peacesble.> The Secretary of tue In.
terror pIonisss Jso apply to Congress for !,
change in the treaty with these;Iudians.
NEGOTIATIONS are pending for the consoli
dahon of tn. .psrrqw gauge railway projected
from kansas City. No, > and the Keokuk and
kansss- City road, which, N. effected, VIII -re
suit in the building Of road of;standari
gauge. The work viii -be vigor,usly pushed
and when comPieted'w viii bd tha: most direc
line 20 Chicago, and the shortest from K.ns.,
CITY to New York. ! So,
FREsHET in the Kansas River at. Lawrence
swept away d portion Of fiji new dam beip,
erected at = cost OF $6o, QUO, two corn clib
containing 5000 bushels of corn, owned by Gov
Robinson, terrv.boat, ana endangered tn,
abutments OF the wagon bridge SO that trsye
across the bridge had to be forbidden. Tb
north bank OF the river, ,gear.the abutment
was washed away tosthe extent Of from $50 I,
900 feet
THE Iowa State Grange has adjourned sin
dc after sesolvhg. among other things, i,
favor Of double track freight railroad fron
Council Bluff TO Norfolk, Va.
. TaE gfand-inry Of Jackson county, Iowa
last week found an indictment against Jane
d. Bryan, late county t|easurer, fol- embez
element y 54l. l.000.' -. 4 - a.N
AN association has been organized and ari
c'es OF incorporation adopted, and board o
directors appointed, Tor the promotion an,
encouragement of manufactures i'll dubuque
Iowa.
The bar of Leavenworth and Douglas cour
ties, Kansas, held . meeting 1t Leavenwort
and requested the President to defer 4
pointing Judge Delahay's successor until .
ter meeting OF the State Bar Association.
Ar Dubuque, on Friday, the jury in the caa
OF the heirs OFF. NJ. Way vs.. the Illinois Ce1
tral Railway Company returned verdict Il
the plaintiff OF $4,000. Way was killed Will
employed on the road, two years ago.
RICH LEAD ORE was found at depth OF IL
feet, and again at depth Of 184 feet,
oskaloosa, Iowa, while boring an artesia
well. coal vein between twelve and fiftec
feet thick was strnck et depth OF 81 feet.
The South.
The steamboat Bell Lee ran into and sau
the Spanish big Lebaute lying at port 1a
on the Mississippi, Oh Tuesday. Loss $50, ,0e
Ex-CoNaREssMAA Hon. W. N. EDWARDS di
at Raleigh. N. c., on Friday, aged 80.
A FIERCE hail storm, with thunder aud ligl
ming, passed over Nashville on Friday.
AT Montgomery, Als., on Friday, the ju
n the case OF Lewis u. Parsons against Ri<
ard Busteed, Judge OF the United States D
trict Court, for false imprisonment, gave t
plaintiff SO, ,ooc damages.
At Large.
ANDREW J. perfect, the colored wife m,
dcrer, was hanged at Joliet, ILL.,, on Frid'
December 10, where his second trial and CO
vction occurred.
HERMAN KoEw,No, who married Lucy Sch
man in Hamburg last summer, brought
to this country aud endeavorcd to muri
her, has beor convicted at Elizabeth, N.
Ut atrocious assault, aud sentenced to
years In State Pris0n and to pay q fine
$1,000.
THE Union Pacific Railroad has in transi
carload OF silk-wprm eggs, which are
route from Japan to France. They are VI
valuable, being worth 81 80 per ounce. I
atmosphere OF tile Car is required to
keptaatA uniform Il mpe atoFe. ~ about ia
degrees, 10 tue experiment is not unatten'
by rsk
The Illinois State Farmers Association c
cluded ito annual session at Decatur on