Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08
VOLUME vi.


have largo contracts With the rolling mill
company for rails. II the bonds can DO ncgo-
tiatsd the contracts will be filled; otherwise
ot.
0rN, BABoon is q candidate for U. 8. SEN
ator from Kansas.
EAsr SAGINAW. Mich, has 4 sensation in
case Of attempted poisoning. The inten1cl
victim WAS 4 well-to.do farmer, aud tho
would.be murderess his wife Mary ani vii.
liam Chase, 4 brother Of Georges.
Cor. ]. W. HoMER, formerly President ofthe
State University Of Kansas, and more recent.
" editor Of the Chetopa Advance, attempted
to commit suicide by drowning, few days
since, while insane.
CINCINNATI has slaughtered 1885, 900 hogs
since Nov. lst, against 3SO, 900 same tirue last
year. Chicago has received $50, $50 against
ia for the same time last year. St. Louis
has packed Sse,25l.
At Large.
TIE Cincinnati, Hamilton and indianapolis
train ran over broken rail abouta half mile
west Of Brownsville, on Thursday, throwing
the rear car down small trestle about ten
ieet in height. overtulning = coach. killing
Mr.. Chester and child. Of Middletown. O., and
John Lines, Of Cornersville, Ind, and injurine
eight or ten othere.
T1E Rev. J. T. Spaulding, D. D., pastor o'
! st. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church. and
Bishop-elect OF Colorado, Wyoming and New
Mexico, WAS duly consecrated on Wednesday
At his church.
II 10 said that the Central Railroad Of New
jersey is about to reduce the pay Of it's em.
ployes Is per cent.
An association has been formed at New
York ior taking into consideration various
| questions relative to meteorological reforms
ane the adoption Of = universal system ol
weights aud measures and values.
TIE Chamber Of Commerce of San Fran.
cisco on Tuesday received report OF the
committee appointed to consider the question
OF the regulation OF railroad fares aud freights
by legislative enactment. The committee re-
commends the creation OF q Board OF Transac.
ton, 4 railroad police, and the passage Of IN
act to prevent extortion and unjust discrimin'
ation y railroad companies. The report in.
| cludes . series Of QUESTION: propounded to
| Stanford by the committee, and his answers,
| wherein he declares generally the policy and
! practices Of the Central Pacific Railroad.
TIE survivors OF the Polaris Arctic expedi
| ton will petition Congress for additional COM
ponsation, owing to their impaired health.
IT has been ascertained that the robbery al
Kingston, San Francisco county. California,
Vasquez and his gang There were only
thirteen Of the party, but they captured nd
found about forty men, then robbed them
and the stores in which they were caught.
Other citizens opened fire on the robbel 8, who
returned the fire, but were obliged to retreat.
Vasquez himself had four revolvers on his
person. Pur=u was given, and one Of the
desperad es has b.en captured. A large
force is after the rest.
TIE Attorney General has recommended to
the President tho pardon OF Ringgold, Young
and Neal Haskins, Of Alabama, convicted Of
Ku-Klux outrages some time ago, and sen-
fenced to the Alban, peaitentary.
RECEIPTS from internal revenue for the
month of December &, Gao 800; for tho fiscal
year, $46, ,83s 793.
The Commissioner of Patents has ordered
that Thomas H. Upperman, patent agent, OF
any firm Of which he may be member, be
forbidden to practice hereafter. before the
PaIent Office.
IHToRMArIoH has reached Washington that
| the United States naval and military officers
who were cent last summer to report upon
the Pearl River hsrbor, in the Sandwich
Islands, obtained draft Of treaty from that
Government ceding the harbor to the United
States for naval station, but that the pro.
posed treaty was revoked through British in.
duence.
Washington.
IT is proposed to repeal the law Of 1859 au'
thorizing the President to appoints Chief Jus
tice Of tho Supreme Court, and to have the
power to select a Chief Justice, under the Con
stitution. with the members OF the courts
The feeling in favor OF the change is gaining
ground in high official circles, and Republican
Senator's and Representatives express them
selves in favor Of it.
| JAMEs p. RAIDER, Of the Internal Revenue
Bureau, has been sent by the Commissioner t,
Raleigh, N. c., with lnstruct.0ns to institute
proceedings against certain revonue officials
on charges OF forgery ,allege1 to have beel
committed against tue Internal Revenue Bu
reau.
l. A NEnoR1AL to Congress has been prepare,
! in behalf OF the widow Of Joseph b. Leipsker
| IN American citizen Of New York, VINO wa
murdered in Peru some three years since ant
robbed Of SO. 900 to SIS. 700 bya Major in th
Peruvian army and Chief Of Police OF the cit!
Of Poita. aud nephew OF the late President o
Peru. The murder occurred While Leipske
was was under the protection Of that officer
Though our State Department has had . loul
correspondence on this subject, as yet the Pc
| ruvIan authorities have made no reparation.
OUT Of the sum OF s504, 900 that was appro
priated for Official stamps for the Treasur,
Department for the fiscal year, over S4OO, 90
has slredy been expend d. The appropria
tions for this purpose In the other depart
ments are also nearly exhausted.
THE receipts from internal revenue in De
cem,er we're $50, 129. 80 an increase of NOR
than $500, 900 over November. Total sine
the beginning OF the official year, $47, 1876 47A
TIE President has appointed Caleb Cust
ing Minister to Madrid, having accepted tn
resignation Of General Sickles. The nomins
; ton Of Cushing will be sent to the Senate 500
after the re-assembiing OF Congress-.
is understood that Cushing will accept th
position.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
taking steps to place his Bureau on the mos
economical footing possible. He has reques
ed revenue officials throughout the couutl
to send in est mates OF the amount for whic
} their Offices can be conducted during the con
ing year.
> TEE number Of female applicants for pos
tions in the Treasury Department is ipcrea,
ing 90 rapidly that officials are growing alarm
ed. The applicants come from all parts Of IL
country, some OF them travelling Thousand
Of miles, and the positions they seek pa
from $50 to &45 Z month.
IT il confidently asserted by those who Al
certainly in position to know, that the Pre-
ident will nominate Gen. schenck to be Sc
retary OF the Treasury, vice Richardson, Il
present Secretary, to be Secretary OF Il
; Interior, and transfer Secretary Delano fro
!, the latter department to tho mission TO Eni
. land. The President, it is stated, declare
that while he does not Join in what he cal
!; the popular clamor against Richardson, he
:, OF the opinion that he has outlived hie uscfu
}, ness at the head o: the Treasury Department
The Third-Assistsnt Postmaster Gcner
. hxs completed q Systematic and careful exa1
, ination Of the estimates recently submitted
Congress for appropriations esteemed. nece
sary tor the proper performance OF postal d
D ties during the next year. and the conclusi'