Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-23
VOLUME VII.
Tho South.

KEronTs from parts Of Tcnncssce say that
planters throughout that section arc very de-
slNndent in consequence Of tho excessive
rains and high water, rendering planting ins-
possible. AZ got but few l,avo boon ahlo to
pillow f,rrow for corn or cotton. There il
but little prospect for Improvement in the
weather.
THE Keystone Bridge Company completed
the iron work on the bridge crossing the Mis-.
sissippi river At st. tbuis on April 18th.
TIE Cumberland AID Tennessee rivcrs are
rising rapidly from late severe rains, and m,lcl,
damage il anticipated.
4 TORNADO passed over and through the city,
Of, Nashville. April 18th, doing al immensc
fair grounds, passing diagonally through tho
place.
the tow-boat Jay Richards ,capsizetl
twenty-five miles below New Orleans, OH tho
10th inst, by Belle Chssse crevasse, and sank
in about eighty feet Of water. The captain Gil
gineer, and one laborcr swan ashore Thirteen
laborers eight from Constance and five from
villter's plantation. twelve colored and QUO
white, were drowned.
THERE is considerable excitement i'll Men,
phis overazairs u Arkansas. Tho Appeal and
Avalanche $rpscisas assert that the troubles
thsre result from the late visits Of Senators
Disney and Clayton. s*z%
: The lower Mississippi continues "crevassing''
1t different potntA. and great destruction of
property is reported. %; III
- At Large.
, A LARGE meeting of railroad officials was
held At st. Louis on tho 18th ito arrange time
schedules for the spring and summer seasons.
Every railroadfn the west is said to have been
represented. ~, :
DR. A. A. FARNswoRTH, assistant surgeon in
the army, shet himself through the heart in
San Franclsco. No cause is known for the act
THERE are no advices from Cuba yet AZ to
the resultof the appeal to Captain General
Concha for the communication of the death sem
tence of the American Dockery.
"A DILL has been agreed upon by congress
sional committee admitting New Mexico as
state.
ADuEL was fought recently at Touleme, near
Bay st. Louis, La, between Wallace Wood and
A. ]. Buchemin:: The weapons were duelling
pistols; distance, twelve PAGES. Buchemin
was shot through the thigh at the first fire.
Wood was unhurt.
IT is now thought that Congress will adjourn
by the lst Of June. With ordinary diligence,
al the business now before Congress can
be satisfactorily concluded by that time.
The examination of cadet midshipmen will
take place 6 tha naval academy, Annapolis, on
the 10th inst, and Immediately thereafter the
class will proceed on their regular summer
cruise ON the practice-ship Constellation.
The capital removal question is again before
Congress, in the shape of . resolution intro
duced in the House by Mr.. Bland, favoring re-
moval to = more central location.
A MEETING of vessel owners of the North
west was held in Detroit on the 18th inst, to
protest against the proposed bridging of the
Detroit river.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention has
killed woman sutfrage-49 to 41-not q consti-
tutional majority.
By the sinking Of schooner in the Long
Island Sound during the late gales, three men
were drowned.
H. H. Cox, the Oldest oil refiner III the coun-
try and Mayor Of Titusville. Pa, died recently.
SIR LANBERToN LORRAINE, commander of
the British war steamer Niobe, has been ten
dered the hospitality Of New York city, and the
army and navy club will give him reception.