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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
Crimes and Casualties.

CARRIERS Touring mill and elevator at Usage
city, No., were burned rocontly. Tho loss is
over $40, 900: insured for $4,000.
e AHoRR1BLE outrage was lately committed in
Harrison county, Kentucky. A mob of masked
men took Robert Brockle from tho house of
his employer, riddletl his body with bullets,
then soaked his clothes in coal oil and set fire
to them, burning the dead body. Breckel was
charged with the murder of man named Ellis,
about year ago, but was out on bail.
The glass works of Frank Il Son, near
fittsburg, Pa, were rec ntly destroyed by fire.
Loss s55, 600; insured for $4,000.
E1oHr suicides occurred in San Francisco,
recently, in as many days.
AFTER fifteen days of refusal to partako of
any nourishment whatever, Mrs. Louise Gil
rard, an insane Frenchwoman, of somo 2S or
80 years, died on the Sth inst, in Kankakee,
ILL.,, of starvation.
An engineer named Hustled was killed by
collision OH tho Pittsburg and Washington
road recently.
A TRAGEDY occurred at Jefferson CITY, Mo-.
recently. Ono Leopold IIoeltlerlo shot md
killed woman, named Pierre, with whom he
had formerly lived. Hoclderle then shot him
self.
NELLIE SULLIVAN, aged sixteen years. died
of fright at Webster, Mass, during a thunder
shower. No marks of lightning were found OH
the house or on her body.
A FIRE at Columbus, O., Oh the 9th inst,
entirely destroyed Lovejoy's planning mill and
lumber yard, three brick, and two frame
houses. Loss $1OO.OOO.
In different portions of Texas vigilant COM
mittees are organizing and dealing summary
justice to the thieves and murderers WHO have
lately been operating in that state. At last re-
ports eighteen persons had been disposed of in
Austin county.
Ar East Worcester, N. T., several houses aud
barns were carried off on tho 7th inst, by civ
ing way of dams. No lives lost.
ANNIE FREEZES house at Rutland, w., was
burned recently. Tho body of woman, drag
ged from tho flames, was found covered will,
stab wounds. No trace was found of the
money or jewelry she was known to POSSESS.
JUSTICE of tho Peace Connors and Police
Sergt. Chapman, Of New Orleans, wcrc shot il,
st. Bernard Parish, by Francis Artiota, with a
donb!c-barrcl shot gun loaded with b,,ckshot,
Their wounds arc dangerous.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
Tho ChiIdlcss Mother.

III MANx O1A6mMAn AMID.
lay my tasks down ono by one
lTit in tho SILENCE in twiliplhts grace;
Out Of it's shadows ., soft and dun,
Steals like star my baby's faco.
Mocking cold are the worlds poor joys
How poor to mo all its pomp and pride!
In my lap lie tho bahy's idlo toys
In'tlis very room tho baby died.
l will shut these broken toys away
Unlor tho lid wl,cre tl.oy mutoly bido;
will smile in the face of tho noisy day,
Just as it baby hid mover died. -.
Twill take up my work once inore,;.
- Al il had never laid it down';.
WHO will dream that ever wore
Motherhoosis fine and holy crown?
Who will deem my lifo over b,re
Fruit tho swcotor in grief and pain?
The fitting smilo that the baby wore
Outraged the light Of tho loftiost brain.
~
I'll meet him in the worlds rude din
Who hath outlived his mothers kiss,
Who hath forsaken her love for sin--
Twill be spared hor pang in this.
Mans way is hard and sore beset
Many must full, but few can win.
Thanks, dear Shepherd! My lamb = safe
Safe from sorrow and safe from sin.
Nevertheless, the way is long,
And tears loap up in the light OF tho sui
I'd give my world for cradlc-song,
And kiss from baby-only ono.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
An OYer.IOyal Lord.

A strange scene occurred at the
bennington railway station in England
recently, on the occasion of the Queens
visit to Balmoral. Just before the train
arrived Lord Aylesford, a captain in the
Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, now
training at Warwick, rode up at the
head of his troops and demanded to be
permitted to occupy the station as q
guard of honor. As all demonstration
had been strictly prohibited by Her
Majesty he was refused. After an in
effectllal attempt to force his horse
through the gateway, his lordship dis.
mounted and had Il scuffie with the por-
ters, two of whom had their hats knock
ed off. Eventually he got up to the
station and asked Mr.. Chiffon, the Sta
ton master, to inform the Queen that
he was there. This was refused. and
he then asked for one of the lords-in-
waiting, whereupon Lord Ponsonby
was called and had some conversation
with them. When tho train left Lord
Aylesford gave u military salute and
afterwards returned with his troops to
Warwick. His lordsllip insisted upon
his right to be in the station, and said
he WAS above the law.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
Foreign.


ADv1cEs from India. report riots near Dar-
food.
The French Assembly has adopted an amend
ment to the electoral bill fixing tho age of elec-
tors at II instead of Is years, as proposed by
the government, which is thus defeated by y
vital provision of the bill.
THE University Of Cambridge, Eng, has
conferred tho honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws on James Russell Lowell, of Boston.
The extensive cotton mills Of Mosely 4, Mar,
at Manchester, England, have been destroyed
by fire. Loss estimated ut $25O,O
M. GANDErrA, tho French deputy, was re-
Gently attacked by Count St. Croix, and struck
with whip, for his course in tho Assembly
st. Croix was arrested.
The American pilgrims were i'll Rome OH the
11th inst, and tho Holy Father had deputcd
Signor Lassi, = distinguished Italian, arclnrol-
ogist and author, to accompany the pilgrims
OIL visit to the temples and other monuments
of ancient Rome.
A DISPATCH to the London Times, from tho
north Of Spain, says Gen. Concha and staff
have left Lozreno for Tudela. Thirty thou
sand national troops are marching to Amez
Coas valley. The Carlist army undor COM
mand of Gen. Dowegney now numbers "a, 900
mon.
In Spain, Marshal Concha is moving against
tho Carlists in Navarro with every available
man.. Gen. Dorregaray, commander of the
Carlists, is in . good position. :.
The Paris Archbishop Landriot is dead.
THE famine in India is waning. Cases of
actual starvation are now rare -.
THE London Standards Paris correspondent
says the manifesto of the Left Centre calling
for = declaration of the republic or dissolu-
ton Of the as<enhl1, has caused the greatest
seneation since the overthrow of President
Theirs. It is generally thought that its effect
will be to hasten the day of dissolution, and
not improve the prospect of tho establishment
Of q regular government.
The Americanp pilgrims were received by the
Pope ON the 18th inst. -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
Washington.


BAKER, commissioner Of pensions, has de-
tcrmined to resign.
TnE Senate las confirmed tho appointment
Of J. G. Bancroft Davis, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenpotcntiary to tho herman
empire. from July 1. 1874 whom tho rcsigna-
ton Of Hon. Geo. Bancroft will take effect.
The Syndicate business il to 10 ovcrl,aulcS(.
All tho papers III the treasury department rc-
latipg thereto arc to he examined, with tho
Wow Of ascortaining tho truth of certain
charges which havc boon made against pcr-
sous i'll high official positions.
TnE House has refused to grant tho appro-
wiatiom Of $4,000 for tho completion of the
Washington monument.
AFTER Il thorough consideration of tho scan-
lAlors charges against Senator Mi.chell, of
Oregon, tho committee havo unanimously
como to tho conclusion that thero was not s,,f-
flclent basis for any charge preferred against
him to justify any further investigation. and
cdir ted their chairman to report to tho Senate
accordingly.
The Senate committee OH patents has do.
cidea to report adversely on applications for
extension of tho following patents: Tanner,
car brake; Anson Atwood, car wheel patent
also the three sowing machine patents Of
WickermalI, \. u. Wilson and Ackcrs and Ftt-
lousen.
CAUCUS Of Senators ana Representatives
WAS recently held to consider the cxpediency
of dishandnS the National Republican Com
mi:tco, Or reorganizing It. It was decided to
do neither. .,".s-
TuE committee Oh Territories have decided
torcpor; favorally OH the nomination Of Con-
McCock for governor Of Colorado.
nlII. il to be passed authorizing tho Proei-
dent, by and with tho advice and consent Of tho
Senate to appoint q commission Of three per-
SONS, WHO shall exercise all powers of govo,n-
ment nowvested in tho Governor or Board of
Public Works of Washington.
The special committee of tho House ap-
pointed to investigate Arkansas affairs have
commenced their work. and are engaged in tho
examination OF prominent mon Of that state.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
The Prohibitory Liquor Law.
From the Boston Gazette

We at length reached the hotel again,
and proposed glass of brandy and
water. My friend looked at me and
then at the landlord and then the
landlord looked at my friend and then
at me. Perplexity overspread the
countenances of both.
"Such thing us. a drop of liquor is
not to be had i'll the place." said the
landlord.
"Bought, you moan," retorted my
friend.
"Bought, I mean," was the answer.
Then both eyed me Significantly.
"Does anybody give it away -" in
quircd, greatly puzzled by the mystery
that appeared OH both of their cOunte-
nalces.
"Not exactly. You see, the state
constables would he utter me in no time
if I sold liquor" explained the land-
lord. DO You want some very
badly?"
I could not explain how badly
wanted it, and could only give vent to
my feelings in sigh.
Without 81 word, the landlord disap.
peared within the recesses of small
| AOO1u UC4AllA CIlC OllCc OCbh, NIl1l pres
emily came forth with two empty
tumblers in his hand. These he placed
upon the desk.
Z" But where is the liquor?" I in
quired.
"Thc law forbids me to sell it," he
said, "and dare not disobcy the law.
If you c:.n find any here, you arc vel.
come to it" saying which he accident
ally turned back the breast of his coat.
The neck of Il bottle pceped forth from
tho inside pocket. He winkcd his eye
ut NE, and I winked my eye ut him ;
after which I drew forth the bottle.
He family struggled with me to pre-
vent the daring robbery upon which ]
was bent, but l proved incxorablc.
"My private bottle kept for medici-
nal purposes, and not for sale," he
moaned, rs poured out tho liquor
for myself and the worthy chairman of
the parish committee. "Have some
water, gentleman he. added with ul-
acrity.
We drank, and I replaced the bottle
in the repository whence [ had taken
it. Then I put n dollar in his hands.
"What is this for?" he asked, as he
deposited it in his waistcoat pocket and
gave mo half-ilollar in change.
"For IL bnshel Of OATS" answered.
"Kecp them till I send for them"
"Ah, sir" said the landlord, with nj
air Of virtuous resignation, "the pro-
hibitory law has done world OF good
in stopping the sale Of liquors. It's a
severe law on US, but it's a good one. -
MIR. Holman HUNTS famous picture
of The Shadow of Death has been
inspected in London by no fewer than
$4,000 persons,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
An American Idea Introduced i'm Eng.
land.

An ingenious device for turning an
honest penny is reported by the Edin-
burgh Courant, by which buyers and
sellers are equally benefited. The
buyers get for sixpence twenty-four
sheets of letter paper, on the outside
sheet of which is an embossed penny
stamp. The seller is benefited in this
way lie fills the two inside pages with
sixty advertisements, for which he
charges ono guinea each, leaving the
first page for private correspondence,
and the last page, to which the stamp
is affixed, for the address. As the
stamp will carry an ounce weight,
another sheet of plain paper may be en-
closed together with the sheet which is
stamped. The originator of this plan
guarantees to the advertiser a circula-
tion of 5000 copies, SO that it is easy to
see how the scheme will pay. For the
advertisements he receives e63, from
which he pays 5.O0O:stnmps Mt Id. each
$40 1Gs. Sd.-less received for copies
sold (twenty-fourfor 6d), 954s. I'd. ;total
ELS Is. Cd. leaving the difference, EAT
Is. 3D., to cover the cost of paper and
printing Il sheet of advertisements 5, 600
times. The inventor has, it is said,
taken out copyright, which entities
@'m 70 = years N9popoly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
How to Judge OF q CITY.

C0tfer-JOUfn2I,
The average amount paid in the last
five years in the United States for ad-
vertising was about $15, 100000 per
annum. In 1867 New York city paid
$3.50, 600 taxes on advertisements Phil
adel phia, $4,000 Boston, $23, 900 ;
Cincinnati, SIG, 900; Chicago, $l5, 200
and st. Louis over $13, 600. The wealth
of the merchants in those cities and
the extension of their business over the
whole country, us we'll as the flourish
ing condition of the cities themselves,
show what advertising may accomplish.
It is n common remark nmorg observ-
ing business men that the enterprise of
a city may be Judged from the appear
ance of the advertising columns Of its
newspapers,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
VOLUME VII.
At Large.

AZ Largo
The annual regatta OF the New York Yacht
Club was sailed on tho 18th inst
A CONFLICT Of authority between the civil a,.
military at Salt Lake has occurred, Tho police
having arrested soldier from Camp Douglas
for disorderly collti,lct, Gen. Morrow demand
cd his surrender, which was refused. Tho
General then detached a company Of cavalry
with orders to take tho prisoner by force. The
order was carried out by breaking tho Jail and
securing tho prisoner. ......
A 4AsoE gathering u original abonaonists
have been in session At Chicago. Many of tho
ment were present, and "reminiscences of under
ground railroad times wero int!ulge1 in by the
assemblAgo of humanitarians.
A NEW comet has been discovered by Lewis
Swift, of Rochester,. It is near tho camel
loopard's breast. is quite bright, and has tail
about half degree i'll length. Its action is
SLOW and towards the earth.
The first issues of tho newly-designed 25-
cent note have made their appearance. Tho
note is plain and simple, is broader than, but
not so long, a. those NOW ip general circulation,
and tho face bears vignette of tho Hon. Rob
ort J. Walker.
EASTERN railways suffered considerable dam
age by freshets during the recent storms.
THE Indiana Farmers' Reform Convention
assembled in Indianapolis OH tho 10Th inst.
Five hundred delegates were present.
The first mortgage bondholders Of the
No, thsrn Pacific railroad have elected Vim. T.
Ogden, trustee, in place Of J. Edgar Thomp-
son, deceased.
The next annual meeting of the National
Typographical Union meets in Boston.
The International convention of tho Young
Mems Christian Association meets iu Dayton,
O., June Is. Eight hundred delegates are ex-
pocted.
A GENERAL discharge of conductors recently
took place by the Eastern Il. II. Co., of Massa-
chusetts. Tho particulars Of tho affair aro
not given, but it il supposed tho conductors
were getting rich faster than tho company.
THE town Of Tampico, Illinois, was almost
entirely destroyed by a hurricane on the night
of the 9th inst. A number OF people were 80
verely injured, aud the property loss is esti-
mated At $l45,0OO.
Howard, the absconded banker Of Omro,
Wis.,, has returned to that place. He says he
carried nothing away with him, but owing to
unfortunate dealings had become absolutely
bankrupt. He tells a pathetic story, and is be-
lievod by many who formerly were severe in
censuring him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
Lines on Light.

Mysterious night! when our Arst pazont Dsws
Thee from report divine, and heard thy name,
Did he not trcmble for this lovely frame,
This glorious canopy Of light and blue7 :
Yet meath the curtain Of translucent dew,
Ba4hed I'm the rays OF the great setting fame, i
Herperus with the host Of heaven came,
And 10! Creation widencd in mans view.
Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed
Within thy beams, o sun! or who could find,
While fly. and leaf, and insect lay revealed,
That to such countless orl,s thou nadst us blind!
Why do we then shun death with anxious strife7
II light can thus deceive, wherefore not life7
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
1 Remarkable 6 Magnetic Chamber -
.. In 4 California Cave.

Ile atlthOf OF "SlnDad the Sailors
Adventures must resign his laurels.
One w. H. Stokes has been exploring
a recently discovered cave near Pine
Grove, Amador County, CAL, and writes
to the Sutter Greek Independent an &C.
count of his Investigations. Mr.. Stokes
vouches for the exact truth of his mar
rative in every particular, and we
doubt not the reader will readily credit
it from the following specimen descrip-
ton of one of the chambers the party
entered: After journeying for a mile
and a quarter through the under
ground passages, Stokes and his party
found themselves in long but rather
narrow chamber, the walls of which are
not limestone, but a yellowish and
brown iron ore." This chamber beats
Sinbad's magnetic mountain, which
drew all the nails from his ship, and
thus caused it to fall all to pieces, all
hollow. Listen to Mr.. Stokes Cup
on entering the chamber we noticed q
most peculiar disturbance Of tile mag
net, the needle constantly vibrating
from sitleto side, and frequently whirl-
ing around for minute at time with
a velocity which rendered it invisible.
We also experienced a singular sensa-
tion, sort of chill appearing to COM
mence at the back of the neck and ex-
tending to the ends of our fingers and
toes. As we advanced in this chamber
we found these angular sensations to
increase in intensity until it became
almost unbearable. We ventured on
still further, however, though it became
evident that we could not long remain
i'll this mysterious place. I omitted to
mention that the walls and floor of this
chamber, especially particular rocks
therein contained, were highly mag
netic, and became more SO the further
we advanced toward the north. One of
the party who carried a hatchet had it
wrested from him by a magnetic rock
near which he passed, and the combin-
ed strength of four of us was INSULT
cient to detach it. A pocket-knife,
which accidentally dropped to the floor,
had to remain there, none Of the party
having sufficient strength in his fingers
to pick it up. Mason, who had put on
for the occasion pair of miner's-boots,
the soles of which were filed with nails,
could walk with difficulty, and, hap:
pening to step upon a portion of the
floor unusually magnetic, found him.
self suddenly affixed thereto and unable
to move. He was compelled to with.
draw his feet from his boots and leave
them there, tearing up his coat and
wrapping the pieces round his feet to
protect them from being cut by the
rocks. We had remained in this cham.
Der about ten minutes, when suddenly
the chilling sensation began to increase,
the feeling being as if n cold and
piercing wind was blowing upon us,
and becoming each moment more in
tensely cold: We hastily retreated, and
soon reached, feeling more dead than
alive, the large chamber containing the
hot spring. We then retrsced our
steps along the twinc, and in couple
of hours emerged from the cave"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18

GEORGE CRu1KsHANK, the veteran
artist, lately delivered q temperance ad-
dress in Manchester, England. In it
he referred to his relations with Charles
Dickens. who. he said, was always op-
posed to teetotalers and usually de-
scribed them as "old hogs"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
How to Extinguish Slavery.

Sir Samuel Baker recently delivered
the Red lecture ut Cambridge. takino
for his subject "The Slave Trade of
America. He expressed an opinion
that the best way to extinguish slavery
was q gradual emancipation, and not
sudden measures, which he argued, did
a great deal Of harm, and would result
in one-half of the liberated becoming
sovages, and general decentralization
of the remainder. The way to redeem
the lowest class--the negroes-was to
instill in them habits Of industry, and
to induce them to take an interest in
agriculture.
WHAT are the most unsociable things
In the world? Mile-stones. Younever
aee two Of them Together,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18

MEx1cANs appear to like Texas, fo1
they take considerable stock in it,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
THE NEWS.
&. r. Suit Decided.

Tho case Of tho State against L. y. Stone,
agent Of tho Chicago 4 st. Paul Railroad Com
pany, for charging illegal passenger fares, was
concluded III tho Municipal Court at Madison,
Wis, OH tho 11th inst. Mr.. Stone, tho agent,
was fined fifty dollars and costs. Tho caso will
DO appealed. This is tho first of q largo num-
ber of similar cases now pcnding in tho Wis
collsin courts.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18

Sal0 MI. Jones, ana / Will do all i
can to raise it," Now, while they thus
work at cross-purposes, is it strange
that capital and labor are reputed to he
at variance?-Ne,o York Ledger.
SENATOR O. s. FERRY's disease, the
Hartford Times explains, is like that of
Senator Sumner, and causes excessive
pain. Previous to his return to Nor
walk, last week, he was in such pain
that his only relief was in sub-cutane-
Gus injections of morphine repeated
several times each day. When he
reached home he was in very low con-
dition, and his friends fear that he will
never return to Washington.
The German Reichstag is hereafter
going to do its voting 6y telegraph.
The wires are to he 50 arranged Chat
each member can indicate his vote from
his seat. In front of the seat are two
buttons, one indicating yes, the other
no. A pressure on the button telegraphs
the vote to circular table, in front of
the Presidents desk, upon which the
names OF all the members are written
down, SO that Immediately after press
ing the button each member can see a
piece OF paper appear under his name
with his yes or no ON it.
Now, gentlemen, said a peripatetic
lecturer to a somewhat noisy crowd,
who had gathered at one of his seances
IN an Eastern village, " how would Won
like good blackguard story? Ali in
favor will raise their hands," Nine
tenths of the dexter paws instantly
went up, and there was sudden husl,
OF all noisy demonstrations. The lec-
turer went on with his original subject
tor few minutes, when some incau-
tlous individual broke ont with. "Say.
where's that story? % "Bless you" was
the reply. II did not intend to tell
any such story. I only wanted to know
how many blackguards were present. -
You might have heard a pin drop any
time during tho lecture after that,