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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28
A New Needle.

A lady in San Francisco, the Chroni-
Gle of that city says, has invented q new
needle, tho improvement consisting in
making needle of any size without an
eye for the thread, but with. instead.
II hole bored longitudinally into the
head or larger end thereof to the depth
of quarter of nm inch or thereabouts.
which hole is arranged with a screw.
thread. The needle, it is claimed. will
carry any kind of thread, and can he
used for every purpose. It is thought
it will be valuable, also, rs a surgical
needle, as it will require but ono thread.
the advantage of which will be that q
smaller hole will be made in passing a
needle through any substance tilan
would have to be made by the partially
doubled thread of the ordinary eyed
needle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28
THE NEWS.
Civil Rights ai,, Passed.

Tho civil rights bill introduced by tho late
MIR. Sumner has at last passed tho Sonatc
Tho following is tho voto by which tho bill
passed that body, May %, after session Of
twcnty hours, mainly devoted to its dis
lEAs-Acorn. Allison Boutwell, 1lSnIa9n.n,, nMcnin9nam
Halnlin, Harvey, Howe. Ingalls,. Mitchell, Morrill,,
Of Vermont, ogeshy. Patterson. rcase, Pratt Ram
wadlcigh washbnrn, West, Window and Wright
S,ysMpssy = ,aren,n, ,,, Carpenter, cooer p,yi. Vi !
,Hagcr, Hamilton, Of Nd, Johns0al, Kelley, Lewis
Mcfr,rry. Alcrriman, Norwood, Ransom, Sauls.
bury and StockOn-lf.
or tho Scnators not voting, Morton, Cam
cron, Hitchcock, Chandler, Ferry, Of Mich.
Sherman AMI Logan, who would have voted
for tho bill, were paired with Stephenson.
Thurman, Upton, Bayarl, Dennis, Gold
thwaito and Gordon, who would have voted
against it. :.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28

Brooks vacated tho state house ut Littl,
Rock, and with his cavalry has quietly left thu
city. = >i*''i
Gov. MOSES, Of South Carolina has been ar
rested aud admitted to bail Io refused L
submit to arrest by the sl,oriff, antlAeallod ont
the colorod militia, but soon after surrendered
to tho coroner of tho city.
The English inhabitants OF Richmond, Va,
will celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday.
The wheat crop Of Texas will bo tho largest
and best ever raised in that state. Now wheat
will be in market by tho LIST OF Juno. a largo
breadth of land is planted to cotton, and looks
finely.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28
The WorkinRnen.

The National Workinsmons = Congress, wl,icli
has its saAt ut Now York, issued manifesS q
short time ago, calling upon the various Tradcss
U"ions i'll tho country to hold mass meetinsll
Monday. May IL. for the purpose Of demons
cling tho proposed repeal Of tho Eight H o,,r
law. Meetings were held in tho various large
cities i'll accordance with tho call, on May IS.
Resolutions were adopted by these meetings
urging organization throughout the country,
recommending the repeal of tho eight-hour
law, and demanding; tho removal of Mullest..
government supervising architect. In Chicago
two meetings were held, one by the Trades.
Unions, and the other by mon who call them
selves the5''NVorlingn,en's Party OF Illinois"
The resolutions Of tho two are substantially
The same
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28

AN American gentleman asked an
Irish gentleman to give him the real
version of the story of the Kilkenny
cats. In reply he received the follow
ing lines:
"There wanet was two cats At Kilkenny;
Aich thought there was wan cat too many;
So they quarreled an fit,
They scratched and they bit,
Till-excepting their nails
An the tips Of their tails
Instead Of two cats, there wasn't any!"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28
Search for n Gold Minc

The Vallejo (Cal.) Independent de-
scribes the following singular search
tor Z gold mine: "a short time aro
Smith & Barr sold chicken to a CHS
toner. A day or two ago the customer
returned and was anxious to learn from
whom Smith & Barr had purchased
that chicken. At first he declined to
ten why he wished to know, but finally
told that he had found pieces of course
gold in the chickens crop. and was snt-
isfied that there must DO plenty Of il
where the cllichen came from. The
chicken was traced to a man and his
wife who brought down a lot from Lake
County, and the gold-hunter started of
in quest of the chicken-raisers. He is
going to scour the country until he
finds them, and then he expects to see
gold lying around on the ground loose
and in great abundance"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28
"a {
Prof. Swing

'"'s boon acquitted by the Chicago prebytcry,
winch has been engaged i'll trying charges OF
hcresy against that gentleman, preferred by
Rev. Mr.. Patton. Tho voto on tho question
OF aclnittal was, for-iG OIL ono charge, and 4S
on tho other: assainst-13 On ono, and Is on
another. Prof. SWING who was in Ohio on re-
.ceipt Of tho action Of the prcsbytery. imme-
diately tclegraphed rs follows to his friends ::
81 cannot further endure tho theological
war. Please announce my withdrawal fkom
the Presbyterian Church. sG'cs7
(Sisned) DAVID SWING"
II is said strong efforts will be matlc by the
congregation of Fourth Church, to induce q
change in this expressed determination Of AR.
Swing. ss&aa
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28
81
At Large. Y.

Il GEN. DYER, chief Of ordnance U. s. A., die
in Washington, May 81. e i
/ AMONG tho passengers byssho stoamshl
Abyssinia, for Liverpool recently, were Gel
Schenck, Judge Doolittle, of Wisconsin, an
Eex-Sspator Bsyard, of Delavan.
Ar lleti1 ot tho United States Centon
nial O6lmission, financial statemont wa
made, allowing the total subscriptions to b
lS4, 4059Qo; total expenses to May1, including
! plans md work OH grounds, $144,712. Esti
mate of totalscost Of buildings according t.
designs, 1S.75O,OOo. -
| ApARrNnA1s on the steamship Baltic wcr,
toris and wife, during their voyage to Eng
land. s5
q SIXTY Msnnoaites arrived in New York, Ma,
81, from Rasia, and left for Yankton, Oak.
/ In the evening. {.
MR. RA1xEs, State Treasurer Of New York
has been removed to angasylam, Oh account Of
aberration 81 iaind. -
GEN. BurLEsis very i'll, and his physicians
expressgrave doubts whether hesNill recover.
DIR. &C. HowE, lato resident commissioning
of tho ssnsns Bay Company, has arrived II
New York. He e.blamess0Apt. Lowery, of tho
.. s. ship Oa.Andaisua, for permitting tha
Dominion govarnmont toseject the company
from tl,eir possessions. g. #Sa-
: The Prc.ident has nominated John Pratt U.
8. marshal tors New Mexicos =
sAr WarElnsburg, N. Hs rocelkly, David
Mead sdupin tho street whstho supposed
was stone. Upon throwing it yflpm him il
exploded, isJuhg himfatlly. It was nitro
glycerine e1ppdr used in 1aining.2
ENa1NEESs who have 4Sxamned the Mill
River reservoir find that itEwas not built acs
cortling to specification fad thesdisastcr wasl
the erin,e attaal,es wholly
to the contractor: !
A JOINT CONVENTION Of insurance agents i'd,
to be held in Louisvilles ! e
The Lackawana Iron iaal Coal Company, Of
Pennsylvania, have susi I'D w414 It all thcir.
pudding furnaces, rolling-mills,s nd mincs,ss
throwing about 700 men out of work, owing tos
the continued depression in the iron market.
Coal deposits have been found in Frcebron
County, Mimi, and a stock company formed
with $50, 900 capital. J. 4
THE lease Of the Pennsylvania and Delawaroa
Railroad to the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa-
= hi bee lnase5x1ssleutssE as51sl - aazss !
j Do LEv1A made }ap IIaddrsss, abefore tho
Methodist preachers in New York, recently, ON
the human voice., closing with the words
'' When this whisky war is over, we shall sol
~ e. sssssss;s J, ,rss.,h az. Sinner,
ntendents assembled in Decatur, Ala, May IS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28
A BLOOD-CURDL1NG REVELATION,
secret Cave In Southern Illinois, and lts
Rl0Ddv (;Ssmtemas.


For not few years back, William
son county, Illinois, has been the seen
of many deeds of outrage, violence, an,
murder, many of them bloody, an,
nearly all of them dark and mysterious
Men have been waylaid and murdere,
ON tho public highways; they hav'
been cruelty assassinated in their ow,
yards and on their own thresholds
they have been dragged from their bed.
at night, hung upon trees, and theil
lifeless and ghastly forms left suspend
ed in the air, to startle the traveller, and
drive terror and apprehension to the
hearts of their friends and neighbors.
In nearly every case the perpetrators
have managed to conceal themselves
from the knowledge of the public; sur
rounded by o veil of mystery which
neither the officers of the law nor the
Just revenge of the surviving friends of
the murdered victims have been able 10
penetrate, they have managed to elude
justice, and escape altogether the pen
atty their crimes so richly deserve.
The farmers Advocate published in
Marion, Williamson county, dated May
4th contains a communication which
throws an air of wild romance around
the wild desperadoes who have so long
been the terror of Williamson county.
The correspondent of theAdvocate tells
story, the substance of which is as fol-
0ws:
Not long since q party of hunters
were out at night. In their rambles
they met another party, who they were
horr'fied to see, were carrying dead
man. The hunters, who had escaped
the observation of the others, concealed
themselves untilthe party with the dead
man hadpassed on, when they followed,
keeping at safe distance behind for
perhaps mile, when the whole party.
dead man and all suddenly disappeared.
The pursuers searched but could find
no trace nor sign of the party. The next
day the hunters returned to the search,
and were rewarded by discovering
cave, the opening of which, large enough
to admit the body of a man, appeared
in cliff of rocks overhanging a small
stream of water. The explorers procur-
ed lights and q reinforcement OF three
or four other residents of. the vicinity.
and returned to the cave and found
themselves in q large room, carpeted
ssAAU AAxAAoA0u 6uu 611OWxuX OV1U00t
signs of recent occupation. The sides
of the room showed openings which
they felt assured led to other rooms.
The possibility that they might be oc-
cnpied made the searchers feel uncom-
Portable, and they quickly vacated the
place. The party concluded that they
had come upon the rendezvous of q
band of desperadoes, and on their way
home, stopped at the house of an old
farmer and told their story. The farm
er became excited-left the room and
soon returned with four men, masked
and armed, who made the party Of ex-s
plorers kneel and take q solemn oath
never to reveal what they had that day
discovered. The writer of the commu-
nication says that the families of the men
who made the discovery are leaving the
country-that others are preparing to
follow, and that great excitement exists
on the borders, of Jackson and Villa m.
son counties, in the vicinity of the cave
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28
Left Alone at Eighty,

What did you ray, dcar, breakfast?
Somehow I've slopt too lato;
You aro very kind, doar Ellie,~~
Go tell them not to wait.
Ill drcss Us quick a. cvor I can,
My old hands tremhlo soro,s,.
And Polly, who usod to help, dear hoart!
Lies t'othcr sido O tho door.
Put mp tho old pipe, sdeary, y
couldn't smoke to-day; 50
I'm sort o dazod and frishtoncd,
And don't know what to say
It's lonesome i'll the house, hore,&
And lonesome outfof door .
never knew what lonesome meant, =
Iaall my life, before.
Thdbo go hummiips q Tho whole day lo,.4x,@ ?
/ Ard tho first June roso has blown, -,
And am eighty, deafL Lord, to-day,
Too old to bo left alohe. =
Ip,1oart Of love! SO, Still and cold, ''si' =
lN 0 Oprecious lips 80 white
For:tllo first sad hours in sixty years,
You were out of my reach last night.
You've cut the flower. You're very kind,
Sho rooted it last May,
1t was only q slip; pulled tho rose,
s And threw tho stem away;
But sho, SWEET, thrifty soul, bent down,
And planted it whcrefsl,o stood;
ssDear maybe tho flowers are living" she said,
sssAsleep in this bit Of wood.'
can't rest, deary-I cannot rest; E.
Let the old man have his will, Es
And wander from, porch to garden post ri
The house is 80 doathly still; 81
Wander, and long forassight of the gate +
She has left ajar for me &
Wsh had got 50 used to each other, dear, {:
30 used to each other,you SEQ. /,
sixtyysars, and SO wise and good, Z.
shenado me better man, =
From the moment kissed her fair young face
And our lovers lifo began. s.
Apa ssyen fine boys sl,shas given mo, s.
4 Andkent Of the sever. not one E
BIT tho noblest father n. all the land 4
szWoaA DO proud to calrhis son ].
0, we'll, dear Lord, III be patient, i
But feel sore brokan mp; Il
y eighty years, it's all Sxesome thing II
TO hin such a bittetcnp. y
knoY4llero's Joseph a,id John and HUI,
:sssAAa3our good mon beside,
But hundred SONS coullh't be to mo
Like tho woman made my bride.
w lit Polly-so bright and fair!
So wipsome and good and sweet,
'he halarcses twiucd i,tLcr sunny hair,
b b 49, shoes on her dainty feet;
And held her hand-was it yesterday
That wo stood up to bopw Cd?
fnd-No, q remember, I'm eighty to-day,
Md aly doar wife, Poly, is dead!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28

SPEcuhAToRs in mining shares are
now cheering themselves upby, ,intonat-
ing the interrogatory, "Should old ac-
9"alntance be forgot, and dnever brought
to mine p
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28

Father, will not ask for wealth or fame,
Though once they would have joyed my csrns
sense;
shudder not to bear hated name,
Wanting all wealth, myself my sole Defense,
But give me, Lord, eyes to behold the truth:
A seeing sense that knows the eternal right:
A heart with pity filed. and gentlest ruth;
A manly faith that makes all darkneas light;
Give me the power to labor for mankind;
Make me the mouth of such - cannot speak;
Eyes let me be to cropping msn and blind;
conscience TO the base; and to the weak
Let me be hands and feet and to the foolish. mind
And lead still further on such - thy kingdom
seek.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28

one-half Of the proceeds Of the sale Of public lands
be used toward the support of agricultural colleges
education and labor. Committee on public lands
reported favorahy on the bill to settle certain
counts between the United States and the states Of
OHIO, Indiana and Illinois. Placed on the calen-
dar.--The committee on military affairs reported
favorably on the House bill authorizing the Presi-
dent to issTe army r:sons and and clothing to destitute
Passed.-Some further business was then trans
acted, when the civil rights bill was taken up and
discussion thereon occupied the Senate until \.
m., when the press dispatch closed. No vote had
been reached. =. L.. = =.
Tho committee on war claims reported . bill
making appropriations for the payment Of claims
reported SLOWED by the commissioners Of claims
under the act Of March 3 1871. He stated that the
bill allowed over one thousand different claims,
aggregsting $676, ,274.--The plblic school bill was
ows and orphans Of soldiers killed by guerrias in
1854 "a number Of private bills were then pass
ed, when the House adjourned.
Senate. o..
SATURDAY, May 23.-The civil rights
bill, after discussion of twenty hours, was passed
by vote Of - to le. CThe vote ON the bill will be
found In our ncwE column.) The deficiency appro-
priation bill was then taken up, but without action
the Senate adjourned.
The Senate amendments to the legislative, exccr-
tive and judicial appropriation bills taken up
but were laid aside to receive reports from the
mittce military affairs, which reported several
bills, the most important of which we're: One re-
lating tho jurisdiction of courts martial-refer-
red: donating cannon to Grand Army poets-
passed; allowing $685. per month bounty to SOL
licrs Of the late war-rcferred; for the reduction
Of the army-referred.-A hill was reported by
the committee on commerce to constitute Mont.
eomery, Ala, port Of cntry-passed.-Theb bill
to facilitate the expectation Of distilled spirits
ordered printed. Adjourned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28

Brooks and Baxter are members and
pew-holders in tho same Methodist
church in Little Rock.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28

yhnwritten Ilistoafe. Of Departncrt
81 np!6es:-lIow lsnttie.scarred Vctcran ms
8 Enrnaa fittance-IlcrQic Women Telling
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28
THE HEIR OF A SCOTTISH prrp.ar

THE HEIR OF A SCOTTISH PEERAGE
is serving incog in the Patent Office.
and Q German Countess works in nn-
other department.. She is IN American.
and married against her parents wishes,
a young nobleman connected with one
of the Legations or Consulates. They
went to Europe soon after, but not un-
til she had tasted sorrow enough. What
her life was there, no one knows. She
returned to this country in four years,
bringing her two children with her, and
resolved to work for them and herself
Her husbands relations would have
supported, her on condition that she
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28
THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN IR1rERs

in the Postofice, employs women as
translatOrs exclusively. There are three
of these clerks who are required to
know thoroughly French, German,
Spanish, and italian, and to translate
from either of them into English. or
vice versa. It is not necessary to add
any compliments to the ladies who fill
these positions. There was formerly
employed at one of these desks, Mrs.
Pettigrew King, who afterwards. as the
wife of Boden, the bigamist member Of
Congress from one of the Carolinas.
grew into notoriety all over the country.
Tho lady was of the best and most loyal
Southcrn: blood. She bad had two
husbands already when she married
Boden, and by education and personal
attractions was very conspicuous per
son in Washington society, which paid
her the high compliment of attributing
to her that exceedingly clever novel.
"My Daughter Elenor." One of the
most important witnesses in the famous
Mrs. Wharton's case. is in the Treasury.
and the same department sheltered the
pretty wife of young aristocrat of
Washington, whose sudden death
made the marriage public. His rela-
tions, among whom is the wife of the
Secretary of the Navy, tried to break
the will that made her his heir, but the
Justice of her claim was too evident to
be set aside.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-28

A YOUNG man was carving goose at
a dinner-table one day, when by an
awkward move he knocked it into the
lap of a lady who was sitting opposite,
in all the glory of a green satin dress.
Instead Of showing his verdancy by
profuse apologies, and a confused man
her, he simply said !: "I'll trouble
you for that Goose, Miss" Can the
annals of society furnish an example
of self-possession more sublime?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-05-07
ENGTNEER's REPORT.

We here subjoin the substantial por-
ton of the Engineers report, showing
the cost of construction by counties,
which is sworn to before the County
Court Clerk of Hardeman county, and
which was submitted to the Mayor and
Aldermen as part of the petition upon
which they acted:
The whole line of the Memphis &
Knoxville Railroad from Memphis, the
Western terminus, to Fayetteville in
Lincoln county, also a terminus-upon
which the Road has been substantially
located, is as follows: Begins at Mem
phis, passing q mile North of Macon In
FayetUe county, u mile South Of Som
erVille, through Bolivar in Hardeman
county where it crosses the Miss. Cent'ri
r. r. to Henderson Station, where IL
crosses the NJ. 8 o. r. r. Thence
through Jacks Creek in Henderson
county, thence to Saltillo, ON the Ten
nessee River. From the Tennessee
River at Clifton through WaynesbOrO to
Wayne Furnace in Wayne county /;
thence to Lawrenceburg running =
mile North thereof, crossing the N. &
ID. R. r. at Pulaski. Thence 70 Fay
etteville,. being North SO deg. East of
Western terminus.
The following is an estimate of the
cost of the grading, embankinent and
masonry necessary to be done on said
line. No masonry win be used west Of
Tennessee River, timber being used in
place thereof;
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-05-07

There are points of view certainly
from which the revolution now wa
ging in Arkansas may be considered q
humorous incident in OuF recent history
1t is amusing, for instance, to find two
personages who enjoy an apparently
equal discredit in the community in
which they live claiming to represent
the highest public virtue of that COM
munity. And yet we must admit that
the state of affairs in Arkansas really
seems to us to be very far from Joke.
Baxter and Brooks are by no means
pretty spectacies. But made them who
They are the children of the policy
which the Republican party has pursued
ever since the close of the civil war.
Droll and absurd as we think them, we
may as we'll understand that the fun
which they provide for us we are provid-
ing unconsciously, through them, for
all hoen-siShted people the world over
who regard republican institutions as a
failure and farce.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-05-07
Ex-President johnson Stirring

EN-RreSluenI y OhnSOn STIRRING.
Mr.. johnson is around again. He
was in Nashville the other day, and got
himself interviewed bya Banner repor-
ter. He denied being a candidate for
Congress, but would not disguise the
fact that under proper and fitting cir
cumstances (Which means any and all
he viii be a candidate for United States
Senate. OF coursel He approved
Grants anti-inhation veto, denounced
the funding bill as infamous, and ex-
pressed himself rs fayoring lower rate
OF taxation In the State. OF course !
Who Is not In favor of the latter if IL is
practicable p But Is the great agitator
IN favor of lower taxation, even though
It should involve the State and virtually
result in population? Every dema-
gogue in the State is in favor of lower
taxes and opposed to reputation and
dishonor, but the one inevitably leads to
the other. and they make no attempt to
reconcile the conflicting positions. It
Is worse than nonsense 20 clamor for
lower taxes without devising some other
plan to raise revenue sufficient to
meet the State expenses. Everybody
viii favor reduction of taxes when
ever the demands of the State Govern
ment will justify it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-05-07
The Co1Ynr Finsco.

Only three men outside of Nashville
attended the Colyar meeting last Mon
day night, and one of them, lessee h
Brown of Shelby made most violent
speech, an extract from which we give
just to show that the Colyar-J ohnson-
Ethridge malcontents are straight out
for Reputation. Hear him:
He would vote for no man who would
not vote strongly in favor of repudia-
ting that Internal clause i'm the funding
bill which provided for setting apart the
revenue of the State to the interest on
the bonded debt, letting the current eN-
penses of the State go, and if il came TO
the test, he tods ia JdrOr Of repUdidting
the lohole dirty thing. He held that in
stead OF being $50, 000, 600, the present
ana prospective debt of the State was
500, 100000.
since the administration of the affairs
Of this State passed out of the hands of
Brownlow into those of Senter and then
Brown and others, the financial nolicv
pursued had been complete failure.
As for me, would vote for Brownloyy in
preference to having the present admin
istration of State affairs, and this is the
sentiment OF all the people of West
Tennessee. He wanted to ignore the
fact that there was party organization
in the State to-day.