Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-16
VOLUME VII.

ALIEN. IL. SrEriEN:; Announces that llc will
not l'e candidate for reelection to Congress,
and that unless his health improves, during; the
! summer, lie will resign. Mr. s. is 10 feeble
hat ilo has boon u,.t Of his house hut twice in
six wccks
THE present state debt Of So,.tl, Carolina is
SO. ~. Gilt. This embraces tho legal and
illegal bonded debt, tho legal and illegal float.
ing debt, and tho contingent liabilities. or
this debt, SIS, 00O, 900 have been contracts? il,
the past six years.
At Large.
SINCE tho decision Of the Circuit Court
against tho railroads the stock of the {. and n.
and Mil. and st. L. roads has .lccucd three per
cent rs they have issued about 7oo0o, 600 Of
common and preferred stock, the loss thus far
y over -, OuO. 900.
BowpoiS College has conferred tho degree Of
LID. Oh Ecllanly Sturor, of Cincinnati.
\ GERMAN ltiSa"t in Tho Wisconsin Supreme
Court, named L. IL. Zaun, recently enclosed
800 in motto to Chiof Justice Ryan. intinat-
irS That in case 4 decision favorable to his i'll
tcrctts was rendered, tho samo would be
doubled. Judge Ryan turned tho money over
to tho Attorney General. who caused tho arrcbt
Of Zaln. who WAS fined 500 and costs.
TUE cable steamer Farraday has arrived ut
Portsmouth all right.
TIE single SOUL rnco between George Brown,
of Halifax and William ScllarM. OF littsb,rg,
Ia, for -, 600 si.le and tho cham unsllp of
America, took place on tho Connecticut, ut
Springfield, OH the Stll inst, and WAS won 10y
Brown. Time 81: Is.
TIE government awarded ono million of gold
in New York Oh tho 9th inst, at 1898 to 1922.
CARRIE OsrKASDEE, another victim of the
Syracuse church disaster, died on tho I'll, inst
This makes tho total number of victims
fourteen.
A MEETiS'; Of freight agents to consider tho
question Of freight from tho West on the Eric,
Now York Central and Pennsylvania railroads,
resolved to increase tho rate OH live stock to
about double its former rate.
A NEW YORK correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Enquirer says Bcccllcr has determined to re-
sign his Charge, and says prominent members
OF his flock insist OH his doing so to prevent
the church from being rent in twain
RAFT Of lumber containing 2, 500, 600 feet.
the largest of the season, passed Detroit few
days since.
THE Erie company will soon institute pro-
cccdiigs against Jay Gould for tho alleged
illegal retontion Of property to tho value of
II 100000 or 1900, 900, which tho officials
charge was obtained while he was President Of
tho Eric railway
Ar a meeting Of the new Board of Directors
of tho Lafayette, Muncic & Bloomington rail
road, held at Lafayette, Ind, John W. Heath
was elected President; James T. Faly. Vice
President; o. W. rcircc, Treasurer; A. j.
Castalor, Secretary.
An appeal has been taken to the United
States Supreme Court from the recent decision,
ia the Wisconsin railroad cases.
Foreign.
FHAScE.-On tho Sth McAIal,on sent u mes
sage to tho Assembly declaring that ls will
maintain his powers for tho full term with all
tho means ut his comma,d.-A motion to dis
solve the Assembly was made, and o, vote
the motion urgent, there were $50
votes in tho afiirmaivo-Tho committee of
thirty has approved tho bill favoring personal
septennste, and debate upon it will probably
occur within a few days.
SrAIN.--Tho Republican army has been re-
It is divided into two corps; tllc
first, under Gen. Morr;onez, will operate in
Navarro, and the second, under Ceballos, will
watch the Ebro district The strength of the
army exceeds $4,000 men, with 70
guns, and its general headquarters are ut Taf-
falla.-It il stated in Apho,,sst circles in
Paris that Isabella intends to publicly revoke
her ablication Of the throne of Spain.
ENuLAND.-On tho 9th inst Minister
Scllenck laid the corner stone of Lincoln |
Tower, which is to DO erected in commeInora- |
lion Of the emancipation of negro slaves III tho
United States.-1t il reported that Parliament |
will DO prorogacd OH the 8th of August.
1NDIA-Dispatchcs from Calcutta state that |
30O, 600 natives arc now employed on relief |
works, 1000, 900 less than three weeks ago.
Half million are now subsisting Oh the charity !
If tho Government and tho public.
Crimes and Casualties.
MAN named Jackson Harrison was robbed
If $4,000 III Cleveland, OH the 9th inst.
Ar Tcrre H:ute, Indiana, II boiler in tho
Eagle Iron Works exploded OH the 9l, inst.
Nm. Cashier, engineer, was Lady scaltlcd, and
yill probably die.
SEVEN boys were struck by lightning, near
while climbing a fence beneath
ho telegraph wro. One lad named John
hay. ten years old, was killed. Tho others
'erc severely injured, but will recover.
AT Buffalo, New York, the tug Golden City
truck row boat near tho mouth Of Buffalo
rock, and cut it III twain A mai named
hcilon, with his vito and little son, the only
Occupants Of tho boat, wcro instantly drowned.
W. I. CUMMINGS, Of Atlanta, Georgia, WIS
truck by lightning and instantly killed OH the
tin inst
NEAR Charleston, South Carolina, OIL the 81,
Instant, a western bound train on the Carolina
CENTRAL Railway came into collision with u ,
'a,;on killing Albert Nelson AMI John Davis,
+ Lincoln county. Both were prominent cit
.ells. |,
MORAN WALDRoN, a servant girl, was burned t
} death at Springfield, OHIO, while Lighting Il {
re with coal oil. IL
n PROMINENT plIyslclaI, OF Nashville, ICIiii.,
.,ncd jennings. committed suicide IT. Nara
tnActt I'icr, Il. l.. Oh the III, insI. t
TIE Michigan Central depot and freight S
"'lsc ut Grand Rapids, Mich, were TO str"ycd ,
y fro recently. Loss SIG, 600.
THOMAS KENT, Of New Brunswick, N. j.,
'ok his three children TO TIC canal and pitch
l them III, jumping in himself afterwards t
he Oldest ciIid girl, was drowned, bat the l
lther and other children were rescued,
PETER CuuILL, Of Cleveland fell frt III lis
ngon and WAS instantly killed, tho wheels Of :
il wagon crushing his head.
Nix. EockHoLD. Il wealthy PLANTER residing |,
ear Mt. Zion, Tennessee, while returning :,
ono with wagon load Of provisions, was l.
stantly killed by tree falling upon linn.
Cruelty to Animals. t
At the jubilee congress Of the Royal '
ocicty for the Prevention OF Cruelty to
nimals, held in London on June 10, IL !;
tpcr by DIR. Hamilton Of Liverpool $
us read on "Tlc mental suffering rs of !
nimals from fear in slaughter houses"
[c maintained that they were able to I
what was being done to '
lcir cOmDaniOns that this knowl,,1re