Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-12
VOLUME vi.
the question to her decision, aud she decided

the question to her decision, and she decided
in favor OF B.iley.
A BoILIR connected with tho coal-shatt OF
Schafer l. Co., nine miles below Wheeling. OK
ploded Saturday morning. Tho boiler was MI
old, woru.out affair. The engine-honse was
totally destroyed. The boiler was thrown
over 800 feet. Manager Smith and . miner
named Kelley were badly injured. and four
others slightly. No lives lost.
BIZ an explosion Of locomotive boiler at
Steui1ville station, on the Toronto and Ncpis.
sing railroad, two firemcn were killed, ar
another severely injured, and the roo's OF
the station and freiKht-shed were carried
away.
PHYSICIANS who went to North C.rolin. 70,
the bodies OF the Siamese twins have returned
to Philadelphia. The examination will be
conducted by the college OF physicians pri.
vately, but report will be furnished to the
public. The bodies are in . good state Of
preservation.
TIE National Grange OF Patrons OF Hus-
bandry has appropriated 5000 to the State
Grange OF Iowa, in consideration Of tho great
OxV0Oo0 1uCOIIe0 W s0OS eou0o ~ AVA0NSU8
the wants Of distressed brethren in north
western Iowa. Appropriations Of $1,000 to
Minnesota. and $50 to Dakota were also made.
Washington.
tn Committee on Education and Labor
has decided to report adversely upon the sew
eral bills to prohibit the importation OF Coo'is
labor which were referred to that committee.
Il 10 urged that the law Of 1862 is sufficiently
strict, and that the bill will maui'sstly violate
tho conditions Of the treaty with China aud
Japan.
TIE Committee on Public Lands have re-
ported to the House comprehensive bill re-
pealing oil the homestead laws, except the act
q 1877, providing homesteads for soldiers
and sailors. The new bill provides that any
citizen over a years Of age may select 1e0
scrss of land valued at @l.2s per acre, or 80
acres valued at s250 per ac1e for home-
stead. II provides that no patent Of owner
ship csu bs issued until after i've years Of
continuous rssidence on the land. II citi.
zen has land already, but less than 16o acres,
he may enter and take possession Of other
unappropriated lands adjoining. not exceed
ing l6e acres IN all. Absence from the land
for six months at time dulinR the i've years
lorfsits all claim 10 ownership. Provision 10
also made for the purchase by settlers Of
land for commercial aud manufacturing pur.
poses. The date OF the act il fixed on the 1st
Of September next.
An insane man attempted t. ride into the
White House, at Washington, the other day.
He gave his name as James g. Sypher.
TIE House Committee on Appropriations
had before them tho Chief Clerk of the Treas
ury Department, on the subject Of reducing
the clerical force OF that department, and
making other economical reforms.
THE War Department has information rela-
tive 70 the recent fight at Newton, about
eighteen miles from Fort Clark, Texas. be.
tween Mexicans and Indians. The fight oc-
CURED on January 18th, lasting from nine
o'clock in the morning until i've o'clock in the
afternoon. At the close Of the day niue In.
dams and a squaw were killed. Two Mexicars
were slightly wounded. The Mexicans think
the Indians were Comanches from the reserva.
ton, ~ they were entirely strange, and were
evidently lost.
Foreign.
RETURNS from the English election show
that the Liberals have gained one seat in
Bath, Dunham, Pool and Worcester, and two
in Boston =; Conservatives have gained one
seat in Buery, Stedmunds, Colchester, Grant.
ham, Ha.sham, Plymouth, Portsmouth and
Windsor, and two in Cambridge, Exeter aud
Wigan. The Conservatives gain thirty seats
previously held by Liberals, and the Liberals
have ousted nine Conservatives. The Conser-
vative journals are jubilant over the result.
Disreali addressed meeting at Newport on
February 4th, and throughout the whole of
his speech . mob pelted with stones the win.
dows Of the hall. They attempted to break
mp the meeting, when free fight ensued.
The polling 1T Hackney has been declared
void, because OF iniormalities. At Stanley,
Lancashire, serious riots occurred, and many
persons we're injured. At Dudley, Worcester
shire, conflict occurred between an ,n.
ported mob OF IrishmeD and miners. A num-
Der Of houses were ransacked and much prop
erty destroyed. The riot act was read all
the shops closed, and it was fonnd that the
whole population would rise against the in
truders. A company Of soldiers were sent
from Birmingham to aid the authorities in
the restoration of order.
ADv1cEs from the gold coast report that the
Ashantces have released German missionary,
and sent him to Sir Garnet Wolsely. with pro-
posals Of peace.
A RIOT has occurred among 1900 convict
Intransigentes confined at Oran. Algeria. Sew
eral were wounded. The convicts are to be
taken back to SPAN.
A DISPATCH from Cape Coast Castle states
that twelve ambassadors from the Ashantees
recently arrived in the British camp suing for
peace. Sir Wolseley replied that he would
only treat with the King himself at Coomas-
sic. It ls also reported thrt Gen. Vol selsy
has detained the Ashantee ambassadors ~
hostages for some British sailors taken pris.
oners by the enemy.
The LCnion newspaper says Prince Bis.
marck recently addressed some observations
to the British Government relative 10 the at
titude Of tho UItramontane press and the
Bishops OF England, and received discourag.
ing reply but this is contradicted by later
news.
The majority Of the merchants of Havana
are doing business on a sold basis.
IHlRTY THOUSAND unemployed w0rkmen OF
Vienna have petitioned the government for
relief.
The session of the Reichstag WAS opened
on Thursday, with = speech from the Throne
delivered by the Imperial Commission. The
| sp sech concluded with the assurance that all
the nations Of Europe Are resolved to PIE.
serve peace.
A Genuine Case Of Leprosy In Detroit.
From the Detroit Free Press, Feb. a.
There is at present in one OF the
public institutions of this city q genu-
inc well-de6ned case of leprosy. The
victim is John Mccarthy, q native of