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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
VOLUME VII.
At LARGE.

THB absence Of stages from broadway, Now
York, owing to the drivers strike. is said to
afford such relief to that thorouyhfare. that
there is general desire that the strike Of
drivers may bo continued long enough to
secure substitute for tho ancient and lumber
ing stage.
TIE Police Commissioners Of New York,
have issued oil order authorizing tho arrest Of
all street musicians under Ii years Of ago.
REAR ADMIRAL SHuRRIcK, senior officer OH
the retired list, died in Washington OH May ~,
aged s..
A BILL has passed the House to pay tho
widow Of Capt. Hall, Of the Polaris. sl,S9G,
tho amount Of his pay up to tho 3lst OF
December, 1873, when the officers ami crew Of
tho Polaris werc paid of, and to authorize tho
purchase Of his papers Of prior explorations at
All amount notcxceeling $4,000.
THE beach trec which six men wero hung
by Vigilantos during their reign in Jackson
county, Ind. aud which had been literally cut
to pieces by relic hunters, was sot on fire and
burned down recently. The trco had been
visited during the last fow years by Thousands.
In . game of billiards Of GOO points, in Now
York recently, Ubassy beat GARNER, scoring
4A6 in "a innings. $780,
GEN. JAs. SHIELDS, ox-United States Senator
from Illinois and Minnesota, while visiting at
the residence Of Col. james n Burns, near
st. Joseph, Mo-, slipped on tho porch and
partially fractured limb.
RocHEFoRr arrived in. Chicago May %, and
Immediately continued his Journey to New
York.
JUDGE SwArNE, Of the United States court,
has rendered decision in the case of the
Newport and Cincinnati bridge company
against tho United States government.
A BILL has passed the Senate to restrict tho |
choice Of jurors in U. s. courts to persons who |
can read and write tho English language.
EARTHQUAKE shocks wcro felt in San Fran !
cisco, recently.
WALTER J. O11s, Of Chicago, has been SO.
lected bow oar for the Harvard University Boat !
Club.
The Rev. David Swing preached in tho
Fourth Presbyterian Church, At Chicago, the
Sunday after bis scquittsl. Six hundred peo-
pie were unable to gain admission. After the |
services collection was taken to pay off the !
debt OF tho church, and the entire amount |
e20, 400, was raised in fifteen minutes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
FOREIGN.

The announcement Of tho intended canli-
dacy Of German prince for the throne of
Spain, il confirmed. 1t Is said that Don Carlos
has sent Con. Elio to Versailles to inform the
French government in regard to this move
mcnt.
GEx. CoNCHAs has seized the heights near
Aitaban, aud the roads leading from Biscay,
by way of Villa Real and Gumboa. Tho army
OF Don Carlos have consequently abandoned
Durango, and retired into Guipuzcoa. It is
reported that the Carlists have received
twehty Krupp steel cannon, and are re-organ-
izing their forces.
FRESH rebellion hae broken out in Para
quay.
IHE Paris Republque Crancais considers
tho arrival Of the Emperor Of Russia in LON
don ~ great event, and says tho motive of
the Cars journey was not simply wish to
see his daughter again. It believes his object
was to bring about an understanding between
England and Russia directed to tho mainte-
nance of peace.
By fire in Paris more than 5000 people
have boon left destitute. Thirty lives are
supposed to have been lost. The properly
loss is not stated.
The rate Of discount at the Bank of ENGLAND
has been fixed At 81. This reduction has no
effect upon American securities, they having
been discounted.
DISPATCHES say tho distress from famine in
India il increasing. Nearly three million peo-
pie are dependent upon the government for
food.
The Pope is suffering from fever, tho re-
suit Of cold. Receptions at the Vatican have
consequently been suspended.
A xlN1srERIAL crisis is probable in Italy.
GEN. CoNcnA is concentrating his forces for
an attack on the Carlists at Estella.
Birth complaints are made ut Santiago do
Cuba concerning the depreciation of Spanish,
bank notes there. Gold is held at an advance
Of twelve per cont. on Havana quotations, and
prices Of every eoaamodity arc proportionally
high.
The London Times announces that Prince
Arthur has been made Duke OF Connaught and
Lord Of Strathmair, and received the tito Of
the Earl of Sust az.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
Sumner and Webster.

In September, 1846, when he was
thirty-ive years old, and thought to be
visionary and extreme young man,
highly educated, indeed, and perhaps
fitted for some literary professorship,
but wholly without political experience
or sagacity, and the very last man by
character, talents, and training to be q
political leader of Massachusetts in the
grave public situation, he went one
September evening to Faneuil Hall with
all the famous Wing chiefs, and spoke
upon the duties Of his party at the time.
The tone and character of tho speech
may be supposed from it's conclusion,
which was that the Wing party should
demand the abolition of slavery. As he
was ending, Mr.. Sumner eferred TO- Mr..
Webster, then Senator, whom the meet
ing had hoped to welcome. He appeal
ed to him to lead the party in that great
demand. The time had arrived. The
duty was not to be avoided. It was the
question of the hour. "By your plea
for the Unlon." said Mr.. Sumner, "you
have Justly won the name of Defender
of the Constitution. By the mastery
Oregon negotiation you have earned
another title, Defender of Peace. And
now" exclaimed the orator, with gener-
Gus fervor-"no add higher title,
never to be forgotten on earth or in
heaven Defender OF Humanity" It is
easy to imagine tho incredulous con-
tempt with which the old Wing chiefs
heard this appeal from the ardent tyre.
"Hc advise Webster! He, this morbid
theorist, instruct the most consummate
of American statesmen 1t is both
comical and disgraceful." Mr.: Sumner
sent copy of his speech to Mr.. Web
ster, and Mr.. Webster acknowledged it
in cool and polite note. He said that
he respected the character and talents of
the orator, and wished him we'll. Then,
in his most Olympian strain, Mr.. Web
ster added: "1n political affairs we
happen to entertain at the present mo-
mont difference of opinion respecting
the relative Importance of some of the
political questions of the time, and take
= different view of the line of duty
most fit to be pursued in endeavors to
obtain all the good which can be Oh
tanned in connection with certain i'm
portant subjects" Which saw most
clearly, the consummate statesman or
the impracticable visionary ?"-Georgc
William Curtis.
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AUSTRALIA.
A Deatf-lscd Interview by TcIcgrur

neath"nc" interview ny TCIcKrnPh.
Tho Australian overland telegraph,
extends for / 900 miles across the great
wastes of Australia, from Adelaide on
tho south to Port Darwin on tho north.
The stations aro few and far apart, and
the line is consequently greatly exposed
to attacks from tho natives, who pull
tho wiro down, and cut away great quan-
titles of it for tho purpose of nrming
the points of their spears. They also
mash tho porcelain insulators, and use
tho sharp edged pieces to scrape their
spear blades into shape. Each station
is fort in itself, at which six men re-
side.
Barrow creek is 1000 miles from
Adelaide and 700 miles from Port Oar
win, while it is in tho midst of dis
trict thickly peopled with blacks. On
the evening of Sunday, Feb. %, all the
men of this station were lying out of
doors smoking, when they we're suddenly
attacked from the eastern corner of the
building by q large body of natives,
who speared Mr.. Stapleton, the master.
As tho Englishmen had left their arms
inside, they made a rush for the en-
trance, but they were driven back by =
shower of spears, which wounded two
of them. Finding their retreat cut off,
they ran around the building in the
hope that the natives would follow them,
and so be drawn away from the door.
Happily for them the natives gave
chase and thus, when tho poor fellows
came round again to the front of the
house, they found the door unguarded.
One, however, was fatally wounded as
he ran. They at once seized their rifles
and soon drove the natives off. They
then telegraphed to Adelaide news of
what had happened, and DR.. Gosse, one
of the Adelaide surgeons, did all that
surgeon can do by prescription and ad-
vice for patients who are 200 miles
away. Poor Mr.. Stapleton was beyond
cure, but he and his wife, who was liv-
ing at Adelaide, were able to exchange
o few parting words. DR.. Gosse had
to insist that tho wounded men should
be kept awake all night, for fear that
their hesh might have been poisoned by
the spears. Three days later Mr.. Flint,
the wounded operator, sent the follow
ing message: "At l p. M. natives at
tempted to surround station. Three
shots fred, killing one native. Fires
all round station. Expect another at
tack. Strict guard kept. Please hurry
relief" Happily relief was near at
hand, for five teamsters and their super
were within q few hours of
Barrow's creek. Moreover, Mr.. Tuck
er, the station master at another creek,
who had been travelling southwark
along the line, attached his pocket in
strument to the wire at Di1on's creek,
and spoke to Mr.. Todd, the superin-
tendent at Adelaide. Mr.. Tucker and
the five men who were with him were
ordered to proceed with all dispatch to
Barrow's creek, where they relieved the
little garrison.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
Biddy's Philosophy.

What would do, if you WAS dcatl2
And when do you think Of dying?
Id stand 10y your bed, and hold your llcad,
And cry, or prctil,l to 10 crying!
There's many worser man nor you
II one know where to find him
And malbo many bettor, too,
With money to leave hohnd him!
But you, if WAS dying to-day
II saw you now whom you kissed lcr),
1 tell You, Pat, what you'd DO at
You'd marry your wi,ldy's sister!
You'd mako All illigant corpse, inlxtlc,
Sleeping 30 sound and stiddy;
II you could SEQ yourself NJ you laid,
You'd want to como back to Bi,ldy!
You would DO dressed in your Sunday bost,
AZ tidy ~ could make you,
With q sprg OF something OH your breast
And the boys would como to wake You!
But you, il was dead in your stead,
do YOU think never missed herb
tell you, Pat, what you'd be at
You'd marry your widly's sistor!
The undertaken would drive tho hearso
That has tho big black feather;
If there was no money loft in your purse,
Your friends would club together!
They'd look at your cold remains before
They followed yon down to tho ferry;
And the coaches standing at the door
Would so to the cemetery!
But you, if was once in tho box
Il wonder her lips don't blister),
I tell you, Pat, what you'd be at
You'd marry your widdys sister!
When you was under tho sod I'd sigh,
And--if could do without you,
Mabbe Two a strappins lad in my eyo
Would come hero and talk about you!
A little courtin' would be divertin',
A kind voice whispering, "Biddy."
And kiss OH the sly-for what's tho hurt in
man consoling wildly?
But you, before was dead at al
(Now don't deny that you kissed herr,
Itell you, Pat, what you'd be at
You'd marry your widdy's sister!
-Ha,Ier's Drarer.
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THE CENTENNIAL.
Final C0nr1usi0n and lDecIaIOn Of tn, Co
mission and Flmnnco Committee.

mission and Finnnco Con,n,ittee.
The following is tho final and con-
elusive decision Of tho international
Centennial Commission and Finance
Committee. It was made known on
Saturday, May q, after the adjourn
mont of the commission. The COM
mission state the present condition of
affairs as follows:
First-Bids are to he opened for contracts
for the execution of al art gallery and muse
um on Tuesday next, and it is expected that
work will be commenced in few days. The
there has been appropriated for that purpose
BY the state OF Pennsylvania, 81, 00O, 600, and
by the city Of Philadelphia, $500, 900. The
building will covor over ono and half acres
Of ground.
Second-The immediate erection of con-
s,ervatory hall at cost Of s2oo,ooo, and for
tins purpose an appropriation has boon made
by the city Of Philadelphia, without any other
instructions than the requirement that the
money shall be expended for this building.
The plans cover space of ono and half acres
OF T EsS"la hail sa;m,ted 1T , cont
Of e800, 900, which has been provided for by
direct appropriation by the city of Philadol-
phia, FREQ from restriction and entirely avail
ablo for the purpose. Work on this building
will commence some months hence, but in
ample time to have it completed for use by the
commission. It will cover ten acres of ground
Ut . cost not to exceed $3.50, 900 per acre.
FOu'th-The erection OF the main exhibition
building will be commenced a. soon ~ tho
plans arc perfected. This can probably DO &C.
complished by tho last Of June. This build
ing il to covor = space Of about twenty acres,
at coet not to exceed 600, 600 per acre, say
= total Of $4,000, 600. To this work subscrip-
tons to stock arc applicable, which, making
due allowance for losses, now amount to about
81, 500, 900, having but $500, 600 yet to DO pro-
vided for this purpose.
F1h-An agricultural hall, to be provided
for, to cover about i've acres Of ground and
cost about ease, 900; grading, draining, water
and railroad connections, etc., say 81 ,O00, 900;
general administration, say $500, 600; for
errors III estimates and for contingencies, say
4075, 900, Total expenditures exclusive Of art
gallery and museum, 45, Gas 900, Of which tho
city Of Philadelphia has appropriated direct
and without reservation, except in designation
OF the particular buildings upon which the
amount shall be expended, 81 ,OOO, 600. Actual
subscriptions, u, 900. Total to be pro-
vided for, 81, 825. 900, which amount tho board
Of finance have no doubt of being able to raise
from the people and from the general govern
ment. The statements heretofore submitted
by the board Of finance were based on build
ings of = character which was indicated by the
commission, but under tho present circum-
stances your committee deem it wise that the
buildings should be Of simple character, aud
on that basis this report is submitted.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04

THE Springfield Register, tho leading
Democratic paper in Illinois. says there
is not word Of truth in the declaration
that the Democracy of that state will
join new party, or third party, or
anything of that kind. 1t proposes to
eschew I'LL tricks, games, md ma
nnuvres. rs the Register calls the
Greeley movement.
PRACTICAL crcmationists The Mexi-
cln witch burners.
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Poem Of Robert Barn.
[H1rHERro UNPuBLIsHED.1

Tho trout in yonder whipping burn
That glides, = silver dart,
And safo beneath the shady thorn
Dofes tho anglers art;
Nv life was once that careless stream,
That wanton trout was l;
But love wi unrelenting beam
Has scorched my fortunes dry.
Tho little howret's peaceful lot
In yonder cliff that grows,
Which, save the linnet's fight, wot,
No ruder visit knows,
Was mine, till love had DER me passed,
And blighted = my bloom,
And now beneath the whitening blast
Ny youth and joy consume.
The wakensd lavrock warbling springs
And climbs the early sky,
Winnowing blithe his dewy wings
In mornings rosy eye;
As little reckt sorrows power,
Until the flow'ry snare
O. witclling love, in luckle.. hour,
Made me the thrall O. care.
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The New Constitution of Switzerland.

The new constitution adopted by the
Swiss, by a vote of 321, $40 to III, 800,
will introduce several important
changes. Among these it gives, for the
first time, the Federal Government the
control of the army and of military
stores and Notifications; makes every
man liable to military service; makes
education secular and compulsory;
provides for the passage of a uniform
bankruptcy law subjects the ecclesias.
teal to tho civil power; make civil
marriage obligatory; prohibits the
creation of any new bishoprics without
the permission of the state, and the
foundation of new converts or the re-
vival of old ones; and maintains the
exclusion of any other religious order
the conduct of which may seem to tho
government dangerous to the state or
likely to disturb the peace between
creeds.
A MARINE residence has been con-
structed for the King of the Belgians
and is to no placed on the beach at
Ostend. The construction is of wood,
and cost 100000. 1t consists of thirty
eight rooms, and has five staircases.
The whole is surmounted by tower
which rises from the centre to Il height
of sixty feet.
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A " Great Tourist"

Denver papers note the return to that
CITY of Miss Matte Gaylord, of Boston,
1.-the great tourist Of the Northwest
and the Pacific Coast" and say: Five
years ago she and her sister made this
city the initial point of departure for
wonderful journey of 1900 miles,
which they accomplished with their
own carriage, visiting every camp, set
Element, village, and city in tho Terri
tories and on the Pacific coast. Miss
Gaylord is now en- route to Australia,
where she will spend the next two
years in a similar explorative journey. "
The early Bird is the name of the
latest vcrmifuge. 1t catches the worm.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04

He has left void that cannot he
easily filed" AZ the bank director
touchingly remarked of the absconding
cashier,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
A ShOrc.Find.

A small tomahawk was found yester-
day ON the Northern shore of Belle
Isle, which evidently had been uncov-
cred by tho late freshet. It is of the
character which is known among arch
biologists as belonging to the palac-
olithic period of the stone age. The
upper part of this implement is slightly
barbed in two places; the lower is
pointed. There is a rude groove
around it, into which was inserted tho
wythe that fastened it to it's handle.
It is wrought of honey-colored flint.
How many years it has lain in its oozy
bed no ono can even guess. Belle Islo
was known in the last century rs Broad
Rock Island, and tradition says it was
used by the primitive tribes rs place
of burial for their dead. The gentle
man who picked up the implement de-
scribcd above has also unearthed three
distinct specimens of Indian pottery on
this island.-Richnaond Enquirer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
Equality Mt Table.

The social war still RACES, says a
Paris correspondent, respecting the
custom of host selecting from among
his guests the most conspicuous of the
guests invited passing them in review
before the company as he conducts
them to the chief seats at the table.
The abolition of this inhospitable in
equality is strongly urged. At q dinner
table, there ought to be no subalterns,
but Spartan equality. The Russian
plan is excellent, where the guests as
semble and mix at a buffet, sort of
overture to the dinner, and make
acquaintance before passing, sens
ceremonie, to the dinner: table. In the
eighteenth century tho rule was for the
ladies to enter the dining-room alone,
those nearest the door passing in first !;
for any lady to offer to make way for
another of exaulted station, the latter
would consider the intended Difference
rs an impertincnce. The gentlemen
afterward followed and took seats by
chance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04

THREE years ago three colored men
bought 200 acre farm in Tennessee
for 81, 500, to be paid in three annual
instalments. Their only capital was
five mules, and yet at date they have
paid the whole sum, besides having
supported themselves and families,
They did all their work themselves,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
A Bee i'm His Ear.

John L. Hunter, awell known lawyer
OF Willaimantic, Conn, who has been
deaf in his left eur forsome years, went
to Boston aurist, the other day, and
he took from it u bng rs large as a
honey bee. Mr.. Hunter hadn't the
slightest idea what was the trouble
with him. but was informed, before the
operation, that there was something
foreign in the organ, and, after the bug
was taken out, the physician told him
that ho had been in there Is years
probably, and that when he got in he
must have caused great pain. Mr..
Hunter, after racking his brain a while,
remembered that, one night in 1861, he
was walked by intense pain in his car,
and that he stopped it by pouring in
oil. Tho oil operated, of course, by
killing the animal.
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TheatriCalS in Paris.

Olive Logan writing of Paris theatri-
calls, says: Gan invariable French GUS
tom, which our managers would do we'll
to adopt, is getting up q piece in
double. As soon rs piece makes a
hit here it is Immediately cast again to
idle members of the company, aud re-
hearsals with there reserved forces are
at once begun. Every soul playing in
the Deux Orphelines might lie down
and die this afternoon, and tonight the
piece could be played without hitch or
hinderance by fresh artists up in the
parts, ready with costumes, and who
have had on mere chance of the posi-
bility of their being called upon to play,
more rehersals than our managers give
to the original production. This is
what Dickens called 'the art of taking
very great deal of pains, and that art
is one which, if the desirable in all
fields of endeavor in dramatic contest,
is indispensable. Yet fear an author
If he were not nm actor--who should
attempt to direct his pieces on our
stage, would be very coldly seconded
by our artists. They know their own
talent, and would no doubt say or think,
DO you presume to teach me-you
who can not act, while I cam Yet
Dumas teaches that superb artist, La
fountaine, how to act Mazarin, and La
receives his instructions
gladly. The great French actor says,
Here, Mr.. Author, give me your con-
ception to its completest shade; my
task is to fill it. You couldn't act the
part, I couldn't write tour talents
each Other.'"