Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08

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during the day. and At . quarter to 4r. \. the
Virsinius, which had been gradually sinking,
went 20 the bottom. She sank in eight tath.
oms Of water, portion Of her masts remain
ing above the surface.
The Railroad Strike.
Tar strike Of railroad engineers, which was
iuaugurated on December n on the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago aud other
roads At the East and West, 10 at An end. On
the PittsburS Road and its connections thu
men have gone to work 1t the reduced
wages, and all passenger and freight trains
on the roads are running regularly. On the
fttsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis Road pas.
senger trains are regularly running. together
with few local freight trains. On the Eastern
Division OF the Peunsylvanla Road the engi.
nesrs, pilots. and otter ferry hands Of the
Company, reported that they accepted the
reduction Of Is per cent. in their salaries.
A committee from the engineers Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad waited on Mr.. Barker, As
sistaut superintendent, in Jersey City. and re-
ported that the engineers of the New York
Division, numbering 1S6, have decided to &C.
cept the proposed reduction, but would pre-.
sent . remonstrance to President Thompson,
asking that when bu siness improves the pres.
snt rate be restored. At Columbus tho strike
occasioned some uneasiness, but quieted
down, owing to the fact that the railroad au.
thorities secured suficiency of non. Union
men to operate the road, and the strike, which
appeared at the outset to be well managed,
and every prospect Of making trouble for the
roads or ID accession to the demands OF the
strikers, is reported to be at an end. Men are
eturning to work, and no further trouble
need be apprehended.
The East.
charters, under which . direct railroad has
been located from New York city to Omaha,
has requested the House Committee on Rail-
roads to recommend bill granting them .
National charter over the Same line. The
road runs through Illinois on the charter Of
the Muscatine, Kewanee and Great Eastern
Railroad The company AJAX for subsidy Of
~, 900 per mile, IN guaranty Of the bonds,
and the importation, FREQ OF duty, Of Ill the
iron and steel necessary for it, construct ton.
The committee will not report in favor Of the
subsid
TIE Erie Canal is now completely closed
locking up about 3, ,OOO, 600 bushels OF grain,
which will have to remain all winter. In this
amount is included nearly l, 500 600 bushels OF
wheat.
Jay Cooke loses an estate worth a, ,o0O, coo
Ar. Aoorehead property worth s., ,0OO, 600, and
the other members large private fortunes.
Al are nov penniless, being ruined 6nan.
"A lA1laoAp accident occurred At Wilton
Place Ohio, On Friday, by which five or six
persons were more or less injured, none fa
tally.
TaE iron bridge over the Missouri river at
Boopesville is finished.
: TIE trialof ex-Mayor Hall, Of Now York,
has resulted in his acquittal.
The President OF one Of the national banks
Of Philadelphia has used the whole surplus oi
the bank, s2o0, GOO, for the benefit Of an Iron
Manufacturing Company, and it will be . to.
tol loss. The capital OF the bank, however, ID
unimpared.
The police Of New York city have made q
descent on the headquarters of the Kentucky
lottery, arrested several persons, and tool
;possessiou Of al the property on the prem
Ex-SuPERvisoR Cross, Of Brooklyn. asa
been fined $3.50 for allowing Mr.. Hoke tc
escape to Kansas. carrying a child with her,
for possession Of which euit WAS pending.
The Nlaaf.
- TuE stock Of provisions in St. Louis il Il
follows: Pork, 1850 barrels; lard. a, ,oN
tierccs; dry.saltsd meats, about $4,000, ,0oC
pounds hams and shoulders in sweet pickle.
about aoo. 1000.
In Ne" Albany, Ind, on Wednesday, John
Parker, carpenter, shot his wife through
the head, and blew his own brains out. Par.
ker died instantly. 1t is understood that. do
mestic infelicity was the cause
A TE1EolAM from Paola, Kansas, states that
some 6ends removed rail from the track Of
the Missouri River and Gulf Railway, between
Barnard and Lacygne, by which freigh
train with eight loaded cars and the engine
bound northward, were ditched, on Wednes
night, killing the fireman and badly inju. iDa
tho conductor. engineer and brakeman.
Al Zsnesvilie, Ohio, on Tuesday night, Ed
ward Kennedy, aged 10. was killed With
pocket-knife in the hauds of ]. McCarty, car
penter. Kennedy died in about twenty min
utes. McCarty claims that it as done in sell
defense.
The iron bridge over the Missouri River 4
Bonneville is finished.
PETITIONS are in circulation through North
srn Iowa askin9 Congress to extend to th
Clinton bridge the law authorizing the COZ
sstructisn OF 4 bridge across the Mississippi
river, and throwing them open to all railroad
Wishing to use them as postal routes by th
payment OF tolls. The Clinton bridge va
built before the enactment OF this law, an
the Northwestern Railroad, having leased it
refuses other roads access to it. @ neress j
asked to compel them to do it.
The following statement shows the move
ment OF the leading articles Of produce, hv
stock, lumber, shingles, lath &c., at Milwau
kee for the year ending December 3lst, 1873
Tbe receipts of ,Elour we're 1,229,696 bbls
:: Wheat. .2s. "a. .oas5 bus; Oats, 1854, ,s23 bus
Corn, s2o.s bus, rye, s75,9e4 bus; Barle,
l,21o.1l1 bus; Cattle, 14.154 head
Live Hogs, 2ss,67o hoad; Dresse
Hogs, IS, ,325 head Lumber. l34. All, 900 Zee,
Shingles, es, ,7s5, 900 m Butter, 3,4s4,ss4 b.
The shipments wers: Flour, 1,775, 129 bbla
wheat,, n, ,O24;47e sbhs; Oats, 9e5,2s5 bu.
Corn. 1s7, - bus ERys, 1923 bus Barle
6sssss bus W6si, $780,, ,sl1 lbs Butter, 2
81, $40 lbs; Pork. s2,998 bbls, and 2l,2
tierces Beet. 5,l5S bbls, and 287 tieroel
Lard, 4,s52 bbls, and 25,577 tierces Tallc'
64S,ooe lbs; Bacon, 4O,877 boxes Bulk Meat
$751;, $3.50 lbs, and Feed, 26,9 ,975, ,085 lbs.
TIE citizens OF South Bend, Ind, witnesst
trial between stand pipe water.w works and
rotary steam are-engine, in which tho latt
was badly beaten.
A MASS MEETING Of one tn ousand une
ployed workngmen was held in Chicago {
December %, at which, speeches we're made e
pressing dissatisfaction with their committe
denouncing the press and the aristocrats, ar
demonstrating the necessity of Thorough o
ganiZatiOn.
APRosPECT for the establishment of Al
tional Ineb,iate ASYLUM, to be chartered
Congress, is receiving considerable attcntio
with fair prospect for success before I
session is over. It will be conducted on t
plan or the one ut Binghamton, New York .
will have for it's object the cure OF insbr'