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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
Tho West.

inc west.
THE notorious Mexican bandit Vasouez has
at last been captured, and is now in prison At
Los Angeles, Cal.
FIGHTING among the Indians west of Bis
nlarck is reported. Gen. Custer is making
preparations to attend to them should they ap-
proach F.. Lincoln, where his force is st.
toned.
The Ohio Democratic State Convention is to
lie feMin Columbus, July 13. -,
TnE eighth annual meeting Of the National
Encampment of the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie met at Harrisburg, May 13. Reports from
officers show highly gratifying degree of pro-
gress throughout the organizations. The follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing wear ::
Commander-in-Chief, Charles sDevens Jr.. of
Massachusetts; Senior vice-Commanier-in-
Chief, Edward Jardine, of New York; Junior
Vice ce-commander-in-Chief, Guy Gould, of 1lli-
nols Chicago was selected as the next place Of
meeting in May, 1875. - r.
A LAWYERS Convention is to be held at Dex-
ter, Iowa, July Is. 1t is generally regarded A
sensible movement to take tho judiciary ont
of the party caucus.
The Kansas State Senate is in session for
the purpose of trying ex-state Treasurer Hayes
on articles of impeachment.
"A SPECIAL dispatch says two members Of the
Yellowstone Expedition have returned to Bose
man, Montana, and report tho whole party re-
turning. The command penetrated the coun-
try to near tho vicinity of Tongue river.
REPORTS from different sections of Michican
cay the dry weather has so far injured the
winter wheat that the farmers arc blowing
much Of 1t and preparing the ground for corn.
PROCEEDINGS havo been commenced. at
iankton, in tho McCook murder trial. The
prosecution is under the chief management oi
Hon. Jason D. Brown, Secretary of Wyoming
Territory, and defence of Hon. Leonard Sweet,
OF Chicago, with other local attorneys on either
side. Chief Justice Shannon presidcs.
.AdREAr riot occurred at Nelsonvillc O.. re.
Gently, between tho union and non-uniou
miners. Three mon were killed, and further
trouble is apprehended.
PRAIRIE fires have done = great amount Of
damage in the northern part of Wisconsin.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
THE; NEWS.
The Financial Veto

Tho following tables are given ~ indicating
public opinion in the west, as reflected by tho
press, of tho Presidents vcto Of the financial
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
The Land Where 1t Rains but Once IN
Five Years.


The tract of country known as the
State Range Valley is probably one Of
the most curious that Southern Califor-
MIA can boast of. It il there the i'm
mense deposits of borax were discovered
something like year ago, and at the
time the whole lower or central part of
that basin was covered with white de-
Posit, breaking away in some places in
large soda reefs, in others resembling
the waves of the ocean, and in still 9TH
ers stretching ont for miles in one un-
broken level, from which the sun re.
dected it's rays with glare almost un-
endurable. But one of the most singu-
lar features in connection with this
section was the absence Of rain or mois-
ture the days were ever sunny and
hot, the nights without dew, and gen.
orally warm. For more than five years,
it is said by those who claim to know,
there had been no rain there, until some
threemonths since the spell was broken.
Suddenly and with scarce any warning,
rain commencedt to fall, and increasingly,
unaccompanied by wind, but yet thor
ough drenching rain For two or three
Days it remained pleasant, when sud-
denly q water-spout was seen vending
its way through the valley. It came in
q zig-zag course across the upper end
of the lake, striking the range Of hills
on the east side and coursing rapidly
along them. The canons and gorges
were soon filed With -water, which
poured from them in fearful volume
and spread itself out upon the bottom.
In short time It was over, and dem
izens of the place now look for another
dry season Of five years. Tho Borax
Company are now in operation there,
and are said to be doing we'll, and
another set of works ON . small scale
will probably go up in q short time.
Thirty.fv hundred tons Of the refined
article were recently shipped to San
Francisco, and ten toms Of crude mate
rial.-L0s Angelos Exprcss.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
To Clean Floor Qil.C Cloths.

Soap should not be used in cleaning
oil-cloths. To half q pail of hot, soft
water, add half a cup of washing
fluid, or a piece of sal-soda half the
size Of an egg; with . scrubbings gsbrush
or broom rub hard, putting On only
sufficient water 20 that it will not run
off wipe dry with soft cloth; it will
look as bright and shining aswhen new.
This is I good way to clean common
paint, as it easily removes smoke, grease
or dust, and does not destroy tho gloss
of varnish. II in also useful in washing
windows.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

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Hs1se.' "-i'3 %l7.''S
~. I'm -, .,s.,a ~. ~ R.h--,.-- "a ~, -
~. .-.... ........- !. no. ,."1- -.
The oee'es security o. h's On boz. and steam =.
neaped.-rhe denc,ency htn v,s then oou.idered
+ ecn,ntttea ~ ~ Vhoia IA 49, -se.
thsreoo. the senate Geneys avsrd bia Nj tsien
from the table and re9esred.-Ihe HouO then
. --.... ..-ss-s-
....
THURaDAI, nay l4-Vho petitions OF
soldiers of the var of 1s13 Weee reported a cd
vesseay, ~ tho House bin, which Vim be reported
favoeshly. cover, the xrouud.-The morning
hour having expafed, tne Ssnase fes1ned tae con
ss9ot ~" ol ne an.n 1I' 1De Ps.ane 93eea a
50 per cent. % the proorton Of IeSal tendes to be
retired :. more n.toa,' bank nosss are ,..usa md
aves ~. n.vs n A motson to Isv On tSe tSsse.%,,
lost-syes ~, nays ss.-The sixth line q the
.ht. elshta t,,t.. ~. ~ .sss ssnoso 81 = No
smount Of Il loo0 san fr~n - ~ g. ~ :e fe
issued to nst1onsi bsnfin0 assoi,tions uner this
ect IN exocss Of re hicReet S,11tsndi11 vuas1ao
the Suty AZ fhs Secet.ry - ~ T,es.r~ to-re4ire
M a1nonnf n IInited Stste. nc4ee snn.i to x ~
oentum Of he circula ii notee so iasasd -. he
cent .e the r.te Of fntersef vhSsS ~ ho.ae fe1
to redeem the present United 6tetes note. afteF
Jsnuarv I877 ahoud hsar ~ fneerf n ~, fafe-
y four :Ss and .s p. sset f.,sn
deemed I'm coin and insert in leu thereof ten years
and BY striking ont Jansez1 ls4 I677, - d tins
when United States notes msy b. redeemed, in the
july lst, lS7& After sone further unimpoetant
smendments <weee rejected, de- bfNA posed-
yeas q. nays 1s.-Adjoszaed ..=,r.a 81
The House then went into committee ,l: of the
whole ON the deAcsency htIl.- The ttemof sa6 3ee.
to reambufse the fund q the reaoe3 sehooa IN the
District Of co'unhta, and which =hsd beea n the
hands q Henry p. Co9ke, e treeen1er, q the time
% % 'ee % ,n ~ coo.e s ~ 20. ~ seteed
diraomatic sppropriation hin vas taken M and
passed. Adjourned. - - sE >i' <s-Y''
Se1ate. = .,.fz ...I
FRDxY. Nav 1k-Mamorials were
,-...-t.s -,..,,- .,-...,,... - -. 49, -
Nississippi leyees, and 70 sxtepd Chesspeak and
Ohio C,naj-The reaoluf5on aatin1 The President
for Arhansas oorrespoadenoe psssed.-TAe bill
leco%%itsed al to % the oommittee naa ee
.ea s1.ains,sen. q ~ 49, s .ns s.!
ment when 3 dissb3ed united st.tes soid5er. his
wife, or the widow Of Deceased soldier, dying Of
~ S;s oSs.'D 81 sSnS' Ell ~ ~ anS
It The stsnard dxed 81 tAe r1lee such persoo aasi
have precedence for sppointment TO any fexisting
vacancy. Placed On tie calendar.- resolu-
ton relsting to Southern slaims vas Esoonnittsd.
M. Window introduced bin to establish .
treasury depsrtment and 1s under he dirsction of
the co1nmisston1 o6 internal commerce; uho shan
be sppointed b. the Prestlant s1d ounhrsnsfby
s.ther. coste .s,S snnnsity M - rrnoTf 10 Conore.s'
t.tistics - ..a.ts@ 4 nr..rcs ssse ths
stssss and sspeesiy e 70 rsiiiossis I'D sheir
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

THE English and American visitors
are in such exceeding force ct Rome
that their language fairly swamps both
the German and French In the inns and
shops.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

It has a deep depression under the eye.
It and the Hipparion about equal the
ass in height. The Pliohippus has but
one toe-that is, it's foot is like the
modern horse.
Lastly, at the very top of the forma-
tlon and just where it is passing into
the quaternary, for the first time the
bones Of the true horse are found. 1t
equaled in size the horse of the present
day, and in some species surpassed it.
The existing horse has no depression
in front OF the orbit. Occasionally it
has superauous hoof hanging about
the true one.
There are many other facts of a SINH
lar character about these skeletons and
those of other cognate forms, all indi-
cative of series of progression, or as
the believers in that theory would call
it, Of development. In respect to the
toes the argument may be briefly stated
thus: The single-toed hoof represents
the highest capacity for speed; four
toes may he useful for support in the
marshes, but the necessity for speed
would sooner or latermake animals with
fewer superfuous toes take precedenceo of
the others. The reduction in the num-
Der of toes may in this manner be due
to gradual elevation of the region in
habited. The struggle for existence of
the early horse was principally in sue
cessfully running away from beasts of
prey. At the present day, if a horse
wounded or marc embarrassed with
colt, is overtaken by prairie wolves,
the hoofs are used to great advantage,
each kick that strikes wolf squarely
usually killing it. Nothing could be
more inconvenient than auperfuous
toes in kicking. But what is the de-
preston in front of the eye? This was
developed without apparent reason and
disappeared equally without reason.
which even the development hypothesis
cannot explain.
It will be seen that there are yet
more worlds to conquer. Prof. Marsh
lives in the hope of seeing the skeleton
of the predecessor of the Orophippus
say with five toes in front and four be-
hind. And having got that equine an
cestOr, he will not be satisfied till,
somewhere at the bottom of the see,
or even back in the cretacious deposits,
he finds the greatest great grandfather
of all the horses, which should be
about the size Of a .tirst-class black-and-
tan, and should have five well-defned
toes on each foot, touching the ground.
With this fossil in his possession, I
think Prof. Marsh would be able to
enjoy life without going to the Rocky
Mountains every summer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

JOHN TROUT sells the best made fish.
ing tackle in Williamson, Pa.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
Ce0gressieol NannarT. II
MONDAY, Nay IL. Mr.. Conkling

MONDAY, Nay IL. - Mr.. Conklln9
presented memorial of the working mems ooo-
ventton, that the two Houses OF Congress adjourn
sine die. Refesred.-Ths committee on public
lands reported fsvorabIy on the House BIN for 70
Lief Of settlers on railroad lsnds.--A favorable
copies Of the letter Of the secretary Of the treas
ury in regard TO better protection Of tmneranta
ship board. Pas.ed;-Mr. Morrill,, Of Vermont,
pueatc buildings and grounds TO esoertatn II the
material In tho present nnhntshed Warrington
monument would be sumcient for erection Of an
arch, to be called the Warrington Arch. Agreed
to.-The Geneva award bill was then taken up,
but without reaching vote, the senste adjourned.
Hoose.
Bills were introduced: To provide for ffos
banking and better security to depositors, hinder
usury, give elasticity to currency, preserve IL
value to the people and prevent financial psncs by
locking mp currency TO hx the term Of the Presi-
authorize tho Commissioner Of revenue, By sum
nnsEy process. 70 eompromfse oe1s.s .evenss cases
for the election Of suPervisors and collectors Of In
Indian appropriation bill was then taken mp and
passed, also the river and hArboe appevpEistion
hn:|1he bil resting 70 Lands and tbe bill re-
Tho denciency bill vas then taken up, but
without action, adjourned.
IU1sDA4, nay IL. The committee
on finance reported an amendment to the finance
hn.-The civil rights bill came up, but wss laid
over after some debste.-The bin to Psutest 'front.'
Ter settlers against Indians reported ON favor
ably, and plsced On the calendar.-A bill relating
to jurisdiction Of courts martial reported and
plsced ON the calendar.-The Genevs avsfd bill
was then taken up and passed, after several amend
in Felstion 10 AKkoAa1s A.
fairs were presented and ordered printed.-Ths
Senate then adjourned. -
The committee ON elections reported on the Utah
contested election case, declaring Cannon entitled
to . seat, vhereupon . resolution WIS adopted
charging Cannon with the scandalous aDd dis
graceful practice Of poIygsmy, and instructfng the
committee elections 70 inquire into the Charge
and recommend such action On the paxt Of the
House - should seom meet.-A Heoo1utio0 re-
lattng to sRairs in Arkansas, was offered By Mr..
Poland, but objected IA, and was not 1eceiysd.-
The bill 16f tie Featef Of eo1nD 1Ddt0 e6nf1act0Fs
VS. returned With the;Psestdenth neoloe gpfoing
the ssme.-The House I'd journed:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
W1DA1sDAY, Nay l3.-Bals vers. in


troduoed for the better protection Of mmierapts.
Referred to oregulste commerce among The ssvssal
states With fossign na4toaa. RaIss1ed--1hs
Senate then proceeded 70 the consideration Of the
finance bM. Ths following smendme1f, v45ch
Wss reported by the finance committee yestardsy,
Was lost By . vote Of LIS syes to 81 nsys SAnd
each Of said assocstons shall keep and maintain -
part Of its lawful money, reserve a one thtR1 Of
the coin received BY It interest bonds Of the
United 6tstes deposited - 0ecn3eyIor circulating
notes Or government deposits, unless s1ch sssocis-
tion shall elect to exchange such proportion of coin
for bonds Of the Unitsa States Of the character
herein provided for, which shall therefrp0, until
the Arst day Of January, 1S7e be delivered to them
BY the Secretary of the Treasury, and which may
afteTward be held by such aasocfstfon and c0niid-
cred - part OF its reserve, three per cent only Of
the interest upon which bonds shall be paid to such
aasocation, or to any holder thereof, and the re-
naming two Per cent. shau be retained BY the
Secretary Of the Treasury, and the whole a1nount
clusively TO the payment of pef cent. $40 boeds
was placed o. the cslaadar, and the. Inlaa appro-
priattn bM referIed.-Ad3ouIned.
: Hsape.=a aa@f 4az5:s3
The House went into committee of tAe Whdae on
the btu to amend the law Of February a. 1s71, for
The better security of life On bosas and steam
vessels. After amending tbs title oe the bin, It
deficiency hin vas then considered
In committee o( the Who1a and aftee some peogrees
thereon, the Senate Geneva award han was taken
from the table and releETed.-The Houao then
adjourned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
THE HORSES IN AMERICA.

Prof. Marshes Discoveries In Fosstls-The
Ancestry Of the Noble Anlnaal-The Nor.
mon Bible Concerning Horses- -l!orses
Ab0mt the Size Of klttens-Tho Family
Tree Of tho Horse.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-22

The first meeting of the Eureka Jockey
Club was by no means a success. In the
first place, the second days race, two in
three, owing to failure to fill, was de-
clared off. Three days ago the half-mile
nounced to be of, but, after some ma
neuvering, three horses were ready to
start, and yesterday the race came off,
Coalburner, Dug and Dan Rice being
the entries.
Those who before suspected something
wrong now believed it, and started to
hedge, but too late; the horses were on
the track, the word given; even the hos
tier, turning" Dug, started him in the
sagebrush, both OF the others springing
in ahead. From the jump Coalburnel
took the lead; Dug soon gained second
position and by hard work was made &c
keep it, the animal himself apparently
ashamed that he should be compelled to
SO degrade himself and see his hackers
ruthlessly slaughtered. Coalburner
passed under the wire thirty feet in ad-
vance, winning the race and money.
Time 81 seconds. By some it is said
the time was so, others claiming eiJ1
In Justice to the association under whos'
auspices the race was run, it is but fai
to say that the arrangement is not as
cribed to it, many of the members, them
selves, falling into the snare and losing
their mony. 1t is unfortunate that such
a circumstance should happen, particu
larry as it was the first meeting givel
since their organization; but it will serv
as lesson to them to be more guarded
and use all possible means against re
currence of such disreputable atfail
Even now it will be hard to convino
many that any race that may in tn
future come off will be on the square.
Unless proper assurance can be given
will be useless to endeavor to have
good meeting as such actions preclud
all hopes for owners of horses at othe
places to enter them, at a great expense
and take chances as to whether they wi
be allowed an even show. We hope tht
we will not be called upon to record M
other such disgraceful proceeding a
characterized that Of yesterday Il Eurs
ka Sentinel, 20.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-22

The water in Carson River is 80
low that the principal mills are now I'M
able to run more than half of their Ca
pacity. The men engaged in the wood
trade are also in trouble. They have
lying in the river. at a point above the
Mexican dam, q lot of about $4,000 or
80, 200 cords of wood, which they are un.
able to move while the Mexican mill is
running. This being the case, the wood
men sent for Sam Jones, superintendent
of the Crown Point mine, which mine
owns the Mexican mill, and represented
their case to him. Seeing that the wood
men are regularly stuck, Mr.. Jones has
generously consented to shut the Mexi-
can mill down for ten days, in order that
the whole of the water in the river may
be used in boating the stranded wood
down to Empire City. In case all the
wood shall not be got down during the
ten days, Mr.. Lyman, superintendent OF
the Mexican mill, will run that remain
ing down through the large ditch leading
to the mill. The wood drive this season
amounted TO 1901 900 cords, the largest
ever put into the river. There being an
unusual quantity of snow in the noun
tains, it was thought that there would
not be the slightest trouble about water
this year, but when the banks Of snow
began to disappear they went all at once.
The mountains being very extensively
denuded OF timber, there is nothing to
protect the snow. and it lasts but short
time once it begins to melt. IL Virginia
Enterprise, 18th.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-22
The court for the last three DAYS ha.

The court for the last three days has
been occupied in II mining case wherein
Jos. Glassford at al. as plaintiffs and 2.
E. Conner ct al. as defendants. 1t ap-
pears that James Hedges was one of the
plaintiffs in the case and Thomas Goden
was q witness for the defendants. In
the afternoon some angry words passed
between the two, and about five p. m.
as Hedges was approaching Mike Pow
ers' saloon, Golden drew double-bar-
relied shotgun on him loaded with slugs.
Hedges seeing what the former was 60
ing to do, tried to dodge, but Golden
fired and nine slugs, being the contents
of the barrel, took effect in Hedges right
shoulder blade. He staggered little, and
after regaining himself drew his revolver
and followed Golden into the saloon and
fred three shots at him, two of which
took effect, one on each side Of the back
bone, penetrating the kidneys. Golden
then rushed out of the saloon, followed
by Hedges, the former running around
the house the latter standing on the side
walk. In short time Golden came
around from the opposite side of the
house, saw Hedges and fred at him q
second time, but missed. After he had
fred he staggered up to the door anc
fell, Golden died at IL o'clock of the
same night. Hedges's shoulder is badl,
mangled, but it is believed he will re
covert Beaver Enterprise, 18th.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-22

The Virginia and Gold Hill Water
Company will have line of telegraph in
operation next Monday between their
office in this city and their station at
Hobart Creek dam in the Sierra Nevada
Mountains. Printing instruments will
be used. The line is twenty-one miles
in length. There will be four stations
one at the Hobart Creek dam, one at the
Lakeview, another at the big reservoir
on the dividing ridge between American
Flat and Washoe Valley, and the fourth
at the Office of the company on South B
street in this city. This telegraph will
save vast deal Of travelling to and fro
along the line Of the fumes and the big
iron pipe passing across Washoe Valley.
The printing machines are of new style
and work to perfection in every respect.
-tVirg. Enterprise, II.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-22

den, of the police force. who Is to be re-
ins,ated. An order to this enect was
subsequently, promulgated. u
The Tribune extra publishes In iuii
Tilton's new statement. making tour
solid pages of that paper.
LIrTLE Rock. Sept. lS.-Four high
waym.n stopped and robbed the nve
stages which carried the passengers from
Hot Springs TO Malvern Hill. They OBJ
tanned about g, 1000 in money ana
watch. but injured nobody. Some rec
oppized them as the Gad's Hill robbers.
The Sheriff of this county Is pursuing
them. &C.,
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1S.-A dispatch
to Gov. McEnery, from Bayou Sara, re-
ports the town attacked last night by
negroes. The attack was repulsed Gen.
McEnery has ordered troops to that
pont % M ~;
dent, in u conversation to-day. SAID n'
believed all serious trouble IN Louisians
was now over. and expressed the hop
that business would be fully restored II
New Orleans and elsewhere in the State
He was pratified in learning that Their
had been no conflict whatever between
, the Federal and State troops, and tina
the General Government had not beel
, forced to extreme measures.
: NASHVILLE. Sept. IL. Governo
/, Brown to-day sent letter to Presidel
i Grant, xeciting the facts of the late on ~,
( RACES against negro prisoners in the Git
a son county jail; that an effort is beln
1 made to bring the offenders to justice
. in proof of which he instances the To-
4 that forty are already indicted. He pr
/. tests against the action of the Unite
a States Marshal and Commissioners, WI
70 are arresting and carrying to Memph
Il for trial citizens Of the State. He affirn
that the State is capable Of protecti'
a her own citizens, and asks the interpos
,e ton of the President to prevent this
n. 'tion of the Government officials.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-22

The cornerstone of the " Nevada
Block, the new building in course of
erection on the northwest corner Of Pine
u Montgomery streets, was laid on
Saturday last, says the San Francisco
Examiner Of Sept. IA. by Messrs. Flood
and O'Brien, the owners, assisted by
their friends The stone. which was q
large and beautiful piece of Rocklin
white granite, weighing nearly five tons,
was laid at the southwest corner of
Montgomery and Summer streets. 1t
will form one of the six great check
blocks. or buttresses, which will flank
the steps to the three main entrances to
the principal story. Beneath the stone
proper was prepared and laid fine cut
granite block as the bedstone. The cop
per box containing deposits was placed
in its receptacle in this stone, and COW
cred with marble slab. The bed OF
mortar being spread, the large stone was
then successfully lowered to its position,
and the ceremony concluded. q. O'Con-
ner, the Superintendent, opened liber-
al number OF bottles OF wine, and the
success to the Nevada Block was drank
with many bumpers.