Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29

The ice.gorge at Cleveland broke on Thurs
day, and the ice doated down the river to the
lake without doing any serious damage, ex-
cept by the sweeping away Of plies upon which
the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and In
disnapolis Hallway bridge was to have been
lowered that day. Had the bridge been low.
cred, as intended, il would have been swept
away.
DURING the year 1873 the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company carrlod eastward 2.10O cars o
grain OF various sorts, most OF which was
shipped to Chicago, and which came from sta.
sions in Nebraska east on Grand Island. Th,t
shows that the Great American Desert is moi
A. unproductive as is generally supposed.
The naval court of inquiry find that the
sinking OF the Vsrsinius WAS unavoidable un.
der the circumstances.
JERRY KIERsrED. Superintendent OF Police
at Clncinpati, has been removed, for sub
leasing building to gambler, and Capt. Eu
gene Doylar appointed in his place.
The brewers .of Detroit have raised the
price OF beer to nine dollars per barrel, and
raloonists there think of raising tho retail
price to five cents q glass. The customers
revolt, aud quite beer war is in progress
The funeral Of John Farrar. the oldest mem
Der OF the Masonic fraternity in Michigan,
took place at Detroit on Sunday.
Gov. HENDRICKS, OF Indiana, ha been hob.
mond, over the Presidency.
The Board Of Trustees OF Vanderbilt Uni
ersity, at Memphis, have filled three chairs,
nd ordained that the departments shall be
opened next January. Other chairs will be
Tiled in the spring.
Washington.
SECRETARY RICHARDSON says the reports that
he will soon tender his resignation as Secre-
tary OF the Treasury are absolutely false.
TIE annual report of the Commissioner OF
in the United States during the past year.
The custom receipts for the week ending
January II were At New York, S2,61S, 764;
Boston, $2s8, 1856: Baltimore, s102,512; Phila.
delphia, sl75.769.
FRIENDS OF the Hon. Caleb Cushing, who
have recently conversed with that gentleman,
say that 30 far as Mr.. Gushing is concerned it
makes but little difference whether lie shall
80 to Spain or shall stay in this country. He
viii leave the matter entirely in the hands OF
tho President.
PRESIDENT GRANT says that when his term
has expired he will 60 to Europe with his
family, to remain abroad until the residence
he contemplates building in Washington is
completed and ready for occupancy.
IT is proposed to introduce bill in Congress
to equalizo the mileage under the new law.
The Pacific coast Senators and members
will get more pay from the mileage than
they did nndcr the salary increase.
DEPARTMENT officials and clerks whose sal.
aries are reduced by the recent Salary. Increase
Repeal DILL are congratulating themselves that
the President will veto the bill.
A MAJORITY Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee is opposed to Mr.. Dawes bill providing
or new loan OF SIC. 900, at low rate of
interest.
The lcgal.tender reserve has been reduced
rom $44, ,ooo, 900 to 81, ,ooo. 900.
Foreign.
Tue Swiss Federal Council has appointed d
the 18th of October. 1874, as the day for the
opening of the international Postal Congress.
THE Government Of Portugal has removed
the quarantine restrictions recently imroscd
on vessels from the gold coast.
The White Star Line steamship Celtic,
which left Liverpool on Thursday lust, came
in contact with some floating wrcckagc at
night and lost all the blades of her crupc!ley.
She returned to Queenstown in tow OF the
steamship Gaelic, Of the same Inc.
DISPATCHES from Penang report that the
Atchcenesc continue to make desperate re-
sistance to the occupation OF their country by
the Dutch. They recently attacked a prillci-
pal position held by the invaders. but me,
with arepulsc. Tho Dutch arc being r-cu-
forced.
MADAME PARErA Rosa died in London on
} 'nunr" 22,l. after short illness
Captain PACKARD, of the hln, rcal bark
Mary NJ. Bird reports . collision with an TN.
known ship, which occurred on his late voyage
from Marseilles to New York. November 8,
1914 latitude, north 3:l8 longitude, at s A. M
He hove to, and remained IN the vicinity Of
the collision until day-break, but saw nothing
If the ship. and supposed she went down with
all on board.
The Consul-General OF Italy says a royal
decree has been published torbitldipg employ
ment OF Italian children in vagrant occupa.
tions, and requiring tho holders OF such chill
dren in this country to report to the consular
agent their own name as we'll as tho names OF
the children, and to return the latter to Italy
ut the holders expense, before May 18th.
The ship Minnehaha, from Ca!lao for Dub
lin, has been lost off Scilly Island. Tcu OF the
crew we're drowned.
The railway viaduct at Toquetta, Spain, fcl
On Saturday, and tbirty-threo workmen were
killed.
AMONG the victims on board the Simeon.
bound for the gold coast, was Capt. Alfred
Chatsr'e, aged 26, son and h cir of Lord Elchcl
The Pail Mall Gazette says His death will
awaken the country to sense of the serious
nature OF the war into which it has been al
lowed to drift. We arc in fact fighting two
enemies, f"ver and Ashantecs, and the
first IL, perhaps, more formidable than the
second.