Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-09-23
GENERAL AND PERSONAL.

at River Du Loup. in the province of
Quebec, snow to the depth Of IL inches
fell during Saturday.
A Chicago barber cleared $4,000 last
year. They say he employed mutcs, and
did not try to sell his customers his chair
invigorator."
There is many man in Nevada would
pay $4,000 or $50, 900 to good-looking,
modest and plous girl, who would 60 out
there and III AIRY him.
Work ON the Chicago, Clinton and
Western railroad, to run from Clinton
westward by way of Iowa City, and al.
ready built to II miles from the former
place, has been abandoned. About 400
men were at work, who have been dis.
charged.
Ex-Gov. Seymour, in speech to the
Army of the Cumberland, made a very
happy statement ofhis military qualities
when he said, "Gen. Grant will admit that
in little contest had with him he ran
a great deal faster and further than /
did"
A man dressed in garb Of a Catholic
priest, who has very successfully gather.
ed contributions in Leavcnworth, Kansas,
for the alleged erection of church, turns
out to be rank impostcr. The pcop!e
whom he has swindled are little out OF
temper.
On Wednesday the 29th INST. takes place
an annular eclipse of the sun, which will
DC visible in large part Of the United
States north of the Ohio river. This will
he the only annular eclipse visible from
this part Of the world during the rest OF
the present century. though there will be
other sorts of eclipses>
The position of ''Coloncl' Peter Dono
hue as chairman of the California demo
cratic state committee seems, after the
democratic victory, to give him consilcra
bic political importance He is AL Irish
man by birth, went from New Jersey tc
California IN 1649, started blacksmith,
shop in tent, and is now owner of i'm
mense iron works, Of an interior railway
OF the San Francisco gas works, and OF
two or three lines Of street railroad. Il
was he who sent Mr. Ralston check fo,
$50, 1000 to help him on the day Of tho
bank failure
The whisky men in the west are driven
into desperate straits in view Of the az.
preaching trials for violations OF tho rcy
cnue laws, and they ;ndustriously circc
late every story they can that has any
comfort in it::for them The best misrcp
rescntation is that the government has
compromised several cases in western
Missouri. This is mistake. The GOV
eminent is decided to push each and cy
cry one of the cases. No compromises
short Of a plea Of guilty, will be accepted
and if the illicit disillers can get any com
fort out of a penitenliary prospect and a
contemplation OF huge fine, they arc
welcome to it,
The commissioner of pensions has pre-.
pared IL code Of regulations relating to
pensions to sol licrs and sailors of the late
war, defining the classes of persons emit
tied to pensions, and the rates Of pensions
with full instructions rs to the mode OF
procedure to obtain the same, and all the
necessary forms and other information
These instructions are SO full, and cover
al! classes Of applications SO completely
that a strict compliance with them will
in nearly every case, complete a claim
without the necessity IF further CORES
pondence with the pension office. These
instructions are now in the hands Of the
printer, and will be out in the course OF
the cOminr week