Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-07-27
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Crimes, Criminals and Casualties

Crimes, Criminals and Casualties
a fire in the town of Gauray, France
renders four hundred families homeless.
| \ pick-pocket named Hendricks
fatally stabbed police sergeant McGiven, oi
New York, after being arrested.
Another yacht disaster occurred
near New York, ON the 29d. It was on the
Hudson, and resulted in the drowning Of five
men.
4 train on the Central Pacific ran
! over and killed a man near Truckee, who
was found to have been lashed to the track
: by parties unknown.
! A fire at Lachine, Ontario, ON the
c2d, destroyed boat house, \ number of
| boats, a steam yacht and burned to death the
child OF the proprietor.
A pleasure yacht was struck by a
squall near Staten Island last week and
turned bottom side up, and number Of lives
lost, including Commodore GARNER and wife
Mr.. j. L. Roe. state senator of JEFF
ferson county, Wis, made another and prob
ably successful attempt to commit suicide on
the o2d, at his own residence, by taking
poison.
The coroner's jury in the case of the
Mohawk calamity gave verdict that Capt
Rowland, the sailing master, was not guilty
OF any neglect and he was at once discharged
from arrest.
A young man named Davis, son of a
banker at Barry, ILL.,, was killed while raising
the window to enter young lady's room in
the night. The father of the girl shot him
in the head.
Hillary Page, of Richmond, Il negro
incendiary, bling pronounced by medical ex-
perts sane and responsible for his acts, the
governor of Virginia has ordered his execu-
tion September lst.
The Dubuque lumber company's saw
mill burned on the 22d, together with finish
ing shed and half million feet OF dry finish
ing stock Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000,
principally iu eastern companies.
A party of six, sailing on the Maqui-
ia river near Davenport, Iowa, was upset in
some unaccountable manner and three ladies
OF the party drowned. The names OF the un-
fortunates are Mrs. West, Mrs. Billings, Miss
Hyden and child.
Violent storms visited various local.
tiles on the 2lst. At Richmond, Va, several
tobacco warehouses were unroofed, AMI their
stock badly damaged. Three men were
killed near Ottawa. At Philadelphia trees
were blown down and houses unroofed, and
at Parker's Landing much damage was done
to various kinds Of property.
\ dispatch from Plymouth says two
days before the disastrous trial trip of the
Thunderer her boilers were tested by hy-
draulic pressure, making necessary the
wedging down OF her safety and other relief
valves, and it has been discovered the wedges
had never teen removed. The communica-
ton valve was also closed and no steam was
able to escape even to the engine.
Two young men were standing OH Il
sidewalk in St. Louis waiting for street car,
when a man who was passing in company
with woman drew knife and stabbed one
OF them three times, once in the lungs, in
tlcting what is supposed to be mortal
wound. The young men would not give
their names or the name of the man who did
the stalbing, nor make any explanation OF
the affair. The would be assassin was not ar
rested.
A cloud burst on Diamond Range
mountains, thirteen miles east OF San Fran
cisco, which resulted in the death of thirteen
Chinese wood choppers, and probably large
number of Italians camped in the canon get
ting out timber. Without a moments warm
ing column of water two feet high rushed
upon them, drowning all but one Chinaman.
The Italians were camped short distance
ohOve and aa M trace of then, can l>n fo,,, nd
it is feared all perished.