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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15
MINNESOTA I. @. OF.

| The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
met IN Minneapolis on, the 9th, and ad.
journed on the 8th. A large amount
of business of interest to members of
the order was transacted. An amend.
ment to the constitution was proposed
10 make st. Paul and Minneapolis the
permanent places of meeting but was
defeated. The next session will. be
held in Red Wing, on the first Tuesday
OF June, next. The capitation tax for
the year was fixed at eighty cents.
The officers Of the Minnesota Odd
Fellows Mutual Benefit Society made
their annual report; which exhibited
the gratifying fact that during the past
year the membership has increased
from 230 to nearly coo; and that there
was over 5000 in the treasury. = -.''.,
Grand Master Jones, d. G.. Master
Ostrander and Grand Secretary Hill, of
w Wisconsin,, were present, and made in.
teresting statements in regard to the
workings of the Odd Fellows, Mutual
Benefit Society of that state. The
membership is 1900.
The following grand officers were
elected and installed for the ensuing
year:
Grand Master, E. A. Stevens, of Minncap-
oils;
Deputy Grand Master, A. II. Taisey,
Grand Warden, S. NJ. Bruce, of sauk Cen-
tire;
>, Grand Secretary and Treasurer, Sherwood
Representative to the Grand Lodge OF the
United States for two years, w. G. Dye, OF
Winona.
The following officers were appoint
ed and installed:
Grand Marshal, o. NJ Rembler, of St. Paul;
Grand Conductor, J. R. Jones, OF Lanes
borO;
i, Grand Guardian, Daniel Pagan, Of Winne-
Grand Messenger, Philip Grub, of Waba-
Grand Chaplain, T. A. Whiting, of Rochcs-
ter.
In addition to to the above officers,
Hon. w. G. WillistOn is il representa-
tive to the Grand Lodge of the United
States, which meets in PHILADELPHIA
next September.
just before the Grand Lodge closed,
p. G. r. John A. jackson, of Lake City,.
presented the Grand Lodge with Il gav-
ell, made from the United States frig-
ate Constitution and the old ship-of-
the line Pennsylvania, in Il neat
speech, which was responded to by W.
G. Dye.
The Grand Encampment held ses-
sion, at which the following gentle.
men were installed us officers for the
ensuing year:
NJ. w. s. p, Z. A. Kelly, Lake City; r.
W. w. 6. S. N, Harry Weixclbaum, Mime
apolis; NJ. Il. Il. H. p, Il. L. Wharton, St.
Paul, q. J. W., q. S. Ives.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

restra'ningthe !. police from entering unless
ttey pay the regular admission fee, like 9TH

lop'A"inlnG the police from entering unless
ttey pay the regular admission fee, like 9th.
er men. - > i - !
Ira Francher, of Sandy Hill, N. Y,
who has l6 times set the time for the end Of
the world, and 10 times proved bad calcula-
tor, is now sure beyond peradventure that
the fnal end will come before or on July 4tl,
next. The verse in Isaiah, :"sFor the child
shall die an hundred years old,'' is the basis
OF his calculation this time.
The annual reunion of the Army of
tho Potomac took place at Philadelphia, on
the 9Th. The attendance was large and the
proceedings Of unusual interest. Ex-Gov.
Dig was the orator, and his address was
warmly applauded. Speeches were made by
Sherman, Sheridan, Hooker, Cows: Hartrauft
|k.Id Curtain. l'I2
Cow Bullock, OF Massachusetts,, del.
eg'te to the Cincinnati conventions, in a letter
announcing his inability to attend the Cincin-
mai convention, says, "N all the candidates
pl President as yet conspicuously mentioned, j,
'fshould prefer Mr.. Bristow. Under mo CTR
cunstances would l vote for candidate who,
whils possessing political influence and pow
er, has failed to use his opportunities in ex-
posingand correcting abuses coming within
the reacl of his observation, but for personal
reasons q for party ends has permitted them
to foster ol.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15
A Cat Which Went to the Crtmean War.

- Colonel Stewart, w ortley, an English
officer, tells the following story of a
cat whose acquaintance he made dur
ing the Crimean war
CATER the French troops had taken
the Malakoff was sent into, it on duty
and found an unhappy cat bayoneted
through the foot and pinned to the
ground. I took her to my tent; she
was carefully tended, and every morn
ing taken to the doctor to have her
wound attended to. Four or five days
after ! was too i'll one morning to get
up, and puss came and scratched at my
tent door. took no notice but not
long after the doctor came to say that
mine was wise cat, for she had come
to his tent and sat quietly down for
her foot to be examined and have its
usual bandaging. She was watched to
see what she would do the next morn.
ing; but she declined wasting her
time scratching, for me-, and went
straight to the Doctors tent and
scratched there. She was a very affec.
tionate animal and it was absurd to
SEQ her following me all over the camp
with her tail carried sti6 in the air.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15
SHOT BY HORSE !HIEvES.

A special to the Dubuque Herald
from Ackley says: For the last two
or three days 4 farmer named John
Fahey living two miles north of
.Ackleys~~~hassr had -.. suspicious of
two men who have been lurking
about his premises, and had his
son a man % years of age, sleep in the
barn to protect his horses. About
II o'clock last night the young man
was awakened, and upon going outside
discovered two men with their horses
about to leave. lie ran to the house
and awakened his father, and then
went back to the barn, procured his
gun and fired at the thieves, without
serious effect. He then mounted
another horse, started for neighbor
and revolver, ald then started down
the road to head them off. He noticed
two men on the road, but supposing
them to be his friends paid no atten.
tion to them and rode up to them, but
as soon as he was up within close dis.
tance of, the thieves, one of them
jumped off and engaged hand to hand
with Fahey, soon OverpoWering him.
The other then came on him placing
his revolver close to Fahey's heart and
fired, the ball passing through the
left lung. He Immediately fell, but
being full of pluck regained his feet.
One of the thieves told the other he
was shot, and to hurry up and get out
Fahey then fired FIVE shots at them al
they were going, with no effect, and
then fell where he was found by his
father in great distress, and taken t
This home. The country is wild witt
excitement about the matter. 1t il
very doubtful whether Fahey will re
cover, the doctor having no hopes fol
Ihim. The thieves have so far escaped
but il captured no mercy will. b,
shown to them. The horses have beel
found. ~ ~ stsa ss. Is II k5sz<z ~ -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

The ''world moves even down east
in New Hampshire. The governor of
that State, in his late inaugural ad.
dress called attention to the ''religious
test which places New Hampshire
even behind Spain in the matter of
liberty of conscience.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

Agreat fuss was made over the men.
tai condition of young Walworth, who
shot and killed his father some three
years ago, and it was said he would
pine away and die. Prison fare seems
to agree with him, however, and he
weighs about fifty pounds moro than
when he was first incarcerated.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

Miss Gertrude Carbett, formerly of
St. Paul. has achieved 4 great triumph
on the New York operatic stage, in
Norma. Critics unite in the decision
that she, has voice of great power and
much sweetness. and that as an actress
she stands unusually high. In st.
Paul she was known as Mrs. Winnie,
but the court granting her !. divorce
gave back her maiden name.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

They are now making toughened
glass in Pennsylvania. The pro.
cess consists in putting the new
made material into bath of linseed
oil and tallow heated to 320 degrees,
then in a cooler bath, and finally in
water.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15
~O~-------'--'--' -
T. ANOTHER PEST.

At. the Office of the Illinois State
board of agriculture are to be- seen
specimens Of an insect which in great
numbers infests and kills the soft ma
pie trees here. The insect appears to
be Of the family of hemiptera, and it
destroys the trees by sucking the sap
from the bark. The insect, with its
larvae, appears on the branches like a
bunch Of cotton, as large as q bean,
Specimens have been sent to Cyrui
Thomas, Of Carb bondale, state entomol
ogist, for examination and report. IS
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15
Exposition Notes.

!. The Michigan state building will be
formally orned OH the Fourth of July next.
The prize contests of the military
bands will hke place on the 9Th and 9th of
July. ~
A large mosaic from the ruins of
Carthage. ion exhibition in the Tunis de-
partment.
There IS /: fine exhibition of coal
from Ohio N the annex to the main building,
including ablock over 10 feet high.
Nothing received for exhibition
after the l2h inst, except live stock, vege-
tables, fruits, plants, and the like.
Louis Henri, born in France in 1776,
and an old soldicr under Napoleon l., attend
cd the exposition last week. lie now lives
in Burlington, Vt.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

The little girls of Washington dec
GRATED the Hall of the House of Rep.
resentatives, ut Washington, last Dec
Grafton Day. They probably thought it
us appropriate to bestow flowers upon
Il political rs 4 soldiers grave yard.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

Affection never come singly. Min.
nesota has suffered from grasshoppers
in the southwest, it's great lake port
in the northeast has been blockaded
by icebergs, and now visit from
George Francis Train is threatened.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

indianapolis will make Il ''fool.kill.
ers" day of the Fourth. Sixteen bal.
looms will be sent up, each containing
one person. Why not finish the job
and get rid of all the bal-loonatics
while they have their hands in!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

Cranberry culture in Wisconsin is
becoming III important industry. A
company at Appleton have a marsh of
over fourteen hundred acres, of which
upwards of. three hundred arc i'm.
proved.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

Thomas Mast is illustrating the
''complete works. Of Josh Billings.
of course it will be called "the Gen.
tennial edition - at least it seems like
a hundred years since Josh first com.
menced learning to spell. At any rate
it is quite spell.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

Ex-senator Sprague is now u hard
working laborer. He is superintend.
ing the work of building 4 dam, and is
the first and last man on the job every
day, frequently working until ten
o clock at night.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

1t is generally supposed that the
business of life insurance has greatly
declined in the past five or six years,
but official figures prove that with the
exception of the Knickerbocker and
one or two other companies, there has
been a great increase. People have
come to recognize life insurance as q
legitimate business transaction to be
sought rather than to encourage sole.
iting agents, therefore the greater
amount of insurance with less fuss.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

Goethe asks, ''Ilow shall you learn
to know yourself! p just ask your
servant what the neighbors say of you;
but if you have no servant the desired
information may be had by becoming
Il candidate for President.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

A musical contest will take place
during the month of July between
bands and d'chestras from all parts of
the country. These performances will
be succeeded by competitive perform
ances OF chamber music; and Handel's
s.Te Deum" will be given by all the
singing societies Of Philadelphia on
the Fourth Of July,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

The Chicago Times symwthizes
with the children of the late sultan
because there will be 50 little left of
their fathers wealth after each of the
l,200 widows get their ''thirds.''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

a Milwaukee man on tho witness
stand, the other day swore that he did
not kiss the complainant-tlat he had
never kissed anybody, nor anything,
and would not kiss dog.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15
STEAM THRESHERS.

A farmer makes the following rather
sensible remarks about steam thresh.
Ing machines: II wish to say a word
to threshers on the growing demand
for the use of steam instead of horse.
power for driving our threshing ma
Chimes. Our harvest in Minnesota is
late, often not completed until Sep
tember, and as the pl0w cannot be used
much, if any, after November lst,- the
time for that important work is very
short. And when we add to that the
horse-killing labor of threshing large
crop, we find that in order to properly
complete the work of September and
October we must keep more horses the
whole year, or else sell them when
they bring the lowest price and buv
again when at the highest. -.'
Few of us do either, and the result
is that our plOwing is done in a hur.
rled and slovenly manner, often not
completed until spring, and as a final
result we harvest a crop yielding from
to 5 bushels less per acre than it
would have been with more Thorough,
culture, besides depreciating the value
OF our farms. So much for one side
OF the question. But how will it effect
the thresher! You incur an extra ex-
pense for an engine, it is true. But is
it not offset by the capital you now
have invested in the horses you fur
nisf. and by the fact that you can
keep up a more steady motion, can
thresh more and cleaner, give better
satisfaction, and secure jobs you could
not otherwise get!
1t is folly for you and some of the
old fogy farmers to condemn the use
of steam.pOwer because there have
been 4 few losses by fire by it's early
use, when perfection and experience
were both wanting. The use of soft
coal instead of wood, and other i'm.
provemcnts and experience gained in
the last year or so have reduced the
danger from this source, until it is
small compared with the advantage
gained. And any farmer would rather
pay for the coal than feed the ten
horses now required. We are not
progressing with the age, or our neigh.
bors either in this respect. Will not
some of you help us and help your
selves by introducing several steam
thrcshing machines early this year,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

Tie wheat harvest i'll Georgia was
unusually good, averaging over ten
bushels to the acre. Cotton looks
promising, and Georgians are happy in
consequence.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

The jacquard loom, from Coventry,
England, by which the process Of
weaving. silk Of the most elaborate
patterns will be, illustrated is now
I eady for use.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

A decision of the supreme court,
invalidating some $500, 900 of Missouri
state bonds has seriously affected two
New England life insurance comla-
MES.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15
Miscellaneous News items.

The Pennsylvania railroad carries
passengers from Chicago to New York for sl2.
The Toledo, Wabash & Western rail-
road has been sold to the bondholders for
92,600,0OO.
The American Medical Association
has again refused to admit female practition-
ers to membership.
The Erie road on the 9th made i,
further reduction in fares from Chicago to
the Centennial and all points east.
All the Fenian convicts committed
to Western Australia, lately escaped in the
American whaling ship Catalpa.
The King of Greece has ordered his
army to be placed on war footing, in view
Of the troubled condition OF Europe
The British resident minister, Mar.
gerry, has been murdered by the Chinese SOL
diery, and the guilty ones executed.
A Vienna dispatch of the 9th says
a six weeks armistice had been agreed upon
betweeen the Turks and the insurgents
Goldsmith Maid again attempted to
beat her famous time of Ola, on the 9th
She only succeeded in recording 2:l6x.
The Anti.Chincse clubs have been
demoralized by the arrest of the leaders, and
no further trouble is anticipated from them.
The Brewers Association of Ameri.
ca, in session at Philadelphia, last week,
adopted resolutions appealing to Congress fol
protection.
A Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don Times says all Europe is plunged into .
critical situation by the antagonism existing
between England and Russia.
The Ohio Falls car works, the largest
in the world, have been sold under mortgage
foreclosure to secure creditors.
Rev. David Edwards, Bishop of the
church OF the United Brethren in Christ. died
at Baltimore, on the 7th, aged 81.
On the 9th inst. u dispatch was re-
ceived at Omaha stating that Gen. Terry had
met the main body Of the Indians and had a,
all-day fight with them.
| A secret organization in San Fran
cisco is pledged to the slaughter Of Chinese
It does not, however, receive the confidence
or support ofthe Anti Chinese Club.
Twenty-seven teams, bringing $40,
600 in gold, arrived In Bismarck from til
Black Hills, on the .Sth. This would be abou
three dollars for each man in the Hills.
The fast train sent from New Yor]
to San Francisco to advertise ballet troup
which it carried, made the trip in eighty
three hours aud thirty-four minutes. Th
arrival Of the train was, greeted with salut
| Of thirteen guns.
! The fight in New York against excis
law is growing very bitter. The propiieto,
Of oilmores Garden obtaiaed N ipjupctto
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

This country has been severely
blamed for not making Henry Clay
president, but it is not generally known
that he parted his hair in the middle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

\ Detroit man wants pay from the
city for digging up the remains of his
ancestors, and he makes no bones of
announcing that he wants dust for
dust.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

The Rev. Robert Collyer has con-
tributed fifty dollars toward the pur-
chase of Il bust of Tom Payne.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

Many of the Black Hills miners have
tired of digging for gold and hundreds
are digging for home.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15
TIMELY TOPICS.

The grasshopper plague has appeared
in Spain and a change of government
is talked of already.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Crimes, Criminals and Casualties

Crimes, Criminals and Casualties
A Viola amazon was fined $l4.9S fol
pounding neighbor, recently.
A little girl was crushed to death by
falling tree, at Wolf Creek, Wis.,, last week
An unprecedented rain storm visited
Syracuse last week. Over eight inches fell in
three hours and q half.
The foot and mouth disease has
broken out among the swine near Montreal
and thousands have died.
The store of Hospcs 4 Co., of Still
water, was entered on the night of the 10th
and five hundred dollars worth Of cutlery
stolen.
On the llth inst, the ice blockade
in the west end Of Lake Superior was six feet
deep and extended out twenty miles from
Duluth.
An old gentleman was crossing a
bridge ON the railroad track, near Albert Lea
Minn., when train struck him causing in
stant death.
The boiler of the Collier white lead
works, in St. Louis, exploded and seriously
injured number of workmen and causing a
oss Of over 81, 900.
The deputy U. S. Marshal for middle
Tennessee while on trial for obtaining money
under false prctenses, drew a revolver and
shot himself dead. He was originally from
Dayton, Ohio.
complaint of Gov. Hartranft for an attempt to
detraud the State out Of 5000 due from the
city of Scranton.
A duel was fought at River Bend,
near Denver COL, ON the sth inst, between
two men named Jessup and Davis. The
former was armed with a Winchester rifle
and the latter with Colts navy revolver Jes-
sup was killed on the second round.
Two well-dressed men calling them
selves r. and F. Griswold, were lately ar
rested in St. Louis, for carrying on bogus
commission business. They sent circulars
all over the west and northwest soliciting con-
signments of butter, eggs etc., and Offering
extraordinary inducements
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15
The Markets

June lO.-Whcat in New York, No.
|, sl.a4@l.so, No. ., si.2l. Chicago, No. 2,
$l.04. Milwaukee, No. 1, SLIP, No. 2, sl.O6.
St. Paul, extra, 81 .O3, No. l, $i.W.
Gold in New York, ll2X.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

George Elliot will receive $4,000
from the sale of 'sDaniel Der0nda. .
And this reminds us that the pen Of
Bessie Turnersshas too long been 8
lent. 81. Il
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15

The tobacco crop Of the south i:
very unpromising. This is 4 hint t.
those who have large number of cab
bage plants.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15
Personal, Impersonal and Political.

DR.. J. c. Aver, the patent-medicine
man, has been placed in all insane asylum.
"Georgc Sand,' Nine. Dodevant, the
well-known novelist and social philosopher,
is dead.
1t is now reported that the eldest
son of the late sultan Of Turkey has COM
mitted suicide.
Young Mccormick, son of the reaper
man, was lately married to the daughter Of
Joseph Medill, editor Of the Chicago Tribune
The affair was quite notable in Chicago society
matters, and the number of distinguished
guests present at the ceremony was large.
Senator Morton having been publish
ed physical wreck, tor the purpeso of les
sening the Ct tanccs of his nomination at Gin.
cinnati, his family physician, DR.. Bliss, an
nounces that his prospects for a long lite are
as good as those OF any other man of his
years.
Abdul Aziz, the dethroned Sultan of
Turkey, locked himself in his room, on the
morning Of the 9Th inst, and committed sui
eide by opening the veins of his arm with q
pair Of scissors which he had concealed OIL
his person. The funeral was attended by all
the public officers of rank, and the body laid
in the Mansoleum of Sultan Mohamn,ed
Democrats of Indiana have bolted
the nomination of Buskirk and Petit, and
will hold convention for the nomination ol
candidates in their places. Petit is the can-
didate for justice Of the Supreme bench, who
SO shamefully interrupted a religious meet
ing, not long since, and cursed the ministe,
while the latter was praying.
AS Mr.. Blaine, in company with Mrs.
Blaine, was entering the vestibule of the Con.
gregational church at Washington, on Sun
day, the nth, Mr.. Blaine put his hand to his
head and exclaimed, "Oh, this pain ~ He
soon became unconscious and was taken to
his home where prompt attention from,
physicians was procured. The attack was
pronounced to lie hyper excitement OF the
brain and! nerves, superinduced by recent
events in which he was prominent actor
After remaining unconscious over six hours
he opened his eyes and asked his wife what
was the matter. His symptoms were then
more favorable, although he was not fully re.
stored to consciousness. There was no an.
Oplectic SYMPTOMS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-15
?5Hpwer On Trau5fript

Cards Of i've lines or less, Nv . dollars per
year. Editorial notices, intended ~ adver-
tisements, twelve and one.half ents per line.
legal notices 1t tho rates prescribed by
law.
An trancient advertisements to be paid for
in advance.