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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24

ton, however, sued Mr.. Beecher for
alleged malicious prosecution through,
alleged perjury in his testimony before
! the grand jury. TO this suit Mr..
beecher demmred that a nolle was
not such an ending of an Indictment as
allowed the indicted party the remedy
or liberty of a suit for damages. JUS.
Ilce Dykman sustained the demurrer.
justices Barnard and Gilbert, in gen.
erai term, overruled Justice Dykman.
by the law as it fits Il situation thus
made out, Mr.. Beecher had either to
!et the case go by default to a sheriff's
Jpry and appeal from it's finding to the
court OF appeals, or reach that tribun.
IL by standing trial. He elected to
sand 4 trial, and so joins issue to-day.
The matter in question is the truth
Ialness of Mr.. Beecher in denying to
'he, grand jury the charges made
against him and the words attributed
% him in Mr.. Moulton's "statement." )"
conversely the truth of Mr.. Moulton's
statement is involved, and the affairs
'bout which the issue of yeracity is
Coined are the relations between Mr..
Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, and the state
mems of Mr.. Beecher concerning the
other lady.
This IS the case, of which the most
deplor;ble intliction Oh the public is
that it's to be tried ut all. The testi.
mony will be less than by the inability
Of Mrs Moulton to testify in Il suit in
whichhcr husband is party. 1t will
he moe than before, by the testimony
relating to the other lady, and should
Mrs. Tilton take the stand, by the
ALLEGED number of persons, exclusive
Of Mis-. Moulton, declared TO be able to
contl1dict MIS-. Tilton's statements by
cOntrary words of her own. Should
Mrs. filtOn not take the stand these
''neW Witnesses could not.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24
The Lawyer and the Farmer.

Lawer j, who lives in a flourishing
little town in Pennsylvania, while out
riding in his neighborhood one day,
came upon Farmer H., who was stroll.
ing leisurely through his cornfield with
his head bowed down as If in deep
thought. Lawyer j. glanced at him,
stopped his horse, and cried out: .~
''Hello, Mr.. H., what is the matter
with you!''
..Oh, nothing" answered Mr.. H.,
looking surprised.
..Well. then, said the lawyer, "why
not hold up your head and walk boldly
and erect, like a man should walk
like mo, for instance said the law.
yer, and, slipping from his horse, he
gave an example, standing beside his
animal with head erect and his form
as straight as liberty pole. ''That's
the way to carry YOURSELF" said the
lawyer.
A smile stole over the farmers face,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24
GRASSIOpPERS IN GEORGIA.

From the Charleston Is. CO News.
The grasshoppers are doing damage
and creating CONSERVATION in some
parts of Georgia. In Pike county there
are several acres of them, still too
young to cause much damage. In
Newton county they have appeared in
large numbers, and are destroying the
cotton. They are three inches long,
brown in color, and have prodigious
mouths. In TrOup county they are de-
strOying entirely the blades of corn,
and eating leaves on bushes. Cotton
has not yet been attacked. In Coweta
county they are still confined to the
stubble fields, and have caused no
damage yet. In Cobb county they ap-
pear in certain localities, and corn and
cotton are destroyed. A gentleman
counted twenty-seven grasshoppers on
one blade of corn. The apple trees in
some places are denuded of foliage.
In Oglethrope county the grasshoppers
appeared on Mr.. j. V. Golfers place,
commencing by eating half an acre of
clover, and then attacked the bushes
in the fence corners. They have also
appeared in Newman and other places.
They seem to breed in the stubble
fields, and then attack clover, corn,
and cotton in succession. A vigorous
war is waging against them, as fears
are entertained that they will lay
countless eggs, which, next year, will
hatch into clouds of new grasshoppers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24
CONGRESSIONAL.

Congress adjourned on the 18th.
Several committees Of both houses were au-
thorized to sit during recess. The Senate
passed large number Of pension bills. The
bill authorizing the President to increase the
cavalry regiments to the maximum to sup
press the lndian war was agreed to and went
was also passed authorizing the bid ging
Of the Missouri at Sioux City. The Pres
ident sent Il message to the House
stating that he had signed the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill, and calling at
tention to the fact that the House has no au-
thority to order consuls withdrawn, but may
suspend salaries. Resolutions exonerating
Knott in the Blaine matter were passed by 4
strict party vote. A dispatch was received
from Speaker Kerr, saying, "My condition is
very critical. No change since morning"
resolution Of respect and sympathy was
passed and ordered telegraphed to Mr.. Kerr
The hour for adjournment having arrived the
gavel fell and thus closed the longest scs-
sion but one in our history
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24
Models in Paris.

Lucy Hooper, in Paris letter to the
New York World, says: A great and
growing difficulty, Of which all the
artists in Paris at present complain. is
that of finding good models, especially
for the undraped female form. To
find a woman sufficiently beautiful and
sufficiently shameless who at the same
time has not entered upon career of
vicious luxury, is a by no means easy
task. And by law parent cannot
force a daughter, if unwilling, to adopt
the profession of model. Hence
arose thrilling scene (which would
make fine subject for a picture, by
the way) and which took place in the
atelier of a celebrated Partisan painter
the other day. An old Italian woman,
who had sometimes sat to him, came
to him one day and Informed him that
she had very beautiful daughter who
would be willing to pose to him as 4
model for an unfinished NEUROLOGICAL
picture which he had laid aside, as it
so happened, precisely for lack Of a fe-
male model. He engaged her at once
on the representations of the mother,
and the next day she came. An alter
cation at once arose between the girl
and the old woman, which, being car
ried on in their native tongue, the art
list could not understand. 1t ended by
the old hag seizing the girl and tearing
off her garments by main force, re.
gardless of the painters remOnstran-
ces, who had no idea that the proposal
of the mother was against the daugh.
ter's will. The poor girl rushed
shrieking to the window; her cries at
tracted the notice of the police, and
the unnatural parent was arrested and
condemned to seven months imDrison-
ment. As to the girl, who was not
yet Is years of age, she has been
placed at convent school and will
probably become good and respecta-
BILE member of society. Not that the
profession of a model necessarily ex.
cludes such a future, as it is a well.
known fact that several of the most
beautiful models of Paris are women
of the severest virtue. But, as be-
fore remarked, fine female models arc
extremely rare. Recently a distin.
guished American traveller remarked
to an artist while in Florence that SO
exquisite a beauty as that of Titian's
s'Venus' was not to be found in mod
ern days. t'Excuse me- replied the
artist, eve see women of as perfect
loveliness as that picture every day of
our lives, but among those that we can
never hope to have sit to us; they be-
long to the upper classes OF American
society.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24
The Favor he Asked.

The San Antonio (Texas) Herald
says A few days ago, a prisoner with
a face on him that excited much re-
mark, on account of the meanness of
his expression, was brought into the
district court to be sentenced to
Huntsville for stealing some clothes
off line. AS he was known to be
very slippery character, one Of our
handsomest and most vigilent deputy
sheriffs took seat by his side. After
awhile the prisoner leaned over and
whispered to the officer: s'Won't you
do me one little Kindness The off.
Ger promised to do so, with one of the
sweetest smiles we have ever seen in
a courthouse. The prisoner whis.
pered: t'Then sit a little further off;
I'd rather pay a hundred dollars than
to have people take me for a deputy
sheriff. -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24
MOULTON VS.. BEECHER.

From the Brooklyn Eagle, August II.
When the Tilton-Beecher case closed
in a disagreement of the jury, the
wearied world hoped the judicial
treatment of the case had ended for
ever. The immediate and continued
activity of the plaintiff and the de.
fendant, in the ordinary pursuits of
their professions, encouraged the hope.
Neither of them has since taken any
recourse to the law to disturb the 20.
sition In which the dispute between
them was left. That fact added to the
evident suspension, or close, of eccle-
siastical attention to the matter appar.
emily justified the belief that the pub.
lie would be treated to no more of the
scandal at ala c0nsummation in the
interest of decency and patience most
devoutly to be wished.
From what appears today, however,
will be seen that the fall outlook on
our supreme court proceedings argues
still another long, weary and unsayory
trial of the issue in this scandal. this
time between Mr.. Moulton as plaintiff.
and Mr.. Beecher as defendant, in a
suit for malicious prosecution with ex.
emplary damages claimed. It was
hoped, one may say almost universally,
that issue would be avoided in this
trial. Issue, however, has been
Joined to-day, and the trial has thus
been initiated. How or where to get
q jury is for the lawyers, and the pub.
tic would willingly aid neither set of
them in the work. That, however, is
an incident to the approaching trial,
and it is on the trial as a whole that
the public would tack prohibition, if
the public could.
This phase of the controversy is as
follows: On the testimony of Mr..
Beecher, and, we believe, Mrs. Tilton
and another lady who had before that
pursued Mr.. Moulton in the federal
court, the grand jury of this county
indicted Mr.. Tilton and Mr.. MOulton
for criminal libels on their estate
ments" before the trial Of the Tilton
and Beecher case. After that had
ended inconclusively, the district at
torney, with the assent Of Mr.. Beecher
and against the dissent of Mr.. Moulton,
got leave from Judge Nelson to nolle
the indictments.
Mr.. Tilton being far absent was not
consulted in the matter of the nolle Of
the indictment against him, and has
since made no sign about it. Mr.. Mo4l-
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Personal, Impersonal and Political.

Personal, Impersonal and Political.
Henry Lorne, Earle Of Lonsdale, is
dead.
Rev. E. P. Smith, died in Accrea, on
the west coast OF Africa, in June last.
The Democrats of South Carolina
have nominated Wade Hampton for governor.
The admission to the Centennial on
Saturdays has been reduced to twenty
cents.
The Masonic Grand Consistory has
been holding session at Philadelphia. The
attendance was very large.
Sam Carey has written a letter of
acceptance of the nomination for Vice Pres
ident on the greenback ticket with Peter
Cooper
Under the new act of Congress ad-
ditional detectives will be employed who will
be paid out Of efficiency bill to be passed
next winter.
Speaker Kerr died at Rock alum
Springs on the 10th at 1880 o'clock. The an
nouncement, though anticipated, occasioned
much sorrow.
1t is stated in the Internal revenue
bureau that on account of the necessary re.
duction OF gaugers it will be impossible to
collect the revenue.
The whaling bark Catalpa arrived
at New York from New South Wales on the
10Th, with the Fenian prisoners who escaped
from the British prison.
At Bayeruth, where the great com.
poser Wagner had been rehearsing the opera
which he had been SO long in writing, he
was on the 10Th crowned with silver and
laurel wreath in the presence of vast assem-
blage.
Ben. Buffers letter accepting the
profered nomination for Congress by the 7th
district Republicans in Massachusetts,, has
been published. He says he has not changed
his views, but the country having been COM
mitted in favor Of resumption by legislative
action, he believes it should be carried into
effect as speedily as possible, and places him
self squarely upon the Republican platform.
A lengthy interview with President
Grant is published in the New York Herald.
in which the President defended himself
from the charges implied and stated in Blu
ford Wilson's testimony. The statement that
Mr.. Bristov's resignation was called for BY
him was emphatically denied; he said that
Mr.. Bristow insisted upon resigning ON sew
eral occasions but that he, the President.
prevailed upon him to remain in the cabinet
for the time. &. /
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24

organized and ready for offensive movements
again. He was not ready for peace nego-
tiatiOns.
The news from Crook and Terry's
pletely exploded the voluminous yarns hich
have been for long time adoat about terrible
battles having been fought The two armies
united on the 10th, and had seen no large
body of Indians.
A careful and exhaustive survey of
the result OF Eads' jetties, including over 700
soundings, shows an average depth Of chan
mel for ocean vessels going to and returning
from New Orleans, OF 20 feet. This explodes
the force Of the reports put in circulation
that the ietties are failure.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. ,.

From the New York Herald Aug. Is.
A fragment of the great statue Of
liberty, destined for Bedloe's Island
was put ashore at pier 81, North river,
yesterday. from the French steamer
Labrador. 1t was contained in large
case, us large as small dwelling.
made of boards nailed rudely together,
with open spaces between. Ali of the
statue it held was the wrist and right
hand, with a section of the torch
which the right hand is to hold aloft,
bearing flambeau, which will serve
as 4 lighthouse beacon. The vast case
rested on Il truck and was an object of
much curiosity to the people around
the docks. The French sailors of the
Labrador fairly danced around it in
their enthusiasm, calling on those in
the vicinity whom they guessed were
Americans to come and ''ze zee
tumb.' The thumb. which partly en-.
circled the torch "a huge cylinder of
II feet i'll circumference was a ludi.
crously gigantic member. On the
thumb nail alone, Il man of several
hundred pounds avoirdupois might
find more roomY seat than in Third
avenue car. AS for the arm be.Ow the
elbow, and opening into the palm of
the hand, three men of ordinary stat.
tue might walk abreast within it's in.
terror. 1t is said that inside the upper
and broader part Of the arm above the
elbow, as many us nine men can be
comfortably accommodated. This
fragmentary part Is made of bronzed
copper, about sixteenth Of All inch.
in thickness. It is in five, evenly roll.
ed plates, riveted and screwed togeth-
er in the tirmest and most elaborate
manner. The completed statue will
be about l2O feet i'll height from the
crown of the head to the sole of the
foot, the elevation of the pedestal
being perhaps, Il third Of the altitude
of the statue. It is understood that q
staircase will he placed within the
right arm, by which ascent can be
made to a balcony running around the
edge of the flambeau. The height of
the complete arm is 35 feet. Of course
the statue is upright. The left arm is
bent so as to enfold and hold lightly
toward the body a set of tablets upon
which tho Declaration of Independ.
ence is supposed to be inscribed. A
tunic falls over a .peplum from the
shoulders to the feet. The head is sur.
rounded by a diadem, from which pro.
jects a circlet of prongs that catch the
suns rays and construct brilliant
nimbus of glory out of them. The
folds of the outer garment are so ar.
ranged that the edges fold diagonally
across the figure. Its estimated cost
is 1925 900, half of which has already
been subscribed. Both pedestal and
statue will be completed in two years
from now, and it will be the Joint en-.
terprise of France and America. Along
with the fragment already received
and the portion on exhibition at Phila.
delphia the right arm is supposed to
be complete.
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us he pointed to two particular ears of
corn in his field:
''See," said the farmer. ''that ear of
corn which is we'll laden bends down.
and behold that ear which has little on
it stands up straight
The lawyer, feeling that lie was
nonplussed by the farmer: mounted
his horse in silence and drove on.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24
Miscellaneous News items.

Servian war reports of the 18th in.
dieate the near collapse Of the insurrection.
Rumors of great battles between
Crook and Terry and the hostile Indians seem
to be confirmed.
A new commission has been ap-
pointed to treat for the Black Hills. Bishop
Whipple, Of Minnesota, is a member.
An exciting game Of base ball, be.
tween the Hartford and New Haven clubs was
declared drawn at the end of the 18th inning.
Score, 8 to 8. !.
The silk manufacturers of the eastern
states held meeting in New York, and re-
solved to advance prices twenty five per cent.
on oil classes OF goods. 4,
. Prince Milan, on the 10Th announced
that the servian armies were thoroughly re.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24
Poultry.

Nests.-A correspondent OF a western
paper makes the following excellent
suggestions in regard to hens nests !:
The nest-boxes should be moveable, so
that after Matching, and occasionally
when using only for laying, they may
be conveniently cleaned. One way is
to whitewash them; but another, pre-
ferred by some, is to kindle q fire in.
side and char them. This process will
effectually destroy vermin and their
larvae, and will thoroughly purify the
nests by leaving a coating of charcoal
inside, This substance is one of the
best antiseptics, and a perfect deodor.
izer. Boxes made of seyen.eighth stuff
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24
Appreciation Of an American Girls Sinsin,

Gounod the composer of .'Faust. IRE.
sides in London.
''Can see NJ. Gounod The oues-
TONER was Emma Abbott, who, nnac.
companied, and without letter of in.
PRODUCTION, rang the bell of NJ. Gou.
mods residence. The servant handed
her card with blanks to be filled IN.
on which was printed, "Your name,''
"residence,' s'by whom introduced. :"
etc. Miss Abbott handed the card back
to the servant.
81 don't want to sign that. l want
to see NJ. Gounod.
A sharp voice came from the head
of the stairs. 1t proceeded from Mad.
anne Weldon, NJ. Goumod's self cost.
tuted guardian. "What do you
want!''
Mioo Abbott ro,a "f lilo c4";rs 81
want to see NJ. Gounod, and sing to
him. l am an American girl.
"You cannot sing, child" said Mad.
anne Weldon, and you cannot see NJ.
Gounod.'
"Oh can. l can sing the Jewel
Song in Faust Won't you please
hear me q
81 say, child,' repeated Madame
Weldon, severely, ''you cannot sing :;
there is only one person living, who
can sing that song.''
"Oh! said Miss Abbott, you mean
Patti
''Patti with 4 slrug). ::Patti is
nothing but 4 music Dox-she can't
sing
''Then you mean Nilsson p
"Nilsson No! Her voice is worn
out long ago!''
"Who can it be then p and Miss
AbbOtt'S eyes expressed her curl
osity.
''It is myself Madame Weldon
''Oh, Mrs. Weldon, won't you please
sing it for me! lwould so like to
hear yOu!"
Madame Weldon led the way to the
piano. She sang, and Miss Abbott ap.
plauded.
Snow, Mrs. Weldon, you shall hear
me sing: And suiting the action to
the word, Miss Abbott began the Jewel
Song. She had proceeded but few
bars, when Madame Weldon tried to
stop her. ':There, there, child, stop:
you cannot sing" Suddenly 4 voice
from the top of the next flight of stairs
called out: : 'Weldon Weldon who
have you got there? % Before Madame
Weldon could reply, Miss Abbott shot
past her and up the stairs. "Oh, NJ.
GOunod, it is [. Emma Abbott, all
American girl, and I want to sing for
you!'
Madame Weldon had followed her
up the stairs and tried to stop her.
''She cannot sing, NJ. Gounod, and
want her to go away"
''She shall not 60 away replied
Gounod, "and she shall sing
lie then seated himself at the piano,
and began the accompaniment. lie
played it as Miss Abbott had never be-
fore heard it played. She began the
song: Madame Weldon again tried to
stop her but Gounod forbade her in
terupting. He said Miss Abbott should
not leave the house until she had sung
the song. He again commenced the
accompaniment, and told Miss Abbott
to sing. Uttering an inward prayer,
she obeyed. 1t was f;lvoritc opera,
and she threw into the song. all her
power and feeling. When she con-
cluded her eyes were full of tears.
Gounod rose from the piano, and took
her by both hands. lie said. "Miss
Abbott you have sung my song better
than have ever heard it sung - He
then took from q drawer an elegantly
bound copy of ''Faust.'' ''My child"
said he, II want you to accept this
from me.' Seating himself at his ta-
bic, he took a pen and wrote in the
frontpiece:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24

The name OF the daughter of the
duke of Montpensier, whom King
Alphonso is to marry, is Mercedes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-24

pine, hemlock or spruce-will out.
last a number Of these publications by
tire, rs the process tends to preserve
the wood.
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''.''' '.'... ...... ...... ...... 49,.
TO MISS EMMA ABBOTT,
FROM CHARLES GOUNOD.
In token of Miss Abbott's singing for :
him, this day, the Jewel Song from
ttFaust" better than he has ever heard it
sung.
CHARLES GoUNoD.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-22
rOI 81.
= .u;sbed by Theodore Schoch.

7vr, dollars year in advance-and if not
TEEN,-i tbc end of the year. two dollars and fifty
a WI, n,par discontinued until all arrearages are
& the %PSgq S6t of tse seaar% Eai"T OF eight ne
- N +lrro insertions Il 30. Each additional in
is, one :, ~ .,nts Longer ones in proportion.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-22
How They Hang a Man in China.

| observed one mode Of Chinese capital
punishment known as the Gage" The
''cage" used was between two and three
feet square, and over six feet high. Near
the bottom was close floor of plank palings.
The four sides were open work of plank
pallngs. The planks composing the cover
were made to fit around mans neck. and
under his feet number of bricks one above
the other, just enough to enable him to
tiptoe. When this position, from WEAKNESS.
became uncomfortable, his only relief was to
hang by his neck. The design is to make
man suffer as much as possible, but not
to kill him too quickly. Usually after a
criminal has been standing thus for day
or SO, one Of the bricks is removed, and
then another, until he hangs by his neck
altogether. 1t is said that a strong man
ordinarily will endure the torture several
days before life becomes extinct.
On the present occasion death was has
tend more quickly. The man was put iu
the cage Sunday afternoon, I believe about
one o'clock | heard Of it on Monday morn
ing, and went over to Annoy about two
o'clock in the afternoon to see him He had
been dead some time The guard said that
he died just before daylight that he was
conscious Of having committed great crimes,
and had fastened his own death by kicking
the bricks from under his feet. But the
people said (privatcly) that the guard wish
ed to get rid of their charge that they might
prepare to keep New Years day (the Chi
eese New Year was near at hand and
therefore had taken the bricks from under
his feet during the night. This probably
was the Christian ut Work.