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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-01

now be the Cincinnati nominee, the whole
country would recognize him as Grants cam
esdate, and the profound disaffecti0n toward
ufant of all the best men Of the Republican
label would certainly not strengthen Conk-
i1ngs chances of success. With Conkling
mgging Grant on his back toward the white
mouse, a powerful and probably successful
combnati0n could he made upon some such
nonpsrtisan candidate as Judge Davis-pro-
De Suddenly endowed by the Almighty with
. little self-abnegating modesty and fair
snare of common sense, E#:3 ~
THE INTER-oCEAN.
a.; As to the appointment of Don Cameron to
MI the vacancy, it can he asserted on high
authority that it was made by the President
alone, and that his sole design was to give
eennsylvania place, which it has not yet
n1d 20 during the present administration.
Whatever the relations between the Presi-
Gent and Senator Cameron may have been OF
Etc, General Grant has always held very
ltgh opinion of the Senator's son, and peo-
se knsz fhs .daa a nssa other
doubtful whether he took any counsel what
ever III the decisive step. In the first place,
Pierrepont declares he did not know the thing
was actually to Ike until it was accomplished.
Judge Taft did not know it until he was con-
graduated by friend on his confirmation as
Attorney General, although, he@ says the
President mentioned the matter to him about
fortnight ago. The Postmaster General re
ceived his first information from the Presi-
dent about an hour after the nominations
were confirmed, and, in short, it appears that
not member Of the Cabinet, save the Secre-
tsry of State, had any knowledge of what
had happened before it was known to every
body r~
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Farm and Household.

The nutritive effects of food do not
depend wholly upon the nutritious ele-
ments which it contains, but very
much upon the facility with which
the cells are separated and taken up
by the absorbents upon its porosity,
allowing the digestive iluids to act !;
upon it's compatibility with the digest
i've organs. An increased surface for
the digestive fluids to work upon is
promotive of digestion. And this is
where llorsford's substitute for soda
and cream of tartar, and all good bak-
ing powders that have followed in it's
wake, as we'll as soda and pure cream
of tartar, are valuable and useful in
place Of yeast in domestic use, where
convenience, time, and labor-saving
are considerations in working. They
are agents which quickly generate the
needed gas to properly raise, make po.
rOlls, vcsiculate land thus increase sur
face for the digestive fluids to act up
on) all PREPARATIONS of flour in which
they are used, principally biscuit,
gems, cake, etc. In SO far rs these
several preparations do this work COM
pletely, without leaving any injurious
residuum in the baked product, they
are prorortiOnately useful, but they
are none of them, nor any part Of
them, a food i'll any sense, but simply
vesiculating agents, the same as yeast
is, and none of them will ever sup
plant good, sweet yeast, in making
bread.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-01
TennysOn in His Own Country.

Washington Correspondence Of the Cleveland Leader
shall add, beside, Il little story told
by Gen. Schenck:
He was travelling with his party in
the Isle of Wight. Their guide was
extremely attentive, showing with
true insular pride the mansions of va
rious noblemen, with their splendid
grounds, and dwelling with special
emphasis on the number of retainers
kept by each. At last, coming sudden
ly upon picturesque cottage, whose
climbing vines and nicely kept lawn
proclaimed the taste of it's owners, the
visitors inquired what he might be.
Only Il very plain country gentleman,
sir. l believe is name is TennysOn -
and the cicerone was hurrying OH
s'Tennyson's cottage! 0, stop, we
must have Il look - chorused the
other travellers. The carriage was
stopped, but the driver was utterly
unable to comprehend the sudden in
tereSt.
''Mayhap you know him! he said
interrogatively, and his ignorance was
so delicious that the ladies delighted
themselves by pulling him out. They
declared they had heard of Mr.. Tenny-
son in distant America, and insisted
that he, who lived so near, must know
something about him. ''I1e may be
summat up in Lunnun, but down ERE,
sir, he makes no show 1T all, sir; he
makes no show at all, sir; he lives
mostly alone" Then, us if to stamp
Mr.. Tennyson's utter insignificance,
he added: ':lIe keeps only one man,
sir, and he sleeps out of the 'ouse.'
Such is fame
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THE ERIE THIRD RAIL.

The third rail on the Erie railway was
completed between Suspension Bridge,
Buffalo, and Waverly, on Sunday, thus
making uniform gauge from Chicago
and Philadelphia, via the North and
South Shore lines, the Erie and Lehigh
lines. Three through trains will be
run daily, leaving Niagara Falls and
Buffalo morning, noon, and evening.
The day trains will have Pullman
drawing.room coaches, and sleepers on
the afternoon and night runs. The
scenery in the Lehigh Valley is among
the finest in America, and tourists
should avail themselves of the oppor.
tunity to see it by taking the Erie line.
Alltrains will land passengers ut city
depots or at the Centennial grounds in
Philadelphia. ........ ....
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RECLAIMING THE CASPIAN SEA

proposition has been made by i dis.
tinguished American engineer, Mr..
Spaulding. for reclaiming the rapidly
forming desert in the midst of the
Russian empire. lie proposes to take
i water supply from the Black Sea.
which being connected with the Medi-
terranean, will supply any needed
amount of water. Dy means of cutting,
about two hundred and fifty versts in
length, across the ridge dividing the
two seas, connecting them upon one
level, these results can be obtained
with certainty. This cutting should
be, when completed, an artificial strait,
deep enough for ships oi any drauglt,
and wide enough for ships of any
width to pass each other. Beginning
in the basin of the Caspian sea, 1T i
point Is metres below the level of the
Black sea, a level cutting $50 metres
wide should be made westward, to
such a distance that at it's western ex-
tremity it would reach a depth of 10
metres. The surface of the earth ut
that point would he five metres below
the level of the Black sea. Here this
broad and deep cutting should be dis
continued, and narrower and shall
lower cutting should begin, which
with certain exceptions, should be car
ried all the way across. The broad
and deep excavation would be short,
and the expense of it inconsiderable :;
yet, by its formation, it would, in the
end, govern the character of the whole
work.
A similar work was performed in
America by cutting through the ridge
of limestone which separated the
waters of the Chicago river from those
of the Illinos river. The result was
that the current of the Chicago was re-
versed, and it now discharges it's
waters, as we'll as those of Lake Mich
igan, into the Illinois, and through
that, via the Mississippi river, into the
Gulf of Mexico, instead Of the Gulf of
St. Lawrence. If it were possible thus
temporarily to reverse the current of
the Don, the effect would probably be
to deepen its channel and render it
navigable for large. steamships. The
temporary Inconvenience caused by
such an operation would be repaid by
increasing the usefulness of that river,
and by making it also part of the
new field Of commercial and industrial
operations.
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uYDROPHOBIA.


From the New York Times Of Sunday.
"A terrible case of HylrOphObia,
which has already caused one death
and involved the lives Of four other
persons, has just been developed in
Newark, n. j., and what renders the
case more distressing is the fact that
the sufferers are all Of one family.
The family is that of Louis Sorhagen.
and consists of Mr.. Sorhagen, his wife,
a son, Charles, aged fourteen years,
Henrietta, aged twelve years, and Mag.
gie, aged ten. The dog by which, they
were bitten is black Spitz, and was
a pet by the children, who daily played
with him. A few weeks ago the dog
disappeared and when he returned it
was notined that he acted in 4 very
rabid manner, biting and swapping at
every one who went near it. Charles,
the fourteen-year-old son of Mr.. Sor-
hagen, attempted to pacify the animal
and it seized one of his fingers in it's
mouth, lacerating it terribly. The
dog then took refuge in the barn, and
rs Henrietta, the eldest daughter, was
running about, the animal bit her in
the heel. A short time after it ran
out in the yard and bit Maggie, the
youngest girl, in the left ankle. It
also bit Mrs. SOrhagen on the right
hand. By this time Mr.. Sorhagen be.
came alarmed, and although not think.
ing it was mad, endeavored to prevent
the animal from doing any further
harm by tying him up. In attempting
to put Il chain around the dogs neck
Mr.. Sorlagen was also bitten, the ami
NAL taking i piece of flesh out of his
left wrist. He tied the dog in his
kennel, and the next morning the ami
NAL was found dead. The straw and
ground about the kennel having been
dug up and covered with foam showed
how the dog had suffered in his agony.
Although every member of the family
had been bitten by the savage animal,
none of them showed signs of illness
until last Thursday afternoon, when
the girl Henrietta complained Of a
drOwsy feeling. In the evening she
complained of pains in her head, and
during the night she was attacked
with spasms. Mr.. Sorlagen called in
Drs. Voegler, Ill, and Komeman, who
could do nothing to alleviate her suf.
ferings. They decided to cut a piece
out OF her flesh where she had been
bitten, and this afforded Il slight relief.
During Friday and yesterday morning
she was again attacked with spasms.
in one of which she died ut o'clock
The other members of the family
have had their wounds cauterized, and
as yet none of them have been taker
ill. Another dog and horse that had
been bitten by Sorhagen's dog were
Yesterday shot.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-01

They tell of a pert New Hampshire
schoOl-teacher near Fitchburg, who
had class in geography on the floor,
the other day, and she asked one of
the boys what the soil was in. New
Hampshire. The answer was s'sterile. :
The teacher, highly indignant, said
the soil was as good in Hew Hampshire
as in Massachusetts. The scholar
spunkily denied it, and added, "Father
had bull in pasture in New Hamp.
shire, and the soil was 50 poor that
the bull starved to death. They could
not get earth enough to bury him, and
had to collect pieces of wood and burn
him. The teacher found the boy
was posted, and did not continue the
argument. D. .,s .ss< .... &r.s
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THE CENTENNIAL FOURTH.

-..-,E Vu1 CENXGNN1AL FOUh1u.t
Tie President of the United States
has issued the following proclamation
for the observance of the Centennial
Fourth: a.rs. ~-s .5,
WHEREAS, A joint resolution of the Senate
and House OF Representatives Was duly ap-
proved on the l3th day Of March last, which
resolution is as follows: ..'s. g Z.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
representatives OF the United States OF Amer
lea in Congress assembled, That it be and is
hereby recommended by the Senate and
House Of Representatives to the people Of the
several States, that they assemble in their
several counties or towns on the approaching
centennial anniversary of our national inde-
pendence, and that they cause to have de-
livered on such day an historical sketch OF
said county or town from it's formation, and
that copy of said sketch may be fled, in
print or manuscript, in the clerks ONCE of
said county, and an additional copy, in print
or manuscript, be filed in the Office Of the
librarian OF Congress, to the intent that q
complete record may thus be obtained Of the
progress of our institutions during the first
century of their exjstence. Is t..
And Whereas, II is deemed proper that
such Recommendation be brought to the mo-
tice and knowledge Of the people of the Unit
ed States. IS 8ss. .s
Nov, therefore, Ulysses s: Grant, Presi-
dent of the United States, do hereby declare
and make known the same, in the hope that
the object Of the resolution may meet the
approval ofthe people Of the United States,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-01
CONGRESSIONAL,

The Senate, on the 23d, directed the
secretary Of the treasury to furnish an es-
innate of the amount that would he required
to execute the House bill for paying pensions
to the surviving soldiers and sailors Of 1912.
After reports OIL number OF bills, the con-
sideration Of articles OF Impeachment was
resumed with closed doors.
The House, in committee Of the
whole, considered the remaining portions Of
the naval appropriation bill, after which the
committee rose and the bill was passed. The
Louisiana committee was empowered to act
by subcommittee.
The Senate, on the 23d, passed the
House joint resolution, requesting the Presi-
dent to take the necessary steps to secure the
release Of L. NJ. Condor, now confined in an
English prison. The Senate bill establishing
the rank of paymaster general as brigadicr
general, was passed. After short executive
session, a session of the Impeachment court
was had, and the Senate adjourned.
Speaker Kerr again appeared in the
chair of the House, seemingly much im-
proved in health. Discussion was had on
the contested election cases of South Car
olina and Louisiana, but without reaching a
vote the House ad jOurned.
The committee on civil service and
retrenchment reported back the bill fixing
the salary of the President at SOS 600 togeth-
er with the Presidents veto message with the
recommendation that it pass notwithstand-
ing the veto. 1t was placed on the calendar.
The doors were then closed tor q session Of
the impeachment court.
The report on the Emma Mine in.
vestigation was received by the House. The
report reviews the testimony and finds
Schenck's connection with tile transaction
Of the company improper in an American
Minister to a foreign court, but the committee
do not believe him guilty Of fraud, or Of
fraudulent intentions; but recommend that
the House condemn his action as ill-advised,
unfortunate and incompatible with the d,l-
ties OF his official position.
4 bill was placed on the calendar of
the Senate, on the 10th, to create sinking
fund for the liquidation Of the bonds advanced
to the Central and Union Pacific railroads.
The bill provides that IL, OOO, 600 acres OF land
shall he re-conveyed to the government and
government shall credit the companies with
$50, 600 900; the companies to pay into the
treasury, annually, the sum of $65, 900
Mr.. Dunnell introduced in the House
bill for the relief of certain settlers on pub
ic lands-passe d. The bill tor the relief OF
Tyler l,ssad Gy the Pes
the House. The bill for the retirement OF
Judge McCandless was passed and the House
adjourned.
In the impeachment case, on the
9th, the Senate voted upon question to
vote on Monday, without further debate on
the pending questionot OF jurisdiction; agreed
to by vote OF % to 81.
The House committee for conference
with the Senate committee on the pending
differences on the diplomatic appropriation
bill reported that they had been unable to
agree: An an attempt was made to consider
the bill for reduction of the army, but, after
much filibustering, the House adjourned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-01

and that proper steps may Ike taken to carry
the same into effect.
Given under my hand at the city of Wash.
{ ington, this 25th day of May, in the year oi
our Lord 1876, and of the Independence OF
the United States the Tooth.
II U. S. GRANT.
BY the President,
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-01

''Mamma, don't you want some nice
candy!'' said a shrewd little child.
Eyes dear, I should like some.'' s.If
you'll buy some, I'll give you half"
liSDed the child. s'a,., ,;,,; :.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-01

Said a Brooklyn school mss to her
companion the other day: Oh join
our church! There isn't q man or
woman in it that there isn't lome gOs-
sip about - a
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-01

Sophocle's tragedy of *sAntigone''
was recently produced at the Theatre
Royal, in Dublin, with MendelssOhn's
music, and the galle'y gods were so
we'll pleased that, according to their
custom, they demanded sight of the
author. ''Bring out Sapherclaze,
they yelled. The manager explained
that Soph0cles had been dead two
thousand years or more, and couldn't
we'll come. Thereat gamin shouted,
'sThen chuck us out his mumrly."
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THE APPOINTMENT OF CAMERON.

~A>> ~>"~~~>>A ~@1AAASAso->s
The appointment of Don Cameron rs
Secretary of War is severely comment.
ed upon by western journals of both
parties, it being charged to be for the
purpose of securing the Pennsylvania
Republican delegation to the Cincinnati
convention to C0nkling. The follow
ing editorial comments from the Chica-
so Tri bune, Times and Inter-Ocean are
samples of opinion on each side of the
party line:
The New York snd Philadelphia press, the
Washington politicians, and the country
generally, accept the Cabinet changes as in
dicative Of the transfer Of the PENNSYLVANIA
vote at the Cincinnati convention to Mr.
appointment of J. Don Cameron, SON of old
Simon, to the Office OF Secretary Of War.
| There is no pretense that Don Cameron has
| any special fitness for the War Department.
Ever after Mr.. Lincoln removed Simon
Cameron from the Cabinet, in 1862, he has
Of his ION: After many years Of struggle, the
Office has been obtained, and, after the fashion
! ot.all Cameronian politics, it has probably
been purchased by the sale Of the Pennsyf-
! vania vote in convention to Conkling. The
| appointment Of Don Cameronas as successor to
Belknap will strike many people as curious
proceeding.
To defeat Mr. Conkling there must, there
fore, be more or less a combination between
the friends spt sMessrs Blaine, Morton. and
BristOw. 1tis not likely that. the friends o1
either of these gentlemen can be transferred
to COnkling, and his defeat can be accom-
plished in the event that the friends Of Bris-
tow and Blaine unite, which ought not to be
an impossibility, and which, under certain
circumstances, ought to he duty. Mr..
Colll<ling cannot expect the vote of either
! Ohio or Indiana in convention, and certainly
not at the election in October, next fall; and
in view of this ascertained fact, to nominate
him for the Presidency will he to give away
the election in advance. The friends ol
Messrs. Blaine, 1ristOw, and Morton owe too
much to the country and to the party to per.
init them, by persistent division, to sniect
the party to such an unnecessary calamity
even to carry out one of old Simon's con.
L tracts. fg s.7asSs ssit - 4ass@ ss;z.s esas
| THE TINES.
If Mr.. Grants cabinet 'scoup d'etat'' va.
made to compass the nomination of his friend
i Conklin& at Cincinnati, it.,may, proye to b.
4 that which tfeordAined quite tho, contrar,
4 iesults N AAsaceftafnay widehed the breacf
between the Blaine and Conkling faction,
I past Ill healing, and for that reason has mad,
4 Conklipg .. weaker nag for the presidentia
race than he was bef0re-which was veal
7 tenough tn all conscience. IL sConkling shouli
~ = . lStES Z
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Personal, Impersonal and Political.

1cISOua1, 11upeIsUna1 anu 1011CIc11.
Edward F. Reale, of California, has
been appointed minister to Austria.
The Republicans of Illinois have
nominated Shelby McCollum for Governor.
John Dahleman died in Milwaukee,
on the 2lst, aged los years. He was born in
Westphalia in l77l.
The eighth Iowa district has nominal.
ed Col. W. S. Sapp as the Republican CAN
didate for Congress.
At the opening of the Right Worthy
Grand Lodge of Knight Templars Of the
world, at Louisville, Ky, delegates were
present from all parts of the world
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-01

"George, my darling George, promise
me one thing said the young bride
of a month, as she threw her arms
around her husbands neck and gazed
anxiously into his face. ''What is it.
preciOus?" he asked as he drew her
to his bosom. s'Promise me, George,
dear, that you will not become a Pres
idential candidate ''Why my dar-
ling that is asking a good deal" he re-
piled, and his countenance darkened:
s'There are Jones, Smith, and Brown,
and, in fact, all the best people-they
are candidates. You want me to be
somebody don't your eyes, yes,
George do, 1 do," said the young
wife, bursting into tears; ssbut all the
newspapers will tell how big my feet
are, and you know people never think
that anybody's feet may be good
shaped if they are large
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CROPS IN CALIFORNIA.

The California Crop prospects are re-
ported by The San Francisco Herald,
rs follows:
Not 4 single cloud has risen to mar
or obscure the crop horizon. Every
thing betokens the largest and best
harvest of grain ever garnered upon
the Pacific slope. The farmers every
where, north and south, are joyful at
the brilliant prospects held out to
them, and though no one expects big
prices, yet the abundant yield of wheat
and barley is what they most count
upon. Our merchant exporters and
others have been diligent in securing
a large amount of tonnage, now ell
route, for summer and autumn loading;
perhaps 100 ships or more have been
already chartered for the United King
dom at fS and upward, according to
the time Of loading and port of dis
charge. No fears are entertained but
that we will have a plentiful supply of
tonnage during the year to move the
crop to advantage.
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SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Crimes, Criminals and Casualties

A fire at San Francisco destroyed
over saoo, 600 worth Of property.
A sixty year old suicide in New York
first cut the throat OF his v ife His name was
James Dodworth.
Six negro murderers paid the pen
atty Of their crime in the court Of Judge
Lynch, at Edgedeld, S. C..
Out of party of twenty-five young
men who left Cincinnati for the Black Hills,
eleven were killed by the Indians.
The investigation of the Salonica
murders shows that the American consul
was absent when the affair occurred, and could
not have taken part in it,
The government recovered over a
half-million from the whisky ring of St..
Louis in one day, and it was not an exceed
ingly good day for recoveries, either. >;s -: =:
Samuel j. Frost was another victim
Of his own crime, on the 25th. He was
hanged at Worcester, Mass. His head was
torn completely from his body by the drop.
Thomas Piper, the fiend who muir
dered little Mabel Young in the Boston
church belfry, and who was also the self
confessed murderer OF Bridget Landergin,
was hanged Oh last hangman's day-the
25th. The crowd outside the Jail yard sent
up loud cheer when his death was an
NOuNced
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Markets.,

St. Paul, May 2s.-Wheat in New
York to-day, sl.2s@l.25; Chicago, No. 2,
sl.05; Milwaukee, 9l.0s@l.16; st. Paul,
extra, s1.0a@l.05 No. l, Sl.oo.
Gold closed at $l.12H.
A New York report says: minnesota
wheat is active and firm, with the demand in
excess of the supply Sales were 29,9O0 bu
No. 2 at 81 ,l0sx al. 90 400 bu by sample at
$l03, on track; and 1900 bu do at Sl.l0@
III, free on board cars. Total, $4,000 bu.
No. l was nominal at $l.1701l.l7H.