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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28

Aladelia; Geo. Bradford, Clerk; Chas.
Pomeroy, jr., I. L. Voucht, of Fland'
ers House and James Severson, clerk
in Yates store. Others were called
for, but they refused to respond, and
the gallant little hand of seven charged
the robbers, passing through the thick
brush in nOrtherly direction until
striking the river, when they depl0yed
as skirnislers. their line being formed
about FIVE feet apart. Then moving
westward mp the river, after going
about fifteen rods, they ran upon the
four men, secreted In thick willows:
Glispin was on the extreme right OF
the lire, advancing in an open path.
and being seen by the robbers. shot
was fired 1T him, which he lodged by
falling on his knee, at the same time
returning 4 well.directed shot from his
c.rbine. Seeing Glispin full, Murphy,
next 1T hand ,supposing him to be shot,
op ned fire with his revolver, the rest
Of the party following suit in rapid
succession. Glispin kept up rapid
fire and Murphy having exhausted
the six chambers of his revolver. Glls'
pin handed his revolver to Murphy,
the party steadily advanced and send
ing volley after volley ut the robbers.
All stood up manfully, not finching,
but c:,cl, and every one doing his whole
duty. In the hottest of the fray as
sistancc was called for from those in
the rear, hut not one responded. Then
the order to charge was given. The
man who seemed in advance of the
robbers WAS hit, ran two rods in a cor
nering direction from the attacking
rarty and fell mortally wounded. Cole
Younger and his brother were seen to
fall and were heard groaning, and the
other brother, wounded at Mortified,
stepped out of the brush saying. "Don t
fire any more, we are all shot to
pieces.' The persuers ordered him
| to hold up his hands, which he did,
and fearing that it was plan to decoy
them, Glispin ordered his men to take
aim ut the man, and then commanded
ed him to advance and deliver his pis
tol to Murphy, which he did. Th'
firing then ceased, and advancing OH
man was found dead, and Cole Younge
and his brother were found lyini
together on the ground, badly wound
( ed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28
Important Decision.

The lIodja having been made a
Judge. there came two men before him
one day.
"Tl'is man. said one Of the men
''bit my ear.''
Il did not" said the other, "he bit
it HIMSELF"
go away for few moments" said
the uodja, .swhen YOU come back I will
give Judgment
They went, and the Hodja proceeded
to shut himself mp and try to bite his
ear. As he whirled round in this en-.
terprise, he tripped and fell. cutting
his head on which he band 'ged it
and returned to the bench. The par
ties to TIE complaint returned, when
the ioij;. decided rs follows:
''It is considered hy the court not
only that Il man can l,ite his own car.
but that lie Can fall down and cut his
head while he is doing it,"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28


they overlook four OF the robbers just
us they hal crossed the Lake lIanSk;.
slough. This slough is not passahle
for horses, but as Glispin was within
gun shot he cried out to the robbers to
halt.
The robbers broke into 4 run 1T the
,heriff's command, going due south
towards the WatOnwan river. Glispin
md two of his party fired ut the flee
ing robbers without effect, and the
robbers were soon out Of range. At
this moment party Of four farmers
with poor guns joined Glispin. Glis'
pin divided hi, purity, four going east
to 20 around that side ef the slough.
md then going west about two and \
half miles to find Il western crossing.
Before Gli<pin anu his party
could cross, the robbers had
made distance Of over two miles to
the south, being only about three.
l,,:rters Of Il mile from the river.
Glispin and Will Estes were in advance.
mi riding up to within 90 rods Of the
robbers they c.ll.d ont, What do you
want! Glispin replied ''Throw up
your hands and surrender The rob.
bers answered: Come up and we
won't hurt you," and continued walk.
ing off. Glispin and Estes opened fire
on the robbers, a..d tho robbers re-
turned tho fire, each one firing. Glis-
pin and Estes were Obliged to dis.
noun, 4 ball just grazing Glispin S
horse, and others whizzing all around.
Many shots were exchanged, and the
,kirmish ended. The robbers retreat.
ing to the Watonwan river, and skulk-
ing in the brush. BY this time Glis.
pins five parties had Joined, and form.
ing Il SkirmiSh line, advanced
around the robbers and rersued them
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28
TIE OUTLAWS CAUGHT.
fpur More Of the Northfield Bank Robbers
Secured.

After it was generally supposed that
the Missouri outlaws who attempted to
rob the North6pld (Minn.) bank had
'sc;.ped. the people were gratified by
the Intelligence that the hunt had been
renewed resulting in one robber being
killed and three more wounded.
ltappears that on the morning of
the 2lst, four of the gang called at
the house Of 4 farmer named Ole Sam
burn, in Linden, Brown county, and
bought some bread and butter. As
@o"n as they had gone. the farmer
mounted his hoy and sent him to the
nearest village, which WAS Madc]ia.
light miles distant. The boy reached
M;tic!ia between 8 and 10 \. NJ, and
notified Sheriff Glispin, Of Walton.
Kan county. and the citizens
# the whereabouts of the robbers. \
party was instantly organized to pnr-
sue .tsen. and in one hour from the
time the hoy arrived with the news
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28
The 0ufl:l lR.

are fine loaking, we'll informed men.
They display remarkable intelligence
in their conversation. talk candi.ly, ut
times saying things ahout themselves
that men ordinarily in their situation
would not say.
a number of ladies spoke to the"
about the life they had led, hesccchcd
them to repent, and promised to pray
for them. At one time :.n old lady Of
intelligence and great kindness Of
heart spoke to them feelingly about
their mother and sister, the men re-
sponded in the most affected manner.
tears streaming down their CHEF KS
and there was scarcely Il dry eye in
the room, some of the ladies giving
way in audible sobs to their grief.
Both said they had braved every
danger, but that such scenes us this
was too much for them.
The oldest said he hal been brought
up under Christian influences, Ills
parents being Christians, but he had
never professed religious belief. The
younger brother said he had once been
Il believer and member Of the church,
but had fallen.
They express the most profound
gratitude for the Kindness received,
and express resignation and willing,
ness to abide their fate.
DISPOSITION or TIE PRISONERS.
The three wounded men were taken
by Sheriff Barton of Rice county tc
Farihault on Saturday via Owatonna
and safely lodged in Jail. All along
tho route crowds of persons gathered
ut the stations to see the bandits ant
the excitement was intense. At Fari
ba,llt the arrival was unexpected Il!
they came on i freight instead of reg
ular train, and the people were caugh
mapping. They rallied, however, very
soon, hut the prisoners were safely
lodged in Jail before their arrival Wa:
generally known.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28
The Two Systems.

Extract from the Speech Of Hon. Geo. F. 1Ioar. OF
Massachusetts.
The two systems of dealing with tht
colored race are these:-
The Republican party set them free.
and secures their freedom by the Con-
stitution itself.
The Democratic party would have
left slavery to exist in Kentucky,
Maryland. Missouri, and Delaware.
The Republican policy secures them
equality before the law.
The Democrats sent white men tO
the penitentiary who associated with
them on terms Of equality.
The Republican party pledged to
them the whole power Of the National
Government to protect tleir homes
| from the Ku Klux Klan.
The Democrat left it to the judg
ment of TIE Ku.Klux Klan to- deter
mine when its outrages should cease.
The Republican policy made then
frecmen, citizens, voters; while tn
Democratic would have left then
poems.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28

his pistols. This robber led the citi-
Gems to the place where lay his three
companions. Glispin had the dead and
wounded placed in u wagon and brought
to Madeli;s, where Drs. Overhott and
Cooley dressed the wounds of the liv-
ing. and they were placed In beds in
the Vaugh, hotel.
One of the wounded men will proba.
bly, die, and probably two. The three
living ones admit that they are the
Younger brothers.
The excitement and rejoicing over
the capture of these outlaws is in.
tense.
The remaining two bandits supposed
to lie the James brothers, are in the
neigh hoorhood of Sioux City, Iowa.
with i large party in close pursuit, and
their capture seems probable.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28

INTO tile river anu INTO tile WILLOWS llllt
plum brush on the south side.
BY p. IN. the party Of citizens hid
hpen largely Increased and the willow
patch, covering some five acres, where
the robbers were concealed WIS com.
pletely surrounded. Capt. Murphy of
N:ulelia volunteered to Sheriff Glispen
to skirmish the brush with any man
who would accompany him. Prompt
" Col. Vaught, james Severson, Benz.
Rice, George Bradford and Cl''s. Pom
eroy volunteered and under Glispin
ind Murphy were formed in a line east
md west, the men being posted about
tive PAGES apart, the line slowly all
vancing northward toward the river,
striking the river without stirring up
the robbers. This line Of brave men
then wheeled, following the west, and
moved up the river, the right flank
resting on the river. Hardly ten rods
If ground had been passed when one
Of the robbers rose from the thick
brush, only distance Of fifteen feet
from the line advancing, and opposite
Murphy and Glispin, whose places IN
the line were next the river. The roo'
ber drew his revolver upon G'ispln,
Glispin drawing ut the same time his
rifle on the robher. Both firing at
nearly the same instant, Glispin bring
ing down his man. Glispin dropped tu
his knees to RELOAD, when Captain
Murphy advanced and fired five shots
It the STOPPING robbers, who were all
firing rapidly ut the advancing line
All Of Giispin's men opened fire at the
same moment and the engagement be-
came general. In five minutes over
thirty shots had been fired by the rob
bers, without taking effect, one bal
striking Capt. Murphy on t..e right
stomach, but providentially striking
i large rosewood pipe in Captain
Murphy's vest pocket, and thus saving
his life. George Bradford had beer
struck on the wrist with Il slight fies'
wound, hut so true was the fire Of tin
citizens that three of the robbers wer
laid PROSTATE on the ground. one bein'
lead and two badly wounded, the las
man being the man who WAS wolnde'
ut Northdssl. lie threw up his hand
and said, give up; the rest ut tn
. boys are Id shot to pieces y lie &c
vanced to the citizens and surrendere
himself to Captain Murphy, who too
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
crimes. Criminals and Casualties

crimes, Criminals and Casualties
The steamship Rebccca Clyde, was
wrecked of Cape astteras on Sunday morn
ing, and twelve lives lost.
The Dardenough, from Melbourne to
Sydney, foundered near Jernis Bar, owing to
a hurricane, on the llth. Sixty Of the crew
and passengers were drowned.
Louis Emerson, young man who re.
sided in Chelmsford, Mass, die.l on Satur-
day OF inflammation of the brain, caused by a
blow from baseball.
The British ship Lammerm,,ir,
bound from Demora, is posted at Lloyd's as
missing. 1t is believed she was tounde ed
with all Of her hands and 900 coolies.
4 party of four men entered the
house Of Patrick Csfferty, about twelve miles
from Watertown, Minn., on the loih inst,
took him out Of bed and, threatening to kill
him ii he moved, demanded and obtained
about sa2o.
Four of the Nortlltleld robbers were
captured near Madel,a, on the afternoon Of the
2lst inst. One man was killed and the others
seriously wounded. Surgeon General Murphy
has ordered them taken to St. Paul for III.
Identification. The wounded confess them
selves to he Cole, Frank and jim Younger
a curious accident occurred to Mr..
Charles Kremies, ot Stevens Point, WIS.,, the
other ev ni"g. While undressing tor bed
the hammer Of revolver which he carried in
his trowsers pocket was in some way raised
and falling, ball was sent into his right
breast between the fourth and fifth rib, one oi
which was broken. He will recover.
Vim. 4. Gavett. United States In
ternal revenue agent, has unearthcd in Chi
cago several illicit whisky stills, similar to
those he discovered in Louisville, Evansville
aud other western cities. The whisky was
manufactured in vinegar works, by means o1
secret pipes and wor".s. Warrants have
l,een served on all those who have been
party to the swindle.
Ferdinand Kip, confectiCner, 4.0l3
Park avenue, St, Louis, quarrelled with Mrs.
Geo. Pit, wife ot his partner, and shot her in
the abdomen, inflic,ing slight wound. IL.
then shot himself in the breast with der
ringer but not dying Immediately reloaded
the pistol, went up $ airs in search OF Mrs.
Pit, hut not finding her Shot himself again
through the head aud dropped dead on the
floor.
There was general knock.down
among lawyers and officers in Waco, Texas,
court the O; her day. Says dispatch to the
Galveston News: Judge Gerld left the
bench, after repeated trials to bring them to
order, seized ,six-shooter, rushed into the
struggling crowd, and commanded peace,
which was finally restored. Maxy and Ptarre
were fined SIS each; Haralston was fined
500. Some twenty or more pistols were
drawn by friends Of the party, but Judge
Gerald cvrraled the crowd.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28
Gov. Hayes in Earnest.

Extract from, Carl Schurz Speech.
I have already shown how much the
President can accomplish by the exer-
else Of his constitutional powers. And
if then, Congress refuses to aid and
perpetuate the reform by such legisla.
lative measures as may be necessary,
LIT the President appeal to the SO ID
sense and patriotism of the people. In
an election held without the civil
service IL i party agency, such an up.
peal will scarcely remain without Il
i response. l, therefore, declare this
to be my honest conviction, not only
that Gov. Hayes. as i mall of patriot.
ism and Integrity, will, if elected to
the presidency, be true to his word III
using all the constitutiO. .al powers OF
his office to carry out to the letter the
programme put forth by himself, but
that, powerful as the opposition he
will have to encounter may be, the
chances will be strongly i'll favor Of
the success and lasting establishment
of the reformed system, sustained us
it will be by the best elements Ut the
Republican party and 4 patriotic pub
lie opinion.
Indeed, when examining the relative
positions taken by the two candidates
for the presidency, and the prospects
they open to us, the opponents OF Gov.
Hayes seem utterly at i loss to discov'
er flaw in the systematic reform he
proposes to establish. They find them.
selves forced back upon the small ex.
pedient of discrediting his inten
tions. "Gov. Hayes" they say, cali
not be in earnest with this plan; tor
| if he were believed to he i'll earnest
there would be multitule le OF Republic
can politicians who would rather see
their candidate defeated than such Il
j reform succee l." TheI may be sucl, Re-
publican politicians. But Gov. Hayes
own word, publicly spoken. warrants
me in telling you that he is in earne st,
! uncompromisingly in earnest. If there
were Republicans who would Try to de'
feat him for that reason. | am conf
dent it would not change his position
/ Gov. Hayes will ever he proud t.
have stool up for SO good 4 cause. and
would rather b. defeated IS its taltl'
full champion than succeed by betray
ing it. But now ask you. my lnde
uendent friends, if that cause is SO gOOt
that the spoils polititian would tea]
| its success more even than the failure
of his party, is not there, for you, a
sincere friends of reform, every re;'
son to desire and work for its triumph
Considering with candor every circun1
stance surrounding US, carefully weigh
ing every probability, and feeling tn
necessity Of thorough and lasting II
form, is it possible that you can hesl
y tate in your choice! Can you fail t
see that here is the battlefield worth
of your efforts, here the line OF IL
. vance towards the object when !,
true reformers, you must hold highest
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28
Gen. Crook Kills Tw" or Three Hundred In.
diINs.

A report from Fort Sully hy way of
Sioux City, Sept. 18Th, contains the
following intelligence
"lleayy firing WAS heard on the riv-
er ten miles below here last Tuesday,
apparently in the direction of the
Black Hills, but no explanation of it
was h:M till yesterday. About ten
days ago Colonel Buell., commanding at
Cheyenne river agency, sent some
scouts out to General Terry, who fail.
ed to reach him, but were attacked hy
Indians, and one was wounded in the
shoulders. Retreating they came
across I. large military trail, which
proved to be General Crook S. On the
way the scouts saw a camp of thirty
lodges near Slim Buttes, north Of l1ar.
ney Peak, and when Crook WAS over.
taken the scouts informed him, and.
turning hack his cavalry hy = rapid
march, Crook surprised and killed ev.
cry one, estimated to number between
two and th,ee hundred Indians. Not
one escaped. To-day General Buell.
takes !. census OF all the Iniians near
here, and will tomorrow disarm and
'iismount them. 1t is expected tho
Indians will try AMI oppose him, but
General Buell. is firm and will carry
out his orders 10 the letter."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28
Another account.

(R"port Of J. t. Wise OF the Mankato Review }
Soon after arriving 1T Madelia we
were fortunate in capturing Captain
w. W. Murphy, one of the gallant
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-28

take husband hit him in the nose, etc.
Here the matter seems to drop 30 far as the
public are concerned, and a general air Of
mystery surrounds the tale, all parties to the
affair refusing to talk
, 1876-12-23
Nhithcr DO We Drift.

The telegraph brings us the informa'
| ton that the United States Senate has
decided that there is no law binding il
TO chose a President of that body from
among its own members. 1t therefore
proposes to elect Gen. Grant President
of the Senate, thus Tin the event of a
failure to elect either Hayes or Tildcn)
virtually making him President Of the
United States We print no partisan
paper, but as conductors of an indepcnd.
ent journal we feel called upon to pro-
test against such an anti-republican
course. President Grant is not the choice
of the people, aud the will of the peo.
pie is the blsis of republican form of
government. This little game would be
cnacting the terrible tragedy of Caesar
and the Roman Senate with ten told the
horrors that attended that event. Civil
war would be the result. Not section.
al war like the last one. hut one in which
every State in the Union would be over.
whelmcd. of one thing we ale positive.
Either Hayes or Tilden have been consti-
tutonally elected. 1t may he difficult to
decide which, the vote being so close
and both parties being guilty of fraud /;
but we have coolheaded, honest men
enough in both parties to put their heads
together and solve the muddle, and find
out beyond the shadow of doubt who
is justly entitled to the Presidency; and
whichever of the two gentlemen are
fairly entitled to it, let the American
people see to it that he occupies the
White House f)r the next four years. 1t
matters little to US. We believe Hayes
and Tilden are either of them capable of
filling the office. We are willing to trust
either. But we are not willing to trust
Gen. Grant or any other man, backed up
by an usurping Senate, with irrcsponSi.
BILE, unprecedented and unconstitutional
power.
, 1876-12-23

THE Flow OF SPEECH. Though we
all employ speech, says the Popular Sci
ence Monthly, yet we differ in ease and
agreeableness of utterance. The voice
is weak or powerful, as determined by
the mode of action of the respiratory
organs. The tin'bre is sharp, harsh,
sweet or harmonious; this is determined
by the confirmation Of the resonant cav.
tiles. Whatever quality of voice we
happen to have naturally, it is to be pre-.
served, although it may be improved by
constant attention to the ear, by steady
observation, finally by training. Speech
does not flow from its source with the
same ease in all cases here the mind is
master, and mental qualities differ from
one another to far greater extent than
physical aptitudes. Some persons ex-
press themselves without difficulty or
hesitation-their thinking faculty acts as
continuous force; others seem to grasp
word or phrase here and there-their
thinking faculty is fluctuating, confused,
undecided. A certain feeling of con
straint produces suffering, stammering.
It used to be supposed that suffering is
the result of grave defects of the vocal
organs, but such is not the case at all
this infrmity has Its seat in the mind,
and it may be cured or mitigated by
systematic effort. 1t is shown by stats.
tics that Provence, Languedoc and
Guiene contain a greater portion of STAN
erers in their population than any other
portiors of France. This statement,
when I saw it, was a surprise to me; it
has always been thought that no one
could possibly falter in his speech who
was born near the Garonne. ,
, 1876-12-23
Divorce.

Mrs. ]. NJ. House, wife Of the divorce
lawyer Of New York, and murderess of
her husband, is now in the lecture field
against divorce. For over twenty years
this notorious woman lived a cat t.and.
dog life with her husband, and finally
wound up his career by sending him to
his long home with bullet hole through
his body; said bullet being fred by her
loving hand with murderous intent. We
do not believe in promiscuous relations
Of the sexes, but for all such couples as
Mr., and Mrs. House, no matter how
brought together, we believe-not only
for the sake Of the fruit of such unions,
hut for the welfare of the community at
large-that they should be separated,
and it a continent or an ocean or two
could be placed between them so much
the better Even if made to reside on
separate planets they would he near
enough to each other for the peace and
quiet Of the social universe.