Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-05-03

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| An oil painting of Gov. Wade Hampton
has been sent to Germany to be Autographed
and more than five hundred copies have al
ready been ordered
Tho Chinese authorities have offered
| active assistance to Japan in supprcsslng the
! insurrcction in that country. Tho offer was
declined with thanks.
The English newspapers strongly con.
domn the war manifesto OF Russia, because II
contains no pledge thut tho war will not be
wasca to make conqucst Of territory.
It is reported that there will bc one
more opportunity for peace negotiations be-
! tween Russia and Turkey, before the actual
commencement Of hostilitics, but no one cx-
poets it to be successful.
1t is reported in Eastern papers that
ex-senator Logan ID organizing IN opposition
to the President in the West to act in harmony
with alleged movements Of a similar kind en-.
ginecred by Blaine In the East.
It is stated that Austria has called upon
England to sustain the treaty of 1856, protect.
ing the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and
that England has addressed note to Russia
asking her to explain her intentions In this
war;
Latest reports from California indicate
light wheat crop and but comparatively lit
tie for export. The fruit crop is good and
large. Oregon sends better report and cx.
poets to have five million bushels Of wheat for
export.
The Treasury Of the United States up
to date has disburscd 900 silver cur
rency, Of which amount $1s, ,O95 600 was in lieu
of fractional currency, and 600 for cur
rcncy obligations. There is balance on hand
Of three aud q half millions.
The Russian name that it is expected
will Ill the trump Of famc is Nepokoltsbitsky.
It is just as well to commence practicing on it
now. Meantime, as a1ording relaxation, the
distinguished name Of Boyonslawsky may be
taken up and played with occasionally.
The city council Of Quebec proposed to
do something cXtravagant, and at the same
time economisc by reducing the police force.
The result was mob which took possession of
tho city hull, drove the Mayor and aldermen
rom the building, smashed windows and
furniture, and enjoyed themselves generally.
The coroncr's jury in the Southern
Hotel disaster at st. Louis has rendered vcr-
dict, ccnsuring the proprictors of the hotel for
delay in giving the alarm, for inadequate help
in the hotel and for no system in using the ap.
pliances on hand to prevent Arc. They were
unable to discover the origin of the fire.
The suit Of the English owners Of the
famous Emma Mine against Trenor w. Park
and others who sold it, to recover the s5,000,-
600 paid for It, alleging that there was fraud
deceit and Misrepresentation on the part of
Mr.. Park in regard to the resources, resulted,
after four months trial, in verdict for the
defendants.
Ten OF dozen members of the St.
Louis whisky ring who were convicted year
ago, but who had never paid the fines or sur
fcred the nominal imprisonment to which they
were sentenced, have been rcarrcsted and will
be required to "comc down" 1000 each. This
in pursuance of the recent decision of the
Secretary of the Treasury and the circular of
District Attorney Bliss.
The following statement by the Bureau
of Statistics shows the imports of wheat into
the United Kingdom during the fifteen months
ending March 3lst, 1877: From the United
States, hundred weight, 1893, 1G2; from Rus
sia, 1O,l12,4444; from British India, 1886, 200;
from Germany, 22,992s;olS; from France, 57l SGT;
from Egypt, 452,07O; from Turkey, Wallachia
and Moldavia, 1,441,ls3; from British North
America, 2,4s2O59; from Chill, 994y6l9; from
other countries, 3y6sSG9l. Total, 522,956, ,s5s or
nearly one hundred million bushels, of the
value of e2sO Os5OO7. During the same period
there was imported s,469,O5l hundred weight
of wheat flour, Of which 2,749579 was received
from the United States