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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-08
THE NEWS.
A Summary of the Worlds Work
and Happenings.
Crimes Criminals and CasValtiea

Crimes Criminals and Casualties
Three little girls, sisters, were
drowned at Salem, Mast, last week, by break
ing through the ice.
A prisoner in the Auburn, N. Y,
State Prison, killed keeper by beating him
upon the head.
Two children named Hastings were
run over by street car in St. Louis, last week
and were instantly killed. The driver and
conductor of the car were promptly arrested.
A young woman named Julia Stock.
field, confined in the county Jail, in La
Crosse, committed suicide by setting her
clothes on fire from Goals taken from the stove
in the woman's department. When first dis
covered the poor woman was wholly envel-
oped in flames, which were soon extinguished,
but not until her clothes were almost entirely
burned from her body. She died few hours
later.
Personal. 1,npersoual and Political.
The New Hampshire prohibitionists
have nominated Asa S. Kendall for Governor.
A South Carolina court has decided
that Wade Hampton is the legal Governor OF
that State. The case was promptly appealed
to the Supreme Court.
The Ohio State Senate has passed a
bill compelling employers to pay employees on
or before the last day OF the month.
\ committee of the Ohio Legislature
reports that lo5 persons in the penitentiary OF
that State were poisoned by the tartar emetic
;,,% l,o
were fatal, however.
Colonel Plumb was the successful
candidate for the Kansas Senatorship, being
elected on the 10th ballot by 80 votes against
63. Colonel Plumb was printer by trade,
and he formerly published the Emporia News.
The three Supreme Judges in Wis
consin, as in Minnesota, are overworked, and
the legislative Assembly Of that State almost
unanimously voted to submit an amendment
to the constitution increasing the number to
FIVE.
Some unprincipled newspaper has
gone behind the returns and counted in
little Christiancy who does not exist. The
Senator does not approve of the procedure,
but refuses to testify on the charge Of intimi.
dation.
A San Diego dispatch says the Ari-
iona House to-day passed bill exempting
the Southern Pacific railroad from taxation
for four yeas, and permitting 10 cents per
mile for passengers, and Is cents per ton for
freight.
The New York Assembly has passed
a resolve looking to the abolition OF the
Normal schools of the State, now costing
81 500, ,000 per annllm. on the ground that they
do not fulfill the objects tor which they were
established.
The reason why John D. Lee was
not shot at Salt Lake was because the Supreme
Court of Utah ordered a stay OF proceedings.
The case will he carried to the United States
Supreme Court, unless the Territorial courts
grant him q new trial.
Louise Pomeroy, wife of the noto-
rlous editor. is on the stage in Chicago. Tho
man OF the Inter-Ocean goes into raptures
over her hair, "surrounding her like mist,
four feet long, fine as spun glass, thick as the
name OF a young lion, and in color that pecu-
liarly lovely blonde tint that has a softer,
warmer look than that we can call golden"
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Miscellaneous News Items.

Cold is away GOWn-the lowest
since the war. Sl.05,s was reached the other
day.
The public debt statement for the
month shows the national debt to have been
reduced over two millions during the month
of January.
An inmate of the soldiers home at
Dayton, Ohio, who was elected from train of
cars and had his leg broken, has recovered
81 500 damages.
A dispatch from Berlin states that
the present state OF affairs between Turkey and
Russia, which is neither war nor peace, is to
be indefinitely prolonged, thereby making
financial war and testing the ability OF otl.
powers to keep up a large standing army.
Charles O'Connor, in company With
Secretary Fish, called upon President Grant
to tender assurance Of personal respect, and
to apologize for the undue severity OF his LAM
guage in recent public letter. The Presi-
dent met Mr.. O'Connor in the same spirit
in which he came.
Mrs. Mcdonald, of Williamsburg, Pa,
recently gave birth to quadrnplets. The IA
ther is coal miner, and the mother about
twenty-four years OF age. One OF the children
lived only fifteen minutes, two died three
hours after birth, and the last lived for five
days. All tour were perfectly formed and
almost as large, it is said, as ordinary infants
at birth.
A dispatch from New York dated
the Sd, says: Hope is we'll nigh abandoned
fer the safety Of the steamship Columbo, forty
six days overdue at this port from Hull, En-
gland, and Of the George Washington, from
Halifax for st. Johns, N. S., each long over
due. Forty seven persons are or were on
board the Columbo, thirty on the George
Washington.
The building Of narrow guago rail
roads in this country, which began in 1871,
| when 179 miles of road we're built, has increas-
ed in five years to g., l57 miles now in opera
ton in America. The largest amount built
in any ore year was 8l9 miles, in 1874, and
during 1876 569 miles were put in operation
or more than one-tiith of the whole amount
Of railway constructed in the whole country
The five thousand Mennonites al
ready located in Manitoba, says the Toronto
Globe, make excellent settlers, and there j:
room still on the present reserves appropri-
ated to Russian immigrants tor ''another ter
thousand" The capacity OF the great north
west to receive settlers is comparatively un
Limited, and there is room in this country to-
all the Mennonites in Russia without the res
of the population suffering Inconvenience.
| A young man looking somewhat lik'
a southerner and somewhat like an Oneid
Indian, was discovered among q crowd 9
snow -shovelers at the Central railway statiol
at Syracuse last week. While waiting for tn
pittance due him, it was observed that h
seemed desirons OF being by himself who'll
: avoiding his late comrades. This poorly cla
. but proud shoveler was Bushnell Forrest, SCI
ond son Of the noted confederate General, \
B. Forrest, OF Fort Pillow memory.
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THURSDAY, g.

very good reputation are held at 5000 $bba,
while choice family flour and ~''straight't
xxx is held fzpaly at $3.50 for Wholesale
and job lots, and e6.76@7.0O for small. In
terior qualities are not now in much demand,
and quotations are nominal. "Patent Pro-
cess'' -four, which is in demand throughout
the country as the equal ifnot superior OF the
very best winter wheat brands, sells to deal
ers and consumers al sS5O@10.OG " bbl. Rye
flour is in moderate demand at S5.60@6OO v
bbl; buckwheat is not much inquired for,
and with very small stocks On hand quota
tions are mostly if not entirely nominal.
The local offerings of wheat have been un-
usually liberal, stimulated of course by the
very high rates which have prevailed. We
have to note very sharp decline within the
week, aggregating 10c " bushel on all qali-
ties. This decline is largely in excess of any
similar movement in the great markets, and
can only he accounted tor by the supposition
that buyers found themselves paying more
for grain than it was worth, or than II was
likely to he worth in the spring. The sud-
den shutting down OF a large number oi dours
ing mills in the State, not only i'll Minneapo.
lis but in nearly all the principal centers a.,
Hour manufacture, has undoubtedly had de-
pressing influence on the current buying
price OF wheat. The reason given for this
evidently concerted movement is the alleged
disproportion between the price of wheat and
its product, flour. Millers asserted that
they lost money on every bushcl OF wllert
that they bought and manufactured, although
they were careful not to give figures to sup
port the statement, or to give producers
credit for the profits made on the vast
amounts of flour formerely sold on advancing
markets, which was manufactured from low
priced wheat. But there will be no serious
embarrassment likely to follow the sudden
Discrimination OF local manufacturers to buy
our leading cereal. Mi!lers will want wheat
in the spring, il they do not now, and they
will be compelled to pay all that it is worth
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A Sound Life Insurance Company.

FrLm the New York Insurance Chronicle jan 25 1877
cable, prudent and honorable"
This is the verdict pronounced by the
New York insurance department upon
the management of the Washington
Life Ins. Co., of this city, after a care
full and thorough examination, out of
which it comes as gold from the fur
mace. purified and well refined. The
report of the result Of that examina-
tion, elsewhere published, will come
to every friend of life insurance as
glad tidings of great joy. Nobody of
sense doubted the abundant sOlvency
of the Washington; but few expected
a demonstration so complete and salts.
factory. Rightly named was the Wash.
ington Life Ins. Co., and right worthily
does it bear that name which is the
synonym of purity, prudence and ever.
lasting success.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-08
Review of the Markets.

Trade in the mercantile line has been
unusually good for mid-winter, in wholesale
quarters. The only important changes in
prices to note are in groceries. Java coffees
and refined sugars are down handsomely. It
seems to be the opinion that cotton goohs will
rule strong during the coming season, that
further advances may be be expected.
Flour is quite unsettled since the recent
rise in wheat. There is quite = broad margin
in the quotations. Some brands OF xxx of
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adopted Senator Donnelly moved that Sem
ator Finseth have leave Of absence for as long
time as he may desire which was adopted
yeas % nays 9.
House, Feb. Bills were intro
duced, to amend general statutes relating to
exemptions; to provide money tor the relief
of the destitute in the grasshopper districts
and also tor bounties tor the destruction Of
grasshoppers and their eggs The bill author
ICES the State Treasurer to borrow $l75, 600, at
a rate not exceeding 8 per cent, OF the nation-
al banks OF St. Paul to repeal chapter ITO,
ofspecial laws Of 1875. relating to fees Of GER
tain officers; memorializing Congress for
mail route from Cambridge to Grantsburg,
Wisconsin; to authorize county commission
ers OF Hennepin county to appropriate money
to improve the navigation Of Lake Mime
tonka. Senate bills were passed. TO- authorize
the transcription of certain records in Ramsey
county to punish the abduction OF unmar-
ried women; to memorialize Congress fer a
land grant and right of way for certain rail-
roads. House bills were passed, to levy and
collect an annual tax of * mills for school
purposes; to appropriate the sum of $lO0, 900
for the support Of the Hospital for the indi-
gent insane. Adjourned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-08

THAT TICKLING IN THE NOSE, stop it, before it
becomes Catarrh, by Dr.. J. II. McLean's Gel
ebrated Catarrh Snuff; it soothes and allays
irritation, it cures sores in the nose or skin
and removes Plmples off the face. Trial
boxes, 80 cts., by mail. DR.. J. H. Mclean,
3l4 Chestnut St. LQuis - -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-08

The Senate committee on the I'd inst.
elected no testimony of Importance IN
the Oregon case but developed the fol-
Omaha, Nov. 25-TO l.. A. Grover.
Salem. Oregon: Man left Omaha to
see you. Will arrive Monday. Delay
action.
iSicned1 GEO. l.. MILLER.
Dec. 6th.-To Colonel w: T: Pelton,
N. ": Glory to God. Hold on to
the one electoral vote in Oregon. l
have one hundred thousand men to
back it up.
Washington, Dec. 8th.-To Judge
Strong Salem, Oregon. Tilden has ls5,
including one from Oregon.
[Signed] A. S. HEWITT:
Omaha, Neb., Dec.-To Col. w. T.
Pelton. Is Grammercy Park, N. Y:
Ignorant of whole business. Partner.
Powerful motives to fidelity. On
Gould order. Can it not be through
A. Kountz, twelve Wall, or myself, or
both. Kountz Tildenish Republican.
Reliable beyond doubt. Last resort.
Protect everybody. Advise Davis.
Answer.
[Signed] GEO. l.. MiLLR:
There were no marks on the dis
match signed Corse, to indicate the
place from which it was sent.
Senator Morton's committee con.
cluded the taking of evidence in the
Oregon case on the 5th. The only
thing developed that day was the pro-
duction of kilograms from Gen. J. NJ.
Corse, of Chicago. addressed to Perry
Smith and j. NJ. Palmer, New Orleans,
and to w. T. Pelton, New York, prom.
ising from ono to two hundred thous-
and men to aid in inaugurating Tilden.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING

Cards Of five liues or less, five dollars per
year. Editorial notices, intended as adver-
tlsements, twelve and one-half cents per line
Legal notices at the rates prescribed hy
law.
All transient advertisements to be paid for
in advance.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20
Death of Mrs. John Bell.

The death is announced in the
Nashville papers of a lady whose
name brings up the memory of tur-
buIent political struggles now as still
as the grave in which the deceased
lady sleeps. The widow Of the Hon.
John Bell died on the 18th inst. at
the residence of her son, Col. Harry
c. Yeatman, in Maury county. Mrs.
Bells maiden name was Erwin, her
youngest brother having been a SON
in-law of Henry Clay. She was
twice married; first to Mr.. Thomas
Neatman, a well known and success
full merchant of Nashville in old
times. Her second husband, the
Hon. John Bell, well known as Sen
ator from this State and Wing can
didate for President in the last I'M
fortunate election which preceded
the war and which terminated in
the accession of Mr.. Lincoln to the
Presidential chair. As the wife of
an eminent statesman Mrs. Bell was
lady well qualified for her posi-
ton, being not only an element of
power in Washington City, buta val
ued counsellor to her husband. Mr..
Bell, while man of great intelli-
gence, was naturally of an irresO-
lutte and vacillating spirit, and the
decision of character which was a
feature in all the Erwins and notably
80 in Mrs. Bell, is believed to have
cen influential in steadying his ca
reer in a degree which contributed
largely to his success in politics.
/ She died ut the age of eighty in
the firm assurance of the Christian
/ faith, and amid the tender ministra,
tions of an affectionate kindred.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20

J. w. FAxoN in his last letter to
the COurier-Journal has the follow
ing:
Rev. r. K. Brown is retained as
pastor of the Methodist Church at
GAINESVILLE by the Tennessee Confer
ence. Rev. DIR. j. w. Hammer is
Supernumerary, and Jno. w. Han
ner, Jr., has been appointed to New
Providence and Bethel churches.
Rev. WelbOrn Mooney, well-known
in this community as a Christian
gentleman and an efficient minister,
is Presiding Elder of GAINESVILLE Dis
trict for the coming year. DIR. Han
ner and his son, John w. Hammer,
Jr., have host of warm friends in
this section, who will heartily well
come them to their new homes. 1t
is unnecessary to say anything rela-
tive to Rev. r. K. Brown. Prob
ably no church in the State is more
warmly attached to its pastor than
the GAINESVILLE church is to Mr..
Brown. S. a. Caldwell, of this city,
and Rev. William Burr, ex-presid-
ing elder of GAINESVILLE district, were
elected delegates to the General Con-
ference, which assemblies at Atlanta,
Ga, in May, 1878. GAINESVILLE has
been selected as the place of meet
ing for the next Tennessee Confer
ence,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20
New advertisements.

A number of unclaimed express
packages will be sold in front of the
Express Office on Nov. Goth, 1877.
See advertisement elsewhere.
Mr.. II. o. Wyatt has a large lot
of excellent German millet hay for
sale. Orders left with Keesee &
Northington will receive prompt at
tentiOn.
We invite attention to the adver-
tisement of Mrs. RoSenfeld. She
has everything in the millinery line
that one could call for, and all OF
the latest style.
1t will be seen from the advertise
ment of Henry Frech that he has
received a large lot of flower bulbs.
He also keeps on hand all kinds of
farm and garden seeds.
Mr.. A. II. Carlisdedt notifies the
public, that he will only remain
here until the first of November.
All wanting dying done should call
at once.
The dissolution notice of the firm
of Turnkey d Elder will be found
elsewhere. Mr.. Turnkey has sold
his interest to Mr.. Elder, but will
continue to remain in the house, and
requests the public to continue its
former liberal patronage.
Read the Executors advertise
ment Of public sale Of the personal
property of Mr.. Charles n. Meri-
wether, deceased, consisting of furni-
ture, farming implements, cattle,
etc. The sale will be held at Wood
stock, the late residence Of the de-
ceased, in Todd county, Ky, on
Nov. I'd, 1877.
BY reference to the advertisement
Of Thomas II. Lyman, agent for
Judge Chas. G. Smith, it will be seen
that he will sell on the premises
on Saturday, the 9th inst, five
farms in District No. 1. Good crops
and the fact that farming lands are
advancing in price ought to make
this land sell well. Mr.. Hyman
will give a free barbecue for all who
attend his sale.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20
Last Chance.

AS 1 shall positively and without
fail leave your city by the LIST of No
vember, 1877, all persons wishing
any work done in my line, or having
any goods here, will find it to their
interest to call at once.
A. H. CARLsTEDT, Dyer,
Next Door to Franklin House.
Oct. pow.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20
Examination.

On Wednesday last John f. Couts,
Esq, proceeded TO the old Blount-
D0rtch burial ground and exhumed
the remains of Gov. Wylie Blount.
preliminary to the ceremonies of
next week for their refinement.
Several other members Of that fam
lily were buried in the same grave
yard; their remains also were taken
up and will be deposited in Green
wood Cemetery with those of their
iilustrious progenitor. The follow
ing is a list of persons whose re-
mains are now in this place for
reinterment: First, Gov. Wylie
Blount; Second and Third, his two
wives; Fourth, his daughter, Lucin-
da d. C. B. Dortch; Fifth, John
Baker Dortch, her husband; Sixth,
their daughter, Mrs. Mamie Dortch
Bailey, who was married to j. B.
Bailey, brother of Mrs. d. n. Ken
nedy, of this place; Z and 8, two of
her children.
Intense interest was manifested by
the neighborhood in the transaction,
and we do not doubt but that large
number of people from the country
will be in town on Wednesday to
witness the final ceremonies.
Every preparation has been made
in the way of music, eminent speak
ers, a numerous and well ordered
procession, etc, to give suitable dig
nifty to this eminently historic Oc-
casiOn, and we do not doubt but
that the attendance will be COM
with its Importance.
Little can be expected of a cOmmu-
nifty which fails to honor its illus
triOuS dead.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20

We have the new improved Wilson Sew
ing Machine.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20
DIED.

ABELI.-In this city, at the residence of
Mr.. Philip Lieber, on Monday, the 18th
inst, of hemorrhage of the bowels, CHAs.
W. ABELL.
ORGAIN-At her residence in this county,
October Il, 1877, of dropsy, Mrs. ANGIE
ORGAN, wife of the late VIM. NJ. Orgain,
aged 81 years, months and ii days.
This is indeed n sad death. Only about
four years ago she lost her husband, and
now she has passed away, leaving some five
or six little orphan children. She was
good, religious woman, and her many noble
qualities Of head and heart gained for her
the love of all who knew her. May the great
God of the universe guide, guard and protect
her little orphan children.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20

THE Rev. William Burr left last
Thursday for Franklin, where he
goes under appointment of Confer
ence to take charge of that station.
The people of Franklin know him
well, but they cannot feel more at
tached to him than the people of
this district. Everybody who knows
him loves him. He is the model
Presiding Elder. We part with him
and his estimable wife with great
reluctance.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20

Mr.. SAM. JOHNSON has had the
G. B. Bryant farm divided into three
tracts, thus placing it in the power
of man of moderate means to pur-
chase. 1t will be sold at the Court
House next Monday; also the wagon
shop known as the "Irvin shop"
near the Methodist Church. Be
sure to attend this sale if you want
to buy valuable property at low fig
ures.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20

WE met our old and much es-
teemed friend Rev. Jordan Moore
i'm our city a few days ago. On ac-
count of affliction for the past twelve
months he is unable to take regular
work this year. This is much re-
GREETED by his numerous friends, for
we know of no man who is more
universally loved and respected than
Jordan Moore. We sincerely SYM
pathiZe with him in his afflictiOn.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20

a correspondent in the Tobacco
Leaf cOrrects our statement of last
week that the DOrtch family were
the only living descendants of Gov.
BlOunt. These are his descendants
by one Of his daughters who mar
ried Mr.. DOrtch. But he had an
other daughter, who married DR..
Dabney. OF her descendants we
quote the statement given by the
Tobacco Leaf correspondent:
The other daughter married DIR.
Dabney and left two daughters, Mil
dred and Jane. Mildred Dabney
died unmarried Jane married and
left one daughter, now Jane Dabney
Parrish, wife of James $. Parrish,
Esq, of Christian county, Ky. Mrs.
Parrish is a great-granddaughter of
Gov. Blount, and her son, Walker
Parrish, carries the Governors line
down to the fifth generation in this
county. To Mrs. Parrish descended
the old BlOunt homestead, contain
ing the family cemetery, in which
the Governors remains now lie, and
from which they are to be removed
to Greenwood Cemetery. The old
homestead has only recently passed
out of the possession of Mrs. Parrish,
by sale to Mr.. Elliott, who now owns
the farm. READER.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20
Notice % Taxpayers.

On the Goth day of October, 1877,
/ will place the list of uncolIected
State and County Taxes assessed for
the year 1876, in the hands of the
Sheriff and Constable of Montgom.
cry county for collection, at which
time costs will attach.
r. D. MosELEY, Trustee.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20

is Agent for the Homestead Tobacco
Grower. Awarded a Grand Medal
of Honor and Diploma of the High
est Merit at the U. S. Centennial
Exhibition. Manufactured by the
Michigan Carbon Works, Jarves &
Hooper, proprietors, Detroit, Mich.
March q, 1S77-of
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20
GAINESVILLE DISTRICT-TEN
NESSEE CONFERENCE.
FirStRound of Quarterly Meetings.

lFSt ASOuhu Oh quarterly Meetings.
Springfield station, Oct. 20, p.
Ashland City station, Oct. p, %.
Port Royal and Salem station, at Port
Royal, Nov. 5, 1.
New Providence and Bethel station, at
New Providence, Nov. 10, IL.
Montgomery circuit, at ASbury, Nov. IL, Is.
Saline circuit, at Rose Valley, Nov. a, %.
Blooming Grove circuit, at Central Chapel,
Dec. l, 2.
Palmyra circuit, at Palmyra, Dec. s. 8.
Antioch circuit, at MarthaS Chapel, Dec.
Is, TO.
Cheatham circuit, at Pleasant View, Dec
-, %,
Red River circuit, at New Chapel, Dee %,
80.
Cedar Hill circuit, at Adams Station, Jan.
5,
Asbury circuit, at Union School House,
Jan. u, 10.
Clarksvslle station, Jan. 10, 20.
The District Stewards will please meet me
at the Methodist Church in GAINESVILLE, at
II o'clock A. NJ. on Thursday, Oct. 26, 1877.
Business of importance demands a prompt
and full attendance.
WELBORN MOONEY, P. E.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20

We have the Family Favorite Sewing
Machine.