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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
The tramp season has-opened, and opened

Ihe tramp season has.opened, and opened
strong in; several of the Winona country
towns, The St. Charles Union has an &C
count of the following incidents in Dover
township: "a few mornings since tramp
at Mr.. Smiths door asked for breakfast.
and promised to NOV. the high grass about
the front door in payment. After break
fast he took the scythe and began to hoe
down the grass, but as soon as any chance
was given him he skipped. Saturday even
ing another infringement on the noblest
work of the Almighty went to the pa1son-
age and asked for Mr.. McNiff: When told
that that individual was not at home he be-
gan to flourish his hands in q threatening
manner, thereby frightening Mrs. McNiff so
that she ran out for help. But again he got
away. Let every woman learn how to use
pistol and knife, and keep these weapons
dangling at her belt, and if any tramp over
steps the: bounds of decorum begin at once
to carve and perforate him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
The storm at Quincy. iii.

Quincy, ILL.,, was visited on the .26th
inst, by heavy rain storm, which dih great
damage. In the city and vicinity the injury
to the streets amounts to nearly $4,000, and
the damage to private property is much
greater. Bridges acrosssthe STREAMS III and
near the city were washed away. Cellars and
houses were flooded, and in some instances
stocks of goods in stores were greatly injured
by water. One family who were surrounded
',y the. flood were rescued at a late hour in
boats. The rain is believed to be the most
severe that has ever visited this section JJ;.G;
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
THE MURDERED GIRL

was taken from the city up there, or was
caught in that neighborhood, outraged and
murdered. The police are at a loss for some
clue to work upon, and the worse reflection
is, that the inlpossibility of Identification
carries with it the impossibiity of convic-
ton even should the right party be caught.
1t is simply sickening mystery, and the
exhibition Of the frightful remains at the
morgue can do nothing to solve it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
\ Water spout IN Dnketa.

A Iankton telegram Of July eth, says
Parties arriving from the Silver Lake Men
MONTE settlement, forty miles north from
iankton, bringing intelllyence OF cloud
bursting in that region, on Monday, by which
:: large portion OF the corn ry was submerged,
and seven persons drowned The west
branch Of the Ncrmllion river, ordinarily
about two rods wide, was filled to Il width of
over mile, and depth OF from ten to thirty
feet. Much destruction of property Is report
ed
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
CAPTURE or EscObellO.

!. 4 sa}Ee.ten Ne.es qEa.gle Pass Special
reports the capture of Gen. Escobedo by Diaz
troops under Col. Nuncic, near Cuatro Cene-
gas. He was taken to Monterey, but it SIS
doubtful whether; r;heswill reach there aliye!AA
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
Yellow Fever.

Great excitment is caused at Vicks-
burg by cxaggcrat: <rtfSrts Of the preva-
lence Of yellow f5cr. The city physician
published cafA saying; passing tow boat
from New Cdeans put off two cases of fever
on the 25th,, one, of them dying during the
night at theiMarine4 l:osattal in the outskirts
of the city. The other died on the 26th. An
other man on the boat who had the fever
when she passed the 25th, died 1.-THE
boat returned to have him buried. The boat,
John Porter. "nronte to Pittsbnrg, was thor
oughy diSi'frrtsl ollsreturn. NO sothcrcas
appeared, an ;hss alarm has greatly suibsid..
ed. Energetic, efforts are being made to thor.
eughly clean up and disipiect the city,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
NJ anls1er Moves

On Saturday, July 9th United States
MinistorsNoyes sailed for France in the steam
ship City of Richmond. Mr.. Noyes is accom-
panied by his son. A large number of friends
bid goodbye to the minister at the wharf.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
4 Missouri Horror,
Missouri Republican,

Lowell has first-class horror. Yesterday
afternoon the frightfully mutilated body Of
a white woman or girl was found on the
river bank, at the foot of O'Fallon avenue, a
couple of hundred yards east of where the
Hanson bone-yard was. The spot is one
seldom visited by any one, and body might
lie there a month without being discovered.
This one had evidently been there for several
days-possibly week, as it was
very much decomposed. 1t was naked,
and there is no probability that
it will ever be identified, for the head was
missing. Deceased was, according to the
Judgment Of several who saw the remains.
young girl, but even this could not be posi-
lively determined. The trunk and limbs were
intact, save that terrible slash, evidently
made with a razor or very sharp knife had
opened the abdomen all the way across.
just where the neck Joined the head another
slash on the right side had made very deep
cut, running upward toward the front. so as
to cut off some tleshy part of the chin. This
was evident from the smooth edge on the
flesh there. The balance of the neck was
all ragged, and seemed to indicate that the
head had been torn off, or eaten off by hogs.
after the deep cut had been made on the
neck. There were no other evidences of
violence. If it be true that the head was torn
by hogs, there should be skull remaining,
but there is none. The body is not
the refuse of dissecting room, and there is
no room for any other supposition than that
ted, the head and clothes being removed to
in that part of town, and the probability
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
Yellow Fever in laalxeston,

The board of health have declared
quarantine both by land and sea. All incom-
ing trains will be boarded at Highland station,
and persons from infected points will be de-
tanned.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
DR.. HanafOrd's Replies.

Mrs. L. Those moths are easily dis
posed of medically. 1t may be known
that the eggs are laid at, or under the
edge Of the carpet, since the mother
cannot get through it, but must do the
best that she can t" get her young un-
der it, out of sight. This is done at
the edge. If therefore the poison is
put around the room, it will serve as
the d~eath,line, and will be sure exter-
inmate the vermin, cock-roaches and
the like, with bedbugs included. Take
such a quantity Of corrosive sublimate
as may be needed-one half to an
ounce to a pint of boiling water-pre-
pairing only what may used at once,
as it is an unsafe article to have ex-
posed to children, etc and then with
cloth tied on to a stick do not expose
the fingers, particularly if wounded or
raw-swab around the entire room,
just under the edge of the carpet. once
in the year will be often enough, or
dinarily. 1t will not injure the carpet
or paint-only the virmin.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
WOmen'S Taste and Smell

The marked superiority Of women
over men is on few points more re-
markable than in their superior power
of smelling and tasting. A woman
will detect the faintest odor Of tobacco
when a man, even though a n~on-smoker
often fails to discover any symptom of
it. AS with smell, SO with taste.
Women are wonderfully acute and
fastidious in the manne of sauces and
all havoring ingredients. This faculty
has been recognized in a most pleasing
manner by the composition of the jury
who are to decide in Paris on the mer-
It's OF mustards of various nations.
The Mustard congress is to consist of
twelve gentlemen and an equal num-
Der of ladies This arrangement, it is
stated, is owing to a suggestion that
the palates of the men are viiiated by
smoking, whereas women, who do not
as a rule indulge in that pernicious
habit, are likely to be better qualified
to form a correct opinion on the mer-
its Of condlments.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

A a Reunion.

Among the passengers on the over
Land train bound for San Francisco,
one day last week. was an eX Governor
of the State OF Tennessee, accompa-
MED by his family. At n OF the
small stations on the Central Pacific
road. a short distance this side of
OGDEN. the train was boarded by one
of the gambling sharps that miest the
the line, on the lookout for victims 20
fleece, by means of the swindlinS de-
vices practiced by the hievlsh crew.
The fellow succeeded In rObblng one
of the passengers of the better part of
his travelling capital, when the trans
action attracted the attention of other
passengers and some commotion en-
sued. The affair not occurring in San
Francisco, there were no police there
to protect the gambler, and he was
sliced and a fierce demand made for
the plumber, with a drawing of pistols
and threats of dire vengeance. In the
midst of the tumult a lady in the
gave a shrek and fell into a swoon.
1t was the wife of the distinguished
gentleman from Tennessee. The at
tention of the gambler was drawn to
the incident, and Immediately his piss
tol fell from his hand as If from a
stroke Of palsy. and he staggered back
ward in a helpless condition. On re
covering his nerve, the gambler re
stored the money taken from his victim
and fastened to the assistance of the
lady. A mutual recognition appeared
to ensue between the gambler and the
party, and the meeting was evidently
a sad one. The remaining passengers
iu the car perceived sufficient to I'M
derstand that an erring son had unex-
pectedly met with his parents, and
that the car was relieved of further
swindling attempts the remainder OF
the passage.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

lie is a sad thing hat the yellow fever
has made its way into the rural dis
tricts of Louisiana, and Is ravaging
such a heaven-blest country as that on
the Bayou Teche, which those who
have seen it call the garden spot of the
South A few days ago there was a
report of twenty-three cases on the
Lagonda plantation, in ST. Mary's
parish. This plantation was owned by
Messrs. Steele & Clarke, men of means
from Ohio, who went to Louisiana
eight years ago and invested a large
capital In sugar lands and sugar ma
chlnery. They conducted the bust
ness with the most approved applian-
ces n by the most approved methods,
kept an immense number of men en-
ployed and reaped a rich reward of
their sagacity and enterprise. The
large gathering of overseers. clerks
and laborers afforded fine material for
n plague, and now we hear bv tele-
graph that both of the proprietors of
plantation are among the dead. A
paralysis of their immense business
must ensue, and thousands of men,
women and children will find them
selves bereft of their means of support
similar cases are reported from vari-
u parts of Louisiana, but there is
probably none other that involves such
uisas'rous consequences.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
A Child Chewed by a Bear.

CINCINNATI, April PA dispatch
from Rome, Michigan, states that on
Saturday last a large tame bear kept
by one Moltzman, becoming enraged
at Moltzman's daughter Edna, seized
her, threw her down and began chew
ing her thigh. Ethel Hodges, a young
lady who was in the house, ran out
and endeavOred to make the brute re-
lease his hold. but instead he ran into
his kennel, carrying the child with
him. Ethel picked up a large stone,
rushed into the kennel and succeeded
in eXtricating the child from the ami
mails jaws. Large pieces Of the child's
thigh had already been torn off, and
the surgeon gives little hope of her
life being saved.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
"GObble" in a Michigan Court

MARQUETTE, Mich, September "a
About 8 o'clock last evening, during
an examination of witnesses before
Commissioner Maynard in the case of
the United States VS.. Samuel J. Tilden.
two men suddenly entered the Office.
seized the books of the New York
Iron Mine, which were being used in
testimony, and escaped with them.
Warrants were issued as quickly as
possible and officers started in mr.
suit. 1t is supposed the books have
been AIKEN outside of the State. Con-
siderable excitement prevails.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

The Paris Exposition will be contin-
ued until Nov. 20.
Bishop McCoskrey's successor will
lot be appointed until next june.
The yellow fever relief movement is
now in full operation in Paris.
Up to date Chicago has raised over
$S3, 900 for the yellow fever sufferers.
A Chinese hop-grower shipped thir-
~ty-nine bales of hops from stockton,
Cal, recently.
A Saratoga savings bank shut up last
Monday with $153, 900 liabilities and
So, 600 cash on hand.
Col. w. NJ. Bowie, of Baltimore,
Nd, was robbed last Thursday OF $27,-
$50 in bonds and s37, 900 in cash.
Monroe Enquirer: Mr.. Charley
Broom handed US a few days since a
hens egg which is the exact shape of a
gourd.
Ex-Gov. Thomas Talbot, of Massa-
chusetts, has been nominated for gov
ernor by the Republicans. against Ben
Butler.
Secretary Sherman says that If the
National banks ever raise the issue
between themselves and ~greenbacks
the fate Of the banks is sealed.
Toledo. was robbed of So, 233 in cur
rency, last Thursday, while the Off
cials were looking at the president.
Since the beginning Of the yellow
fever epidemic in Memphis, sixteen of
the physicians employed by the How
ard association there have died of the
disease
About 50, COO remains in the treasu-
ry of the Shelby county Ind agricul-
tural society after the payment of all
expenses, which includes the erection
of some new buildings.
A young ''b,ood'o of Racine ATTEMPT.
ed to take liberties with a pretty gipsy
girl who was telling his fortune the
other day, and the girl shot at him.
soaring him nearly to death.
The failure of Briggs & Brothers.
s~eedsmen, of Chicago and Rochester,
N. T., is announced. The liabilities
are placed at $50, 600. with assets of
the nominal value of $500, 600, mostly
real estate purchased at fancy prices.
The city of Decatur, Ala is reported
to nave only one person left to repre-
sent its local government, and he is
not an executive officer but a member
of the council. The pestilence reached
the city in a carload of rags shipped
there by some miscreant from Mem
phis.
Wilmington IN. CO. Star: ..Shakes-
peare never repeats" is one of those
untrue sayings that have found their
way into the current language of the
people. He repeats very often. He
makes use, for instance. of the words I:
And thereby hangs a tale" in four of
his plays-"Taming of the Shrew,"
"Othello, MERRY wives Of Windsor
and Gas You Like It."
Jennie Jackson, an actress. left in
New Orleans without friends or n
was smitten by the yellow fever. Her
brother, John Jackson, an opulent
resident Of Melvin, Illinois, was tele-
graphed to for aid. No reply came till
after another despatch had been sent
announcing her death, when he en-
CURED what would be the cost of her
funeral. A reply was sent to say $3.50,
W~hereupOn he wrote to the Mayor
asking IT this was a fair charge and
whether he ought to send on the mon
ey. His sister, whom he had refused
$50 N wished to borrow so as to leave
the city at the outbreak of the pesti-
lence, was buried in a pauper's grave.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
The Daughters Of Virginia.

The ladies of Virginia, at the head Of
whom is Commodore Maury's daugh-
ter, have really formed an association
to pay off tho state debt. They pro-
pose to meet it with heroic taxation
and still more heroic economy. They
petition the Legislature to impose an
additional ten cents on every 800
worth of taxable property, and pledge
themselves to save the amount by di-
minished expenditures. 1t is safe to
say the debt will now be paid.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

No length of time can ever break,
Nor absence from thy presence take,
Nor feeting years nor tolls, nor strife
The lasting memory of thy hte-
A better holier life than mime
Unalloyed, and pure, was thine
And brighter far than SHOWS
And fairer than the blooming rose.
But like the modest violet blue
Though brighter han the sunllt dew !:
Yet not like its bright glitterinS ray
Thou always chose to shun display.
In youth, or age, though joys depart,
Not all combined corrupt thy heart,
Nor fifty winters passed II e by
Till summoned far above the sky.
o! when I saw that we must part,
Thou left, me with a saddened heart
Thy hope thou placedst in him above
Who long sustained thee with his V
Dear lovely one, 1 asked thee how
Thou to his will so humbly bow,
Thy dying pain was so severe,
Yet feared thou not,-though death
was near?
'.Oh yes. Thou saidst I'll soon be
through
Then to this world I'll bid adieu,
Farewell my friends, my time has
come
l want to see my heavenly home"
The monster came as if In view.
Alas |! [ saw what he would do,
With iron will my joys deface
And tear thee from my fond embrace.
Thy heart and pulse beat slow and
weak
And pallid was thy lip and check,
All earthly help had failed to save
He sternly called thee to the grave.
Then fled thy spirit fair and light
With pinions dipped in glory bright
And wings all pledged anew with love
Thou soaredst to the realms above.
And now | feel that thou art blest,
And basking in that Heavily rest,
But still l feel - loss and pain
Are, now, to they eternal gain.
Had l the faith that thou didst show,
When thou vast leaving earth below,
From sin and sorrow eve free,
Then would l gladly follow Thee.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

LII. hlbbee, who went to New Or
leans from New York with fe~ver-cots
Tor the cold water treatment of fever.
applied his remedy to himself and
died last Monday night.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
Fables portfolio.

BThe ladies of North Carolina are
invited to contribute short articles,
recipes, suggestions. household hints,
&C., for these columns. Name OF the
author will be seen by no N except
the editor, whether the communlca-
ton be accepted or rejected.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
POETRY.

Lines-To the Memory Of Mrs. w.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
The Fatal Can.

P~RoVIDENcE, R. l., September Of
yesterday afternoon the house of Mrs
Abby Davol, in Portsmouth. was dis
covered to be On fire. When the neigh
bors reached the scene nothing could
be saved. The body of Mrs. Dayol
could be seen on a bed, burned to a
crisp. By the side of the stow was a
kerosene can, which probably explains
the disaster.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

HANS DORCOMB.-Yes, do not agree
with you in the matter of mental in
tluence as affecting the nerves. These
nerves are SO intimately connected
with the brain and the brain SO de-
pendent on the state of the stomach.
that as is one, SO is the other. Indeed,
mental labor is even more~e exhaustive
to the general system than physical.
wasting the tissues quite as rapidly.
fortunately producing bile in the same
ratio, thus eQualiZing and purifying
the body.
The fact that SO man of our wo-
men, especially those having "a highly
temperament, sharp chin. are
troubled with weak digestive powers.
will account in part, at least, for the
extreme nervousness, or dis
ease of SO many of our housekeeDers.
This is materially aggravated when
they are SO unfortunate as to have hus-
bands with digestion like a horse"
those who insist that if their fraiI wives
would "eat as they do, in quality and
kind they would be good for some
thing"
Let these nervous women use fish
and eggs, (raw or rarely cooked.1 tha
better classes Of the grains. wheat
oats and barley-the latter as musb-
with the fruits, retire early and sleen
long, avoiding excitement at all times
the use of the irritants as penner
mustards, pickles, radishes and the
like, and last, though not least. strong
tea, especially at night. Let them
walk or sit much in the sun, exercise
in the open air and avoid the use of
opium in all of its forms.
Speaking of the grains, | cannot re-
commend too strongly the use of such
articles as granulated wheat. coarse
pearled barley, oats. gluten. etc. as .
light meal at night, the lighter the bet
ter if one would secure good slaan
without which the health Of thenervees
is impossible. And for those esnec,aI-
ly exhausted, the pitable victims Of
nervous prostration, | cannot recon-
mend too earnestly the Universal Food
made by the Health Food Company at
New York, an article SO well adantad
to infants, on account of its nutrition
and ease of digestion. A tablespoonful
of this superb article will nourish one
of this class more than a pound ~
beefsteak, since this will digest. all Of
it, while a large part of the beef. in 2
weak stomach, may simply decay
After various testings for about tw,
years. | do not hesitate to p@ronOnnct
their products, as a whole. admirabl,
adapted to the wants of all. ~esnecialIy
OF children and the feeble.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

Ine ladies of Charlotte realized
So3l.24 Tor the sufferers at the bazar
held by them last week.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-12
ORANGE TREES
F O r S A L II
$1,000 Orange Trees,

FROM THREE TO FIVE YEARS OLD,
AT FROM $40 to $40 per 100.
Specimen trees can be seen at the Auc-
tion House OF W. n. NOKTHCKAFT,
corner of Spring and Market streets. or
by visiting the Nursery, within ten min
utes drive OF the Court House. j25-lm
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-12
X. d. WISE, NJ. d.

~ Angeles, Cal. nearly opposite Court
House. H6-DIsEAsEs OF FEMALES A
SPECIALLY. aul5
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-12
ry Sherman Discusses
Money Matters.

WAsHINaToN, March 1l.-Sec-
reisUy Sherman was before the
Committee on Coinage, Weights
and Measures this morning, and
gave l.ls views about the proposed
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-12

measure for issuing certificates of
deposits Of silver bullion. In this
connection, the question was dis
cussed as to whether such certifi-
Gates should merely represent the
bullion at its market value, or
whether the Government should
buy bullion with the certificates.
1t seemed to be conceded that certi-
ficates should be issued, but the
Committee came to no conclusion
as to detaiIa. DR.. Lindermann
gave information concerning the
facilities for coming the new silver
dollar, and said that to double
present capacity would require
three additional mints, or two in
addition to that at New Orleans.
That Never.Endtng Claim.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE
Senate Public Londs Committee,
Saturday, heard evidence with re-
gard to the Mcaarrahan claim.
The counsel for the New Idra Com
pany. said he would show
that every decision in Me-
Garrahan's favor had been OBJ
tanned by the use of money, and
in support of this claim, produced
lot of letters from McGarrahan to
Mr.. Franck, Secretary of the Papo.
che Grande Company. The other
side claim that everything in the
letters can be satisfactorily eX.
planned.
What the Presiient Thinks.
NEW YORK, March 1.-THE 1ri-
6une's Washington special says
there are indications that the Pres.
ident has abandoned all idea of
harmonizing the factions in the
Republican party in Louisiana by
any appointments he may make,
and that he has settled Oh his pur-
pose to appoint some man not
identified with either side as Col
lector of the Port of New Orleans,
to be followed by sweeping changes
in other offices.
The Treaty.
LONDON, March 1I.-Grand Duke
Nicholas will not visit the Sultan
at present. The Sultan has ratified
the treaty. 1t is reported that the
last clause is to the effect that
Russia and Turkey will not recog-
nize the right of any other powers
to interfere with its terms except
on the question of the Dardanelles
and the boundary of Montenegro.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-12
:gos Anselts 4sralA.

j uisii-tud every mOinlng except Mon
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