Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-10

nooee the lines and tied him By the neck
tdehe buggy, ptartina the horsea "a. When
found hsSwss4quite dead. Two men named
Bowen and Webster have been arrested.
a a 6''Ssa THE wFar!.s
SEVENTEEN settlers are known to have
been killed by the Indians in the vicinity
OF Sappa, Kansas. Reports received at mill.
tay Jhsadqu,rteu, say that both Spotted
Is'i and Red Cloud (sioux) haveleft their
rsssrvetisns in dakota and are making
west, directly toward the Black Hills. The
supposition is that they are aboutto Join the
fugitive Cheyennes in a descent upon the
Hills. Much solicitude is felt for the safety
of cities there, which are protected by only
four companies ofsold oilers at Newport. The
seventh cavalry are under orders to march.
IN foar.oared shell race at St. Louis, on
! the 9Th inst, between the Modocs, of St.
Louis, the Westerns and Mississippi, crews,
the first named won.
The suit Of the Bank of Commerce, of
New York, against the Bank of the State of
Missouri, to recover 100000 which has
been before the United States Circuit Court
at st. Louis, was decided on the 4th inst. bv
Judge Dillon, instructing the jury to find
Tor the plaintiff in the sum of $445,582.
! The original loan Of the Bank Of Commerce
was one million dollars, $685. Of which
was returned, leaving q balance of $4OO, 600
due when the State Bank suspended. This
sum, it is said, will nearly cover the assets
OF the State Bank, and leave depositors out
in the cold.
ExTENs1vE prairie fires in Dakota have
burned thousandso Of tons OF hay dong the
Red river valley and left the country desc.
late.
A COURIER arriving at Ogalalla, Neb., on
the Sd, reported that the Indians were COM
hitting horrible depredstions along the Re.
publican river. They had killed every
white man on their route and carried of all
the stock.
A BAND of runaway Indians crossed the
Kansas Pacific track on the LIST instant, 60
miles east of Hayes City, and when eight
or ten miles north of the station, came upon
lot OF cattle.men when a hand-to.hand
tight ensued, resulting in the loss of eight.
cen citizens killed and five wounded. A
dispatch from Leavenworth dated the I'd
instant, says the troops had fight with the
Indians, but does not name the place, Lieut.,
Broderick, of the Twenty-third infantry,
was wounded, and Corporal Steward and
tive soldiers were killed. The bodies OF
thirteen settlers who were killed by the saw.
, ages, were brought to Buffalo station.
A PORTLAND, Oregon, dispatch says
Forest fires in Tillamook section have done
a great amount of damage. The fire has
} swept over large section of country, de.
stroying houses, crops, fences and BRIDGES
Recent heavy rains have extinguished the
fires.
TWO OF the Mexlcans who were RECOGNIZED
as the murders of ex-Sheriff Williams anG
ex-Clerk Finley, of Santa Clara county, nea1
Tucson, Arizona, were captured in Sonora
and shot by order of Governor Marescal.
THE EAST
JACOB P. CHAMBERLAIN, who was repre-
7 sentative in the thirty-seventh congress
died at Seneca Falls, N. Y, ON the 5th inst
JEWISH circles in New York are highly ex
cited over the marriage of the daughter o.
rabbi emeretus, of Temple Emanuel which
occurred on the Sd lust, within the periot
OF the ten penitential days. The rabbi him
4 self performed the ceremony. Rabbi Got
theil and the officers of the temple refuse,
to give countenance to the action by attend
ing.
A srow-AwAY was found in the hold O
the steamer City Of Chester on her arriva
at New York on the 4th inst. His nam,
was James Donnelly, Scotchman, AM
during the voyage Of eleven days had had
nothing to eat or drink, being reduced tt
dire strait of drinking his own urine.
= The trustees of the Peabody educationa
fund completed their labors at New Yorl
on the Sd inst. At the request of Genera
Taylor there were spread on the minute,
. the acknowledgment Of gratitude from thu
people of the south for the succor extended
by the people of the north in this hour O.
affection.
THE schooner yatch Okoresta, of Cleve
land, 30 feet long, arrived in the Hudson
river on the 3dinst., after voyage of twelv.
months. She reached the ocean via til,
Ohio and Mississippi rivers, through tn,
gulf of Mexico and will go home by tn,
Erie canal.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS assembled on tn,
I'd inst. James NJ. Martin was elected speak
: OK and Henry N. Newell, clerk.
THE grand jury at New York has made
presentment declaring the elevated railwa,
line nuisance, and an invasion of private
rights.
LAW officers of the government hav
taken steps to eject parties from possessio,
OF about one thousand acres of land in tn,
Pennsylvania oil region. This land wa
taken in part payment Of debt due tn
United States by the Venango county banl
Of about $4,000.
AT meeting of operators of the Lehigh
"a, coal region on the 30th for the purpos
Of establishing prices for October, it wa
agreed to advance 10 cents on the line an,
Is cents on city trade.
HE Dime savings bank, of Hartford
!, Conn.,, was enjoined from further prosecu
tiou OF business on the 30th ult.
J. GENERAL.
THEODORE THOMAS and family arrivet
at Cincinnati, O., on the 9Th inst, and vii
make that city their permanent home.
The United States steamship Plymouth
sailed from Portland on the 4th inst fo
Santa Cruz, having been ordered to protec
American citizens there.
The great boat race, between the Cana
dian, Hanlan, and Courtney, the American
oarsman, took place at Lachine, Canada, OF
the Sd inst. Hanlan won, coming in 6
length aud quarter ahead. Time Of race
: SO min., ~ sec. There is strong belize
prevalent that Courtney battered the race
and much Indignation il felt by his friends
Fully 10000 people witnessed the exhibition
NEARLY complete returns from twenty
one counties in Colorado give the Repnbli
can state and congressional ticket 2,10(
majority over the democrats. The remain
> ing counties will probably increase the
majority to 1850. Judge, Belforl, (Republi
can) for congress, has carried every county
except two of those thus far reported
CTR1LLf DION the celelratedf billiard
player, died of congestion IT the lungs, on
the I'd inst, en- route for the Courtney Han.