Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

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Hon in 1867, ut the Vissna exposition Of
1878, and is larger proportion OF awards to
exhibitors than to any other nation zepre
sented at this exhibition.
THE Supreme Court Of the United STAGES
met ut Washington on the 18th inst, and in
accordance with usage adjourned to pay
respects to the president, the latter received
the Judges in the blue room, where they
pleasantly spent a short time in general
Before adjournment for the
day Fred r. Mason, of Chicago and H. S.
Chuufcrd, of Cincinnati, were admitted to
practice.
qR3MFs AF9 oAsqA1T1Es.
A BofLER7u Dafe's saw mill, eight miles
from McLeansboro, ILL.,, exploded on the
19th, killing r. Dale the proprietor, Geo.
Warren, laborer, and wounding three others.
AT the wedding supper of Willis Peele
and Alice Burdge, in Azalia, Ind., on the
night Of the 18th inst. ten of the party were
poisoned, some unknown person having put
strychDine in the food. Charles White,
John White and D. Burdge, it is thought,
will not recover. 1t is surmised that one of
Miss Burdse's rejected suitors committed
the deed. - ~
THE schooner Dan Lyons, of Oswsgo, with
cargo Of wheat was run into and sunk by
the schooner Kate Gillett on the 10Th inst.
on Lake Michigan. The schooner was
valued at $4,000. Cargo insured for $lO,.
500
TIE British ship City. of Dublin went on
Oregon, Oh the 18th inst, and will prove a
total loss. Loss nearly $4,000.
ROBERT MCAuLAU, grand chaplain of the
Orange Young Britains, missing since the
LIST, was found in the river at Ottawa, Cana.
da on the 18th inst, shot in the back of the
head. The murder is attributed to the late
religious disturbance.
The British steamer, John Bramhall, with
a $9So,000 cargo OF arms and munitions,
bound from New Haven, Conn.,, for Con-
stantinople, ran Oh Little Gall island on the
18th inst, and lies in dangerous position.
THE bark Susan of New Bedford, Captain
Packs, left New Bedford on the 18th inst,
with ii crew of twenty-five men, on whal-
ing voyage, encountered hurricane, cap.
sized, and all but three of the twenty-five
were drowned.
Two young ladies, named Ellen and
Georgia Hughey, two children of Captain
Martin, and a young man named McIver,
were drowned while attempting to ford a
swollen stream near Sanford, Florida on
the 14th inst.
RANSOM GOoDsPEED, a farmer living two
milesfrom Vaudeville, Barry county, Mich,
was gored to death by a stag, which tossed
and trampled him half an hour before his
body was recovered.
DURING the marriage at a colored Baptist
church at Lynchburg, Va, on the night of
the 10th, d piece of plaster fell, creating q
panic Of the most dreadful character. The
bodies OF ten women have already been
taken out
A.YoUNG man named Neil, while visiting
farmer named Garhardt near greensboro,
Ky, on the 10th, both being in state of in.
toxication, became involved in quarrel
with his host and stabbed him to death.
The victims mother, who was enciente,
rushed to the monster and begged for the
life OF the helpless boy. Neil wheeled upo L
the woman and drove his knife into her left
breast, causing instant death. The drunken
wretch ripped young Garhardt open SO that
his entrails protruded. A younger son OF
the old farmer, who came to the rescue suf'
fered severe flesh wounds. The fend is
under arrest.
a WIDOW named Mattee Farrell, aged 6S
years, was found dead in her room at De.
troll, .on the 18th, haYing been .foplly muir
1ered Suspicion points to Henry Lam
uage, a son by her first husband, as the
murderer, ,.,.'
AT fire at Boston, Mass, on the 10Th
Jane Campbell was burned to death.
The boiler in Sellinger's shing]e mill al
Big Rapids, Michigan, exploded on the 18th
instant, killing one man and seri ously in.
juring five others.
THE schooner Eta A. Simpson capsized
of the New England coast in the great gale
OF the 18th, drowning the captain, his wife
and live seamen. 49,
FHE hoistiug works OF the Lady Bryan
mining company, at Virginia City, Nevada
burned on the 18th. Loss 100000. Thu
men in the mine all escaped through an ole
working.
! BENJAMIN II. LArRoBE, a distinguished
engineer,~diedd at Baltimore on the 19tl
inst.
! AT Baltimore, on the 10th, Judge Bont
/ filed his decision in the United State
Court, in the so.called "cigar partitio,
case" The; decision requires separativ
room for the manufacture and sale OF cigars
! The Grand Order of International Fire
! men of the Union has been merged into tn
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen of tn
United States and Canada.
! THE Harvard graduates offer ,theiry boa
clubs1Q,o 900 70 send !cre&: 70 England. !,
i, sAr a meetih4 Of the exicatiyef omfnltte
: of the yellow fever relief commission a
F.; Washington, on the 18th inst, the sad an
j nouncement of the death of Lieut.! :Benne1
of the United States army, commanding tn
relief boat, John NJ. Chambers on the e1
petition down the Mississippi river, wa
made by the chairman, who paid a tribut
. to the courage and bravery of the Office,
who had voluntarily risked his life in tn
cause of mercy and humanity.
The grand jury in the United States d..
trict Court at Richmond, Va, has reporte
indictments against between ninety an
one hundred assignees in bankruptcy, VIII
have failed for the years, 1873, 1875, 1876
1877 and 1873, and for some one year Q
more of these years, to make the; annus
1.report required by section 10 Of th9 amend
atory act relating to proceedings in bank
fuptcy; approyedsJans22nd1 1884,. -
= ArApbleton, wis. ION the ,1stk,sin asruh,
way accident, Miss SCHNEIDER and Mrs.
Stark were killed by being thrown from
carriage. Another lady named Roudemacke
wa" quite seriously o wounded.
i. Piscatorial.
The Russians claim that the sterile
found in perfection in the Volga an
other streams ,tribntar y; to the: Blackan
Caspian seas, is the MOST delicious fs
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