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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Investigating tho Election Of 1870 Under
the Potter. Resoluasious-.Jasnes Il. An
derson and Secretary Sherman on the
Stand.
TUESDAY, June 11.--Stanlev Matthews
having refused to appear before the COMMITTEES
was subpenoed, and chairman Potter read
letter addressed to- Matthews to accompany
the subpoena, disclaiming any purpose to in
terfere in any way with Mr.. Matthew'S duty
as Senator. James E. Anderson was then
recalledsand@ examined at len 9Th. ~ Con-
gressnan9D Darrell of New Orleans, was called
and examined by Mr. Nahons and save the
names Of the principle applicants for the posi-
ton of collector of the port of New Orleans
aud.testihed at length In regard to interviews
With the witness Anderson, and Senator Mat.
thews. The former claimed to have important
letters In his hands from Matthew'S, and the
latter expressed hisgsntire wilingness that
Anderson shpuld. .pr1dQce all or anYletters in
his hands written hby'him (MatthewD. Mat.
.thewsssaid q witness lie was anxioust 20 obIkes.
WEDNESDAY, June 12.-In the Potter
Investigating committee Darrall of Louis
lana WAS examined 1t great length. He
steshdod as to the prominSnt part Anderson
had borne IN the Louisiana election meetings;
'aboug sAndersohas threats to expose
Nash. Matthews and others, and ruin them:
ABOUT Anderson's struggles for an executive
appointment. and .recomm mAnd dations ar him
% executive favor. Other Witnesses were ex-
amined showing the busy activities q
James =. Anderson In the Louisi ana electioa
complication. Darrall did not boliaye : ~
such letter was In sxiste4ce as THAT elaine
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
Murderer .H1nx.

At Goldsborough, N. c., on the 18th
inst, Noah Cherry, Harris Atkinson and
Robt. Thompson, colored, murderers of the
Wormley family, were executed in the pres.
ence Of six hundred people, They proclaim.
ed their innocence to the last, and were very
defiant and bitter towards the prosecu.
ting attorneys. The r,ecks +of Cherry and
Atkinson. were broken, and Thompson
strangled to death.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
Minnesota News items.
ISANTI COUNTY.

IsANT1 COUNTY.
There is not, at this time, a prracticinoo
physician in Isani county.
:, While Mr.. Robbins, of CAMBRIDGE. Isanti
county, was on the river. with. his boat, q
large Plckerel kept skipping near the surface
OF the water, until he came near. enough to
the boat to be reached, when Mr. r. seized
and lifted him in. He weighed II pounds.
and had fish in his throat which WEIGHED
four pounds, that it could neither get I'M
nor down and was stranghng.
w -. o1insTED cuoN4Y.ees 70 -
The grand jury Eof Olmstsdb county teic-
onmend the building, s,ofa 1iewvssain larrser re
A school house in Rochester, Olmsted
county, was struck BY Lightning the other
day and the whole structure seemed to be in
q, blaze, but the rods conducted the fluid into
ANoKA COUNTY ,,.. -.
": d. Washburn has bought Stein Bros.
Touring mill at Anoka, and intends to. en-
STATE AT LRAaR.
An abundant crop Of potato bugs through
out the State is reported
The court house ut Vermiiion station.
was recently struck by lightning, tearing out
tho south end of the building. -. 80, :. >
The local papers in every part 81 th1e State
speak in the most enthniastic terms of the
favorable appearance of the wheat CROP.
The harvest cannot fail to be immense.
Owing to the cool weather that has pre-
yailed the corn crop is backward. Other
Hops arc doing we'll and COIN ssis anom Imore
promising, under the influence 81 Tie recent
warm weather. M /! 81 a1SGssf aeos8 IL
The mosquito and, the striped bue, have
put in their appearance In various localities.
and are making the night ,melodious, and
the days lively will }}hsse Engaged "a horti-
cultural pursuits. - =,
sA good many wolves have beon killed The
season ID M1nnesota, ara tie, bounty
seoured. In one rural district a boy dug out
OF their holefour young wolves, and obtained
for them a, bounty Of $12. 4. :.
The wheat" fields throughout tie I'll, STATE sa.te
present most thrifty and promisina appear
ance. They are uniformly covered VIII Il
heavy, dense growth. There may be slioht
danger Of the straw baine injured ~ oool.
cloudy and VT weather. Bright, sp.shine
Will give heart and vieor TO t6s stalk. II
!oehlrg damaging to tbs crop happens
thu ielapwih.t hing beyond aii hnaTa
Ala All .s.s..l 9: 81. .l..esss 4
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
indian nTrauhlaa.

A Boise City dispatch gives the infor-
nation that the Piute Indians, four hundred
strong, have resolved to go upon the war
path. The settlers are leaving their homes
and fleeing to places of safety. Experienced
Indian fighters and frontiersmen believe that
there is general uprising of all tie tribes
and scattered bands thrpughout Southern
Idaho and eastern Oregon, and that they will
be able to muster at least 1000 warriors, The
prevailing opinion in Boise City is that the
Indians will concentrate in STEMS mountains,
ana will either await the coming of troops or
divide into bands for raiding exposed settle
ments. Gen. Howard is moving his troona in
the direction of STEMS mountains.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
Robbery ana Aite.;;ptesdl u-,ra,.-.

A Cairo, ILL.,, telegram Of the 1Ath. ..v.
James A. Abbott, Agent of Adams r,xnreen. 3
Co., at Golconda was awakened by four men
who said they wanted him to 60. to his store
for person. On entering his store they de.
manded IN $500 express package supposed to
be in Abbotts possession The package had
not arrived, but they robbed Abbott 81 about
so he had on his person. Then three Of them
forced him into . skitz, and, after proceeding
down the river few miles, threw him into
the river, with the remark, dead men ten no
tales" Abbott fortunately reached shore, re-
turned and gave the alarm, which resulted in
the arrest Of q stranger supposed to be. the
one who remained On T the shore. Three are
still at large. " a4n, t. ~f.aI -, s.e. :s
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20

Of which the mound is made. This was
done to sufficient extent to account al
most for its dimished size as compared
with its companion. It was also the act
c OF relic hunters dressed richly, and pro-
quence. Few of the visitors go away
without calling attention to the misap-
propriateness Of the figure of an infant
forming the only monument in the bur-
ial yard of Madam Restell, which the
gravedlgger explains is that of her grand
children. !.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
A million Dollar Fire.

On the 18th inst, fire broke out in
one OF the main buildings Of the extensive
pork, slaughtering and curing establishment
of Charles Fl. Worth l. Co. Summerville,
Mass Owing to its highly intlammablc
character the flames spread rapidly, and all
save one building was destroyed. Loss esti-
mated at between 800, coo and sOO,0 600. Insur-
ance $4,000. The buildings constituted
continuous chain OF six in number, the two
main ones Of brick, six stories high, covered
an area of four acres. Five hundred men are
thrown out Of employment. Cause of the fire
nnEnoUn
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
Attended Bank Robbery.

A New York telegram of June 10Th,
says, an attempt was made early this morn-
ing to blow open the safes Of Irving National
bank, 297 Greenwich street. A pratrolman
pounded hesdoor of the Office of Meeklen s,
Brother, brokers, in the basement under the
bank building open and inside was found a
complete kit Of burglars tools. One of the
two safes had been blown partly open, but the
thieves were frightened and fed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20

In the city of Rochester, N. Y, on the
18th inst, the walls of two, large brick stores
fell with a terrible crash, burying
anumber ofpeople in the ruins: Four were
recovered alive but badly injured One of the
buildings was occupied by Graves candy fac
tory, the other by the United States express
company, printing Offices, etc. The express
employees all escaped. Col, w. H. Smith,
was seriously injured. w
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
The Revolution a Failure.

The Galveston Ne,os Eagle Pass spec
ial of the 18th inst, says: The Mexican gov
ernment having discovered that Gen. McKin-
zie is on their soil with American troops,
has ordered Col. Muncio, falsely reported
dead, to take a hundred soldiers and go after
McKinze. His troops being poorly mounted
it is not expected he will overtake McKinzie.
Gen. Naranago is expected to arrive at Piedras
Gegras in e few days to assume command Of
the department, vice Gen. Falcon, deceased.
The general impression is that the revolution
is failure.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
Consecratien or BlsAop seymour.

Rev. George T. Seymour, L. L. D., of
the general Theological seminary has been
eonsecrated Bishop of Springfield, III. Over
$50 clcrgymen, the faculty of the Theological
seminary, nine bishops, and large congrega-
ton assisted at the ceremonies, which were
held in Trinity church, on the 11th inst. The
bishops present were Clarkson, of Nebraska;
Quintard OF Tennessee; Lay, of Maryland;
3urchess Of Quincy, H.; Odenheimer and
Scarborough, Of New York; Knealcy, Of
Maine; Potter, OF New York and the Bishop
of New Zealand.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
Po0t0mce Robbery.

. Alfred Early, colored porter in the
Omaha postoface, has been arrested by special
agent John p. Fprres having In his possession
feFtyIo letters thet he had stolen andouened.
The thievine has sbsen Eoing.on since last
December. Earlyhas been bound oyer to the
court In the sum of two thousand dollars.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
The Mexican Revolution Collapsed.
It is reported that Col. Algeria and /;


1t is reported that Col. Algeria and $50
government troops attacked 200 revolutionists
under Cara Ayala, at a place called Los La
drones, forty miles north of New Laredo,
Mexico, and after severe engagement COM
pletely routed them, making many prisoners
and capturing horses, arms, etc. Many are
reported killed and wounded on both sides,
but details are wanting. There was great re-.
joicing in New Laredo on receipt of the above
news. The revolution is regarded as COM
plete failure in that section.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
Executive Appointments.

The President has nominated Reuben
E. Fenton, OF New York, VIM. L. Grocspeck,
Of Ohio and Francis A. Walker, of Connecti-
cut, United States commissioners at the inter-
national monstary conference; William Hay
den Edwards, of the District of Columbia,
consul general at St. Petersburg; Alexander
V. Perrin, of Kansas, United States consul at
Padong; E. Jefferds, United States attorney
for the southern district of Mississippi; post
masters-F. s. Harding, Of Hudson, Wis. !;
Peter Ganlin, Clearheld, Pa; VIM. H. Clark,
at Ottawa, Kansas, John A. Eppstein, at
Bonneville, Mo. Also, Commander Richard
L. Law to be captain.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
AfteP Illicit Distillers.

The commissioners of internal revenue,
under date of Washington, June 18th, teles
graphed the collector at Montgomery, Ala,
authorizing him to imploy 16 men for Is days
for the purpose Of arresting illicit ,distillers
who have refuge at Edwardsville, Coleburn
county. The commissioner says the leniency
extended was with the expectation violations
of law would cease. I now desire that the
law shall take its course against oil offenders.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20

captured by Indians on the 1lth inst, and
McCutchen, the driver, killed. The only pas.
senger, named Hamilton, escaped on one of
his leaders. The rest Of the horses were taken
and the stage Quilted. The escaped passen.
ger gave an alarm along the road aAa the
settlers are all crowding into Camp McDer-
mott. The stage contained several boxes Of
arms and ammunition for parties in Idaho.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
DreoklxvI Isridxe Aec1Aent.

On the 14th inst, while the workmen
ON the Brooklyn bridge were lowering into
place one of the large cables; ;the King atthe
anchorage of the New York side parted,
and Thomas Blake and Henry Supple were
killed, and Peter. Arbegh and James McGrath
welp dangerously hurt. go
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
Cuban Qualification.

A Havana dispatch says: Spanish
troops led by Gen. Martenez Campos and
Capt. Gen. Jovellar, made a .triumphal entry
into the city amid unbounded enthusiasm,
Cubans and spaniards uniting in fraternal
exhibition of joy. The streets were strewn
with palm leaves and flowers, and spanned
by triumphal arches with inscriptions to the
paciiers OF Cuba. The municipality Of
Havana presented to each general q golden
laurel wreath. (: ::
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
Parliament - 10 Dissolved.

81 The statement is current in London
that dissolution Of parliament VIM soon be
announced and thereport f,nds such general;
acceptance that several nehbeis have q zone nuee
to look alter their conatituencies q.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
1eft 1nellin9 1R1aae.

i i The appropriation Of se5,ooo for the
eon.t1net.@1 constr ! g tas Hort e Tsnslliae tAsg hssI
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20

The neglected lot with two ystoneless.
graves and single monument il. more
visited than any other enclosure in
sleepy Hollow. cemetery. The first in,
quiry Chat Yiitols make, ID, I .iWkAre I'll,
Madam Reshl1S 9faveG" aid more Ser:
.soAs. come to see il than visit the. former
place of pilgrimage where washington
irving Irving 's xs buried; II il estimated that
nearly a!nundred pefsonssh III week have
visited TIE 1ohfdah ut ssiKce 1adAfn
Resten's burial aothere' che frsat week inn
April. The visitors, . small majority of
women. arg we'll dressed Thetare naihlY
from tho surrounding towns Of New.
eurgh: sing..tsgiing isnd 4 other a Hudson
Before Mn. IohmanS g1aYe,Was Cow
cred with turf, sometof 8 the, visitors took
'alAy handful o. more ef the s,Iuady1oils
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20

Apple ees, WI When planted in good soil. soii.g.i
should be set forty feet apart. sess,1e
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20

Summary OF the Trial Of Judxe Sherman
Page. of the Tenth judicial District Be-
fore the Minnesota State senate, Sitting
as \ Court OF ImDeachmenf
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20

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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-03-15

An increase of blood in the brain;
said DIR. VIM. A. Hammond in lecture
at Cooper institute recently, has been
found to accompany mental action. A
congested condition of the brain often
gives rise to hallucinations. A recum-
bent position will often bring these on,
and they will disappear when the person
sits or stands up. Doubtless many ghosts
have been seen in this way. Hanging
causes certain degree of congestion
of the brain | don't suppose any of
you have ever been hanged, but it is
the testimony of those who have been
and who were cut down that they ex-
perienced very exalted condition of
mind This is also true of drowning.
Standing on the head produces similar
condition. An English writer of some
note says fine landscape can be viewed
to better advantage by STOPPING down
and looking between the legs. A circus
tumbler once told me that standing on
his head was almost equivalent to tax
ing a glass Of champagne. Impeding
the blood in it's return from the brain
sometimes produces hallucinations. l
once had patient who when his cravat
was tight saw an appartion of Sir
Walter Raleigh This never deceived
his intellect Who can say how many
of the phenomena of Spiritualism and
ghosts arise in this way, where persons
are not sufficiently intelligent to rise
above the delusion ?"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-03-15

in Congress who have blocked the way
to reform for reasons of elf-aggrand-
izement, and who have arrayed Congress
against the Executive in order to pre-
vent loss of personal influence It is
these men who have paralyzed the DOW
er OF the President and demonstrated
that there can be noreform in civil service
SO long as politics is but game in which
offices, not principles, are the stakes.
Beyond these the administration of
President Hayes has been one conducted
with discretion and credit. His action
upon the silver bill is unquestionably
the gravest error in his twelve month
old administration; but those silver
people who have supported him can, in
view OF the overwhelming victory
against him, afford to be generous and
overlook opposition to this important
public measure, especially when it is re-
membered that he has been surrounded
by gold men or their emissaries from
dawn to twilight. All in all, we think
the President is to be congratulated on
his achievements for the year. There
prevail peace and good will at home.
The incendiary cmbers of the Rebellion
are quenched; the laws are executed in
the South as we'll as the North; the
hunger for Office holding is not famine,
nor have there been official acts commit
ted that would shame the country.
One had no right to expect wonders to
be performed in the restoration of har-
mony; but that harmony is restored
save where Sunset" Cox barks or
Hendricks lifts his head in the
Democratic Dorcas societies and
quacks, or Tilden means fraud to pub
lie assemblages But they are Demo
Gratis and preach Democratic sermons
from Democratic texts. Outside of the
coyotes of Democrats and of office-seek-
ing "bummers there is no voice to
protest that the Presidents first year
has not been that Of fair and square
Administration.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-03-15
One Year Finished.
Chicago Post.

One year ago to-day Mr.. Hayes was
inaugurated as the President of the
United States. He came into the pos
session of a political heritage that would
have made glad the heart of dema-
gogue-such an one, for instance, as
Hon S. j. Tilden. There were dis
sensions enough in and out of his party,
there was sufficient dissatisfaction in
several States, there was rascality
enough ruling the Southern people to
have made him, had the opportunities
been subtilely used, the most monarchi-
cal ruler the country ever had and
they would have enabled him to have
made himself and his friends rich. He
accepted position pregnant with evil,
vitalized by bitter hates or the insatia
BILE greed of politicians to whom sue
cess, without the spoils of Office, is a
barren victory. The position of affairs
is too well known to need recapitulation
in detail 1t is sufficient that new
President went into Office with the
gravest difficulties surrounding him and
with gigantic wrongs to right
A year has passed, year full OF
recriminations, of blossomed personal
hates and partisan malice There are still
leaders of brigades and divisions and
corps of the Republican army who re-
fuse to be friends with the Chief Mag
istrate, and who confront his profered
friendship with acts of hostility, or the
stolid Indifference of boor with his
hands in his pockets. But the new
man has worked changes. His South
ern policy has been tested, and the
South tastes the fruits of Il self govern
ment in which the bayonets of Federal
troops bear no part; it is enabled to
mind its own business, and to begin that
restoration of commercial, industrial
and agricultural strength once prohibit
ed to it by an alien rule and by alien
rulers. There may have been breaches
of faith in this bloodless and almost
noiseless revolution; there may have
been disappointments on both sides;
but there no longer remains a question
as to the accomplishments Of the policy,
and as to it's benifcent effects upon the
nation as to substantial good, apart from
political considerations.
AS to civil service reform, if there
has been halt in that, if the pledges
of the Republican party, only empha-
sized by the Presidents utterances, are
still unfulflled, the failure should, in
justice, be charged to those party men
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-03-15
Interesting Facts.
Pistols in use, 1914.

Pistols in use l544
Muskets in use, 1870.
Spectacles invented, 1880.
Paper made from linen, 1900.
Musical notes used, invented, 1880.
Linen first made in England, 1898.
Clocks first made in England, 1908.
Pens first made of quills, A. ID. 635.
Printing first introduced into Eng
land, 1471.
Paper was invented in China, 170
years b. c.
Plays were first acted at Rome, %
years B. C.
Saddles came into use in the fourth
century.
Horse shoes of iron were first made
A. d, 43.
Stirrups were not made until cen
tury later.
Printing invented at Metz by Gutten-
berg 1850
Potatoes were first introduced in Ire
land in 1886.
Cannons first used at the siege of Al
zegiras. 1342,
The art of weaving was introduced in
to England, 1890,
Astronomy and geometry brought in
to England in 1890:
The calendar was reformed by Julius
Cazar in the year 40 B. c.