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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
brought into the room Of tue returning board

brought into the room OF the returning board
on q sofa. :. Morey said such conveyance, was
matter Of necessity, owing to her wounds.
This was not designed to produce strong
impression on the board, although i naturally
had the effect. Gen. sypher was recalled by
alleged Sherman letter: Hiscock repeated
the question asked Wednesday,, namely:
whether there was anything which enabled
him up to the time he saw what purportedsto
be letter written and signed by Mr.. sherman
to carry the form Of the latters hand writing
given by Gen ) ASypher, namely:.t mo, sir,
have not the form of his writing in my mind
now, and have not seen it frequently since. l
would not'swear to his signature now" Ex-
Senator Trumbull and others briefly testified,
when the committee adjourned TO New York,
goth. 'ttEi %
MONDAY, July g20.-The Potter COM
mittee met in New York city. Coy.
Palmer of Illinois testified. He went to New
Orleans in. November 1876. Had converse.
tions with Gov. Kellogg and Gov. Wells.
Urged the necessity of filling the vacancy, .ig
.tlae returning board. Talhcu VIA, q 90, them
And tis s&atter Of the
Presidential election. There was q 'difhcuhy
cies in the board. Democrats had made extra
ordinary efforts to capture the. negro vote.
He saw Eliza Pinkston when, She was
brought into the room by two men, and
her condition, certainly was horrible. 1t
was about the seventh of December when
witness left Louisiana. He had heard
Mr. Archer say that Judge Levisee stated
the election: was q fraud, and if he could
have 500, 0O0he would give his vote to Tilden.
If witness was asked aif the election in
Louisiana was fair,y he, would say no. y The
sense OF the people there was that Tilden and
Nichols were elected. He had heard Of no
prosecution against parties charged with
committing the. Pickston outrage. &c. said
to GOV. Wells and Gen. Anderson that the
Tilden electors were chosen, but that they.
might on a fair consideration of the
question come =, to a. different conclusion,
Witness satisfied himself as to the. perpetra-
ton of the Pinkston outrage by inquiries, and
he supposed that the political parties, then, by
taking the same means of inquiry that he did,
could have also: satisfied themselves as to its
perpetrators. He told Governor Kellogg if
these things happened in Illinois he would
bring the parties to punishment or he would
leave the State He believed that the people
would have been satisfied with the Packard
governmental they thought he had been fair
ly elected After. flew unimportant questions
Gov. Palmer's testimDny:w was closed and the
committee adjourned till the 18th of August,
unless sooner called together. a,.4.:,. y. IA
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
now TO DEAL WITH MEXICO.


Il e
Fl e., Galveston Wex.) News
I !Itlis evident to everybody who has paid
the slightest attention 10 Mexican affairs
that the Mexican authorities 1t the City of
Mexico are not only unwilling, but, also un-
able, to- enforce law and order. In fact, the
Mexican government has not sufficient re-
liable force on the Rio Grande to enforce
their own cust0m-house regulations. % Raid
ing into Texas could be broken up by CO
operation with the Mexican troops; but the
truth is the Mexicans do not propose to as
sist the United States forces at all, but, aon
the contrary, to rally, in defense of the
thieves, as they did when Gen. Mackenzie
followed a band over the Rio Grande few
weeks ago. This hostile action on the part
of the officers of the central government
joins the issue. There is now nothing left
for the United States government to do but
order directing Gen. Ord to cross the Kio.
Grande under certain circumstances, or else
to uphold the order to its fullest extent, and
protect Texas from the Mexican side of the
Rio Grande. The Mexicans virtually declare
they Will continue to fit out expeditions
for the purpose of invading Texas, and div
ing stock back into Mexico, and that the
United States shall not be permitted to stop
it by following the thieves to their holes. If
it is, as has been semi officially announced,
the intention of the Washington authorities
to uphold the dignity of the national flag,
and at the same time carry out the terms OF
annexation, by afording Texas protection
againstlM Mexican bandit, it is to be hoped that
no halfway measures will be taken, as the
Texans are the only sufferers by them. It
has, been the custom and policy Of tho United
States to send troops across the Rio Grande
to stir up the hornets nest, and then to fall
back, leaving the Texas frontiersmen, to suf-
fer from the raids Of The e1asperated Mexi-
cans. The Rio Grande frontier, fourteen
hundred miles inslength, is defended by less
than twenty-five hundred men, if such an
array of troops to that length Of frontier
can be called ga defense.' Hence, if hostile
expeditions are sent @over- into Mexico some
assurance should be given the Texans on the
border that they will be protected from. the
retaliation which is sure to follow. To main
tain status of actual warfare on the Rio
Grande with less than twenty-five hundred
fighting men, is the height of absurdity on
the part of the secretary of war.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
Mexican Border Outraxes.

\ Galveston Nees special from Antonio
says: Official information from the border
says the Mexican government is organizing
the inhabitants, both Indian and Mexcans, in
to companies to operate against the Ameri'
cans. The most notorious characters onsthe
border hold commissions from the Mexican
government. Orioles, II notorious raider is In
command OF q company at the new town on
the Mexican side above Pedras Negras. Kick
apoo Indians have been enrolled to defend
the town of Serragossa against Mckenzie
should he follow raiders across the Rio
Grande to that place There is almost ces-
sation of friendly, relation between American
and Mexican officers. The Pa,eenus, d Next
can paper at Pedras Negras, announces that
Col. Nuncio has an ample force to destroy the
Grengos. There has been mo smodih cation of
orders given+ regarding ffondwib 81 raids into
Mexico.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
MORMON DUPLICITY.

Secretary SchaFz has received the follow:
ing letter, dated at Ogden City, Utah, the
18th inst: So I'D! :-., .r.>.
81: SIR: The object of this letter is to give
you some information relative to the traffic
in ammunition which is carried oil by the
cooperative stores with the Indians. The
cooperative stores, are conducted by. the
Mormon priesthood. Ny informers. the
deputy United States marshal here and
others, tell me this traffic is carried on daily,
and, beyond doubt, by all similar institutions
all over the Territory, and in Southern Idaho
at the following places where the cooperative
stores exist: Malade City, Soda Springs,
and Paries. These places are directly on the
Indian borders. The Mormon priesthood
have constantly missionaries among the
Indians. The latter are converted. to Nor
innniann and taken through tho nndnwnment
house, where they Ghe Indians) pledge
themselves to support this priesthood, and
they are called by the Mormons sour little
battle.axes." Therefore almost every Indian
war is carried on directly or Indirectly by
this priesthood. and therefore this traffic of
ammunition, The great aim. of the priest
hood is to intimidate nom Mormons from
getting the valleys anywhere within 500
miles of Salt Lake for the purpose of keep
Ing the lands vacant until by the natural,
steady, and rapid growth of Mormonism tn Q
priesthood can colonize the unoccupied
region. The so-called, masonary that binds
all tribes together, so often referred to by
the press Of the United States, emanates from
the endowment temple at Salt Lake, where
the secret work and the endowment gar
ments are given them: The so-ca1led friend
ly Indians are always carrying information
and ammunition to the hostiles. As this is
as serious as costly, l. DEEM it my duty to
report the same to YOU, and: if there is no
law to stop the sale of ammunition to the
Indians; I suggest that the President issue a
proclamation in which to prohibit the sale
of ammunition and firearms to the Indians
during times of hostility. If our govern
ment in this Territory would be alive to the
interests he should represent, I am certain
this traffic could not be carried on as extern
slvely as it 1s.. III !gt1,:,s s.f ,ssx.S: ,;f;s -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
A Missouri Horror,
missouri Republican,

Lowell has a first-class horror. Yesterday
afternoon the frightfully mutilated body of
a white woman or a 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 wss. 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 deeomposed. t Was naked,
ana there Is no probability that
missing. Deceased was, according to the
young girl, but even this could not be posi-
intact. save that a terrible slash, evidently
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 feshy 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 of, 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 a skull remaining,
but there is none. The body is not
the refuse of a dissecting room, and there is
no room for any other supposition than that
q most atrocious murder has been commit
ted, the, head and clothes being removed to
prevent Identification. No female is missing
in that part of town, and the probability
that - vt .i'7 ''.-aA = -
,&t- s;5 THE MURDERED GIRL ;,.*sn
was. taken from the city up there, or was
caught in that neighborhood, outraged and
murdered. The police are at loss for some
clue to work upon, and the worse reflection
Isl that the inpossibility of Identification
carries with it the impossibility of a convic-
ton even should the right party be caught.
It 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
The sioux Indians.

The United States Indian agent at
White Earthagency, MIMI, writes the COM
missioner of Indian affairs, under date of July
&c. as follows: "a reliable half breed who
has just returned from. visit; to sisseton,
agency, Dakota Territory, says that while
there he met and conversed with some Sioux
Indians from Standing Rock agency. They
were couriers sent with tobacco from; the
Sioux of the plains to invite the Sisseton
Sioux to join them in hostilities against the
whites; that already eight different bands of
Sioux had joined the confederation, and that
Sitting Bull himself had made visit this.
summer to Standing Rock agency, where he
spent three or four DAYS in disguise.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
LabnErro.bie Antar,pa,.ro

\ W1lKesnarre letter IN the Tribune,
gives the conversation of a gentleman en-
gagged in manufacturing business in one OF
the northern counties of Pennsylvania He
says the chances are we shall hasemuch more
serious trouble within the next two months
than that which came upon us so unexpect-
eddy last summer. Preparations. are being
made fer simultaneous strike all over the
country, on railroads, at the mines, in many
OF the largest manufactu turing establishment,
and nothing but the utmost vigilance on the
part OF the State authorities and such pre-
parations as will make it possible to crush
out such movement instantly, will prevent
one Of the worst calamities that has ever be-
fallen the country. The 18th of August is the
time fixed for the outbreak.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
III. = Aha. I.....;Ss =

\ Baker City dispatch says Col. For
syth's command left Robinsville, Grant coun-
ty, Saturday, July goth. Near Clear creek
they struck a deep canyon, and fourteen of
Robins scouts were sent ahead. In few
minutes they were fired upon BY Indians
strongly posted il thes canyon. Il II. Flee
man was killea sand two Others BOUNDED.
The scouts retreated to the main body The
Indians abandoned the position before the
troops came up. The hostiles, are making
for Malheur gency. ss}I: - i:>.s .s]jt g.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
Voluntary Bankruptcy.

On Monday the Goth inst, j. II. Nc
Wicker, tor many years proprietor of Nc
Vicker's theatre at Chicago, and we'll known
in the dramstie worlds tfieda vqlu1tsry petit
tionto ba1ktuitcy Liabilities Es65oRoo. OF
this ~ameAnt half a million IL 4 Judgment
against him rs one of the bondsmen of David
A. Gage, ex-city treasurer, who defaulted i'll u
large amount to the city in 1874. OF the re-
mainder, $4,000 ID secured by mortgage ON
NcVicker's theatre, and ALI the rest. is vafi-
ously secured, with the exception Of $4,000
or $1,000 He owes $50 900 to Mrs. McVick-
er, and $4,000 to various Eastern parties.
At presant' the theatre win be run as hereto
fore by Mr.. McVicker> and all contracts
which have beeu IN aaeIwllthI dramatic M ,trop!pes
will'te carried out
Army organization.
A member ~ot the army commission
now in session at the White Sulphur Springs
lstactory results There is Il spirit among
the members to Weld their special views for
the sake Of agreeing upon bin. The views
of members are given Mith great dehberation.
spirit of compromise seems to prevail
among them. They will certainly agree upon
q bill which all will support. 1t may be also
stated that their deliberations ara wholly ir-
respective of army personnel, but it is thought
the results will work injury to no one
"A Water spout I'M Dakota.
A Yankton telegram Of July eth, says
Parties arriving from the Silver Lake Men,
monte settlement, forty miles north from
Yankton, bringing intelligence of cloud
! bursting in that region, ON Monday, by which
Il large portion of the coun ry was submerged,
and seven persons drowned. The west
branch of the Vermillion 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
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01

The Galveston Ne,oS of July 9th says,
Mexicans from sas sXaces, Mexico, fired Atty
Shots in the town of San Felipe, Texas, in
retaliation for having been pursued by Cap
tain Kelley, U. s. A., who took from them
some stolen stock. Parson Potter, of frontier
fame, shot and wounded q greaccr last night
while in the act Of stealing his horses. Esco-
bedo is condemned to be shot but it does not
give peace to the border.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
An Old:Faslloned Tramp.

Thirty or forty or. more years ago
almost : every locality had its. regu-
lar tramp He was not the lazy,> repul-
,sive, slouching reptile that now i:afests
the Highways, and prowls about farm
houses a terror to the unprotected, but a
harmless half simple being that made him
.self a, general fav orite BY his helpfulness
and the amusement afforded by his &C.
centric ways. Such a ono was old Tony,
well remembered by old; residents of
Chatham, and Lebanon, in this country.
He was a Swiss by birth, who had been
conscripted In The army Of Napoleon l.,
and was with him in the campaign in
Egypt. How he came to this country we
never learned.:iWe we'll remember; his
story of howshe was torn away from his
family, Of, his experience asd suffering as
"a. soldier. When, enGvened by q little
'sscimapps' from the black bOtt1e, he
would go through HE drill of arms with
bis long staff, and generally wound up
with q song whose chorus was 'sSchnap-
pooter. schnappeter, sehnappof." 81 ss.,e.
Tony was 2 small Irregular shaped
mani with un:faded hair, milky Blue
eyes, prominent nose and glowing com.
;plexion, kept bright by frequent apple
cations of his fayorite !sscnnappss' His,
speciality .wasato distribute the mails to
Presidents mile or two distant from the
post office; and to execute, any little err
rands Entrusted to him. Bread and but
Etermilk were his staple fare, which was
Enever begrud gesd. He always made him:
|self Swelcone,,s1 lid nd. trespass On time
Tor hospitality, and was q regular insitu-.
ton Of the. locality.x Inswinters he hiher-t
mated at tho count poorhouse and came
asa Is so5 S1ps 81
seventy Of more aid was gtestl missed
and sregrett when death ended his PIT
Egrimage. Hudson Republic 81
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
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AAysterAous SHIP.

IA San Francisco dispatch of July .23d,
has the following. The schooner Parallel
reports that on the 7th inst, OF the coast
about 100 miles vest Of that port, she fen IN
with d Japanese junk. Nota living person
was onssoard but q number Of cosp6es were;
found, .sdmn shackled together, which must
have been dead ct: least meath No food
sWtas found on board Some Of the bodies
were dressed II costly material.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
The " estern Indians.

A Baker City dispatch says Gen.
Howard formed a junction with Forsyth's
command July 23d. The whole force left
camp near Robinsouvne to follow the fleeing
hostiles,i who are making direct toward NAL
hcur agency. The hostiles will be forced to
fight .sepn, as the troops are, coming, against
them. franrseserll direcNons.s IL =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01

a large body OF United States engin-
GERS and scientists are making grand tour
of the lakes and rivers and locating, life saw
ing stations on the American shore. The
party intend to visit the Canada Pacific rail
way works at Fort Williams and Prince Ar
thurs, Landing, and different mines in the
vicinity. The Canada Pacific railway has
<nosssan hon extension Of 14o miles laid west
from Lake Superior, but fires are raging all
along the shore and interior, causing i'm
mense damage to the forests.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
The Taking Of the Basttle.;

Henri Tame gives the following vivid
description of the capture Of the famous
Paris prison by the French rcvolutionists
on July: 18th, 1893. After the garrison
and its governor had capitulated they
were killed ny the infuriated populace 4
r:tring upon them: ~ - ~: -,
: 9At the bastile from ten O'clock. in the
morning to five Id the evening, men fire
at walls forty feet in 'heig ht,% thirty feet
thick, and it is only by chance that they
hit one of the inmates. Atothes&f first
demand the governor has his guns drawn
back from their embrasures;, he makes
the garrison swear that they will not
fire if not attacked, invites the first:
deputation to breakfast, permits the
messenger FROM the, Hotel de Willie Ito goa
over thesE whole, fortress bears several:
without replying; lets ,tthe
first bridge be carried without firing 4
shot: # he, do, finally fire; it IS at tho
last & Extremity, in defense, sof. the sseoond
bridge. and after having. warned his
/ assailants that he was about i tus<doss So.
AS for the assailants, they are maddened
by the novel sensation Of attack and re-.
sistance, BY the smell Of powder and tie.
excitement of fight; all they, can do is %.
dash themselves. against. the, solid mass
Of stone; and their ,etpedientse are on q
level with their tactics. - A brewer takes
1tinto his head. to set fire to this block Of
masonry by pump on tia mixture Of
phesph orous !. and ~ oil cf :turpentine, a;
young carpenter, who has archgol oRical
notions, proposes construct a. eatapult.s
Some believe ttaems6l YES atoo have got;
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
5{sisCoua sMininul

A telegram from Pottsville, Pa, says,
there is a general suspension OF mining oper-
ations in the schuylkill region, which will
continue until the 5th Of August, after which
fine it is thought there will be steady work
during the balance of the shipping season.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01

s Al enthusiastio Indiana editor wrote,
the intelligent competitor spelled chat
.tle', with IN o, and his readers say they
hare suspected it oil along.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
Outra yes In Lower California.

A San Diego dispatch says: A tele-
gram from Campo says runner has arrived
from lower California with news that Pedro
Badillo has attacked the officials at San Ra.
sfael, killing one soldier and wounding anoth-
er, and that the whole frontier was up in
arms.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
Pre-@mptinx Rail- Road Lands.

Secretary Schurz's decision to the eff
feet that Usis. Rssife.slandsocan bsA1H-
empted by .seteets satSN.s5 nst acrS Wal
throw opei to the public large amount Of
valuable land in Nebraska, in some counties
the land being valued as high as s12 per acre.
There is no doubt that nearly all of this land
will be quickly pre-empted by actual settlers,
who will sieze upon the opportunity with
eagerncss. All such pre-emptions cases will
probably be contested by the Union Pacific,
who are determined to make desperate
struggle in.stAiS@matt (which nil ,ea,,ss
them to pay a heavy Toss -s .'- :. .Fr-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
The storm at elaincy. III

Quincy, ILL.,, was visited on the 26tll
inst, by heavy rain STORM, NhichSda srfat,
damage. In the city and vicinity the injury,
to the streets amounts to nearly $4,000, and
the damage to private property is smuch.
greater. Bridges aerossthe .arlam. ID 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
by the. flood were rescued at late hour in
boats. The rain is believed 10 be the most
severe that has ever visited t3aseee&tohJ Ia
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
East St. Louis.

. The conflict between Mayor Bowman
ana the Metropolis police goss on. t., is
dnderltepd tftGef Cullom takes sidel with,
TIC latter Bowman and his f0rce are BARR
cading the market house, getting ready for a
fight. bloody conflict is feared and immi-
nent.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
Law Against Tranp..

The bill for the punishment of tramps
passed the New Hampshire House the e4th
inst. Itprovides for punishment by impris-
0nment from fifteen months to fifteen years,
proyided Tor any
person proven a tramp.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
CAPTURE erEscobedo.

! s faFs)ttn Nass E1gls Rass Especial
reports the capture Of Gen. Escobedo BY Diaz
troops under Col. Nuncic, near Cuatro Ciene-
& gas. he wRs taken to Monterey, bnt it lis
doubtful yhsthe rihsswill reash thlra aliyse
Manister Noyss.
On Saturday, July 9th United States
.sntdiatd lAoyes iailzi fdtF France in the steam.
ship City OF Richmond. Mr.. Noyes is accom-
panied by his son. Alarge number of friends
BID good bye 70 the m9i u tAaYharf
Yellow Fever In Galveaton.
The board Of health have declared
quarantine both by land and sea. All inc0m-
ing trains will be boarded At Highland station,
and persons from infected points will be de-
tanned. #s#5
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01

thropic philosophy, no generalization, can
cover OF weaken truth. It stands like I
the record of itse.f-for it is nothing less
than this-and should putan everlasting
seal upon lips that are won't to speak
slightingly Of women. ssry.. -. .-.,-,.