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

Of american hibitors atthe I iris expoas
ZION in 1867, Mt the VisSua exposition Is
1873, and is larger proportion Of awards to
!. sxhieitoEs thaa te .sny T.. othsg nation EspFs,
sented at this exhibition.
THE Supreme Court Of the United STAGES
met at Washington on the 14th 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
conversation. xBefore adjournment for the
day Fred R. Mason, Of Chicago and H. s.
Chaufcrd, of Cincinnati, were admitted to
practice.
YR3Mfs.AF9 ofs9ALT1Es.s
Aboktn4d bsses saw mill, eight miles
from McLeansboro, ILL.,, exploded on the
10Th, killing r. Dale the proprietor, Geo.
Warren, laborer, and wouuding 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
stfychnine 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. -, " s~r'
THE schoonerDan 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 $l5, 900. Cargo insured for $lO,'
500.
4 THE British ship City,'of Dublin went on
/ the bar. at. the mouth Of The Columbia river
Oregon, on the 18th inst, and will prove 9
total loss. Loss nearly $4,000.
ROBERT MCAULAU, grand chaplain of the
Orange Young Britains, missing since the
1st, 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 Cop
stantinople, ran on Little Gall island on the
18th inst, and lies in a dangerous position.
THE bark Susan of New Bedford, Captain
Packs, left New Bedford ON the 18th inst.
with crew of twenty-five men, on whal
ing voyage, encountered a 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 young man named McIver
were drowned while attempting to ford q
swollen stream near Sanford, Florida, on
the 14th inst.
RANSOM GOoDsPEED, farmer living two
nailesfrom Middleville, Barry county, Mich,
was gored' to death by stag, which tossed
aud trampled him half an hour before his
body was recovered.
DURING the marriage at colored Baptist
church at Lynchburg, Va, on the night OF
the 10th, a piece of plaster fell, creating a
panic of the most dreadful character. The
bodies of ten women have already been
taken out.
AsYOUNG man named Neil, while visiting
a farmer named Garhardt near Greensboro
Ky, on the 10th, both being in state of in
toxicatien, 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 upo4
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 o.
the old farmer, who came to the rescue suf
fered severe flesh wounds. The tsfend il
under arrest.
A WIDOW named Mattee Farrell, aged &
years, was found dead in her room at De
trpis, Jon ;thq 10Th, haYins bsen-foqllyff muir
aered. Suspicion points to Henry Ian
uage, son by her first husband, as thu
murderer:s,; :;:',.t
AT fire at Boston, Mass, on the 18Th
Jane Campbell was burned to death.
THE boiler in Sellinger's shingle mill al
Big Rapids, Michigan, exploded on the l5tl
instant, killing one man and seri ously in
juring five others.
THE schooner Eta A. Simpson capsizee
off the New England coast in the great gall
of the 18th, drowning the captain, his wife
and live seamen. .:~
THE hoisti1g works of the Lady Bryan
mining company, at Virginia City, Nevada
burned on the 18th. Loss 100000. Th|
men in the mine all escaped through an oil
working.
T BrS.Anfs Il; LArRoBE, a distinguishes
/ engineersdied~at Baltimore on the 19tl
! inst.
AT Baltimore, on the 10Th, Judge BON
| filed his decision in the United State
Court, in the so-called "cigar partition
case.";| Thes decision ;requirSs 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 their boa
clubs$1o opo p sepd a lfrek p Eqglant. !,
/ SAr a mSetih4 Of th{ ex(c4tiEee ou4hltte
Of the yellow fever relief commission a
Washington, on the 18th inst, the sad an
! nouncement Of the death Of LIEUT. Benne,
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 tribut
4 to the courage and bravery of the Officer
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 0
more of these years, to make thes annua
report required ~ section 10 Of th9 amend
atory act relating to proceedings in bank
fuptc1, approyefJ une23nd1sN. - &
~ ATApfletoh, Wis, sen the 13ek; in asruhs
way accident, d Miss SCHNEIDER and Mrs.
Stark were killed by being thrown from
carriage. Another lady named Roudemacke
was 'a Y''s seriously voEnded:
L., .Piscatorial.
4 II The Russians claim that The sterlet
found in perfection in the Volga an
other streams ,tribntar yfto tte.B lackap
Caspian seas, is tie Most delicious fis
that swims. It is Il kind of sturgeon
and usually com lands ~ high a nric