Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-11-14

the 25th Of the present month. Western
rates were not altered.
A DJSAsTROUs fire visited the city of
Cape May, N. J., Oh the 9th inst, almost
entirely destroying that beautiful summer
resort. The entire burned district covers !
an area of about forty acres, and Is bounded
by Congress street on the west, Washington !
on the Forth, Ocean on the east, and Beach
on the south. The total loss is estimated at
about $40O, 900, Of which moro than one.half
is covered by insurance. In 1869 almost
the same section was swept by fire scarce
less destructive than than of the 9th inst.
The fire is believed to be of an incendiary
origin.
THE New York Produce Exchange Fire
Sth inst, and the business of the concern
will be wound up. All liabilities will be
met and $ll GOO remain.
MRS. A. 7. STEWART has offered $25, 900
for the recovery of the body of her late
husband, stolen from the family vault in St.
Marks Church graveyard, and the convic-
ton OF the thieves. proportionate sum
| will be paid for the recovery OF the body.
THE body OF A. 7. Stewart was stolen
from the family vault in St. Marks church,
New York city, on the night of the 9TH inst.
removed, but the decomposition of the re.
mains is so offensive that they cannot be
concealed. This is apparent from the
stencil at the opening of the vault when the
discovery of the deed was made. The estate
of A. T. Stewart will not offer a reward for
the recovery of his body. 1t will give $780,
600 if need be for the detection and punish.
ment of the outlaws, but not one cent to
them for the return of what they have taken.
A WEALTHY shoe dealer and active parti-
san of Tammany Hall hanged himself on the
night of the 5th inst, after ascertaining the
fate of his party. He had been promised an
appointment if the Tammany ticket should
be elected.
! CLARK, ADAMS & CLARK, one of the
largest importing and jobbing crockery
warehouses in Boston, Mass, has suspended.
DANsTAN, small New York stock oper.
ator, announced his suspension on the 4th
inst.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
BERGNER & AUGER's brewery, at Phila'
delphia, containing 10000 barrels of amber
liquid, vanished in smoke on the 9th, en-.
failing a loss of about $780, 900, which falls
on the insurance companies. Cause of fire,
careless handling of candle in the vicinity
of varnish.
A CHARLESTON, w. Va, dispatch says
the United States court, in session there,
has ISL indictments against moonshiners
before it. There is likely to be three four
hundred of these indictments before the
close of the session. The illicit distiller.
are said to be terribly demoralized.
Mrs. RICHARD BARRY, residing near San
Francisco, was found murdered on the
morning of the 7th inst. Her head was
chopped to pieces with a hatchet.
VIM. 81. ANDERSON, a Dallas, Texas,
sheriff. attempted to arrest VIM. Collins, one
of the train robbers, at Pembina, Dakota, on
the Sth inst. Collins resisted, and the men
exchanged fire with fatal effect, both drop.
ping dead in two minutes.
JOHNsoN's jewelry store, Eighth avenue
New York city, was robbed of $4,000 worth
of stock in broad day light, on the Sth inst
t by thieves who smashed the plate glass
windows and bagged the plumber. While
they were thus occupied two companions
with drawn revolvers intimidated the pass
ers.by.
EUGENE KAUFMAN, travelling agent for {
Chicago tobacco firm, suicided at Denver
COL, on the 9TH inst, by shooting himself
e Cause, loss of some of his employers money
= by gambling.
1 JOHN ACHEY, who murdered George Leg
:. gift at Indianapolis, last spring, was on thu
j. 9TH inst. sentenced to be hung.
c FIVE two-story brick tenement houses il
e St. Louis burned on the 9th inst. Christ
q Mueller was very badly, and Mrs. Kitterinl
o fatally burned, and little boy belonging tt
|, the latter nearly suffocated.
o AT Brotherton, Fond du Lac county, tn
night before election, an Indian killed 1
/, rival for the favor of dusky belle, b,
;. MASKING his head with a stick of cordwood
!. At Mount Calvary, same county, on electio,
j. day, Anton Nett stabbed Jacob Litzen
+ Cause, political differences.
!. THE Wilkinson Bros. & Co. jute mill
J. New Haven, Conn.,, together with adjoinin,
e buildings were destroyed by fire on the ST.
/. inst. Loss $780, insurance $l25,000.
! The dead body Of D. B. Abraham, propri
etor of livery stable. on West Lake street
= Chicago, was found on the night of the 5tl
D inst, lying in the middle of the road, nea
: the corner of Jackson and Green streets
J. From a letter on his person, it is believed
i the cause was murder.
l. HICKORY RIDGE colliery near Shamokin
Do hos hur oh
a and boys out of employment.
3 A YAwI-BOAT named Julia was washed
) ashore on Stony Point, Lake Ontario, OF
= the 4th instant. On 1t was the body of
8 man, dashed to the seat and bearing tn,
8 marks of violence. The hands were als<
/ dashed together.
GENERAL.
The Woman's National Christian Temper
ance Union, in session at. Baltimore on tn,
9Th inst, elected Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge
r of Ohio, recording secretary, and Mrs
+ Esther Pugh, Of Ohio, treasurer.
WHILE Governor Hampton was huntin,
/ near Columbia, S. c., on the 9Th inst, hi
}. mule became frightened, and the bridl,
i breaking, the governor leaped from the sad
i die. By the fall the governors right LEI
q was broken in two places the bones prortud
o ing and his ankle was badly hurt.
q THE liabilities of Dodd, Brown & Co., q
4 st. Louis, are $1,700,110; actual available
e assets, $s60,S69.
On the 9TH inst. there were thirty ocea1
+ steamers in the port of New Orleans, ant
e sufficient tonnage to carry a quarter of I
;, million bales of cotton.
i The annual meeting of the Women's Ma
o tional Christian Temperance Union con
i vened at Baltimore, Nd, on the 9Th instant
Q One hundred and eighty delegates were pres
ent from nineteen states, including all thu
|. New England and Middle states and most O.
!. the western states.