Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-12-05


.ower County Transcript.
AUSTIN. M1NNEsoTA.
DAVIDSON 1 WHEELER, Publishers.
NEWS in BRIEF.
Famous Scandal Case Settled.
The famous Tytus. Dickey scandal case
was settled by compromise at Hamilton,
Ohio, on the 9th ult., Miss Dickey agree
ing to accept s3,s5o, and withdraw all srita
and claims.
A Massacre.
Eight liberated convicts and three ma
tives have been murdered by rebels at the
mouth Of the Poya river, New Caledonia
The troops continue to pursue insurgents
in the Poya district.
Boiler Explosion.
BOILER explosion at Uniontown, Pa.
on Thanksgiving day. killed Richard Evans
Daniel Garrison and j. j. Miller instantly
wounding Jos. Wagon and serious
~ injured ten others.
Another DeiAulter.
John B. Garrett charges expression
Huntzengsr, Of the Philadelphia Coal Co..
with appropriating $4,000 of the company
funds. His bail was fixed at $4,000. Hunt
Finger is in Jail.
Steamer Burned with Loss Of Life.
The propeller Lake Breeze, of Leaning
ton, Amherstburg and Windsor line. burne,
to the waters edge at bennington, Ont, OF
the Goth. VIM. \. Bush (colored) wa
burned to death.
Death I'm the Mine.
On the 9th inst. q terrible explosion o.
CURED in the coal mine Rosa Rio, at Leba1
Chill. Sixteen miners were killed, and
large number wounded. Six escaped unir
jured. The damage to the mine is $1,000
A DouDle Murder.
A horrible double. murder was perp.
trated in North Edgefeld, Tenn, on til
Goth inst, in which Sam Lsngham was tn
slayer and Pat McAndrews and Julir
keister were the slain. Langham beat o,
their brains.
Fined for Contempt.
AT Indianapolis, Ind, on the 25th ult
Warren Tate, the murderer of VIM. Low
was fined $4,000 for contempt of court
Judge Burns. Love, at the time the shoe
ing was done, was q witness in the cour
and had not concluded his evidence. Tate
counsel has taken an appeal.
Father and F0n.
l.. S. Alard, was snot in the mouth an
dangerously wounded at Hot Springs, Ark
on the night of the 29.h ult, by his son Ca
Alasd. Family troubles was the caus
Both the father and son published pap,
in Illinois, and afterwards a. Hot Spring
Killed by n Chinese Burglar.
A Marysville, CAL, dispatch says that ear
on the morning of the SOth ult., John NJ
Daniel, lessee Of Marysville Park, was mu
dered by Chinaman whom he caught bu
glariziug his premises. The murderer ",
overpowered and secured by Mrs. McDani
and Chinese servant.
Tobacco Smoke.
VIM. CameroI's tobacco factory,
Petersburg, Va, one OF the largest in IL
state, burned on the 9th. Stemming fact
~ alongside was also destroyed. The bull
ings covered nearly full square. Loss wi
probably reach $2oO, 900. Insurance betwee
100000 and $l25,0oo.
silver Coinage.
Total number of standard silver dolla
coined since their reconciliation up to ar
including the 23d instant, is 19,Sl4,551. {
this number about S1Or5OO, 900 q
in the United States treasury, some $4,20(
600 are in the mint vaults, and the balanc
little over $5,000,00o in general circul
ton. The total is about one million al
half in excess of minimum required by Ia,
Steamboat Disaster On he 1lississlpp
The Mississippi river steamers Morgs
and Cotton Valley collided at Bringer
a point opposite Donaldsonville, on Il
morning o. the lst instant. The latter vess
sunk in fifteen minutes. Four passenge
and twelve or fifteen deck hands were los
The Cotton Valley left New Orleans on IL
30th ult. for Red river with an assortt
cargo. The boat was insured for $1,000
Loss on cargo $4,000; insurance unknow
Fatal Collision at Sea.
The steamship Pommera1ia was run dow
and sunk near Folkestone, in the Englil
channel, by the Welsh barque Noel Ella
on the Goth. Thirty.seven passengers al
eleven of the crew were lost. One hundre
and sixty-six persons were saved and lande
at Dover. Capt. Schwensen. at first repo,
ed lost, was picked up and. lies Frustrated
Rotterdam from the effects of the excit
ment.
Hostile Indians Barred.
The expedition sent out by Gen. Howal
1or the purpose OF capturing renegade l
dams was complete success. Capt. Boyl
with Lieuts. Cornman and Shaftner, 81
rounded their camp at night in John DE-
valley and captured the whole QUIT
Eight of the principal chiefs are enroute
Vancouver. The remainder were sci
under escort to the Warm Spring reserv
ton.
Stabblng ARRAY.
On the night of the 3Oth uit., while Robe
Gray, q farmer living near Indianapoli
Ind, was riding home in an empty WACO
with hired man named Thos. Huntzinge
they quarreled about trivial matter, whe
the latter stabbed Grey fifteen times, IL
wounds penetrating the cavity Of the che
and the abdomen-his entrai!s pr ,trudin
He was alive ut last accounts, but cam,
recover. Huntzinger fed, but was caugl
In johnson county and brought to Jail.