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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16

THE demand for gold at the sub.treas-
ury, New York, has been much lighter
than was anticipated. How good old
Horace Greeley was ridlculed for saying
The way to resume, is to resume" Yet,
experience shows there was much WIS.,
dom in the terse remark of the dear old
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16

DAKOTA is "knocking at the doors OF
the Unlon." 1t is not improbable that
the next census will find her with fam
lily sufficiently large to justify her demand
for admission. A bill was introduced in
Congress for her admission, on the
9th inst
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16

THB price of steerage passage from
Liverpool to New York by one line is
$32, and the cheapest ticket from Paris
to Liverpool is about 80. The lnman
line is issuing through tickets from Paris
to New York, for $40, but these are
steerage or 3u.class rates.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16

Gov. PIL1sBuRY's annual message is
published in full on the third page OF
this paper. 1t contains information in
regard to the financial condition Of the
State, and its general progress and de.
velopment, which every Minnesota reader
Of the TRANSCRIPT should acqualnt him.
selt with
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16

NINE members of the Forty Nth Con-
gress have died-two Senators, Morton
and Bogy, and Representatives. Leonard,
Welch, Quinn, Williams, Douglass, Hart
ridge and Schleicher Representative
Stevens is now very sick.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16

In 1860, Minnesota had 10 miles OF
railroad: in 1868, $50 miles; in 1878 1t
had 2,6OS miles; and more miles OF road
were built last year than in any state in
the Union. A good record for Minnesota.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16

Mrs. WILLIAMS, the fourth daughter OF
Brigham Young, Is in Washington atten.
ding woman suffrage convention, with
the intention Of defending the Mormon
creed in regard to polygamy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16
THERE is skating IN Atlanta, Georgia,
for the first time in twenty years.
Gov. HAMPTON is rapidly recovering.
and IS soon as he is able to travel intends
starting for Washington.

Six deaths by freezing in New York
are reported, and three from balmy Ten
nessee; but as yet, we have not learned
of one in Minnesota.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
JOHAN VOID,
-CUSTOM TAILORING,

REPAIRING AND CUTTING.
Satisfaction Guaranteed. Next door to
DOrr s. WOld'S drug store, AUSTIN, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16
THETRANSCRIPT
AUSTIN, MINNESOTA

THURSDAY MORNING. JAN. IL, 1879.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16
INVISIBLE
Gossamcr Waves.

Ladies all know how
they look without the
GOssamer Invisible
Wave; try one, and
see how much better
you look with it. 1t
Is not worth while to
crimp, burn and spoil
your hair, when you
can get so nice an ar
! ticle, which will give
1yOu 80 little trouble,
at 80 small an outlay.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16

A. BATES,
II Manufacturer and Dealer in
y LIGHT AND HEAVY CARRIAGES.
Makes these goods to order in q tip-top salts
factory manner. Dexter and side-bar bugRies
specially. Factory, northeast corner Pub
lie SQUARE, Austin. Minnesota. 4O-1y
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16

bullock & PIERCE,
- BlRBERS and HAIR DREXSERS.
Rooms under Mower County Bank, Main
street, Austin, MINI. Satisfaction guaranteed
or no pay. AL branches Of the business con-
Quoted in the mostapproved style. ~ Baths
plunge or shower, hot or cold-attached.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16

.GEO: L: LEWIS,
" PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Has located permanently in Austin for the
practice OF his profession, Ohdce at W. W.
Mobiles drug store. References: W. T. Will
kins, Of Mower Co. Bank; O. ". Shaw, PIT.
First National: Bank; z. II. sherwin. r. r.
House. 36-f
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16

~ E.. DE WITT,
~. BARBER AND HAIR R-DREESER.
Shaving, Shampooing and Hair-cuttinR artts-
tically done. Special attention given to the
dressing of ladies' hair. Rooms under Clem-
mer 4 POOler's drug store, Austin, MINI. 30tf
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16

BLACKSMITH SHOP.
II w. W. PATTERSON has bought out
the shop, tools and stock of ]. Reinsmith, and
does all kinds of work in his line on shortest
notice at low prices for Cash. Shop corner
Bridge and St. Paul streets, Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16
TOHN KENT,

G. n. CANERON. Z. D. CRANE.
CAMERON & CRANE,
~ ATTORNEYS 1T LAW,
And Real Estate Agents. Collections made
and taxes paid. Office, north side Public
Square, in brick building, Austin, MINI. 40-ly
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
A steamer burned.

A few nights since, at $50, the steamer
A. c. Donnally took fire in the watchman's
locker, one mile above Island No. 1, on the
Mississippi River. Pilot Underwood held
her on the Kentucky shore, and she ran
into the bank head on for fifteen feet, and
all of her crew and people were saved alive,
but many injured themselves by jumping
some twelve feet from the bow of the boat
to the frozen ground. There was no need
OF this, and the off GERS tried to prevent it,
but a panic had seized them, and they
jumped upon each other, doing all the in
jury. The pilots and two chambermaids
had to jump into the river from the stern,
and swan ashore. One chambermald was
picked up a mile below the boat. The
Donnally had four hundred tons of sugar,
cotton, molasses and rice. The wounded
were taken to Cairo and cared for.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
Execution of rIcsin.

Charles McGill, who murdered his mis-
tress in Cleveland in December, 1877, was
hanged in that city or the 18th inst. A
Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent, who
witnessed the execution, says that McGill
was dressed in a neat suit of black, with
Lisle.thread gloves. He wore in his vest
pocket next his heart a piece of the shirt
sleeve which was imbrued with the blood of
his victim, and he said he put it there to
carry it with him to heaven. His hands
were fastened together with handouts.
When all was in readiness the Sheriff adj
justed the black cloth cap upon his head,
aud then, stepping back, said, "Elder Cooley,
will you pray~ Mr.. Cooley was about 10
comply,awhen an attendant noticed that
the reverend gentleman was standing on
the trap and drew him off to one side.
He had scarcely begun speaking the words
of the prayer when the Sheriff sprung the
trap Intentionally, so as to shorten his sus-
pense, and suddenly the body, with its
one hundred and eighty pounds, shot
downward six feet, and the soul of Charles
McGill was launched into eternity. His
neck was broken by the fall, and a few
spasmodic quivers were all that were
noticed. At thirteen and one-half minutes
from the time the trap was sprung the
pulse had ceased beating, and life was ex-
tinct. The body was allowed to hang
fifteen minutes, when it was cut down
and given to the brothers for burial.
About fifty spectators only were pres
ent, including members of the press.
The execution was pronounced the neatest
and cleanest job that has ever occurred in
the county. An immense crowd gathered
outside the Jail during the execution, and
stared stupidity up at the stone walls, with
the thermometer at the freezing-point.
During his confinement Sheriff Wilcox says
he never knew McGill to utter a single
obscene or lascivious word, nor did he
ever give him the least trouble during the
fourteen months he was confined. The
Sheriff considers his ruin the legitimate
fruits of drinking, variety theaters, concert
saloons, and low dance-houses.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
Progress, OF the Plague.

A dispatch from st. Petersburg says that
advices from the interior state that general
unhealthiness and predisposition to the
epidemic exist. The government of Saratoff
complain of the foul condition OF Kami-
shin. Tyrhus fever and smallpox are in
creasing in an alarming manner in the gov
eminent of Tver. The SHERMAN plague has
appeared in another village.
The cattle plague in the vicinity of
Ekatermoslav has spread to twenty.seven
neighboring localities. OF two thousand
head attacked half have persisted.
The plague has appeared at a village on
the Kief Railway. There is great mortal.
ity at Orsk from smallpox and another un.
knoE n disease.
An unknown epidemic has appeared in
two villages of Tamboy, and the plague at
Rostov. A large number of Cossacks who
fled from Wetlianka were found frozen to
death on the banks of the Volga.
1t is officially announced that the Greek
Government has received a report from
Kavola, on the Egean Sea, confirming
rumors of outbreak of the plague there.
The st. Petersburg GOlos publishes sensa,
tional letters stating that hundreds of bodies
Of those who died from the plague in
Astrakhan, in December, remain still
unburied, and the corpses are strewed over
eight versts OF Enostaiewsker district.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
Home and Farm Items.

STEAM1NG is preferable to boiling for
cooking tough fowls.
POULTRY and game are less nutri-
tious, but more digestible han other
meats.
SINCE with alcohol instead of paper.
A t~easpoonful is sufficient for either a
turkey or chicken.
LIQUID manure does its work at once 4;
solid manure requires time, but yet it is
certain in its effects.
! ONE evening spent at home in study
is more profitable than ten spent loung-
ing about the country taverns.
ONIONS, eaten both cooked and raw,
relieve chronic rheumatism. They are
recommended as a preventive of worms
in children, and for colds in adult
Chests" So says the New York Iri-
bune.
LARGE quantities of mistletoe are
brought from Europe to New York,
about Christmas time, and sold at high
prices. AS it is abundant in this coun-
try, anywhere south of the latitude of
Cincinnati, it seems singular that it is
imported.
THE latest proof of the poets asser
ton that there is good in everything
is offered by the statement of a friend
of the Country Gentleman. who asserts
that q heavy crop of Canada thistle3 is
of more value to MIN as a fertilizer,
when plowed under, than a crop of
clover. The crop is allowed to grow
until neal the period of blossoming,
and then carefully covered in the fur
row bottoms. Three additional plow-
ings follow.
THE american A~gricuturist, in an in
teresting article on the Texas cattle
drive, says: "The cattle go to the river
for water at noon, with the exception of
a few, which remain behind to take care
of the calves. One COW may often be
seen watching twelve OF fifteen calves,
while their mothers have gone with the
remainder of the herd to drink. After
the return of the herd the watchers
take their turn. This interesting fact
is vouched for by several old ranch
men,"
SPECIAL REPORT, No. 10 Can, 1879,
Department of Agriculture, remarks:
"The price of corr in this country is
governed entirely by the quantity pro-
duced and the consumption, the guam
tity exported being SO small in proper
ton to the enormous amount raised that
it exercises no influence on the price.
The crop of 1877 was 1872 00, 900
bushels, valued at $3.50, 64S, 900; that of
1878 was 1871, 900, 900 bushels, valued
at 1896, SOC, 000. In the Gulf States,
from Georgia to Texas, the consumption
equals the crop. Average price per
bushel, 1877, 35.8c.; 177S, 31.9c."
A MIXTURE of lime and ashes is an
excellent application for the roots of
apple trees. Horticulturists differ in
regard to the ex~pediency of %cultivating
orchards. ALI agree, however, that in
northern ATTITUDES a coating of sod about
the roots is useful, while shallow Guilt
walton between the rows is not hurtful.
To prevent the ascent of the codling
moth coarse paper bands about the trees,
six inches wide, bound on by wire, have
been found sufficient. Orchardists in
Western New York plant their rows
from twenty-four to thirty feet apart,
and deep. If trees are planted too
thickly, thorough pruning should be OBJ
served. But very large branches should
be removed in successive seasons, trim
ming successfully farthest from the
trunk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
Horrible Tragedy at Hunt.ytlIe.

For some time Rufus Irving, a colored
man, at Huntsville, Ala, has been jealous
of his wife. In a fit of rage he DELHI.
erately drew a pistol and shot her, but not
fatally. He fled, but stealthily returned to
sec if she was dead; finding her still alive,
he shot her again. To make sure of the
work, the murderer seized a razor and drew
it across the woman's throat, almost sever
ing the head from the body. The blood
spurted On the floor and against the walls,
making a CHASTITY spectacle. She fell over
dead. Irving then drew the razor across
his own throat and fell beside his wife, but
did not expire, and attempted to get up.
At this juncture his wife's brother, aged ten
years, seized a gun, and putting the muzzle
to Irving's head, literally blew his brains
ont.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
Nerve Inquietude and Its Remedy.

Restless nerves., at least those that are
constantly SO, are weak ones as well. The
true way to %tranquilize them thoroughly is
to strengthen them. 1t may be, nay, it very
often is necessary to have recourse to a sed-
alive or even an opiate, in dangerous cases
use of such unnatural palliatives is greatly
to be deprecated. Though net, in a re-
stricted sense, a specific for nervousness,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is emiD emily
calculated to allay and eventually overcome
it, a fact which the recorded experience of
many goes to s~ubstantiate. This inestima.
BILE tonic, by promoting digestion, assimi.
Iation and secretion, touches the three key
notes upon which the harmony of all the
bodily organs depends, and the result is that
the system, of which the nerves receive theiI
due apportionment, and grow tranquil as
they gather strength.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
XLVth CONGRESS-Third Session.

FEBRUARY .-Sendte- Senator Matt.
Carpenters credentials were presented and
filed. The bill authorizing the issuing of
certificates of deposit for $40, in aid Of re-
funding the public debt, was passed, with
an amendment increasing the rate of inter-
est to be paid to four per cent?. House
A motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill repeating the test oath to jurors was
defeated under the two-thirds rule. The
House went into Committee of the Whole
on the Legislative, Executive, and Judi
cial Appropriation Bill, and, after discus
sion, adjourned.
the Conference Committee on the Naval
Appropriation Bill was agreed to, and the
bill finally passed. 1t appropriates $14,.
029, 1858 A number of bills for the re-
moval of political disabilities were passed.
A number of private bills were introduced
and appropriately referred. House-The
conference report on the Naval
Appropriation Bill was agreed to.
The Legislative Appropriation Bill
was discussed in Committee of the
Whole, most of the debate being on the
proposition to transfer the public land sur
veys to the coast survey, but no action was
taken. The River and Harbor Appropria-
ton Bill, as agreed upon by the Committee
on commerce, was, reported, ordered
printed, and recommended.
FEBRUARY 12-SenGte-A bill to regu-
late applications for restoration to the ac.
tive list of the navy was passed. A number
of petitions, memorials, and reports were
presented and appropriately referred. The
House bill restricting immigration of Chi
nese was called up, so that it would be con-
sidered unfinished business for to-day, and
the Senate adjourned. 1900 ouse-The con-
ference report on the bill to abolish the vol
unteer navy was agreed to. The Legislative,
Judicial and Executive Appropriation Bill
was considered in Committee of the Whole,
and a number of amendments agreed upon.
This occupied most OF the day. After the
committee rose, the question of a night
session for the business of the Committee
On Public Lands was discussed and defeated,
and the House adjourned.
FEBRUARY 13.-Sendte-The bill from the
Committee OF Finance authorizing the
conversion of national gold bonds was
passed, but afterward reconsidered, on
motion of Mr.. Conkling, on account of an
error. The House bill to restrict the i'm
migration of the Chinese was taken up, and
it was advocated by Messrs. Morgan and
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
Albfn0s.

Albinos are individuals in whom, by
some defect in their organization, the
substance or pigment which gives color
to the skin hair and eyes. is absent or
deficient. These persons, whether In
dian, negro or white, are of a uniformly
dead, milky hue, with hair of the same
shade, and from the eyes being deficient
in the black, or blue, or hazel pigment,
the iris is of a deep red, and the circle
around the pupil is of a pink color;
hence they are commonly spoken of as
having pink eyes. The name Albino
was originally applied by the Portu-
guese to the white negroes on the coast
Of Africa. Albinos generally lack the
strength of other men, and are also
deficient in mental capacity. The
phenomenon is supposed to result from
a diseased organization, but its ultimate
cause is not known. White cows and
white blackbirds are specimens of Al
binos, as are also white mice.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
TOPICS FOR THE A
Fatten,Hhila Yonnr-prof.s.or s

Fatten.While Young.-Professor Sam
born of New Hampshire says: Any
steer that natures at more than two
years natures too late. If you can
mature steer at two years old, you will
mature 1t twenty per cent. cheaper than
at four. Then in feeding. Feeding to-
day is just as much a science as any
science. I believe we can save more than
twenty per cent. by proper feeding of
our stock. We find that our cornstalk,
if we take the chemical test, is lacking
in certain things that make it poorer
than English hay. In another class Of
food-bran, oil-seed meal-some other
things are lacking. I will not stop to
name the articles. If you put the two
together, you will have a perfect feed
your straw is worth more in connection
with cotton-seed meal than the straw
alone. 1t is very bad policy to feed the
meal alone, but you want to feed these
have spoken of together. Again, in
pigs. l think it is an old axiom in farm.
ing that you can fatten q hog much
cheaper than you can a pig. l think
that nine-tenths of the hog-raisers of the
State believe that. There is no fallacy
doing the farmer more injury than that
one. The younger the animals the more
growth they will make on a give1
amount of food. 1t is SO with anything
taking, of course, the size into consider
alton. Then, I say, the only way is II
fatten inside of six months, and tn,
farmer who keeps a pig than eigh'
months loses twenty per cent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20

A WHOEVER in Lawrence, Kansas,
was engaged to a widow, but his love
was SO languid that he was in no hurry
to be married. A friend from Ottawa
visited him, fancied the widow, and
said that he would like her for a wife.
The widower offered to sell his right to
her for two hundred and fifty dollars,
and the money was paid, the widow
marrying the Ottawa man and going
home with him. But the widower's
love was warmed by absence. He went
to Ottawa, courted the woman anew,
and eloped with her. The Ottawa man
has lost his money and his wife, but says
that, having had more than enough of
the latter, he is willing to call the &C
count SQUARE. -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
rha La,e Cltx OF memphis.

Judge Baxter, of the United States Cir
cult Court, appointed Thomas ]. Latham
receiver to take charge of the effects of the
late city of Memphis, including taxes un-
paid, amounting to nearly 100000, with
power to sue, collect in any way, by gar
nishment or otherwise. All creditors are
ordered to come in and make themselves
parties, and file their claims on or before
the third Monday in May next. The APP
poiltment was made on the bills filed by
Myers & Sneed, attorneys, representing
nearly 100000 of claims against the city.
The other creditors consolidated causes,
making a total exceeding s., 800, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
AHaurinr In North Carolina.

John Edwards was hanged on the 14th of
February, in Smithield, North Carolina, for
the murder of Kader Ballard, a farmer
neighbor, with whom ne had quarreled
about a bargain for a pig which he had pur-
chased from Ballard. His own daughter,
six years old, was the only witness of the
terrible deed, and he was convicted on her
testimony. A correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Ensu rer, who was present at the
execution, says tnat Edwards was to have
swung six weeks previously, but was re-
prieved. He was led to the scaffold, and the
rope was being adjusted when the order
of respite came. In conversation with the
writer on that day the condemned man said
that he would bet his bottom dollar that he
never wonld be hung. This morning when
he was visited by a minister, he told the
reverend gentleman that it was no use ex-
horting him, for he felt sure that the Gov
ernor wonld not go back on him, and that a
reprieve would come before hanging time.
The preacher reminded him that he had
only a few hours to live, and that he had
better hurryup and prepare, for it was very
doubtful about a reprieve. At one o'clock
Sheriff Toler conducted Edwards to the
scaffold. The prisoner was immovable, and
had little or nothing to say. The minister
accompanied him. About half.past one the
knot was tied, and the last thing the doomed
man said was: "This looks like biz. / am
innocent, any how" In a few minutes
thereafter the drop fell, and Edwards, who
was very emaciated and lean, swung off like
a feather. The death-throes were terrible.
The body was cut down in thirty minutes
after the execution, and turned over to the
relatives. Edwards said if he had killed
Ballard that he forgot all about it. The
hanging was witnessed only by officials.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
Sad suicide OF a PhiIaacIpb,a Lad

William Ziegler, a lad eleven years of age,
who lived with his grandmother on Ale
ghany-ayenue, near Chatham-street, Phila-
de.phia, committed suicide by hanging to a
joist in the cellar. He took advantage of
the lady's absence to lock himself in the
house. He went into the cellar, piled up
blocks of wood until he had adjusted the
rope from a hook in a joist around his
throat. He then kicked away the blocks.
When the grandmother returned in half an
hour from the neighbours house which she
had been visiting, she was compelled to
climb into the dwelling through a back
window. Not finding Willie in the lower
rooms, she proceeded to the upper rooms
and then to the cellar, where she beheld
the dangling body still warm, the rope
having stretched until the boys knees
touched the ground. He was taken down,
and unsuccessful efforts were made to re-
suscitate him. The reason assigned for the
suicide is a disturbance of mental balance,
produced by reading religious books. He
frequently declared that he wanted to go to
heaven from this sinful world.