Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-04

MOWER COUNTY, J
NEWS in BRIEF.
n Horrible.
The official report on tho fire ut Irkut
Russia, which destroyed 200 houses, sho
. sixty lives were lost, the greater num|
I children.
Genital System.
> The New York produce exchange |
amended the rules to make them confo
} to the GENITAL system, which will 20 il
+ operation January list next.
Cholera i'm Japan.
The cholera continues virulent in JAMS
Thus far there have been $4,000 cases q
$4,000 deaths. The government is using t
strongest measures to suppress the plsgu,
Fatal Accident to TourIsts.
A Geneva, Switzerland, correspondent
port, that carriage containing America
tourists, driving from Martigny to Chamo
nix, was overturned. A Mrs. Wright,
New York, fell into q gorge and was kille
The Zulu war.
! Capetown advices up to the 18th of A
gust state that Sir Garnet Wolseley was
Ulundi and that the country was quiet, wit
the prospect of au early and peaceful 9,
tlement Of the conflict.
Buried Alive.
While some children were playing in
sand pit at st. Louis on the 2Sthinst., se,
ton of the bank caved in, burying Charli
Fink, aged 5 years, and Lewis Wilhelm,
years OF age. Their presence was nc
missed uutil too late and only their dea
bodies rewarded the searching party.
Tho Turf.
Robert Bonner, of New York, has m,
chased the celebrated trotter Rarus, an,
added him to his already famous collectio,
of animals.
The owner of Mollie Mccarthy gives cur
rency TO the report that she is broken dowI
and will probably never run again.
Failures.
The liabilities of Fish, Sheppard & Co.
Montreal lumber merchants, lately failed il
$24S, 600. The Consolidated bank is cred
itor to the extent of $285, 900; assets repre-
sented $4,000.
Mayor Harloe, of Poughkeepsie, in busi.
ness in New York city, has failed. Liabili.
ties $loo, 600; $780, 900 secured.
For tho Inmates.
At a cabinet meeting on the 26th inst. the
attorney general read his opinion to tho
effect that arrears of pensions under the
ate law were to inmates Of homes for dis.
.bled volunteer soldiers, and not to the
ZONES, as clsimed by the managers.
The decision affects about 5000 soldiers
n different homes. The amount involved
8 about $1,5oo,00o.
Lost At Sea.
The schooner Stephen Bennett, bound
rom Boston for Baltimore, capsized on the
18th. Captain Bennett and crew of i've
PERSONS and three passengers are supposed
o be lost.
A dispatch from Yokohama, dated the
8th says: The steamer Nordenskjold, sup.
'esed to be the store ship for the Arctic ex.
edition, has been totally lost. Crew saved
Russian Executions.
Two prisoners recently sentenced to be
anged, were found guilty of preparing OK.
siei1. One is q desefter from the Disck
ca feet. Their sentences will be carried
ut at Nicolaieff. Three other Nihilists of
be FIVE sentenced by military tribunal,
'ere hanged on the race course at Odessa.
hese make twelve executions for political
fences in Russia in about a year.
Building Undermined.
The Fort Smith, Ark. papers state that
he fine new stone building in that city,
wned by John Dodson and occupied by
kaufman 4 Bloch's dry goods establish.
tent, was undermined by the workmen ex.
awaiting foundation for the new McKib-
en- building, and the former fell with
rash, burying the whole stock and necessi-
ating the demolition of the entire building.
the occupants escaped without
'ersonal injury. The damage to the owner
nd occupants is very heavy.
The British Crops.
Scot I, a welLknowu agricultural authori-
=, in an annual letter reviewing the crops
n Great Britain, estimates the outcome of
he grain crops at a third less than the
'verage, amounting to a loss Of 25,00O,C00
pounds to cultivators, and that 16,O0O, 900
quarters of wheat or possibly 1900, 900
quarters will be required from abroad.
scott also estimates the deficiency in the
otato crop will cause loss to cultivators
Il 100000 pounds and a deficiency in
'eans, peas and rye, loss OF 100000
'ounds. Almost famine prevails among
enant farmers in the west Of Ireland.
.Reins1aled.
The secretary of war has reviewed the
of the findings of the court
martial of January 16, 1864, by which Sur.
,eon. General Hammond was dismissed
rom the service, and recommends that the
indings and sentence be annulled aud se
'side, and that in accordance with authori.
y conferred by the act of March 10Th, 1873,
he name of VIM. A. Hammond be placed
N the retired list OF the army ~ surgeon
GENERAL, without back, present or future pay
n allowance Of any kind whatsoever. The
If the secretary of war
las been approved by the president.
Damaged BY Storms.
Excessive rains have been experienced in
during the past week. The
damage was experienced at Mill.
where thirty houses were
Hooded, stables and O0th0dSes carried
lwsy ,aad bridges and culverts destroyed.
rke Evirgfsen\ Marrow Gauge railroad at
hat place loses seven bridges and several
hppdESa feet of track. No loss of life oc.
< storm At Sabine, Texas, on the 22d
1R1& thtsssfaS9( y,et'1S,n.rs, b. Laura
were ssenSasiywashsd-axsy4udma many house.
The Aamaee to cotton. and