Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-05-01

orehead everely and throwing him back.
ward from the cart, his head striking on the
,dge Of barrel and fracturing his skull.
He died in about two hours. He leaves q
7ouug wife and infant child.
Burned to Death.
The residence of Joseph Merger at Col
,mbus, o., was destroyed by fire on the 22d
INST. All the family escaped by jumping
rom the second story windows, except
girl eight years old, who persisted in the
lanes.
The pocr-farm building at Wells, Maine,
wss destroyed hy FIRE on the 1S.h inst.
Geo. Dyk nan, the keeper, and ere pauper
persisted.
Martha, lEfe.:city.
Albert c. Detarge, druggist, New York
,ity, fatally poisoned his sou, aged four
years, and himself, on the Gath instant. A
younger child will recover. Jealousy of
his wife Is attributed as the cause.
Charles Sweet, deaf mute, residing at
Whitehall, n. Y, aud who had recently |
separated from his wife, met his late spouse
in house of ill-fame, on the 24.h. He
drew pistol and shot her through the head |
three times; then placing the pistol to his
temple, he fred, killing himself instantly.
Gen. Won Wertier Retired.
Emperor William has written an auto.
graph letter to General Won Werder, com"
the 14th army corps, granting his |
to be permitted to retire from active |
service, raising him to the rank of count,
and continuing certain honorary appoint.
ments. The letter concludes by testifying
the emperor's warmest gratitude for con.
spicious merits displayed by Gen. Won
Werder in the Fraaco.German war, and is
signed "your grateful king"
Boy Emigrants.
In special car attached to the express
IA ain for the west which left the Erie rail.
way station at Jersey City on the evening
Of the ED inst, were 80 destitute boys and !
q family consisting OF seven persons who
were going to seek work and homes. They
were accompanied by james Brace, an
agent of the Childreu's Aid society, but the |
expenses of their removal were betrayed
BY Whitelaw Reed from funds which had
been placed in his hands by charitable
gentlemen to expend US he thought best in |
relieving wants of suffering in New York. !
The Trade Dollar.
secretary Sherman appeared before the |
coinage, weights and measures committee |
n the house on the Goth, and gave his views
'elatlve to the conversion Of the trade dollar
nto bullion. The value of the trade dollar,
re said, was greater than like amount Of
bullion, hence it would not be possible to
purchase coin for the purpose OF melting it
nto bullion. He considered the act OF |
1913 demonetiziug silver, grave blunder.
de stated small notes would be EXCHANGED
or fractional coins, at the ttea ,ury depart. |
nent, at any time.
The Fest Case.
Preliminary papers have been served in ;
he suit which S. B. Chittenden and Gen. !
Butler agreed should be brought to test the
'asidity OF the reissue of United States |
egal tender notes in time of peace. The |
'uit has been brought in the United States
Circuit Court for the southern district of !
New York, and is founded upon a genuine
in the regular course of bust.
less. The trial of the action may not take
'lace for month at least, but whatever the
decision is by Judge Btatchford, may be the
defeated party will appeal to the Supreme
Court Of the United States in time probably
or argument at the October term.
BORDER Villains.
Information is received at Fl. McKinu ev.
Wy, on the 10th inst, that on the 18th.
lorse thieves entered the house of Mr.. Eos.
er, one of the Oldest settlers in this section.
dis place is located On the Plony, near old
Fort Kearney, fifteen miles east OF Fl. Nc
Kinney. Theyhuug him up by the neck until
nearly dead, to make him disclose the
of large amount of money he
vas supposed to have. Foster refused to
ell and was nearly dead when let down.
tie revived and was again hung, still refus.
ng. The thieves then ransscked the house
md took all the bedding and $1S, the saw.
ngs OF his children; also took all his
horses, three in number.
A Texas Flood.
A Hood at Houston, Texas, on the 25th. !
was the most destructive in the history Of !
city. The water rose from 2 A. NJ. t., 3.
5welve inches, and continued rising all day. |
Inc Old cemetery was almost entirely iuun.
lated and many graves ratings were torn
'orn away and carried down stream. Manv
buildings are submerged aud the residents
1riven out. On Texan avenue the water
rose from four to ten feet in dwellings,.
Warehouses, toundries, stores, etc.. were
iooded, and all buildings on the South
Side, from the corner of Maine and Com.
merce streets to Travis, have their rear ends
and cellars filed. Many valuable BUILDINGS
were entirely swept OF.
The Zulu War.
Ad7ices from Cape Town of the 9th list
state that Lord Chelmford's camp at Gin.
slelova, on the road to Ekowe, was attacked
1t daybreak on the Sd inst. by 1000 Zulus.
Who made frequent and desperate attacks
IN all sides, but were repulsed and pursued
With great loss. Four hundred and seventy
zulus were found dead around the trenches.
The final attack was led by Dobeclmanzi.
who commanded at Isandula. Lieut.. John.
son OF the Goth regiment and tour privates
we're killed. Col. Northey, Col. Crealock.
Major Barron and twenty-five men were
Chelmsford, after the battle.
abandoned Ekowe, intending to establish a
post on the coast road.
A correspondent at camp at Nyzane SAWS
Ekowe was burned by Zulus on April 81
after its evacuation.
More Trouble i'm Turkey.
1t is stated q force of Albaniaps have
taken possession of Kurshumlie and massa.
cred all the Christian inhabitants. Servisn
troops have been sent to cut off their retreat
across the frontier.
A Belgrade dispatch says that 5000 Ser
vans are en- route for the scene, and severe
ghtlng is anticipated. The Albanians,
whose number is estimated at 1905, are
1lvided into two columns, and are marching