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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Self Destruction.

Jas. Davis, residing five miles from Alt.
mont, Nd, hung himself on the 9th inst.
He leaves wife and several children.
DR.. J. II. Crews, formerly of Hardeman
county, Tenn, suicided at Benefits Land
ing, Miss, on the I'd inst, by cutting his
throat with razor. Deceased has been
partially insane for month past, caused by
disappointment in a love affair.
Lieut.. McCauley suicided at Atlanta, Ga,
on the 1st instant, on account of losses at
the gaming table.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Burned to Death.

A ladle of molten steel upsettinx in a
mill at Scranton, Pa, on the Sd instant, ia.
tally burned James Hurley and Henry
Long. John Humphrey, foreman of Cor
nell & Co.. mines was crushed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Congress- Work.

During the session of congress just ter.
minated 727 bills and 46 joint resolutions
were introduced in the senate and ,395 bills
and 40 joint resolutions in the house. The
appropriations for the fiscal year 1877 were
$l24,122,011; for this year Sill, ,069, ,4S3 is ap.
propriated. The appropriations for rivers
and harbors were omitted for this year, and
the postofice appropriation bill was 3,C30,.
600 less than in 1877, being for 1879, $780,
304, ,309; this includes increased deficiencies,
increased river and harbor appropriations
and Halifax fisheries award.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Another Witness.

Johnny Lamb, under sentence of death
for the murder of officer Race at Chicago,
rejoices in the discovery of evidence point.
ing out Sheeny George as the murderer. A
reporter recently ferretted out woman,
Mary Thompson, who saw the whole affair.
Her description of the man who fred the
fatal shot pointed closely to SheeDy George
and on the I'd inst. she was taken to the Jail
and selected him at once from out dozen
prisoners as the murderer. "That is the
man." she said, only he is little thinner
than he was then" Her character is said
to be beyond question, and her main reason
for not coming forward heretofore was fear
of the laws detention and imprisonment as
a witness, which she had once experienced
in New York.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10

grounds by his wife, on the morning of the
4th instant. His breast bore a pistol'ball
wound, and the body was cold and stiff,
having been dead for some hours. Seymour
left the house during the night to eject
from the grounds man and woman whom
he discovered out under the trees. Not re.
turning, a search was made, with the above
result.
At Newport, KY, on the 9Th inst. George
Black was shot and Instantly killed by VIM.
Phillip Parry. A quarrel over the rent of
house.
On the 5th inst. Bernard Hines, of Alden,
N. Y, killed his wife and himself. Both
were aged people.
Gen. Bogges and Louis Carrico got into a
difficulty at Clarksburg w. ", on the 5th
inst. when the former shot Carrico dead,
and fed.
Patrick Nichols killed bis employer in q
New York beer shop on the night Of the Sd
inst.
Thomas Tolvrey was fatally hurt in
whiskey melee at Boston, on the 4th.
William Blake and wife, residing in Onei-
da county, N. Y, are under arrest, charged
with beating an adopted girl, aged ~ years,
to death.
VIM. Burgeon, drayman, and one Leeter,
butcher, quarreled at Cincinnati, on the
4th, when the latter cut Burgeon's throat
from ear to ear with cleaver.
On the 22d ult, II. II. Williams, a wealthy
farmer of Hamilton township, Lee county,
ILL.,, twelve miles south of Dixon, knocked
his wife down with shovel, and then kick.
ed her in the ribs and stomach until insen-
sible. The brutal treatment produced a
miscarriage, broke several ribs, and injured
the woman internally so that she died on
the LIST inst. Williams, who is about 80
years of sge and the father of nine chill
dren, was quietly arrested and placed in Jail
before the crime was known to the public.
VIM. NJ. Pierce, laborer on a construc-
tion train of the Chicago and Alton road,
was shot and killed at Glasgow, No., on the
I'd instant, by John Convers, another labor
er. The murder is said to have been unpro.
voked.
Two tramps created disturbance in sa.
loon at Columbia city, Ind, on the 2cth
ult. An officer appeared, when one of the
tramps fred at him, missing the officer, but
killing his tramp's partner.
On the 30th ult., farmer named Davis,
living near Beebe, Ark, had dispute
with his stepson, Jackson Parker.
In whipping the boy he broke
two of his ribs. The boy went to
the field where his brother was working,
when Davis soon followed. They all fought,
during which Davis received severe cut
from a hatchet, and cut each of the boys
dangerously with knife.
Joseph A. Blair, paying teller of the
Merchants National bank, New York, shot
his coachman, John Armstrong, dead, at
Mount Clair, on the 1st inst. Blair is in
Jail.
Dock Howell was shot by his brother.in'
law. named Ware, at Castroville, Tex, on the
30th. Ware received two shots from Howell
before committing the deed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10

Mrs. Henry Laroe and sister jumped from
train at Turner's, N. Y, on the Sd inst
The former, bride, was instantly killed,
and the latter: aged II, injured seriously.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10

WHEN a New Jersey mosquito enters
a mans sleeping room his first impression
is that there is brass band under his
window, and that he is called on for
speech.- Uncle Sam.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
ae>ator,.l sub.(,ommittees,

The Kansas subcommittee will consist of
Senators Saulsbury, Bailey, Vance, Cameron,
of Wisconsin, and Logan. They will com.
mence their labors in, Kansas during the
latter part of September. The Louisiana
subcommittee will be composed of Senators
Hill, of Georgia, and Houston "a its Demo.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10

While driving at Philadelphia on the
25th instant, Mrs. Mcfarland and her broth
er, John J. Graham, were thrown from
their carriage, the horses running away.
Mrs. Garland was killed and her brother
dangerously wounded.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Another RfpikQ

This time the spinners of Fall River,
Mass, will test powers of endurance with
their employesby striking for higher wages.
Both sides are firm, and the lockout prom.
ises to be protracted one.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10

At meeting of nail manufacturers, held
at Wheeling, W. Va, on the 30th. the price
OF nails was advanced to two dollarc and
ten cents, card rates, equivalent to an ad.
vance of ten cents per keg on present card
rates.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Peace Deslrpa2

Lord Chelmsford and Cetywayo are nego.
tlating for peace, and strong hopes are en-.
tertained of a successful issue. The Brit.
ish forces are disgusted aud disheartened
with war.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Drowned.

A party OF six gentlemen left Port Col.
borne on the 4th in small boat, bound for
Buffalo, and have not been heard from
since. 1t is feared the craft is lost with all
hands. There names are: John Scottish,
Isaac Dayton Thomas Conroy, Ed. Henley,
jr., Joseph Mcfarland and John Mooney.
At Bohemian picnic at St. Paul, on the
Missouri Pacific road, panic occurred
among party of bathers, and two of them
B. Kubilck and John Drozda-were drown.
ed.
In hurricane on the river Doubs,
France, steamer with ffty.three passen
gers was sunk. Only FIVE were saved.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
ReCOncflel.

Alexander II. Stephens and Ben. Hill,
who have not spoken to each other for
about twenty years, made up and buried
their old animosities on the LIST inst. Mr..
Stephens challenged Mr.. Hill years before
the war, but the latter declined to meet him
on the field of honor and in doing so said !:
Il have family to protect and soul to
save, and you have neither" From that
day until yesterday the two southrens
never exchanged word.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Polo PrRcfice.

u: d. V. Altman, son of Buffalo, N. Y,
banker, while at polo practice on the 5th
inst, was thrown from his horse and in
jured so badly that he died next day.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Obituary..

Rev. DR.. Jay s. Backus, .ormer secretary
OF the American Baptisf. aome society, died
at Croton, N. Y, on '..ne I'D inst, aged 70.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Another Blizzard.

A severe gale, accompanied with rain,
hail and lightning, visited the northwest on
the evening Of the Sd inst. Minnesota is
the greatest sufferer and the damage to
property, crops, etc is immense. At Vasa,
Goodhue county, seven persons were killed
and thirty injured by the falling Of build.
ing. At Mountain Lake, Lawrence Lawless
was killed by lightning. At Winnebago
City, Mrs. Nathaniel Stevens received
fatal stroke Of lightning. Every town in
the south and east portion suffered more or
less, but details are wanting. Red Wing
puts in claim of 100000 damage.
At Warrentown, Wis, a house was carried
away by the food with four persons who
were drowned-Wml. Rush, wife and daugh-
ter, the latter young lady nineteen years
of age. Another young lady, daughter Of
Jno. Davis, Of Rush River, was drowned in
her house, which was flooded with water to
the depth OF several feet.
At Elkhorn, d. T., three dwellings were
totally wrecked and many barns and stables
overturned. The only person injured as far
as known was Mrs. Woods, whose head and
limbs were badly bruised by the turning
over of her house.
Ten miles northeast of Lemars, Iowa, two
young men named Kass were killed. They
saw the storm was coming and ran into a
barn for shelter, when the wind struck the
building with terrible force completely de-
molishing it and crushing them to death in
the ruins.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
AonASl0nta1Vvs a

George Richardson, c-sed 64, while mark.
ing target range at Medford, Mass, on the
5th inst, was r'not dead by his nephew,
Horace Richardson.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Tho Big bore Comnlete,,.

/ After ten years of ceaseless labor, day
and night, and the expenditure of millions
OF dollars, the Sutro tunnel is completed.
The pumps were started on the 3Oth ult.,
and the water will soon be lowered in the
long drowned.out mine. The successful
elimination of the great scheme was cele.
brated in hilarious manner by the inhab.
itants of the Washoe river region and Car.
son valley.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Financially Embarrassed.
Michael Brothers, wholesale liquor teal.
ers, San Antonio, Te xas, closed on Il 20 3Oth.
Liabilities $1,000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
M0rtnafy Statistics,

AAVGSSan&y OGU1lDt1S0s
From various causes 1O5 lives were lost
on steamboats, the past 10 months, against
2l2 the preceding II. During the past IL
months, 81 lives were lost by accidents on
shore, previous 12 months AZ. In 1875 the
number of lives lost on steamboats, was COZ;
in 1876, S94; in 1877, 224; in 1878, 202. A
steady decline is attributed to the increas.
ing efficiency of the steamboat inspection.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
GhioaQQ.

CHICAGO, July 7.-1:30 P. M.-Flour-
Dull, but steady choice Minnesotas at so
@525; fair to good Minnesotas AZ $4.25@
AIS; fair to good springs at$S.75@4:@; low
double extras, in sacks, $3.s5@ 30; export
extras, in sacks, $3.5o@4.o0. Wheat-More
active and higher; 9SAc bid for July; 94%c
for August; 92%c for September. Corn
Firmer at S6H@36Nc bid for July; 1910
bid for August; 37A@37Xc bid for Sep.
tember. Oats-32%c bid for July; 1880
2ohc bid for August; 27Hc for September.
Rye-At sic for cash or July; SOC bid for
August. Barley-Nominal. Pork-Quiet
at 1921 for seller August; $l0.O2H for
seller September. Lard-Dull at $6.07h
asked for seller July; $6.15@6.l7H for seller
August; $622H bid for seller September:
Whisky-At $1.05. aogs-Receipts 1900
head; dull common to choice light s.. 75@
1856; heavy to shippers $3.70@3.80. Cattle
Quiet; receipts $500 head.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Political Nn1Aa

Gov. Garcellon was renominated by &C.
clamation by the Maine Democratic state
convention on the list inst.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
PilgeimAxA.

Pilgrimage.
Five hundred French Canadians are max.
ing pilgrimage from New Hampshire to
the shrine at Stane De Beaupre, near Quebec.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Entl1le0 IN "~pH nrspl

Entitled 10 Half u Million,
me a''orn' y general decides that Captain
Eads Is e~Atitled to half million dollars,
Tor 20 foot channel at the passes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
Measures Passed by Congress at the
Late Extra session.

Late Extra session.
Summing up the routine work of the
extra session, the following are found to be
the principal measures passed: For the
construction OF a refrigerating ship, and
for the disinfection of vessels to prevent
the Introduction into the United States of
contagious diseases; changing the law re.
lating to vinegar factories; the army appro.
priation bill (vetoed); to prevent military
interference ut elections (vetoed); the leg
islative appropriation bill (vetoed); to ex.
change subsidiary silver coins for legal
tenders, and to make them legal tender to
the extent of $40; to authorize the District
Of Columbia to redeem certain funded
Indebtedness not 365s in s per
cents; to procure a site for post
Office in Baltimore; the legislative appro.
priation bill; the judicial expenses bill
(vetoed); the army appropriation bill; to
provide for the appointment of Missis.
sippi river commission; the judicial ex.
penses bill additional postofice appropria-
ton bill; providing for fling vacancies in
the United States engineer corps;> the
marshals' appropriation bill (vetoed), and
to authorize the release of certain lands of
the United States to the state of New York.
Among the joint resolutions adopted the
following are important: In relation to
the Australian international exhibition in
1879 and 1880; authorizing the secretary of
the navy to place vessels and hulks at tho
disposal of the quarantine commissioners.
Congress passed ffty:six public acts, twenty
four joint resolutions and eight private acts.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10

Kicked to Death by u Mule,
A young man named Joseph Egerton Was
kicked to death by q mule on farm three
miles west of Terre Haute, Ind, o.n the 9th
inst
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
THE MARKETS.
Reported by CHANDLER Brown 4 Co., Commits
sion Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
New York.


NEW YORK, July 800 P. M.-Cotton-
Quiet and unchanged. Flour-Quiet and
without decided change; receipts $1,000
bbls; sales 5000 bbls; extra state at $500
@4.10; extra western at $3.90@4.20; rye
-four quiet. Wheat-Shade 6rmer; receipts
141, 900 bus; sales 10000 bus; No. white
seller July at $1.14H. Rye-Dull and heavy
at 60@6lc for western; 63@64c for state and
Canada. Corn-Quiet but firm; receipts
26l 900 bus; sales 10000 bus at 4O@43Hc
for western mixed. Barley-Dull and nom.
inal. Oats-Firm and quiet; receipts II 900
bus; sales q, 900 bus at S7@39c for mixed
western; 38@42c for white. Pork-Dull
and unchanged. Beef-Steady and un-
changed. Lard-Easier at $685.. Butter and
Cheese Unchanged. Whisky-At $1.05H.
Sugar-Unchanged. Eggs-At 9@13c. Pc
troleum-Crude at 2Lc; refined at 7c.
Tallow w-Unchanged.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10

TEO. L. LEWIS,
" PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Has located permanently in Austin for the
practice of his profession, Office at w. w.
Mobiles drug store. References: W. T. Will
kins, Of Mower Co. Bank; o. w. Shaw, Pt
1st National Bank; Z. H. Sherwin, r. X. House.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
TOIIN KENT,

From his new Grocery Store at RAMSEY, sup
plies the surrounding comm; unity with every
thing needed in his line Of ira de-. Goods first
class. Prices low. Give me u eau.
, 1879-07-27
NOT YBLLOW-FEVER.
A Scare at Ridgeland.

, scare Ut ftuHeianu.
Through some unexplained manner q report
was circulated yesterday that there was
genuine case OF 'sYellow-Jac1" ut Ridgeland,
and few persons interested In that suburb
which is about seven miles west of the city on
the Galena Division Of the Northwestern Rail-
way-were considerably worked up about the
matter. a TRIBUNE reporter Cleaned some in
formation In the city about the alleged case OF
vel!ow-fever, and then went out to Ridgeland
to get at the real facts OF the matter. As he
aIighted from the train the reporter met
Dr. Milton JAY, the wcl1-known Eclectic
physician, and divining ct once that
the Inter had an urgent case OF some
kind, asked him If he had yellow-fever case on
hand. The Doctor smiled audibly, and said,
"Btess you, no; where did you get such re-
port2" The reporter told him Of the rutnors,
aud DR.. Jay invited him to go right along and
see the patient, q young man OF about II years.
pleasant, shady residence near the railroad de-
pot, kindly and well cared for by his inother
and father.
After tue Doctor: had examined his patient
and given thcnccessarY directions 70 his parents
regarding the remedies prescribed Tor MN, he
pronounced him conyalescing, and said be
looked for his speedy recovery. The
patient was then informed Of the rumors con
corning him. and stoically remarked that II ne
hau had yellow-feycr he would not have been
lying there for the past two weeks, as ne had
done. Hc was anxious to know how the rumors
about him got into circulation, and was Inform
cd that 1t was probably owing to the TACT that
he had been IN Memphis. His father stated
that he had been" on business IN tnat elty IN
June last, but left there July !, before there
Jay said ne was suffering from typho- -malarial
fever. and had been very Ill. he hao olhe1
patients who were Ill from the same cause, and
there was not the slightest reason for saying
, 1879-07-27

to shoot him, and Mrs. Hoover threw an a2 III
Mrs. .Rsinhart. ! was told that"
'You cut one OF t'iru!"
"Oh! no, sir. | hadn't time"
ttDidu't you have Hnifc:" .........
"No, sir. have knife that cut my corns
with, md we had 1t cutting onions; aud tic
policeman found it in the bureau. He says 1t
looked as if it had been vet. 1t might be, be"
cause after I cut my corns wiped it with
towel.''
Hanlau here offered to show the reporter the
cut corns, but, not liking onions, he declined to
"You hadn't the knife with you at the
timeln
''No; sometimes had. ANYBODY is liable to
carry jacklznifc In his pockets"
!" and you don't know why the HooVers as
saulted you2''
mo, only because am Irish and 4 Catholic
and they are not. don't know OF any other
reason. never hurt one Of them, or anything
aware, to kill me, and only for my vile and Mr
Relnhart they would have done it,,
"Has your wife ever had any words with
them9"
them. never bother with the nclghbors unless
they bother me-"
"wERE Tou DRuNK2"
"Oh, no, sir; you can see am sober.n
"Who do you thnk stabbed Charley
''l think Billy did it, accidentally, when he
struck at me. II he didn't, Pete did, because
he has cleared out.''
"Didn't you strike any onea"
*'Whcn tried 10 get up struck out with my
fists, and may hare struck one or two Of them
with the lamp.n
Haulan said further that he worked at Crime
Bros.' foundry, and that this was the first time
he had ever been in iail. While his injuries are
not serious, his appearance indicates that he bad
been pretty roughly handled.
, 1879-07-27
MELODIES OF MEMORY.

tender sadness dwells within The olden songs you
sing
subtle pahos fingers in their evry gentle strain:
Forgotten days they bring again to mem'ry; to tue
They bring regrets that waken only bitterness and
pain.
Yet love the songs you sing to nc, aud would
not 1t l could
Forget the happy melodies 20 dear in days OF yore;
Their music. though it saddens. lends q power to
sooth the wound,
And rekiales ali tas passion OF. my lite's bright
Then sing those olden songs again, and here TIL
cit and dream
The dreams those strains awaken-dreams too hal-
lowed long to last
Ard I'll fancy tits her voice that breathes those
symphonies OF love
That fall upon my ear tonight like echoes from
the p1st.
I'll fancy ''tts her touch that wakes each we'll
remembered chord
Whose mournful cadence drifts aud dies upon the
Nights soft breath;
I'll dream that she is with me-that her spirit has
returned
To earthly hopes and gIadness from the sable halls
Of Dcath..
Then wake those tender songs again, those glad-
some songs OF old;
Their simple strains of happiness are sWeeter far
to me
Than the grandest notes that ever, by famed prima
Thrilled soul with all the rapture Of perfect
ecstasy.
'tTltE MArLEs.'' :. OWEN II. WILSON.
, 1879-07-27
DROP LETTERS.


4 correspondent writes to The TRIBUNE In
regard to the delay In the distribution Of drop
letters. He complains with some Justice that
not enough collections are made from the sta
tions, and suggests that the Postmaster take
some measures to remedy this evil. There is
great foundation for these complaints, but it
is difficult to see how it can be OBJ
waited without decided increase in the work
ing force. At present, in some of the outlying
districts where only TWO daily delivery trips are
made, letter posted at, say a. m., does not
reach the station until about noon, as the car
rier Is obliged to carry bis collections with him
haps several hours. In case this letter is ad-
dressed to another division it must be sent
through the main Office, and reaches its destina-
tion in the evening. 4 letter mailed at the box
mentioned above, shortly after the collection is
made, would be 1t least tventy;four
it is addressed With the present force
Of carriers it is difficult to see how
the system can be much improved. A. present,
collections arc made from the West Side station
for the main office six times daily, IRON the
North Side station five times, and from the
south, southwest and northwest stations four
times day. 1t Is anticipated that there Will be
a slight increase in the force within short
time, In which case one delivery trtD vii 90
added in the business. section OF the North Side,
and one more collection daily be made from the
north station. The rest Of the increased force
will be required to keep no the efficiency Of the
service at its present status owing to the large
increase in the number OF letters carried
Mr.. J. n. Hubbard has proposed plan to the
Department which he homes will DO away with
q great deal OF the delay at present experienced.
He proposes to have boxes located at frequent
intervals on the principal tboroughfares in each
division, aud Keep carrier constauly employed
III collecting from these boxes, which, lying IN q
Cjrect ro11e can be eu1ptied at very short inter-
yals Of time without much extra pedestrian
labor The other boxes would be collected as
usual. In case one were In hurry with letter,
one could then put it,,tnto c box, without going
afG sbe the pbc viii @ haV
to be contented with things as they now are, tor
Postmaster Palmer can afford no better 1acili-
ties with his present force.