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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-10-23

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ssadsy vie tie rev steam works ABe
L sssuea ,e work very uisly. We hsve
ne aouta tl.sl d wili prsvs 70 be- 80
cess
-AsoshsF oomrade VS. s6ded 70 Dad.
isy Poet, No. 3, q. A. r.. On saturday
eFsniaK. Oct ish, and stia there Is
roasn for more, Cone %, cd veterans,
come on
-James Conrey, ayoang mah who was
Al uofk Al tbe chair shops, cut HE band
very badly or plauero on TUESDAY moTr.
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gers
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-10-23

ian bonesi man here hes ntfest
As ere God Eith his image blessed
fhs Trend n nsn. Abe fnsnd Of truth.
The itisna 81 sse I'd guide Of youth,
fs~ hearts me bis wtth virtue warmed.
Esu heads wiih knowledge 20 Informed.
II there's snothor world be lee ia bhEs,
II lhafs hoas he's saade the beat q this
LAxDGRoyE.
"a Thomson raised vlrom - acres
OF land I75 Bushels OF oats, seed bashels.
They were ,hreshed by Davis aud Adams
Of Peru who are second to none In The
business. Try item kod see.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
The Devils Bible.

There is in the Royal Library at Stock.
holm ar immense manuscript, which,
when open, covers about square yard of
surface, and requires two or three men
to lift it. It consists of 800 leaves of
thick parchment, probably of asses skin,
and contains the Old Testament, the
Antiquities and Jewish wars of Josephus,
the New Testament, curious picture Of
the devil, the Origines of 1sidore, .
medical work Of Johannicius Johannes
Alexandrinus; and other miscellaneous
matter. It belongs to small Benedictine
monastery at Podzalic, in Bohemia, and
tradition asserts that it was written one
night, with the DEVILS help, by an i'm.
prisoned monk. The date Of it's tran
scription may be ascribed to the period
between 1924 and 1889. Later in the
sixteenth century it was taken to Prague,
whence it was carried off BY the swedes
ia the last year Of the thirty Year, war,
(1648. Since then il has bean il IT.
present home *.3; & ss. 5.j ],
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18

of coast Notifications, including heavy gun,
and howitzers, powder, etc, have been iu
creased by the sum of 500, 200, so that item
Of the present bill amounted 10 1925, 900, il
place of SIZE, 900, ~ last year. The estimate
of the chief Of ordnance for that
service had been $1,O67,O0O. The
secretary of war had reduced that estimate
to $500, GOO, and the committee had reduced
it to $225, coo. The increase in the appro.
priation was for the purpose Of converting
smooth.bore cannon into riAed gune. An
amendment appropriating $5O,0C0 for bat
teries for the defense of Galveston harbor
wss adopted and the bill passed ...... The
house then went into committee of the
whole on the pension appropriation bill. 1t
appropriates 81, ,424 900, as against $29, 1885,.
600 last year. The increase had been ne.
cessitated by the large increase in the mum.
Der of pensioners during the last year. The
bill was passed ...... After a session in com.
mittee Of the whole on the private calen.
dar, the house adjourned till Monday.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Self Murder.

Charles W. Merritt, near relative OF
Gen. Merritt, late lieutenant of Tenth cav.
airy, but dismissed by general court martial,
committed suicide in his room at the Com
mercial hotel, Santa Fe. On the night of the
18th, by shooting himself through the head.
Rev. W. H. Pledge, recently sppointed 1T
the Methodist conference in Augusta, 10
take charge of the church in Atlanta, Ca,
committed suicide at the Markham house,
Atlanta, on the 18th, by cutting his throat.
He wa3 a minister of prominence ard
leaves family.
A student named Hutchinson at Hobsrt
College, Geneva, N. Y, attempted some'
thing new in the suicide business. He got
upon table and placed his mouth over a
burning gas jet, clenched his teeth upon
the burner, and, becoming unconscious,
fell to the floor. He was from Chicago.
Miss Mary Kessell committed suicide at
Newport, KY, on the 9Th inst by drowning
herself in cistern.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
London SCOT.

SCOT is valuable enough to be adulter.
ated. Chimney sweeps say that the
value of bushel of SCOT and the cost of
the quarter loaf always tally. just now
this happens to be the case; but am
not sure about the "always." Owing
to the amount of sulphate of ammonia
it contains. SCOT used to be exported in
considerable quantities to the West In
dian sugar plantations, and it is still q
valuable manure at home. Sheep and
cattle feed greedily on pasture that SCOT
has fertilized, and it imparts markedly
fright green to grass and grain. From
it, NOR over, bistre is manufactured, and
coloriug matter for paper.hangings.
Like pyroligneous acid, ii has been used
for the curing of meat, and with simi:
lar efect-the imparting to the preserved
provision = taste a. if it had been
smoked. The best SCOT il said to be that
swept from kitchen chimneys, we'll im.
pregnated with hospitAble fumes.-
Good Wo do, ....-..,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
A Potent Magician.

There was q party in Rockland, enc
evening lately, and man from Thomas.
ton, who was present for the purpose Of
amusing the guests, offered to perform a
sleight-of. hand trick with an egg, as he
had witnessed it at a public entertain
ment. The egg was produced by the
hostess. The young man took the fruit
in his hand, and then it suddenly occur
red to him that he had forgotten how the
trick was performed. BE stood before
the guests, looking like silent allegory
of misery, until in fit of anguished
absent. t.mindedness he unconsciously
pressed the egg a triae too firmly with
bis kand. 1t wasn't young egg by any
means. Ono. 1t was old and staid and
sedate, and 10 very powerful that the
company wondered, as they rushed out
of the room and thrust their heads from
the windows for fresh air, how the young
man possibly could have broken thing
80 strong. They cleaned Oft the Thomas
ton young man by dragging him over th'
grass by Els heels. .-Roekland Courier.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18

NEW YORK, December 1888 2. NJ
Cotton-.-Nominal at 1870. Flcnr-Quiet; ;
receipt % COO bbls; sales 1O, 600 bbls at $6 90
@6 50 for common to extra western; hoop
unchanged; rye flour firm at 1915. Wheat
AT H@1c lower; receipts 3,coo bus; sales
10000 bus; No. white seller December
at 81 53A. Rye-Qu;et at 96G97c Corn
Dali; receipts 16. 600 hus; Gales 10000 bus
Ca:s9Duii; receipts 1900 Jus; ~ sales tSS Ss.:
0G0 bus at 49@6,c for mixed western; 5l@
5412c for white. Pork-Dull ut 1926. Beet
Quiet. Lsrd-Essier at 37.95. Butter and
Cheese--U Unchanged. Whisky-At $l.l7@
1.1S. Sugar and Eggs Unchanged. Petro.
leum-Crude unchanged; refined at 8Ac.
Tallow-Unchanged. Coal-Dull. Leather
Steady. Wool-Firm.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Chicago.

CHICAGO, December 13-1:3O P. M
Wheat-Ucss't'sd and generally lower
closing firm ct $1.30H for cash; $l32 for
seller January; $l.23H fer seller February.
Corn Opened weak and closed firm at 4lc
for cash; 4lc for seller January; 4736c for
seller May. Oats-Weak at 35c for cash
and seller January; $3.50 tor seller Feb.
ruary: 4Oc for seller May. Rye--At 100
unsettled at SIS 90 for cash; 1890 for seller
January; $l3 42A for seller February.
Lard--Heavy and lower at $40 for cash ;
$3.50 for seller January; $7.62N for seller
Fe bruary. Whisky-At $l.12. Hogs-Re.
ceipts 1S.CG0 head quiet, firm and shade
higher; light at $4,000 IS: heavy packing
at 81 5 '@4 rs; shipping at $4,000 85. Cat.
tle--Receipts 1900 head; steady.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
A Village Destroyed.

The town of Red Rock, Pa, was destroy d
by FIRE on the evening of the 10th inst, aud
over three hundred families rendered home.
less. Oil well No. had been cleaned, pre-.
paratory to torpsdoing and was left open.
Superintendent Mason passed by with a
lantern and the gas ;gnited and set fire to
the rig. The we'll made a How and burning
oil ran down the hill to a $50 barrel tank
which caught fire. The Ere communicated
with 25,0Q0 barrel iron tank which was
soon in blazs and burned steadily until 5
o'clock on the morning of the 11th. Rivers
of oil flowed down the valley and through
the main street of Red Rock, burning all the
business and private houses in the town.
A dense black cloud hung over all the sur.
rounding country, and nothing but black.
ened beams end smoking ruins showed
the site of what had been not long before
thriving village. Pecuniary loss 5000, 900.
Insurance light.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
The Latest Murders.

Charles Brockman, a con Of prominent
Cincinnati grocer, shot and fatally wound
ed VIM. Burke, on the 18th, after an en-.
counter in which Burke and his friends he'd
fallen upon Brockman and beaten him
severely.
Awakened by the barking of dogs John
Irving, colored expressmau, living on
Third avenue, Chicago, proceeded to his
barn about one O'Clock or the morning of
the 9th inst, and was shot twice and in.
stantly killed by murderer, who was heard
running along tue path back of the house.
Ga the morning OF the 9TH inst, the farm
house of Richard and VIVA. Needham, near
London, Ont, was entered by masked burg
lars who stcle $500 and probably fatally
dubbed the Needhams.
Two deaths occurred on the last voyage
of the ship Cashmere, now at Boston, from
it is:alleged illtreatment by the officers, who
are now under arrest.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18

"WHERE did you get that bad butter!"
asks the Sioux City, (Iowa) man. And
his wife is 30 situated as to be enabled
to reply: "Over to that corner grocery
mans Then the wife,
whom he never before supposed to be .
profane woman, has to explain to her
critical lord and master that she wasonly
giving the name Of the grocery. keeper
nnn, Linn % - r. = - -. .=.'.: r:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
milwaukee,,

MILWAUKEE, December 1850 P. M
Flour-Quict but firm; common spring at
$5.6o@5 rs; good to choice at $6.0U@675.
Wheat-Active and irregular; seller Jan.
uary at 81 29I@1.30H; seller February at
$1.3lA@l 321z; No. cash at $1.31; No.
hard ut 1882: No. 2 at $l.29@1.29H; No.
at $l.14H; No. 4 at $l.O7H@1,C9. Corn
Dull at 1870: new at $50. Oats-Tame
at 34A@35c for No. 9. Barley-Essier; No.
2 sold at 75@76c; No. 3 at 55c: extra No.
at 624@62Ac. Rye-Dun at 78c. Pork
Tams nt $l3.26 Cash: $i3 % seller January
aud $!3.45 seller February. Lard-Quiet a:
S750@S GO for steam and kettle. Hogs
Lower atS4 37H@4 90.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18

down stairs, and the two Gi]lis children
were also injured. Ten horses, several
carriages and about one hundred bales Of
cotton was destroyed. Loss about $4,000;
partly insured.
The Touring mill of Sam Hill & Co.,
Athens, Ill. burned on the 9Th inst. Loss
$4,000.
The main chapel of the Wesleyan Chapel,
London, was much injured by fire on the
9Th inst, and the historic building, Wes.
ley's Morning Chapel, was gutted. Yves.
ley's pulpit was saved. The beautiful fres.
coed ceiling is irreparably injured, and
great doubts are entertained whether the
roof can be restored.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Failed,

Fleishman, sichel 4 Co., hardware de al
ers, at San Francisco, CAL, have made an
assignment. Liabilities about $4,000; as-
sets $4,000. A defalcation by an abscond.
ing bookkeeper caused the embarrassment.
7. B. Simpson & Co., pork packers of
East Greenbush, N. Y, have made general
assignment for the benefit Of their creditors,
Liabilities reported heavy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
A Foolish Father.

A most distressing accident occurred al
Otterville, Buchanan county, six miles
northwest of Independence, Mich, ON the
9th inst, by which German named Weissr,
while playfully aiming q supposed empty
revolver at his little two.year-old child, &C.
cidentally discharged the weapon, the con
tents entering the child's heart and passing
entirely through the body.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Heroes Rewarded.

On the 9Th inst. Queen Victoria received
at Windsor Castle the officers and men who
distinguished themselves in the Zulu war
and conferred the Victoria cross and othe,
decorations on one corporal and three pri
Yates of the Rorke's Drift garrisons. Gen.
erals Newdigate, Crealock and Pearson and
other South African commanders attended
the ceremonies.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18

BY an explosion of dynamite at Tangier,
N. s., on the 10th inst, George Ferguson,
his son James and nephew Joseph Fergu-
son were instantly killed.
By the explosion of gas in sewer at
Oakland, Csl., on the 10th, several houses
were wrecked and boy named Johnny
Leach badly burned.
A boiler accident occurred aboard the
British war ship Pelican, by which three
persons were killed and q number injured.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Attempted Assassination.

An attempt was made at Calcutta, on the
18th inst, to assaasinate Lord Lytton, the
viceroy. Two shots were fred at him while
he was being escorted from the railway sta.
ton by his staf. The would.be assassin
was captured,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Fire, water and SMOKE.

A two story brick livery stable, occupied
BY ]. Gillis, in Little Rock, Ark, burned on
the morning Of the 14th inst, together with
9 cotton compress adjoining. Mrs. ellis
was sufocated. Her husband received
painful injuries b jumping from awindow,
q 1Esnan wasdangslously isjursd 81 falling
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
RAhQAhA1-

Intelligence has been received that Pra
Peecha, son.in.law of Thomas G. Knox, late
British political agent and consul general
at Bangkok, has been barbarously beheaded
at Pechim, Siam, and that Pra Peecha's
father and brothers have been imprisoned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
nRn IN AaH ,


At New Castle, N. B., on the 18th inst,
May Williston, daughter of Judge Willis.
ton, and jamie Watt, daughter of c. C.
Watt, shipbuilder, broke through the ice
while skating and were drowned.
Mrs. Neault and two children were
drowned in North Nation river, Can., on the
18th.
At q point thirteen miles north of Nash.
will, Tenn, on the 10th inst, the dam on an
ice pond broke and torrent of water swept
down on cottage occupied by the McCroy
family. McCroy, with two of his children
in his arms and leading third, the young.
est, and followed by his wife, ATTEMPTED
to wade through the food from his house.
which was surrounded by water to the depth
OF six feet Floating timber of old ice
houses knocked the little boy out of his
fathers arms and tore the little girl from
his grasp and they were drowned. McCrov
and wife and their remaining child escaped.
Wash. Winans (colored) was drowned at
Cairo, ILL.,, on the 10th inst, by his team
backing into the river.
A Halifax dispatch Of the ssh SAWS
" Michael Wraylon, of Emerald 1sle, bis
daughter Cassie, his son Lowell, and man
named Jacob Sears Of Woods Harbor, loft
shsg Harbor in smell shallop for Pubnico
to attend church the vessel foundered on.
te1ing Argyle sound all drowned"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
RuRmell In neAfIp

Five Cinnamon were burned to death at
Lovelocks, New, on the 11tl., They were in
stupor from opium at the time.
A tollgate house near Rochester, New
York, burned on the 10th inst, and the
keeper and infant child perished in the
flames.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Havden NOt l1nilfv,

In the case Of Hayden, charged with the
murder of Mary stannard, on trial:;a Wor.
eester, Mass, the jury returned a verdict
Of "not guilty." The verdict was received
with loud cheers. The prisoner wept like a
child.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Foret0D,

LIVERPOOL, December III 80 P. M
Wheat advance l penny per GENITAL Gil
round and bstter tone. Cargoes advanced
six pence per quarter. Country markets a
shade higher.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Severe Weather

Great Britain and the continent are ex.
perienc,ng very severe weather. Heavy
snow falls arereported throughout Germany
and Austrian Switzerland, and from Paris
Madrid, Brussels, Florence, Bologna, Milan,
Genoa, Venice, Verona and Rome. AT
Nantes, the river Loire il frozen. The
municipality of Paris has voted five hundred
thousand francs for the relief of tho poor;
On tie 9th the thermometer indicated five
degrees above zero in Paris, and in some Of
the suburbs six degrees below. The Seine
is frozen.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
A Missouri Blissord

A very severe wind storm passed over the
town Of Reny, Randolph county, No., on
the 9th inst. The residence of Byrd Ryle
was torn tospieces, every member of the
family being more or less injured and Mr..
Ryle fatally. The house of Joe Patrick was
blown down, and Mrs. Wright, visitor,
fatally hurt. The dwelling of Noah Burk.
head was torn to pieces, and Mrs. Burkhead
was seriously wounded. Several other
houses were considerably Injured, and
fences, grain stacks, trees, etc., DESTROYED.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18

TaE foolish virgin on the train sitteth
demure and quietly in her seat, but the.
wise one flirteth with the cond ductor and
passeth free Of charge.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18

with vengeance Hakim Khan repaired to
the country Of the Kirghiz who had desert
ed his command, which he ravaged and
then started for Russian territory laden With
booty, but the Chinese from Tashkourgan
overlook him on tho 21st of September in
the Kilel.Art defile and slew 1000 of his
men,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
The Lost Found,

The ship Caliope arrived at New York on
the 10th inst. She picked up the missing
boat of the foundered bsak Edith with the
captain and four seamen. They were
previously reported lost.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
A N0w Rnnnm xa

Uranium, mineral found in Bohemia,
but never before in this country, so far as
known, has been discovered in the Sacra.
mento mining district in Colorado. The
ore runs 60 per cent uranium, worth about
81 600 per ton.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
RmRfAA AllKA,

AT Plattsmouth, Neb., on the 11th inst,
near new railroad being constructed, a
bank caved in upon ten or twelve men.
Three men were taken out dead and seven
badly injured.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
An0fflAe lnnnsla afin,, In, Hunua.-

AnOtneF lnundat1On In Hungary.
A Pesth dispatch ssys six villages
have been ruined by floods near Arad.
Many entire families who had found refuge
in neighboriDg woods were frozen to death.
Several hundred persons are missing.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Our New Secretnrv OF War

On the 10Th inst, the president sent to the
senate the nomination Of Alexander Ram
sey, of Minnesota, for secretary of war.
Without reference to any committee the
nomination was unanimously confirmed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
AArtu0 Dfs0afera.

The captain and crew of the bark War
rem Hastings, which lost two men, washed
overheard in gale, landed on the 10th
inst, at Falmouth, Eng. The vessel wal
from Lisbon for Philadelphia, and foundered
in gale lasting from the 10Th to tho ls:h oi
November.
The fishing schooner Andrew Liehton, Of
Gloucester, Mass, with fishing crew of II
men, is believed to have been lost in the
recent gale.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Deaths DO1nK8,

Hon. John NJ. Elmunds, postmaster at
Washington, D. c., died on the l4th inst.
Ex.member of congress Amos Turck died
at Exeter, N. H., on the 18th inst.
Jon Sigur Disson, an Icelandic savant, is
dead.
DR.. Enoch Cable Wines died at Cam.
bridge, Macs on the 11th inst.
Brevet Major Rosencrans, of the Six.
teenth United States infantry, died at Fort
Riley, Mo-, on the 9TH, and was buried with
military honors. During the civil war he
was an aide.de camp at the army of the
Potomac headquarters.
John s. Cuttings, a Baltimore banker, died
on the Sth inst, aged 50 years. He was
worth several millions.
Congressman Alfred NJ. Lay, of Missouri,
ia dead
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
The Advance in Paper,

Within a period of sixty days the
prices of print and book papers have
advanced over 80 per cent. Paper that
was being sold in September at St cents
per pound is now put upon the combina-
tion price list at 10 cents per pound.
At meeting Of the Chicago division of
the American Paper Makers association,
held in Chicago on November 25th, the
following prices to dealers in car load lots
were fixed upon:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Killed I'm a Mine,

Killed In q Al0e>
Frederick Hay, John Reckler and boy
named James, were killed on the 18th inst.
by the falling Of top slate in the Forest
colliery, at Pottsville, Pa.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
THE MARKETS.
New York.

Repcrto:i by CHAsDLEB, BROWN 4 Co., Commis
ston Merchants, Milwaukee sn1 Chicago.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
Uncle Aa~ RnhY,a1a

uncle Sam Robbed.
While the Grant procession was passing
the custom house of Cincinnati on the 10th
instant and the clerk temporarily absent,
thieves carried off $500 to s., GOO.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
a llSsastrnua Storn,

4 storm at .Aspinwall damaged the Pacific
Mail Steamship company'a wharf $lC0,0oo,
and tha! CT the Panama Railroad company
$4,000; three hundred and twenty.nine
tons CT coal were lost by vessels sinking.
Some idea of tte violence of the sea may
be gathered from ths fact that the A G
Bonner lost her rudder by her striking the
bottom in six fathoms of water, and her cap.
tain says the sea was heavier than any he
has seen on the banks OF Newfoundland. 1t
i. expected it will be thirty days before
traffic can be fully resumed on the railroad.
The villages Of Gstean and Buena
Vista were swept away, and Bailamono was
partially ruined. In Mataohen many houses
were ruined and in those which remain the
floors are covered with mud. In some
places On the railroad track and in the
streets the mud is foot or two deep.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-18
ATerrlAc Explosion.

AIoFf16C Explosion.
An explosion of three tons of nitro.gly'
cerine and mica powder, on Fox island,
Detroit river, on the 18th, shook and broke
things as if violent earthquake had oc.
CURED. The report of the explosion was
heard forty miles away. At the scene OF
the explosion nothing whatever can be
found of the magazine, but in its stead there
is hole sixty feet in diameter, and fifteen
feet deep, with good number of mica pow.
der cartridges lying around unexploded.
The shock was felt 80 severely at Fletcher,
on the Canada Southern railroad, forty-four
miles away, that people abandoned their
houses in alarm. Fortunately there was
nobody on the island at the time of the ex.
plosion.