Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-05-08
c.H.pAvIDsoN, Proprietor.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Heavy Weather.

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Heavy Weather. 40
The steamer Gsllia, for Liverpool from ~ -;
New York, encountered a gale on the Gath o.
ot April, and was hove-to fifteen hours. 6,
She lost two boats and one seaman. -;
The Public Debt. hi
The debt statement for April shows an in. hi
crease of $19,952. Decrease since June 80,
1873. $7sS,666.615. Cash in treasury, $44S,.
467, 156. he
Another Railroad Sold. co
The Chicago and Pacific railroad was sold pr
at auction at Chicago, on the 1st inst, by co
master in chancery, John H. Wrenn, for til
s9l6,1oo. 1t is said the property is really wi
bought for John l. Blair, Esq. 70
The Earthquake. ~
The official report of the earthquake at ~. ~.
Aiaret, Persia, on the 22d of March, Gays -. 10
that twenty.one villages were totally de. ~
stroyed, and 922 persons, 1850 sheep, 1,125 ~
oxen, 1874 horses and s. camels killed. va =,
New Jerseys Holy City.
Nearly all the saloons and majority of
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closed on Sunday, the 9th, and even the VI
'ale OF New York papers stopped, by agents q,
If the Citizens Protection association. Gu
Preparing to Resist. fv
The Bulgarians, afraid of the province di
being again occupied by Turkish troops, ke
Ire making preparations for resistance. It la
Is runored they mean to oppose and modest bu
aven international 6al;vnito<;or oon,ro;s N
'ions. m,
Killed by the Cars. r.
Eddie CURLY, aged is years, attempted to Il"
teal ride on an outgoing Michigan Cen. w
raj train, at Chicago, on the Sd inst, but ha
ell under the train and the car wheels ran oA
'ver his head, killing him instantly. an
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A Utah Zephyr. e
A terrible wind storm occurred along the q"
Jtah and Northwestern railway, on the Sd -
nst. A freight train near Round Valley, e1.
IDAHO, consisting of sixteen cars, some I'll
oaded with silver bullion, was blown from
he track and some Of them carried dis. DO
ance of fifteen feet. of
I" A Discussion wild Stlchs.' nj;
A serious riot occurred in Cork, ireland, a.
IN the Sd and 4th insts., arising out of ";
Inference between two rival bands. Several ~,
houses were wrecked, a policeman's skull +h
'"c'"Feo ana lorty OK the participants c.
n the melee were treated for scalp wounds. tn
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Gone tn the Wall. -
About two months ago the new Park Ho. ~
tel was opened in fine style, at Columbus, ~,
D., and on the 1st inst. W. D. Horn was ap. ~
pointed receiver, to manage the hotel at the 49,
request of the creditors, who furnished the ~:
building The claims thus far filed appre. ~.
gate about $4,000. M
Burned to Death. IN
The house of John L. Kecgh, at Carbon tn
Hill, Pa, was destroyed by FIRE on the goth,
md son aged II, and a daughter 10, were
burned to death. keogh had his face and n,
land terribly burned in endeavoring to -
'escue his children. His younger child ~
aged FIVE, had his head and arms badly 4,
'corched and its recovery is doubtful. n,
The Doomed City. sp
A violent hurricane atSzegedin, Hungary, ca
IN the 3Oth ult, destroyed the works pre-. MI
Dared for restoring the railway and filing lat
he breaches in the dam. Barges filled with OF
building material and earth were mostly ev
uuk. The storm caused extensive fresh St.
breaches in the railway embankment, and ca
he laborers are in great danger. Relief has ha
,een sent them. do
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AAsAsa ne oaOppeU. alb
The principal matter cons idered at the cit
abinet session On the I'd inst, WAS tho for
threatened invasion of the Indian territory co..
y whites. Late information received bv 6f,
he secretary of the interior, indicates that I'm
ne movement is more formidable than at So
rst stated, parties being formed in various Wa
ortlons OF the country. 1t Undetermined
MS incursioa should be prevented as far as
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A nozso =. m a;.?a fnieves. BOT
ang of horse thieves at the house of one Fl;
lr. Plerson, fourteen miles from Forsythe. T
fancy county, Mo-, on the night of the me
9TH ult. The thieves resisted. and in r.,