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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

ONE of the most notable churches in
the United States is that of st. Michael
at Marblehead, Mass, which was built
in 1706 of material wholly brought from
England. 1t has a reredos, an ancient
chandelier, and pulpit Of a quaint pat
tern. The second rector married the
widow Curtis to Gen. Washington.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

THERE will come to this country from
Russia this year $4,000 Mennonites to
settle in the great west. These people
are German Baptists who have conscien-
tious scruples against fight. Their an
cestors settled in Russia long ago, having
been guaranteed immunity from mill
tary service. That guarantee has been
Withdrawn, hence the exodus.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

GLouoEs1Bn fishermen recently hauled
mn : pitcher Of very ancient and, hand
,some 1,sttern in. Is fathoms of water. It
,was ooyAred with mussels aud contained
: sea clam. and it has been sent to the
national museum ct Wilmington.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
OhIcago.

CHICAGO, January 25-l 80 P. Wheat
i'm good demand and steady at 95c for
cash; 851c' for seller February; $3.50 for
seller March. Corn-Steady at 3OHc for
cash; 1870 for seller March; 31Nc for seller
May. Oats-Weak and lower at 1890 for
cash; 1870 for seller February; zoe for
seller March. Rye and Unchanged.
Pork-Weak and lower 1t 1886 bid for
seller April. Lard-Weak and lower at
1896 bid for cash: ::$6.07H bid for seller
March; $6.17N@6.20 for seller April. Wits.
ky-At $1.N. Hogs-Receipts q, 900 head;
moderately active and 5@10c higher; light
at s3.l5@3.25; packing at $3.10@3.40; ship
ping at 1916.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

The governor of Tennessee in his an
nual message claims that the state debt
cannot be paid until some satisfactory
arrangements can be made to bring it
within the ability of the people to pay.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Senatorial Elections.


I'D. Walker was elected to the United
States senate by the Arkansas legislature on
the Goth inst.
The deadlock in the Wisconsin senatorial
contest ended on the 22d by the election Of
Matt. II. Carpenter.
Both branches of the Illinois legislature
voted for United States senator on the 21st
instant. Gen. John A. Logan received the
entire Republican strength of 100 votes in
both houses, and was elected.
The New York Legislature, on the 21st
instant, elected Roscoe Conkling United
States senator.
The Connecticut legislature elected or.
vile H: Pratt United States senator on tie
21st instant.
Gov. z. P. Vance was the choice of the
North Carolina legislature for the position
OF United States senator. The election was
held on the 21st instant.
Both branches of the Pepnsylvanias leeis-
lature voted for United States senator on
the 21st instant, resulting in the selection
of J. Donald Cameron.
At Tallahassee, Florida, on the 2tst instant
the legislature elected Wilkinson Gali,>
United States senator, to succeed Conover.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Shot BY an 0mcer.

John F. Hickey, restaurant waiter about
10 years of age, stole coat from public
school library at st. Louis, No.; on the oath
inst, and attempted. to escape through an
alley near by. He was pursued by Officer
Hamilton and ordered to halt, but paying
no attention to the command, Hamilton
fred at him, the ball taking effect in the
back, just above the kidneys, passing
through to the front part of the abdomen,
intlicting mortal wound. Hickey was
taken to the hospital.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Fatal Fall

At Cincinnati, on the 22d inst, while
vorkmen were engagedin tearing down the
walls Of P. Wilson & Sons building which
burned some days ago, large portion of the
south wall crumbled away suddenly, pre-.
cipitating two men, Martin Jordan and
Thomas McCrane, into the cellar, distance
of nearly sixty feet. NcCrane was instantly
killed. Jordan died half an hour after.
wards. Both were married and leave fami-
lies.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
MilWAukee.

MILWAUKEE, January $500 P. NJ
Flour-Quiet and unchanged; choice spring
at $4.35@4.50; common to fair at $3.50
3.75. jWheat-Tame; No. cash at SOC;
No. hard at 95Ac; No. 2 at 85%c; No. 5
at 7lc; No.4 at 62Hc; No. seller March at
SIC. Corn-Dull at zoe cash; new 251@c.
Oats-Duli at 100. Rye-Steady at 43c.
Barley-Unsettled No. ct 7Sc; No. 3 at
44c. Pork-Quiet but strong at 1925. Lard
AT $6.00@6.5O. Hogs-At $3.oO@34O;
dressed at s. 65@3.70.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
AOOnahlner8,

Deputy Collector Morris, who had been
raiding in the mountains of West Virginia,
has destroyed three distilleries and $50
gallons Of whisky, had fight with the
moonshiners, in which bullet struck him
in the eye. Two other distilleries are yet to
he raiCled
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

The territory of Alaska has a great
navigable river like the Amazon. 1t is
named the Yukon, and rises in British
America. At point 800 miles from
the sea, the Yukon is more than mile
in width. Unfortunately, this fine
stream is too near the Arctic circle to
be an aid to commerce.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

AMONG the deaths recorded in New
York last year, fifteen were of persons
whose ages at the time of their death
were given at over 100 years. All ex-
cept three of these were natives of Ire
land. OF the remainder, two were born
in New York and one in Maryland.
The best authorities in vital statistics,
however, are slow to believe the stories
of alleged centenarians. Eleven men
and women reported as 100 years and
over died in Philadelphia during 1878.
and 6S6 who had attained the age of 80
and over.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
NEWS IN BRIEF.
ClSaahSa 10 Death.

While William Carothers Yves driving .
team through, The main entry 70 the Cam
bridge, Ohio, coal mines, On the 20th inst,
some ten tons of slate fell upon him crush
ing him to death.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
al TAxnn Rtre0t Fl9ht.

In a street fight with pistols at Austin,
Texas, on the oath inst, Sheriff 7. Wilson,
of Polo county was instantly killed, Ellison
a bystander, dangerously, and another
seriously wounded.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
A Fathers Crime.

Ga the night OF the 23d inst. a well
known farmer named Hull, residing near
Wassonville, Iowa, rose in the night and
with an axe split open the head of his
daughter Emma, aged Is, and Immediately
after shot himself fatally with pistol. No
cause is known; he was unusually fond of
his family.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
T he Plague.

Russian and German medical journals
state that east Europe is in state of alarm
at the rapid progress OF the plague towards
the north and east of Russia, from the Cas-
plan sea along the course OF the Volga.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

TaE work of terrifying the sub.treas.
ury in New York has begun and the
Times describes the plan by saying: The
question of fortifying the sub-treasury
building against an organized raid upon
its millions of treasure in case of riot
or other disturbances, has been sgitated
in government circles for several years
past. Gen. Tower, of the United States
Engineer corps, was ordered to make a
survey of the building and report plan.
He did so, and his suggestions were
adopted. Last year congress voted an
appropriation of $l5, 900 for the purpose,
and work is to be begun under the su-
pervision of Superintendent of, Repairs
jackson. The. windows are all to be
furnished with bullet.proof shutters,
bars and grating Of steel, and heavy
bullet-proof doors are to.replace those
in use at present. Shutters and doors
are to b. pierced for .mnaket1y should
occasion arise to defend The 5bnildiDg
from the isside. The sits are to be
Furnished with movable slides, that can
be fastened when not II use. On the
roof a1e to BE erected .thsee tur1ets Of
steel, similarly pierced. The oentsal
one Is tobs dctagbhal il shape and il TO
DO much larger than the ethlr two.
These viii serve 70 repel attadk1 from
uildfngs and VII also act
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

cluster rings, one nine stones and twSseven
atones, two sets Of studs, one two karata
and the other one and three quarters, and
twenty.four loose >brilliants Weighing alto.
gsther eight karats. Detectives do not b.
lieve the story, and It ID said think that the
money was lost in New Orleans.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

The Cheyenne Indian campaign has
closed for q time at least. At noon on the
22d instant, Captain Vessels with his four
companies of cavalry, overhauled the es.
capped renegade Cheyennes some forty.fve
miles from Fort Robinson, and the work of
capturing them either dead or alive began
in earnest, in fact but % with nine of
that number badly wounded, are alive of
the 40 fugitives that we're in the field, leav.
ing II killed. Captain Vessels was slightly
wounded. The first sergeant of company
E and an Indian scout were also wounded
to an unknown extent. Three of Vessels
command, a sergeant and farrier and one
private were killed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

The boiler in Horn & Raub's single mill,
SIX miles south of Reed City, Michigan, ex-
ploded on the 2lst instant, killing John
Horn, David Cook, David Targware, and
badly wounding II. G. Merchant, Aaron
Horn and Martin Gebhart. All the killed
and wounded reside and leave fami]ies in
Schuylkin county, Pa. The mill was com.
pletely riddled, and is total loss. The
cause of the explosion is. unknown, but it is
supposed to have been q defective boiler.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

Mr.. FRED MArHER, the wellknown
pisciculturist, is editing very interest
lug fishing department. in the Chicago
Field. In a recent article he refers to
the reports that trichine had been
found in fish, dissents therefrom vigor-
ously, and offers to eat any fish said to
be affected by them. Mr.. Mather then
enters into some details on the general
subject Of parasites in man, and finally
sums up As follows: eve think we are
correct in asserting that, so far as is
known, there is no evidence that any
human being has suffered from parasites
produced by eating fish," Mr.. Mather
speaks As one having authority, and his
opinion will tend to allay any alarm
that the reports may have created.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

KENTUCKY breeders have decided 10
60 into the horse-raising business ON a
larger scale than ever. Their animals
stand very high in the estimation of con-
noisseurs in England.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Killed by the Cars.

A collision between freight train on the
Central road, at Tulleytown, N. j., on the
25th inst, resulted in the death of Byron
Wright, conductor, David Jones, fireman,
and the smashing of four cars, locomotive
and tender.
Horace L. Hyde, brother of the managing
editor of the St. Louis Republican, was run
over by railroad train on the Missouri
Pacific road near Bonnett's mills, about II
miles east of Jefferson City, No.. on the 23d
inst, and instantly killed.
BY collision on the Lewis and Kennebec
railroad, near st. Anselme, Canada, ON the
23d inst, J. B. Lafamme was killed, DR..
Morrisatt had a leg cut off and another pas.
senger was seriously hurt.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Cold Weather.

Severe cold weather prevails throughout
Europe and much suffering and restitution
is reported in the United Kingdom. Violent
snow storms block the Russian railways.
Seven thousand laborers opened communi.
cation between Moscow and SebastopOl.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
~. DAVIDSON, Proprietor
VARIOUS TOPICS.

IT is now proposed to abandon the
government monopoly Of tobacco culture
in Great Britain, in order to give en-
ployment to inland people out of work.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Dynamite.

An attempt to thaw out some dynamite
cartridges at the gunpowder works, Balti'
more, Nd, on the 2lst inst, resulted in the
killing of John Holson and Michael Burk,
the demolition of the boiler house, and the
carving of the boiler some 50 feet.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
RoraiRu.

LONDON, January 25.-12:3O P. M.-Liv.
erpool wheat market opens rather easier;
spring at rs 3d@Ss I'd; floating cargoes firm
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

uSSilly carry, and did not appear to have
at N the appearance Of war vessel or
merchant steamer. Her decks hsdlotsof
men; all wearing blue guernseys.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

Thest. Petersburg Golos announces thatau-
thentic intelligence has been received from
the governor of Eastern Siberia that Prof.
Nordenskjolds and the steamer Vega Is ice-
bound forty miles from East cape. The
authorities of Jukutak have been instructed
to issue a general summons TO- natives to-
assist the expedition, Aspecial relief ex.
petition of reindeer and dog-sleighs has
been organized, but it is feared ,this assist
ance will be too late. A Russian man.of-
war from the Pacific station viii shortly
proceed to Behring's straits to endeavor to
extricate the Vega or bring of the crew.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Hurred to Death.

Joseph Carmen, an Italian residing at
Portland, Oregon, while intoxicated on the
26th, accidentally lot his house on >hre and
was burned to death.
A FIRE at Boone, Iowa, on the oath inst,
destroyed the bowling alley of Samuel L.
Ives, who, in attempting to secure his books
and papers was burned to death.
William O'Brien and NO SONS we're
burned to death in their camp at Mi]burry
Brook, N. B., on the 18th inst.
In Hyde Park, Pa, on the night of the
Goth, Mrs. Davis and year old child were
kurned to death by an explosion of kero'
sene lamp.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
AaEA9oNABLE DI1Y.

EAErH has donned her snowy habit,
ROBBED herself in spotless white,
And the nimble- fC0ted rabbit
scoots across:sthe fields At night.
See hi n now eedately squattjng,
Then he's OF Ger hill and dale,
Waving high that tuft of cotton
Called by courtesy tail.
Gin &a-.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Un1Qlthful 2APvanta-

G. N. Nelson, who has held the Office of
county treasurer Of .Fayette. county, Ind,
for two terms, enjoying the confidence and
respect of all, has been arrested, charged
with embezzling s.. 900 Of the county funds
The convicted ex-oficials at Belvidere, n.
j., have been sentenced to terms in the
state prison ranging from one to four years,
all at hard labor. The contractor involved
in the conspiracy to plumber the treasury.
was sentenced to six months in the county
jail and to pay fine of $500. Il
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

IRELAND has just got to the end of q
Jarndyce and Jarndyoe case, arising out
of the game played by alclever knave,
whose over-reaching ambition brought
him to suicide-John Sadlier, from
whom Charles Lever drew his character
of Davenport Dunn with a weak, vi
cious fool, Lord Kingston, who owned
the magnificent demense and property
of Mitchelstown, County Cork. 1t took
thirty years to unravel the web which
the wicked legal spider had spun. One
counsel spoke for nine consecutive
months, and the agent of the estate
was examined four years and a half.
The Tichborne case was a joker to this.
Mitchelstown Castle and estates have
now passed into the hands CT strangers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

A modification of the staff in all branches
of the administration are announced. The
Pat'ie asserts that President McMahon has
agreed to changes in the. staff of certain
army corps proposed by Gen. Greeley now
minister Of Wal. Radical deputies prepared
resolution in favor of complete amnesty
to the communists. Sixty deputies have al.
ready signed the resolution and, n. Louis
Blanc will shortly give notice of it in tie
assembly. Victor Hugo, will submit the
same resolution for signatures of senators
belonging to tho Republican union. -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Obituary.

John Cadwallader, Judge of the United
States District Court, eastern district of
Pennsylvania, died at Philadelphia on the
Goth inst, of typhoid puemonia.
P. B. Locke, of the firm of Locke, Austin
& Sparks, yell known lake captain, died
at Buffalo, N. Y, on the 25th inst, aged
forty-eight.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hancock, mother of Major
General Hancock, died at Morristown, Pa,
on the goth, aged 70 years.
Rev. c. NJ. Birdsel, protestant missionary
at Aspinwall, died on the 18th inst. He
was graduate of Baldwin university, Ohio.
Paul Morine, French life senator and
republican, is dead.
James w. Gaf prominent citizen of
Cincinnati and widely known, died on the
Esd inst.
Lewis B. Glover, a survivor of the Dart.
moor massacre during the war of 1912, died
at his residence in Brooklyn on the ed
inst, aged 80 years.
Gen. J. P. McCowen died at little Rock,
Ark, on the 22d inst, of pneumonia. after q
brief illness. He was graduate of West
Point, and distinguished in. the Mexican
war, and was Confederate msior.general
under Hardee. -. T..
Mrs. Capt. Daniel Dobbins, died at Erie,
Pa, on the ed inst, in her Tooth year. She
was living in Erie when Commodore Perry
fitted out his feet hat;whipped the British
at Put-in.Bay in the war Of 1912. She was
acquainted with Perry and his officers and
Lafayette was guest at her house when he
visited Erie in 1924.
The French admiral Touchard il dead.
; Was 1t Pirate9
A cable dispatc h says: Captain Adams,
of the ship Ralston, has arrived at Cork,
and writes to the admiralty: "1hat on the
10Th inst, when about fifty miles westward
of the Fasnet, saw . vessel on fire, and
distant from my ship about two or three
miles. I ran down to her to offer - sist
ance. On approaching, saw . steamer:
alongside. passed to the windward of
both vessels, and I hailed the wreck ~ fol-
lows: "Can 1 be of any user keep on
your course, or you viii burn, too" vas
The roughly. given answer received. Aston.
ished at this treatment, kept on under
easy sail. An hour after daylight OBJ.
served the same steamer coming astern. She
hailed me, asking me whore I WAS 60.
ing. I replied that I vas bopa4 fpr,C esk,
The 6Aesf Oh deck wtosspoks1om6, toll
me 10 be sure no: to mention word shout
having seen the vessel on dre: that they had
her crew aboard. He also said: If you
mske any statement or report shout what
you have seen, you had better look ont for
yourself on yonr next voyage out" The
steamer was built Of iron, had nosnams on
name on her stern or bows. She had 1ev1f.
4 boats at THO deyite, moro than stssmships
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Curious a;uic,de.

: A young man named Matthew Darwold
committed suicide at Mediapolis, Iowa, on
the 26th inst He has been residing with
his father, near Mortified, and drove to
town ia . sleigh, accompanied .by'a lad =.
He entered dry goods store and wrote q
letter, which he put in his pocket, thence
going to store, asking to be shown some
revolvers. Unobservea he slipped three
cartridges inso one wespen, and discharged
the contents into his head. he lived two
hours after the fatal shot. No cause has
been assigned for the rash act.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

WEDNESDAY, January "a bill was
passed appropriating $50, 0oo to the transpor-
tation of coin and bullion, and $4,000 for
miscellaneous expenses OF the house. ..... The
senate amendments to the Iudian appropri-
alton bill were non.conc Cured in ...... Quite a
stormy debate took place between Bragg
and several southern Democratic members,
over southern claim bill. At the conclu-
sion of the debate the house proceeded to
confederation of the resolutions in honor Of
the memory of the late Beverly B. Douglas,
representative from Virginia. Eulogies
were pronounced by Messrs. Goode. Pollard,
more, Clarke, of Iowa, and Tucker Reso-
lutiens were adopted, and the house ad-
journed. ls.,g1ts .t- flt<e -;1s,
:THURaDAy, january 2s.-The confer
ence report on the consular and diplomatic
appropriation bill was agreed to......The
house went into committee Of the whole on
the bill to apply the proceeds of sales Of
public lands to the education of the people,
action .. :. IL bill was introduced to regulate,
the commerce betwsen the United States
and Canada and to provide tor reciprocal
navigation $3.50. "A fter recess the house took
up for consideration the bill for the CLASH
fcation Of mail matter and to regulate the
rates of postage thereon. It divides mail
matter into. four classes First, written
matters second, periodical publications
under registrstion: third, ellaneouB
printed mater; and fourth. merchandise.
It makes the rates OF postage uniform ON
Ill periodicals, whether daily, weekly,
monthly, OK quarterly number
Of amendments had been offered, and alter
debate ssjsetsd. = motion to adjourn was
sSlnSH5 55g, y ga-s ..s
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30


stroked the auburn locks from his sloping
brow. And the grave, stern man of
business understood her at once, and
answered: "Well, Susie, what is ia
bonnet, or what7 Go light on me,
for money is scarcer'n ever."-Chicogo
Tribune.
A LONE musician fddled CLONE,
Sweet Home" so sweetly at street cor
ner that q stranger three blocks away
was affected to tears. When he was
asked "wby he wept, and if the dear old
tune stirred tender memories in his
heart" be mournfully replied: "You
bet. If you was sole proprietor OF a
red.headed woman with q diagonal eye,
who could make nine bulls-eyes with q
stove-lid out of possible ten, and whose
best argument is mop rag, perhaps the
lear old tune would stir you in the same
way. Young man, you lack experience.
A STRANGER stood at our counting
room desk this morning and said he had
an item. And when the bookkeeper
sent him up stairs into the presence of
the city department, he said: "Gentle-
men, l know you love flowers: and I
came in to tell you that this very morn
ing (Januazy 1S) I saw cowslip in a
garden on Whitesboro street" Then
the city editor arose, made a spring for
him, and told him he had read summer
that it was a sign of fall to see cowsllp
in winter. And subsequently the report,
ers fell upon that stranger ana pulled
him up by the roots.-Ot'oa Oo'e''T'
A PROMINENT Buffalo musician, who,
while in New York recently, made the
acquaintance of Wilhelmj, the famous
v;olin;st, tells, and vouches for the en-
tire authenticity of, tho following:
Wilhelmi entered q barber.shop, the
proprietor whereof happened to be .
countryman of his, for the purpose OF
being shaved. With the inquisitivene@
for which tonsorial artists are ceie-
brated the world over, the proprietor
not knowing Who his new customer
was-addressed series of conundrums
to him, and among others, one as to the
nature of the business pursued BY the
latter. The answer was: |" am vio-
lin PLAYER" seThen," said the proprie-
tor, % you had better 60 right b ck
home. There's hundreds and hundreds
of fiddIers here who can't earn 1heiE
SALT"