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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
ing hour number of bills were introduced
and referred, and the house adjourned.

FRIDAY, January 31.-The senate
amendments to abolish the volunteer navy
the erection of q military post at Ell Paso,
Texas, was passed go. The house went into
committee Of the whole, on the private cal
endar, the pending bill being the one known
as Fairfax's minority bill. After debate q
motion to report the bill to the house was
defeated, yeas IS, nays 70, the enaeting
clause was stricken out and the committee
lin accordance with rule) rose and reported
the action to the house, which by vote of
yeas 12l, nays SO, concurred in that action.
.....Ad journed.
SATURDAY, February LATTER long
debate on claim bill the house went into
committee of the whole on the army appre
priation bill but rose without action .....Ad.
iOurned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06

The weight of municipal debt has at last
overcome Memphis, and that once prosper.
Gus city, the central cotton market of the
Mississippi valley, is no more. The deceased
was once vigorous city, and withstood the
shock of civil war and pestilence, but over
burdened with debt it could not pay, and
without inclination to make the attempt, it
succumbed at last and has given up its
charter as municipal incorporation, the
legislature repeating its act of incorporation
and the city property has been attached.
The two commissioners appointed by the
governor, have assumed control of affairs.
In the meantime, the United States courts
have issued garnishments in favor Of cIedi-
tors to nearly 100000 and everything
available and belonging to the city has been
attached.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06

Or the making of books there is no
end. England turned out 5,Sl4 books
last year, 1854 of this number being
new editions. Fiction comes first, with
$40 volumes; and, strange to say, theolo'
gy does nearly as we'll, being represented
by 1856 books; education comes third,
with 5S5. Almost all novels are repub-
ished, while not third of other books
ever reach second edition.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Probably Drowned.

Miss Bowen, daughter of Daniel Bowen,
OF Vinton township, near Macarthur, Ohio,
left her fathers residence on the Goth, to
visit friends mile away. She has not been
seen since. Having to cross Raccoen creek
upon large drift, it is thought she missed
her footing and sank beneath the iriftwood.
She was the plaintiff in breach of promise
suit against w. II. Keepers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
c.H.pAviDsoN, Proprietor.
VARIOUS TOPICS.

TWENTY SIN persons have been killed
and thirty wounded in the settlement of
personal differences in Breathitt county,
KY, since the war, and not person has
been hung or sent to the penitentiary in
consequence.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
THE MARKETS.
New York,

NEW YORK, February 1900 P. Moot
ton-Unchanged. Flour-Quiet; receipts
II, 900 bbls; sales 5000 bbls. Wheat
Quiet; receipts 10000 bus; No. red seller
February at $1.O8A. Rye Dull. Corn
Quiet; receipts 81, 900 bus; sales $4,000 bus
at $50 4oc:, Barley-Dull. Oats-Quiet; re.
for mixed western 321<@34Xc for white.
Pork-Steady at $3.50. Lard-Quiet at
$6.62H. Butter and Cheese-Unchanged
Whisky-At $l.07. Sugar and Eggs-Un.
changed. Petroleum-Crude, unchanged;
refined at 9hc. Coal-Dull. Leather
Steady at 19@21c. Wool-Firm at 27@4Oc.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
DestrOying Records.

A fire in the vault of the county re-
corder's Office at Columbus, o., on the LIST
inst, resulted in damaging 143 volumes; of
land records, covering transactions for
forty years prior to 1920. The fire is sup.
posed to have been the work of an in
cendiary, as evidences of coal oil were
found on many books.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
In Atlanta Again.

General Sherman and party arrived in
Atlanta, Ca, on the 2sth ult., it being his
FIRST visit to the city since the war. Several
thousand people congregated at the depot
out of curiosity. There were neither cheers
nor sign of disapprobation.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Senator a.hrastlanev.

On the 18th ult., President Hayes nom.
mated Senator Christiancy, of Michigan,
as minister to Peru. The senate confirmed
the nomination unanimously, without the
usual reference.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Senatorial Elections.

The Kansas legislature elected Ingalls, to
the United States senate on the 3lst inst.
The campaign was exciting.
Jones has been elected United States sen.
ator from Louisiana.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06

Wittkiaa's store, At Leary, GA, burned ON
the Goth inst. The body of Wittkine was
found near the door, burned to . crisp, =
pistol in the hand and the skull crushed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Chicago.

CHICAGO, February ii 80 P. M.-Wheat
STEADY and frmer; 857s@653c for cash !;
$40 for seller February; S6Ac for seller
March. Corn-Steady and firmer; at 30zac
for cash; l]1c for seller March. Oats
Firmer at 20h@20Nc for cash; 2018c bid
for seller March. Rye and Barley I'm
changed Pork-Firm and higher at So. 40
for cash S9.52H bid for seller March So 65
bid for seller April. Lard-Firm and a
shade higher at $685. for cash; Sc. 40 bid for
seller March; $3.50 bid for seller April.
Whisky-At $l.04. Hogs-Receipts $4,000
head; quiet and steady; light at $3.55@3.6O
heavy at S3.40@3.65.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Killed by the Carr.

Louis Traver, of Hanover, Pa, while at.
tempting to jump from a moving tram at
Columbus, Ohio, on the 3lst ult., fell under
the wheels and was fatally mangled.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Fatal TDPnadOeS.

On the afternoon of the 3Oth ult. a tor.
nado struck that portion of Iuka, Miss,
situated on elevated ground, raicng a
church. four dwellings, and killing colored
woman and five children.
"a tornado struck the, town Of Lockport,
Texas, demolishing forty houses, including
churches, court house and masonic hall. A
child was killed, and several persons badly
hurt. The calamity occurred on the goth.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Killed BY An Insane Man.

At Worthwhile, Maine, on the 25th, John
Mcfarland, wife and granddaughter, were
killed by an insane man named Rowell, who
was later shot dead by neighbor whom he
had attacked.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
The Public Debt.

The January statement of the condition
of the national finances shows the total
debt to be $685., s22, 1856, an increase during
the month of $2.75l $3.50, and decrease of
s9,2So,7l1--since June 80, 1873. The total
debt less cash in treasury on February was
$2,O25, S96, 100.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Drowned.

Three brothers, Herman, frederick and
Arthur Heinrich, we're drowned in the Ohio
river At Louisville, by the upsetting Of a
skiff.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
The Pension Bill.

The following is the full text of the pen
sion bill, which recently passed both houses
OF congress, and was signed by the presi.
dent:
AN act to provide that all pensions on &C.
count of death or wounds received or
disease contracted in the service OF the
rebellion, which have been granted or
which shall hereafter be granted, shall
commence from the date of death or dis.
charge from the service of the United
States for the payment OF arrears of pen
sions and other purposes.
Be It enacted, etc., That all pensions which
have been granted under the general law
regulating pensions, or may hereafter be
granted in consequence of death from a
cause which orig mated in the United States
service during the continuance Of the late
war of the rebellion, or in consequence of
wounds, injuries or disease received or con.
tracted in said service during said war,
shall commence from the date of discharge
from said service of the person on whose
account claim has been or hereafter shall
be granted, or from the termination of the
right of the party having prior title to
such pension, provided the rate of pension
for the intervening time for which arrears
of pension are hereby granted shall be the
same per month for which pension was
originally granted.
Section 2. That the commissioner of pen
sions is hereby authorized and directed to
adopt such rules and regulations for the
payment OF arrears OF pensions hereby
granted as will be necessary to cause to be
paid to such pensioners, or if the pensioners
shall have died, to the person or persons
entitled to the same, all such arrears of
pension as the pensioner may be or would
have been entitled to under this act.
Section 3. That section ATT of the re-.
vised statutes, which provides that no claim
for pension not prosecuted to a successful
issue within five years from the date of
fling the same shall be admitted without
recorded evidence from the war or navy de-
partment of injury or disease which resulted
in the inability or death of the person on
whose account the claim is made; pr0vided,
that in any case in which the limitation pre-
scribed by this section bars further prosecu-
ton of the claim, the claimant may present,
through the pension Office to the adiutant
general OF the army or surgeon general of
the navy, evidence that the disease or in
jury which resulted in the disability or
death of the person on whose account the
claim is made originated in the service and
in the line of duty; and if such evidence
is deemed satisf sctory by the officer to whom
it may be submitted, he shall cause a record
of the fact so proved to be made and copy
of the same transmitted to the com missioner
Of pensions, and the bar to the prosecution
of the claim shall thereby be removed and
the same is hereby repealed.
Section 4. No claim agent or other per.
son shall be entitled to receive any compen.
sation for services in making application
for arrears of pension.
Section S. That all acts, or parts of acts,
50 far as they may conflict with the provis.
ions of this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Frighlful Exploslons.

A terrible boiler explosion occurred in
L. Gasoner's grist mill; at Secor, Illinois, on
the 30th ult. The mill was instaptaneously
destroyed and four persons killed, William
Collins, engineer, Henry Branns, William
Wheeler, foreman on the Toledo road, and
young Mahlstiok. Joseph Horn was proba.
bly, fatally injured. The cornor's verdict
charged the calamity to negligence.
A party were making an excursion over
the new elevated railway between Foster.
brook and Bsbcock station, (Penn.) when
the boiler of the locomotive exploded, in.
stantly killing John Vaughn, engineer, and
John Adds, laborer. Geo. Grogan, conduct
or, c. D. A. Sheppard, assistant superintend.
ent, and Mike Holloriu, fireman, were fatally
injured. AL. Garside, Thomas Luby, Oscar
Schult and George Peterson were badly hurt.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06

THE amount of luxuriousness bestowed
upon pet dogs in New York is something
almost incredible. Says the New York
Home Journal: cit is not at all uncOm.
mon to see carriage, with two liveried
men upon the box, driving through
Central park on pleasant morning, with
only a dog, or perhaps pair of them,
inside, taking a sniff of fresh air. They
have had their bath, their locks have
been dressed, and fresh ribbons adorn
their necks, while q short-haired dog is
carefully blanketed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, February $500 p. N. -
extras at $4.00@4.5O; medium $500
s75; common at $3.25@s.50. Wheat
Tame and steady; No. / at Gle; No.
hard at $3.50; No. at 5000; No. 5
at 7lc; No. 4 At 63]4c: No. 2 seller March
At S7Hc- Corn-Dull at 29Hc. Oats-Quiet
at 1870. Rye-Quiet at 1870. Barley
Weak at 76c for No. 2; No. at 41}}4c Pork
Dull and easier at 40 for cash; 50 so
for seller March. Lard-Quiet at $6.45.
Hogs-Quiet at $3.30@3.60; dressed tame
at $500.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Sitting Bull.

The department of the interior received
information tending to confirm reports that
Sitting Bull has crossed the Canadian line,
and that there is apt to be a large gathering
of hostile Indians in his vicinity. Imme.
date hostilitiss are, however, not feared,
but the matter is deemed of or at import
ance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Caleb Cushile's VIII.

The will of Caleb Cushing directs his
property to be divided into two equal parts,
one for the children of John N. Cushing, the
other for the children of the late William
Cushing. The will was made in Madrid in
1876.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Land Speculation.

Chief Joseph and the interior department
have arranged for q cession by the Nez
Perces of about $500 square miles in Idaho.
The terms are six townships in the Indian
Territory and $250,e0o in money, to be
placed in the treasury and to draw four per
cent. interest,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Labor TR0uhlea.

Agenersl strike of iron workers number
ing 3 800 and brass founders commenced on
the 1stinstant, at Liverpool. Two thousand
boiler makers and ship builders are also
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of striking.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06

4 fall Nathan Caldwell was seriously hurt,
and Mrs.. johnson was severely burned, and
will probably die. The exit scene is de-
scri5sd 40 horrible in the extreme, but the
most marvellous feature was the small loss
Of life attending it. Nearly all the inmates
were aged invalids, imbsciles and cripples.
The building was erected by the city Of
Louisville in 1874, at cost Of $175, 900, and
was insured.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
CAY0d In.

A large quarry in the suburbs of Oporto,
Portugal, caved in burying several houses.
The ruins took fire and many persons per.
;sho1
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Outraged BY Mexican Bandits.

A party OF Mexican bandits recently
robbed three women and two man on the
Mexican side of the Rio Grande, and then
bound them to trees and left them to starve.
When found buzzards were lowering around
them. Three of the bandits have been cap.
tured
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
CounteF(eltol

An Adrian, Michigan, dispatch of the 18th
avs: Remote portions of this county have
been flooded with counterfeit halves. VIM.
Lindaner, Edward Spear and Charles Wer-
den, all residents, have at last been arrest
ed for :" showing" spurious coin. Their
game was to buy produce of farmers and
pay them the first installment in sound cur.
reney and the second in counterfeit. OH.
GERS are now looking up their men.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06

RAILROAD TRAVELLING in Mexico is
described as something awful when the
way lies across one of the arid plains
that surround the capital. One of the
American excursionists now visiting
that country writes: "Eighty-six and
half miles in An atmosphere so thickly
charged with dust that respiration,
already rendered difficult by the great
elevation, became positively painful"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Wrecked.

; A Baltimore diepatch, dated the 3lst ult.,
says: The oyster schooner Adamantine has
been found sunk in the bay, her captain,
Horace Baker of Philadelphia, was dashed
to the topmast snd the bodies of nine men,
competing the ~orew,~were dashed to the
deck, which NJ several feet under water.
The inhabitants of Smiths island saw the
wreck on the morning Of January 2, but
owing to the rough weather were unable 70
80 ont o,it, although the captain was seen
from the topmast where he was
dashed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Ayers
SarSaparill&

For Scrofula. AMI All
scrofuious DISEASE. E,ry~s-
pelas, Rose, or st. Ant'."-
ny's Fire, Eruptions AMI
Eruptive diseases of thu
skin, Clcerations of tn"
Liver, Stomach. kidneys.
Lungs, Pilnplcs, PustujcSs,
Boils, Blotches, Iumora.
letter, Salt Rheurn. ScalI
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Dr.. ALoNZo GARCELoN. Names new

Dr.. ALoNzo GARcELoN, Names new
governor, is a Democrat of the old-fash-
Toned style. DR.. Garcelon is a tall,
pare, sober-looking man of IS years.
He is a native OF Lewiston, where he
now resides. After graduating at Bow
dom college in 1886, he studied for the
medical profession at the Ohio Medical
college, where he completed his prepare
tory studies in 1889. To his profession
the best labors of his life have been
devoted, and in it he has attained the
highest standing. He has been presi-
dent of the Maine medical society, of
which he was one of the founders, and
during the war he held the position of
surgeon general. He was one of the
original Republicans, but left the party
at the time of the impeachment of An.
drew johnson, and has since been q
Democratic candidate for congress, and
enjoyed othershonors at it's hands.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
The Reno Inquiry.

Herendeen, the scout, testified in The
Reno matter At Chicago on the 2Sth, that he
believed the order Of Reno for the troops to
remount was induced by number Of de.
moralizing events, chief OF which was the
death Of the Indian runner, Bloody Knife,
whose brains and blood had splashed upon
Reno, when he received the fatal shot.
Horei testi16e ed that the conduct of
Reno was In his opinion brave-spirited and
judicious throughout.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
A. AllnG.House Rurnel.

The Louisville, KY, alms.house, situated
Eve miles south of the city, was entirely
destroyed BY fire on the slst ult. Three
hundred and forty persons were in the
place 1t the time, nearly all of whom g.
capped, James Rsdlsy, an imbecils, was
burned fatally. Fred Meyer, in escaping,
broke his neck. Henry Keller perishsd
in the flames. Thomas pixqn was killed by
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06

A SILVER dime, a fve-cent nickel and
copper cent were found in a Mont
pelier ROSTERS crop recently.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Thirty Years In LITIGATION.

Woodbury. planning machine patent case,
in litigation over thirty years, was brought
to conclusion at Boston on the 2Sth, Judge
Lowell deciding that the patent could not be
sustained. The patent covered nearly all
the planning machines in the United States,
valued at from $50, 900 OO0 to $4,000, 900.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06

CALIFORNIA cactus is one ct the
newest articles from which paper is
made, and a process has been patented
in Germany by Mr.. Nordlinger, of
Stuttgart, for rendering the fibre of the
hop.plant sufficiently tractable for the
purpose. The stems and other parts are
boiled in water and soap for three.quar-
tiers of an hour, thoroughly washed, and
then again boiled in very much diluted
acetic acid. The flores are then washed,
dried and combed, and are ready for
working.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
Forei4u.

LONDON, February liz 80 P. M.-Liv-
erpool wheat market opens quiet; floating
cargoes heavy; on passage heavy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
MEN DEL88oHN

Piano stands without an Equal.
Ineso Pianos made one OF the finest displays at The
Cen1enaial Exhibition and were unanimously recon-
nended for tho HIGHEST HoNoRs.
Pianos Kent on trial. and sold on installments Don't
tail TO- write for illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue
mailed FREQ.
porated manufacturing company, and the only house
which makes the entire piano. and sells direct to the
purchaser at factory price. Beware OF "bogus
ptanos offered by dealers who pretend tobt manu-
facturers We refer you TO the New Vol; Commercial
Agen cea which will give you reliable infor1a ton
In regard them, we'll as to integrity, char.
eceer and responsibility.
xENpElssoHN PLANO co.,
u-~. tz~,.4 No. 81 East 18th Street,
Gear Union Square. NEW YoDK.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06
The Plaque In Russia.

The plague is reported in or near Moscow.
The press approve the proposed information.
al medical commission, declaring that the
matter concerns humanity at large. Special
petty commissions are being appointed and
military pickets invest the towns affected.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-06


!, II the passenger II going to or from any point
in the entire West and Northwest. he can buy his
tickets via Of this Compsny's lines and Re
sure Of resohing his destination BIZ IT Oh IT'S con-
NEo1IoHs.
2 The greater part of ito lines are laid with
Seal Rai6 ; it's road bed IL perfect.
8. It IL the short line between Ill important
pointa.
1. IT. trains are equipped with the westing-
house Air Brake, Miner's Platform and Couplers
and the lstest Improvements for comfort, safety
s. It d the only Rosd in the West running The
elaborated Pullman Hotel Cars between Chicago
md Council Bluns.
&. It - The only Road running the Pullman Pal
500 Sleeping Osrs either way between
Chicago and st. Paul, Green Bay, Free
Pert, La Crosse, Winena, Dubuque. Me-
G1Agor, Milwaukee.
2. No road Offers equal facilities in number Of
th1eueh trains, equipped with Pullman Palace
Heeptng Car.
g. It makes connections with all lines crossing
at intermediate points.
The popularity Of these lines is steadily increas
ing and passengers should consult their interest By
purchasing tickets via this line.
TiGk1fa over tEis route are sold BY al Coupon
Ticket Agents in the United States and Canadas.
Remenbe1, yen ak for your Tickets via the
Chicago North Western Railway, and take none
othsc.
For infozmstion, Folders, Maps, &C., not obtain
WI. srENEETT,
Genl Pass. Ag't, Chicago, Ill.
HARvu HUaHTTT,
0en7 Hanger, Chicago. Ill.