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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
the last five years, the average number Of
banks annually passing dividends on account of
losses has been 279 Average amount Of Capi-

cent. Of the entire capital of the banks. During
the last five years, the average number Of
banks annually passing dividends on account of
losses has been 279. Average amount Of capi-
tai upon which no dividends have been paid
during that time, S42,266,244. From which it
follows that for q continuous period of five
years about one seyenty-second of the whole
number Of banks in operation have paid no
dividends, and nearly one-tenth of the total
capital has been unremunerative.
WASHINGTON, November 25.-The comptroller
of the currency, in his annual report, in refer
ring to the sub bject Of state taxation Of national
pose whatever tax they choose upon the shares
Of banks organized under their own laws, but
they have no right to impose greater valuation
on national bank shares than on any
other monied capital in the hands Of
individuals, since thereby the tax becomes
heavier on bank shares than on money capital,
be the same. 1t is respectfully suggested to
congress whether it would not be advisable
in order to avoid the expense and annoy
ance of long continued litigation to pass law
mailing a maximum amount of taxation which
may be- imposed on national banks by state
authorities"
In presenting his annual tables, giving as far
as can be ascertained the amount Of taxes inn
posed upon the banking capital of the country.
the comptroller repeats his previous recon-
nendation for the repeal of the law imposing
tax upon the capital and deposits, and the two
cent stamp upon checks.
The amount collected by the commissioner Of
internal revenue during the whole fiscal year,
with the exception Of $11, ,096, 464, is shown to
have been derived frem the tax of spirits, beer
and tobacco. The comptroller says in this con-
necdon: "Were the entire tax upon the banks
and bankers of the country, including the two
cent check, the tax upon matches and patent
medicines removed, the amount of revenue
received by the government from the tax on
| spirits, beer and tobacco would alone be sufi-
| Gent to meet its expenses and reduce the pos
sible debt at the rate of hundreds of millions
annually. The principal reason heretofore
urged against the repeal of these taxes has
been that the amount produced was necessary
for the support of the government; and this
reason, it is stated, has ceaaed to exist.
The amount of taxes paid by national banks
to the United States for the year ending July
! l, 1880, was rs follows: On capital 1919, 494
on circulation go, 153, ,315; and on deposits ~
058, TO. The amount paid by banks other thar
national to the commissioner of internal reve-
nue. for the fiscal year is shown to have been
On capital S811, 1856; on circulation S28, 773; and
on deposits 80, 510,775.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
minor Casualties,

Gersen Begeleisen, Hebrew, aged 40, was
run over and killed by a railway train at Mem.
phis, Tenn, on the night of the 4th inst.
Capt. Joseph D. Wilson: who previous to the
war was in the United States navy and during
the war lieutenant on the confederate steamer
Alabama, was killed in railroad accident near
Ellaville, Fla, on the 4th inst.
A planter residing near Greenville, S. c.,
named George Martin, attempted to ride across
the railroad track, twenty yards in advance of q
lightning train. The horse was instantly thrown
from the track, dead, and after reaching the
station the rider was found on his saddle q
q corpse, astride the pilot of the engine.
The state fish hatchery at Boyne Falls, Mich,
was destroyed by food OIL the 30th ult.
A plumber searching for gas leak in an iron
building on White Street, New York City, on
the 29th ult:, caused an explosion which dam
| aged the building considerable; one of the men
| it is thought will die.
Thomas Ashley, a miner, fell a distance of 70
feet down shaft at Desmet mine, Central City,
Col. OH the 29th ult., and was instantly killed.
The deceased lived at Franklin, New Hampshire.
| VIM. Hill, an orchestra musician, was run
over by stage coach and killed at Dsadwood,
on the 29th ult.
The mud drum under the boilers at the works
Of the Norway tack factory at Wheeling, West
Va, blew up on the Goth ult., wrecking part
of the building and killing William Lodge, the
| engineer. Damage to the building about $500
| insured.
On the 9th ult. the friction saw at the Lake
Shore shops, Elkhart, Ind, used for saving
cold T rails, burst. The flying pieces struck
Frank Freeland on the right arm, severing all
the arteries, and otherwise injuring him seri.
ously. Peter Brichner, another employe, was
considerably injured. Frceland's arm will have
to be amputated.
Jacob Kieberski was killed at Canheld's lum
Der camp, Cadillac, Mich, on the 9th ult., by
a falling tree. He was 40 years Of age, ant
leaves a wife and eight children, residing q
Petoskey.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
THE SILENT No. $.
THE EASY RUNNING No. s.
THE No. 8 fer FAMILY SEWING

Or all modern improvements and
inventions in Sewing Machines, tbs
New Wheeler & Wilson, "The Silent
Number g. is the greatest success.
Wherever it has come in competition
before competent judges with other
machines, it has universally come OF;
; triumphant.
"WE declare 1t the best in th>
world. .''-Judges Anaerican Institute.
NJ Y.
! AWARDED the only grand prize 70,
Sewing Machines, at the Paris Expo.
sition, 1878, over so competitors.
AGEMTS WANTED.
! WHEELER & WILSON MFG CO.,
4l55 State Street, CHICAGO
W. I. BROWN, Agent, Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08

four-story hotel. built in 1876, took fire at 5
O'Clock, on the evening of the Sd ult., and was
entirely destroyed. Loss, S6O, 900; insurance,
$4,000 on furniture, and s2o,0O0 on building.
MIS-. 8: B. Page, boarding in the hotel, was
a suffocated by the e smoke and died: Her body
Mrs. Page bravely jumped from the fourth
story window and escaped with bad burns
Mollie Holloran, waiter girl, is missing and is
believed to have persisted. Tho fire OH ginated
from broken kerosene lamp.
A fire broke out suddenly in clothing store
at Toronto, Canada, on the Sd inst. and spread
SO rapidly that the inmates of the upper stories
of the building were compelled to escape by
ladders. William Crawford, BERTHE Crawford,
Nellie Edwards and Lawrence Steward were
seriously burned. None of the unfortunatcs
were expected to recover.
At Nevada, Storey county, Iowa; on the I'd
inst, fifteen business houses we're wiped out by
fire. Total loss $50, 900.
The cotton houses Of the Pepperen Manu-
featuring company, Biddeford, Me-, was burned
on the night Of the Sd inst, together with 400
bales Of cotton. Loss $4,000; insured.
The Walnut Valley elevator and Bonanza
White, burned no the 1st inst, together with
some II, 900 bushels of wheat and several thou
sand bushe s of corn. Loss about 500, ,000 in.
surance small.
! O'Brien Bros plug tobacco ranufacto1y al
| CoVuiStOn, n.y., burned on the "a INST. LOss
about $4,000; insured.
Crawfords Opera honse at Topeka, Kansas
burned to the ground on the I'd inst. Loss
100000.
The Auburn high school building at Waterloo
Ind, burned on the evening of the 3Oth ult
Loss, $4,000; insursnce, $1,000.
Durham, N. c., experienced heavy fire OF
| the 1st inst. Several buildings were DESTROYED
The loss on buildings foots up $250OO. Los
| on stock not reDOrted
A tobacco factory was destroyed at Naples
Italy, with q loss Of several million lire.
The wheelbarrow factory of Stevens & Co., a
Coldwater. Mich, was burned on the 29th ult
Loss, $23, 900.
The barns Of John and Robert Carruthers. i,
the suburbs of Elnlira, N. Y, were reduced t
ashes, Oh the 29th ult., cremating fifty Alderne
and Jersey COWS.
The wooden mills of Oliver Wilbv 4 Co.
Weston, Ont, burned on the 3Oth ult. Thre
hundred hands are thrown out Of employment
A fire i'll tho mining town of Highland, i
southwest Wisconsin, on the Goth ult., destroye
$4,000 worth of property, including four store
and three dwellings,.
A fire occurred at West Point, Va. on the2 28t
tAt., which destroyed the extensive wharve
and sheds. of the Richmond, York River an
Chesapeake Railroad company and the com
pany's steamer Shirley, also the telegraph an
freight officesan all the freight on the wharves
including 1900 bales of cottou. Loss, estimate
at $3.50, 600. Insured.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
NIassacred By Sayages.

The cutter Idaho, recruiting labor at Sante,
one of the Solomon islands, was boarded by
natives under pretence Of engaging for labor,
who. in the absence of boats crew to the
shore, tomahawked the captain and native crew
remaining on board, except two who got below.
These secured arms and drove the murderers
overheard. The boats crew on land were at
tackled at the same time and all but two killed.
The latter reached the shore and sailed away.
Five whites and one Fijian belonging to the
brigantine Borealis were murdered by natives
near Malta, Solomon islands. boats crew
who were on land and witnessed the massacre
pulled forty miles to procure help.
The shooting Of some of the natives and run
ming down of some of the canoes about three
months ago form one Of the causes Of attack.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
Work Of the Flames,

Seven buildings fell victims to the flames at
Havre de Grace, Nd, on the 9th inst. Loss
$4,000.
: The Kearsage cotton mill at Portsmouth, N.
H., was reduced to smoking ruins on the 4th
inst. Three hundred and fifty operatives are
thrown QUITO work by the disaster. Those who
were in the mill when the fire broke out, made
their escape with great difficulty, one of the
number perishing in tho attempt. The loss is
estimated at about half million dollars. In-
surance $411 1000.
Martin Laudenberger's woolen mill at Phila-
de'phia, Pa, was destroyed by fire on the 4th
inst: Loss $15, GOO. fo,r firemen were injured
by falling walls.
Livelisth, Greenwald & Co.'s clothing manu-
factory, Philadelphia, p, was damaged to the
extent OF $25,000 by fire on the 4th inst
The Union Pacific depot ct Salma, Kansas,
containing a large amount of freight and ex-
press matter, was wiped out by a Blaze on the
4th inst.
The Reskwith house. Oshkosh, Wis.,, brick
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
Business Failures.

The Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance
immediate cause of the suspension was the un-
usual mortality among policy holders this year
and pressure in courts by holders Of these
claims.
The Peninsula Cider company, Detroit, Mich,
Bernard Stroh, president, made al assignment
on the Sd inst, to Geo. W. Beadle, Jr. Assets
s3s, 800 are to firms in New York, $4,000 in
Philadelphia, 327, 800 to parties in Detroit, aud
$4,000 to the Coldwater National bank.
Dunham e. Sons, piano manufacturers of New
York. have failed. Liabilities $4,000; assets
not ascertained.
Mckee & Edwards, dry goods dealers at Rich
mond, Ind, have suspended payment with liza
blities of ever 100000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
Tragical.

Officer Michael Walsh was shot and killed by
q burglar whom he surprised in a residence al
st: Louis, No., on the night of the 4th inst.
DR.. c. A. Washington was hung by mob at
Otero, F. NJ, on the Sd inst, for violating the
person OF a young lady patient while she was
under the influence Of chloroforn.
Edward Richard, a newspaper reporter. when
in drunken fit, shot his landlady, Mrs. Lena
Wilson, at Cincinnati, O., on the 4th inst, be-
cause she would not go to the theatre with him,
Iowa, literally chopped to death with an Ak Mrs
Stewart and her infant son. Oh the Sd inst.
Two masked men entered a jcwelry store in
Niles, Mich, On the evening of the LIST inst,
and, covering the proprietors with revolvers, un-
dertcok to pillage the establishment. A hot
bers, one Of whom was shot in the back and
captured. He gives the name of Patrick Ma
lone, of Whitehall, N. 7.
Levi Cohen, Of Lancaster, Pa, who was re-
Gently sent to the insane asylum, made his es-
cape, on the I'd inst, and inflicted mortal
wound upon his brother.
Titus ". Kelvey, a wealthy planter, was found
inst. He had been drinking with friends. In a
quarrel he was threatened with death before
| morning. His body was much dishgued when
found, and was laid across the railroad track
ostensibly to cover the crime.
Lorenzo IVey, -colored school teacher at
Dan7llle, Va, punished pupil, a lad Of fifteen
! on the 1st inst. At recess the boy and brother
attacked the teacher with knives ard fatally
stabbed him.
G. l.. Lawrence, bank robber, was killed bv
an officer at Fort Madison, Iowa, on the list
| inst, while attempting to escape from custody.
! Dan Smith {colored) was sentenced to 81
| years III the penitentiary at Pulaski. Tenn., on
! the I'd inst, for attempting to ravish white
| girl. As soon az tho sentence was pronounced,
| mob overpowered the court officers, secured
the prisoner, and hung him from a bridge near
by.
VIM. Bures, Of Farmland, Ind, in drunken
fit on the 29th ult., murdered his wife with q
shot gun. He was arrested and taken to Win
chester. 1t seems Burres has been in the habit
of terrorizing his poor wife by fourishing the
weapon when in his cups, but this time went too
| far with his tricks
| Tho body of John S. Sapp, Council Bluffs
saloon keeper, was found on the floor Of his
establishment on the 30th ult. Death was the
! result Of a blow from, some heavy instrument
| IN the hands of some unknown person.
! Peter A1urray's insane love for Mrs. Duffey
! led to a tragedy at Jersey City. On the night
of the 9th inst. Peter broke into the house
| where she lived and was delivered to the police
on a charge Of burglary. On his way to the
station he made desperate attack upon the
| officer, and was fatally shot.
! Mrs. Littletield, at East Stoughton, Mass, on
the 2Sth uit., poisoned her husband and son.
| The latter died, and next day she shot herself
| dead Insanity.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
An Active Volcano.

Advices from Honolulu, Sandwich islands,
describe the eruption of EIauna Loa, now in
progress, as one Of the grandest ever witnessed.
1t broke out November 5th, about six miles
two great streams of lava, ono of which is
thirty miles long, one to two hundred yards
wide, and about twenty feet deep. Terrible ex-
plosions accompany the flow Of molten liquid.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
KOl6 ROhherieS.

Three men broke plate-glass window in a
Pittsburgh on the evening of the I'd. took out
$1,000 worth of booty, and disappeared in the
darkness.
The postoftice at Monroe, Mich, was burglar
lied on the night of the I'd. The safe was
blown open and between seven and eight
hundred dollars worth of stamps stolen and $25
IN money. No clue to the thieves.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
Railway Disasters.

At Corey Station, near Geneva Lake, Wis.,,
on the 4th inst, passenger train on the G..
and N. W. road. which had stopped to repair
slight damage to the engine. was run into by
another passenger train, wrecking things
generally. Fortunately no one was killed,
though several were badly bruised. Mrs.
Maynard, an invalid lady from Chicago re
ceived such a shock that it is feared she will
not survive it. Several almost miraculous es-
capes occurred. An attempt was made to flag
the train coming for the disabled one, but a
dense fog prevented the signal from being
effective.
A COLLISION near Ttusville, Pa, on the LIST
inst, between Buffalo and Southwestern and
Dunkirk and Warren train, scalded three men
very seriously.
A Lake Shore freight train Of forty cars not
stalled at Adrian. Mich, on the 29th ult., and
was nearly turned into kindling wood by another
following too closely.
Early on the morning of the 2Sth ult., pas.
senger train on the Georgia Central broke in
two, II miles from Macon. The steam brakes
stopped the forward half on the down grade,
Aheavy freight train followed and tclescoped halt
way, killing the engineer. Several passengers
were hurt. none fatally. A few moments after
the collision, second heavy freight train ran
into the middle train, smashing the cars to
fragments. Engineer Crosby, of the middle
train, was found with his hand on the reversed
lever, jammed against the hot boiler by freight
car leaping over the tender. disemboweled and
roasted,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
Confessed.

A man named Boasham has for some months
lain in Jail at Kansas City on suspicion of being
one Of the robbers of train at Glendale, No.,
in October, 1879. At his trial on the eth ult
& ne pleaded a. guilty. giying the details Of the
it. On his confession, two men, named Tally
and Rose, have been arrested at independence,
Mo-, for a share in the famous enterprise
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
Self Murder.

Mrs. r. 2: Bell hung herself in the basement
OF ber residence at Dubuque, Ia, on the 4th
inst.
James Sloan, in jail at Bellefontaine, Ohio,
on an Indictment for shooting with intent to
kill, cut his throat with razor on tho I'd inst.
Hayden House, q lawyer Of Henderson, KY,
who had been on a prolonged spree, suicided
on the 3Oth ult., By taking an overdose of NOR
phIne.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
IOrtuary.'

Leary II. Key, Of national reputation as COM
mender Of the ''Regulators Of the Anderson
vile prisoners, died at Springfield Ill.,, on the
Sd inst. Under his leadership. as such, six men
convicted of plundering sick and dying prison.
er5, were hanged.
John Fisher, we'll known furniture dealer
of the Bowery, New York city, was found dead
in cellar under bis store on the Cd inst.
Charles Ensign, for years identified with the
lake trade, and manager OF the Commercial line
of steamers, died at Buffalo, N. T., on the
Sd inst.
Rev. John S. Summer, s. J. died suddenly at
Washington, D. c., on the LIST inst, of conges-
ton of the brain, aged 62.
Capt Frederick G.. Cameron, a veteran sea-
man is dead. He commanded the ship Mace
donia, which sailed from New York in 1843 with
provisions and supplies for the faAine-strcken
sufferers III Ireland. Capt. Cameron also sailed
the ship Robert Bound, the first vessel that
sailed for San Francisco, carrying first-class
Father Julian Bennoit, pastor of st. Peters,
Catholic Church at Fort Wayne, Ind, died
suddenly on the Cd inst, Of apsplexy.
John c. Eiedeldy, well known business man
of Cincinnati O., died suddenly on the LIST inst.
Of apoplexy.
Rev. D. Frederick Lehman, president of the
capital university at Columbus, o., for twenty
years, and president Of the synodical confer
ence of the Lutheran Church of the United
States, died Oh the 1st inst. of cancer of the
mouth.
The remains of Estelle Anna Lewis, the poot-
ess, were deposited in the catacombs in Kensa]
Green cemetery, London, on the Goth inst,
preparatory to their removal to the United
States, according to her request.
The archbishop of Goa, a Portuguese settle
ment off the coast Of Hindostan, is dead. The
deceased prelate was the head of the Roman
Catholic church in the east.
Congressman Evarts w. Farr expired at Lit
Teton, N. H., on the Both ult., of pneumonia.
He was 48 years of age.
Francis Hotchkiss, retired merchant and
banker, died at New Haven, Conn.,, on the 29th
ult. A few minutes before his death his wife,
who had gone to see him, on being informed be
was dying, fell dead.
George Parks, one Of the earliest settlers of
the Grand river valley, and first maybr of
Grand Haven, Mich, died on the 28tA ult.,
aged Ga.
Oliver Perrin, wealthy Cincinnati capitalist,
died suddenly on the 29th ult., in the offce OF
Nelson, Perrin & Co. Deceased was ~ years OF
age.
Benz. R. Roberts, representative Of the
Society Of Friends on the board of Indian COM
mllissioners, mis- died at Sandy Springs, Ind, on the
28th ult.
James E. Brown. who died at Kittaning, Pa,
on the 9th u]t., had a wonderfully varied bust
ness career, and leaves an estate Of several
millions
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
A Valuable Service.

The life-saving service reports 179 stations,
Of which 81 are on the lakes. Out OF 1889
lives impe1illed by marine disasters, only nine
were lost. The service on the lakes was nearly
paralyzed, this season, by the inadequte COM
pensation of surfmen, who we're constantly
offered better positions by private parties.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
The Public DelDt. .

The November statement of the public debt
shows tho total debt to be 50, ,O96 946 268; total
interest, $1S, 1861, ,662; cash in treasury, $21O,-
926, 1853; debt less cash in treasury, 81, 904 $751;
166; decrease during November, $3,609, ,2Gl: de-
crease since June 80, 1880, $37, ,291 ,128.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
The Comptroller Of the Currency Gives Valuable
instruction...ns Suggestions.

WAsH1SaroS, November 29-The following is
portion of the annual report of the comptrol-
Ter of the currency. The remainder, which
consists of review of the operations Of the
estimate of the amount of currency and coin IN
the country, and the amount in national, state
and savings banks, and in the hands of the
people on the date OF the resumption of coin
payments, and on November l, 1879; and No
vember /, 1880. is not yet completed, but will be
ready for publication in the course of few
days. The amount Of national bank and legal
tender notes outstanding on November l, 1880,
and the aggregate amounts of both kinds of
notes for the same date in 1879, was as follows;
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
Nnwaukees
Foreign

LONDON, December ALSO P. M.-Liyerpool
wheat market opens dull; California club at los
3d@10s I'D; average California at ys 1d@l1s;
spring at 8s 3d@es Sd; floating cargoes quieter;
on passage rather easier; good caryoes red
winter wheat off coast at 48s 6d(049s.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08

IT takes dollar of Turkish money to
buy fve-cent cigar, and then you get
such mean cigar that you wish you had
your money back. Turkey is not ex-
actly paradise Boston Post.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
IMefited HOllOrS.

The treasury department has awarded six
gold medals, each twice the weight Of double
eagle, to the crew of the lfe-saving station at
Monmouth Beach, N. j., for the heroic rescue
of the crew of the Augustine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
Burned TO Death.

In tire which broke out in saloon at Toledo
on the I'd inst, a woman named Nettie Dixon
was burned to death. George Brown and Bella
Carson, two other occupants escaped.
Mrs Gertrnde Neal. of Milton, n. c., knelt in
prayer before the crate in her bed chamber,
when her clothing ignited, and she was burned
to death.
Wilhelmina Shindler, a servant girl at Detroit,
Mich, undertook to kindle slow fire by pour.
ing on kerosene oil. The usual result followed
Ignition of the oil, explosion and setting the
girls clothing on fire. When discovered she
was one mass of flames and lived but short
time.
On the morning of the I'd inst, Mrs. Carey
was found in bed at her residence in Toronto,
with her two children in the same room roasted
to death.
At Palmyra, N. Y, on the night of the 9th
ult., man named Gallagher and two comrades,
all drunk went aboard canalboat. An hour
later the boat was in flames and the char1ed
corpse of Gallagher was found in the cabin SO
burned that the limbs crumbled into ashes
Lee and johnson, the men who accompanied
him to the boat. have been arrested on charge
of murder,