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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
Minnesota News.

A FARMER named Brown, residing near
Minneapolis, on the 26ch ult., drove his
wife from the house with a revolver, and
then cut his throat and sent four bullets
into his head.
Two sons of Hon. Seth Kenney, of
Rice county, left for Texas recently,
where they will work on a sugar planta-
ton through the winter, for the sake Of
acquiring practical knowledge of the
business Of sugar production as pursued
in the south.
SAYS the Lanesboro Journal: "John
Gullickson, farmer who lived about
five miles southeast of this place, left his
home in fit of temporary insanity one
day last week and nothing was heard Of
him until Thursday, when it was learned
that he had gone to Milwaukee and been
killed by the cars"
TIE Chippewa County Leader says:
eve learn with regret of the destruc-
ton OF Austin & Worden's grist and saw
mills by fire at Minnesota Falls at an
early hour on Sunday morning. The
fire started in the saw-mll, which has
not been in operation for some time, and
is generally supposed to be the work of
an incendiary."
The Redwood Falls Gazette says: B.
F. Bradford was last week adjudged in
sane. after examination by Drs. Finn
and Stoddard. The unfortunate man
carried revolver and murderous look
ing knife IN his pocket for several days
and kept his hands upon them SO tena-
ciously that Sheriff Gale and his deputy
resorted to strategy in order to get hold
of them before harm should ensue to the
insane man himself or to others. He
was cared for by the local authorities,
because St. Peter couldn't accommodate
him on account of the fire.
FRIDAY afternoon (26th ult. } one of the
most painful accidents we have ever been
called upon to record occurred in Bonner
& Hyde's elevator at Hokah. Harry
Briggs, all employe, while engaged about
the machinery, got two fingers OF one
hand caught in some of the gearing:
Realizing the situation he braced himself
and endeavored to free his arm by di-
rect pull. In the struggle the other
hand became caught in the same man.
ner. Three fingers on one hand were
taken off back of the knuckles, the end of
one on the other hand was cut off and two
were torn out, drawing the tendons from
the arm clear to the elbow. The un-
fortunate man passed Friday night in
agony so terrible as to deprive him OF
reason, but was little easier next day.
Mr.. Briggs has been in Hokah but few
weeks. BE has wife aud four children.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
FOreign War Notes.

Cape Town advices state that the rebels have
been dislodged from the Leribe mountains.
The colonials lost four men and it is believed the
rebels lost heavily.
A dispatch from Derquez announces that tho
Tekke Turcomans have captured 400 camels
laden with stores for the Russian army near
Beurna.
The N1ontenegrins occupy the district of
Dulcigno with 1000 men and IL pieces of
artillery. The Turks lost 800 men i'll the move
OH Duicigno.
During the eight hours fighting which pre-
ceded Dervish Pasha's occupation Of Dulcigno,
the Aibanians made resolute stand in the
olive plantations outside of town, losing, it is
said, twenty killed and fifty wounded.
The Persians have ornamented the walls of
the prison ut Tabreez with the heads of 800
Kurds, made prisoners in recent battle.
The Egyptian government has issued orders
to drive back the Abyssinians by force. The
king of Abyssinia DEGREES that all Mussulmans
must be baptized or leave the country. War at
an early date is deemed inevitable.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
How George Wilkes Got a Head.

George Wilkes isan old sailor and had
crossed an innumerable number of
times, but he is by no means lover of
the sea. On the last trip over there
was considerable of storm one night
and he was tossed about very uncomfort-
ably in his stateroom whenever he got
out of his berth to regard the situation.
In the morning all was fair again, and
as usual under such circumstances no
body appeared to think Of the recent
tumbling and rolling of the ship. Iffe
referred to the storm he found sym
pathy or interest nowhere. At last in
the saloon he said to the magnate OF
that department: "Well, steward,
things were quite lively" eyes" replied
the steward, "but we're getting ahead. y
81 know it." said Wilkes; II got one
last night. :" :. :. Il
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
Minor Casualties,

At Keithsburg, Ill.,, Mrs. Julia A. Strong was
thrown from buggy by runaway team on
the 2Gtb, and her neck broken by striking a tree.
Mamie and Annie Artes, aged and years
canal at Jersey City, on the 28th ult. John
Barton, aged H. ran to their rescue, but before
reaching shore the youngest child died in his
arms.
Lieut. Gov. Robinson, of Colorado was seri
ously wounded by guard at Robinson's camp,
Leadville, on the night of the 9th ult. The
guard claims the shooting was accidental, but
and managers during the week the guards story
is deemed unsatisfactory.
Jesse Burch, 10 years of age, was killed by
the accidental discharge Of a gun in the hands
Of q companion, while hunting rabbits near
Coldwater, Mich, on the 25th ult.
Thomas Leon, all American, was accidentally
shot and killed at Yokahama, Japan, on the 5th
inst, while cleaning gun. He was buried with
Masonic rltes.
During slight fire in boarding-house at
154 Grand street, N. Y, on the night of the
26th ult., James Dewitt was suffocated while in
bed. Mary Hawkes. threw her child out of the
second-stoly window and leapcd after it. The
child was caught in the arms of a fireman and
was uninjured. The woman was only slightly
hurt, the frenen having broken her fall.
At Lakewood, N. J., on the 26th, as the family
carriage of James johnson, a wealthy resident,
was crossing the New Jersey Southern railroad
track, it was struck by freight train. The car
rage was completely demolished, both horses
were killed, and Mr.. johnson, his daugbter-in-
law and her infant child were thrown into a
snow bank 90 feet distant. The injury of john
son and his daughter will probably be fatal.
The child is but slightly hurt.
Two men were killed and three seriously in
iured by the falling of scaffold at the Harlem
railroad bridge, New York city, on the 26th.
John Dolan, pight watchman of the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad, was crushed to
death by freight train, at Memphis, Tenn, on
the 26th.
Henry Nichaus, so years old, employed at
Hartzell'y5 felting works, Cincinnati, O., was
caught in the shafting on the Goth, and instant
II killed.
=. On the 26th, the body of on unknown woman
was found in the back yard Of o house on
Butterfeld street, Chicago, frozen stiff, and by
her side, also nearly frozen WAS. a man named
John Kean, from Green Bay. Both had drunk
to excess the night before, and became helpless
from liquor and cold. Kean claimed to have
known nothing of his companion, who was q
stranger to the police, butevidentlY q dissipated
character. =; 49,. Is-;i y,-:, u r X
Mrs. Martha E. Lehbach was burned to death
at her home in New York city, on the 26th.
Suspicion isaroused that the burning was not
accidental.
r. Edward Simmons, a workman employed on
the Chicago and Tomah railroad, near Galena,
ILL.,, was killed by the fall of an embankmeni
on the l24th. Peter Lilly, Jr., q fellow work.
wan, was seriously, and it is feared fatally. in:
i:.rea, and three others received very severe
brnlses.
Mr. J. q. Luker'a house at Summit, abou1
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.
The Annual Report OF The Secretary Of War;
The Indian Bureau.

WASHINGTON, November 26.-The annual re-
port of the Indian bureau for 1880, has been
completed. It exhibits continued steady ad-
vancement toward civilization on part of nearly
all the Indian tribes, and very remarkable pro-
eress IN many instances, especially among the
Ogallalas and Brule Sioux. In Dakota and on
the Pacific coast the Indians are in self-snp-
porting condition. The number OF Indians in
the United States, exclusive of Alaska, is re-
ported at 259.958, all of whom, except about
$4,000, are more or less under direct control of
agencies of the government. The civilized In
dians now in the territory number &C, $50, and
the uncivilized 1880. There are, in round
numbers, $4,000 Indians i'll Dakota, and %, 600
in New Mexico; 81, 900 in Montana, 1900 in
Arizona, and II, 600 in Washington territory,
collected at the Yokima agency.
The demands upoI. the bureau by the Indians
of large majority of the agencies for imple-
ments with which to enable them to perform
manual labor are far beyond the means at the
disposal of the department for that purpose.
The desire Of the Indians to labor is steadily
growing, and large number are willing and
anxious to engage in civilized pursuits. and the
improvement in their manner of their putting IN
and caring for crops raised shows that the
efforts of the past few years are gradually
bringing them to self-support.
It appears that there are upwards of 5000 In
dams in New York state, and more than 10, 900
in the state of Michigan.
The following table shows the substantial re-
suits of Indian labor during the year by Indians
exclusive of the five civilized tribes of the In
dian Territory.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
Burned to Death,

Two children of George Malloy, cotton
planter, residing near Laurinburg, N. c., met q
horrible death on the 26th ult. The old people
went Off distance of half mile from the
house to see after the cotton picking, and before
leaving tied the children close to the fire place,
in which good log fire was blazing. The old
people returned at sunset and saw the house in
flames. All that was left of the imprisoned
children in the morning was few sma1l bones.
The two-year old girl of John Cain, rail-
roader, living at indianapolis, Ind, was left
asleep by her mother while she went across the
street for water, on the 26th ult. In her ab-
seuce the little one woke up and began playing
the Mortified mother could rescue her, her en-
tire body, except the right arm and upper part
of her face, was burned to crisp. She died in
half an hOnr
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
Work of the Flames.

A destructive fire occurred about 3 O'Clock on
the merning of the Goth, at Havana, ILL.,, de-
stroying and damaging nine business houses and
several stocks of merchandise. The aggregate
loss is about S22, 900; about one-half covered by
insurance.
Two hundred bales of cotton belonging to q
British steamer and stored OH wharf at Nor
folk, Va, were nearly destroyed by fire on the
28th ult. Insured.
The hoisting works and blocks in the shop of
the Wales Consolidated mine, at Eureka, Nev,
were consumed by fire on the 2sth ult.
Lennox & Co.'s foundry at Mattoon, ILL.,,
burned on the night of the 9th ult.
A baggage car OH the Texas Pacific road con-
tanning nine pieces of baggage and fifty sacks of
mail. caught fire and was destroyed near Sui
phur, Texas, on the Goth.
Among the fires reported on the 26th were the
East Canaan, Conn.,, with s50,000 loss; seven
buila;aG:;s ct Havana, ILL.,, wiping out $4,000,
and the Tuna Valley house, at Bradford, Pa,
with loss of $25,O00. The steamer Algitha
put in at st. Johns, N. F., with erection cargo
in flames.
Moemke, Janeen & Co., wholesale jewelers.,
Cincinnati, O., sustained a loss Of $50,00O by
fire on the 26th; insurance, $21, 600.
A fire in a gambling-room at Coleville, a
town in the Pennsylvania oil regions, on the
night of the oath, spread until thirty-fve
buildings, including the principal stores and
hotel, were destroyed.
H. B. Graft g. Co. warehouse and grain ele-
vator at Lancaster, Pa, was destroyed by fire
on the Oath. The building contained grain,
apples, potatoes. and tobacco, owned by several
parties, including H. B. Graft & Co., John C.
Iicmeyer Co., and Jesse Roach of Lancaster.
The building was valued at $20, 1000, and was in
sured for $500. The value OF the contents is
estimated at $780, 1000, and the insurance is $685.
0OO
The printing department of Hostetter T.
Smiths Stomach Bitters mandatory at Pitts
burg, Pa, was destroyed by fire on the 23d.
Loss $4,000. AS at this season the new al
nlanacs were being printed, the fire is particu-
larry unfortunate.
The Irving flour mills at Hastings, Mich.
burned on the Esd inst. There were 5000 bush
els of wheat in the mill, owned by farmers, on
which there was no insurance. Loss on mill
1926, 600; Insurance $4,000.
A. D. Camps saw mill and salt works at Sag
NAV, Mich, were destroyed by fire on the 2Sd
inst. Loss $50, 900; insured for $4,000.
One Of the four buildings belonging to the
Methodist college Mt Adrian, Mich, was ruined
by fire, the loss being $4,000
-. The building at Bowery and Lester streets,
New York city, occupied by the London and
Liverpool Clothing Co., burned Oh the 22d.
Loss $780, The walt on the southern side
fell on the roof of SO Bowery, double two
story building, occupied by Kerravan & Walsh
as shoe store and also by a shirt mandatory.
The contents Of these stores were totally de-
stroycd by fire and water.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01

rib!ee gashes on both sides Of his neck, and
heart. It is believed that he cannot recover.
The body of Pascal Smith, who is described
as millionaire merchant of st. Paul, Minn.,
was found in the Mediterranean off Marseilles,
on the oath. The deceased gentleman, with his
wife and son, arrived at Malseilles on the 18th,
Next evening be disappeared. It is believed he
committed suicide by drowning himself.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
EafflAnllaknS.

badly 10y revoral earthquake ahocks. The
glaciers i'll the vicinity were split from base to
summit, and great masses of them were thrown
into the rivers and creeks, entirely choking mp
MANY of then
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
A LllmaticsS Crime.

Ben Hasselman, an inmate of the insane asy-
lum at st. Peter, Minn., was arrested on tue
Esd. on suspicion of having fired the building.
He Immediately made confession that he COM
mitted the deed. saying that be was badly
treated and tried to burn the institution in re.
yenge. He placed a can Of naphtha under the
female wing, but it did not ignite. Hasselnan
said he wished all had been burned. Re was
always considered mild case and allowed the
run Of the building,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
The Indians,

On the 10th about forty Apaches attacked
party of Mexican troops returning from their
victorious campaign against Victoria, on the
road from Ell Paso to chihuahua, south of
Carizal. The Mexicans being surprised, made
The Apache loss is unknown. 4 Mexican SER
geant having in his possession saddle and
some trinkets belonging to Victoria, who is sup
posed to be dead, was killed and his body cut in
small pieces by the infuriated Indians.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
Fatal p6niaAuninr

At reception rendered Joel Hewbrce and
wife at the residence of the brides father, Col.
Dali, near Kingston, Tenn. on the 23d, arsenic
was used by mistake for soda. Five persons
have died from it's effects and about thirty
Others are dangerously ill.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
The Chinese.

U. s. Commissioner Truscott has n Eotited the
state department from Peking, China, that two
treaties regarding commerce and inn Emigration,
had been signed by the Chinese cd dvernment.
The immigration treaty secured to til lis country
control and regulation of the intro duction of
Chinese laborers by its own legislation. The
details of the commercial treaty ale not yet
known. Mr.. Truscot is coming home with the
documents
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01

A trunk belonging to John Morrow, salesman
for Philadelphia }ewe]ry firm, was stolen by
unknown parties ut Chicago Oh the 26th, while
awaiting transportation to the depot in front of
the Clifton house. The trunk contained $4,000
to $1,000 worth of jewelry. There ID no clue to
the expert rogues who captured it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Indiana has chosen one Hancock elector, D.
W. Chambers defeating B. s. Parker through
Republican blunder in making up tho tickets.
The latter was substituted for General Bennett,
of Richmond, just before the election.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
RllafuneSR FailuurQa.

Charles J. Steinman & Co., Wholesale jewel
ers, Cincinnati, O., have assignedto NJ. J. Mack:
The Public Produce Exchange, the largest in;
stitution Cf the kind in Chicago, suspended on
the 22d. Liabilities about 300, ,0OO
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01

Marcus De Lafayette Hawley, convicted of
the murder Of Lachariah Hayes in June last
year, was hung at Salem, Va, on the 26th.
Demetrio Domingues, II years Of age, was
hanged at Phoenix, Arizona, on the Goth, for the
murder Of a MIR. Thomas a year previous.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
Fatal Boiler Explosion.

A boiler exploded in Moore's foundry at
Charlotte, Mich, on the 9th ult., and caused
the death of Geo. Moore, his son and another
man, and the severe scaldng and br'uising Of
four others. The building was entirely de-
nloH,haa
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
THE MARKETS.
New York.

New YORK, November 27-3N P. H.-Flour -
Slightly in buyers favor; very moderate ex-
port and home trade demand; receipts 29,si7
bbls: round hoop Ohio at $5.30@5.75; choice
do at $5.ee@6.00; super western at s4.00
@4.5O; common to good extra do at $500
@5.3O; choice do at S5.30@G.75; choice
white wheat do at $5.15@5.50. Wheat
L@1Ac lower; fairly active; sales $4,000 bua
No. white seller December at $1.21]9; 10000
bus do seller January at $1.24; 100000 bus No.
red seller December $1.2319@1.2411a; 440,-
600 bus do seller January at S1.26@1.271e;
$4,000 bus co seller February at S1.273H. Corn
--19@1ac lower and quiet; mixed western spot
at 5715@61c; do futures at 6O@G3c. Oats
Without decided change; western at 33@41c.
Beef Steady; moderate demand; new plain mess
at $3.50; new extra do at $3.50. Pork-Dull
and nominal; spot mess at $14.50@15.00. Lard
"A tr1fe firmer; steam rendered at 1915. But
ter-Vsry firm and in good demand; Ohio at IA
@28c. Cheese-Dull at 7@l214c for poor to
fancy. Sugar-Firm and rather quiet. Molasses
Unchanged; fair demand. Petroleum-Quiet
and about steady. Mce-Firm and quiet.
Coffee-Quiet and steady. Freights--Firn,.
Spirits of Turpentine Strong at 45115@46c.
Resin-steady at S1.s0@1.85. Tallow-At
6 7-16@6115c for western. Eggs-Firm at 25@
30c for fair to choice.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
Fatal Snow Slides,

A party of five miners going home from
Georgetown, COL, to North Park, were rrecipi-
tated in an immense SNOW slide OH the Continen-
tai divide, on the Goth. G. H. Eaton and Thomas
Gray were killed and James Frazer had thigh
bone broken. The remaining two escaped with
several bruises. The party had been out in a
storm five days and were nearly famished when
overtaken by the avalanche.
The Leadville Chronicle says sixty laborers
were buried in snow-slide on the 25th, near
Chalk Greek, on the Kokomo extension Of the
Denver and Rio Grande road. They had no
hced tho pine trees trembling, and, in an in
stant, the avalanche cslne With loud roar
tearing up the track for a distance of a quarter
Of a mile and burying the entire party. John
Divine was killed; nineteen men badly injured,
and eleven others slightly. The slide carried
the track over the heads Of the men, and most
of the wounds were probably caused by the iron
striking them:
J. F. Dunn, Of ALMA. COL, was carried three
thousand feet down the mountain by a snow
slide, losing his life.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
Suicidal.

Carrie Haines, young lady, aged 20, in a
fit Of despondency caused by unrequited love,
Falmouth, Ill.,. on the 9th, and was instantly
killed. s$%.@t::''. -
James Roe, aged 81, and one of the early
settlers Of Michigan, hanged himself in his barn
at the village of Portland, on the 26th. r -.
A man who registered as j. II. Meek, at !
Dayton, Ohio, hotel, and who was on his way
to Chicago, was found dead in his room on the
25th, from an overdose Of morphine. 81.
While suffering from neuralgia of the heart,
L. B. Winter committed suicide at Detroit,
Mich: He was 4S years Of age and leaves .
family. ,53 ,e. E5s ~ srassei n :. IS, ~
Richard ]. Schrivner, q commercial agent sui
cided in the Office Of the Bedford Manufactur-
ing company, New York city; on the 25th. He
was prominent member Of the Masonic fra
sternity. His life was insured for &6,000.G GE. q.
Thomas Ellington, a commercial traveller of
Nashville, Tenn, madea very determined effort
Qp the oath to kill himself, and has probably
succeeded. With d peulknate he indi6Abed sbdr
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01

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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01

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