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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
Letter from John G. Whittier,

The following letter from MIR. John G.
Whittier was read at Garfield and Ar
thur meeting in Amesbury, Mass, on
Wednesday evening:
BANNERS. Mass, July 5, 1880.
The Hon. G. w. Gate, Amesbury:
DEAR FR1END-I regret to find that [
cannot, as I intended, be present at the
formation of a Republican club for
Amesbury and Salisbury, on the 7th
inst. I must not, however, let the occa-
sion pass without expressing my hearty
sympathy with the movement, and my
desire to cooperate with you in your la
bors, in support of a candidate of pure
character, wise craftsmanship, and life
long fidelity to the principles of the
Republican party, the union of the
states, and the security of the rights of
person, property and franchise. For
myself, would gladly find an excuse
for retiring from active participation in
the coming election, and would welcome
with inexpressible relief any decided
manifestation of q more generous and
enlightened policy on the part Of Demo
Gratis toward the people Of color. But I
look in vain for any good evidence of q
change which would justify relaxation Of
zeal and vigilance on our part. I have
no words of personal disparagement for
the Democratic nominee, and do full
Justice to the sincerity and patriotism of
many of his supporters; but, as rule,
the party remains as it was at the close
of the war. The time has not come when
it will be safe to intrust the financial
interests of the country and the welfare
of the emanGpated class to a party whose
president can only be elected by com.
promises with the Greenback heresy, and
the virtual suppression, by fraud and
violence, of the vote of the colored citi.
zens of the southern states. Massachu.
setts is not doubtful state. Her vote
will be given to the Republican nominee.
But let us see to it that her voice at the
coming election has strong emphasis o1
the days of Sumner, Wilson and Andrews.
Thy friend, JOHN G. WHITTIER.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22

by such restrictions as without violence and in
justice will place upon sure foundation the
peace of our communities and the freedom and
dignity of labor.
etv11 SERVICE REFORM.
The appointment Of citizens to the various
executive and judicial Offices Of the government
is perhaps the most difficult of all the duties
which the constitution has imposed upon the
executive. The constitution wisely commands
that congress shall cooperate with the execu-
tive departments in placing the civil service on
q better basis. Experience has proved that
with our frequent changes Of administration no
system of reform can be made effective and
permanent, and without the aid of legislation,
appointments to the military and naval service
are so regulated by law and custom as to leave
but little ground Of complaint. It may not be
wise to make similar regulations by law for the
civil service, but without invading the authority
gress should devise method that will deter
mine the tenure of Office and greatly reduce the
uncertainty which makes that service so uncer-
certain and unsatisfactory. Without depriving
any officer of his rights as citizen the govern
ment should require him to discharge all bis
official duty with intelligence, efficiency and
faithfulness. To select wisely from our vast
population those who are best fitted for the
many Offices to be filed requires an acquain-
tance far beyond the range Of any one man.
The executive should therefore
SEEK AND RECEIVE THE INFORMATION
and assistance of those whose whose knowledge
of the communities in which the duties are to
be performed best qualities them to aid them in
making the wisest choice.
The doctrines announced by the Chicago con-
venhon are not the temporary devices of party
to attract votes and carry an election. They
are deliberate convictions, resulting from care
full study of the spirit Of our institutions, the
events of our history and the best impulses of
our people: In my judgment these principles
should control the legislation and administration
of the government. In any event, they will
guide my conduct until experience points bet
ter way. If elected, it will be my purpose to
enforce strict obedience to the constitution and
the laws, and to promote, as best may, the
interest and honor of the whole country, rel ying
for support upon the wisdom of congress, the
intelligence and patriotism of the people, and
favor of God.
With great respect, I am, very truly yours,
(SigneO j. A. GARFIELD.
To Hon. George F. Hoar, Chairman Of the
Committee.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22

G1kBAnnARD's duel: "As you receiv-
ed the affront, my dear boy," said his
second, "you have the choice of wea-
pons. >" =tsWas it an affront? ?" ''Why,
so you told me-" "It was whatI should
cali punch in the head.' ttWell,
what difference does it make? It was
an affront any way you put it. :" "a
we'll bred gentleman might give an af-
front; he would not punch fellows
head. I will not fight q blackguard."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
South Carolina "Friendly ADVICE"

Under the heading, "Some Friendly
ADVICE" the Greenville Is. CO. Nea0s Of
June "a prints leading editorial article,
reading as follows: "Mr. Spier, who
acted as chairman of the first Radical
meeting of the approaching campaign,
and his political ass0ciates-Wilson Cook
and others-would do we'll to take advice.
The white men of the state desire peace
full summer and autumn. Theyare weary
of heated political strife. Hthey are forced
to vigorous action, it will be exceedingly
vigorous-perhaps unpleasantly so. The
mass of the colored people are contented
under Democratic government. They
rest in the quiet conviction that their
condition is improved over what it was
four years ago, and that no mans rights
are disregarded. If they are aroused to
the support of an assortment Of thieves
and malicious ignoramuses, which is the
only style of ticket that can possibly be
constructed by the Radical party, it will
only be by the persistent and laborious
efforts of the leaders. On those leaders
the consequences will fall heavily. We
have tested kindness and Cancellation fol
for four years; some think too much.
If they are proved to have failed, the
opposite means will be experimental
with. If these men acted from misguid-
ed party zeal, they could be for:
given. If they had wrongs te
redress, we could sympathize
with them. Even a selfish desire for
place and perquisites would be condoned
But they are actuated by none of those
h1
for their attempts to renew almost for
gotten strife, and subject the state to q
renewal of the scenes of 1876, is pure
malice; for they know that they cannot
win. Those who cause the trouble viii
suffer most from it. Bear that in mind
persons. colored and white skinned. The
contests sought to be forced upon us are
not to decide questions of policy or prin'
ciple between opposite political parties
They are struggles by the real people OF
the state for her life and for the protec
ton of individual property, life and hon
or, and general civilization, during
which society is demoralized, ant
material and other interests nee
essarily suffer. Repetition of thes'
every two years will not be sub
mitted to. The veracious Wilson Cool
in somewhat apish and grotesque man
ner revealed the spirit that really ami
mates him and his masters, from whom
he has recently been drawing inspiration
at the north. His abuse of the SENATOR
and wild advice to emigrate, show an i'm
potent desire to injure the south BY
some means or any means. We reiter
ate our advice to the veracious and re
Elective Cook, and the argumentative ant
profound Spier, to be careful how the.
go, and not stir up the animals to-
freely. They have teeth and claws"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
FPiD1NffpnI EaUns.

Thomas Tghue, workman on the new
county building at Chicago, fell from the top
instantly killed. It is thought he was affected
by the extreme heat and lost his balance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
Fatal Fireworks.

At ratification meeting at Frankfort, KY,
on the night of the 18th inst, there was dis.
play of fireworks and very general dis.
charge of firearms. Robert Craig, while gazing
out of window, received fatal shot in his
side. Frank Ridman had al eye put out by a
Roman candle and an old man received the
contents of a shotgun, fired at long range, in
his back
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
A Church Blown Uu.

A singular and unexplained accident occurred
at Detroit, Mich, on the 18th inst. A terrific
Synagogue, blowing out portion Of the side side
wall bullying the other wall and destroying the
fine interior. The damage cannot be estimated,
but it is not less than $4,000. Probable theories
of leaking gas, gunpowder, ETC., are advanced,
but why the deed was committed, if intentional,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
THE MARKETS.
Reported by CHANDLER, BROWN Co., Commission
Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago
New York;

New YORK, July 1890 P. m.-Flour-
Without important change and quiet; receipts
II, ,494 bbls; round hoop Ohio at $5.00@5.5O;
choice do at $5.6o@6.75; super western at $3.50
@4.20; common to good extra do 81. .2o@4 go;
choice do at $4. 4.70@7.00; choice white wheat do
at $4.50@5.00. Wheat lower; dull and
heavy; sales $4,000 bus No. red seller July
at $1:1571a; do seller August 81: 1:09h bid $1.o9X
asked; do seller September 3d. bid; $1.09%
asked. Corn-Shade better and quiet; mixed
western spot at 46@491c; do future at 1880
1920. Oats-Shade easier and dull; western at
32@4Oc. Beef-Dull and unchanged; new plain
mess at $3.50: new extra do at $1,000. Pork
Firm and quiet; new mess at $3.50. Lard
Dull and weak; steam rendered at $7.15. But
ter-yery strong and in good demand; Ohio at
12@2sc. Cheese-Very firm at 61a@9Nc for
poor to choice. Whisky-Nominal. Sugar
Quiet and steady. Molasses- Steady and quiet.
Petroleum-Firm: Rice-Quiet, strong and
in fair demand. Coffee-Quiet and weak.
Freights-. Steady. Spirits Of Turpentine-
Steady at 271a@272c. Resin Unchanged at
s1.4o@1.4715: Tallow-Frm at SIC for west
ern: Eggs-Quiet at 14@151ac for fair to
choice.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
Foreign.

LIVERPOOL, July 17-2:so P. M.-Wheat-
Winter advanced I'd; California advanced Id;
cargoes in good demand; cargoes arrived firm;
to arrive tending up. ts.er
LONDON, July -12:30P. M. Liverpool wheat
market opens firm; California club at los 3d@
los 10d; average California at los 3D.; floating
cargoes firm; number of cargoes on sale of
coast, corn, nothing offering; on passage up
ward tendency.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22

At Indianapolis, Ind, on the 10th inst, Lor-
ing Reed Jobes, aged 9 years, a son Of Dr..
George o. Jobes, druggist, and few COM
panions, went up the canal to catch frogs.
years old, saw turtle in the canal, and fred at
it with a shotgun heavily loaded. The con-
tents took effect in the abdomen of young
Jobes, producing injuries which resulted fatally.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
Criminal Carelessness.

As party of Michigan excursionists were
descending. Mount Washington, on the 18th
inst. in a six-horse mountain wa gon, and when
nedr the Halfway house, carelessness on the
part of the half-lntoxicated driver upset the
rig, killing Mrs. Ira Chester, of Alegan, Mich,
and more or less injuring several other occu-
pants of the vehicle
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
The Fatal Heat.

Seventy-two children died in New York on
the 18th inst. from the effects of the intense
heat.
On the 18th inst, III deaths occurred in New
York city, II being of children under one wear
of age, the latter mostly from the effects of
heat. Five fatal cases of sunstroke The ther-
nometer registered 142 in the sun at the hottest
time of the day.
At Chicago on the same day there were over
thlrty-eight cases of sunstroke, thirteen proving
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
Work of the Flames.

On the night of the 9TH inst, the Archer re-
fnery and starch factory, on Archer avenue,
Chicago, was burned, the loss being between
$4,000 and $4,000.
Fires are raging in New Brunswick, along the
railway lines to Mattawamkay. On the night
of the 18th inst. the fire burned wooden
bridge between Cork and Harvey stations. The
structure consisted of nineteen spans.
Pa. burned on the 18th. Loss $25: 900; insur-
ance $17, 1000.
During a storm in the vicinity of Bradford,
Pa, lightning ignited several large oil tanks
which were consumed with contents. The total
loss will reach $3.50
A 25, 600 barrel iron tank filed with oil was
struck by lightning at Custer City, Pa, on the
18th inst, and consumed.
The Montreal Woolen mills and Stvcy's Nail
factory, at Montreal, Canada, were burned en-
the 14th inst. Loss 500, 900. Two hundred
operatives are thus thrown out Of EMPLOYMENT
Hartwen & Winslow's planning mill, at Pitts
burg, Pa, the property of the Pittsburg Mutual
Life Insurance company, was destroyed by fire
on the 18th inst. Loss $45. 1000; insurance
100000.
Small boys playing with fire crackers set fire
to the lumber yard of the Haskell & Baker Car
company, at Michigan City, Ind, on the 18th
inst, and, before the flames were extinguished,
property to the value of $25, 900 was destroyed.
The Leopard Mining company's mill, near
Cornucopia, New, burned on the 18th inst.
Insured for $4,000.
Howells pyrotechnic establishment, Front
street, New York city, burned on the 18th inst,
Howell and two clerks were somewhat burned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
u1ufaithfrpu Sorvants.

VIM. H. Chamberlain, of Worchester Mass,
graduate of Harvard i'll 1870, and youne
man of literary taste and social position, hal
and others. He knew pretty actress.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Runrnod tn DRat1p.

Mrs. Breinert, of Walkerton, Idd., was liter
lily roasted alive on the 10th inst. During the
absence of the family her clothes caught fire
from the kitchen stove.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
Another Coal Mine Horror,

An explosion occurred on the morning of the
18th inst, in the London and South Wales Col
lery company's new black vein pit on the Risca,
six miles from Newport. The force of the ex-
plosion was terrific, blowing to atoms the venti-
lating fan in the upper blast. One hundred and
twenty-eight miners were in the pit at tie time
of the disaster, one hundred and nineteen of
whom perished, The pit is $50 yards deep, and
is well known in connection with previous ex-
plosions, one of which, in 1860, killed 145 per-
sons
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
The Sugar ErallGiS.

The committee appointed by the secretary of
the treasury to visit the sugar plantations Of the
among it's planters, with view Of determining
the truth or falsty of the reports that artificial
means were used to degrade the color of sugars
intended for export to the United States, has
made report. It shows that tho frauds which
have been attempted in the introduction of
sugars into the country are even greater than
has generally been supposed; that in Demarara,
among the sugar planters, no secret whatever
was made of the practice of artificial coloring of
sugars intended for the United States market.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
Guilty.

Mrs. Brown, of Indianapolis, has been found
guilty of the murder of her husband, and SEN
fenced to death. Wade, her paramour, who
assisted in killing old man Brown, has been
under q similar sentence for several weeks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22

ton, no satisfactory theory having yet been ad-
vanceds
AtMilwaukee, Wis, on the 18th inst, Peter
Hemmingsen threw himself before railroad
train and was fatally mangled. Cause, whisky.
at Toledo, O., on the 18th instant. He was an
old soldier and participated in the Crimean war,
receiving two medals for bravery in the field.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
A Lucky Find.

Two men named Amos Harrison and Philo
Peters, while bathing in the Arkansas river,
forty miles east of Pueblo, on the 18th inst,
found an iron pot containing $4,000 in gold and
silver. A letter concealed in buckskin purse
found in the pot is yellow with age, and is dated
April 13, 1860, and says:
~ stole the money in Chicago from farmer. My
partner died in Kansas City, March Is. am going
to New Mexico. If anybody finds this pot they can
keep the money. {Signed), ATT"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
Gibbeted.

Chastine Cox, convicted of the murder of
Mrs. Hull, was hanged on the 10th inst, in the
Jail yard of the Tombs, New York city, in the
presence of about 200 persons.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
Notice to Advertisers.

The postmaster general has issued an order
intended to break up the existing practice of
certain classes of merchants, manufacturers, in
ventors and agents who send through the mails
printed advertising cards of various shapes and
sizes, with one cent postage stamp affixed.
The postoffice department officials complain
that this practice, which is a growing one, has,
of late, become serious annoyance and him
drance of the prompt distribution of mail mat
ter, particularly in the railway mail service.
The order declares the postal card furnished by
the postofice department, the only card matter
that will, for purposes indicated. be transmitted
in mails, whether it be printed Or written upon,
at less rate than three cents for each half
ounce or fraction thereof. The order is to take
effect October /. e
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
A Murderous Record.

Dunnigan, who shot police officer in Santa
Fe, N. M, vas shot to death in the Jail, by q
mob of masked mon. at three O'Clock on the
morning of the 18th inst.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22

A shf containing Bugus Harwitz, wife and
three children, was upset by the steamer Fanny
Lewis, in the river at St. Louis, NO., on the
18th inst, and Mrs. Harwitz and one child
drowned.
Louis :.Scheller and John King, young men,
| aged about 20 years, we're drowned while bath
| ing, at Green Bay, Wis.,, on the 18th inst.
Joseph Wynkoop, aged 10, son of Henry
Wynkoop, Of Philadelphia, and an unknown
| colored man, were drowned at Atlantic City, N.
j., on the 18th inst. The latter lost his life in
endeavoring to save young Wynkoop.
Capt. Fred Thompson, a wealthy miller of
Wakefield. England, who came to America to
attend the NIillers' exposition at Cincinnati, was
drowned the other day at Fox Lake, ILL.,, while
fishing. His remains were taken to Chicago.
embalmed and sent to England.
During the storm on the night of the 9th
instant, boat containing man named Miller,
his wife, their two children, and boy named
Rose, was cepsized in Lake Winnebago, Wiscon-
| sin. Rose and one of the children were drown
ed. The others were rescued in an exhausted
condition on account of the length of time spent
| in the water.
| AS a church excursion was landing at wharf
at Washington, D. c., on the night of the 18th
| inst, gentleman named Hoefainger and q
lady named Rollins walked off the dock into the
water. The lady was drowned.
| A timber raft with forty persons on board
was dashed to pieces i'll the rapids of the river
Dnieper, Russia, on the 18th inst, and all per-
| she'd
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
ChiCagO.

CHICAGO, July 17-1:3O P. M.-Wheat-U Unset
tied and lower at 94s4c for cash and seller July;
891ac bid for seller August; 879sc for seller Sep
tember. Corn-Frmer at SIC for cash; $500
for seller July; $500 for seller August. Oats
gust and September. Rye At &C. Barley
At S0c. Wnsky-At $1.O8. Pork-Frm; $1S.5O
bid for seller August; $13.85 bid for seller Sep
tember, Lard-Firm at $3.50 for cash; $3.50
bid for seller August. Hogs Receipts Is, ,O00
head; active and firm; sales $4.30@4.90. Cattle
Receipts 5000 head; good; active; market
grass Texans at $2.7O@3.O5; corn-fed western
at $3.75f04. 90: butchers' at $2.4O@2.45.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
milwaukee,

MILWAUKEE, July 1880 P. M.-Flour-
Firm at $4.2O@4.4O for standard spring extras;
4.2O Wheat-Held firmly; No., / hard $1.12
bid; No. hard at $1.09; No. 2 regular at go
CSC; No. at 8Sc; No. seller August at 9s1(c;
seller September at 885a@88s4c. Corn good
demand at 371sc for No. cash. Oats-Lower
at 24&c for No. 2. Rye-Higher; No. held at
75c. Barley-Ofered freely at TIC. Pork-Mess
Lard-At $7.75 for kettle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
A MVAfRHYs

A mysterious package was sent to the Office of
Anthony Comstock, the well-known special
agent of the New York society for the preven-
ton of crime, in May last. Comstock was not
in. His stenographer, Arthur Deurel, received
it and noticed that it had peculiarly obnoxious
smell. After placing it down he washed his
hands. Deurel is now dangerously i'll His
physician says it is blood poisoning. When the
package was opened it resembled sticking
plaster, and the stencil was SO great that the
are greatly puzzled over the case. The young
mans whole body it covered with eruptions, and
though formerly strong and healthy, he has
wasted away to almost skeleton, and is now in
q very critical condition. Constock thinks be
knows the guilty parties, and will soon have
them in custody. It is believed their purpose
was to effect Comstock's death, believing he
would open the package.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
Self-MufdeTs

Wunderich, who killed Officer scanlan, at
Dubuque, H., appears to have committed
suicide either by poison or drowning, as his re-
mains were found in the slough on the 18th inst,
near by where his victims body was found.
A young man Of Iittleport, Ia, named
instant because his ady love married another
man during bis absence in Europe. @ e...
Gilbert II. Collins, wealthy and Unknown
merchant of Omaha, committed suicide in that
city at an early hour on the 11th inst. He was
interested with his brother in the post trader
ship at Fort Laramie, which Gen. Grant gave
them in recognition of hndnesses in early life
on the part Of their father, who was citizen
Of Galena. Mr.. Collins motive for putting a
period to his existence is Z matter Of specula-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
The Storm Kin1,

Further reports Of the recent storm in
Colorado state that ten miles of the Denver and
Rio Grande railroad were washed away between
Pueblo and Colorado springs, and every bridge,
twenty-one miles more or less damaged. Bear
Creek, mountain stream emptying into the
Platte river, was also flooded, hailstones falling
to depth Of from two to three feet.
dispatch from Pueblo, COL, dated the 14th
inst, says: "The worst flood in the mountains
since 1868 occurred yesterday. A torrent OF
thing before it. Thirty persons we're camping
in the river bottoms. All escaped but one.''
A portion of the city of Waterloo, Iowa, was
flooded at an early hour on the 18th inst, by q
heavy rain-storm. Barns and small frame
buildings were moved from their foundations,
and many more substantial structures partly
submerged. Two boys and one girl were
drowned. The damageto property is estimated
at &25. COO.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
DUILOCK & PIERCE

- BARRIERS aud HAIR DRESSERS
Rooms under Mower County Bank, Main
street, Austin, MINI. Satisfaction guaranteed
or no pay. All branches Of the business con-
Quoted in the most approved style. ~ Baths