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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
Work Of the Flames.

The Empire warehouse, at Chicago, took fire
on the night of the 18th, and was consumed
the fire was prevented from communicating
with the bonded warehouse adjoining. Loss in
the neighborhood of half million.
-Four brick stores and several dwellings, were
burned at Hornellsville, N. Y, on the night OF
the 18th. Loss $50, 900.
The Tuttle l. Whittemore company's malleable
| iron works at Union City, Conn.,, were partially
destroyed by fire on the morning of the 18th.
Loss estimated at $25,O
The furniture factory Of Baumberger, Bloom
y Co., Chicago, was partially burned on the
18th inst. Loss about 500, 900.
At Evansville, Ind, on the 18th clothing
and china store were burned. Loss $4,000.
the 18th, inflicted damage to the extentof $4O,-
Trinity Episcopal Church, corner Of Fourth
avenue and 125th street. New York citv, burned
on the 18th inst. The building cost $125, 900
and the organ $4,000; insurance on both $751;
600.
The cotton factory Of Lehman, Durr Co.,
near prattville, Ala, were burned on the 10th
inst. Loss 800, 600; insurance STE, 900.
The bridge at Hicksford, Va, on the Peters
burg and Weldon railroad, has been burned,
stopping all traffic.
The state normal school at San Jose, CAL,
burned to the ground on the 10th inst. Loss
The bottling establishment of Peter Freck,
at Evansville, Ind, burned on the 10th. Loss
$4,000.
The upper stories of the Talbot block, India-
napohs, Ind, occupied by the medical college Of
Indians and the grand aud subordinate lodge Of
Knights of Pythias, were gutted by fire on the
10th instant. The records of the latter were
totally destroyed. The stores beneath suffered
= thorough drenching. Loss in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000.
The city hall at Albany, N. Y, burned on the
morning Of the 10th instant. When the dome
fell, seven firemen were crushed. One named
Keeler died soon after and others are consider
ed in a critical way. Judgment records, chat
tel mortgages and records of the proceedings Of
the supervisors and the extensive library in the
county court room we're destroyed.
Chatham mills, Philadelphia, burned on the
9Th, involving loss of $176,000. Il r.
The Theater Royal, Dublin, Ireland, was de
stroyed by fire on the 9th. Six lives were lost
Pecuniary loss, ae2OO,000.
Sixty houses have been burned in the vicinity
Of Faix, France, and the people are in great
distress.
A Whitehall, N. Y, sawmill has been burned.
Loss $3.50, 900.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
Rampaxous Broezes.

Portions Of Kentucky and Tennessee were
viGted by violent wind storm, accompanied by
copious rain, on the 18th and 18th insts. The
wind averaged q velocity Of 40 miles m hou,
and light structures suffered decentralization.
At Stanford, Ky., Garrett's undertaken shop
and building at Crab Orchard Springs, were
Orchard Springs unroofed.
: At Nashville, Tenn, the spires Of the First
Colored Baptist, St. Johns Colored and st.
Paul's Colored churches were blown down, also
the inside brick wall Of the new custom house.
The roof Of Rhea Il Sons elevator, containing
story Of the Edgedeld manufacturing company
was blown away, and the roofs of large num-
Der of private residences we're raised. The en-.
tire damage at this point will foot up between
5000 and $1OO. 900.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
: MIMI.

famous fight, died ut his home in Shelby, Ohio,
on the 10th instant, aged SO years.
:, Ex-Mayor Barton, Of Buffalo, N. Y, died on
the 10th instant, aged 10.
Judge Sherlock J. Andrews died at his resi-
dence in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 18th, aged 78
years.
DR.: VIM. s. Chipley, superintendent of the
Cincinnati Sanitarium at College Hill, died on
the 18th, aged 10.
Shen Pao Chen, the honest but cruel viceroy
Of Lang Kiang, post worth two million dol
lars, has just died. During his forty years
reign he has ordered the decapitation Of 1900
persons.
Col. George Sykes, of the Doth infantry, died
at Brownsville, Texas, on the 9Th.
Ex-Sherif Williams, Of Brooklyn, died sud
denly the other day. and it turns out that he had
bis life insured for $4,000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

NEW YORK. February 1880 P M.-Cotton
Quiet at 1870 for middling uplands; futures
opened steady. Flour-Dull; receipts 1000
bbls; sales 5000 bbls; common to extra western
unchanged; $5.70@7.50 for hoop; rye flour
quiet and unchanged. Wheat-Spring quiet
and firm; winter 11Sc better; receipts 1000 bus;
sales $4,000 bus; No. white seller April at
$1.48. Kye-Nominal. Corn-Dul]; receipts
"a 900 bus; sales 24,O0O bus at unchanged
prices. Barley-Dull. Oats-Dull; receipts
1900 bus; sales $4,000 bus at 46s<@47s1c for
mixed western; 47@50c for white. Pork
Stronger at 512.00 Beef-Quiet and unchanged.
Lard-Firm at $7.65. Butter, Cheese and
WMsky-Unchanged. sugar--At 9Nc. Eggs
AT 10@17c. Petroleum. Crude at 71<c; re-
fined unchanged. ,Tallow-Unchanged. Coal
Dull. Leather-Fnm and in good demand.
Wool-Very strong and in active inquiry. r
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
2miCidA.

Thomas Croke, aged 21, 4 telegraph operator,
ended his life by jumping into the river ct Mil
waukee, Wis, on the 14th inst.
Louis King, aged 80, . member of the firm Of
Meyer, Rutherford 4 Co., brokers, and son Of
the cashier of the National Bank Of Commerce,
New York city, killed himself on the 18th inst.
Bonifacio Nunes, confined in San Francisco
jail for the murder Of William Frey Last April.
hung himself on the night Of the 1ith by using
q rope made from his shirt. = -" : <. 7~o
Mrs. Ellen Fitzgerald, aged 49 years, COM
mitted suicide at Louisville, KY, on the 18th
inst, by setting fire to her clothing with a
match. ~ = .. - .~.a'-~, &sa5.S %SaiEf I
Clarence W. Smith, . clerk in the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Office at Kansas City, No.,
suicided BY shooting, on the 11th inst. He was
under indictment for attempted murder, while
hboring under temporary mental alteration,
and it IS thought That dread Of the coming
trials caused him to end his life. ~ sses@ s.1.
Last month George Beck buried bis wife in
Queens county, L. l., and on the 9th instant he
laid down on her grave and suicided by shooting.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
MOPfmarv.

ID Rev. F. n. Kennedy, editor Of the Eo,tte,,,
Chr1stidn AduOcate, and q prominent citizen OF
Macon, Ga, died Of apople1y on the 18th, aged
Al. r'ase,'fs.t sgf5svEs,-l. 80.
. Samuel Garland, ex-senator and historian Of
Rhode Island, died III Providence on the 18th.
Major James d. Thompson, on the retired
List Of the y. s. army, died, il Newport Ky,
Rev.aAlexander, Kieth, the traveller and
author, is dead. .5lislE&asaAEs Esas 81
Jacob Sell, aged ~95, died at Waupaca, Wis.
on the s12th Inst He served the various swirs
under Napoleon Bonaparte, participating in the
memorable Russian campaign and endured the
hardships of the retzeat atfer the burning Of
Moscow. ya ,Es4ss 49, ss Sssssss
J. ]. Powers, + wealthy manufa e,ot cot,
ton seed oil Of st. Louis, having ttons sfadsos.
tories in Vicksburg and St. Iouis; whs went:to
Philadelph recently to consult medical Ean.
sthorites with regard to hid health, accidentaly
sh0t himself through the heart on the 12tlh.7 ai
hissroom In the aConinental shotal in that CITY.
The coronegtiuzy returned Z verdict go sAccideil.
tal shooting Wmle handling 4 revolver NIf.
Powers was one Of tho conmiss ioners to sthe
:. se1sS.as 9oin esna1ss,es 3 {
tory and ds, yiisoe II that
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
R1n1nad. tn nenfh.

Mrs. Bridget Costello while in state of in
toxication at her home in Chicago, on the 18th,
was burned to death, her clothes in some man
ner taking fire. Mr.. Costello was present at the
time, but was 80 drunk as to be of no aid in
rescuing his wife.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
Extraordinary Casualty.

On the 11th inst, one Elridge, living on q
farm near Prattsburg, Steuben county, New
York, went up the mountain to cut trees for
wood, intending to slide them down log-way
to the valley below. The foot Of the slide was
thirty rods distant from the house. He started
q maple tree down the mountain, when it
jumped out Of the chute, and, taking dag
onal course, struck the house and shattered it to
splinters, killing one boy eight. years old and
fatally injuring two others. There we're eight
children in the house. The mother was in one
room playing violin, with all her children ex-
cept the three mentioned. All were more or less
injured. The father saw from the top Of the
mountain the course the tree was taking, and
saw his dwelling demolished, but was SO over
powered that he was unable to get home. It is
feared the sad accident has bethroned his
reason. - .=E. IS @S5 )
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
Elevator blown Down.

Chicago, on the 18th inst, the Imperial
mills elevator, containing 123, 900, bushels of
wheat, was blown down and the grain spilled on
the ground. The structure WAS 1GO feet high
and 100x60 in extent with capacity of 2CO, 600
bushels. The elevator. which cost $9O,OO to
S100, 900 is q total loss. Loss on wheat about
$65,00O. Loss to mill s50,OO0. No insurance
covering this kind of accident
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
Railway mishaDs.

Two heavy freight trains on the Canada
southern railway, coming into collision near
Tilsonburg, on the 4th, were completely wreck
ed. A track had to be laid around the wreck
for passenger trains. The train dispatcher has
disappeared.
A collisi IN between a:passenger train and a
freight, on the Egyptian government railway,
at Iantah, killed enc engineer and damaged the
rolling. stock seriously. Many passengers were
injured.
A bridge on the Dayton and Southeastern road
uear Chilicothe, o., was washed away on the
18th inst. The engine and several cars were
thrown into the stream, the engineer and fire.
man oeing killed instantly. The passenger
coaches escaped and no other injuries were sus-
tanned.
An extra freight collided with bridge train
near Courtland, Miss, on the 11th, badly
Erecking both engines and several cars, and
killing conductor Gibson.
The engine, tender and baggage car on the
Picton branch railway ran off the track on the
10th inst, about amile from New Glasgow, N. b.,
tearing up 100 feet Of rails, throwing the en-
gine end tender on one side and the car on the
other, over an embankment of forty feet,
crushing the driver, James Cameron, almost
completely seve.ing his left leg between the
knee and hin
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
EO1eign.

LONDON, February 14-1200 x.-Iiverpool
wheat market opens easier; California club at
Sd; floating cargoes rather easier; on passage
inactive. Good cargoes red winter wheat OF
coast at SIS 6d@56s; good cargoes No. spring
wheat of coast 1T SIS; good cargoes California
wheat of coast at SIS; fair average quality Of
No. 2 Chicago spring wheat for shipment, etc.,
51s.
LIVERPOOL February 14-2:00 P. M.-Wheat
Winter spot declined Id; balance declined "a;
cargoes of coast declined Is; winter and spring
declined Is Sd; cargoes to arrive, spring and
California declined Is.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

The expenditures of all the great European
nations have enormously increased. Germanys
have risen frcm f31,O0o. 900 to -f66, 0O0.e0o.
france and Russia expend the largest sums; the
first, s119,0o0,00O; the second, 4107, ,0oO, 0o0
Russia now spends f22, ,oeo, 600 more than Eng
land. The total expenditures for an- Europe
have risen from sss8, 200, 900 in 1865 to 1885,
10000 in 1879; the debts have risen from FL,
100000 to e4,s24, 100000. OF this f117,-
ooo, 600 was devoted to maintaining armies in
1866, which was largely increased in 1879. For
war expenses Russia spent ese, ,o0o, 600 in 1879,
and England 100000. Both stand first in
the List. The enormous weight Of these out
lays is one Of the most potent causes Of poverty
and suffering among the people.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
Horrible Death.

Charles r. Smith, aged IS, r. A. McCauley,
Jr., and q colored man named Isaac Jones were
suffocated in q night-soil barge at Spring Gar
dens, suburb Of Baltimore, Nd, on the night
=. of the 14th. s.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

A Pesth dispatch reports that a duel has been
fought between Baron Maytheny and Herr Yer
hovay, member Of parliament and editor OF d
Hungarian political paper, in which the latter
was mortally wounded by = pistol shot,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
Ga1Ged and Robbed.

At Westport, Conn, on the night Of the 10th,
man, carried him to the National bank, the
doors Of which they forced, and after locking
him in a closet, proceeded to plumber the inst-
tuition. They blew open the door Of the vault,
but the concussion was so great that the plate
glass front of the bank was blown into the
fed with $S, 500 cash.
Scott Cooper, prominent stock dealer, was
robbed in the hotel at Brookville, Ind, on the
10th inst, Of $4,000. Cooper was found at six
o'clock by the proprietor o: the hotel bound to
the bed and gagged, and in an unconscious
condition. The thief had used chloroform to
overcome his victim.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
ma tn: EIia Final Account

Frank Dillingham; who murdered and out
nged bis aunt At her home near Portsmouth,
| N. H., died on the 18th inst, from the effects
of the pistol shot wnund IN h;s Ao~1, naado i'm
| muu1aJbIy after killing his aunt.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
A Deadly r.llad.

Howard Hackett aud James Fessly were
driving to Colville, Pa, with hundred pounds
Of nitro-glycerine, on the 9th instant, when the
sleigh was upset. An explosion followed, and
the two men and horses were killed, the sleigh
demolished, two houses, and d barn of one
house five rods away, wrecked.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

The German naval departtm has just issued
it's list Of vessels, which shows that the i'm
perial navy is made up as follows: Twelve fight
ing ships, VIZ, eight iron armor-plated frigates
and four iron armor-plated corvettes; twenty
i've cruisers, viz, sixteen corvettes, two gun
boats Of the German albatross class and seven
Of the drst class, and nineteen vessels for coast
defense, viz, one iron armor-plated vessel,
eight iron arnor- r-plated gunboats, six torpedo
boats and four gunboats Of the second class.
In addition there are seven dispatch boats, two
transport ships and ten schoolships; and en-
gagged in harbor service, nine steamers, three
barack-ships and eight pilot boats and fire
ships, making a grand total Of ninety-ave.
There are also building one iron-plated cor
vette, three iron-plsted gun-boats and -four
wooden corvettes. For some inexplicable req
son the Grosser Kurfurst, sunk year ago, ia
included in the list Of fighting armor-plated
friQates. n. -, ~.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
Heavy Robbery.

John L. Robertson's drug store, at Sandaval,
H., was burglarizcd on the 18th, of $4,000 in
money and papers, and then burned. Loss by
fire, 10000.
The residence of George II. Normany, Bos-
ton, Mass, was entered by thieves on the 18th
instant, while the family were at dinner, and
robbed of bonds, checks, money and diamonds
aggregating in value about $12, 900.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

At Constantinople, during fete in barrack
three stories high, the walls fell in and two hum
dred soldiers were killed and three hundred
wounded. .--.-~-... ,--~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Jail Brealkors.
Fr1Qhfflpl Tuunhla.

Recently nineteen darkies broke out of the
Memphis workhouse. One was killed, thirteen
were recaptured and five are still at large.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
VARIOUS TOPICS.

!: TR small farm and peasant proprietor sys-
tenn which the Irish agitators are lauding, does
not seem to work very well in France, at least so
far as the cultivation Of wheat is concerned.
France has the largest wheat acreage, in pro-
portion to it's population, Of any country in
Europe; but while England's average wheat
yield is from 70 to so bushels per acre, that Of
France ia only 15A bushels. -..-...- ...
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
Boiler Explosions.

An explosion of the boilers in the Canada
paper oompany's mill at Windsor, Ont, on the
10th inst, killed two men and probably fatally
injured three more. The pulp mill was con-
sumed by fire. il"
A boiler in the malt house Of the Hawley Malt
company at Detroit, Mich, exploded on the 9th
inst, demolishing the engine house and dam
aging the malt house to the extent Of 800,
Two men were in the engine room at the time
Of the accident, but escaped with but slight in
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

UNDER our postal laws certain periodicals can
be mailed in bulk at cents per pound. These
are weighed in department Of the postofioe
and the amount Of postage paid. A stamp is
then placed in book by the postal agent and
Cancelled by being perforated. There is a $50
stamp in this series, which is believed to be the
highest priced stamp in the world. The design
is blue figure standing erect. Then there is
one Of the denomination Of S4S, which has a
rcdskin for design. A $36 stamp has female
figure holding a pair Of scales in her right hand.
The other newspaper stamps in this series range
rrom 50 to ss4. The design Of the latter
represents female pressing an eagle to her
bosom. This $50 stamp is said very seldom, if
ever, to find its way into the album Of the COL
lector. ,.-. --..'.. - =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

TIE moon eyed leper is making his appear
ance in Cincinnati in great numbers. The En-
quire' thus speaks Of what it terms the Ill
omened Asiatic wolf." "True, as yet the China
men are not here in sufficient numbers to unfa-
vorably affect wages to any great extent: but
they are coming. The close observer may note
constant increase in the number visible upon
our streets, and the city is being dotted over
with the signs Of the Mongolian laundrymen
breaking out like small pox postules upon every
street. The legislation which California is
wisely enacting for her own protection is driving
them from her borders, and California's deliv-
erance will be our calamity, her meat, our poi
son. Our people may as well get ready to face
the Celestial music. The time is not far dis
tant when they must dance to tho melodous
tuua-tum and hurdy -gmdy."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
The Seas Victims.

The steamer Constance foundered in a GALE
of Lands End on the 9Th instant. The crew,
with the exception Of two men, was drowned.
The steamer was coal laden. r.5
F The steamer Antolian, bound from Liver
pool for Mediterranean ports, has been wreck
ed. Crew saved. Loss estimated at ESQ., ,OOO
The steamship Chimborazo, for Australia, re-
ing gale of Ushant, two persons we're washed
overheard, two killed and seventeen injured.
The steamer lost aix boats and received other
damage.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

a 11rrLn girl being asked on the first
day ,of school how she liked her new
teacher, replied: q do not like her;
Ghe is just as saucy to me q my mother.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

An attempt to introduce one-oent coins In San
Francisco is meeting with vigorous opposition
from the small dealers. At pubic meeting .
Cigar dealer denounced their circulation as q
movement Of capitalists in favor Of the China
men. The circulation Of cents where five cent
niacea hava haretnfnra hean ei-en, -ha said,
would injure the white man, and introduce
bankruptcy, and cause many small storekeepers
to sell out at less than cost within q month. An
other speaker said that the penny had no more
to do with hard times than the rising of the
sun, but, vote being taken, there were found
to be only two advocates Of the cent piece pres
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
TIE announcement that an inventor ha

TIE announcement that an inventor has
turned to use the juice of the milk weed will
take nobody by surprise who has studied that
curious production Of our northern fields.
There is something about the whole weed that
suggests its availability for mans purposes.
The curious, sticky juice that exudes at every
fracture in leaf or stem has, it is said, been ap
Piled to every variety OF cloth rendering each
waterproof without loss Of color or flexibi]ity.
But the pods which load every stem Of milk
weed have in them . curious silky floss attached
to the seeds, which seems to be carried in
natures workshop further toward aresemblanee
to mans finest textures than tho raw cotton On
hax. The case in which this material is slowed
away is made up Of tough fibre that might be
put to use il some Of the naisapphed human in
genuity now going to waste were turned to the
study of it ~~s+asSSfe fEeSSS ss5s&Es .tE4$zsSs
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

SEC. Barley-Du1l and lower; No. cash at zoe;
No: 8 at 4Sc. Rye-Quiet at 7411c. Provisions
Stronger; mess pork at $11.60 cash; $11.7 rs
for seller April Hogs-Dun at $4.15@4.s5.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
THE MARKETS,
New York,

Reported by CHANDLER, BROWN b Co., Commission
Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

The police authorities Of Geneva offer for
sale by auction quantity Of pieces de COMIC
ton, the accumulation of three years. The LIST
comprises ropes with which suicides had hanged
themselves; knives, daggers and pistols used by
murderers; blood-stained vestnents aud similar
relics. They propose to sell at the same time
all the burglars implements, the jin1mies, the
skeleton keys, the crowbars, the noiseless hand
drills, the dark lanterns, and life preservers
captured and confscated during the period in
question. This was at first supposed to be an
ingenious device for identifying al the actual
and potential housebreakers in the country, as
no one not guilty, at least in intention, would
think Of buying burglars tools at public auction.
But it is now conjectured that the police have
no other ides than that Of turning an honest
penny
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

JUDGE BENJAMIN RoBBNs CURTIS resigned
from the Supreme Court Of the United States
in1857, after having served but six years. He
could not live as he desired to do and support
his family on the pitiful salary Of $s, 900 year
then paid to the judges Of our high court of
appeal. The step was both wise and prudent,
for in the seventeen years that elapsed between
his retirement from the bench and his death he
received for opinions and law arguments, which
were his exclusive business, $3.50, 900, or over
$3s.0oo per annum. Judge Curtis was the first
and only Judge Of the United States to retire
from that position and resume the practice of
his profession. 9@"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19

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