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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
REPUBLICAN, RULE.
Whist Il Hss Done for The Country il the Past
| 1~s"t vs.'''.-R'p;d and Enormous Increase

J sWeny Voass-'.nspio ana Enormous increase
J in Bssissss.
(From the New York Tribune.l
:. Is the country sick of prosperity :?
Does it longto go back to the rule of
that party under which the public credit
sank to zero, and secession and civil war
crowned a long career of sectional mis-
rule, greed and aggression? Would it
not be- well to look about and to look
back, to see what the condition of the
country is, and what it. was when De-
mocracy ceased to govern it, before de-
Gliding upon such change?
Within the past year the country has
produced more wheat than ever before,
more corn than ever before, more cotton
than ever before, more iron than ever
before, more petroleum than ever
before, and has taken in from abroad
more specie than ever before. Its manu-
factures have increased in value, and in
number of workmen employed and sup
ported, beyond all precedent. Its ex-
porte and imports have far surpassed
those Of any previous year in it's history.
As 2 result, the tide of immigration
the great barometer which shows the
relative condition of labor in different
couutries-has risen higher than ever
before for twenty-five years. These are
in many respects the direct and in
others the indirect effect of twenty years
of Republican rule. Let us see what the
country is, and what it was during the
last year of Democratic rule. In 1860
there was general prosperity, as there is
now. The census and crop reports of
the years 1859-'60 affoad us some means
of comparison. as follows:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
Curious Scenes at tho Burial Of q China,
man,


Lee Wan, a native of China and the
keeper of q Chinese grocery store in
Brooklyn, ,sdied of heart disease and was
buried on q recent Sunday. At the GEM
etery. after the Cinnamon had alighted
and gathered about the grave, several
stalwart Hibernian drivers removed the
coffin from the hearse and laid it upon
the trestle over the grave, after which
two German sections lowered it. Some
of the amourners. then. advanced and
tossed in q few handfuls of earth, just as
Christians do. Then began the curious
partaof. the ceremony. Fagots OF slow
matches were bound together and plant
ed:in basin of ashes and loose earth at
the foot of the grave. On being ignited
they sent up fragrant smoke. Red
candles richly decorated with figures in
gold, blue and green were placed in a
row near the fagots, and quickly burned
down to the little sticks, on the end of
which they were fastened. The dead
mans clothes, including white shirt,
somewhat the worse for wear, o freshly
laundrfed collar and handkerchief, blue
silk blouse, and q straw. hat were then
rolled into a bundle and cremated near
the grave, and the bright-colored and
gilded wrappings of the candles
and sslow matches were added to
the burning heap. "A oocoanut
mat was then unrolled beside the
grave, and the 'Chinamen, coming up
one after another, took q formal leave of
the departed. This was done by clasp
" ing the hands, lifting them to the chin,
and letting them drop, repeating the
operation three times. After this the
mourners dropped upon their hands and
knees upon the mat, and made a triple
salaam, bowing their foreheads close to
the earth, Tea was poured from 2 q qualn !:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
Marine Disasterx.


Theshtp Eric the Red, which had 90 board
the American exhibits fol thu Australian expo-
sition, was wreckeGin the. South Pacific, on tie
9th inst Valuable goods were losts@@The only
western exhibitor who suffers Is the Moore Desk
company, of hdianapolis: Yhe rest of the
goods were from the east, and includedsa large
display of fireatms from the Colts company.
sition opens Oetober 1, too early torepair the
blow to the American exhibit. 10 =
The schooner Isabella, from Whitley; Cans.
da, to sSodus, With iron ore,s sank OF Charlotte
on the 10th int. The vessel and cargo are i
total loss ;crew saved. "a. H., II 4
from Boston, September ID, for -London.
foundered at sea orfthe 6th.aaSS All hands saved
The vessel and cargo are q total loss. The
cargo. consistedaof 338 live cattle, grain, pro-
visions, ETC., the whole valued at $1l3,000. The
cattle e. e were ins9red r. Canadas The Anglia was
Letters reached New York on the 10th inst,
from sMtusville, Fla, point having 20 tele--
graphic communication, stating tkpt fourteen
survivors of the Vera Cruz, disaster came ashore
near there on the. I'd and Sd. Two foated
ashore on life preservers and the balance were
saved on life raft - s.-.g
The schooner Jane Bell, of Cleveland. ore
laden, went ashore in storm at 10 o'clock on
the night of the 18th at Geneva, Ohio, and is a
total wreck. 4 crew of ninc men remained on
the wreck till morning, when they attempted to
get ashore inn small boat, but were capsized,
and James Rodgers and Alpha Grown, the
latter part owner, were drowned *sse.s.
lhe following additional disasters are report
ed from the Florida coast: The schooner Rosa
Eppinger, from Cedar Keys for New York, is a
total wreck, and the first mate, Joseph Bayles,
lost: The brig Long Preade, from Apalachico..
la for Philadelphia, and two other. vessels,
names unknown, are ashore. A large ship, dis.
masted, was in the breakers near st. Sebastian
of mahogany came ashore At st. Johns, Ga.
The steamer San Salvador, owned by Lon
don merchants and engaged in the cattle trade,
left Tru1illo s5ons the 18th ult. bound for
Havana, since which time she has mot been
heard from. 1T is feared she was lost in one
of the terrible cyclones which have been ex-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15

An old gentleman living short dis
tance out of Portland, Me-, recently had
on exhibition two ingenious pieces of
mechanism. One was o steam barken-
tine and one steam bark, built on a
scale of one-eighth of an inch to the foot.
They were framed, planked and bolted
exactly like q large ship: Each plank
was bolted and riveted with bolts made
from horse hair. They had wooden
blocks. rope strapped, the rigging was
twisted, sill, made in exact imitation Of
hemp rope, and every thing about
them was made in the same style The
gentleman who had made them said he
had taken four hundred and si1ty-four
working days to complete them: y
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
Railway Accidents.


+ A train from Waterloo station, London. for
Hampton court, collided with an engine on the
night of the 18th inst. -Four persons were
killed and thirty injured.
Two sections of freight trains on the Pan
Handle road .collided sneara Mingo, O., on the
9Th inst. Pat -Cohie, q fireman was instantly
killed. Both engines and several cars were
A passenger train on the Indianapolis and st.
Louis road was thrown from the track bysa
broken rail near indianapolis, Ind, the 9th
inst. Conductor Morris was instantly killed.
Four coaches were ditched.
In attempting to drive across railroad track
3. Brown and wife, aged " aud 72 were killed
by the cars. t...,...,-* =,
By the slipping of defective brake rod,
three Pullmans and On ordinary car were thrown
from the track at Run Hill bridge, near Bath,
Me-, on the 9Th inst. The rear Pullman car
stopped on the centre Of the bridge, which is 40
feet above the water. If the coupling had not
been broken, this car would have gone over the
bridge. The car next to the rear was OYER
! turned near the end Of the bridge. Seven pas
sengers were on board, but all escaped with
slight bruises. The next two cars were badly
smashed, timber and roofing being all heaped
upon the bridge. One man had 3 leg broken.
but no one else is severely injured. x,,-'
An express train from Glasgow to Greenock.
Scotland, came into collision with freight
train on the night of the 7th inst. Three her
sons were killed and eighteen injured. = ~ -
AS one freight train was passing another at
stamford Conn, on the night Of the 9Th inst.
down train broke and the car, falling On thesup
track, was struck by the locomotive Of the up
train derailing it and wrecking about seven cara
containing furniture and hats. One, locomotive
Mas ;1a badly damaged No person ~ was seriously
a ,,,n,, =, G,1y{Zt. 81 :.1H ts.s
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15

little pot of blue and white porcelain
into minute cups of egg shell china, and
each man, as he bade farewell to the
dead, sprinkled a spoonful of the tea
upon the ground. Three pans of rice, a
broiled chicken, and a plate of mutton
were allowed to stand before the grave
for some time, that the dead man might
refresh himself and prepare for his long
journey. It is customary to leave these
dishes before the grave, but just before
the cortege returned Chinaman whom
opium had bleached, bleared and SAL
lowed into the resemblance of q corpse,
gave a suspicious glance at certain Of
the small boys who had gathered about
he'plste, and shuf1ied them back into a
tea box whence he had taken them.
Cigars were passed around, and then the
yellow faces were once more shut up in
the carriages, the drivers mounted to
their seats, cracked their whips, and the
procession disappeared rapidly in the
I111of
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
!. THE MARKETS.
Reported by THE CHANDLER BROWN Co., Commie
sion Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
"@ New york.


New YORK, September 11-3:OO P. .M.-Flour-
Receipts 16.184 bbls; sales II 1000 bbls; market
quiet; without important chnnge. Wheat-11
@1c lower and dull; sales G., 600 bus No. 2 red
seller October at $1.06s4@1.0G2s; $4,000 bus
do seller November at sl.07M@l. .0s; 5000 bus
do seller September at s1.0515. Corn-A shade
easier; very moderate trade; sales $4,000 bus
mixed western spot at 50I@5OMc; do future
at 50a4@5Sssc. Oats-Heavy; lower; sales
$4,000 bus, including No. 2 seller October at
37T@3Sc; western at 40@43c. Beef-Quie..;
steady; new plain mess at $9.5 new extra do at
$1,000. Pork--Dull; new mess at $1,000. Lard
Opened strong; afterwards easier; steam
rendered at $685.. Butter-Qaiet and firm;
in good demand for choice at 1511@3Oc.
Cheese-New firm at 915@12s1c for poor to
fancy. sugar-unchanged and quiet: Molasses
Quiet and nominal. Petroleum-Ver firm.
Rice-Steady; in fair inquiry Coffee Firm.
Freights-Weak. Spirits Of Turpentine- Quiet
at 35}3@3615c. Redn-Firm at $500
1.571l. Tallow-Steady at 69S@6 7-1Gc for
western. Eggs-Frm at 17@1811sc for fair to
C0Olc0sr : Z
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
Fatal Boiler ExDlOsiOns.

By the explosion of boiler of the mill on
Lowerberg's place near Concordia, Miss, on the
Sth inst, VIM. Poole was killed and four ne
groes probably fatally scalded.
About five o'clock on the morning Of the Sth
inst, the tug Jerome burst her boiler The
captain, who, was sleeping in the pilot house,
was blown twenty feet in the air through the
roof on to tue dock, unhurt. The fireman was
blown into the river and was unhurt. The tug
lies in twenty feet of water.
At South Amboy, N. j., on the sth inst, the
tug White Fawn blew 4 steam cock from her
boiler, fatally injuring two persons and serious
ly injuring five others.
The boiler of q portable saw mill near Vinton,
Ga!lea county, Ohio, exploded on the 9Th inst,
killing Sam. Davis, and James Donnelly, and
seriously injuring another employe.
On the morning of the 9Th inst, a ffty-horse
boiler in the pump station of tho United lines,
II miles northeast of Bradford, Pa, exploded
with terrible force and killed the engineer
named T. ]. Bennett.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
Why tWlalls s 'atal. :.
from y Mt Desert Lctter. !

The strange, intermixture Of sea and
land, ocean and mountain, which greets
ones eyes, ears and :nostrils, driving
walking or sailing; is shown even in the
conversation Of the natives. On the sea
last evening", as we swept past the ro-
mantle cliffs and headlands, Iwas talk
ing with the boatman, a boy Of 81, but a
Hercules in power and a very 6 water
rat in his nature, about q particular
deer he had shot on a mountain right
in sight and: close by us. a Where did
the ball hit him ?''s :" It hit him, "ihe
said p !Njusta aft the, starboard fore
shoulder, and came out just forrardr O.
the port shoulder; '$." -: =" g ~: = y; ;&s
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
Internal Revenue,

The internal revenue Office at Washington has
completed it's analysis Of the internal revenue
for the last fiscal year, showing the sources
whence it came. Illinois heads the list of states
in respect of the amount of revenue paid to the
government, her total being in round numbers
$23, ,000, ,000 S19 SOC, 900 of which was from spir
its. Ohio comes next with a total of $18,O0O,-
900, of which $13,000,000 was from spirits and
S3.000,000 for tobacco products. New York
paid SIG, ,O0O, 900, of which sS,O00,000 was for
spirits, $7,700,000 for tobacco, and s4,30O,OOO
four M times sreaer than that from
other state i'll the same article. Virginia paid
SIS, 900, all but $4O0, 900 being for tobacco
Kentucky paid $s,s0O,00o, all but s2.000,00O
$780, 900 being for spirits. The states Of the
south, taken together, including Maryland
West Virginia and Missouri, paid $28 ,OOO, 900 Of
internal revenue for the year. of which $12,-
900, 900 was upon spirits, and 100000 upon
tobacco. The remaining states paid $50, 700,-
900.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15

Iiaferro, q negro. Taliaferro was captured neat
and while on the way back some
men disguised overpowered the guard and car
ried of the prisoner. It is supposed he was
slynched. q = q Z = A. = & 2sAsks. .Ma1
i A. Pomeroy, o., special dated the Nh inst;
Says Frank Green (colored) was hurrahing for
Garfield, when the marshal undertook TO stop
the noise. He was struck by Green, whereupon
John Hart, q bystapder, knocked Green down,
crashing his skull and killing him., ~ I
VIM: E: Foster, . travelling agent, while on a
: lark with a. party Of young men at st. Jo-
sseph, No., on the 9Th inst, was struck on the
head with billy by Police Officer Chapman and
his skull crushed, from the effects Of which he
died ~gI...i *.tSgSs,;z.zs,.
: Andy mclaughlin shot and killed Joseph
SNevins, at Roses cabin, Lake City, COL, on tho
9Th inst. They quarreled over game Of cards.
SNevins assaulted McG Glaughlin with an axe. The
latter shot in self defense. '......-' III
At Detroit, Mich, on the 9Th inst, John l..
Peltier, laboring man, while drunk and in q
fit of jealousy, shot his wife and then himself.
Both balls took effect in the head; but being
a pistol Of small calibre, did not penetrate the
skull. -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
The Jamaica CvclOne.

Particulars of the storm which devastated
the island of Jamaica have been received and
corroborate the first reports of the terrible vis-
tation. Not a green leaf is to be seen for miles
and twenty years will be required to restore the
island to the condition which existed before the
storm. In Up Park camp prisoners we're re-
leased to save themselves from being crushed
to death by falling buildings. Two women
we're killed at Gingoffe and three lives were
lost at Newcastle
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
Chicago

CH1cAqo;S September ll--1:30 P.gM.-Wheat-
Easier; 9314@94c for cash; 9214c for seller Octo-
ber; 92]Sc asked for seller November. Corn
Weak and lower; 1920 bid for cash; 40ac for
seller October; 40s4c for seller November. Oats
Weak and lower at 28Hc for cash and seller
October and November. Rye-At $3.50. Bar
ley-At 77c. Whisky-At S1.1S. Pork-Steady
at S17.S713 for seller September; $17.65 fol
seller October; $1,000 for seller November.
Lard--Firmer a, s7.95 for cash;s $500 bid for
seller October. Hogs-Receipts 10000 head;
moderately active; light weak and heavy; light
at $5.00@5.15; mixed packing at a. 75@5.15;
shipping at $5.O0@5.65. Cattle-Receipts {, 800
head; strong and active; exports at $3.50
5.55; shipping at $4.25@5.O0; butchers at $3.50
@3.40; stockers at $250@3.20; western at 1926
@4.00; Texans at $300@3.30.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
Election: Returns.

The amendment to the state constitution of
Arkansas, which provides for the reputation
of portion of the state debt, is adopted by
several thousand majority. The Democratic
candidates for state Offices are elected by ma
jorities ranging from $4,000 upward.
from all but three towns give Farnham, the
Republican candidate for governor, majority
of 25, 1872 over all opponents. The three towns
yet to be heard from will not materially change
this result. This is Republican gain over the
majority in 1876 OF 1.447.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
Tragical..s.

"A fracas occurred at picnic near Owenton,
Ky, on the 11th inst, between two parties of
drunken youths. Shooting became general. re-
sulting in the death of Barnard. Acre, aged.18.
Three brothers named Hammond were wounded,
two, tits thought, mortaily. sss* s.@~s
from bis home at Pueblo, Col,, on the412th
inst.,aby a committee Of citizens, and hung.
Smith bad raped small girl -
AT Plain6eld, N. j., on the night Of the 11th
inst; John johnson killed Samuel Wilhams.
Both colored. %' SsnS
AIRS John McCarthy. Of san Francisco, re-
fusedto live with her husband for reasons best
known to herself. John did not like his wife's
course, sought her out, and Sshot her dead on
the 11th inst. He then tried to put an end to
hissown worthless life, but did not succeed. He
is'dangerously wounded. S&s %2
The police Of covington, Ky:, attempted to
arrest party OF colored men on the 11th inst.
One Of them resisted and was shot dead His
name was Joe Saunders. 80 s@s
Mrs. Cynthia HSargbut, aged 20 years, living
alone at Fort Ann; n. Y, was brutally murdered
on the night of the 9th inst. There was nothing
disturbed in the house to indicate that the cause
Thomas Morgan, formerly assistant su,perin. ,,s,i
! tendent Of the gas works ii. st. Joseph; Mo-,
was fatally shot by Richard Stevenson, former
deputy sheriff ofsKansas City, NO., at Leadville,
COL, on the 9th inst. Cause, jealousy. e.
Salt Lake City; Utah, was startled on the 9Th
inst, by bloody affray which occurred at q
railway depot, in~which both contestants re.
ceived fatal pistol The parties we're
R. T.lSmith and DR.. B. l.. Snedaker and the
trouble was in regard to a Miss Davidson tc
/ Whom Smith was engaged, andwho according tc
run1or was druggedand outraged by the doctor
At the Opera House at Melbourne, Australia,
on the 10th ult.,sSa new arrival, McGrsgoi
Green, maddened by jealousy, shot hisaown
! wife and Loudey, q membersOf the French ex.
hibition commission and then himself. The
tFo iormer received severe head and face
wounds, but Green died. asu ssse#
Jim Robinson, city marshal Of Water Valley
Adams, contractor of the Chicago, St.ssLouit
and New Orleans railroad. The difficulty was
| = W. A. Arnold, marshal of Lancaster. Ky.
and cousin of j. H. Arnold, who sllot aand
killed r. E. Little, shot and. instantly killed
Robert Boyle, sepson of GroveC C. Kennedy, in
a tent during the performance of Zell Bros
circus at Lancaster Oh the night of the 7tt
inst Arnold yass attemptingto to arrest Boyle
foE f 9eisteEous a. conduct, using bis weapenN'tt
sanl. Perkins, 4 young man, from Uniontown
Ky.,,sNa founds0n the morning of the 8thsinst
lying on the platform at Vinosnnes, Ind, With
aE1sh in his head He died. In few hours
! Afterwards. Tie 0oroner's inquest found nc
trace to the murderer, but fromthe fact tba,
Perkins had been robbed it was evident that
he had been murdered. ~- ''~-
The Galveston (Texas) Ne,os special from
NAvasots sAN aman named Peeplessretmuiue
i from Meli6n Mhere u hAd 6oN SomeGd1hG
spssa uayia& 6aed alsd Fo6hed dhg On IN
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
Explorers Worried.

On the 4th of April last French expedition
under the command Of Capt. Galieni, started
up the River Niger, for the purpose of explor.
ing the country. On tho 11th of May the ex.
pedition was attacked near the Village of Dis, il
the Barbary country, by native force number
ing 1000 and the French were obliged to retire
men killed and eleven wounded. The expedi-
ton has been reftted, and will soon start by q
new rODfo -,a1Ei. t.zI'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
Drowned.

Eva Rayburn, Is years of age, and Mrs. Mag
gle Mullery were drowned while bathing in the
Maraa1ec river, at Glendale Station, No., on
the Missouri Pacific railroad Near the shore
the water was shallow, but towards the middle
it was quite deep, and the current there was
very swift. One Of the ladies inadvertently got
beyond her depth and pulled tue other in after
her. Neither could swim. They were buried
on the 5th inst.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15

nedy l. Co., at Pittsbufg. Pa, exploded on the
9Th inst, killing s. B. Manning, Chief miller,
Instantly, and seriously injuring Joseph Lcch.
our, another employe. Cause of the explosion
unknOyyn
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
Foreign War Notes,

The Albanians had a slight skirmish on the
18th with the Turkish troops near Dulcigno.
The former temporarily abandoned their en-
trenchments, which were Immediately oocu-
pied by the Turks, and in an unsuccessful en-
deavor to regain them some Of the Albanians
were wounded. .Hf
A serious quarrel, resulting in the death of
six Servians, occurred between Bulgarian and
servian peasants at Keenla, on the disputed
frontier territory, on the 10th inst. A Servian
agent at Sophia will go to the scene of dis
turbance.f: "f''-. S's4f'a.:1sr f.f : e:~:1E-1
The losses Of Ayoob Khan at Candahar, as
LOCO men.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15

RICHARD HENRY SroDDARD, who was
at one time a; hard working ;moulder,
with every prospect Of q st1ccessful lie,
tis now one Of the most notorious and CON
rrmed Poetsm m this country !" .:t.. ). :<'.H
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15

on the 11th inst, large wooden still full of
boiling mash collapsed, covering e. B. Parrow
and son and man named Liester with the hot
liquid. They were literally cooked alive, and
lived but few moments. Their eyes were put
out and the flesh fell from their bones. Their
agony was terrible,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
RnSinoas FRiI1pP1s.

Isidore Rosenthal, wholesale dealer in wool
ems, New York, made an assignment on the 18th
inst. Liabilities said to be 100000; assets
probably $4,000.
PS and brokers' South
| Liabilities S5O OOO
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15
EARTHQUAKES.

felt on the west coast of the island of Java. A
stone lighthouse Oh point of land was thrown
down, and this seems to have been the extent of
the damage.
The island of Manila is still experiencing
slight shocks of earthquake. The destruction
of property is estimated at $4,000, 900.