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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21
Terrible Ravages Of Diphtheria.

Russian journals publish the terrible details
of diphtheria now epidemic in Russia. It il
reported that in certain communities and par
ishes all children under Is years old have died.
The origin of the attach dates from 1872, when
the disease first appeared in Bessarabia. Since
then it has spread far and wide over the south
empire, whence it lately began to make rapid
progress toward the east and northwest. In
Pultowa, a province Of considerably less than
100000 Inhabitants, there have been As, 54S
cases, 18, 765 fatal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21

A snow storm prevailed fifty miles east of
Omaha, Neb., on the 10th inst. The ground
was covered to tho depth of an inch.
Snow fell between Atlanta and ,Des Moines,
1a., on the 18th. Rock Island railroad men
rolled up large snow ball and left it at Des
MQines IS q souvenir.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21
SuiCid8 al.

Charles NJ. Whittier, cashier Of the Boston,
Concord and Montreal road. suffering intensely
from dyspepsia, hanged himself at Littleton,
N. H., onthe 18th.
At Buffalo, N. Y, on the 18th inst, John S.
Close, while being committed to the peniten-
tiary, killed himself in the Office by cutting his
throat with q razor.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21

One Of the most remarkable petitions on rec
ord has just been presented to the police COM
missioners of st. Louis, signed, it is said by
many prominent business men. It asks plainly
that "square gambling may be allowed. The
petitioners say that they are opposed to the
offensive and disreputable features of gambling,
but not to "square gambling, operated under
proper auspices, as it has been by certain citi-
zens of good character and reputation. who are
interested in the prosperity and welfare of tho
>itv
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Fatal Land Slides.

Two hundred persons were killed and thirty
houses destroyed by land slip near the village
Of Elm, in the canton of Glaurus, Switzerland.
The village Of Reichenbach, in Bernese Ober-
land, Switzerland, has been almost annihilated
by q fall of stone.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21
Minor MishapS>

Three small children burned to death in q
cabin near Carthage, Pamela County, Texas, on
the 18th inst. The parents, named johnson,
we're absent at the time.
Five wood choppers were drowned by the
capsizing of boat ct Multonah Falls, Colunl-
bia River, Oregon, on the 10th inst.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21
Work Of the Flames.

fire at Washington, D. c., on the 18th
inst, totally destroyed the Star Parlor Organ
Company and Beatty's immense aa organ factories:
Loss estimated at 100000. -Four hundred
men are thrown out of emf ployment.
Thompson 4 Co.'S glassware house and q
lumber yard adjoining burned at Pittsburg, Pa,
on the 18th. Loss $25,000.
The Carroll House block and several other
structures burned at Carrollton, No., on the
18th.
The Mohawk House, Soap Works of Bolck
Bros. and four dwellings, were burned at East
Rome, N. Y, on tho 10th inst. Loss $40, ,000.
| Shortly afterward the union freight depot, four
loaded cars and over twenty dwellings, burned.
Loss 100000.
A church and six houses and 1000, 900 feet of
| lumber were destroyed by fire at Gravenhurst,
| Ont, on the 10th inst.
! The loss to the Bonie picture frame factory
aud the Cincinnati Coffin Company, at Cincin-
natl, by fire on the 14th inst, was about $4,000.
fire destroyed the sash and box factory of
Robinson Bros, at Cincinnati, on the 18th inst,
causing loss of $50, 900.
Fire at Austin, New, on the 18th inst, de-
stroyed twenty buildings, including the post
Office, Odd Fellows and Masonic. Hall. Loss
over $10O, 1000. insurance $15, 900.
Bussey & McLeod's stove foundry at Troy,
Y, WAS wiped out by fire on the 18th. Loss
$4,000.
A number Of tenement houses and between
|
yards adjoining, were burned at Oswego, N.
Y, on the 18th. Loss estimated at $400, 900.
| Fire broke out in the main hall of the exposi-
ton building at Kansas City, Mo-, on the 18th
inst, completely destroying it and several
smaller buildings adjoining. The exposition
hall was crowded with people, who became
panic-stricken and trampled on each other in
their desperate efforts to escape. Many were
seriously injured, but no lives were lost. The
Exposition Association lose $50,00O.
The Robinson planning mills and box factory
| at Cincinnati, O., burned on the night of the
18th inst. Loss $25,0OO; insurance $4,000.
The plqning-min Of Watrous Brothers. "a at
ber we're burned on the night Of the 18th inst,
causing loss Of $50,000.
A Gre at Battle Greek, Mich, on the 10Th,
swept away the school-seat factory, valued at
$8O,O0O, and two smaller shops. The blaze
arose from workman stepping on parlor
match in the vanishing room.
Two gas furnaces, one steel meter, and a
large building belonging to the Slemens-Ander-
son Steel Company, at Laughlin station, near
Pittsburgh, burned on the night of the 18th inst.
Loss $4,000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21
The southern states are awaking to q realiza-

ton of the riches which exist in their vast for
ests. The New Orleans Democrat estimates
that Louisiana contains more than 1900, 900
acres of wooded land. The saw-mills have
made little impression upon this vast supply of
timber, which comprises largo variety Of val
liable woods. Most of it, too, can be easily
marketed, thanks to the bayous and water
courses with which the state is literally proyid.
ed. Since the increasing scarcity of western
timber became apparent large purchases Of tim
bered lands have been made in Alabama, Ten
nessee, Georgia and North Carolina.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21

NOTWITHSTANDING the deporable condition Of
the finances Of Nevada, there is nothing mean
about the salaries drawn by the state officials.
Three judges receive $1,000 year each, which
is as much as the judges Of the court Of appeals
receive in the state of New York, and more than
is paid to the judges of the highest court in
California. The governor is paid $4,000 year,
and the lieutenant-governor AMI five other Off
GERS $4,000 year each. The heutenant-gov
nor of Connecticut receives only $500. The
salaries of subordinate officials in Nevada are
in proportion to those of the higher officers.
Considering the meagre income of the state and
its comparatively heavy debt, upon which 911S
per cent. interest is paid, the ohice-holders
seem to be pretty we'll taken care of.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21
A SUPREME court judge at Boston has refused

A SUPREME court judge at Boston has refused
to grant an injunction restraining theatrical
manager from using stolen play, the piece be.
ing the unpublished work OF foreign author,
and the thefts having been committed by send
ing actors to memorize during performances.
The principle held by the court is that any per.
son who purchases ticket tor lecture, con.
cert, or theatrical representation is entitled
use so much of the matter offered for sale as
he may be able to carry away in his or her
memory. The doctrine has been sustained by
numerous decisions, but it does not apply tt
copyrighted works Of American citizens
whose rights are protected by al act of con
prees. 49,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21

ACCORDING to the last report Of tho commits
sioner OF agriculture it appears that 100000
persons in the United States are engaged in ag-
ricultural pursuits. The total value of farms
and farm implements is s13, ,461 ZOO, ,4s3, or
about two thirds Of the productive wealth OF
the nation. The value Of farm products and
live stock for 1873 was $4,000, 100000 against
$2,s00, 100000 of mining and manufacturing
products. Thus it appears that not only ma
jocity of the adult male population Of the
United States is engaged in agriculture, but
more than one-half the wealth of the Union is
invested in that industry. There are also S2,-
100000 persons engaged in mining and manu-.
featuring, whose interests are closely allied with
those of the agriculturist.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21

masted, but uninjured in hull. The Minis
hull and cargo were insured.
The schooner Regina, laden with salt from
Goderich, Ont, to Owen Sound, foundered off
Cove Island, Lake Ontario, on the night Of the
12th inst. All on board we're lost.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21

: LOCOMOTIVE drinks forty-five gallons
of water every mile it travels.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21

The great changes wrought in the methods
of business during the last twenty-five or thirty
years. says the Shipping List, have been SO
gradual as to to have been almost imperceptible
to the rising generation of merchants and trad
ers. During that period the whole world has
been brought within speaking distance by ca
bles under oceans and seas, and wires on land,
while steamships and railroads have been
brought to SO high degree of perfection that
they are almost enabled to annihilate time and
space. The increase of wealth is not the least
singular phenomenon of our times. The in
stantaneous diffusion of commercial and fnan'
cial intelligence has developed the business
mans faculties to the keenest point, and there
can be no doubt that business is becoming more
and more ascience every year. / -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21

In Providence steps have been taken to build
a memorial 20 the French soldiers Of the revo-
luton who lie buried in the North burying
ground of thatcity. The men to be commem-
Grated were amongst those who took part in the
siege of Yorktown. The minimum cost of the
memorial is set at $500, but it is designed to
allow greater sum to be expended if it is SUBJ
scribed. The memorial is designed to bear on
its top the Ge,tr de lis in relieve; on the front
of the lodger-stone, "Our French allies in the
revolution;" on the DIVERSE in French. a motto
(to be selected) expressive of the gratitude of
America; on the head of the ledger-stone; in
relieve, cartridge-box bearing on it the date
1882; and on the foot of the stone, in intaglio,
the record: "Erected 1884,"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21
MOrtuarYs

John W. Brooks, for many years identified
with western railroads, died in Germany on the
10th inst.
Madame Susan May Bonaparte, widow Of
Baltimore on the 18th inst, aged So years.
DR.. Joel Pomerene, surgeon of President
Garfeld's regiment, and widely known through
out the country died at Millersburg, on the 18th,
with disease contracted in the war. He WAS
Sc years old.
DR.. William Warren Green, delegate to the
international medical congress at London, and
while returning home and was buried at sea-.
He has son and daughter in Ann Arbor,
Mich.
Benoni R. Paine, who for thirty years has
been manager of the telegraph Office at New
Bedford, Mass, fell dead on the street from
paralysis.
Senator Ambrose E.. Burnside died at his resi-
spasms of the heart. Deceased was So years
Of age at the time of his sudden taking off.
Edward Grassland, ex-member of congress
from Kentucky, died at his home in May6eld on
the 11th inst.
Capt. P. r. Breeze, U. S. A., died at Newport,
R. l., on the 18th inst.
John II. Lannigan, for many years employed
in the city treasurers Office at Chicago, died on
the 18th inst.
Marine Dl606t0TDs
On the night of the 18th inst, the schooner
Van Valkenburg foundered off White Fish Bay,
Lake Michigan, and all on board except one
seaman were lost. Those that perished were
the captain, Andrew Keith, his wife and son
Richard, lady friend of Mrs. Keith, Petes
Hennesy, George Curtis (two seamen), q third
seaman, whose name is unknown, and the first
mate.
The German bark Johanne was thrown on
her beam ends by gale on the Atlantic and
dismasted. The mate, helmsman and boy
were swept overheard and drowned. The
Johanne was bound for Java with oil. O..
The Canadian propeller Columbia. loaded
with 10000 bushels Of corn forsC Collngwood
Ont..y shifted her cargo and foundered of
Frankfort, Mich, on the 10th inst f is be-
ieved that fifteen lives were lost by the disas'
ter. The steamer was valued at 1874, 00e:.
The schooners David Dows and Charles K
Minis collided on Lake Erie on the night 81 tht
10th inst. The Minis was Immediately dis
masted and sunk with her cargo Of S2,60(
bushels Of corn. The Dows was partially dis
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21

INVESTIGATIONS made insC Canada and Michi.
gan show that Tho destructive forest fires gen.
orally start and spread in the branches and
foliages of trees that are left on the ground by
the lumbormen. The resinou5 boughs of the
pine, hemloch, spruce and fir will, when dry,
hndle with the touch of spark, and produce a
beat SO intense as to give fire great headway.
It will then cry the wood in living trees to such
an extent that they will burn readily. After a
forest fire has been raging for considerable
time it heats the air that moves before it, sc
that it prepares the trees through which il
passes to feed the advancing flames. A fire
once under headway will generally continue in
its course till an extensive clearing or a body Of
water is reached.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21

The French patent laws provide that "no
foreign invention can be patented in France ex-
cept under the condition that the article in
vented md the machinery necessary to it's fab
rication be made in France; that the inventor
who manufactures the article in any other
country and imports it for sale, loses his right
to the invention, which then becomes public
property" It is easy to see how disadvanta-
geous]y this law has operated to American in
ventors. But the French people are now be.
ginning to see that it acts equally to. their dis
advantage. A United States inventor now takes
up his patent in France simply to secure the in
vention in case of future requirement. He
does not do SO with tho idea Of utilizing his in
venion in France. As consequence the vast
majority of our useful and labor-saying ma
chimes are practically unknown to the French
people.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21
MILWAUKEE.
TOLEDO.

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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-09-21

1sollct share of patronage and guarantee that
all work shall be done in first class and satsfact0
ry manner.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-14
SHOOTING or JOHN r. DITCH.
Morgan City Review

At about dark Wednesday evening of
this week, Charles Brown, the we'll
known ship-wright of Berwick, shot his
stepson. John r. Ditch, in the shoulder,
the ball passing through the bone from
behind and downward. Brown imnle.
diately surrendered himself 20 Justice
G. w. Wright, and was brought to Nor
gan City and locked up. BY Thursdays
train Deputy Sheriff Joshua Thomas
conveyed him to Franklin and placed
him in Jail, where he now Is.
At the time the shot was fired, young
Ditch was near the yard gate in front
of the family residence, and was about
to enter, while Brown was in the street.
From what we can learn, there have
been disagreements in the family OF
late; aud Brown claims be was justified
in the act.
Young Ditch received almost immedi.
ate attention from Drs. Gardner and
Powlett. and has since been visited BY
Drs. Bray and Wise. 1t was ut frs,
feared that the wound would prove fa
tai, but our latest information Friday
is much more encouraging. His condi.
ton is very precarious, however. The
ball has not been extracted.
JOHNNY Ditch, as he is Familiarity call
ed, is almost universally liked, and II
the sympathies Of the people and theil
good wishes can prolong his life, be vii
not soon be called hence,
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-14
LOUlsIANA,S "ABLEST MAN.

| asked Wharton whom he considered
to have been the ablest man produced in
Louisiana.
John Randolph Grymes,' he replied.
"He was the most brilliant man New
Orleans ever had, though cratic. He
received a fee of 100000 from the city
of New Orleans to represent her i'll 0 snit
with the general government. He never
knew what became OF the money, ii
went so fast. When asked to proceed to
Washington TO finish the matter, he de-
manded $4,000 more for about two
weeks work, and he got it. His life
was full of brilliant episodes, accompa.
med with recklessness. He shot the
speaker of the Legislature for speaking
against his wife, An imputation had
been made against the lady's character
and Grymes said he didn't consider the
truth Of that at all; and If it were trne
he didn't hold the man in the case re
sponsible: but Grymes said: When thu
offender talked about it, then it became
my business
''He married the widow of a worth.
and eminent man, who lived apart from
him most of the time. residing on Slater
Island, New York. He paid her q visi
every year, and they were friendly, bn'
it was impossible for woman to liv'
with Grymes. He was a relative Of JOIN
Randolph and had some Of the qualities
of that morbid but brilliant man."-N
Y. Tribune.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-14
Educational Notes.

Harvard College library has half u
million volumes, spends $40 per an
MN in buying books. and $4,000 addi-
tional for current expenses. Forty years
ago, in 1S4l, it contained II 900 volumes
President Barnard Of Columbia Col
lege, n. Y, has taken pains to learn the
average age Of American college stu
dents, aud fixes it from seventeen to
twenty-one years. \ century ago it was
from fourteen to seventeen. AS the ad-
mission to our University is fixed at
fourteen years, it seems that we are just
century behind the American average.
Instruction in mathematics at Har-
ward University is by lecture for the most
part; though some of the professors give
out problems. This is u very good way
for students who know all about 1t. But
as a rule that class of mathematicians
have quit college, aud are engaged in
some of the problems OF life.
In 1878 there were 35S Universities
and Colleges, IN the United States with
1886 teachers and 81 ,9S7 pupils, an aver
age Of nearly eleven teachers and l6s
pupils to each institutions.
In 1873 there were I'll ,l44 teachers il
the United States, and 1913, 1875 pupils
enrolled in the public schools. In add
tion to these, there were in private
schools 2S6,675 pupils. Daily attend
ance in public schools 5,l3l, 5l3. Thu
expenditure for public schools was Sse,.
| 539, 957. o.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-14
SAD STORY.
pittsbury Chronicles,

There is a sad lesson in the story Of
Selma H. Ditzell. A mere child, she was
employed asa servant by a family in
Chicago, who suffered from the pecnla-
tions Of practiced thief, evidently.
Selma was finally charged with stealing
arrested, and confessed TO stealing
money and when asked what she dial
with it, said, she sent it to her parents in
Michigan. The moment she was dis
charged she obtained u quanity OF arsenic,
and before her death assertated in the
most positive manner that she had con-
fession the theft solely to escape the
prosecu ton threatened in case she did
not confess. Her parents were telegraph.
ed, and they replied that they had not
received any money from their daughter.
Now the people who extorfed confession
through fear from mere child. If they
are not lost to all feeling, mnst regard
themselves as murderers. Possibly one
fthe family is guilty. At all events the
action that drove a mere child to commit
suicide through shame, and a sense OF
outraged feelings can not be con-
templated by their fellows with any
degree of patience.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-14
DIRECTORY.


Col. Vim. Preston Johnston, President and Pro-
lessor of History and English Literature
j. w. Nicholson. -. =. Professor OF Mathematics
II. s. McCulloch. Professor Of Chemistry, Natu.
raj History and Physics, Including As.
tr0nOmy.
Geo. S. Thomas Professor of acknowledgements
L, W Sewell Professor Of Modern Languages
M. f. lamar, Z. S. A., Professor Of Military
Science and Tactics, and Commandant of
Cadets.
j, Fl, Randolph, Jr., Instructor in Mechanical
Engineering, including Workshop Instruc.
ton in construction OF machinery.
L. ". Conerly, instructor In Scientific Agricul.
turs and Experimental Farming
Thomas y. Boyd Professor OF English, and
Instructor in Preparatory Department
S NJ Robertson, Instructor In Preparatory De.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-14
sllsft Ylistallal'l,
WHEN sHALL WE MEET AGAIN
BY George D. Prentice.

BY George d. Prentice.
The fat of death is insxorable. There
is no appeal Of relief from the great law
which dooms us 10 dust. We flourish
and fade rs the leaves Of the forest, and
the flowers that bloom, withef and fade
insa day havsno frazier hold upon life
than the mightiests monarch that ever
shook the earth with his footstep. Gen.
erations Of men will appear and lisap-
pear as footsteps on the shore. Men sell
dom think Of the great event Of death
until the shadow falls across their path
way, hiding from their eyes the faces Of
loved ones whose loved smile was the
sunlight Of their existence.s Death is
the antagonist of life and the thought Of
the tomb is the skeleton Of ell fears. We
do not want to go through the dark val
ley, although the dark passage may lead
to q paradise we do not want to so
down into deep graves, even with prin-
ces for bed fellows. In the beautiful
drama Of Iron the hope of Immortality,
so eloquently uttered BY the death-devo-
ted Greek, finds deep response IN every
thoughtful mind. !.
When about to yield his life q sacrifice
to fate, his Clemanthe asked if they
should meet again, to which he responds:
Il have asked that dreadful question Of
the hills that look eternal--of the clear
streams that flow forever--of the stars
among whose field azure my raised spir-
it's have walked in glory. All are dumb.
But as gaze upon thy living face, / feel
that there is something in love that man
ties through it's beauty that can not
wholly perish. We shall meet again,
Clemanthe."
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-14
Practical Hints for Practical Men,

A box IA inches long, II AS inches
wide and ~ inches deep holds one
bushel.
A box 2.5 inches long, sinches wide,
and inches deep holds one peck.
I. a box 4 10 inches long, 4 inches wide,
and 4 inches deep holds one quart.
In liquid measure, "a box I inches long,
s inches wide, and 81 inches deep holds
exactly one gallon.
A piece Of land So! yards square con-
tains about one acre.
A piece of land 50 yards long and 50
yards wide contains exactly one acre.
A piece of land "a yards square con-
tains about one arpent.
A piece of land % yards long and 81
yards wide contains eractly one arpent.
An arpent is about Sc Of an acre.
TO find the number of rails it will take
to build a fence 10 rails high with 5 feet
crook, multiply the distance in yards
by a; or approximately, "step off, the
distance, and multiply the number OF
steps by 4.
To find approximately the number
of bushels in a box: take the measure Of
the box in feet, multiply the product OF
the length, width and height by 4 and
divide by 5.
To find approximately the number
of gallons in a box, multiply the product
of the length, width and height in feet
by u.
Answers to Problems.
Problems | and 2were correctly solved
by "student of Grangeville institute" st
Helena parish.
Problems.
Z. What is the interest of Sl25 for one
year, one month and one day, at ! pei
cent Is
| g. As flock is blessed with great increase,
| He owns MULTITUDE of geese:
| There's heighbor b, just by his side,
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-14
Bllarge and Develop The Form,

IF shrunk wholly or in part from nature or dis.
ease. Advice free. Describe case and send
stamp to P. De l.. Co., Atlanta, Ga. NO hume
tdential.