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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
Work of the Flames.

The stables of the Crescent City Railway, at
New Orleans, we're destroyed by fire, on the Sd
inst, and fifty horses perished in the flames.
The extensive glass works at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y, were destroyed by an incendiary fire on
the night of the I'd ms. Loss $25O,000, one
half of which is covered by insurance.
Several valuable presses were destroyed by a
fire which burned out the Evening Post press
room at Montreal on the I'd.
Maxwell Bros barns, on Bennett farm, near
Geneva, N. Y, burned on the 30th. Fifty Hol-
stein cattle, five horses, fifty hogs and a large
quantity of hay were destroyed. Loss $50, 1000.
The fire was the work of an incendiary.
Ballary & Co.'s hardware store at Jefferson,
Texas, was totally destroyed by fire, on the 9th.
Loss $5O,o0O.
Mark Hopkins l. Co.'s hub and spoke works.
at St. Clair, Mich, furnished food for flames,
on the 30th. Loss 100000.
fire broke out in Newmans mirror and pic
ture frame establishment, Philadelphia, On the
30th ult. Causing damage to the amount of
$4,000.
The county court house at Decatur, Texas,
burned on the 29th ult. Many valuable papers
and the safe in the county clerks Office, con-
tanning $4,000 in cash, were destroyed.
fire at Rochester, N. Y, on the 29th ult.,
destroyed Marion's hat store and caused a loss
! of $4,000.
Cox Hotel at Cookeville. Tenn, with an en-
! tire square of buildings, was wiped out by fire
on INC zS(u. LOsS uoHVys
Over fifty buildings, comprising the entire
business portion of Augusta, Ark. were con-
sumed by fire on the 20th ult. The total loss is
estimated at 100000.
Fire on the night of the 28th ult., destroyed
the extensive establishment of the American
Rubber Company, at East Cambridge, Mass,
together with the valuable machinery and a
large quantity of stock and manufactured gar
ments Total loss half million dollars. The
company gave employment to six hundred per-
sons, three-fourths women.
The Paulding iron furnace at Cecil, Pauldn&g
County, O., burned on the morning of the 27tl
ult. Total loss, $3.50, 900. q
Campbell l. Co.'s new Hungarian flour mills
at Ridgetown, Ont, burned on the 9th ult
Loss $40, 1000.
Dispatches report the destruction of the busi
ness portion of Kosciusko, Miss. Loss $50, ,0O0
A fire at the foot of Chesapeake street, a
Canton, Nd, on the morning of the 28th ult.
burned two floating elevators, the Russian bari
Vesta, two small yachts, the Smuggler and
Eagle, and two barges. Loss, $4,000. , -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
CORRUPT LITERATURE.

While the details Of the robbery of a
railroad train in Missouri several months
ago by coterie of strip!ings are yet
fresh i'll the memory Of news-readers
comes the pathetic story of the death of
one of the youthful band Of oflaw-breakers
inside the prison walls. The poor boy
died broken-hearted and the scenes at
his bedside were particularly affecting.
BE bewailed his sad fate and charged
his downfall to the corruption Of his
mind through constant reading of fresh
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
A Monkey to Appear as a Witness.

ltrOm the LOn0On 0rapMc
A monkey witness is shortly to appear
in murder trial in an Indian court at
Sattara. A travelling Snowman, whose
living depended on five monkeys and
goat, was recently murdered near q vii
lage, his troupe. being killed with the
exception of one monkey, who ran up
tree and watched the assassin bury his
master and his companions. When all
was quiet the monkey ran off to the
"patel" of the nearest village and made
him understand by screeches and signs
that something was wrong. The "pat-
ell followed the monkey, which led him
to the place where his master was bur-
led, and the murder was duly discov-
cred. The monkey is now kept for the
Identification Of the assassin, a plan
which recalls the time -honored history
of the dog of Montargis.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
Washington Gossip.

The annual report of the secretary of war is
chiefly devoted to the consideration of the i'm
portant recommendation contained in the an
nual report of army chiefs. Gen. Sherman's
recommendation that the army be increased to
10000 men receives Secretary Lincoln's earnest
endorsement. The attention is called to the
need of legislation to prevent intrusion upon
Indian lands, especially from Kansas into tho
Indian territory. The chief of engineers shows
that defense by Notifications and torpedoes is
the only one which is at all practical for coast
as extended as ours. Referring to the subject
of the standard of requirements necessary for
admission to the military academy at West
Point, the secretary concurs in the views of his
predecessor, that it would not be we'll to raise
the standard of admission. 1t is recommended
that the course be extended 80 as to cover five
years. The actual expenditures under the war
department for the fiscal yeor ended June 80,
1881. were $43, 122, POI; appropriations for 1882
were $44, 889. 724, and estimates for 1883 call
for $44, 541 PTS.
Secretary Hunt, in his annual report, calls the
attention of congress to the neglected condition
Of the navy and says that unless some action
be had in its behalf, it must soon dwindle to
insignifcance. He devotes considerable space
to the considerations of reports of bureau Off
cerr and generally endorses the recommends
ton submitted. SecretaryR Runt estimates that
500, ,0l3, ZIG will be needed to defray the ex-
penses of the department for the fiscal year
ending June ~, 1881.
The grand jury found the first indictments
in the star route cases on the 29th. The first
is against Contractor Brott for bribing officials
and defrauding the government. Ex-Deputy
Auditor Lley was indicted for accepting a
bribe.
In consequence of the alarm caused in some
portions Of the west by the reported spreading
of smallpox, acting Postmaster General Hat
ton has issued an order to the effect that where
postmaster receives official information from
the health officer of any port or town that mail
matter received is liable to communicate conta-
gious diseases, it shall be his duty to refuse to
accept such mail matter. The mail returned
shall he held until the prohibition is removed,
and shall not be forwarded to its destination
until properly fumigated.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07

lFTOm Cuo hc1usSuo \N vi 4uues.l
It was a North Carolinian at last who
weeded the row at Yorktown. There he
stood as sentinel, in his butternut cloth
ing, with orders to let no one pass with
out giving the countersign. One fellow
approached and sought to pass, but the
tar-heel came down with his bayonet and
demanded the countersign. The fellow
handed out two or three old counter
signs, but they would not do, and then
he showed fight and said to the tar-heel
he be burned if he didn't pass anyway.
Then showed the grit in the old Tar
State. The sentinel threw down his gun
and began to shuck his coat, saying as
he did SO, 81 won't shoot you nor I
won't stick you, but you ainter passin'
here without me to whip p and at him
he went with his fists clinched and in his
shirt sleeves, and the stranger retired in
pno1 nr6Or
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
A Sneak Thief,s Prize.

On the Sd inst. Dan. P. Eels, president of the
Commercial National Bank of Cleveland, took
from the vaults pasteboard box containing
$117, 900 in bonds, intending to cut the coupons.
AS they lay on the table, George H. Ely entered
the room for all interview, and the two gentle
men moved over to desk. young man of
a few feet away. For brief time Mr.. Ely
stood between MIR. Eels and tho stranger.
When the former whirled around in his chair
he noticed that the box and the visitor had dis
appeared. Mr.. Eels offers $4,000 reward for
the recovery Of the property and $2, 500 for the
arrest of the thief.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
Horrible T'rinJe Mn riler.

Perhaps the most horrible massacre that ever
stained Mississippi was enacted three miles from
Aberdeen on the night Of the 26th ult., in the
murder of W. A. Walker, Alonzo R. Walker
and younger brother. On the 22d an
emigrant train, consisting of a special wagon,
lowered road wagon and eulky, and party
consisting of four men was seen passing
through Aberdeen. No more was thought OF
the travellers until the night of the 9th ult.,
when the whole community was shocked at the
announcement that three of the party had
been found murdered. An officer with large
posse left for the scene, where they found the
party had camped. Horses and mules tied up
were neighing, and four hounds howlinA. On
a mattress near lay the mutilated remains of
three men, or, rather, two men and a mere boy
some 19 years of age. They bad evidently all
retired, and these three were asleep when the
fourth arose and with an axe successfully killed
the three, by striking each blow on the head
stantaReous, % as the cover over them was % not in
the least disturbed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
Fatal Exnl0Si0nS.

On the night of the LIST inst. boiler explod-
ed in the Wadsworth mine, near Doylestown,
o. John Stineline WAS fatally and another
man badly scalded. The wounded men had to
crawl half a mile before reaching the surface.
The boiler of the Yazoo, Miss, oil works ex-
ploded Thursday, with terrific force, tearing
away the boiler house and end of the main
building. Seven colored men were wounded,
four fatally.
boiler collapsed in the mills of Douglass l.
Sons, Mud Creek. Texas, on the 29th ult.,
blowing the establishment to atoms. Three
white men were killed and colored man fatal
ly injured.
By an explosion in the barrel-works at Sag
inaw, Mich, Charles Utter was mortally injured.
Ira Nichols right leg was broken and F. Bur-
hard was badly bruised.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07

A strange bulldog entered Mount Olive
colored church, at Memphis, on the evening of
the 9th ult., dragged a visiting minister from
the pulpit. and only released his hold when his
brains were beaten out. At the same hour a
bench was broken down in Avery chapel color
ed, and created panic. The congregation
leaped from windows into the bayou. Many
were injured, one woman fatally.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
Railway Wrecks.

A collision occurred at Austin, six miles from
Dayton, Ohio, on the 4th inst, between two
freight trains. Eng Sineer Ruddock and Fire
man F. NJ. Swetzer were fatally wounded.
A special train on the New York and New
England Road ran into passenger train near
Thompson, Conn.,, by which Conductor P. W.
Harrington and Engineer Albert Clark were in
stantly killed and several persons injured.
A collision with COWS threw passenger train
from the track at Table Rock, near Madison,
Fla, on the 3Oth ult. locomotive and two
cars were wrecked and the engineer and fireman
badly injured.
Seventeen freight cars were wrecked. brake
man killed and the conductor seriously injured
by smashup at Greencastle. Ind, on the 30th
ult. A broken axle caused the train to leave
the rails.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
Business Troubles.

The Bank of Prince Edwards Island has sus-
pended. The trouble was largely owing to
overdrawn accounts. Its affairs are said to be
in a bad condition. The cashier has disappear
ed. The capital of the bank is 1920, 900 and
the notes in circulation $2OO,OO0.
The Usage City KansaO Savings Bank sus-
pended, on the 28th ult., owing to complica-
tions with the Daneford banks at Caldwell and
HunneweIl. which closed on the 25th.
Proctor & ingalls,. leather dealers, Lynn,
Mass, have failed; liabilities estimated at from
350.000 to $60,000: assets considered quite
large. A general shrinkage in values Of stock
and losses by failures have necessitatcd the
suspension.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
MOrtslary

Jerry McKibben, manager Of the Worlds
Hotel, St. Joseph, No., dropped dead in his
Office on the 29th ult.
E. A. Clabough died at Baltimore on the 29th
ult. He was we'll known among turfmen.
The death is announced of DR.. John Bacon,
for many years professor of chemistry at Har-
ward College.
At the Osborne House, Auburn, N. Y, on the
29th ult., W. H. Whitney, business agent Of
Rce's Opera Troupe, dropped dead.
Ex-Unlted States Senator Abijah Gilbert, Of
Florida, died on the 23d inst, at the residence
of his brother at Gilbertsville, N. Y. He was
elected senator in 1869, and served until 1875.
He was in his 18th year.
Sister Rosale, we'll known throughout the
west, died of consumption at Leavenworth.
Fifty Sisters of Charity participated in the
requiem mass, and six OF the number accom-
panied the body to the grave in the capacity of
pail bearers.
Edward E. Preble, formerly lieutenant COM
mander U. s. n, and ensign on the Kearsage
when she captured the Alabama, died at Port
land, Me-, on the 28th ult.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
The Ruhlic Dehf.

of the public debt during November of 81 7,249,-
126; cash in the treasury, $245. .042, 1896; gold
certificates, $5, 2O7, 900; silver certificates, $685.,
663, $50; refunding certificates, $579, ,250; legal
tenders outstanding, $946, ,6s1 ,0l6, fractional
currency outstanding, 81, ,093, 1923; decrease Of
debt since June 80, 1881, 72,373,4n.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07

The full official returns from the late Wiscon:
sin election give Gen. Rusk, for governor. II ):
$50 majority over his Democratic opponent
For state treasurer, McF Fetridge has 1909 over
ance vote in the state was 1S, 225; that Of the
greenbackers 6,974.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
Minor MiShapSs

Three daughters of J. J. Furrow, living near
Winterset, Iowa, were burned to death on the
night of the LIST inst, the house in which they
were sleeping being destroyed by fire.
Mrs. George A. Whitney was drowned in a
cistern at Grinnel, Iowa, on the I'd inst. 1t is
water.
Arnoldus Vanderherst, owner of extensive
rice plantations on the South Carolina coast,
was killed, on the LIST inst, ON HAWAII Island,
by the accidental discharge of his gun. He was
member of the Cincinnati Society.
The steamer Kate Waters upset skiff con-
tanning Mrs. Hattie Jones, Miss Rilda Sherman
and colored man named Lee, who was row.
ing, at Madison, Ind, on the I'd inst. Miss
Sherman and Lee saved themselves, but Mrs.
jones was drowned.
DR.. 8. C. Norcross' dwelling at Whiteside,
Ga., burned on the 30th ult., and the doctor
perished in the flames.
s. Perils of the Deep.
Over three hundred fishing boats were de-
stroyed by the late gales on the west coast of
1verness, Ross and Sutherland. Tho fishermen
also lost their nets. ~
storm in the gulf Of st. Lawrence wrecked
seven schooners from Halifax bound to the
Magdalen islands with winter supplies for the
inhabitants. ..
The City of Berlin encountered terrific gale
on the voyage from New York to Liverpool.
Her second officer was swept overheard. The
saloon was flooded to depth of three feet.
The passengers aided the crew, and behaved
well and bravely.
The steamer Jackall foundered in St. Georges
Channel. Ten lives lost.
The Australian clipper Dundee collded with
the steanl-yacht Lucerne near Gravesend. The
former was sunk and several persons drowned.
The steamer Hermann put into Southampton,
Eng, in demoralized state. Two hundred
bales of cotton were thrown overheard and
twenty tons of tobacco used as fuel the supply
of coal having run out. -.H
The British bark Sara, from Hull for San
Francisco, burned in the South Pacific. Capt.
Currie, wife, two children and four seameu
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Thiers Sentenced.

Herbert NJ. Theirs, the Kenosha, Wis, forger
pleaded guilty to one charge, that of George
You1e, and was sentenced to seven years in the
state prison. The prisoner received severe
lecture from Judge Wentworth.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
Guifean9s Trial.

TtoelfM Day.-The court room was densely
crowded on the 28th ult., and at 10 O'Clock Mrs,
Scoville resumed her testimony. She described
her brothers actions during his visit to her in
1873, and said she was then convinced he was
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07

A COAL fire is CRATE comfort, but a
nutmeg often suggests CRATER.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
PAILWAY HOUSE,
NJ KS. Q. L. AMES,

j RS. Q. L. AMES,
(Ur tier known as MRS. TOPLIFF,) is back to
austin, 20 attend to all calls as MIDWIFE day or
night. Sac is the r!gh. woman in the right place.
Front rooms over F. A. T.ckuor's store P. O.
Box 27l,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
ST. LOUIS.
A Butternut Sentinel,

WHEAT-No. 2 Red. d................
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-12-01

) ep cotton-pickers in precinct No. q Also
among which were upwards Of sixty Mexi-
cans, naturalized as voters day or two be-
fore the election.
Some light on this sudden and remarkable
conversion of our neighbor may DO found
in the fact which we have from one OF our
most responsible citizens, that the Nutshell
man himself told this gentleman recently
that party residing in less than mile and
half of this place had offered him $3.50. to
advocate the centre for the county seat.
But whatever the cause may be, it is ap-
parent that San Marcos has lost her main
stay, who was to lead her up to glory and
prosperity The deed is done-the remorse-
less Nutshell has swept her as with the be-
som of destruction, and she lies as low as the
old court house, while "Hays City" looms
up from the mountains as the coming coun-
ty seat. The Nutshell has done it all. In
the language of Shakespeare:
20 tis excellent
To have a giants strength but 1t 10 tyranous
To use II like giant!
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-12-01
Late News Items.

Prof. Rote OF san Antonio proposes start a
monthly School journal about the frst OF January
Prof. Baldwin, OF the Sam Housto n Normal school
was seriously hurt the other day by falling through
n trap door some ten or twelve feet.
The Galveston Journal Of Commerce comes 10
enlarged to e ght pages. Col. Sweet has a'sociat-
with hmselrhis brother.in.law. J. W. Thompson, a
practical printer. He worked or MS on the Free
Pass In the fall Of '73.
The adteau trial is still In progress, varied BY
no Incidents OF special interest than the out
tageous Interruptions by the criminal OF bis own at
torney, and impudence to the court and opposing
counsel, which nave become somewh Al monotonous
]. Stanley Brown. President daraeld's private
secretary and who has since been on ciatinG in the
same capacity for Arthur, has resigned his position
IN order to comply with tho urgent request Of Mrs.
Garfield to prepare the materials for biography Of
his late friend and chief.
Marriage associations have become quite common
1T the north. They are somewhat on the mutual
life insurance plan. Each member on getting
married is to receive q certain premium to start
him or her in lie. We supno We shall have some
Of these associations at the South after while,
Gen. Albert Pike, poet, and high In the Masonic
order, Is In Texas on busin connected with the
Masonic fraternity.
The charter OF a new railroad. to be styled the
''Texas Southern Trunk Line Railroad and Tele-
graph and Express Co." Is filed at Austin. The
,ame, Of eighty nine incorporators, with combi-
nd,ions ar. stated. They include nearly all the
hank and other leading representatives. OF the
commercial community Of the state. The road Ia to
start Galveston and have branches to every place
OF any r,,rtance in the state, San Marcos includ-
Ell, The programme is simply Immense, but
whether business 10 meant or not we are unable to
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-12-01
Election Proclamation.

To all to whom these Presents shall come,
know ye:
WHEREAS, on the 26th day of November
A. d. 1881. I received petition signed by
two hundred and five Freeholders OF Hays
county Texas, asking me to order an cleo
ton for the purpose of establishing the
County Site of Hays County on the w. b.
Travis survey, on Flat creek, about one half
mile above what is known as Speeds cross
ing on Onion creek situated on the road
leading from Dripping Springs to Mountain
CITY, KYLE, and San Marcos, to be known as
"Hays."
Now Therefore know ye, that l Edward
r. Kone, County Judge of Hays county,
Texas, in consideration of the premises
aforesaid and by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the constitution and laws OF
this State, in such case made and provided,
hereby order and direct that an Election be
held in the several election precincts IN this,
Hays county, of this State, on Saturday 3lst
day of December A. D. 1881, for the pur-
pose of determining whether the county site
of said county shall remain at San Marcos or
be located at "Hays" All persons who are
qualified electors under the constitution and
laws of the State shall be entitled to vote at
said election, aud on each ticket the voter
shall write or cause to be written or printed:
'.For removal to Hays" or should the voter
be in favor of the county seat Remaining
where it is already located he shall write or
cause to be written or printed on his ticket :
For remaining at San Marcos"
In testimony aohereof I hereurato sign my
Ills. name and attic the seal Of tile Conn.,
ty Court of Hays County, Zeras, this Noo-
ember 2Sth 4. d. 1881.
ED. R. KoNE. Go. Judge, Hays Go. Tee.
Attest: ED. J. L. GREEN, Cpk G. @. Hays Co.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-12-01
The Issue Joined.

As will be seen by the petition and
proclamation for an election, both OF
which appear in our columns, vote
is to be taken on the 31st inst. on the
question of removing the county seat
Since there has been so much, as it
seems to us, rlncalled for feeling and
contention got up by certain parties
in regard to this matter, it is prob
ably best that it should be settled in
the way proposed With proper
effort in presenting her claims fairly
before the people of the county, San
Marcos, we feel sure, need have no
fears of the result. The FREE PRESS
will be found doing it's part in
the advocacy of her just claims.