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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
MOrtuarYs

Col. Thomas A. Scott, the great railroad
manager. of Philadelphia, died at his country
home, Derby, Pa, on the night Of the 21st inst.
Judge Henry r. Mcclure, prominent law
yer Of Jacksonville, ILL.,, dropped dead at the
depot in Chicago on the 21st.
Gen. J. W. Barnes, Of Burlington, L.. a
well-known railway contractor, died at Dan
vile, Ill.,, on the 2Oth, after brief illness.
Col. W. II. French, U. s. A., died Of apoplexy
at Washington, D. c., on the Goth. He was
major general of volunteers during the war and
was brevet major general in the regular army.
Uncle Billy Young, of Decatur, Ill.,, who
served in the war of 1872, the Mexican war and
the civil war, died on the 18th, aged 81 years.
Count Won Arnin. the Russian diplomatist,
died on the 10Th. The count was the German
ambassador at Paris and was subsequently
found guilty of betraying his country. offended
ing tho emperor and insulting Bismarck, for
which he was sentenced to five years penal SER
vitude.
Judge Burgoyne, of Cincinnati, ended his re-
markable career on the 18th inst, at the age of
80 years. he was famous as leader in the
whig party. He was the first to pronounce
from the bench the uuconstitutionality of the
fugitive slave law. He secured the appoint
ment of President Harrison as clerk Of his
court. For twenty years he was president of
the National Insurance company.
Franz Dingelstedt, the German poet, is dead.
Vice Admiral Ronciere de Nowry, of the
French navy, is dead.
K. A. Durham, a well-known cattle~buyer
from California. died of apoplexy at Dodge
City, Kan. No less than $18,00 was found on
his person.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
A Deathbed Confession.

John Tucker, of Jay, vt, who died on the
goth, confessed to the burning, in conjunction
with his brother-law, John Ross, of large
woolen mill in Stanbridge, Canada, two years
ago. He stated that they were hired by VIM.
ton proceedings have been commenced against
the two Rosses, who are suspected of other fires
nearer home.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
THE SILENT No. 8.
THE EASY RUNNING No. 8.
THE No. 8 for FAMILY SEWING,

Or all modern improvements and
inventions in Sewing Machines, the
New Wheeler & Wilson, "The Silent
Number 81 is the greatest success.
Wherever it has come in competition
before competent judges with other
machines, it has universally come of
triumphant.
eve declare 1t the best in the
world. ."-Ja1dges american Institute,
" Y.
AWARDED the only grand prize for
Sewing Machines, at the Paris Expo.
sition, 1878, over 80 competitors.
AGENTS WANTED.
WHEELER b WILSON MFG CO.,,
l56 State Street, . CHICAGO
W. I. BROWN, Agent, Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Judge Stanley Matthews.

Stanley Matthews Was sworn in as associate
Justice of the United States Supreme Court on
the 18th. Chief-Justice Waite ordered bis
commission to be issued Immediately, and as
signed him to duty in the Sixth Circuit, reliev-
ing Justice Bradley from duty therein. The
district includes Northern and Southern Ohio,
Eastern and Western Michigan, Kentucky,
Eastern, Middle and Western Tennessee, and is
the district in which Justice Swayne oficiated
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
BankruptCYs

The leading private banker of Fond du Lac,
Wis.,, Robert A. Baker, made an assignment on
the 18th INST, with liabilities said to be $780,
600; assets $15O,0OO. The individual deposits
in the bank amount to about $45,OO0. Fond
du Lac city treasury is creditor to the amount
of $3.50, 900. The assets of the institution con-
sist of securities not Immediately available.
Lawrence & Martin, wholesale liquor dealers,
Chicago, have made an assignment, with La
bilities placed at 100000
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25

read to that august body the announcement of
the resignation Of New York's senator's s-Koscoe
Conkling and Thomas G. Plat. Quite sensa-
tion followed the reading and various opinions
we're expressed as to the result of the sudden
step on the part Of the affected senators. It is
generally thought that the New York legislature
will endorse the course of her representatives,
by returning them to their seats.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
An Unfaithful Servant.

A prominent German of wheeling, W. Va,
treasurer of an Odd Fellow sociHW has con-
steadily stealing money from the TREASURY. The
shortage amounts to from $4,000 to $4,000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
A Premature Explosion.

A terrible accident occurred on the Fest Ten
nessee and Western North Carolina railroad, in
Carter county, Tenn, few days since, result
ing in the instant death of one Hedeman, q
sub-contractor, and colored man, and the fatal
injury of one or two more colored laborers.
charge of blast containing two and one-half
kegs of noWder
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Destructive Thunder Storm,

The vicinity of Junction city, Kansas, was
visited by severe thunder storm on the 18th
inst, which inflicted considerable damage to
crops. Four bridges on the Missouri Pacific
railroad, between Camden and White city, were
washed away by freshet. Miss Berthe Draw
ance was killed by lightning.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Pla2ue.StrfCkell.

The plague which broke out some time ago in
Mesop0tamia is committing frightful ravages.
Since the I'D of May there have been twenty-six
deaths per day, and the inhabitants have been
obliged to leave the cities and camp in the open
plain in order to escape the dreaded pestilence.
The health authorities are doing all in their
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25

COMMISSIONER LEDUcs project of American
tea culture receives encouragement from South
Carolina. Henry A. Middleton. who lives about
twenty miles from Charleston, has leased to the
commissioner two hundred acres on his estate
for twenty years in consideration of one dollar.
John Jackson, who has been engaged in tea cul-
ture in India for sixteen years, will have change
of the plantation. About 1900 tea plants will
be set this spring, and the commissioner thinks
that in three years he will have as fine crop
of tea Rs was ever raised in the world.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
The construction of ship canal connecting

The construction of ship canal connecting
Lake Erie and the Ohio river is being seriously
entertained. Two possible routes are described
by Maj. John NJ. Wilson, United States engi-
neer, the first by way of the Erie and wabash
canal to the navigable waters Of the Wabash
river, which would then make the connection
through to the Ohio; the second by the Miami
and Erie canal. which joins the Wabash and
Erie canal ten and half miles south of Def
ance, thus connecting Toledo and the lake with
the Ohio river. The cost of either route is es-
timated at moro than 1925, ,OOO, 900.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
0uRshed.

On the 10th inst. the famous Morey Chinese
letter libel suit against Kenward Philip and
others, was ended by the entry of none pros.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
The UnhappY Car.

On the 12th inst, one Of the scullions en-
ployed in the palace Of the czar Of Russia, at
tempted to poison his royal master by sprink-
ling arsenic over bowl Of salad of which Alex
ander is known to be very fond. The attempt
was detected, however, and the guilty servant
arrested. The day previous the car received
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
.mViIiSmn.

A prize fight occurred on the Hudson river,
nine miles above Yonkers, on the 10th inst, be-
tween John L. Sullivan, the noted Boston
bruiser, and John Flood, Of New York city.
Eight rounds were fought, Flood being knocked
out of time and fearfully punished.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
The Army Worm,

Dispatches from New York state that the army
worm is destroying all kinds Of vegetation. The
entire northern portion of the state is afflicted
with the pest.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Marina nisasters.

The schooner San Jacinto, with q cargo of
grain from Chicago, struck rock in Georgian
bay, Lake Huron, on the 18th inst, and sunk
in deep water.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Gll0d En0llHh.

Two masked N men halted "a ssge 1s sa near San
shot at the driver. Two passengers riding on
the top drew Wmchosters and killed the rob-
bers, whore bodies were left in the road for
dav
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25

Or the debt Of Tennessee, amounting to
1927, ,O0O, 900, about 81 800, 900 are held by the
national government in trust for the Indians,
$500, 1000 in the state of Tennessee, and the
greater part in Europe. One year ago these
bonds stood at 2s to 80; they are now quoted
at H.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
SrRoNc drink costa Al 0(lll 0fll 600 a uas

STRONG drink costs 81, ,0oo, 900, 900 year in
money. It makes so per cent. of our insane.
1t makes 65 per cent. of our paupers. It caus-
es directly rs per cent. of our murders. It
makes 80 per cent. of our criminals. It sends
forth IS per cent Of our vicious youth. 1t sends
one every six minutes into drunkards grave,
or nearly 10O, 600 year.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Minor MiAlnRUa.

Alex Tambarg, a workman in q Touring mill
at Rock Island, ILL.,, was caught in the machin-
cry on the 18th and crushed to death.
Milton E. Marvin, of Kalamazoo was burned
in farm house near Saugatuck, Mich, on the
night of the 18th. His calcined bones were re-
covered from the ruins.
The sick wife of Frank Thayer, farmer re-
siding near Jamestown, N. Y, fell into an open
fire place in front of which she WAS sitting, on
the 18th inst, and was fatally burned.
Geo. Young and John White, employed in a
mine at La Sale, ILL.,, were crushed to death by
falling rocks on the 18th inst.
-Four railroad repairers, while crossing tres
tie near Sunbury, Pa, we're overtaken by a
freight train and killed.
On the 18th inst, party of German ex~
cursionists from Newark O., embarked on Lick
ing reservoir, near that place, for pleasure ride
The boat was overloaded and capsized, drown
ing Mrs. John Lasch, Brice Stowe and his two
children.
A cyclone at Dayton, O., did mischief esti-
mated at $4,000, while trees and buildings in
the vicinity suffered considerably.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Restitution.

Jose NJ. Macias, naturalzed citizen of the
United States, who claimed from the Spanish
government $4,000 for the seizure Of his
plantation near Matanzas, in 1869, was, on the
21st inst, awarded 1926, 1000 by the Spanish
American claims commission.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Drowned,

On the 18th inst, direful calamity occurred
at the mouth of Columbia river, Oregon. Three
fishing boats we're capsized on the bar and the
occupants drowned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Steamship Sunk,

On the night of the Goth the steamship Ganos,
from Matanzas for Boston, with cargo of
sugar, collided with the British steamer Penn
broke about twenty miles east of Boston light
and sunk. Loss on cargo $3.50, 900 and on the
steamer $160,000. The crew were saved With
the exception of one seaman. The Pembroke
put back to Boston for repairs
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Heavy RObborieS,

On the 1st inst, r. N. Paisley, superintendent
of the Stewart Iron companys coke works,
Uniontown, Pa, while en-route to pay the
hands, was knocked senseless and then robbed
of satchel containing $6, 900 and his horse and
wagon, by three men. Mr.. Paisley was dis
covered soon afterward and conveyed to his
home.
D: Fshnest9ck { Cos brokerage Office, Balt; I'll
in bonds.
Burglars broke into Houses store, Centre
Junction, Ia., on the 21st inst, and secured
about $5, 900 worth of property.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Buried i'm q Mine.

While the night shift of fifty men were going
into the Golden Terra mine, Deadwood, COL.
on the evening Of the 18th inst, large body
OF earth caved in at q distance Of nearly two
filling up large ore chamber and throwing
huge timbers about in a frightful manner,
Thomas Green was blown nearly eighty feet by
the compressed air, and crushed to death
against brick wall. Pat King was struck by
flying debris and fatally hurt. Ten others were
imprisoned in the works until o'clock next
day, when arescuing party released them. The
gang had just entered the works when the &C.
cident occurred. Had it taken place q few mo-
ments later all would have perished.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Railway Accidents.

On the morning of the 21st inst, q train was
was ditched on the Kankakee road near Temple
ton, Ind. The engine was capsized and Fred.
Rogan, the fireman slowly roasted to death
under the boiler Nobody else hurt. Pecuniary
loss 800, 600.
A wild freight train plunged into regular
freight train on the Detroit and Lansing rail-
road, on the 21st inst, wrecking both engines
and several cars. Damage $4,000. No lives
were lost.
A freight bridge over Wheeling creek (West
Va.,) gave way on the 18th inst, precipitating q
freight train into the creek. An engine, tender
and two box cars loaded with flour were
wrecked. Thomas Clark, the engineer received
fatal injuries.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Road Agents.

Three highwaymen stopped west bound
the 18th. They opened fire, seriously wound
ing one passenger, whom they robbed, after
which they ransacked the treasure pouch and
mail sacks. A reward of $1,25O is offered by
the two cities for the apprehension of the
fl1evSnfs
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Suicidal.

Elmer j. Allen, clerk in the National stock
yards, East st. Louis, suicided on the 21st inst.
He left two children.
John Rea, an attorney of Belfast, Ireland, and
one of the most picturesque and racy characters
that ever fourished in the Green Isle, committed
suicide on the 18th.
Shame at receiving penalty of lashes at the
whipping post induced John Schmidt to take
laudanum at Richmond, Va, on the 18th, from
the effects of which he died.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
A Severe Rattle.

The french troops under Gen. Logerot had a
desperate fight with the Kroumirs at Ben Nil
ter, in which the French lost five men and the
natives 400.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Work of the E1anness

Fully quarter of the business portion of
Saline, q village situated eleven miles north
Of Ypsilanti, Mich, burned on the 21st. inst.
Loss 280, 600; partially insured.
A fire which started from acigar thrown from
a railroad car, burned an area Of five miles
square of wheat fields, besides four houses,
near Oakdale, CAL, on the 22d. Several hun
dred acres of wheat were also destroyed by fire
near Merced.
Hodgson, MacMaster 4 Co.'s drug store,
loss of 450,0OO.
Walker l. Co.'s barrel factory and feed mills
and Carr, Ryder & Co.'s sash and door factory
at Dubuque, Iowa, were wiped out by fire on
the Goth. Loss $3.50
Mann's boot manufactory and c.. A. Summers
boot-tree shop at milford, Mass, were de-
stroyed on the 18th inst. Loss estimated at
:, At Milford, Mass, on the night of the 17th,
the Stearns tool factory was destroyed by fire.
Loss $S3, 900; insured for $4,000.
The main portion of Gilmour's saw mill,
Trenton, N. J., was consumed on the 18th. In
sured for $75,0O0.
Douglas stable at Franklin, Tenn, with fif-
teen horses, burned on the night of the 18th.
Enfield and Rhodomanthus, two thoroughbred
trotters, were among the unfortunate animals.
Loss $4,000.
The works of the Pump County Chair COM
pany and the threshing machine establishment
AZ GOSnen, ina were consumed by hre on the
18th. Loss $50, 900; insured.
A fire W whioh broke out in Warren Bros. paint
shop, Nashville, Tenn, on the 18th inst, de-
stroyed thirty four houses. The loss amounts
to $500, 1000. The insurance will not exceed
$200, 1000.
The Brooks Edge Tool company's works
Brookville, Mass, were consumed by fire on the
18th, causing loss of $4,000; insurance $14,-
900.
An explosion in the Fleming Oil works,
Brooklyn, L. L, on the 18th, ignited the struc-
ture which was destroyed. The loss is estimat-
ed at $50, 900.
The city of Marietta, Ohio, suffered to the
extent of $15, 900 by fire on the night Of the
18th.
The ice-house of Hit & Mallet, at La Porte,
Ind, were struck by lightning and totally de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is $50, 900.
A loss of $90, 600 was incurred by the destruc-
ton by fire of the pulp-mil of Hollingsworth l.
Whitney, at Gardner. Me.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25

PARTIAL records of the live stock interests of
Texas show yearly yield Of something over
four hundred thousand head Of cattle. Eight
dollars head is about the average market
price at San Antonio
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
VARIOUS TOPICS.

BALTIMORE has quite large sized oongrega-
tion of Mennonites, who meet in . hall over the
old Town bank. They practice the ceremony
of feet washing, the minister waiting on the
men, and the Oldest woman on the women.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25

A NoRrHERNEn writing about farming in
North Carolina, says northern farmer would
look with disgust at the careless manner of till
ing the soil. The plows are not more than
one-third the size or weight of those used in
the north and only one horse is attached.
Sometimes the entire surface of the gronnd is
scratched over two or three inches deep with
these plows, but often two burrows are turned
together for each cotton row, and the spaces
between are left undisturbed until the cultiva-
tor is started, after the crop is up.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25

The decree reducing present rates in Russia
and securing government indemni6cation to the
landlords has come not whit too soon. For
20 years past the condition of the freedmen who
became small farmers in 1861 has been growing
more and more deplorable. The stony and un-
profitable soil of the north, worth barely 40 cents
the Russian acre. was in many cases sold for
$1.25, and the loans contracted to discharge
that debt have been increasing ever since.
Even in the more fertile south, the monstrously
defective system Of Russian farming has COM
bined with the crushing taxation of the last few
years to beggar thousands. To these troubles
has been added that exorbitant usury which is
the cause Of provincial Russia, and the fruits Of
which have just shown themselves in the furious
outbreak against the Jews which is now con-
vulsing the Ukraine and Western Russia gener-
ally. Under such circumstances, the reform
measure of Gen. Melikoif and NJ. Abaza is q
thing to be welcomed by Ill, although it is Ger
tainly curious irony of fortune which has COM
mitted the task Of saving Russia to the hands
Of an Armenian and q Oircassian.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
The Irish Troubles

Great excitement prevails at New Pallas, Ire
land. Flying columns with two guns left Linn
erick to assist the sheriff in making seizures for
rent in the district. This is the first active SER
vice undertaken by one of five flying columns
at present organized in Ireland.
On the 20th Rev. Father Sheehy, parish priest
of Kilmallock, was taken into custody under the
coercion act, on the charge of aiding in opposi-
ton to legal officers. Several others were ar
rested with the priest, and all conveyed t. Jail.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
SINCE it was decided by the United States

SINCE it was decided by the United States
Supreme Court in 1875 that head-money levied
by the commissioners of emigration upon steam
ship companies for every emjgrant passenger
was illegal, the companies have begun suits to
recover all that WAS ever paid by them, to the
amount of about $2,OOO,ooo. The defence is
that congress passed law in 1873 invalidating
all previous collections, and that in any event
the steamship companies have no right to re-
cover, as they collected the head-money from
their passengers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
MILWAUKEE.
ST. LOUIS.

WHEAT-NO. 2 Red.
CoRN-No. 2.........................
OATs-No. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
RYE-No. 1...........................
PORK-Mess. ess......................
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
ResiGnatiOn OF Senators C0nkling
and E1lAtf.

assumed startling phase on the 18th inst inst,
when presiding ohoer Arthur, Of the senate,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
Turkish Trouble

Fresh riots have occurred at Omela, govern
ment OF Kieff, and at Odessa. The houses of
Jews we're wrecked and it is reported that the
populace of Tartovo threw q Jew into the flames
Of a burning house.
A raid on the Jews was made by the people of
Podwalyska, on the Prussian border. Many
houses were destroyed, and three hundred and
thirty families fed into Galicia. Four grain
warehouses and all the buildings around the
railway station were plundered and burned, and
at Odessa the plundering continued an entire
day. Several peasants were killed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25

The foreign immigration to this country in
the year 1880 was the largest ever known. It
was nearly 140 per cent. greater than for the
previous year and IS per cent. greater than for
1872, which was the busiest year on the record
previous to 1880. The aggregate was 593, 703,
OF upwards of 10000 more than the aggregate
population of seven, majority, of the states
when the Union was formed! OF the total
Great Britain and Ireland contributed the
greatest number Of any one country-164,4 ,458.
Germany comes next with s4,040. The immi-
grafton during the present year promises to ex-
ceed that of 1880.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25

A NEW notion in way of temperance reform is
going on in Berwick, Pa. Most of the men in
the place are employed IN the carshops of a
great manufacturing company. Recently the
president of the company called the hotel
keepers and other licensed liquor sellers to-
gether and proposed to pay them the amount
they would make by the sale of liquor for one
year, on condition that they would not apply
for licenses nor sell liquors, They fassented,
and the amount to be paid was fixed by agree
mert at about six Thousand dollars. The COM
pany believe they can afford that sum to have
the taverns and restaurants kept on temperance
principles for one year. The benefit to their
workmen will be several times six thousand
dollars
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25

A CINCINNATI swindle was a United States
Home and Dover association, which took in
members on an annual assessment of $22, and
aud promised in return 81 900 at tho end of
twenty-one years. Dupes could not be OBJ
tained by that device, and the operators offered
a loan of $500 at low interest to every person
who should pay the dues for three years in ad-
vance. This proved attractive, and many per-
sons paid $66, only to be put off as long as
possible about the loan, and finally to lose the
money paid.