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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R'T

Is The Great Connecting Link b
It's main line runs from Chicago to Cou1cil
Liberty, Iowa city, Marengo. brooklyn, Grinnell,
Des Mofnes (the capital of Iowa). Stuart Allan
tic. and AvOca: with branches from Bureau
yuncti9n to PEORIA Wilton yu9ston to Mpsea
Centrevlle Princeton. Trenton, Gallatin. Came
ron, Leavenworth, Atchison, and Kansas City;
Washington to Sigourney, Oskaioosa and knox-
tonsport. Independent Eidon. OttuTwa. Eddy
vile. Oskaloosa. Pella, Monroe. and Des Molnes;
Mt. Zion to KeoSauQua; Newton to Monroe; DeS
Moines to Indianola and Winterset; ATLANTIC to
and Carson. This is positively the only Rail
road, which owns. and operates a through line
from Chicago into the State Of Kansas.
Through Express Passenger Trains with pnii
between CHICAGO and PEORIA. KANSAS CITY.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, LEAvENWORTH and ATCHl-
SON. Through cars are also run between Milwau.
kcc and Kansas City. via the - milwaukee and
The "Great Rock Island" Is magnificently
equipped. Its road bed is simply perfect, and its
track is laid with steel rails.
of enjoying your meals, while passing over the
beautiful prairieS of Illinois and Iowa. in one OF
onr magnificent Dining Cars that accompany all
Through Express Trains. You. get an entire
meal. as good as is served in any firSt-ClasS hotel
for Scventy-five cents.
Approaching the fact that majority Of the
people prefer separate apartments for dlHeren1
of this line warranting it). we are pleased to an
nounce that this CONF any runs Pullman Palace
PULLMAN PALACE CARS are ru
COUNCIL BLUFFS. KANSAS CITY. A
Tickets via this Line, known as the
For information not Obtainable at
II. f.. CABLE,
Vice President and General Manager
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20

tween the East anu tBIo VooS :
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes, and Palace
great feature a Of our Palace Cars IS sMoKiNG
SALOON where you can enjoy your " Havana
at all hours of the day..
and Missouri rivers at ali points crossed by this
line, and transfers are avoided at Council Bluffs
Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchlson. con-
nections being made In Union Depots:
this great Through Line are as follows:
At CHICAGO, with all diverging lines for the
r. At # EFef 8 < Has with the LIS Ms and p
At WAsH1NeToN HEIGHTS. with P. c. & St.
At La sAL1B. with Ill. Cent: R: R.
-, At PEORIA. with 2 4 Il; r fd D. E.; l. b"
At ROCK ISLAND. with milwaukee and ROCK
Island Short Line" and Rock lsId q REQ: E1s.
At DAyEHPoRTT, with the Davenport DIVISION
AtWEsT LIBERTY. with the B. G. r. & MR.
| AtGRINNELL, with Central Iowa r. r.
| At DIES MONIES, with D. NJ. & F. D. r. r.
AtCOUNCIL BLUFFS, with Union PACING X: X
At COLUMBUS JUNCTION. with F. C. R;&N.RR
| AtOTTUMwA, with Central Iowa r. R.; W..
st. L. & Pac., and c.. B: and 9. r. Rds.
AT KEoKuK. with Toll, PEG: & War; yah; st.
hq at czM fae snS With III Il IT, S St. r. nus
| AtATCH1soN, with Atch., Topeka & Santa Fe;
| Atch. & Neb., and Cen. Br. U. p. R. Rds.
At LEAyENwoRTH, with Union Pac. anc Kan
At KANSAS CITY, with all lines for the West
| and Southwest.
, through to PEORIA. DIES MONIES
CCHISON. and LEAVENWORTH.
Great Rock Island Route" are sold by
our home office, address,
E. ST. JOHN,
General Ticket and Passenger Agent
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20

TINS standard article is compound
cd with the greatest care.
Its effects are as wonderful and us
satisfactory as ever.
1t restores gray or faded hair to it's
youthful color.
1t removes all eruptions, itching
and dandruff. 1t gives the head a
cooling, soothing sensation Of great
comfort, and the scalp by it's use
becomes white and clean.
BY it's tonic properties it restores
the capillary glands to their normal
vigor, preventing badness, and max
ing the hair grow thick and strong.
AS dressing, nothing has been
found so ettectual or desirable.
A. A. Hayes, Md, State Assaycr
of Massachusetts, says, ''Thc con-
stituents are pure, and carefully Sc
lected for excellent quality ; and l
consider it the BEST PREPARATION
for its intended purposes"
Price, One Dollar.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20

The ovcrfiowcd waters of the Missouri have
gradually subsidized, leaving behind a sad scene
OF ruin and desolatian. Ice lies piled up all the
way from ten to thirty feet along the river
bank and on the bars and bottoms. Thousands
OF people are rendered homeless, all of their
possessions having been sweptaw by the rag
ing stream. Nearly all the stock in the low
lands. over 100000 head, were drowned. The
damage to steamboat property is immense
Two boats, the Western and Santemlle are
sunk, and eight lie high upon the ice, far in
yet, as the season of floods has only begun and
the entire Missouri slope is buried in snow.
Yankton is full Of refugees from the low lands.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
WINDOWS Policy.

A circular was issued by Secretary Window
on the 18th inst, calling in the six per cent.
bonds maturing July LIST, 1881, the total being
95,69o, 400. Interest will cease on that date
on all that are not continued at the option of
the holder at 81 per cent. It also calls in the
SIX per cent. Oregon war debt on July 9TH,
1881, and Prescribes the form of request Of
those desiring to continue either of the above
classes of bonds at 81 per cent. The five per
cents are not mentioned, and the country must,
for the present, lose the difference in interest
on them which it would have saved had a
proper funding bill been passed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Spring ZcDhyrs.

fernando, Miss, and vicinity was swept BY
violent wind storm on the 18th inst, which
caused immense damage and killed number
OF people. A cotton gin and number of stores
ana cabins were blown down, one house being
carried fifty yards, but not injured. Many
farms are totally demolished.
A terrible hail storm visited Fayetteville,
Ark, on the afternoon of the 5th inst, intiic!-
ing damage to roofs, etc., to the value of $50, OOO
The state university sustained injury to the
extent OF $1,000. Many stones were found of
the size OF billiard balls and weighing over ten
ounces
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
starvation nj Sen.

The barque Tiger, bound from Liverpool fo1
Baltimore, was met at sea, in distress, by the
steamship Nebo. The crew Of the Tiger were
in deplorable condition, owing to want Of food,
they having subsisted for several days on strips
OF leather soaked in lamp oil. The oil having
become exhausted the captains dog WAS devoured
and when the steamer met them starvation or
cannlbalism stared them in tho face When the
steamers boat load of provisions arrived along
side the Tiger the famishcd seamen fought like
dogs for the crackers and tore the provisions
IN the same way as wolves might have done.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Mexican Life.

On the afternoon of the 18th inst, party of
Americans and two Me1icans became engaged
in quarrel st Ell Paso and the Mexicans we're
both killed. The affair created intense excite
cans crossed over to take possession of the bod
les of their friends. The Americans grew 80
indignant at the conduct of the Mexicans that
they organized a party to attack them. Mean
time the excitement ran high at Franklin (the
American Ell Paso) and conflict ensued be.
tween the two parties. In tho melee, bullets
flew thick and fast with fatal effect to John
Hall, one Kreman, q man named Ca mpbcll and
a Mexican. At last accounts the excitement had
subsidized in a measure.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
EARTHQUAKES.

Latest returns from the island of Chic, state
that 5000 were killed and 1000 injured by tho
The violent shock on the 18th caused the earth
to subside metre, and great numbers of the
inhabitants are emf grating from tho island,
tearing that it will be swallowed up by the sea-.
The central part of the state of California was
shaken severely by an earthquake on the 18th
inst. No seriOlls damapa
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Small POx.

The town of Gloyer's Gap, West Virginia, is
spread Of small pox, which was communicated
to the community by a young man who came
from Pittsburg. The physicians are all sick,
and the body of young woman who died was
left unburied. The governor was telegraphed
for aid to bury the dead, but he replied that
the county should attend to it. Railroad trains
do not stop at the town.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
"A Brute'S REVENGE.

Charles Springstedd, who is in the Passaic,
N: j., Jail for planning the murder and robbery
Of citizen, confesses that on the 18th of June.
1877, he deliberately capsized a boat and
drowned Sapuel Asher, a boy, at Laxawaxen,
father.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
A Rad POst,,,aster.

Mary A. Murray brought suit against Gen.
f. B. Taylor, postmaster of Baltimore, claiming
$4,000 damages for incident assault while she
was an employee OF the post Office. On the
14th inst the jury brought in verdict for the
plaintiff, assessing damages at $5,OOO
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Railroad Accidents,

On Tie 18th inst, passenger train on the
Oregon railroad jumped a trestIe into China
Gulch, point five miles from Redding, Cal.
not leave the track. The engineer and fireman
were killed and a number badly wounded. The
accident was caused by a washout.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Marine DiSaSferS.

The schooner Minnie was wrecked at Ouaco.
on the New Brunswick coast, and four persons
drowned.
steamer plying between Nliddlesborough
and Grangemouth, Eng, was sunk in collision
and fourteen persons drowned.
ferry steamer, the Daisy, blew out her cylinder
head and becoming disabled, drifted against a
pier and capsized. -Four men were on board,
two of whom drowned,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
One of the MOrey Letter FOrgcrs SEN.

James O'Brien, alias Robert or "Bob" Lind
say, who during the late political campaign de-
posed that he knew H: L. Morey, the individual
to whom it was alleged President Garfield wrote
what is known as the "Morey Chinese letter -
and who subsequently confessed that he Der
jured himself, plead guilty in New York court
on the 14th inst, and was sentenced to state
prison for eight years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
A Heavy Fee.

In Kings county, On. W the Supreme Court
ON the 18th inst, judgment Of $70,656 coun-
| sci fee was rendered Richard Huntley against
G. W. Goddard and D. w. Fessenden. Hunt
ley, it appears, recovered Judgment for defend
ants of 1891, $40 against Ezra Cornell, founder
of Cornell UNIVERSITY
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20

A man ma med Evan Lewis, of Dodgeville,
Wis, was fatally stabbed on train near Pine
Bluff station, Wyoming, on the 18th inst, by a
man named Black, who was abusing boy;
whom Lewis attempted to protect;
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Destructive Fires.

A fire in an iron building on White street,
New York city, on the 10Th inst, inflicted
damage to the occupants of nearly 800, 900.
Nie]ius, Shire & Co., shirt makers, Rufus Frost,
WOODEN goods, Alexander Rhind, linen goods,
were tho losers.
A Catholic church, in process of erection, and
Peton's hotel, on Point Claire, Canada, were
| man named Davust. Loss $55, 600; insured
for $4,000.
The Lanzor warehouse City of Mexico, burned
on the 18th, causing loss of $3.50, 1000.
six story building on Mulberry street, New
York city. was damaged to the extent of $780,
600 on the 18th. 1t was occupied by marufac-
turing firms.
The extensive wholesale and retail hat and
cap store of Stafford, Faul & Co., Buffalo, N.
Y, was destroyed by fire on the night of the
14th inst. The loss on building and stock is
about $45, 900. Several firemen were carried
down i'll the ruins by a falling floor, but escaped
with bruises.
The Smith & Dove manufacturing company's
flax mill at Frye village, near Lawrence, Mass,
burned on the 14th inst. Loss $75, 600; insured
The drying department. of the Peters Manu-
featuring Company's Oilcloth works at Newark.
N. j., was destroyed by fire on the 18th. The
loss is placed at 900. 1t is fully covered by
insurance.
At Wauseon, o.. on the 18th inst, Lyon,
Clement & Greenleaf's flour mill was destroyed
| by fire. Loss $30000; insured for half.
Metzner, Schellboz e. Co.'S furniture factory
! at Wheeling, w. Va, caught fire on the 18th
! inst, and was reduced to ruins. The loss is
| estimated at 100000, upon which there is an in
surance Of $4,000.
Two elevators at Norwood, Ia., were con-
sumcd by fire on the 18th inst. Loss $4,000
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Rohhe1, tho Mailx.

Official announcement is made by Gen
Skobeloff, that the Tekke-Turcoman war il
ended
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
A Nice Bank.

The Commercial bank, of Denver, has been
exposed by local journal. The president,
Van Woert, is said to have served six years for
forgery. A director, Pliny S. Rice, has been in
dicted in Leadville on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
TfNR pparnpn.

The plague has become virulent in Bagdad,
Turkey, the afflicted dying in ten hours after
being attacked. The inhabitants evacuated the
cities of Nedjed and Djhura, and destroyed the
cities by fire to eradicate the plague
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Failures,
j. IuSsel, of Wells iron works ENGLAND ha

}. Tussel, Of Wells iron works, England, has
failed. Liabilities 100000.
The failure is announced of w. D. Thieman
y Co., cigar makers and grocers, Key West,
Fla Gable l. Beacham, lumber dealers, Balti-
more have also assigned
R: B. Littrick, a grain-operator at Rawson,
O., has failed for s25,OeO.
Jos. Lislow e. Kuntz, New York brewers. have
assigned for the benefit of their creditors.
Preferences 800 600
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
R0ld RVlr1lnrv.

On the 18th inst. body of masked men sur
rounded the court house at Toledo, Ark, blew
open the safe in the treasurer's office and es-
capped with large amount of plumber. No clue
to the perpetrators.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
EAfal EYnlOSiAll.

By the explosion of nitro glycerinc cartridge
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, on the 18th inst,
David Downey and Michael Broderick was
killed, and John Murray severely injured.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20

1t has been discovered that G. w. Jones, for
merly city treasurer Of Vincennes, Ind, owes
the city $28,000, and suit will be brought
against his bondsmcn to recover the deficit.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Starved Herself tn Death

At Iowa City, Iowa, on Westinghouse birth
day, February %, Miss Hattie DEUEL. sat down
to the table with her brother in-law, DR.. Alys-
worth and his family, and partook of very
hearty dinner, which was the last meal she ate.
Despite the remonstrances of her friends and
relatives, she persisted in her fast until April
18th, a period of forty-seven days, when death
ensued. During the first week no attention was
paid to her abstinence from food, because on
different occasions she had been known to fast
for several days at a time. She called it diet
ing, and said it was necessary for her. because
it was only in that way she could overcome her
biliousness. In addition to her peculiarities
about her diet, Miss Deuel. has been for the
past five years exceedingly chary of speech, and
during that time has spoken but seldom. This
was in part owing to a throat difficulty that
bothered her very much. Again for time she
refused to speak because she claimed that the
tongue was the root of all evil, and she would
avoid SHINING by not using it at all. For about
eighteen months prior to the commencement of
this last fast, Miss DEUEL. did not speak at ALL
She made known her wishes and desires either
by signs or writing on slate which she con-
stantly kept near her. Since she commenced
fasting she removed the interdict from her vo-
cal organs, and until she became too weak, fire.
quently engaged in conversation, although she
made no extended efforts in that direction.
A pOst-mortem examination held on the body
of Miss Deuel., showed that there was not
single drop of blood in her body, and that her
stomach was entirely void of substance. The
body weighed forty-five pounds.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Sitting Ruu10.

Captain Mcdonald, of tho Canadian mounted
police, confirms the report that the remnant of
Sitting Bulls band is about to come i'll to tho
agency and surrender.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
a DHfnullfcr.

A telegram from Alexandria announces that
the king of Abyssinia fell in battle with tho
Assi1uerks, and the throne is now occupied by
his son Michael.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.
wRP Ended.

The Basutos were defeated with heavy loss al
Leribe, OH the 10Th. The colonial loss was
slipht
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20

s948 48
E OF MINNESOTA,)

County Of Mower, En-
We, the undersigned commissioners of Mower
county, do hereby certify that the foregoing is cor
rect statement Of the receipts and expenditures Of
the LIST day of March, 1881. o. C. LA BAR.
Chairman Board County Commissioners
Attest: Fl. W. ELMS,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
a kim KILLED.

A dispatch clerk in the Cincinnati postoffice
named &. Nuser, was arrested for riling money
packages in the mails. He confessed.xs
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Buekd1aghana's Dye
FOR THE WHISPERS.

This elegant preparation may be
relied on to change the color Of the
beard from gray or any other undesir-
able shade, to brown or black, at dis
erection. 1t is easily applied, being in
one preparation, and quickly and cf-
fectually produces permanent color,
which will neither rub nor wash off.
Manufactured by r. P. HALL & CO..
NASHUA, NH.
Sold BY all Druggists, and Dealers IN Medicines,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Minor MiSllanS.

David Pritchard was crushed to death between
the cage and timbers at the Eureka coal mine,
Jackson, Mich, ON the 18th inst. He was one
Of the proprietors of the mine.
At Council Bluffs, Ia., on the 4th inst, Miss
Sache Spencer was run over by railroad train
and cut to pieces.
A colored girl fell into vat of boiling water
at Bloomington, Ind, on the 5th inst, and was
fatally scalded.
A boy named Nicholas Glasner was killed nca1
st. Louis, NO., on the 18th inst, by the acct
dental discharge of his gun while in boat
hunting.
Charles Greek, q newspaper agent on the Par
Handle railroad, tell under the cars at Brock
vile, o., on the 18th inst, and was instantly
killed.
The infant child of a janitor of Whitehall
IN. W primary school, was suffocated by ar
incipient fire in the building on the 18th inst.
By the burning of a cotton storeroom al
Charleston, s. c., on the 18th inst, two colored
employees lost their lives.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20

At q cabinet meeting on the 18th inst, it was
resolved to issue government r.tions, blankets,
etc., to the sufferers by floods in the west.
Secretary Lincoln accordingly issued orders to
that effect.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Self MmPS1s.r.

DR.. p. T. Pares, member of New York
military regiment which visited New Orleans,
contracted malarial fever on the trip, and the
disease so worked upon his mind that he COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat on the 10th.
Financial embarrassment caused J. w. Hum
bic, young Englishman, to suicide at Chicago,
on the 18th inst. He came from London.
Eng, in July last and appeared to be of good
family and considerable wealth.
At Cuttingsville, N. H., on the 18th inst.
Mrs. Harriet Thomas suicided because she ' was
deposed from the school she had taught for 46
consecutive years.
A Chicago commission man named L. r.
Ramsey, who made unlucky provision specula-
tons, shot himself on the 18th inst.
Mrs. A.. G. Hunter, of Newcastle-on. Tyne,
Eng, shot herself fatally at Tucson, A. T., on
the 18th inst, in despair at the actions of her
husband, who, after dissipating her fortune of
$l5O,OOO, married a Mexican woman of low
caste.
Michael Henry, q cavalry man, shot himself
trough the head at Fort Riley.
J. F. 0. Hunt, clerk of Park county, Ind,
suicided while in a state of intoxication on the
18th. He had occupied the position of clerk
for twenty years.
Mrs. Augusta Gedelga. of New York, became
temporarily insane on the 10Th inst, because
her children had been exposed to smallpox,
and leaped from fifth-story window. receiving
fatal injuries.
Emile Ludeheimer, travelling salesman, and
president of the Louisiana lodge l. o. o. B.,
No. 1O7, committed suicide at Baldwin's hotel.
San Francisco, on the 18th inst, by shooting
himself. Cause, poverty.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
Tragical.

Iu Warren county, Ia, on the 18th inst, the
wife of L. Fl. Phillips, sought a ncighbor't
house for protection against brutal husband.
who threatened to kill her. While domiciIed
with her friends Phillips appeared and ATTEMPT
ed to fulfill his threat, when two young men
who had just returned from hunting. shot him
dead.
Henry swearington, resident of DAYTON.
several miles from San Francisco, shot his
mother-in-law, Mrs. David Boucher, on the
10th, killing her instantly. He next killed his
wife and then sent bullet through his own
brain. Cause, family difficulty.
A terrible murder was committed on the 18th
inst, at point eight miles from San Antonio,
Texas. The victims of the unknown ficnd OF
fiends were, Mrs. John Simmons, throat cut,
her little four-year-od son, Drained, and Emily
Parder, Mrs. Simmons mother, strangled. In.
dications are that the women were rap,d. A
sheep hcrder named Phillips is under arrest. as
pair of suspenders belonging to him were
found wrapped about Mrs. Simmons legs.
Thomas Foasy and Jonas Haywood qnarreled
over key of beer at Monongahela, Pa, on the
18th inst. Foasy was beaten SO badly that III
While coroners jury was holding an inques,
on the bodies of two murdered Mexicans at ~
Paso, Texas, on the 18th inst, John Hale 6
desperate, fired on the jury, killing the sheriff
and wounding bystander.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
'rhe Tunis 'Er1ulhlc>

HE EllniS IfOUblcS
A Dispatch from Tunis dated the 18th inst,
says a band of 500 marauders crossed the French
frontier on the day previous, and attempted to
carry off some cattle. They laid seige to the
block house occupied by the French outposts,
but the latter were reinforced and gave the
marauders battle. The fight lasted half an
hour, when the raiders beat retreat, keeping
up calling fire until they had crossed the line
The French lost fifty-nine men and the maraud-
ers are supposed to have lost considerable.
They managed to carry off their dead and
wounded Hostlitics have now commenced in
earnest, and the population in the Algerian
state is in great excitement.