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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

one of his farm hands, dead, on th: ttn '"t
Howell had been engaged by Bake, i sj:" 70
stack wheat. but for some reason Bale" o. j'%'',
ed to Howel:'s workipr. and hcca,,~" be refused
to leave the premises. shot hin, dead.
Frank Cheney and Bill Conner: co'orc:. io"s1
a duel with pistols at !lanta, g.. which, ic~
suited in the death Of Cheney.
A. King. ex ex-marsbal Of Marion, Ala 'l;.rr
entering his gate OH the morning Of tbs 5
inst, had his body r:ddlcd with bullets !'y u;-
known assassins. His death was is,stanta nec:,s.
Six negroes have been arrested.
AT McKeesport. Pa, in an attempt to rcc"Trr
some stolen goods, Mr.. Mcclure, hardware
merchant, was shot dead by tb" tl''t:'c:. ~
officer was fatally wounded, and two others
seriously. About two hundred persons rrc 'lov
in pursuit of the murderer.
Three murders we're committed i'll Chicago
on the night cf the LIST inst Near the ccrrcr
of Twelfth and State Streets, Jerre AIlliGalI.
and wounded james 'OMara, the alleged 1,o
vocation being Insulting words addrtas e' 'o
Nilligan and his wonlau. John !laH,:;r'. =
stevedore, went to the saloon Of his n.is:'t:~t,
Lizzie Cleveland, south Clark Street, sid s':t:t
her dead, the cause being Jealousy. In i:ot
eral roughs fought tine police. Tom C:'l.;Ii }'''t
bullet thl ough the lcftlung Of Officer @ ul''i,
and shot Officer Ray in the hand. 4 n,!iccnfan
then shot Cahill in the left breast. OF: y:
O'Brien's wound is fatal, but Ray and C';i'l
will recover.
Near Magnolia, Ark, on the 31st l;'t.. josef,
Doyle vas shot dead by Captain James H..
Walker. Doyle had seduced Walker - tlaugst;u,
to whom he was engaged to !.e married, aud
then deserted her.
Mike Wells, negro, was hi,.,; hY cla;zer+ nj
Dyersburg, Tenn. on the 3lst uit, -: as;a'l'i
ing lady.
Geo. NJ. Aesop, accused of forgery. A:i',>'
Constable j. s. Harrison. who attcn,i TED /" "'-
rest him at Valley Station, KY, OH the ~ E.'t.
Daniel Shea was assaulted BY tbi"v". 1t III:
home in New York city on the I'd 1'st. Si:'%
seized one of the ficn1s, who plunged hult: III
| his body several times to make Inn u lca$" III
hold. The poor man fell exhausted. hui rc
tanned the sleeve of the rufians sh t, y ,":'
of which he was detected. Shea is d::':::: = t.
cut.
Mrs. Leach, widow living alono n,ar E::2s
Rapids, a., was found dead in her cellar ~
the LIST inst, having evidently ccn '::i''.
dered
A dog fight at Grand Rapids, Mieli.. o. Tia:
31st ult., terminated in a row III which I''hi
McDermott shot Ed. Moran in tl," thigh, ~eyc'
ing an artery, SO that he b'ed to d;'"th.
A street car driver named VIZ. II. Co'ir'
shot and killed John and Tbs mas E:rrv :;
indianapolis, on the LIST inst. IIc c;illi> TIA:
the Carncvs were attempting to rob HIN.
At st. Louis OH the 1st lust. 4 youss ma
named Charles Schlcfcr, made murders as
sault on his mother and man named LON
Giraffe, after which he put bullet through h!
nur, boo1
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
The absence Of timber on the grassy prairies

The absence Of timber on the grassy prairies
of America still continues to be matter of con-
troversy, but in the light of accumu)ating evi-
dence We can now come to positive decision in
regard to the question. The climate can have
nothing to do with it, because in these prairie
regions there are often large belts of timber land
under precisely the same climatic conditions, aud
that tho soil is not unfavorable has been proved
BY tie artificial plantations which have every
where proved successful. Another great gain
to our present knowledge is the sscertainment
of tho fact that since the annual firing Of the
grassy prairies has been discontinued by the
rapid advance OF civilization, tho timber is
everywhere encroaching on them. Large tracts
of land i'll Indiana and Virginia which. accord
ing to numerous traditions of early settlers,
were once grassy prairies, are now covered with
luxuriant growth Of forest trees, and in view
of our present knowledge there is nothing in
nature, either now or in the pnst, to prevent
the gradual encroachment of arbozescent growth
over the grassy plains.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
August NIGHTS.
(From tho Youths Companion.]


The nights of August will be made
interesting by the presence of three
planets, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, all
drawing near opposition, when they are
largest, brightest, and best situated for
observation.
They will soon be visible throughout
the entire night. They rise now be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock in the
evening.
Saturn is the first to appear, five de-
grees south of the sunrise point, about
quarter after eleven o'clock. Jupiter
comes next, close to the sunrise point,
about twenty minutes before twelve
o'clock. Mars rises latest, one degree
north of the sunrise point, about mid
night.
At the end of the month these planets
will rise nearly two hours earlier, retain
ing tho same order.
The reason the stars rise earlier every
night may be easily explained. They,
like the sun, seem to rise in the east and
set in the west, because the earth turns
on Der axis once in twenty.four hours.
She is at the same time moving in her
path around the sun, and this seems to
make the stars rise four minutes earlier
every night, or two hours earlier every
month. The fixed stars never change
their position with regard to the other
stars, but the planets are always on the
move, as their name, meaning "wander-
ers, " implies.
Their rising and settings are not
therefore strictly conformable to the
same rule, and it is not quite SO easy to
follow their course. Astronomers, how
ever, map out their track 80 plainly that
intelligent observers can easily trace
their paths.
Venus vii be a bright morning star
during the month, rising nearly two
hours after her brother planets, and de-
creasing in brilliancy as she draws near
the sun.
The August meteors are to be looked
for on the ninth, tenth and eleventh,
when the earth encounters in her path
the August meteor-zone. Some of these
tiny bodies will be sure to dash against
ou1 atmosphere with tremendous force,
and the conclusion will cause in our
skies a display of shooting stars that
never faiIs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
deemed sufficient to warrant a sentence of .only
four years imprisonment. ,~ -. = t.. .-.

The ppgramme of the Yorktown centennial
celebration, as finally agreed upon, includes
four days-the 18th, 18th, Goth, and 31st of
next October. The first day an address Of well
como will be delivered by Governor Holiday, OF
Virgins. The cornerstone Of the monument
will be- hid with masonic ceremonies, and ex-
Governor Winthrop, of Massachusetts,, will be
the orator of the day; Colonel Hope, of Nor
folk, will be the poet, and Paul H. Hayne, Of
South Carolina, win conduct the rendition of
the national ode. On tho 18th President Gar
field has promised to deliver an address, but
will hardly be able. On the Goth grand mill
tary display of United States troops and militia
will take place, and on the 21st naval display.
Thero! will be at least 10000 militia present
from different states, and over 5000 Masons.
The governors and staifs of all the states will
be present, and representative of the French
government will be an honored guest.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

The new fiscal year opens with an unusually
favorable exhibit. The reduction in the public
debt for tho first month being over $50. .000, 600
against 7500,0CO for July, 1880. This large
excess of surplus revenue over July OF last
year, is attributable entirely to tho reduction
in expenditures, as the aggregate, receipts last
month was nearly $500, 900 below those of July,
1880. In the interest-bealing debt there is a
reduction of about $500, 900, which repre-
sents the total amount of per cent bonds re-
deemed since April. The total debt, less cash
in the treasury, is 81, $50, $50, ,78S.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
The Unhappy Czar.

It has been made startIjngly certain that he
'Nlhilists are even now close to the person of
the Russian Emperor, aud that they are liable
to make an attempt upon his life at any mo.
ment. On the night of the 4th inst. a letter
threatening the czar with death was found on
tho table in the emperor's bedroom, which was
which access can only be had BY the most thor
oughly trusted. Several attendants have been
arrested
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
Condition. oa ta,e..Pro.adert.

DR.. Agnew stated to friend on the Sd inst .,
that the President was making satisfactory pro-
gross toward recovery. He is now able to make
use of his arms to lift himself about, and to
draw up bis legs without holp. He makes no
complaint Of pain in the back, and the pains in
his lower extremities have pretty we'll disap-
pearcd. Should the President continue to i'm.
prove without any serious break, it is thought
he viii be able to make a short sea voyage on
the Tallapoosa in about three weeks
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

The Mescalero Indians have crossed the Rio
Grande and are running Off stock and killing
hcrders in Old Mexico. Thirty citizens who
left San Marcial to bury the bodies of victims
were surprised at dinner on the Sd inst in Red
Canon, San Matco Mountains. Two were
killed at first fire and seven wounded. All
their stock was captured. The remainder of
the whites took to the rocks and dispatched
courier for aid, which has been sent there from
Fort Craip
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
Political Notes.
Business Failures.

The paper Of Peckham, Roth 4 Co., bay and
grain dealers, Providence, r. l., went toprotest
on the 9Th inst. Liabilities estimated at &100,-
600.
Merr, Son l. Co., bankers, Halifax, have sus-
pended payment. Direct liabilities estimated
at $75, 600.
Stefd L Ney, wholesale dealers in liquor and
tobacco at Kansas City, have made an assign
The Norwich (Conn., ) Pistol Company have
made IN assignment for the benefit OF it's .9cd-
itors.
James E. Blethen, mayor of Oakland, CAL,
has failed for $50, 1000.
VIM. T. Croft, New York builder, who has
made ON assignment but is endeavoling to
compromise, lost $75, 600 in Wall Street in four
weeks. -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
Terrible Explosions.

An explosion in mine at Lourchcs. France,
killed ten persons and seriously injured twenty.
A dispatch from Mazatlan, Mexico, gives an
account of the explosion in tho government
magazine there on the 2Sth ult., caused by the
guard smoking. The explosion completely de-
molished the magazine and many houses in the
immediate vicinity. besides shaking up n mum.
Der of others. Immediately after the disaster
the soldiers and citizens went to work to re-
cover the bodies of those buried under the
ruins, and succeeded in securing the remains OF
seventy-ive persons. Tho number of killed
and wounded is not yet known, as many bodies
were still under the debris ut last accounts,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
Heavy RObberies.

The rooms Of Capt. John Bafinger and fam
lily, Of st. Louis, No., at the hotel at Ashbury
Park, N. Y, we're robbed of jewelry valued at
$4,000 on the night of the I'd inst. Other
guests at the hotel suffered also.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
RRllWaV Wrecks.

An accident at the station of tho narrow
gauge road in the City of Mexico killed four
persons and wounded one.
collision between freight trains at Lancas.
ter, Pa, on the lst inst, resulted in the wreck
of two locomotives. eight cars and caboose.
The engineer. James Hinckley, was probably
fatally injured. A storm was raging at the
time If the disaster.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
r.Aax ~ n. Shin.

The American ship Calcutta, from PHILIPPINE
Islands, May 3. for Boston with a cargo Of
sugar and hemp valued at 5000, 900, was totally
wrecked Oh the coast of kafrraria on the Sd Of
June. Only three of the crew were saved.
Vessel aud cargo were fully insured.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
ne C0cb2 leSnn ell.

The dory Little Western, from London June
14th, for New York, was spoken by steamer in
latitude 49 north, longitude "a west. She re-
quired no assistance, but her main boom was
broken and the crew reported her leaking at
the rate of four inches per hour.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
Sale of q Mine.

One of the largest transactions In the history
of Colorado mining operations was coneum-
mated at Denver on the *lSt inst. The Evening
Star Company purchased Gov. Routt's great
silver mine, known as the Morning Star, for
ri k0O 00O
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

Maud g. attempted to beat her low record of
2:1015 at Buffalo, N. Y, on the 4th inst. but
owing to high wind, failei. Her best heat was
made in 2:lON. Vanderbilt was present to wit
ness the trotting.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

A CURIOUS provision of the criminal code of
Germany, for which there is no analogy in
English or American legislation, makes delib-
crate homicide, where it is perpetrated at the
request Of the victim, lesser. grade Of crime
than murder and places it within the discre-
ton Of the courts to impose as low sentence
as three years. imprisonment for tho offensc.
Under this law a miller's apprentice of Berlin
has just been sentenced for cutting his wife's
throat. He was out of work and money, and
be and his wife formed the resolution to COM
NIT suicide together by taking poison. His
wife, however, drainedthe cup containing the
mixture alone, leaving none for him, and after
while begged him to kill her at once, to put
an end to the suffering that ensued,s He com
piled with her request BY making several gssh-
Is in her throat. This state ot facts was
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

Nor contented with disdguring the streets
with their bare, stiff and unsiehtly poles, the
Telephone Company in Jersey City began cut
ting down the shade trees wherever these inter-
fere with their operations. The citizens had
the men arrested, but the sergeant Of the police
discharged them. When the began their work
of destruction the citizens came to tho rescue
with their shotguns and drove them off. It
will now be decided who has right to tn
shade tree1 in the street.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

The Washington correspondent Of the Balti-
more Sun says that ex-Minister Christiancy has
paid to Mrs. Christiancy and counsel thus far,
for alimony and counsel fees, over $24,0 200. 1t
is thought to be not unlikely that the divorce
suit will not come to trial before next year.
Mr.. Christiancy is expected to return to this
country toward the end of August.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
VARIOUS TOPICS.

Tu1Rr1-FlvE thousand pieces of railway bag
gage were lost in Great Britain last year. The
check system would obviate this loss, but it can
not be introduced in the old country without a
long fight, the report OF "commission" and
prolonged consideration Oh the part Of the di-
rectors of the several lines.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

The spot where General Mcpherson fell is
described as small enclosure, rallied in with
musket barrels, capped with spears, and covers
little glade in tho forest, two and half miles
from Atlanta. From granite base in the con-
tire thirty-two pound cannon rises in the air,
its square cut face rounded by shell held in
the m0l1th
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
Parnell Bounced.

An exciting time occurred in the British house
of commons on the 1st inst, when Parnell wa
"named" for offensive language and for disre
garding tho authority of the chair. Gladstone
moved his suspension for the remainder of the
sitting, when Parnell arose and interrupted
him. saying he would not 90 through the force
of awaiting the vote, as the speaker interfered
with the freedom Of discussion, and then left
the house. The motion to suspend was carried
by vote of 132to IA. Parnell's suspension was
caused by his persisting, in spite of the speak
er's ruling, in raising the question of Irish
political prisoners, and declaring that the
authority of the commons was always on the
side of power.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
NEWS in BRIEF.
More Fast TrOttln1.

a small yacht sunk off the coast Of Buteshire
Scotland, on the 4th inst. Five persons, in
Guiding three ladies, were drowned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
Dradlauxh Discounted.

Charles Brsdlaugh, the English liberal, was
forcibly elected from the house of commons on
the Sd inst. He had been twice elected men,
ber from Northampton and twice refused his
seat. On the Sd iust., he attempted to enter
the lobby but was met by full force OF police
and ushers and a regular scufflo ensued, in
which the puenacious Bradlaugh's clothing vas
somewhat torn. At the close of the struggle
and when being thrust out in the yard below,
Bradlaugh almost tainted. The crowd outside
cheered vociferously and were addressed by
the discounted Bradlaugh, who declared that
he would return to tho house with sufficient
force either to effect an entrance or compel the
government to arrest him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
Annapolis, Md, was drowned while boating on

Annapolis, Md, was drowned while boating on
the 9TH inst.
A thuuder-bolt descended into crowd Of
twenty men at Darlington, S. c., on the 4th
inst, killing four and wounding ten of the
party.
A Mrs. Bunce and child aud Miss Anna Skull
we're drowned at Otte Landing. fourteen miles
from Louisville, Ky., on the 9Th inst, by the
capsizing of skiff.
Two boys, the sons of William Henry, of St.
Louis, NO., whore family are spending the
summer at Goderich, Ont, were drowned while
bathing on the 4th.
collision between hand-car and an ex-
press train on the Erie road at Bradford, Pa,
resulted in the death of Barney Guilloo and the
injury of number of bis companions. There
we're fourteen laborers on the truck at the
time.
Miss Belle Runyon, young lady of Cincin-
natl, who had been visiting near Keokuk, Il,
was accidentally killed on the evening of the
31st ult., by tho falling of carriage, in which
she was riding with two friends, over the ON
bankment of q canal. The young lady fell a
distance of eighty feet, and was horribly
bruised. Her companions escaped without
serious injury.
Hon. G. j. Chadbourne, deputy secretary Of
state in Maine, was drowned at Kent. r. I.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

The exports of the United States were val
ued at $715, ,s95, 1926 in 1879, and at $S41, ,50O,-
38s in 1880, while for the year onded June 80,
1881, they we're 1902, s1s, ,oO0,-by far the Ia1g-
est yet recorded. The imports of last year, on
the other hand, had been twice exceeded,-in
1873 and 1880. Their value is estimated to be
$642, $4,000. While there has been gain of
some $60, ,000, 900 in exports, the falling off in
imports has been so decided that the volume of
trade both ways is some $500, 600, 900 less than
last years total. To this extent the balance of
trade has turned in our favor. We have sold
to foreign nations $259, 100000 moro of mer-
chandise than we have bought from them. and
the balance has come to us in gold or bonds.
England, France and Germany are the only
nations which now report larger foreign COM
merce than the United States, and tho margin
between the two continental nations and thit
country is so slight that it may easily be wiped
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
Minor MiShaps.

W. p. Loze, Of Kearneyville, W. Va. eapdi
date fsF cadet engineer in the naval academy At
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

OSTRICH feathers are not 80 much nsed for
personal adornment by ladies as formerly, but
there seems to be still a considerable demand
for thom. Tho British consul at Mogador
states that these feathers form: an important
branch Of the Mogador exports, the quantity
last year for England and France being forty
one cwt., valued at E1G.50O. The feathers
came from Soudan and further south, general
ly from birds killed by native hunters, who
sometimes, however, catch them alive, strip
them of their feathers and let.them Co.,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

The list of foreigners who have visited thif
country during the present season for the pur-
pose of spying out the land has lately been in.
creased by the arrival of an energetic and in.
telligent young Scotcbman who was sent oul
by his ncighbors to investigate and report tc
them upon the advantages here offered for the
establishment of Scotch colony. He say.
that it has lately seemed to him and his friends
at home that America and American productions
have heen the sole topics of discussion. Amer
lean flour, fruits, vegetables. beef and dairy
products compete with theirs in every market
at prices which they cannot meet, and they are
almost ready to exchange their old farms fo,
the free soil of the New World. To such i'm
migrants as these this country will extend 6
cordial and confident welcome. Their thrift
will employ every advantage offered by new
country and make success practically certain.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

II is stated US proven fact that the looms o,
Paterson, N. j., and other places in this coun'
try where silk is manufactured produce worL
equal to those of Lyons and MacclesGeld. Al
present, over $4,000 hands are employed in the
various mills. There are 102 firms engaged in
the manufacture of silk and silk machinery, and
there are II silk mills. Over $4,000, 900 pei
year is expended in wages, the capital invested
is over $10,000,00o. and the value of the pro.
duction in a year exceeds $12, ,00oNOo. II il
stated that first class goods can be made in this
country as any where, although this statement
must he taken with some allowance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

MAJOR MORRIS, the newly appointed collector
of customs for the district of Alaska, will go to
his post fully determined to use influence to
have territorial government organized for
this vast and comparatively unknown region.
Major Morris has made close study of the
condition and possibilities of Alaska, and is
now engaged in the preparation of an elaborate
and detailed report, which will be elucidsted
by maps. illustrations and surveys, and pre-
sented to the consideration of the next con-
gress. He relies upon the cordial cooperation
of Senator Miller and the favorable attitude of
+bo prosi1ont
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10

The most recent reports from the Moraviap
M,ssion stations. on the west coast of Green
land, dated at the end of March Of the present
year, shows that the winter of 1990-'81 was ~px-
ceptionally mild. Summer weather prevailedan
January and February, the country was free Of
snow, the Esquimaux we're able to fish along
the coast and gathered berries on the shore,
and goats pasturedin the open air. The winter
season did not begin until March; at the south
ern stations the thermometer did not 60 be-
low II degrees R., a nd at the northern stations
only once stood as low as 16 r. This state of
affairs may have some bearing upon the opera
tons of the polar relief expeditions.