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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Bold RObberies.

VIM. Swarzer, Columbus stock dealer, was
robbed of $500 near Reynoldsburg, O., on the
5th inst, and left for dead.
Two masked men stopped the San Antonio
and Ell Paso stage about fifteen miles from
Boerne, Texas, on the I'd inst, and robbed the
mail bags of several valuable packages. The
robbers are thought to be the same who plum
dered the coach on the Laredo and Eagle Pass
line.
W. G. Wilkinson, bank clerk at Wheeling.
". Va, was knocked down in the street and
robbed of box containing 5000 in money and
$4,000 in checks and drafts.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Rmrie6 Alive.

Private advices from Wood river, Idaho, de-
scribe all avalanche which buried four men in
their cabin while getting supper, those lost be-
ing two brothers named Kelly and two men who
we're working for them.
On the 3Oth ult., as eighteen Cinnamon were
engaged in cutting timber on the line of the
South Pacific coast railroad. at point fourteen
miles from Santa Cruz, CAL, they were over
whelmed by a land slide, comprising an area of
fully half mile of an adjoining mountain.
Ten Of the mongols escaped, the balance per-
ishing
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
e is an Illustration of the motives

: HERE is an illustration Of the motives
by which most men are moved: A Sum-
day school teacher said: t'Now, chill
dren, if a boy should strike you on your
way to school, it would be your duty to
forgive him, wouldn't it % eyes,
ma'am," from the whole class. ''And
you would really forgive him, wouldn't
you ?" she continued. One little fellow
answered with calm deliberation: &c Yes.
ma'am, I think I would, specially if he
was bigger than I am 81; .,,...., =.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Boiler Explosions.

Schmidt's flour mill, at Kimswick, No., twenty
miles below st. Louis, on the Iron Mountain
road, was almost completely demolished by q
boiler explosion. Three boys were killed and
two boys wounded.
The steam yacht Carrie, of Philadelphia, was
wrecked by the explosion of her boiler, when of
Chase's wharf, Baltimore, Nd, on the I'd inst.
Four men were killed.
The steamer Pitpan, running from Greytown
to Lake Nicaragua, while shooting the rapids
in the San Juan river on the I'd uIt., burst her
boiler. Several people we're killed and many
badly injured
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Crooked transactions.

For the crime of forging the signature of
Frederick Ketchun1, Il minor, upon which S18,-
600 in Baltimore city bonds were fraudulently
transferred, Geo. W. Bishop, ex-city council
man and ex-judge of the Baltimore Orphans
Court, and IsaacW. Helm, half-brother of the
minor, Ketchum were each sentenced to five
years in the Maryland penitentiary. The city
had been compelled to restore the amount of
their stealngs, with interest, to Ketchum.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Frozen to Death.

A party of railroad constructionists made a
horrible discovery near Burns, Minn., on the
I'd INST. Noticing cabin around which there
was no visible evidence Of life, they broke into
the structure and found the bodies of an entire
family-father, mother and children. They
had perished from the cold, and the scarcity of
fuel in that section causes apprehension Of
further horrors of the kind.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
They Surrender.

Major nges, at Poplar river, telegraphed to
Gen. Terry, commanding the department of
Dakota, on the I'd inst, that Iron Dog and
sixty-four Sioux, in charge of Captain Davies,
have left for Fort Buford, and that Scout Alli-
route for the same point. Thus far about 700
of Sitting Bulls force have surrendered, and it
is thought his power for mischief is broken.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

"MY husband is a BRUTE" declared
Nine. K. to an intimate friend the other
day. "Why, my dear, what's the mat
ter now?" "He found fault with a lit
tie vivacity of mine yesterday, and 1
threw a candle-stick at his head; then
what do you suppose ne did?" "I
don't know" ''Why, he stood before
the mirror, so that T couldn't throw the
other" s'The brutew- French Paper.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Congressional Appropriations.

The bill which has been reported back to the
house from the committee, appropriates $780,
600 for the purchase and distribution of seeds;
s25,ooo for continuing the sorghum sugar
manufacturing experiments; $4,000 for
further experiments in tea culture; $751; for
continuing researches in regard to destructive
agricultural insects; $4,000 to reclaim aria
and waste lands in the territories, and $40, 900
for q new museum building in connection with
the agricultural department.
The house committee on river and harbor
upon investing s1,Oe0,O 900 from Cairo to the
jetties and $4,000 from Cairo to the head
waters,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Fire and Smoke.


The Aldrich cigar factory at Rome, N. Y.
9Th inst.
A fire at New York on the 5th inst. damaged
A. Prother's wooden ware factory to the extent
of 100000.
VIM. Gents machine shop and Savage &
Loves pattern establishments at Rockford, Ills.,
were damaged by fire to the extent of 100000
on the 5th inst.
fire in the neighborhood of Second street
and Christy avenue, st. Louis, on the 5th inst,
caused loss of half a million. Insurance half
that sum.
Two cigar factories-Baron g. Co.'s and
Heineman & Co.'s-at Baltimore, Nd, were
scorched to the extent of s25,oo0 on the 9Th
inst.
The Wando manufacturing company's works
on Ashley river, nine miles from Charleston, s..
c., burned on the 4th inst. Loss $4,000.
Lincoln & Co.'s paper mill at Taunton, Mass,
was destroyed on the 4th inst, causing loss of
$4,000.
sleights elevator at Marshalltown, Ia, con-
tanning 10000 bushels of corn, was totally
The First Baptist Church at Cambridgeport,
Mass, burned Oh the Sd inst, causing loss of
$1O5, 1000.
The paraffine wax refining works at Cleve-
land, o., operated by Merriman & Morgan, we're
damaged $4,000 by fire on the Sd.
Fisher T. Paxton's grocery establishment at
Padiccan, Ky., was totally consumed by fire on
the Sd inst. Adjoining structures were damaged
considerably. Loss about $4,000
Independence Hall, Twenty-second street,
Chicago, was destroyed by fire on the Sd inst.
It was a large four-store building, and occupied
in part by families and dodgers. The flames
spread so rapidly that it was with difficulty the
occupants ESCAPED, and many narrow escapes
are reported. No lives were lost. Loss nearly
$40, 900.
The town of Scooba, Ala, was partially de-
stroyed by fire. The loss was about $35, 900.
The lakeside villa of Nine. Rudersdorf, at
Berlin, Mass, was destroyed by an incendiary
on the list inst. Loss heavy.
The spire Of the st. Mary's German Catholic
church, at Cleveland, O., was burned on the list
inst. The ruined tower fell, crushing the
church roof, and two of the chime bells demol-
ished the organ. Loss $4,000.
A fire at Plymouth, Washington county, N.
c., on the night of the 31st, which originated
| in q kerosene explosion, destroyed thlrty-three
buildings and 400 bales of cotton. The loss
foots up $27, 900, with small insurance.
An extensive confagration occurred in the
heart of Philadelphia. Pa, on the LIST inst. Sew
eral fine buildings occupied by various manu-
| featuring interests were destroyed. Estimated
total loss $283, 1000.
The greater portion of large silk house al
| Hamburg was burned on the 31st ult. The
premises we're insured for 1,490, 900 marks
mainly in English companies.
McCann's dry goods store. Eighth avenue,
New York city, was burned on the night of the
31st ult. Loss $50, The Plantation Tea
company's store adjoining, was damaged to the
extent Of $4,000.
| A large lamp burner factory in Forestville
Conn.,, was consumed on the 29th ult. Loss es
tlmated at $50, 900. About 800 hands are thrown
out of employment
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Dead Indians:

Reliable information has been received of a
battle between the Indians and troops in the
Sierre da Bolo mountains. ON the Texan border,
in which six warriors were killed and three
squaws captured. The savages are supposed to
have belonged to band who had been ravaging
the border for some months past.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Too Much Velocity.

At the Russian Mills, Niles, O., on the Sd
inst, the governor belt slipped off, causing the
fly wheel of the engine to revolve SO rapidly
that it few into pieces. Two men were killed,
several injured, and the mill badly damaged.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
The National E3nancas.

The February exhibit shows the condition of
the public debt to be as follows: Total debt,
2,098 S96, ,610; total interest $15077, ,492; cash
in treasury; 1922, ,674, ,555; debt less cash in
treasury, S., ,891, 799, ,56S; decrease during jan
1ary $7,982, 167, since June 80, 1880, $50, 1872
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
THE SILENT No. 8.
THE EASY RUNNING No. s.
THE No. S for FAMILY SEWING

OF all modern improvements and
inventions in Sewing Machines, the
New Wheeler & Wilson, "The Silent
Number s." is the greatest success
Whereverit it has come in competition
before competent judges with othe,
machines, it has universally come of
triumphant.
GIVE declare 1t the best in the
world. ."-Judges american Institute,
~ y:
AWARDED the only grand prize fol
Sewing Machines, at the Paris Expo
sition, 1878, over so competitors.
AGENTS WANTED.
Address -. - -
| WHEELER & WILSON MFG co.,
l55 State Street, CHICAGO.
W. I. BROWN Agent, Austin; MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Cold.

The weather in the East is the coolest ex-
perienced this winter. The bays and rivers are
frozen up, and navigation between cities on the
coast is practically suspended.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

DURING. General Garfeld's preeiden-
tial term Mrs. Garfeld's brothers will
take charge Of the Mentor farm.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Obituary.


E. G. Sherman, president Of the National
Bank Of the Commonwealth, died at Boston,
Mass, On the 9Th inst.
Thomas Carlyle, the great Scottish writer,
died in London on the 5th inst.
r. '. Lawrence, a veteran pioneer surveyor.
died at Fort Worth, Texas, on the night Of the
Sd inst.
Robert Fisher, president of the Baltimore
board Of trade died suddenly on the 4th inst, Of
congestion of the lungs.
J. G. Wilcox, an old settler Of Lancaster,
is dead.
Joseph E. Modesto Blanco, the Spanish con-
sui at Philadelphia, died on the 1st inst.
Captain Joseph Lawson, Of tho Sd cavalry,
the hero of the Milk river fight with the Utes,
died of paralysis at Fort Steele.
Anna Maria Hall, the English authoress, wife
Of S. C. Hall, the well-known author, is deads
John Tyler, noted allctioneer of Boston has
passed away.
Carl Moelman, president of tho sophomore
class of the Northwestern university, at Evans
ton, died at Manteno, ILL.,, Oh the 3Oth ult.
Miller Dewitt, a farmer of Angola, Ind, died
at the advanced age of 105.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Business EailuHes.

11H1SA1a11So
Samuel Hazelhurst & Sons, grain operators,
Baltimore, suspended on the 5th inst. Liabili-
ties $40, 1000.
John Brown & Sons, cotton goods manufact-
urers. Philadelphia, failed on the 5th inst,
ties $75O,0O0.
Norris, Winslow & Co., dry goods dealers,
Watertown, N. Y, and Loomis & McMasters,
carriage manufacturers, Bath, N Y, have
failed: Liabilities Of the former 1896, 900; of
the latter $114,OOO.
Mayer Brothers, importers and exporters,
New York city, have gone to the wall, With LA,
bilities aggregating 81, 100000.
We'll, Kahn L. Co., tobacco merchants, Gin
cinnati, O., made an assignment on the 31st
ult. heliabilities range from $3.50, 900 to 5000
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
cured for many years. An almost continuous


CURED for many years. An almost continuous
session Of two days had been in progress, owing
to the extreme efforts Of the Irish or Home
Rule element to obstruct the passage of the
cGere,4n measures; Finally the speaker, took
the rules and "named John Dillon as defying
the chair and oostructing legislation. A motion
to suspend him was promptly put and carried,
and he was forcibly removed by the esergeant-at
arms. Soon after, Charles Stewart Parnen, for
similar causes, was onamed," suspended and
elected: The same was then applied to Finne-
gan. In all cases the Home Rulers refused to
vote. The speaker had their names taken
down, and the entire number, twenty-seven,
were suspended and elected from the hall of
the house. The suspension of Dillon was on
motion Of Mr.. Gladstone. The expelled men,
bers held meeting at once and decided to
issue manifesto to the Irish people, denounc-
ing the conduct OF the house, but advising the
tiOnal action;
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Exciting Scenes I'm Par,lamenr.

E1c1tlng scenes I'm Pafll3me|nts
Thursday, Feb. 8, will long be remembered
by the present members OF the British house
OF commons. as having witnessed the most ex-
citing session Of that Sugust body thst |has %
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

LIVERPOOL. February 7-1:30 P. M.-Produce
at 43s Sd; short ribs steady at AS 3d. long clear
steady at 4Os; short clear steady at Ais. Shoul-
ders-Firmer at 29s Cd. Lard-Prime western
dull at 49s Cd. Wheat-No. white dull at 9s
I'd; winter dull at 9s Sd for new western and 9s
Sd for new southern.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
The Rampant Elements.

II A-~ AAO1AA0AoSOo
Travel on railroads in Southern Minnesota is
completely surpended, owing to snow blockades.
and great suffering prevails at many points
owing to a scarcity, Of fuel
An earthquake thrilled southern New Hamp-
shire on the 5th inst, and on the same day
Orange and Ulster counties, New York, received
shaking up. 1 =, : . 4. ~
The melting snow in the mountains is doing
great damage in Colorado and New Mel kico. 4
serious washout on the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe road is reported at Amascuy, Col. :.
The Sacramento river burst the level at
Courtland. CAL, on the 5th inst. Tha destruc-
tion of property is great.
A rain and wind storm of extraordinary force
and destructiveness swept over the southern
coast from New Orleans to Mobile on the 9Th
inst. Telegraph wires are prostrated and rail-
ways are submerged SO as to prevent the pas
sage of trains. The wind attained an extreme
velocity. A fire tower in New Orleans was
blown down, causing much damage Of property.
The reservoir back of FranktOwn. Neb..
formed by draining q ravine. gave way on the
afternoon Of the I'd inst, and swept away the
small cluster Of dwellings, like SO much char.
A dozen men were carried of by the torrent.
but escaped by being cast up on the sides of the
raylne. NO lives were lost Nearly O mile Of
railway track was demolished. >@~>.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
milwaukee,

MILWAUKEE, February 7-12:00 M.-Flour-
Very dull Milwaukee standard extras at $4,000
400; New York extras at S3.60@3.70. Wheat
Unsettled and lower; No. cash at CSC; No.
at SIC; No. at 74115c; No. 2 seller March opened
at S716c; receded to 96c, and closed at 9619c;
seller April opened at 9S1sc; receded to SIC, and
closed at 9715c; seller May opened at $1.02 aud
sold down to $l.O11a. Corn-New at 33c. Oats
No. 2 at 29c. Barley-No. 2 fresh at 7o1ac;
seller March at 77slc. Rye-Quiet at 8711c.
Pork-Lower at S14.OO for cash. Lard-Lower
at 1925 for cash.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Suicidal.


Jos. JaccGn, German, connected with the
st. Louis police department for some time,
took muriatic acid on the 9Th inst, and died. ;
Mrs. Jeannetta Barnard, wife of railway
employe, shot herself at Indianapolis on the
9Th inst.
August Schultz, a 15-year-old boy, living with
his parents at Milwaukee, Wis, suicided on the
9Th inst, by hanging with tish-line. No cause
for the rash deed can be assigned.
Mrs. Sallie Keene. of Philadelphia, became
insane in watching over her only child during
an attack of smallpox, and hanged herself
when she learned from the physician that it
could not survive.
Max Levi, Polish Jew of Toronto, was in
terrupted by his wife, while engaged in shoot
ing himself in the head. on the Sd inst. With
one arm he held her of, while with the other
he grasped razor and severed his jugular vein.
An Ann Arbor, Mich, bagnio was the scene
of q startling suicide on the I'd inst. Henry
A. Fairbanks, medical student, shot himself
shortly after receiving visit from some women,
one of whom claimed to be his wife.
Louis Grumme, Chicago soap manufacturer,
was found hanging to beam in his factory on
the 31st ult. An examination developed the
fact that he first tried to sever the arteries OF
his wrist and had also taken poison.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
THE MARKETS..
New York.

New YORK. February 7-12:30 P. M.-Flour-
Dull; strongly in buyers favor; receipts 23,573
bbls: round hoop Ohio at s4.50@5.00: choice do
at Sj5. .05@G.75; superfne western at $1,000. 10;
common to good extra do at s4:30@e.5o: choice
do at $4.70@6.75: choice white wheat do at
a5.00@G.O0. Wheat-Heavy; 1s@1glpwer and
fairly active; sales $1,000 bus No. white sell
Ter March at $1.1411S@1.145s; 240, 1000 bus No.
2red seller March at S1.16T@1.1s; 112, coo bus
do seller April s1.17A@1.1s24; 1000 bus
do seller May at S1.17T@1.18M. Corn-%
@Ic lower; moderate trade; mixed western
spot at 54@551Sc; do futures at 527s@541sc.
0ats-A@Ic lower; western at at q r42l5@47Ic:
do at S10.50. Pork-Dull and declining; old
mess at $1400@14.20 for SPOT. Lard-Reavy
and lower; steam rendered at 1870 Butter
Firm; moderate demand Ohio at 13@28c.
Cheese-Unchanged at 8@13sc for poor to
choice. sugar-Unchanged and quiet. Molasses
Quiet and steady. Petroleum-Duli and NOM
inal. Iice-Firn; fair inquiry. Cofee-Quiet
and unchanged. Freights-Dull. Spirits of
Tmpentine- at 47c. Resin-Steady at
s1.77h@1.8215. Tallow Firm at 6zlc for
western. Eggs-Dull at 35c for fresh.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, February 7-1:3O P. M.-Wheat--
Weak and lower at 97c for cash; 9736c for
seller March; 994c for seller April. Corn
weak ana lower at ooc 1oi CASH. oo18c ulu loi
seller March; 4O2sc bid for seller May. Oats
Weak at 29c for cash: 29Hc for seller March;
S3sSc for seller May. Rye-At 88c. Barley--At
9915c. Pork-Weak and easy at $14.15 for cash;
s14.20 for seller March; S14.35 for seller April,
Lard-Weak and heavy at 1920 for cash;
$3.50 asked for seller March; $9.40 bid for
seller April. Whisky-At $1.09. Hogs-Re-
celpts $4,000 head; weak; lower at S5.15f@5.40;
mixed packing at S5.00@5.S5; shipping at
S5.40@5SO. Cattle-Receipts 1000 head: dull
and unchanged; no cars obtainable for love
or money; Shipping at s4.oo@'5.25; butchers at
$2.1o@4.0o, mainly s2.50@3.30; stockers at
90 snGo eO
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

BULLOCK PIERCE,
BARRIERS d HAIR DRESSERS:
Rooms under Mower County Bank Main street.
Austln, Mian. Satisfaction guaranteed or no paw
All branches of tho business conducted In the most
approved style. y Baths -plnnge or shower, hot
Or co.d-att1ehed "
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09

A RUsTAD,
CUSTOM TAILORING,
Rep liring and Cutting. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Over Dalsger Broa.' grocery store,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-08-20
PISTOL WOUNDS PAST AND
PRESENT.

The London Times, the great English
paper, has a curious article on the sub
ject of pistol wounds, in connection with
the shooting Of President Garfield.
Among other things, it says On the
most important element in the case, sur
gically speaking, no information has been
given. it not having been authoritatively
stated whether any portion of clothing
was carried before the bullet, and thus
driven into the wound. This has. no
doubt, been ascertained, as it generally
can be, by a careful examination of the
perforated garments; for if the holes in
them can be put together, so to show
that nothing is missing, it will be a safe
inference that the wound contains the
ball and nothing more, and, if this Be so,
the prospects of recovery are almost in
definitely greater than if fragments of
cotton or wooden stuff are also imbedded.
The latter not only excites more irrita-
tion than metal; but they are also liable
to carry into the body communicating
materials of various kinds derived from
the atmosphere. In the old days of
pistol dueling the great secret Of killing
an adversary, assuming hat he was hit,
was the employment of a small charge
powder, such that the spherical bullet
through which it passed, and carried
them into the body, without having the
power to drive through it. The increased
force given to the modern projectile, and
its usually conical shape, are elements in
the person wounded, the former
allowing it to pass through the body,
the latter rendering it less liable to
punch out pieces than simply to perforate.