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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
He Lives in Retirement.

Among the convicts in the Texas peni-
Tertiary is John Wesley Hardin, who
was formerly the most dreaded despera-
do IN De Witt county. He is said to have
killed twenty-one men. The whole
community trembled before him. No
body attempted to interfere with him.
The officers Of the law looked the other
way when he passed. This was largely
owing to the fact that two families, the
Suttons and Taylors, carried on ter
rible warfare, in which large part of
the population took part, on one side or
the other. It. was vendetta that cost
many lives. But the law got Wesley
Hardin into it's clutches at last, most of
the Taylors and Suttons were killed of,
and De Witt County is to-day one Of the
most orderly in the state. .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
"THE LAND OF TIE GENERAL READER ,,

LIZ 4ANO V3 xhG 0&NE6AL 66AUG6.'
Mr.. Edward A. Freeman, the English
historian, who tried hard during his
recent tour of this country to convince
himself and others that the United
States had no political points distinct
lively it's own, has gone home and con-
tinued his line of reasoning in the pages
OF the Fortniehtly Review. He admits
something good Of us though, for he
says America strikes him as "the land
of the general reader" and this reader,
Mr.. Freeman says, he is not disposed to
scorn, which is very kind Of him. He
says: 1t seemed to me that in Ameri-
Ca the reading class, the class of those
who read widely, who read as far as they
go intelligently, but who do not read
deeply-the class of those who, without
being professed scholars, read enough
and know enough to be quite worth
talking to-form larger proportion of
mankind in America than they do in
England" This is praise enough for it
is the mass of general readers, not the
few special students, who have the
power as well as the will to apply &C.
ouired knowledge to the benefit If the
community.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
Making a Passenger "Git."
[From the Detroit Free Press ]


A justice of the peace in the interior
of Michigan had case before him some
days ago in which the defendant, who
had been arrested as a suspicious char
acter, and plead guilty of vagrancy, was
sent to the Detroit house of correction
for six months. A constable took him
in charge to deliver him here, and as the
man seemed rather pleased at the idea of
securing board and lodgings for six
months, he was not handcuffed. As the
train was ready to go the constable
moved across the aisle to talk politics
with friend, and pretty soon they were
having it holland heavy. When the con-
ductor came in for tickets he held out
his hand to the prisoner, and the latter
shook his head and replied:
II don't pay fare. "
"Aha! You don't, eh? Well, now,
you pay or git!"
II won't pay !"
"Then you'll git When we slow up
at the crossing you Jump off. If find
you on the train after we pass there I'll
give you bounce that you won't for
get - -- -
In two minutes the train began to
SLOW, and the prisoner walked to the
door and picked soft spot and dropped
off, When the train had made another
mile the conductor held out his hand to
the constable and received two tickets.
"Who is the extra ticket for?" he
asked.
"For that prisoner over there"
"What prisoner
"Why. that fell"
Then there was raving and gnashing
of teeth and hurrying up and down, but
it was no use.
"Sorry," said the conductor as he
passed along, "but when a passenger
says he won't pay fare on my train
give Linn the drop The only thing that
surprised me, was to see how willingly
he obeyed orders.''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
The Newer Arithmetic.


The length OF certain bean blower is
one-third the length of boy who is four
feet high when he stands on block five
inches thick. What is the length Of the
blower?
A human body weighing 100 pounds
falls fifty five feet per second. How long
will it take baby weighing thirteen
pounds to fall down pair of stairs four
teen feet high?
Six men put in their capital to start
cooperative store. What was left after
the manager got into Canada was val
ued at $3.50, and this represented one
fifth of what each man put in. How muc!,
did the manager get away with :?
The average cost of curing sore
throat is thjrty-seven cents, and the
number of sore throats in this country
averages 21, 900, 900 per year. How much
could America spend for going to
the circus if our throats were brass
lined?
There are twenty-fou newspaper re-
porters in Louisville, and each one kills
an average of $50 cockroaches per day:
How many victims would the Number
in 365 days?
A young man about to be married
figures that $8 per week will support the
family in luxury and erect ive-story
building out of the savings of three
years. How many days after his mar
riage before he will tumble to bean
soup?
It costs political candidate 1926 per
head to retain thirty loafers to slug him
through convention and $3.50 for Incl
dental expenses. How much is he out
altogether, and in case he is left how
long will it take him to make himself
good by hoeing corn at 81 per day?
In particular field are ninety y seven
watermelons, and it is softly approached
by five co}ored men in search of a wood
chuck. How many times does ninety
seven go into five?
James and Henry go fishing and
agree to divide. James has two nibb]es
and bite from a dog, and Henry gets
two duckings and losses twelve shilling
hat. What is the share of each?
One person out of every five in the
United States has one or more corns,
and the cost of efecting cure is
$1.3O. What is the number of corn
victims, and what would be the cost
of placing every person on sound foot
ing?
Every man who has arrived at the age
of 40 years has lost at least ten umbrel-
las worth 81 each. Estimating the num-
ber of losers at II, 600, 900, and grant
ing that one-third of them have stolen
seven umbrellas worth ten shillings
each, what do you make the total loss? :?
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
A Daddy's Bio Mistake,

Pittsburg special to the Cincinnati
Commercial: A strange story is related
by the Sharon: (Pa.) correspondent of
the Dispatch. just thirty days ago the
funeral sermon of Eddie Sanborn, of
Sharon, was preached at his fathers
home in that town. Eddie, lad of six
teen, disappeared about the time the
iron strike was inaugurated, and he
worked in mill with his father. Nine
weeks later his father advertised that his
son had been enticed from home by q
tramp, and described marks by which he
could be identified. On July 3Oth,
the father read the story of the return of
a boy mourned for as dead, to his home
in Bristol, near Philadelphia. This boy
had strayed away, and his father had
identified the remains of boy killed by
the cars at Johnstown as that of his son,
took them home to Bristol and buried
them. His son subsequently returned
alive and we'll. Seeing the story, Mr..
Sanborn9 wrote to Bristol, and finally
went there on the 18th of August, had
the body disinterred, identified it posi-
lively as that Of his son by certain in-
delible scars, and greatly relieved REIN
tered the remains at Bristol, changed
the name. on the gravestone, and on the
Goth of August Presbyterian minister
repreached memorial sermon for little
Eddie. This evening Eddie Sanborn, as
large as life but a trihe shabby, jumped
from train at Sharon and reached out
his hand to the first hoy acquaintance
he knew. The boy was terrified, and
soon spread the news ,Eddie's father
heard it, ran for the crowd in the street,
pushed through it and caught hold Of his
son. At first he was doubtful, but his
DOUBTS were soon dispelled and an affect
ing scene ensued He fairly carried the
boy to his mother, who wept for joy.
The grave in the Bristol church-yard
will have to be marked 6 Unknown
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
gallons Of spirits, and from ff5df teen to-
sixteen barrels of rosin ,7''"7",
While the boiling ia in prtNbsS 4 'siiialfff

gallons Of spirits, and from ftnffft ff1nf tech to
sixteen barrels of rosin, .''''''7"
While the boiling is in process d shia}Pf II
stream of hot wateris Kept I'd ru ruttnnmiHg itltU6'
the still to prevent tie r3sin fr6mm IT, burn rni:o
ing. It requires very close .attenfion,
and if it shows disposition: to ruin over
the only remedy is to "tuck up the fire.,
and increase the degree of heat -un!ler-.
meath the still. '''.'':|''..
Those familiar with the meodus oper-.,
ondi of whisky making know that the;
spirit rises from the boiling mash in the
form Of vapor, passes into coiled pipe
know as sworn, which is kept sub
merged in cold water, when it is con-
densed, going on it's way to the cistern-
room. Just such course do spirits of
turpent1ne follow, only with the latter
there escapes the water which has been
added to prevent the bGrning. The tur-.
pentine then rises to the surface and
passes on to the barrel waiting to be
filled.
When the water escaping from the
still-worm ceases to bring turpentine
with it, the still-cap is used to permit an
escape of the steam, the fire is drawn
out, and the escape door of the still
opened. The rosin rushes ont steam
ing, kissing, bubbling mass, reddish
golden brown in color, and odorous as
wholesale chemical factory. 1t first
passes through coarse wire sieve, then
through one much finer, and finally
a stout canton-hannel strainer catches
all remaining impurities. The intense
heat escapes in few minutes, when it is
dipped into barrels and is ready for the
inspectors brand. Inspectors visit the
distilleries regularly, examine and class
the rosin, send the statement of quality
and amount to headquarters, from which
the distiller promptly receives his
money. Strong. coarse barrels are used,
the weight of barrel of rosin being
about $50 pounds. The turpentine is
transported in iron tanks like those used
for carrying oil.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
Terrible Exclusions.

At Cairo, Egypt, on the 2sth ult., an ammu-
milton wagon exploded in the depot firing the
structure. A large amount of stores and am
munition were destroyed. Loss estimated at
e7OO, 600. A number of people were killed.
While artillery men were firing salute at
Governors Island, New York harbor, on the
25th, in honor of French war ship which ar
rived off the battery, one Of the guns exploded,
killing two men and wounding several.
The ferry steamer Richeieu was wrecked by
the explosion Of a boiler at Lachine, Ont, on
the 21st. -Four persons werc killed and several
injured.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
Lanas Open to Settlement.

The secretary of the interior has decided to
reopen for settlement large tract of agricul-
tural land embracing about II, ,00O, 900 acres in
Northern Dakota, withdrawn from settlement
by Secretary Schurz. The tract once formed a
part of the great Sioux reservation, but was
purchased by the government from that tribe.
Mountain Indians, a rowing band of Chippewas.
These Indians presented a claim urging the
right of occupancy, and Secretary Schurz with
drew the lands from settlement pending con-
sideration of the claim. Secretary Teller now
decides the claims of the CLippewas invalid and
reopens the lands to settlement.
Sporting.
The following table indicates the position of
the various clubs in the contest for the cham
ni0nship:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
a FlARtinU pvPe.

Early on the morning of the 3Oth ult., as the
fine steamer Robert E. Lee was opposite Point
Pleasant, about thirty miles below Vicksburg,
on the Mississippi River, she was totally de-
stroyed by fire. Seventeen lives were lost. The
Lee was on her first trip after a thorough over
hauling She was value at 800, 900, and in
sured for half that sum. She was loaded with
cotton at the time of the disaster.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
Hurricane in Ireland,

on the 1st inst. More damage was inflicted at
Cork than by any storm for twenty years past.
A ship was stranded in the harbor and several
yachts sunk. At Limerick church spire was
razed during the prevalence of service and quite
a panic ensued. Newry was inundated and a
number of houses damaged.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04

this lode is that it is covered by cap
formed of iron pyrites of variable
thickness, with which the gold
bearing quartz is combined. The min
eral in the upper portion of this cap has
been disintegrated by the action of the
elements, and is workable, but that in
the lower part cannot be converted with
out great expense. Those who first :en-
tered on this work were so we'll contented
with the results obtained from the early
digging that they put all of their money
into machinery, and hence, when the
range of disintegrated stone was passed,
they had no money to sink their shafts
deeper, and were forced to abandon the
undertaking. One Of these abandoned
mines was bought up by cympany If
men who, after carefully studying the
subject, were convinced that the shaft
had only to be carried downward to strike
the lode in one of it's widest parts. The
average depth of the iron cap has been
about 400 feet, but in this instance the
shaft was sunk more than 1900 feet,
those interested pledging and borrowing
wherever they could after their own
funds had been exhausted. It was a
brilliant example of nerve when based
on scientific judgment. Less well-in~
formed men would have abandoned the
attempt; but when, after long waiting,
the quartz lode was struck, it proved to
be one of the richest mines in California.
The experience of those who projected
the work on the Calumet and Hecla cop
per mine is somewhat similar instance
of scientific courage. The plan in
volved spending very large sum,
amounting to more than million dol
lars, before any returns could be OBJ
tanned. The warrant for the expendi-
ture was scientific judgment, since there
was no means Of obtaining positive proof.
The risk was taken, and the result has:
been mine more remarkable in many
ways than any other in the country.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
SMALLPOX

= Capetown, South Africa, is sadly afflicted
with the frightful scourge Of smallpox. Two
thousand cases mostly natives, have been re-
ported thus far, of which six hundred proved
fatal. The disease first appeared among the
military. Business is suffering greatly and
great excitement exists in the diamond fields.
The colony is thoroughly quarantined.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Ch0lora. .

startling report is received from q small
town-Uxtla- Mexico, to the effect that the
cholera he's broken out there in most virulent
form, twenty eight deaths being reported in
one day. Uxtla is town of 5000 inhabitants,
In the state of Chiapa, in southern Mexico.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
Railway Wrecks.

A dummy Cur usel in conveying passengers
across the International Bridge over Niagara
the night of the 29h uit, and sunk in forty
feet of water. Engineer Bobn and Edwin
Herschey were killed and three persons serious
ly injured. The draw was open for passing
steamer and the engineer failed to notice the
fact.
A runaway locomotive on the St. Paul, Min
nea7olis and EIas itoba Railroad, collided with
r caboose containing three men, completely
wrecking it and killing Ed. Brothers. The
others were slightly hurt
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
MOrtuarv.

Thomas Clark, wel-known resident Of Buf-
falo, N. Y, and a wealthy dlstiller, died on the
29th.
W. T. Barnett, one Of Louisville'A leading
lawyers, died at his home on the 28th ult., after
lingering illness.
Fernando C. Beaman, member of congress
from the First district of Michigan for five
successive terms between 1860 ard 1870, died
at his home in Adrian, that state, on the 9th,
aged 66.
Frederick Wehler, an eminent chemist, and
director of the Chemical Institute at Gottingen,
is dead.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
Unfaithful Servants.

Henry j. Hail. late te Her of the Rhode Island
Trust Company, of Providence, pleaded guilty
to four indictments for embezzlement, and was
sentenced to prison for five years.
A. G. Adams, cashier of the Bonanza Ex-
change Bank, Bonanza, COL, has been arrested.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to lynch
him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
Well Shaken.

Panama experienced another short but sharp
shock of earthquake, at daybreak on dc
9Th inst. Half the population sleep in the
square Or walk the streets, and some families
are encamped on the plain. Traffic on the rail-
way is suspended, as the bridges are out of
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
NHpn. r.IuncnVu1so RauUaoa.

sixty-two trunks, aggregating 5000 pounds
of baggage were shipped from Springfield, ILL.,,
to Washington, on the 90th ult., by Robert T.
Lincoln. The contents Of the boxes are prin-
clpally articles of apparel purchased in Europe
by the late Mrs. Lincoln.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
the 25th. The total amount of insurance car
ried on the establishment is $480, 900.
A Tfagical Record.

John R. Boggers, a Clarksburg, w. Va,
farmer, while in drunken frenzy on the LIST
inst, killed his wife and 13-year-old daughter
with an iron poker.
Unknown assassins cut of the career of
Henry q. Carpenter, a prominent citizen of
Russell County, Va, on the 30th ult.
skiff containing the bodies of three negroes
was picked up near Battles Landing, Ca, on
the 3Oth ult.
Sam Whitley and Bill Armstrong, two motor
ious horse thieves were killed by officers in
Basque County, Texas, while resisting arrest.
A row between white and colored men Oc-
CURED at Lancaster, s. c., on the 28th, which
resulted in the death of four of the latter. A
number were wounded. None of the white
men we're injured.
Melissa Power and Addie Johnson fought a
duel at New Orleans, La, to settle difference
concerninga certain young man. Both of the
Amazons were mortally wounded.
James Bell, who killed Major Smith, at Deca-
tur, Ala, was attacked by pursuing party and
killed, but not before he had shot down Smiths
son.
A religious gathering at Hampton Cross
Roads, in Virginia, was the scene Of double
tragedy on the 9th. The Baptist Association
was holding its annual meeting, attended by a
very large crowd of men, women and children,
young fellows,who had gone to the meeting two
became involved in quarrel, and duel with
pistols in the midst of the throng was the
result. The worshipers were seized with a
panic and rushed for a place of safety, several
women and children beng thrown down and
trampled on in the confusion, while the duelists
kept OH blazing away at each other until both
had received mortal wounds, one through the
neck and the other in the back.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
Minor mishapS.

The home OF Hilaire Rousseau, in st. Simon
County, near Quebec, was burned on the 30th
ult- His three children perished in the flames
BY the premature explosion of o blast at
Cornwall Station, N. Y, on the 30th, three men
were killed and three badly hurt.
Martin Borrowick's boarding house at Lemont,
Ill.,, burned on the night Of the 29th. Two
boarders lost their lives.
By a runaway accident at Albany, N. Y, on
the 29th ult., Mrs. Lewis Rathbone was killed
and Hon. Amasa J. Parker, Jr., seriously in
jured. Mrs. Parker and Mrs. S. H. Strong, of
Savannah, were slightly hurt.
At New Britain, Mass, C. J. Welton aud
wife We're killed by their carriage being struck
by railway train.
Henry Burke and Martin Carlson, employees
of the Standard Oil Works, at Long Island,
were fatally burned by an accident on the 28th.
A prairie fire swept the vicinity of Redfeld,
D. T., on the 9th, and that village was saved
With difficulty. DR.. H. M. Towne, formerly of
Chicago, and young man named Zacharian
John, of Rock Island County, Ill, were overtaken
by the fire. The doctor was fatally burned, but
John reached town terribly roasted about the
face and arms.
-Four persons-twO young men and two young
ladlesIwere drowned in the Miami river at
South Lebanon, O., on the 26th by the upset.
ting of boat. Two women, man and q
child we're drowned in the Saguenay River
Canada, by the upsetting of boat, and Mrs.
Bush and her five children were drowned at
Heathsville, Va, by the washing away of their
house by the bursting of mill dam.
A coal-side in the Dodson mine at Wilkes
barre, Pennsylvania, caused an explosion of
fire damp, killing one man and seriously burn.
ing four Others. The track of the Lackawanna
Road settled three feet for space of several
hundred yards. A similar occurrence at Iona
coming, Maryland, burned four men. who will
probably not recover.
James Conway, James Wall and William
Dugan were drowned by the capsizing Of a
boat at Buffalo, N. Y, on the 25th. Two
young boatmen found watery graves at St.
GATHERINGS, Ont, on the same day. A farmer
named Levant. his wife and child were drowned
at Quehac. Louisa BIondon, cook on tho
steambargo Brunette, while engaged in fishing
from the steamer at Green Bay, Wis, on the
25th, fell into the river with her child and both
were drowned.
The west gallery in the exposition building at
Cleveland, O., fell on the 25th, precipitating y
number of people, an organ and piano dis
tance of thirty feet. Seven persons were in
jured, but none fatally.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-04
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