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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
now WATCHES ARE AAOE.

It will be apparent to any one who will examine
SOLID GOLD WATCH, thst aside from the neees-
sary thickness for engraving and polishing, large
proportion Of the PRECIOUS METAI used il
needed only to sti6en and hold the engraved
portions in place. and supply tho necessary seidty
and strength, TIE surplus gold IL actuslly need
less 20 far - uT1IlEx and beauty are concerned.
In JAMES BOSS, PATENT GOLD WATOH CASES
this WASTE Of precious metal is overcome, snd the
ZANE soLIDlTY and SrllNsTn produced 1t from
onethird to one-hsl' the usual cost Of sold cases.
This process IL Of the most simple nature, - fol-
lows: plate Of nickel composition meta1 espeeisl.
" adapted to the purpose, has two plates Of SOLID
GOLD soldered cne on each side The three are
then passed between lolished steel rollers, and the
result b strip Of heavy plated competition, from
which tho cases. backs, oentres bssss, eta, cut
and shaped BY suitable dtes and formers. Tho
gold in these cases IL sucien.ly thick to aott Of
I'll kinds Of chasing, engraving and enameItns; the
engraved cases have bean carried until worn PER.
feotly smooth by time and use without removing
the gold.
THIS rs TIE ONLY CASE MADE WITH TWO
PLATES on SOLID GOLD AND WARRANTED
DY sP1MAL ALOHRTIToATE. 4
For ssls - ~ jewelers.. Ast for illustrated Ost-
alogue, and y - waErspJ.
- -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
A Joke on Attorney General Brewster

A Joke on Attorney General Brewster.
A joke is told on Attorney General
Brewster. It is as respects his absent
mindedness. The other afternoon while
slowly perambulating -perambu bulating Is
good-the avenue, he came across deaf
and dumb applicant for aid from the
charitable. r. ....z,..s 49,.
Chow long have you been deaf and
dumb, my afflicted friend ?" inquired the
buff -colored, amiable attorney-general,
as he arranged the Disconnected ruff1es
of his foh-de-wah shirt. "
Five years next fall, )" sadly respond
ed the impoverished deaf mute, " and a
family of six. s.
Poor man, poor man, I sympathize
most tenderly with you in your terrible
affection; here's quarter for yen, said
the attorney general, handing him the
price of two drinks, and with nigh Of
intenseness he plodded along his absents
minded way.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
Minor mish aps,


A team of horses shyed and sent coach oveI
cliff at FELTON,, CAL, on the Oath inst Three
ladies and gentleman were killed and three
Augustus Rosenberg and W. s. Carpenter
were drowned at Big Rapids, Mich, on the
Oath, while bathing.
It transpires that after the burning of the
steamer Rogers in st. Lawrence Bay, on the
Siberian coast, Master Putnam in command of
the supply depot at Cape Serdze, Karmen, pro-
visioned the survivors and started to return to
his post. He was overtaken by severe storm
and carried out to sea on the ice. There is no
doubt but that the faithful officer met bis death
IN the gale.
Joseph Snyder, living at Georgetown, nine
miles from New Albany, Ind, carelessly placed
apacksge Of powder in the oven to dry, and
forgot It. An explosion occurred which fatally
injured his two children.
Mr.. Jeffrey, first mate and Clay Jones, fire.
were seriously injured ct Cincinnati, O., on the
20th inst, by the explosion Of the "nigger"
boiler. The boat was badly wrecked.
In Norwood, Mass, during the night of the
18th, noted veterinary surgeon. Colonel JAWS
Gay, was called to attend sick horse. Being
wlldered in the fog, and was shot dead as q
burglar ct house where he sought to arouse
the family. - ..-..
A farmer named Edward Carter, his son, his
daughter and his son-in-law perished in their
burning house in Channel Newfoundland, on
the night Of the 18th.
Six boys were drowned IN New Orleans by the
capsizing Of . boat. Five laborers met simi-
lar fate st Paspebiac, Quebec.
Two boys named Samuel Martin and Andrew
Mayer, were drowned in Hurricane Greek,
near Hoopville, H., on the 18th inst.
"a hod Of molten iron was spilled over the
head of Charles Greft at the Pullman, ILL.,,
foundry, burning him fatally.
A premature explosion Of blast in Kelley's
tunnel, Tuscarawas County, O., on the 10th,
killed one man and injured several others ter
ribly. se
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
The Catfish Aristocrat.

John j. IngIs, senator from Kansas,
writes an article on "Catfish Aristoc-
racy" for the Kansas Magazine. Here
is descriptive passage in which the
author limits the peculiar specimen Of
portion of his constituency, a native
aristocracy of whose origin, haunts and
habits he informs the world: Gathered
around rusty stove choked with soggy
driftwood, he drinks sod-corn from tin
cup, plays old sledge upon the head of
an empty keg, and reels home at night
fall, yelling through the timber, to his
squalid cabin. A score of lean, hungry
ours pour, in a canine cataract, over the
worn fence by the horse-block, as their
master approaches, baying deep-mouthed
welcome, filling the chambers of the
forest with hoarse reverberations, min
gled with an explosion of oaths and
frantic imprecatioDs. Snoring the night
away in drunken slumber, under heap
of gray blankets, he crawls into his
muddy jeans at sun-up, takes gurgling
drink from q fat, black bottle, stopper
ed with a cob, goes to the log pile by the
front door, and with dull Ak slabs off
an armful of green cottonwood to make
a fire for breakfast, which consists of
the inevitable "meat and bread" and
decoction of coffee burned to charcoal
and drank without milk and sugar. An
other pull at the bottle, few grains of
quinine if it is ager day, a chaw of navy,
and the repast is finished. The sweet
delights of home have been enjoyed, and
the spiritual creature goes forth invigor-
ated for the struggle of life, to repeat
the exploits of every yesterday of his ex-
istence. An animal, bird,
long-haired, unaccustomed to the use Of
soap, without conscience or right reason,
gregarious upon the bottom lands, where
they swarm with unimaginable fecun.
dity. During the war they became
guerri]las and bushwhackers under
Price, Anderson and Quantrell; assas-
sins; thugs; poisoners of wells; murder
ers of captive women and children;
sackers of defenseless towns; house
burners; horse thieves; perpetrators of
atrocities that would make the blood of
Sepoys run cold.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
Mississippi River, at the mouth of the Upper
Iowa River. g.. The house then went into q com.
mittee on the bill to reduce internal revenue
taxation. large number Of amendments
were rejected without action. :. Adjourned
A Curious CourtshiP p.

The two thousand Choctaws still iv-
ing in their ancestral homes in MISSISSIPPI
pi retain In their pristine vigor many of
the usages of their ancestors. Among
these are the curious methods employed
in conducting courtship and the mar
rage ceremony. When young Choc-
taw, of Kemper or Neshoba County,
sees maiden who p1eases his fancy, he
watches his opportunity until he finds
her alone. He then approaches within
few yards of her and gentle casts peb-
BILE toward her, so that it may fall at her
feet. He may have to do this three or
four times before he attracts the
maiden's attention. It this pebble
throwing is agreeable, she soon makes it
manifest; if otherwise scornful look
and decided "ekwah " indicate that his
suit is in vain.
When marriage is agreed upon the
lovers appoint time and place for the
ceremony. On the marriage day the
friends and relatives of the prospective
couple meet at their respective houses or
villages and thence march toward each
other. When they arrive near the mar
riage ground generally intermediate
space between the two villages-they
halt within about hundred yards of
each other. The brothers of the woman
then go across to the opposite party and
bring forward the man and set him down
on blanket spread upon the marriage
ground. The mans sisters then do like
wise by going over and bringing forward
the woman and seating her by the side
of the man. Sometimes, to furnish q
little merriment for the occasion, the
woman is expected to break loose and
run. OF course she is pursued, cap
tured and brought back.
All parties assemble around the ex-
pectant couple. A bag of bread is
brought forward by the woman's rela-
tives and deposited near her. In like
manner the mans relatives bring forward
bag of meat and deposit it near him.
The mans friends and relatives now be-
gin to throw presents upon the head and
shoulders of the woman. These pres
ents are of any kind that the donors
choose to give, as articles of clothing,
money, trinkets, ribbons, etc. As soon
as thrown they are quickly snatched of
by the woman's relatives and distributed
among themselves. During all this time
the couple sit very quietly and nddemurely,
not word spoken by either. When all
the presents have been thrown and dis
} tributed, the couple, now man and wife,
arise, the provisions from the bags are
spread, and, just as in civilized life, the
ceremony is rounded off with festival
The festival over, the company disperse
and the gallant groom conducts his bride
to his home, where they enter upon the
tolls and responsibilities of the future
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
TRADE WITH TIE DARK CONTINENT,

The white race has planted itself firmly
upon the southern end of the African
continent, and in its warfare with nature
and savage beasts and savage men that
have so long held possession, is advanc-
idg with rapid strides. The Province of
Cape Colony is in itself fourishing
state, with extensive and varied indus
tries. The American consul at Cape
Town reports that last year the imports
in his district amounted to no less than
$46, 13O, 900, showing an increase over
the preceding year of $7,S2O,000. The
diamond mining of South Africa has
proved to be an active industry which
contributes largely to the support of
other branches of business. Consul
Siler says upon this subject: "The
great wealth annually produced by the
diamond mining industry in this colony
has enriched thousands of persons with
in the last few years and given steady
and remunerative employment to tens of
thousand of natives, and may be justly
regarded as the main trunk to which all
other branches of industry in British
South Africa are merely subsidiary.
Thousands of these precious stones are
concealed from the vigilance of officials
appointed to keep record of the findings
hence an exact estimate of the yield is
not possible. But, from the most re-
liable information, there is every reason
to believe that for several years past
there have been considerably over $15,-
O0O, 900 worth of diamonds annually ex-
ported from the colony, and every year
the value increases" Another industry
of more importance than is generally
supposed, is that of ostrich farming. In
1870 the value of feathers imported from
the colony amounted in round numbers
to $435, 900; in 1880, to $4,410,000. 1t
is reasonable to believe that this will
continue to be prominent industry in
South Africa for many years to come, for
it is claimed if values were to decline
even 80 per cent. from the present stand
ard, it would still remain profitable
pursuit. As Cape Colony and the
Orange states are British possessions, of
course large preponderance of their
trade is with the mother country, but it
is satisfactory to find that American
goods are imported in considerable
quantities and are growing in favor. In
1881 no less than IS vessels, with car.
goes direct from the United States, ar
rived at the ports of the Cape
Colony. American ploughs, thrashers,
reapers, and all manner of agricultural
implements are in demand, and owing
to their ightness and superior finish are
preferred, notwithstanding the preiu-
dice which English and German makers
are constantly striving to engender
against them. Omnibuses, wagons, car
riages and buggies are being largely
imported from the United States and meet
with ready market, with good profits to
theimporters. Sewing ng-machines, clocks,
canned goods and Yankee notions all
command ready sale and good prices.
This trade is worth looking after, and if
our merchants and manufacturers will
follow up the advantage which they now
have, they will have their full share of
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
A Tidal Phenomenon.

A remarkable tidal-wave struck the shore of
Lake Erie, at Cleveland, early on the morning,
OF the 23d inst. The water Of the lake sud-
denly rose eleven feet above the ordinary level.
Considerable damage was done to shipping and
other property along the lake shore. The dam
age is roughly estimated at 1000. Fires in
the rolling mills were extinguished and the gov
ernment ife-saving station considerably
wrecked. tramp who was sleeping near the
mouth OF sewer which empties into the lake,
was overwhelmed and drowned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
Unfaithfu1 Servants.

0by E. Owen, receiving teller of the Third
National Bank, st. Louis, is under arrest for
The amount Of his defalcation
will probably exceed 100000.
John A. Presnen was arrested at Springfield,
Mo-, On the 22d inst, on charge OF embez-
cling some $15, 900 during the time that the firm
of Presnell & Baker was operating at CRANKY.
Mo. He was arrested on Bakers affidavit.
B. Frank Bigelow, receiving teller of the
National Bank of the Republic, Washington,
D: c., has absconded, leaving deficit of
81, 900 in his accounts.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28

The following startling intelligence was re-
eeived from sherbro, an island near Sierra
Leone, under date of May 21i "The natives
of Martio having plundered a boat belonging
to Bunthe Island; where British government
officers are stationed, and having fred on the
police who went to arrest them, the govern
ment Of Sierra Leone proceeded to Marfio with
force cf biue-jackets and killed two hundred
inhabitants"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
Railway MiShaDS.

On the Oath inst, a construction train on the
Manitoba Road jumped the track and went
down an embankment ut Atwater, Minn.. into
eight feet of water. Geo. Flood, the engineer;
wounded. The locomotive and twenty two cars
we're wrecked.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
For tho Frozen Sea,

: The steamer Hope left England on the 22d
inst: to search for Leigh Smith, the lost Arctic
explorer: The Hope is manned by British
naval officers and is provisioned for two years
edaon TO or being ing sSs E5 two
yacht,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
Sentenced

James B. Doyle. the Stark County, ILL.,,
"farmer," recently convicted at Chicago Of
co0nterfeiting United States bonds, was SEN
fenced, on the 18th inst:, to the Illinois state
penitentiary, at Chester, for term of twelve
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.

A boiler explosion on the farm Of James
Owens, near Marion, Ohio, on the Goth inst,
resulted in the death of two men and the prob
able fatal scalding Of third. The boiler was
defective and the water low.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28

same state several elevators were blown down
and heavy damage inflicted on other property.
At Omaha, Neb., damage to the extent Of
$4,000 was inflicted, and two brakemen were
killed at Talmadge. At Indianapolis, Ind, the
spire of the st. Paul Episcopal Church was
laid low. and . colored boy was fatally crushed
under the ruins of an ice house. Rockford,
ILL.,, was deluged, and crops in the vicinity laid
waste. A cherry crop valued at $1,000 was
ruined. AlIendale, Dakota, suffered greatly
from midsummer blizzard on the same day,
and Yankton experienced like visitation. In
the vicinity of Lanesboro, Minn., horses and
cattle were drowned by sudden rise of Root
River, and in endeavoring to rescue his live
stock at Udolpho, man named Green was
drowned.
Black Hawk and Buchanan Counties, Iowa,
wese visited bya fearful hurricane on the night
Of the 22d inst, and the people we're fearful of
a repetition of the Grinnel experience. A
number Of houses were demoralized, trees
blown down and crops laid low. At Indepen-
dence the tent-role of Sells Bros circus blew
down killing three men. The recently desola-
d!cities of Grinnell and Malcolm, in Powesheik
County were exposed to pitiless rain storm
on the same day, damaging the goods in roof
less houses seriously.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
Gtliteaus

Justice Bradley, Of the supreme court, on
the 10th inst, denied q writ of habeas corpus to
duiteau, holding that the court of the District
Of Columbia had full jurisdiction in the case.
The jailer at Washington feels certain that the
assassin will break down before the day set for
execution. Thousands of applications to wit
one hundred will be admitted. President
Arthur is about to be handed a petition, by
number Of leading specialists, for board of
medical commissioners to examine into the
mental condition Of the doomed man. The
prisoner clings to the hope that the President
will come to bis relief at the final moment.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
MurderOus Deeds.


Thomas Magoghey, q constabulary pensioner,
was assassinated by a disguised person on the
25th inst, while sitting in the kitchen of the
lodge of wealthy farmer Kilkeelan. County
Meath, Ireland.
At Chico. Cal., on the 25th inst, Herr Smith,
a saloon-keeper, shot his wife dead and when
captured and taken to the station it was dis
aid was summoned and the prisoners life saved.
The murder grew out of divorced proceedings
between the parties.
James Klgaur, living at Belmont, No., man
of bad repute, killed man named Gardner, of
Columbus, Ky., on the night of the Oath. The
murder was unprovOked.
In the yard Of the Central School at Hamil-
ton, Alexander Forbes killed his wife, George
Ralston, and himself with q revolver, because
the former refused TO 60 back to live with him.
George Eddy, a well-known reporter of St.
Louis, had an encounter with q saloon-keeper
on the evening of the 18th inst. and cut him
slightly. The assailed man followed Eddy
inAicting mortal wounds upon Mrs. Eddy.
John W. Turbeville, of West Point, Miss,
was forced into an ARRAY in barber shop, and
shot in the neck by Archie Dale.
Three horrible murders occurred at Pitts
burg, Pa, on the 10Th and 2Oth. The body OF
an unknown man was found in the woods on
the evening Of the 18th with evidences of a
AoSPoAdto sGtuSSAos AAo AoAG uhy VAc COIp6t u
another man was discovered near the Pitts
burg l. st. Louis depot with neck broken and
skull smashed. From papers found on the last
body it appears that his name was A. Roster.
The third crime was committed at noon on the
Goth when q shoemaker named Werkemuf, q
hard drinker, cut his wife's throat from ear to
ear and then suicided.
Twenty Apaches, captured recently by
Mexican troops, we're taken out in field al
Chihuahua, yesterday, and shot. Each met
his death with calmncss.
Luke Hankins, a farmer, shot and killed
Joseph Cummings in Shelby County, Ia, on
the 18th inst, for assaulting female members
of the Hankins family. Cummings was farm
hand.
A drunken row occurred at Bowling Green,
NO., on the 18th inst, in which John Reynolds,
negro, was killed by Moses Brown.
A fight between cowboys and Indians on the
the border of Iudian Territory occurred re-
Gently: The ''boys" were employed by Col.
Alex. Polk to drive herd of 1900 cattle to
Colorado, and became involved in quarrel as
above. -Four of the cowboys were killed.
Three men were caught stealing kegs of beel
at the Sixteenth Street viaduct in Chicago on
the morning of the 18th, and in their attemp,
to escape Jack Lynch was shot dead by po.
icemaD.
Two particularly sad tragedies occurred on
the night of the 18th inst.: At Norwood, Mass.
DR.. Joseph Gray was mistaken for burglar
and shot dead, and at Ithaca, N. Y, VIM
Gagler, in fit of mental alteration attempted
to enter the window of neighbor's house and
was shot.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28

GuAvA trees in south Florida are
loaded With fruit,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
ShiDwreek.

The steamer Escambia, loaded with gram,
capsized and sunk shortly after leaving San
Francisco, Cal, On the 18th inst. The captain,
engineer and seven others escaped in boat and
ance-eleven in all-went down with the ship.
In attempting to land in the breakers the cap
tain's boat was swamped and all but four of
the crew were drowned. The capsizing of the
steamer was due to the placing of large
amount of coal on deck while her water-ballast
compartments were left empty. This made the
vessel "cranky" and when she got into the
trough Of the sea she fell over On her beam
ends.
The American schooner Massasoit is reported
sunk by an iceberg of the Newfoundland
coast, with loss of five persons.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
Work of the Flames,

John L. Colby's furnace and 5000 bushels
Of coal burned at Plttsfeld, Mass, on the 25th.
Loss $4,000.
The Cadwallader oil we'll in the new Garfield
Territory, Pa, was burning at last accounts,
destroying at the rate of !, 800 barrels of crude
oil per day. The owners offer So, 600 to any
one who will extinguish the fire, and strenuous
efforts arc being made to accomplish the de-
sired result.
- A fire at Tobyhanna, Pa, on the Esd inst,
destroyed George Co.'S shoepeg and clothes
pin factory. Loss $4,000.
Ten families we're rendered homeless BY fire
in Montreal suburb on the 23d. LOSS $50, 900.
The Home City Touring mills at Toledo, O.,
owned by Vogel & Son., we're reduced to ashes
on the 23d. Loss $S7, 900.
A disastrous confagration occurred at Law
renee, Mass, on the 23d. The immenes store.
chemicals, cloths and raw wool was destroyed.
The total loss will exceed 81 900, 900. The
walls of the structure remain intact.
Phelps & Co.'s foundry at Eimwood, near
Peoria, ILL.,, burned on the Goth. Loss $40, ,0OO
The Glastonbury Knitting Company's works
at Eagleville, Conn.,, were reduced to ruins or
the 2lst. Loss, $4,000. Three children were
burned, one, it is thought, fatally.
Five million feet of lumber and six dwelling
houses belonging to the lumber firm Of Gilmou1
& Co., at Trenton, Ont, furnished food tbl
flames on the 21st.
JOhnson's Harvester Works at Brockport, n
Y, were destroyed by fire on the Goth. Los
$500, 900. One man lost his life. -Four hun
dred and fifty men are out of employment.
The Montreal Herald building was cleaned on
by fire on the night of the 10th inst. Los
$40, 1000.
On the morning Of the Goth inst, fire brok'
| out at the wharf in Oakland, CAL, and con
sumed an extensive warehouse, ship Grea
Western and cargo, and seriously damaged
several other crafts. Loss about 5000.
The Diamond mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa, il
| on fire at a point directly under the Romal
Catholic convent, and explosions are quit.
frequent. AL the water which can be obtained
il being poured down the Lift.
Lightning fired So, OO0-barrel tank of crud
oil, at Olean, N. Y, and the flames speedily ex
tended to an adjacent tank of the same size
The loss is estimated at $4,000, and embank
ments are being thrown up to prevent tn
spread of the fire.
Morrison's extensive paper-mills at Tyrone
Pa, were destroyed by fire due to spontane
! ous combustion. The loss is said to be full
1926, 200.
A loss Of $4,000 was incurred at Fargo
Dakota, by the destruction by fire of the iiv
cry stables of Stephens Il Seers.
Sheharly & Bakers sash, door and blind fac
tory at Detroit, Mich, was reduced to ashes OF
the 18th. Loss $4,000.