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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
French Characteristics.

! One of the most striking characteris-
tics of the Parisians was well illustrated
on the occasion of the burial Of Admiral
Potuau fortnight ago. As the funeral
cortege passed along the chief boulevards
to Pere la Chaise, the demeanor OF the
crowd was decorous and sympathetic,
and not only was every head barred when
the hearse passed, but, though the tra1-
&c was stopped for nearly two hours, ,nos
q solitary complaint was to be neald
against the inconvenience thus occa-
stoned. This feeling is less strong IN
the provinces, but in Paris every funeral,
as well as the November demonstrations
in the cemeteries, teshfes to that rever-
enceifo the dead which seems strangely
inconsistent with the profeesed tenets
| Of many who display it. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
A Fatal Quarrel.

The town of Auburn, Me-, was the scene Of
aterrible tragedy on the 2Oth. The two vic
Tins were Mathew Connor and Patrick OCon-
nell, hod- d-carriers, who, it appears, had borne
grudge against each other for some time past.
They were both engaged in Huston's new
cracker factory, the walls Of which have been
run up three stories, or distance of about
fifty feet. On the fatal morning the men went
to work as usual, but something occurred to
rouse the old animosity. Quicker than thought
the two men in their unreasoning anger had
closed in deadly conflict on the dizzy edge of
the third story walls. The struggle was fel ce
but short. Before they could be separated
both men lost their balance and, clasped In
each others embrace, they pitched over the
wall. striking upon the ground below with
fearful thud. Their fellow-workmen imme ediate-
" hastened below, but to no avail. The two
men were mangled corpses. What makes the
circumstance peculiarly sad is that both men
leave large families who were dependent upon
them for support. Connor leaves seven: chil,
ireI q ~ S4sts4F So 5ezszs-zEs =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
NATIONAL SCHOOL STATISTICS,

The long-delayed report of the COM
missioners Of education for 1880 has Just
been published. The general conclusion
to be drawn from the mass of statistics
given is that as compared with former
years there has been very gratifying
progress in the educational interests of
the country. The commissioner reports
the total school population for 80 states
at IL, 1851 1915, and for eight territories at
1874, ,405; the number of pupils enrolled
in the common schools is $3.50, 4O3 in
the 50 states, and 10l, ,118 in 10 ter
ritories, while the number in daily at
tendance was but 2,744, 1873 in "a states,
and 81, ,154 in eight territories. The
private schools in 21 states report SCI,
200 pupils. The total number of teachers
in all the states Is 2S0,O34. In Estates
there were 1l5. .064 male, and liz, ,064 fe-
male teachers. The public school in.
come for the 80 states was $82, ,684, 489;
for 10 territories, 81, 255, 750., The per-
manent school fund in 80 states was
$l19. .184, ,O29; in two territories, s., ,694,
$40. The estimated value of all public
school property, including sites and
buildings, $3.50, ,069, 427, butthis does moi
include seven states and three territor
les. These numbers indicate a very graf
flying progress upon former years. They
suggest also that III the. larger part O.
the country the public schools are. NOR.
or less, independent of annual allow
ances, and that the territories are, rela
lively, better provided for than are tn,
states. Finally, 1T a:is worth noticing
that il The country,,Sis q whole, the. 5fe
male teachers do not greatly outnumbe1
the males. II gil teachers were takel
!. together, the distribution between th1
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
1Egypliau Affairs.

The inquiry into the Alexandria massacre re-
veals the fact that Arab Pasha ordered the
bloody proceedings to be begun. Last July
Arab offered Earl Granville to disband the
leaders ST the Egyptian army, and, Is for him
self, he would quit the country; but Granville
demanded nothing less than complete submits
sion. Shameful treatment is daily inflicted
upon the relatives Of the political prisoners,
and Arabl's family is compelled to keep moving
from place TO place to avoid violence. The
whole Of Egypt south Of. Khartoum is overIun
The coet of the war, exclusive Of the expen-
ses 81 the British army Of occupa and OF
the Indian contingent, is etimated Of nearly
e2O, ,O00, 600. In the proposition Of England
for the ahishment Of an international IN
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
Record OF TRAGEDIES.

RECORD Oh If88e0leSs
', Daniel Smith, farmer living near Ottawa,
Kansas, was shot end nnortally wounded BY 3
settling a grudge.
At Pittsbu1g, Pa, on the night Of the 28th,
q Mrs. Weimon, while in q drunken fit, thr6w
lamp at Mrs. Mary Joogers. It exploded and
fatally burned Mrs. J..
Florence Wilson, q colored schoolma'am,
mortally wounded James Shannon, dusky
Ky., on the 2eth, with the threat tina: he Would
"kick her head off,"
Henry Schissler, q young man, was found
dead in q grocery store at Nashville, Tenn, on
the 9th. John Thomas is charged with the
murder.
Prof: Palmer, Captain Gill and Lieut.: Char r.
Bedouins near 1kaba, Egypt. recently.
Mail. advices from Basket Island report that
q boats crew of the wrecked schooner Surprise
and the English bark Roseneath, were massa-
cred by Indians. One man escaped and made
his way to Valparaiso.
Chas. Heard, aged 20, attempted to cEastase
the ajth. She seized shotgun and killed
hini. >.
Fountain Faukersly, Jr:, poisoned his wife
and two children at Lowell, Ky.. Tie former
died and the children were in q critical state at
last accounts.
OeOs WllllaulS auu CuaTleS DIOHu nA1AoN o"OA
other in an affray at Shepherd Station, Iexas,
on the 26th.
John O'Donnell, of Frankfort, Ky, while
suffering from dellrium tremens, attempted to
poison bis mother, sister and two brothers with
! arsenic, and then suicided by eating the drug
himself.
1t saltwater, Mimi. on the 25th inst, man
| named F. Kingba1l attempted to murder hie
wife with carving. knife: A young man named
Machlngki, interfered and was fatally slashed
In the abdomen. Mrs: Klingball was severely
wounded.
DR.. G. N. Hoffman, of Sinking Springs, vii.
lage situated five miles from Reading, Pa, wal
shot with rifle and dangerously wounded by
Walter High, mere boy. The doctor had re-
fused to give the boy and his companions 8
ride in his buggy.
Prof. Yerkes in charge of q private school al
Paris, Ky., chastised boy named Homer Old,
son, on the oath, whereupon the enraged lac
drew revolver and inflicted painful fest
| wound in one of the professors arms.
| Charles Thurber, q negro who outraged two
ladies near Norton, D. T., was taken from the
| jail at Grand Forks by mob of 1900 men
and lynched The officers struggled hard te
| defend the prisoner and were roughly handled
| by the crowd. Several of the lynchers were
badly hurt by the officers clubs.
| A desperate affray between horse thieves ane
| officers occurred in Norman County, Texas
recently. The thieves surrendered after tn.
death of one of their number named Russell
The latter was wealthy farmer, bnt ha
always Deen in league with desperate charac
! ters.
Willis Parker and Henry Black quarrelet
over cards at Kyle, Texas. Parker had hi
throat cut, and Black was shot twice.
Deputy Sheriff Beyton, of Oldham County
Ky., shot Thomas Martin fatally on tho 24th
| for resisting arrest
John Nape, Of Portlandville, n. T., shot n
wife and hired man in fit OF jealousy, an
then cut his own throat. The two former wi
| recover.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
trouble Brewing I'M France.

A socialstlc crisis is impending in France,
and 1t is thought that a bloody outbreak Is i'm
mi1ient: At Lyons, several explosions Of dyna:
mite have occurred and great excitement pre-
walls. Threatening letters have been received
by high officials and all such personages are
carefully guarded. Troops occupy the railways
at all strategic points and the forts are pre-:
pared at the proper time to lay any portion Of
the city in ashes. On tue night of the 29th
the police seized forty xii ogrammes of dyna-
ifo
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
ATux Blown to Pieces.

While steaming north on the lake in search
Of tow OH the 28th ult., the tug Wetzel, of
Racine, Wisconsin, exploded, instantly killing
Capt. Frank F. Lowell; the engineer, William
Kelley, and the fireman, Pat. White, the only
persons on board. The accident occurred
about sixteen miles north of Racine, and three
miles off shore. A small board bearing the
name Of the boat, was the largest piece of
debris found in the water. The bodies of the
victims were torn into shreds. 1t is reported
that the tug was racing with the Sill, another
tug, to reach vessel in sight.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
Terrible Explosions.

During the progress of the Penn celebration
at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia; on the 24th,
mortar heavily charged with bombs and fire.
works exploded prematurely, moving down the
surrounding spectators in a horrible manner.
Mrs. Davis Cookley, who was nearest the mortar,
was killed instantly, her head being badly man
gled. A colored infant was killed in the arms
Of it's mother, and John Cannan had his skull
crushed. He died in ten minutes. 1t is esti-
mated that thirty five people were more or less
injured, four of whom will undoubtedly die.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
Another Uneasy Head.

On the 29d, as King Milan, Of servia, was en-
tering the cathedral at Belgrade, advancing
through an assemblage of his admiriDg sub
band was executed by the kings orders in 1878,
fred at him with large revolver. The bullet
missed the royal target and wounded a lady
spectator. Queen Natalie tainted and was &C
conpanied to the palace BY the King who i'm
medlately returned to the cathedral unattended:
The populace attempted to lynch the woald-be
murderess. The poor woman has been prey
to melancholia since the execution of her hus.
land
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01

demnity commission it is contemplated that
England and France have but one representa-.
tive for each; the same as the other great
powers, that America and Greece each send q
representative, that the minor states have q
collective representative, and that Egypt shall
have the right to appoint both the president
and vice president OF the commission.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
WINK ar the Flames.

Fire almost entirely destroyed the Flint mill
at Fall River, Mass, valued at $800,000. The
fire caught from belt in the plcker-room.
The mill employed 500 hands. 1t had tity
thousand spindies and an annual production Of
thirteen million yards of print cloths. The
property was insured for 5000, 1000.
Hayes l. Sons sash, door and blind factory
at Dover, N. H., vanished in smoke on the 18th.
Loss $37, 900.
seventy-fve thousand dollars worth of lu1n-
ber was destroyed by fire at East Saginaw. It
was covered by $69, 600 insurance.
Margate, the popular watering place Of the
Londoners, destroyed buildings and other
property valued at $500, 600.
By the burning of an extensive steel manu-
factory at ShamOkin, Pa., near Chester. on
the 28th,, $15o,oo0 worth of property was con-
snmed. r.+fs =, -. %.st't -.
destroyed by fire in railway freight yard at
New Orleans on the 9th. .-,,.F .-.
Jamestown, N. Y, suffered the loss OF two
manufacturing establishments by fire on the
9th. Loss ,$26, 900. s.s~;l .sf..;} ,.a ~.
The village Of East Brady, Pa, was visited
by q disastrous fire on the 9th. A number OF
buildings IN the business section OF the Xaiage
were DESTROYED. Loss estimated at $75. 600.
Reeds opera house and hotel at Salem, Ore.
con. was consumed by fire on the 26th.
Armington's elevator and Turner: Tuttle q
Co.'s mill, at Atlanta, Ga, were destroyed by
fire on the 26th. Loss Gas, 900: ~,
The town of Hopkinsville, KY, was aimos,
| wiped out by an incendiary fire on the 10th
Over fifty business places were DESTROYED. Loss
3300, 900. z MI :, .
| A planning mill vanished in smoke at Chicago
! en- the 24th, causing q loss Of $40, 600. In
sured for 1886, 900.
The planning mill and lumber yard Of A
Backus, Jr., q Sons, were swept away BY nre q
Detroit, Mich, on the oath. Loss about Sl1o,
600. .l#s siss -5 :5s
smithport, Pa, lost. q manufacturing estab
lishment by iire On the 23d. Loss $3O, 600.
"a macaIoM factory ut New Orleans was de
! stroyed on the 9th and several adjoining
! buildings damaged. Loss $6O, ,0Q0.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
A Hero.

Fire in the cab Of tue New Brunswick On. J.)
passenger train on the Pennsylvania Railroad
on the 22d, threatened the travellers with ter
rible death, but Engineer Seip. who had made
his escape from the burning spot. returned,
the Hackensack bridge. Mr.. Seip, in per-
forming his heroic act, was so shockingly burn
ed that he died a few days afterward.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
EBnosss I'm TvrOl.

The rivers Po, Adige, Tagliamento, Brenta
and Drave, in Iyrol have overfowed their
banks and inundated the surrounding country
whose districts have been laid waste, the in
Dabitants fleeing before the remorseless tide,
destitute of everything. It is believed the
damage will reach Is, ,000, 900 forms.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
The &sreat Wallktnx Match.

The great six.day walking match which COM
menced at Madison Square Garden, New York,
at midnight 21st-22d, ended at 9:45 on the night
Of the 28th, Fitzgerald being the winner with a
score of SIT miles and 2 laps, Noremac, Herly
md Hughes following with scores, respectively,
OF 567 miles and 4 laps, 541 miles and lap,
and 525 miles. Owing to the light attendance
during the week the walkers were disheartened
at the financial prospect and retired without
completing the full six days, merely walking
until their respective positions were assured.
Rowell, the ex-champion, retired on the 26th;
with score of 341 miles, owing to the develop
ment of dangerous irregularity in the &C lion
Of his heart. Hazael retired on the same day
with score of 343 miles. Panchot retired
Wednesday with score of 200 miles, and Vint
on Friday with 374 miles to his credit. Hart
continued on the track until 2:SO 4. M. on the
28th, footing about 480 miles. The affair was
q financial failure.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01

A fire in the dromoff lumber yards at st.
Petersburg, Russia, the largest lumber market
in Europe: cetroyed q, 5OO, 900 roubles worth of
lumber. The property was insured for one
half its worth.
4 fire in the stock yards at Lexington, Ken
lucky, destroyed twenty mules and twenty five
shortchorn cattle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
Railway Wrecks.

The St. Louis express, on the st. Louis air
from the track by a misplaced switch forty
eight miles west of the latter town, and the
fireman; John McSwaim; of Evansville, Iudi-
ana, was killed.
Afrsight train left the track and afterwards
caught fire at Putnam Station, N. Y, on the
Delaware and Hudson Railroad. The fireman,
Charles Wheeler, and brakeman named
Geo. Near, were killed. Eighteen cars were
consumed by fire.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Thanksuivin9.

President Arthur has issued the customary
proclamation setting aside the last Thursday in
November (30th) for thanks giving and devo
tiOnal exercises.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
ShipWfeck.

off the coast of British Columbia have been
found. All on board are believed to have been
lost. Captain Harlow had with him his wife
and three children. The vessel sailed from
Shanghai for Victoria August Is, and was
wrecked on the 10th of last month.
The steamer Gulf of Panama, bound from
Japan for Bremen, stranded of Znderhaaks,
on the coast Of Holland. Twenty-Five persons
were drowned.
During the recent gale at Yarmouth, Eng.. .
smack was lost and its crew Of six drowned.
Another smack is reported lost with ten lives.
The Chilian schooner Berta was sunk off Ssn
Vincente by the British steamer Chloe; several
lives were lost. -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
The Penn Alinifersary.

William Penn landed at Chester, Pennsyl-
vania, two hundred years ago on the 22d. and
the Friends assembled at the Westinghouse in
that city to commemorate that event. A letter
from John G. Whittier was read, inclosing a
poem which he wrote sixty years ago. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Alfred H. Lane,
president of the Pennsylvania Peace Society,
and John NJ. Broomall, Of Medina, Ohio.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
Starvation,

There has been terrible suffering on account
Of the scarcity of food among the natives Of
the islands in the Arctic region north of Alaska.
In one place there were found the decomposed
bodies OF 100 natives who had died of starva :
tion
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
Suicide

A st. Louis pork packer named G. D. WAL
lace, committed suicide at Houston, Texas, on
the Goth.
William Richardson, of Bloomington, Illi-
noje, formerly a dry goods merchant, was re-
Gently dismissed from situation as gauger at
Pekin, On the 25th lie cut his throat from ear
to car with razor.
VIM. Dmte', prominent citizen of Chester,
Pa, committed suicide, on the 23d.
Henry P. Roberts, who for fifteen years was
clerk of the United States circuit court in Bos-
ton; killed himself with laudanum:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
Mrs. Scovtlle Ad1udred Insane.

The jury that has heard the evidence in the
trial of Mrs. scoville for insanity, at Chicago,
found that she was ihsane and that her disease
has been of six months duration, and hereditary.
It found that she does not manifest suicidal or
homicidal tendencies, and that she is not
pauper. Mrs. Scoville did not appear in court
and could not be found afterwards.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01

Mexican troops had q severe fight with In
dams near Alamas, Mexico. Over 100 savages
were killed and a large number wounded. The
troops lost q.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
Prom Ot66s

Gen. Pope has been advanced to the major
generalship made Vacant ty the retirement OF
Gen. Co. sged 81 the
shoes: .-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01

a PALE deathly look is thought very
aristO tOoratic, and rouge is. at last abol-
! ished by fashionable women s5sss8
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
DR. G. 8. BRATLIEU,

ohce over Sleepers Drug Store, Brownsville.
Minnesota.
Il Peaching at Christian Chapel every Sunday
morning and evening.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01
Minor MiSllaps.

Govern Burt and Peter Lamb were fatally
burned IN a mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the
9th. The men carelessly entered an aban-
doned portion of the works with naked lamps.
Shepherd F.. Knapp, Jr., son of prominent
on. the 9th, while fishing.
4. S: Cole; of Magnolia,. Kansas. took
strychnlne by mistake and died in two hours:
AIvis Regar, Buffalo hotel keeper; and his
family, were poisoned by eating pancakes. One
child died and two are in precarious state.
Geo. Woodruff, one of Joliet's (1n. promi.
nent citizens, was killed on the 26th, by a fall
into bin of the new elevator in process of con.
struction at that point. His estate Is valued at
$500, 1000.
Mr.; Dunshaw, Chicago surveyor, was
drowned in Marion County, Miss, whittier he
went to examine pine landsfor syndicate. }:
Scbrieber, New Orleans merchant, drowned
on the 25th.
While painters we're engaged in touching up
a church spire at Baltimore, Nd. on the 23d,
to the ground. Thomas Nugent was killed and
Joseph Tinckner dangerously injured.
Mortuary.
The boy Of Tuhis IL dead. and his brother
st1cceeds him as filef:
:, Five prominent or wellknown people died at
Rockford, Illinois; on the 28th. Among them
were Stephen r. Robertson, father-in-law Of
Jay Gould, assistant postmaster OF Chicago;
and Mrs. Hepsibeth Howes, mother of promi'
nent Chicago merchant.
Prof. X. A. Willard, widely known writer
on agricultural and dairy matters, died sudden
" at Little Falls, N. Y, on the 26th.
Major Archibald G. Constable, formerly OF
the British army, and who took an active part
in recruiting troops for the Union army in Ohio
during the war, died in Brooklyn on the 26th.
Capt. Samuel HiIdredth, one of the Oldest
boatmen On the Ohio River, died at Madison,
Ind; on the 25th.
Miss Emily Gavin, of Chicago, talented &C.
| tress and dramatic reader, died at Alglers, OF
| lung disease;
Janos Arany, the celebrated Hungarian poet
is dead:
Ex-Gov. E. A. Straw, of New Hampshire
| died at Manchester on the Oath.
| Capt. VIM. A. Parker, U. s. N, died at Bos
ton on the Oath at an advanced age.
Ex-Congressman John Hanna; of Indiana
died in Hendricks County, that state, on th'
24th.
The Oldest person in Indiana died on the 2st
John W. Huitt, the last survivor OF the lii
nois rangers, who served in the war with Mex
leo, died at Carrollton, in his seth year.
G. K. Martin, prominent criminal lawyer o
Milwaukee, Wis, died on the 29d, after lin
gering illness. 49,.
One Of Chicago's Oldest citizens and publ
servants died on the 22d, MIR. Darius Knights
who came to the city in 1887, and was city mar
shal quarter of century ago. and subse
uuently = prominent officer Of the fire depart
ment and Of the department of public works
MIR. Knights was 6S years Of age, and nativ
NJ Varfnont
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01

Done BY the day Of roll; also Calsomtntng. All
work warranted Residence. near Anes' Foundry.
81 sss3t55s tS5Es g. Us .sss. MRS. FORD. y
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-01

Office and Residence, corner West Main and
Maple Streets, opposite Public School Buildins.
Austin, MINI. At to ne until 9 A. n. and from u
to P. N.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-11-03
STATE OF MICHIGAN. }
COUNTY OF VAN BUREN.

COUNTY OF VAN buren,, \
at session OF the Probate Court for The
County OF Van Buren,, holden at the Probate
Office in the village of Paw Paw, on Saturday
the 2lst day OF October. in the year one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
Present, Hon. Orrin n. Hilton, Judge oil
Probate.
In the matter OF the Estate OF George w
Rowland, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition. duly veri-
fed, OF Joseph W. Sturr, for and IN behalf OF
the widow OF said deceased, praying for reasons
therein stated that administration OF said es-
tate NAV be granted to Catbarne NJ. Rowland.
or 10 some other suitable person.
Thereupon 1t is ordered that Monday, the
Goth day OF November. 1882, at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing OF said
petition, aud all persons interested in said
estate. are required to appear at session
OF said Court, then to be holden at the Probate
Office IN the village OF Paw Paw. and show
cause. ii any there be, why the prayer OF the
petitioner should not be granted:
And IL is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said
estate, OF the pendeDcy OF said petition,
and the hearing thereof, by causing a copy OF
this Order to be published in the True North
erner, newspaper printed and circulating in
SAID county of Van Buren, for three successive
weeks, at least, previous to said day OF hearing.
40t4-o-43
oRRIN n. HILTON Judge OF Probate.