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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26
81. LOUIS
The Wise California Physician.


A California physician who discovered
a new disease-love madness-has been
experimenting with the persons afflicted
Herewith and has produced the Glove
parasite" or bacillus microccus. This
he cultivated up to the twentieth gen.
GRAFTON. and with the parasites Of that
generation he inoculated number of
subjects. The incubation was invaria-
bly, successful, symptoms of the disease
appearing in a very short time after the
operation. A batchelor, aged so, on the
first day after incubation had his
whiskers dyed, ordered suit of new
clothes and set of false teeth, bought
a top buggy, a bottle of hair restorer,
diamond ring, and guitar, and began
reading Byron's poems. The inocula
ton produced symptoms of the same
nature in a young lady Of 45. She
spent five dollars at drug store for
cosmetics, bought lot Of new hair and
croquet set, sang Empty is the
Cradle" sent out invitations for a party,
and complained that the Chico young
men do not go into society. An inocu-
lated youth of II, employed in a coun-
try store, did up gallon Of molasses in
a paper bag, and also in fit of absent
mindedness, put the cat in the butter
tub and threw some fresh butter out of
the window. Finally, he sat iu basket
Of eggs while looking at the photograph
of pretty girl, and was discharged for
his carelessness. The Chico doctor is
still experimenting, and will soon lay
the results of bis observations before
the medical world.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26
A NUMBER OF FARMS,

A bulletin from the census Office gives
the number of farms in the United
States in the years 1880, 1870, 1860 and
1850, together with statement of the
rate per cent. of increase from 1870 to
1880. The great increase in the northern,
western, and Pacific states and terrific
ries is explained by the rapid settlement
OF those regions during the past decade,
and an increase in the southern states js
accounted for by the subdivision Of the
large plantations of ten and twenty
years ago. The total number Of farms
in the United States in 1870 was 2, $685.
9s5, and in 1880 zoos, ,9O7, an increase
OF 81 per cent. The State of Ohio is
credited with 195,953 farms in 1870
while In 1880 there were "a, ,189, an in.
crease of 26 per cent. Kentucky shows
remarkable increase of Al per cent. in
the last ten years, having total of 11s,
422 in 1870 and 166, 453 in 1880. Indiana
has increased 20 per cent, showing a
total of 194,013 farms in 1880, against
161, ,2S9 in 1870. Tennessee has in
creased the number Of her farms 40 per
cent. in this time, having total of 1885,
$50 at the last census. The largest in
rease is in Dakota, where the enormous
gain Of Ola per cent. is given. Nebraska
is next to Dakota, with an increase of
A.5 per cent. The New England States
being but little subject to changes, show
the smallest increase, Maine, New
Hampshire, and Vermont having in.
creased the nunber of their farms s, 9 and
5 per cent, respectively. Massachusetts,
is credited with an increase of IS per
cent, but this figure is disputed, owing
to the defective census of 1870 in that
state.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26
ALTERATION OF BANK NOTES,

The English judges have recently d.
vided on the important question whether
the Bank of England is bound to pay an
innocent holder the value of any of its
notes on which the number has been
fraudulently altered. When the case
was tried Lord Chief Justice CoIeridge
held that the bank was liable. This
view is now overruled by the court of
appeal, which decides that the loss falls
on the holder, however innocent or ig-
norant be may be of the fraud committed.
The legal point in dispute is a new one,
1t is settled in England that material
alteration in q written instrument, an
alteration which changes the contract or
effects its essence, invalidates the docu-
ment. In the case of a note of the
Bank OF England it was conceded that
the alteration of the number does not
affect the contract represented by the
note. But the court of appeal holds
that when the humber is fraudulently
changed the note is materially altered.
1t argues that the number is designed to
protect both the bank aud the public
against forgery, fraud, theft and acci.
dental loss, and that this end is pro.
noted by enabling the bank to refuse
payment of every bill whose number has
been fraudulently altered. This rule
will doubtless make it more difficult tc
practice fraud, but the advantage will
be secured at the cost of the unfortunate
holder. who is innocent of wrong. and
to the pecuniary gain of the bank, which
has received full value for the nott
which it has not paid aud is not required
to pay. Whether the same principle
applies to paper other than the Bank o.
England notes is question on which
the court Of appeals refrained from ex
pressing any opinion. Nor is its judg
ment on the point decided accepted a,
settling the law. The practical import
ance of the issue and the doubt as to tn,
soundness Of the latest decision are sucl
that the case is expected to go to tn,
House of Lords for final adjudication.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26
The Ras-el-Tin Palace.

This palace, brought 80 prominent into
notice by the botnbardment of Alexan-
dria, is situated upon the northern bend
Of the western harbor and it's frontage
dips right down into the side. The
stories which have been told of the low.
string and mysterious caiques in the
homes of Turkish voluptuaries on the
Bosphorus are plentiful of this same pal
ace on the water in Alexandria. Ancient
residents looking across from the sandy
shores on the opposite side, have seen
yelled boats pushed off into the stream,
a heavy sack thrown overheard and the
slaves returning in their craft TO the
white palace, leaving behind them, en-
veloped in the silent, rolling and mex
orable waters, some tale of a stated
pasha's disgust or the miserable mortal
remains of poor human amour. It is
built, or was, upon the southern shore
of the island Of Pharos, and was sur
rounded by a series Of forts, which were
supposed to render it imprcgnable to
attack from the mainland. Adjoining it
we're gigantic stables filled with horses of
all breeds, from the docile and diminu
tive Arab to the larger and less tractable
English charger. In the building itself
there were series Of magnificent rooms,
representative of the principal European
countries. Thefuruishings of the Paris,
the Roman and the London rooms were
especially remarkable for costliness and
characteristic design.
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It was Not the Pie.
(From the Chicago Tribune. 7

"Give me the pie."
Out upon the lawn of the Castle Nc
Murtry. stood a young girl Just In the
sprihgtide Of youth. The scarlet roses
that swung lazily to and fro in the breath
OF a June morning were not more beau
tiful than those which bloomed go
brightly in the peachy cheeks Of the
Lady Constance McMurty, and her
slight but faultless nodded fgure, set off
to perfection by plain morning-dr
of white muslin, had in its movements
more OF grace and beauty than those of
the greyhound which lay silently at the
feet of it's mistress; watching her every
movement with intelligent and loving
eyes. The girls ripping golden hair
simply tied with blue ribbon; the love-
ly, half-childish face, was a poem com.
plete in itself. It was q race that
changed with every thought One mo-
naent gray and bright, in another
thoughtful and sad. As she spoke the
words with which this chapter opens
there was wistful look Upon the pretty
face, and the deep brown eyes shot forth
yearning, will-I-ever-fnd-the-h hair
brush glance that was pitiful in it's sad
beauty.
For an instant Lord Wyverne did not
reply. Then, placing his hand on the
girls shoulder, and looking into her
eyes with grave tenderness that told
how the CHASTITY horror of the scene was
pressing upon him, he said in tones that
were almost sob: "You must be
brave, my child; must nerve yourself to
bear a great grief"
my God p exclaimed the girl. "Tel]
me what has happened. 1t surely can:
not be that there is no pie?''
"No, my darling" replied the earl.
SIT is not so bad as that. Your mother
is Dead"
"Ah!'' said Constance, show you
frightened me. ] thought surely it was
| the pie" I"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26
WAGES In GERMANY.

Questions of wages and prices of food
in Germany are of grave interest. as the
relations between capital and labor de-
pend on these importantsubjects. Con-
sui General Volger presents a table of
wages paid to fourteen diffe rent classes
Of workiDgmen and artisans in thirty
leading and representative cities of the
German Empire, together with the
prices Of articles Of food and rental.
Having studied the average cost of food
alone in Germany for four persons as
amounting to $3.50, rent, light, taxes.
and clothing not included, it may be
seen how extremely difficult it must be
for German workmen to save anything
from their earnings. Taking builders,
cabinet-makers, locksmiths, tailors, shoe
makers, macbinists, machiue weavers,
wool.spinners, skilled factory hands,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26

Bill Mulcahey, Jack Kingsbury and Nevada
jim, having killed two Mexicans and mortally
wounded an American, at Albuquerque, N. NJ,
were pursued by twelve men. They were
caught up with at o'clock on the 18th, the
doomed desperadoes succeeding in reaching the
reverses Of the hill sides. The pursuers we're
received with volley from Winchesters, and
one Of the vigilantes fell dead. Another as
sault was made. Two Of the desperadoes.
after fierce battle. and the third Nevada Jim,
was brought down With a ball in the thigh.
The vigiiahtes spared his life till rope could
be had to hang him. The prisoner, however,
suddenly seized revolver from one of his dead
comrades and shot Foley, vigllante, dead.
Laughing derisively he then shot himself.
VIM. Miller, overseer of the Woodstock,
Conn.,, poor farm, was murdered by an inmate
named Jake Parsons on the Goth. Miller re-
Quested Parsons to do some work on the farm,
which SO enraged him that he used q knife on
the overseer with fatal results.
In quarrel about woman at Nashville,
Tenn, on the Goth, Charles Blackmore was
A coroner's jury investigating the suicide OF
Thomas W. Scott, at Little Rock, Ark, on the
2Oth, developed the fact that the deceased had
murdered a man in Mississippi eight years age
and made his escape.
on the 18th, William Hinson killed his wife.
John Carter, an English machinist, was
murdered in brutal manner at Chicago, by a
man named Mclaughlin.
James Long, who was brutally beaten by un.
known persons at dance given at Toronto or
the evening of the 18th by orangemen. died
from his injuries on the 18th.
Two years ago DR.. Roberts. of Ray County,
Mo-, was murdered by a young physician
named Keyes who was jealous of the elder
doctors practice. The murderer pleaded in
sanity and was remanded to an asylum. On
the 18th he returned TO the scene of the trag.
edy, having been declared cured and discharged
from the asylum. Charles Roberts, son Of
Keyes' victim, Immediately sought ont Keyei
and shot him dead. Public sympathy is will
Roberts as Reyes is said to be bad character
A bloody carnival WAS enacted in Pittsman
Valley. N. NJ, on the 18th. A dispute over O
number of blankets caused fight between
Henry Jansen, Charles Bonestein and William
Wharton. The two former cut Wharton to
pieces with their knives, but not until he had
inflicted mortal injuries on both.
David l. Norwood, a prominent citizen OF
Floyd, La., attempted to cane L. J. Polk in the
streets on the 18th. Pistols were brought into
service, Polk being killed and his assailan'
severely wounded.
David Cook, a negro ibertine, was lynchet
by masked men at the northern part Of Ker
shaw COnnty s. c. on the 17tb
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26
HOW WATCHES ARE MAD.

1t will be apparent to any one who will examine
SOLID GOLD WATCH, that aside from the neces-
sary thickness for engraving and polishing, large
proportion Of tho PRECIOUS MKTAr. used is
needed only to stiffen and hold the engraved
portions in place and rupply the necessary selidity
and strength. Tie surplas gold is actually need
l. Sc go far as UTILITY and beauty are concerned
In JANIS BOSS, PATENT GOLD WATCH CASES
this WASTE Of precious metal is overcome, snd the
SAME soLIDITY and STRENGTH produced at from
one third to onehsl: the usual cost Of solid cases.
This process is Of the most simple ure, as fol-
lows: plate Of nickel compositi, metal especial
ly aialted to the purpose, has tw, lates of SOLID
GOLD soldered tne on each eide The three are
then passed between rolished steel rollers and the
result ia strip of heavy plated composite N, from
which the ca es backs centres, bezes etc., are cut
and shaped by suitable dies and formers. The
gold in these cases is sufcien.ly thick to samt Of
oil kinds Of chasing, engraving and ename,ing; the
engraved cases have been carried until worn per
T. ctls smooth by time and use without removing
the gold. .. e
THIS IS TIE ONLY CASE Made WITH TWO
PLATES OF SOLID GOLD AND WARRANTED
By sPhO1AL OERTIFJATE. i5*s
For aale by all jewelers.. Ask for illustrated Cst.
slogus, and 70 - warrant.
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Ihe Egyptian Middle.

Arab Pasha still issues orders and makes ap-
pointments in the name of the khedive. His
forces on the canal are estimated at 10000.
He prevents provisions from entering Alexan-
dria, ana threatens to cut off the winter sup
ply. Five hundred marines are divided be-
tween seven central points in the city. At
tempts have been made to fire Cairo, and it is
feared that tho European quarter will be
burned by the people: Dervlsch Pasha has
been Summoned to ConstantinQple to give his
views of the situation. Arab Pasha is greatly
encouraged by British inaction, and talks Of
all Turks IN Egypt. The consul who was killed
at Zogazig was the Italian consul. 1t is said
the line of retreat of the Egyptian troops is
covered with carriages and dead horses. Be-
doulns are reported to have harrassed the
soldiery and killed 200. The European resi-
dents Of Cairo. with few exceptions, are desert
ing the city. England and France are sending
in precautionary measures for protecting the
Suez canal.
Turkey, in consideration Of the Difference
shown by the powers to the sovereignty of the
sultan in Egypt, has consented to participate
| in the International conference. France and
| England have requested that some of the pow
| De Lesseps informed Admiral Seymour that
the passage of men-of-war through the canal
would be a breach of neutrality. Spain has
| sent four iron-clads to Alexandria, and has
given notice that she will station three gun
6oats at each end of the Suez canal to escort
the Manila mail steamers. The scouts of Arab
Pasha have been seen seven miles from Alex
andr1a, but he has been ordered by the porte
not to move on the city. His last act was t.
divert the waters of the Mahmondeh canal
The Roman wells can not be cleaned and filled
in less than q fortnight. The feet Is unable K
condense sufficient water for the populace
There are 12,OOC Europeans and 1000 Arabs il
Port Said, with several hundred soldiers onl,
six miles away. The Egyptians circulated th
story that several English ships had been SUM
and one captured during the bombardment
which renders the natives exceedingly insolen
to Europeans. Arabi's camp is situated in
strong position on strip of land between tw
lakes. Thirty-six Europeans were massacre
| there by order Of the insurgent chief.
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Fight with Indians.

Major Chaffee with the Third and Sixth
Cavalry regiments; who had been following the
renegades In Arizona since their outbreak from
San Carlos, had an engagement with them on
the 18th at Clevlon Fork, about As miles from
Fort Verde. Lieuts. Morgan and Converse, of
the Third Cavalry, were wounded, one Indian
stampeded, leaving six dead on the field, and
scouts report that about twenty more were
killed in the fight. The Indians killed man
named Meadows and wounded his two SONS,
Several citizens of Santo Bason are missing,
and much stock has been stolen.
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gardeners and laborers, the lowest wages
seem to be paid in Ohenburg, Baden,
and the highest at Frankfort-on-the-
Main, Prussia. The wages of builders
foreman at Frankfort was 81. 40 week;
journeyman, .$5.04; a hod-carrier,
1914; cabinet=maher, $4.58: a lock-
smith $4.85; tailor, $4.56; a shoe
maker, 1884; q factory-hand, $3.50, and
gardeners and field hands the same,
while in Darmstad the field laborer only
gets $1.44 per week. It is at Nurem-
berg that the general scale of wages
seeHds to be the smallest. A foreman
gets $3.50 week; journeymau, $2.4O;
hod-carrier, 81 A; cabinet.maker,
81. Is; locksmith, the same; tailor,
$1.80; a shoemaker, the same; a gar
dener, So. 16; and field hand, $l.68.
The best remunerated tailors seem to
be in Schweinfurt; Bavaria, where they
are paid $4.20 week. Comparing the
prices of food between Frankfort and
Ofenburg the first in Prussia, the Sec
ond in Bavaria, wages in the latter being
in many cases one-half less-it would be
supposable that food must be proper
tionately lower in Bavaria, but this is by
no means the case. On the contrary.
taking tho general average, the necessi-
ties of life are higher. For instance, in
Frankfort, rye -four by the 100 pounds
costs $3.50; in Offenburg it is cents
dearer. Wheat is $4.53 per 100 pounds
in Frankfort, while in Offenburg it is
$4.97; potatoes are 10 cents dearer per
100pouuds, while beef is II cents cheap
er. The only thing which is really lower
is house rent, which, for two rooms in
Frankfort, is $3.1O per month, while in
Offenburg it is $2.1O. In Strasbourg,
prices for wages approach closely to
those paid at Frankfort, while food
seems to be fraction more expensive.
The consul-general writes: "The fact
that thousands of workingmen of Ger
man birth are already residents and citi-
zens of the United States, and that their
number is being increased by immigra-
tidn at a stupendous rate, give to the
comparison suggested a most vital and
practical interest,""
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26
A Bear in Their Tent,

Few men ever had grizzly bear
treadiog on their legs, and lived to tell
the story. Yet, according to story told
by an English member of parliament.
who made sporting tour through the
west, this actually happened to hunter
named Bennett. He and his two part
ners were trapping in the Rocky Noun:
tains. Having secured number OF
pelts, one of the men went to the near
est trading post TO sell them and bring
back necessary stores.
Two or three nights after his depart.
ture, the camp was visited by bear.
The hunters had three tame beavers,
which the bear took away, and also a
quantity of meat, Thinking that the
animal would probably return to seeh
for more spoil, they set trap. Hall
an antelope's carcass was pinned to the
ground, string stretched around it an0
fastened to the trigger of loaded rltte
pointed at the bait. -: .
Some time in the night, the two hun
ters who were sleeping in their tent, wer'
awoke by the discharge of the rifle. Or
going outside. they found cub of tn
grizzly bear lying dead. Resetting tn
trap, they foolishly pulled the dead Gu!
inside the tent, and turned in again. l
was not long before they were arouse'
by the she-bear, who had followed tn!
scent into the tent and had found it's cul
dead. IL. -..,' S1 . b.: ..:.e u 80 49,
Her distress was great. She 'tondle
the dead body, licked it and whined owe
it. The hunters scarcely dared breathe
much less stir, though the bear, in he
movements, trod on their legs and feet
When she left the tent, they franticall..
climbed the nearest tree. She soon y
turned and remained so long that th
i men, whose only clothing were the
shirts, and the night being bitterly coli
4 we're nearly frozen. When she again r
! tired they descepded, lighted fire, d
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26
A Boxing Match,

An immense crowd assembled in Madison
Square Garden, New York city, on the evening
of the 17th, to witness the boxing match be-
tween John L. Sullivan, champion OF America,
and "Tug" Wilson, the English champion.
According to agreement the combatants were
Sa bs n
rules. If Wilson should fight four minutes
Sullivan agreed to pay him $1,000, which
amount was paid into Henry Hills hands. The
battle lasted fifteen minutes, the plucky Eng
Iishman winning the purse, although he was
batted around tue ring Hike shuttle-cock. Will
son was foored twenty tiines:
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River Disasters.

A heavy squan capsized the tow-boat Alex.
Foster, near Pittsburg, on the 17th. The crew
escaped almost miracuIously.
The steamer John Wilson was snagged at
Richards Landing, Chafalaya River, La, on
the 18th. No lives lost. Boat and cargo val
ued at $25OOO:
The iron steam-yacht Yosemite collided on
the Hudson River with the steamer Charlotte
Vanderbilt, the latter being cut in two, but no
lives were lost,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26
A Political Assessor Fined.

The United States Circuit Court at New York
recently found General Newton NJ. Curtis, of
that city, a United States treasury agent, guilty
of having violated q law of congress in collect
ing contributions from government employees
for political purposes. The case was appe lied
to the court in banc, which on the Goth de.
clared the law constitutional and refused a
motion for an arrest of Judgment and new
trial. General Curtis was fined $1,000. He
will appeal the case to the United States su-
nrame conrt
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26
POLITICAL.

Alex. H. Stephens was nominated for COVER
nor by the democratic state convention at
Atlanta, Ga, on the Goth. The vote stood
Stevens, 1926; scattering, S; not voting, 81.
=, The Ohio democrats met in convention at
Columbus on the Goth, Geo. 8. Pendleton pre-
bent, was nominated for supreme Judge by
acclalnation and J. w. Newman for secretary
of state. An enthusiastic ratification meeting
wac held in the evening.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26
ATerrible Experience.

On the 10th of June Mrs. Wilson and two
near Newberrv Station on the Marquette and
Macknaw Railroad, Michigan, going through q
large tract of woods to visit a neighbor. A boy
IL years of age was left to take care of the
house. After waiting five days for his mother
to return the boy sought out bis father, who
work GsGsd r. fs sasna miles away
once instituted, and after being vigorously
prosecuted for long time was discontinued,
the suppositlon being that the unforttnates had
been devoured by wild beasts. On July 16,
however, a hunter found the body Of the moth
er and one child lying behind the root of a
fallen tree with the other child, a girl, aged s.,
still alive, sitting beside the dead bodies. From
the poor child it was learned that they had be-
come lost and wandered about. subsisting on
roots and berries until her mother perished.
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Murderous Deeds.

The bodies Of three American prospectore
posed thew were murdered by Mexicans.
At Colinsville, Tex, j. McLane and o. Fal-
lon fought duel for the hand of young lady,
being rivals. Fallon was shot dead, but Nc
Lane was unhurt. p
At Brownswood, Tex, the prisoners knocked
down Jailer Miller and attempted TO escape.
Miller emptied his revolver, killing Jesse Red
clifYe, one of the prisoners. - = =.
A white physician was called by Spokane
Indian to treat his sick son on the Klamath
reservation in Oregon. The boy died. The
father shot the physician dead and fed.
At Millerstown, Pa, Sherman Miller, hotel
keeper, was killed in row by VIM. Wagner.
In Morgan County, Mo-, on the 2lst, twc
W. Carpenter engaged in : quarrel The lattel
was fetally shot. " &c.. ~. 5:S.' + : '"ss. y :