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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
DRIVING THE YOUNG.

The past twenty years has Witnessed
a remarkable change in the personnel of
the industrial force of the United States.
The stringeDcy of the labor market dur
ing the opening years of the war drew
female help into the factories and work.
shops of the country and stimulated to
an unnatural extent the precocity of
mere children. In the case of the wom-
en- the opening of Heretofore closed
field was no doubt of great and lasting
benefit, but in the case of the children it
must be admitted by all thinking people
that the emergency successfully passed
they should be allowed to revert to their
former healthy plane as potential factors
of the nations industrial strength.
While large number of the children
must perforce work. for their bread, the
aim of parents should be to keep their
children ont Of factories and workshops
as long as possible, in order to promote
to the fullest extent their physical and
mental development. The New York
Herald Of recent date, commenting on
this evil says: "Can't it be stopped
Some Of it might on the grouni of cruel
ty, US, for example, cash boys and girls
who at 10 years of age are in the stores
from early morn till 6 o'clock, and then
attend night schools. In what degree
are factories more cruel than this? Re-
Gently leading banker in Wall Street
was amused by an apparition in his
Office of small, spare, girlish-looking
lad, who said he had come, hearing an
Office boy was wanted. Upon further
questioning he gave his age as eleven,
his occupation as cash boy in large dry
goods store, exhibiting his badge in
token OF good faith, and went on to say
that all the cash boys in "his 3" firm
were to be replaced by girls, and so he
was looking round for new situation.
FraiI, little, undersized morsel, working
nearly twelve hours day and educating
in the evening! A political leader in the
war emergency, which called conscrip
ton of boys of 16, compared the terrible
necessity to grinding seed corn.
What, however, was that in comparison
to the grinding of seed corn in oul
midst now? What is the legislator,
about? Why not enact that no chilt
under - years of age shall serve NOR,
than five or six hours day in any bust
ness"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18

The most memorable cleaning that
ever was done with soft soap was when
it cleaned outa band of savages. Soft
soap was first most efectually used in
this country by the Swedish women who
defended the old Swedish Church below
Philadelphia. before the city was laid
out. A friendly squaw gave notice Of an
intended attack BY the Indians. The
Scandinavian women were boiling soap.
They at once concluded to turn it into q
weapon Of defense. They lifted the
caldron into the church, with wood to
light and keep il hot. As the warriors
began to undermine the foundation they
received On their backs . spirited fire Of
the terrible material which il due time
sent them houling into the. wilderness.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
SUFFRAGE IN ENGLAND.

The English court of appeals has just
decided one of the most important ques-
tons ever raised under the suffrage acts.
The act Of 1867 conferred for the first
time the household and the lodger fran
chise. It gave every "inhabitant occu-
pier" Of a dwelling having certain other
qualifications the right to vote for q
member to represent the borough in
parliament, and it extended the same
privilege to lodger occupying lodgings
whoserental was not less than ten pounds
year. BY the act Of 1873 a !" dwelling .
was defined to ''include any part of q
house where that part is separately oc-
cupied as a DWELLING Under these acts
and that of 1869, which was amendatory
of the statute of 1867, the distinction
between householder and lodger was
left rather vague and uncertain, except
that the former was s. ratable" " for the
relief of the poor and the latter was not,
Eand except that specified rental was
required in the case Of q lodger, but not
in the case Of q householder. In two of
the three cases that have just been de-
cided the claimants Of the right to vote
were occupants Of rooms in q house in
which the landlord lived and over which
he had control. The Justices held that
the claimants were qualified to vote As
householders. This decision, had it been
allowed TO stand, would have produced
an traordinary extension Of the elective
franchise. In the opinion Of the London
Times it would haye led practically 70
universal suffrage IN large urban dis
tricts. But it is NOW. overruled BY the
court Of appeals, which lays down the
general rule that where the landlord re.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
TRAGEDIES

A drunkard named II. O. Cormick cut his
wife's throat with razor at Mason City, Ia.. on
the 14th inst. and then made an unsuccessful
attempt to take his own life. The murderer
will recover.
Ben Treadway, constable Of Lick Mountain
township. Conway County, Ark, was shot and
killed by an unknown man, on the night of the
18th inst. .;
On the morning Of the 18th inst, the house
Of negro named George White, 1t Alton, ILL.,,
was discovered in flames. On breaking into
the hovel the body Of Mrs. CARAT, (Whites
heusekeeper) was found lying on the bed with
throat cut from ear to ear. The woman had
been murdered. White is missing.
Awidow Iared Mansfield, ut the village of
Henderson, No., shot and killed . man named
Bench, on the 1lth inst. The affair is reported
to have grown out of dispute over debt.
Frederick Jeske Drained his son with billet
Of wood at Milwaukee, Wis, on the 9Th inst,
Jeske became crazed on account Of the diesi-
pated habits Of his wife and son.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18

A YOUNG man at Paris. Tenn, called
on young lady, in company with q
male acquaintance. After couple of
hours Of small talk. the first young man
was called out doors q moment by his
male friend, who drew bottle from his
pocket and asked him to drink quick, be-
fore they were detected. The flask went
up, the liqnid went down with musical
gurgle; but here the fluid stopped, the
gurgle ceased, the young mans eyes
shot beavenward, and his hands sought
repoee beneath his vest. His friend had
run in . pint Of castor oil on him, and
he was not we'll.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
80 g. - - g. 80 =
work Of the Flames

Fire destroyed Wilson l. Gorman's soap fac
tory ut Pittsburg, Pa, on the 14th inst. Loss
5000.
A hardware store, hotel, market and other
establishments and several private houses at
Aikens, Pa, were destroyed by fire. .#
The Conestoga bark works ct Lancaster, Pa,
burned on the 18th, causing loss Of e46. 900.
Lockport. N. Y, euhered . loss Of case, 900
by fro on the 14tn inst The blaze originated
in Parchard's fancy goods store. Several fire.
men were injured.
The Carter Hopkins block at Port Colborne.
Ont, was reduced to mass Of ruins on the
18th. VIM. Burton, fireman, WAS killed.
Pecuniary loss 460, 900. -.
a fire on Chambers Street, New York city,
on the 14th, destroyed e61, 200 worth Of
property.
The Kingston, N. Y, knitting factory, and .
row Of small tenements, burned on the 18th.
Loss 1900
3 Fire destroyed property at Galveston. Tex,
on the 18th inst, valued at nearly half mil
lion dollars. The county court rooms were in
the buildings destroyed and the records are .
total loss. IA portion c6 the supreme and ap-
pelate court records wno also DESTROYED.
Crane Broa gas and wAtec pipe factory. at
Chicago was entirely destroyed BY fire on the
morning Of the 18th. Loss OK, 900.
Qilliafie, Wood h Co., fur merchants, Tor,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18

sides IN the house the inmates must be
considered as lodgers, and where he does
not they may be regarded as household
ers. No more definite distinction than
this was drawn by the court of appeal
between a householder and a lodger.
Thesquestion, as one of the judges re-
marked, must be determined by the cir
cumstances of each case. This Judgment
will check the great extension of suffrage
which would have resulted from the de.
cision Of divisional court, but it still
leaves the meaning of the acts of parlia-
ment on this subject in much doubt.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
Railway WreckA.

Charles Chapman, an engineer, was fatally
hurt, and thirty loaded cars destroyed by a
collision on the New York Central, near Port
Byron, N. Y, on the night of the 14th.
A wrought-iron bridge on the Chicago and
Alton road, near Mexico, No., went down with
q train of freight cars, on the 18th inst, caus-
ing loss to the company Of $25,0O0.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
The Arctic Castaways.

A secretary of state, Fre'inghuysen, has re-
ceived the following telegram from our charge
de affairs, at St. Petersburg, respecting the
fate of the Jeanette and her crew: "Danen-
hover and five of the crew Of the whale-boat
arrived at Irkutsk December II, and were com.
fo, o,tably lodged and all wants supplied. Mel
vile and six men are expected soon. DeLong
and the crew of the first cutter had not been
found November IL. The Jexnnette was
caught in pack October /, 1879, crifted with
winds and currents till June last, and then
Abandoned
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
Death at a Feast,

At Syracuse. N. Y, on the 9th inst, the brick
walls Of building recently burned, toppled
over and went crashing through small restau-
rnnt adjoining, burying the occupants Of the
place in the ruins. The fire department ap-
peared on the premises and the work of rescil-
ing the unfortunates was promptly prosecuted.
Three were taken out dead. About q dozen
escaped with wounds, some painful:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
MOPtuAPY.

Mrs. Caroline Richings-Bernard the we'll
known vocalist, fell a victim to smallpox at
Richmond, Va, on the 14th inst.
Nathan Davis, the famous English writer
and traveller, is dead.
TIE mother of Gen. Geo. A. Custer, died at
Monroe, Mich, on the 18th inst. She was born
at Burgettstown in 1907, and for years has been
an invalid from the shock caused by the loss Of
three sons in the battle Of the Big Horn.
Mr.. E. A. Small, one Of the leading lawyers
of Chicago, and most estimable citizen, died
on the morning Of the 18th, after lingering
illness. He was So years Of age, and came to
Chicago from Galena in 1869.
Gen. Valmaseda, CAP *ain-general of Cuba, is
dead. He occupied Tie post Of governor of
Madrid.
Samuel ". Piercy. the well-known actor, died
at Boston OF smallpox, on the 9th inst. Mr..
Piercy was supporting Booth when taken down
with smallpox. His wife died recently.
Rev. DR.. John Cotton Smith, rector Of the
Church Of the Ascension, New York, died on
tha 0th inst
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
Fatal EXnlOs10n1s.

Pinole, CAL, was severely shaken, on the
1lth INST, by the explosion Of the Hercules
Powder Works. One Cinnamon was killed and
two Cinnamon and several white men injured.
serious locomotive boiler explosion occurred
at Oakland Station, near Chicago, on the 9th
inst, severely injuring John Glover, the engi-
neer; Edward Scanlan, the fireman; and pop.
corn boy. The boiler was carried several hun
dred feet through the air and came down
through shed but none of the workmen in the
shed were hurt.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
Shipwrecks

A Swedish mail steamer on trial trip sunk
in Calmar sound, Sweden. Fifteen persons
were lost.
The steamer Lion struck on Crates Point,
went down before a boat could be launched.
The steamer, which was engaged in sealing,
carried several passengers besides the usual
crew. All hands we're lost.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
Minor MfahanRa

In slight fire at John Nehle's saloon, at
Newark, N. J., on the 11th inst, his mother and
daughter were suffocated.
William H. Collins, fireman, lost his life at
the burning of the Adirondack Spring House,
Whitehall, N. Y, on the 11th inst.
A fire occurred on board schooner at
Charleston, s. c., On the 11th inst. In trying
to extinquish it, two seamen were probably
fatally burned. Another jumped overheard
and was drowned.
Nellie and Eddie Goosey and Georgiana Hart
drowned at Brook6eld, Mass, on the 9th inst,
while playing on the ice.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
Washinxton Gossip,

Thomas J. Majors, of Nebraska, is in Wash
ington, claiming seat in the house of repre-
sentatives from that state. He was elected as
contingent member from Nebraska, to popu-
lation Of the state having increased the figures
to entitlo it to two members. This was the
second time Majors had been elected, but two
years ago no had to appeal to a democratic
house and was refused admission. Now that
house is republican, he believes that he can &c:
tue seat.
The pay of the jury in the Guiteau case will
be above 81, 500; their board $4,000, witnesses
and mileage, $4,000, of which So, 900 is for the
defense and $40O for the Guiteau family; coun-
sci about $1,000 each. The experts only re-
ceive the ordinary witness fees.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
Explosion on Shin. board.

Rear Admiral Stirling. commanding the
Pacific stations. reports to tho British adj
n1iialty Office that an explosion occurred on
board the flag ship Triumph, off Coquimbo, on
the 22d of November. by which three men were
killed and seven wounded.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Failed

The Siemens Anderson Steel Co., Of Pitts
burg. failed on the 10th inst. Liabilities
$1,600,000. The firm was the largest Of the
kind in the United States.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
An Unrrateful Wretch.

Edward Mueller, Of Irondale, H., vas taken
sick with the smallpox. He was without
money and without care, when Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph johnson voluntarily assumed tie posi-
ton of nurses. He had nearly recovered, and,
on the night Of the 18th inst, while Mr.. John
son was asleep by the patients bedside, he stole
what money he could find, went to Mrs. john
sons room, and, under threats of murder if
she made any outcry, brutally outraged her.
and made his escape. He has not been caught.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
LYDIA E. P1NKAAM'$
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.

Is a Positive Cure
-sr all thoso Tainrul Complaints nnd Weaknesscs
sOcona,non tOOur best female population.
II will cure entirely tho worst form OF Female Conn.,
paints a ovarian troubles, Inflammation and Ulcera
ton, Falling and Dspacements, aud the consequent
spinnl Weakness, aud is particularly adapted to the
Change OF IIfo.
1t will dissolve and expel tmmors from the uterus In
early stage OF development. Tho tendency to can
humors there checked very speedily by its
It removes faintness, atulency destroys oil craving
for sttmuants and relieves weakness OF the stomach
It cures Dloatins, Headaches Nervous Prostration,
General Debility, sleepessness, Depression and 1ndi
geston.
That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight
and backache is always permanently cured by Its use
1t will at oil times aud under oil circumstances act In
harmony with tho laws that govern the female system
For the Kidney Complaints Of either sex this
Compound Is unsurpassed.
LYDIA f.. PINKMAM's VEGETABLE CON-
POUNDS prepared at e33 and o35 Western Avenue,
Lynn Mass. Price 81. Six bottesfor g. Sent by mail
In tho of pills. also in the form Of lozenges,
receipt Of price, 81 per box for either Mrs. Pinkhan
freely all letters Of inquiry. Send for pamph
let Address - above. Mention this Puper.
No family should be without LYDIA e. PINKHAM'S
LIVER PILLS. They constipation, biliousnsas
and torpidity of the liver. 25 cents per box.
~ Sold by all Druggists. -6a
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18

"a NAsHynnE merchant moved $8, 600
worth Of glass and chinawa1e from one,
store to another without breaking .
single article.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
Suicidal

Samuel H. Ward,' prominent and wealthy
citizen of Port Huron, Mich, ended his life on
tho 7th inst, by taking strychnine. No cause
is assigned for the rash deed.
At Bradford, Pa, on the 7th inst, J. H.
Smedlcy, aged 81, member of an oil-producing
firm blew his head off with shot gun. The
deceased was single man aud in good circam-
stances.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
onto, were burned out on the 18th inst. Loss
$50, 600; insured for $40, 900.

onto, were burned out on the 18th inst. Loss
$50, 600; insured for $4,000.
The dining room furniture factory Of Brown
l. Bliss, New York city. was burned ON the
18th inst. About $500 worth of stock was
destroyed; partially insured. The machinery
damaged $25, 600; building $50, 900; insured.
The Charlottesville. Va.) woolen minis and q
bridge over Moore's creek, burned on the 18th
inst. Loss heavy.
Rushville. ILL.,, suffered the loss of two drug
stores. one dry goods house, two or three shops
and o newspaper Office by fire on the 11th inst.
A fire in Twitchill, Chapman 4 Co.'s store at
Portland, Me-, on the 11th inst, inflicted dam.
age to the extent of $4,000.
The lumber warehouse of Coho & Willis, at
Lancaster, Pa, burned on the 18th. Loss
$50. .OOO.
Two dry goods stores and a hotel were con.
sumed by fire at Weatherford, Texas, on the
night Of The 10th inst.
Fire at Denver on the 18th inst. caused q
loss of 100000. Jensen, Bliss 4 Co., hard.
ware dealers, and Osborne & Mccarthy, drug
gists, are the losers.
Fire at Los Angeles, Cal,, on the 10th inst.
destroyed property to the amount of 500, GOO.
The fire started in q restaurant and consumed
several stores.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
A Night of Death,

On the night, t,of the 18th inst, the New York
express train on the Hudson River Railroad
with large number Of members of the New
York legislature on board was run into by the
Tarrytown special, about quarter of = mile
east of the Spuyten DuyvI Junction with the
Harlem main line. Two Wagner drawing-room
cars tdlewild and Empire, on the rear of the
New York express, we're telescoped and con-
sumed by fire. The unfortunate passengers
were jammed between the seats and sides of
the wrecked cars while the insatable flames
enveloped them in horrid embrace. OF the
twelve passengers in the Idlewild, nine lost
their lives. Twelve or more persons were
either killed outright or suffered horrible and
fatal torture by fire. Among the victims we're
Senator Wagner Of the New York legislature,
Oliver B. Kealy, a wealthy stove manufactured
of Spring City, Pa, E. H. Rawson, of the Hof'
man House, New York, Park Valentine and
wife, of Remington, VT, Con bridal tour J
and Miss Mary Daniels, Of New York. George
William Curtis, who was on board the ill-fated
train, was at first reported killed, but it trans
pred afterward that he escaped. Over forty
persons were injured, some Of them seriously
The calamity was evidently the result of tht
most incxcusable carelessness on the part o.
the brakeman in not signaling properly the ap
preaching special when the New York train wa
at a standstill owing to heated axle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18

ON touch 81 winter makes the whole
female world sealskin. Puck,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18

n B. JOHNSON, Ja,
ATTORNEY AT Law.
Austin, MINI. P &c tees in al the courts of the
s'ate. Prompt attention giyeu to Collecting. o.
MS over the Mo~ec Coun'y Bank. juu2O
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18

rropriet"rs. Ra'es, $500 per day. Good Sample
Rooms up town. Guests carried to and from the
CT y free Of ch 1rge. Up town Connect by tele.
phone a. Clemmer 4 Pco'es's. Austin, Mimi.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
BUSINESS CARDS.

A McDo VALID, N. D.. @. NJ,
Graduate Of McGll, Medical college. Montreal,
his profession. Office At Rev. s. w. Dsys resi-
de zee, south side Public Square, where all day and
night calls will be promptly responded to.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK.

.-.7. MILWAUKEE.
F1ouR-Good to Choice Spring......$ 8 90
Common Extras.............. 4 81
WHEAr-Spring, No. 2. Regular.
-. Spring, No. B.
Spring, No. 2, Seller Jan.
Spring. No. 2, Seller Feb.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-03-10

The following statement Of William j.
COughliD, OF Somsrville, Mass, is 80 remark
able that we beg TO ask Tor 1t the attention OF
our readers. He says: I'm the fall of 1879 /
was taken with VIOLENT BLREDINa OF THE
LUNGS followed by a severe cough. soon
bsgan to lose my appetite and desh. I was
30 weak at one time could not leave my bed.
In the summer OF 1877 was admitted TO the
City Hospital. While there the doctors said I
had hole In my left lung as big rs a half
dollar. expended over a hundred dollars In
doctors and medicines. 1 was so Tar gone at
enc tune a report went around that / was
dead. gave up hope, but friend told me OF
DIR. WIN. HALLS BALsAM FOR TIE LUNGS.
laughed at my friend, thinking that my case
was incurable. but got bottle TO satisfy
them, when to my surprise aud satisfaction,
commenced to feel better. My hope, once
dead, began to revive. and to day feel in bet
ter spirits than have the past three years.
Il write this hoping you will publish 1t, 90
that every one afflicted with diseased lungs
will be Induced to take DR.. VIM. HALLS BAL
SAN FOB THE LUNGS. and be convinced that
OoNsuhPTIoN CAN BE CuRRD. have taken
two bottles ard can positively say that IL has
done more good than all the other medicines
have taken since my sickness. Ny cough has
almost entirely disappeared and I shall soon
be able TO 20 to work.
JAS. n. DAVIS 81 Co, Wholesale Druggists,
Detroit Mich, Agents.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-03-10
FoREIGN.

The commission OF the house Of lords on the
Irish land act have invited Mr.. Forster, chief
secretary for Ireland, TO appear before them as
a witness. MIR. Forster has refused, under
instructions received ut the special cabinet
council.
Bailey, the informer who disclosed the Fen
ian armory In Dublin, was shot dead In street
OF that city yesterday.
Several thousand starving Herzegovinian
refugees have focked into Montenegro, where
Russian funds are assisting them.
Fearing the bad effects to their eyes, Lieut..
Danenhower and party will not start for st.
Petersburg until warmer weather.
Republicans succeed In all but one district
In Sundays French elections. The exception
was the choice OF Bonapartlst 10 the depu-
ties.
Reward Of f00O isoffered for the murderer OF
Bailey, the Irish informer shot dead Sunday on
Dublin street; also pardon to any one not the
actual murderer giving information that re-
suits In the latter's arrest.
1t In reported mt Berlin that coalition has
been formed between the liberal and ultra.
montana members of the reIchstag, and that
they have resolved 10 defeat Prince BIsmarck's
tobacco monopoly bill.
Five thousand Jewish families are preparing