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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
THE CIRCLE OF POLAR STATIONS.

The Gordon of international, scien-
ti6c stations around the North Polar
Basin is presumably by this time nearly
if not quite complete, says the New
York Herald, and the observational
work they are designed to carry out fair
ly begun. The different corps of OBJ
servers sent out to occupy these Arctic
outposts were instructed to begin OBJ
serving on August l, inst, if possible,
and continue them, if possible, till Sep
tember l, 1883. The research under
taken, in accordance with the scheme of
Lieutenant Weyprecht, embraces all the
phenomena of Arctic meteorology, ter
restrial magnetism, auroral displays and
astronomical events, with number of
optional Investigations. These observa-
tions will be taken hourly each day, and
the instrumental equipment of the vari-
GUS expeditions, as we'll az their person
mel, insure thorough investigation of the
phenomena occurring within reach of
the different stations. The United States
and Russia have each opened two sta
tions, England and Canada together oc-
cupy one, and Germany, Austria, Hol
land, Sweden, Norway, Finland and
Denmark each occupy one-making
twelve in all. A calculation of the
mean latitude of these polar observa
tories places them on the parallel of sew
enty-one degrees five minutes north.
As the circumference of this parallel is
about eight thousand miles it will be
seen that the average distance of the
stations from each other is little less
than seven hundred miles. This, it is
to be regretted, is large interval; but
actually, there is one gap Chat between
Cumberland Sound, in Davis Strait,
and Fort Rae, British America) of over
thousand miles, and another between
Fort Rae and Point Barrow nearly as
wide. In the eastern polar area there is
third gap extending from the Dutch
station, Dickson Harbor, at the mouth
of the Yenisei, to the Russian station on
the Lena delta, over forty-two degrees
Of longitude (about nine hundred miles),
and still fourth interspace, between
the Lena delta and Point Barrow, Of
eighty degrees. or sixteen hundred
miles. This last immense gap is not Of
80 much consequence as the other three,
as it affects the investigation Of polar
phenomena related to the meterology 81
sparsely inhabited northeastern Asia.
But the break Of the chain Of observe
ions between the German station, on
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23

Cumberland Sound and Fort Rae will
seriously mar the value Of the meteoro-
logical data, 90 far as America is con-
cerned, unless the British government
opens an intermediate station on the
west shore Of Hudson Bay. Fort York
may perhaps serve for this purpose if
the observations taken there were made
uniform and synchronous with those in
stituted at the higher stations. The re-
suits of this grand concerted research of
the nations, it may be expected, will be
of great moment to science, and, as it is
an experiment limited in time, every
practicable measure should be taken to
make it complete. -: :
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23

dence, and is supposed to have jumped over
board shortly after leaving st. MicEaels. He
was subject to rush of blood to the head, and
is Thought to have been temporarily insane at
the time.
Miss Belle Mercer and Charles Harris, re-
siding in the vi:inity of Princeton, H., have
been lovers and duarreled: On the 18th inst
Harris called on Miss Mercer, but she refused
to see him. Ihereupon Harris retired to a barn
and hanged himself.
C.. A. Wetton, auditor Of the Fort Dodge
and Des Moines railroad, while the officers
were reading to him q warrant at Princeton,
ILL.,, charging him with bigamy, shot himself
through the head. He had recently married
near Princeton: It is said he had five or six
wives.
Archbishop Nestor, of the Russian Greek
Church of Alaska, jumped overheard from the
steamer st. Paul, while temporarily insane,
and was drowned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
Revolution i'm COrea.

A serious insurrection against the ruling
dynasty and against foreigners is reported to
have broken out in the small island-kingdom
Of Corea. 1t is reported that the revolving ma
tives have slain their king and queen. The
government of the United States but recently
entered into to treaty of commerce with the
government of that country. This was objec-
tionable to large number of the Coreans,
who succeeded in working up the prejudices Of
the people against what they called foreign in
trusion. Grave complications are likely to re-
suit from ttese assassinatione.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
A HEALTHY DECISION.

An important case, involving the liza
bility of the directors of joint stock
company when they have paid dividends
which have not been earned, has been
decided recently in England. The d.
rectors of the company, by including
among their assets debts which they
knew to be bad, and by other tricks of
bookkeeping, caused it to appear that
the company had made a profit for sew
eral years, the whole or part Of which
nominal profit they divided among the
shareholders. In the course of time the
company became insolvent, and the
liquidator, or assignee in bankruptcy,
sued the directors to recover the divi-
dends thus paid away. The court of ap-
peal, speaking by the master of the
rolls, held that the directors were liable.
As the capital stock of the corporation
is the fund, and the only fund to which
creditors can look, it must not be i'm
paired, but must be kept whole to meet
their demands, and the directors, having
misapplied the company's funds, were
held liable to make repayment under a
clause in the company's act. OF course,
if the dividends, though not earned
within the year, had been paid out of
surplus previously laid up, the decision
would have been different, for COM
pany can divide its earnings at any time
it sees fit, but the English court states
clearly that the dividend must be paid
out of the earnings, past or present.
The decision rests in sound common
sense, and will have good effect upon
the directors of fraudulent companies
who try to bolster up their credit by
bogus dividends like the above. The
master of the rolls was of the opinion
that the consent of the shareholders
have no more right to impair the capital
of the company than the directors.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23

One of the heaviest rains ever known, con-
tinuing three days and three nights without
inte,rmission, stopped falling in Western Texas
plains, where tradition says it never rains, have
the appearance of q sea, and the rainfall is e.
timated at six feet. The flooded section begins
near Abilene, and extends west for nearly 800
miles, including the country from the Brazos
to the Pocos Rivers. Miles of the track of the
track of the Texas g. Pacific Road have been
damaged, and in several places washouts oc-
CURED. Great drifts of dead prairie dogs are
piled in the rubbish, thousands of the animals
having been drowned. The washout was the
work of a waterspout between Abilene and
Sweetwater. A similar one is said to have oc-
CURED near Van Horne, nearly 800 miles west
struck and seriously damaged the Southern
Pacific track in southeastern Arizona. It is
feared there has been great loss Of life and
stock.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
MOrtuarys

Sir woodbine Parish, the English diplomatist
and scientist, js dead.
Frederic De Peyster, prominent New
Yorker, is dead.
in the Franco-Prussian war, and latterly in CON-
mand Of the Eighth Army Corps, died on the
18th inst, aged Is.
James ID. Green, the first mayor of Cam
bridge, Mass, is dead. Age 81.
A Capetown dispatch announces the death Of
Nathaniel James MerrimaD, bishop of Grahams-
town.
James L. Gloss. prominent merchant of St.
Louis, passed away on the 18th.
The Hon. Benjamin II. Hill, United States
senator from Georgia. died at his home in At
lanta, on the 10th. after suffering for two ago.
nizing years with . cancer in the mouth. Mr..
Hill was So years of age, native of Georgia.
and legislators, and had been almost continu-
ously in public life since 1851.
Nathaniel Littiefeld, an ex-member of con-
gress: died at Brldgeton, Me-, on the 18th,
aged 78.
James Crangle, appointment banker of Wheel
ing, w. Va. died suddenly on the 18th, aged 62.
Jesse Hoyt, one Of the leading grain and
-four dealers of New York, passed away on the
&14th, aged 68 years. The deceased had large
grain elevator interests throughout the west
and was interested in various railway enter
prises. ~-+.- -. IS s. IN, ..
Am-im-ik-enoe Nittle Thunder), noted
Chippewa chief, died in hospital at Chicago on
the 18th, of a complication of diseases. He
was 65 years of age, Little Thunder was chief
of q delegation Of Chippewas who were on
their way to Washington to negotiate the
sale Of part of their reservation near Red Lake,
MINI. He was with Custer on his fatal expedi-
ton to the Rosebud and he, with q teamster
named Spier were the only men who escaped
massacre.
Frederick Gaillandet, once proprietor of the
Courier des Etats Unis, Paris, is dead. He at
one time fought q duel with Alex Dumas, ST.,
over the authorship Of certain play.
Emele Lazare, ex-member of congress from
Louisiana, died at New Orleans on the 18th.
DR.. George R. Dennis, formerly United States
senator from Maryland, died on the 18th in
Somerset County. ss ts:-....>-.. 3d..
Mrs. Mary Louisa Brooks, widow of Con-
gressman James Brooks. of New York, died at
Versailles, France, on the l1th, after long
illness. 4s.-s-!
Edward Pillsbury, ex-mayor Of New Orleans,
died Yesterday, aged So years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
Edward Pillsbury, ex-mayor of New Orleans,
died yesterday, aged So years. .s
Murderous Deeds.

James F. Flintwell Of the Fourth United
States Infantry, was shot dead near Omaha,
Neb., on the 10th, while attempting highway
robbery in company with two comrades. The
latter are in prison.
Three men working on boycotted farm near
Boyle, Ireland, were fred at, and one mortany
wounded. s5 =5s Ri. i:es ":
At Chicago on the 18th, q newspaper carrier
named William Zinck, aged 16 years. shotzan
killed Herman Burhng, aged 19 years. From
Zinck's statement it appears that bad blood ex-
approached him in menaoing manner, uaing
threatening language, and stoope1 to pick up .
stone. Thereupon Zinck fired, the ball striking
him in the breast, killing him instantly. Zinok
Is said to bea good, hard-working boy, Burling
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
A Sensation I'm Ireland.

Doublin, Ireland, is greatly excited by
the sentence of it's Lord Mayor, Mr.. E. Dwyer
proprietor of the Freeman's Journal. to fine
Of $500 and imprisonment for three months
for alleged contempt of court in having pub
lished certain Objectionable matter in his paper.
The proceedings were had under the new court
established by the recent repressive legislation
of parliament.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
BRlER ROSE.

Saw boy lovely rose,
Blooming on a briar;
Gayly in the breeze it danced,
Nearer yet the boy advanced,
Filled with fond desire,
Lovely, lovely, brier rose,
Rose upon the briar. .
''Mine thou art I" he cried, "dear rose
Rose upon the briar!"
Rosebud said, "1've thorns for thee,
Thou shalt weep at thought Of me,
Prithee, come no n1ghert"
Lovely, lovely briar rose,
Rose upon the briar.
Not he cared, but broke the rose,
Rose upon the brier;
Wounded sore, with thorny spears,
Helped by neither grief nor tears,
Why did he defy her?
Lovely, lovely, briar rose,
Rose upon the brier.
Prom the GernlH1l
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
Unfaithful Servants.

Forgeries to the amount of several thousand
dollars we're committed at Allentown, Pa, by
Geo. J. Brien, who is now missing.
At Listowel, Ont, on the 18th, Chas. @.
Kugler was arrested for forgery to the extent
of $4,000. When Kugler's father heard OF his
sons arrest he hanged himself.
Henry Muller, connected with the Cincinnati
branch of Hemmingway's Baltimore Oyster
House, has absconded with $4,000.
Appointment farmer of Laketon, Ind, named
Aaron Gresse, has decamped with $4,000 be-
longing to his creditors, one of whom is his
mother.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
HOW WATCHES ARE MADE.

1t will be sppsrent to any one who will examine
. SOLID GOLD WATCH, that aside from the neces-
ssry THICKNESS for engraving and polishing, large
proportion Of the PRECIOUS METAL used is
needed only to stihen and hold the engraved
portions in place and supply the necessary selidity
and strength. The surplus gold IL actually need
LEES 90 far as UTILITY and beauty are concerned.
In JAMES BOSS, PATENT GOLD WATCH CASES
this WASTE Of precious metal IL overcome, and the
SAME soLIDIT1 and STRENGTH produced ct from
one-third to one-hat the usual cost Of solid cases.
This process il Of the most simple nature, % fol-
lows: plate of nickel composition metal especial
y adapted to the purpose, has two plates Of SOLID
GOLD soldered ono ON each side. The three are
then passed between polished steel rollers, and the
result Is strip Of heavy plated composition, from
which the cases. backs centres, bezes, etc, are cut
and shaped by suitable dies and formers. The
gold in these cases II sufficiently thick to ADMIT Of
al kinds Of chasing, engraving snd enameling the
engraved cases have been carried Until worn per.
fectly smooth BY time and use without removing
the gold. b
Il THIS IS TIE ONLY CASE MADE WITH TWO
PLATES OF SOLID GOLD AND WARRANTED
By sPAOIAL CERTIFICATE. a5
For sale By Al jewelers.. Ask for illustrated Ost
alogus, and 70 70 Warrant.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
Yellow Fever.

The governor of Texas asked aid of the gov
ernment for the yellow-fever sufferers. Surgeon
General Hamilton has for rwarded tents to
Memphis tor use at Brownsville, and
three deaths, and 200 cases are under treat
ment. At Matamoras eleven deaths from fever
occurred on the 18th, and few new cases. The
rational board OF health has been informed of
sthe prevalenee Of claalarA AAYekeha,.1n, dupu,1,
The yellow fever continues it's ravages in the
cities Of the Lower Rio Grande, on both the
Texas and Mexican sides. Yellow fever is also
reported at Pensacola, Fla.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23

a party Of six smugglers encamped in a cam
yonsn the Swissholm Mountains; Arizona, re-
Gently; when they were overwhelmed by
clouQ-burst and ali drowned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
Furious Storms.

Bengor, Me-, was visited by destructive
tornado on the 18th. The rain fell in torrents,
deluging many unroofed structures, and caus-
ing immense damage. Several buildings were
blown down. Loss variously estimated at from
$5O50O0 to 300, 1000. Sherbrooke, Quebec, also
bad an unprecedentedly seyore storm expert
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
RAILWAY Mishaps.

Near Ohey, 4 passenger train on the Ohio
and Mississippi railroad broke in two. Some
one pulled the cord and the engineer stopped
the forward section. The rear section, it be-
ing on down grade, crashed into the forward,
killing one person outright, injuring one fatal
yand many seriously. -.H
Coup's circus left Carlo, ILL.,, on the 20th in
two trains, but suffered serious mishap short
" after leaving the city: The freight train
which was ahead was run into by the passenger
train, killing three drivers and wounding
twenty five others. The unfortunate men oc-
cupied passenger coach in the rear Of the
freight train. The stock cars we're uninjured.
Two freight trains collided at the crossing Of
the Illinois Central and Michigan Central tracks
near Chicago on the 18th. An engine, caboose
and twenty five cars were demolished. An un-
known man who was asleep in the caboose was
fatally scalded by steam from the colliding en-
gine. Loss estimated at $25y000.
Six cars were wrecked, and an unknown man
killed by the ditching of . train near Ferris,
III. 5
A wreck occurred on the Iron Mountain Road
near North Benton, Ark, on the 18th. The
conductor was killed.
"a freight train went through bridge at
Ferris, Ill, on the 18th. Joseph Alton, of
Keokuk, was killed, and six cars wrecked. :.
Near Willimantic, Conn.,, on the 18th, rail-
way collision wrecked many cars and injured
several persons.
Two trains collided ct Four Hill Junction,
Pa, On the 18th. The conductor and several
passengers were injured. Both engines were
wrecked.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
DarinH RObberies,

The dwelling of the Gilchrist brothers at Am
sterdam, N. Y, was invaded by five masked
men on. the night of the 10th, and the safe
robbed Of $4,000 in money and collaterals.
was robbed of 100000, including $4,000 in
gold, on the afternoon of the 14th. Two men
overpowered Cashier Pratt and Miss Palmer,
his assistant. The former was knocked insen-
sible and Miss Palmer was badly cuffed and
kicked by the brutes. After securing the booty
the robbers locked Pratt and Miss Palmer in the
vault and vamosed. After working over an
hour, the imprisoned victims broke the combi-
nation and escaped. Both are badly hurt.
Burglars at Bloomington, ILL.,, got away with
$1,000 worth of jewelry, belonging to Messrs.
Vinyard and Schneider.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
[MYSteft0mSa

O1 the 18th inst, the headless body of man
was discovered hanging by the knees in the
girders under railway bridge, new Boston.
the theory that the man had been killed by train
and his body hurled to the position in which it
was found. A pair of flannel drawers, stock
ingsand boots was all the clothing found on
the corpse. Next day the head was discovered
floating in the river. It was that of fine look
ing man about IS years of age. An examiua-
the appearance of knife stabs, in the shoulders
d,Iegion of the neck.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
Wholesale .nrowninr.

Seventy five Chilians were recently attacked
by two thousand Peruvians, and refusing to
surrender, all perished.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23

was hard character, and had frequently been
in the hands Of the police.
Three men set upon Jacob Book near Fort
Lincoln, Neb., and pummeled him fatally.
They claimed the grass that Book was engaged
In moving: The murderers are in jail with
prospect Of being lynched.
The latest outrage reported from ireland is
the murder on the night Of the It'll, in the
County Galway, of an entire family-the sup
posed motive for the crime being that Joyce,
the head of the family gave information to the
authorities in regard to the killing of two bai-
hhs about year ago.
Juan Elverad a monte gambler, was hanged
by mob at socorro, N. NJ, for outraging
young girl,
At Houstonville, KY. two children, both
under "a years Of age, quarreled, when one of
them was fatally stabbed. '
A railroad boss named Patrick Dillon was
hanser 3sa ~ Xob snoffr oh tSe % Rsed 1h0mas near
A waiter in Chicago restaurant was fatally
shot by Eugene Doherty, an ex-convlct, on the
18th.
Three young men of respectable parentage,
who have been terrorizing Bosque County,
Texas, attempted to violate the person of a
her rescue and killed one of the fends. An
other was wounded but escaped with his COM
panion on one of Newhall's horses.
Captain Hoadley, of the government works at
Cape Girardear, No., was shot by unknown
persons on the night of the 18th.
Col. N. D. Ellis, prominent planter of
Little Rock, Ark, was murdered by his fore
man on the 18th.
Richard Leibst, a brakeman of st. Joseph,
Mo-, got drunk on the 18th and wanted to shoot
an unoffending person named Olaker. Leibst's
brother interfered and was fatally shot in the
abdomen. The drunken man then shot at
Olaker, the bullet breaking his teeth and jaw,
cutting out his tongue and lodging near the
opening Of the wind-pipe.
A band of hcrse-thieves operating in north
western Arkansas, has recently become so dar-
ing and ]awless in its operations that a party
of citizens armed themselves and started in
pursuit. A battle ensued, IN which one of the
thieves was mortally wounded, the rest escap
ing. It is thought the citizens will follow and
exterminate the thieves.
John Boyle and G. Heineman quarreled about
girl at Chicago, on the 18th. Boyle secured
gun, loaded it with nails, ETC., and sought
out Heineman. They met and had a scuf1e,
when Heineman secured the weapon and chased
Boyle. The latter fed out on the prairie, but
a well directed shot from his own gun in Heine-
mans hands filed his body with deadly mis-
slles. His wounds were fatal.
Geo. w. Grant was killed by his son-in-law in
quarrel over cards at Chatham, Va, on the
18th.
At Newark, N. j., VIM. H. Warner killed his
wife and her paramour.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23

The Base Ball Championship.
The following table indicates the position Of
the various clubs in the contest for the cham
pionship:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23
Work Of the Flames.

Fires on the 10Th: Hartman, Bowling Il
Peck's piano factory, New York, $3.50, 900; Fer
guson Bros. hardware store, Minneapolis, $780,
GOO; Filley & Co. furniture store, Springfield,
Mass. $95, 900; twenty buildings at Derry De-
pot, N. H., $4,000; Royes Bros soap and
candle factory, Quebec, $60, 900; county barn
and Rouck's barn at Lancaster, Pa, 100000.
The business portion of Red Bluffs, CAL, was
wiped out by fire on the 18th. Loss $28, 900.
Several persons were injured.
Property to the amount Of $4,000 was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th, at Montgomery,
Alabama.
Bailey l. Sons cotton mills at Bolton, Eng,
containing $4,000 spindles burned on the 10th.
Loss e60,OO0.
Duffy, eastman Il Co.'s printing and pub
fishing establishment at Boston, was gutted by
fire on the 10th. Loss $45, 900.
Asix-story tenement building was destroyed
by fire at New York on the 18TH Loss
100000. r.
Fires on the 18th: Several business houses
at Mankato, Kansas; loss $30, 900. FIGURING mill
at Winfield, Kansas; $4,000. Chamberlain's
flour mill, Cleveland, O.; $685. 900. Smith b
Co. q mirror factory, Chicago; $40, 900. Seven
teen buildings at Chetopa, Kansas; S90, 900. At
Hgginsport, O.; $25, 900.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
Butler tn the Fore
MaSsRcfed.

Che Massachusetts greenbackers on the 18th
dominated Benz. F. Butler for governor.
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HOUSE,
DIED CEDAR MILLS.
nj Rs. q. L. AMES,

MI Rs. D. L. AMES,
(Or better known as MRS. TOPL1FF,) is back to
Austin, to attend to all calls as MIDWIFE day or
night. Sue is the right woman in tho right place.
Rooms over SweningsoD Johuson's store. P. O.
Box 21l.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23

SUGGESTED to her that she cOul0 easlly
purchare one from her own purse.
sOh !" she replied, I can't get thing
for myself while / have that church on
my shoulders. :"
A GENTLEMAN, while bathing at sea,
saw his lawyer rise up at his side, after
q long dive. After exchanging saluta-
tions, says he, "By the way, how about
Gunter - s'He is in jail, "replied the
lawyer, and dived again: The gentle
man thought no more of it, but on get
ting his account he found: To consult
tation at sea, anent the incarceration o
Gunter, 6 and 8 pence" sI =
81 UNDERSTAND, Uncle Amos, that
You have quit preaching" " said the sec
retary Of state to an old colored man who
for years had charge Of church in Lit,
tie Rock. Yes, boss, Ise stepped
aside" 'Why did you quit ?" 'Wan,
dar war numerous pressures brought to
bar agin de ole man. Da charged him
wifi stealn' ham, TO one thing, an
'yised me ter quit. " s Why, they
couldn't prove that you stole the ham,
could. they % g No, sab, aa couldn' t,
an ct I hadn't 'knowledged it de neber
could hab prubed it. . g Why did you
acknowledge it ?" Case da foun' de
ham under my bed, sab. ."-Arkansa,0
Traveller.