Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-04-11

stupel,dous. THUS the California aud Oregon
Railroad holds 4,150,G0O acres which mus: be
recovered. the Texas Pacific and the Atlantic
and Pacific are Wrongfully in possession Of 49,.
O0o. 600 aud IS, C0OOj acres respectively
GREAT excitement was caused in railroad cir
cles at Albert Lea, Minn.. on the 31st ult., by
the action of Sheriff Sheehan in attaching four
engines, two passenger coaches and Twelve
freight cars belonging to the Burlington, c.
dar Rapids and Northern Railroad at the in-
stance of the Northern Fuel Company, of st.
Paul. who sue the railroad company for 81, ,251,-
$50 damages for breaking contract to haul
their coal for them from the What Cheer miocs
in Iowa Tie SUN demanded is The largest
ever sued for in the courts of Minnesota.
Agents Of the Fuel Company are securing the
freight yards in search Of Cedar Rapids and
Northern cars, which they will attach. The
| road is trying to borrow rolling stock TO go On
with it's business. All their rolling stock III st.
100 coaches and freight cas-, have been at.
tacLed.
A SLIGHT shock of earthquake was felt at
San Francisco at 7:45 A. NJ, on the 39th.
Farther south the shock was heavy. At Wat
sonville, Santa Cruze County, nine shocks were
felt, breaking crockery, plastering, etc. At
Hollister, San Bente County, plate glass win
dows were smashed and brick buildings cracked.
Dr,ing the temporary panic the streets were
filled with inhabitants, many in undress.
The President has appointed Z. O. Graves
assistant treasurer of the United States, to fill
| the place of A. U. Wyman, promoted. Mr..
| Graves has hitherto been superintendent Ct
the National Bank Redemption Division of the
treasury department. The acting secretary of
the treasury has appointed Capt. N. Burrill, OF
New York, chief of the bureau of engraving
| and printing, He has been purc1asi' 6 agent
| Of the bureau.
The Jeanette court Of inquiry reconvencd
on the 3Oth, and briefly examined Seamen
Leach, Manson and Louterbach, who recently
returned from Siberia. They all said that they
| had no statement to make with regard to the
management of the expedition before or after
prefer against any officer. They believed
everything was done which could be done, to
| insure the safety of the crew, and thought
| that Lieut.. Danenhower in particular had dis
played great skill and good judgment in bring
| ing the whale boat to land.
The postoffice department on the 29tb, placed
the following names on the list Of frauds: W.
NJ. Clinton l. Co., and the Comet Publishing
Company, Bloomington, ILL.,; the Weste IN Card
GUIDE and Guide Publishing Company, Lin
coin, ILL., Postmasters at the places mentioned
have been directed to discontinue the delivery
! to these addresses Of money orders and regis
tered packages. The addresses are aliases of
the same persons who operated under the name
G. C. Williams 4 Co., Of Springfield, ILL.,, here
tofore blacklisted. The fraud consisted IN ad-
vertising to send the new American watch for
81, and the article furnished being a small
sun.dial, costing about cents.
JAMES H. BURNETT and Charles Booth have
been arrested for embezzling $4,000 from the
firm OF E. and H. Anthony, dealers in photo.
graphers goods, New York. Bennett was az
rested in New York city. and Booth in Silver
ton, COL, where he was employed in bank.
JUDGE McCoMAs, Of the law firm of McComa
& AicKegan, st. Louis, and his wife, was mur-
dered by Indians in Thomson's Canon, New
Mexico. A search party found Mrs. McComas
blackboard and stripped naked. The Judge
was found about 200 yards south of his wife,
shot in four different places, also stripped
naked. Their boy is missing.