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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
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Falling from Great Heights.
from the London Field.]

On an aerial trip in the balloon Owl,
in September, 18SO-the voyage being
limited as to time by the conditions of
the contest in W 'ich we, the, aeronauti;;
cal party in the car, were engagea-it
became necessary to make a" rapid de-
SCENT, On first appearance near the
earth at Dmmow, IN Essex, the aero
naut found that, by coming to the
ground there, he would risk catching the
telegraph wires with his anchor. Bal
last was quickly, and perhaps lavishly,
thrown out, and we darted up to a
height of 1000 feet. On again prepar-
ing for decent, the valve was twice
opened, and out, of course, rushed VOL
umes Of gas. The Owl fell plumb 300
feet in one minute and a quarter. The
remaining sand ballast as it was thrown
overheard, few up in our faces, being
quite insufficient to check the descent of
the balloon, which, being somewhat after
the shape of the bird whose name it
bore, did not offer SO much Of the para
chute renaissance as more bulgy envel-
ope would have done. We came to grass
with thud that sent me about limping
for six weeks afterward, though none Of
the other occupants of the car suffered
from the severe bone-shaking. / men.
ton this incident because it may inter
est Mr.. Straddline to know that our
breathing was not in the slightest, de.
gree, affected by this rapid falling
through the air. We; were all perfectly
conscious, and as calm as men might be
who had some reason TO fear that the
next second might be to them an eternal
one. Capt. Cheyne took tte distance on
the aneroid as We fell, I took the. time,
q young American kept the record, and
Mr.. Wright, the aeronaut, stood with
heavy grapnel ready to strike the eartht
before the car atruck, and SO to ligtel
the balloon and 9sprsak ouryfRIlj as,i1 gid,
or might not now Be able to sign ny
self. Another aeronaut ssys that be fel
'G% VT es9 Of sssees.neH ~ 8 geqeif a<i
ing aIy serious Injury. Mi. C6xwell
!, I know, on one or more occasions, find
ing his balloon, on emerssing from cloud
land, dangerously near1t the seq, descend 4 q
ed with great velocity: ~ ~ ,,nn:is ~ -, -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
THE TIDES.

Sir William Thomson read at the re-
cent meeting of the British Association
a most interesting and comprehensive
paper on the subject of the tides. He
the present theory of tides,
and described the various influences
which modify the height tides, not,
however. taking into account the local
effects Of peculiar contormations of the
coast, which in some places cause a
very great rise and fall, and in others
reduce the movement almost or quite to
nothing. His paper dealt only with the
tide-generating power of the moon and
the sun. He gave very clear account
of the results of combined and divided
attraction, and also of the changes due
to the nearness or distance Of the sun
and moon at different points in the ell
liptical orbits of the earth and the moon.
The fact that a body loses one-six mil
ionth part Of its weight when the moon
is overhead, owing to the mutual attrac-
ton between the body and the moon,
and gains one-half as much, owing to
the same cause, when the moon is on
the other side of the earth, was used to
illustrate the force which produced the
tides. There are some things in refer
ence to this ever-wonderful motion of
the ocean which have not been ex-
planned, but the general principles
are no longer doubtful. That is to
say, it cannot be questioned that the
phenomenon itself is fully explained.
What remains to be done is to trace out
the causes of certain variations and to
discover why it is that some bodies Of
water appear to be wholly unaffected
by the powerful forces which are suf-
:ficient over most of the earth's surface to
cause tides. Sir William Thompson
shows plainly why the earth itself is not
twisted out Of shape by the attraction Of
the sun and moon, the cause being the
rigidity of our globe, which is equal to
that of homogeneous globe of steel of
the same size. We're it not so the earth
at its coast lines would be raised at the
same time and to the came extent as is
water, and there would be no tide. More.
over, over the whole surface of the land
there would be a semi diurnal rise and
fall which would utterly destroy every
structure which man could erect. But
if this is so we are forced 10 the conclu-
sion that the very beginning of life on
our planet could not have been until the
earth had acquired substantially the
same rigidity which it: now has,. Sir
William Thompson has invented an in
st1ument which will probably prove
highly useful. 1t is tide-gauge which
is capable of adjustment for any place
as soon as the data afforded by the OBJ
servation OF tides for a single year can
be had. Then by turning crank the
variation of the tides during the whole
year can be exhibited, or the. amount Of
any specified: tide during the year can
be ascertained in a very few mmutess,r =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
RObberieS.

The notary of New York bank was. yester-
day robbed i'll a. street-car of package of
checks and drifts amounting to $12 ,000, but
within an hour tha plunder was thrown down
oue!he counter by stranger.
Burglars on the night of the 9Th raided tho
Savings bank at Wyandotte, Mich., eight miles
below Detroit, blew open the safe, obtained
$4,000 cash and fifteen city bonds, on which
payment had been stopped.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
Gone to the Wall.

A Chicago creditor of the Union Iron and
Steel Company was at Ford River, Michigan,
when he heard OF the failure. He went by
special train to Marquette. secured an attach
ment to cover $4,000 of claims, took the
sheriff on special train to Crystal Falls, and
levied on an iron mine at 4 o'clock in the
morning, finding the superintendent in bed
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
Anxious to Eight.

Sullivan wants to hammer Slade in the ring,
wherever it will be permitted by the authori-
ties, for from $1,000 to $4,000 side, after
which he intends to retire FROM pugilistic labor.
Slade has received challenge to fight for
So, 500 from James Elliott, who states that he
has deposited $500 with M. C. Mcdonald, Of
Chicago. for a mill near Kansas City.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14

Wslcott finished his task of eating sixty
| quail in thirty days, at New York, on the 5th,
| and declares that be could at once repeat it.
All that be found necessary was to take the
birds as an extra meal. To avoid the offensive
| odor impaired to the body, Walcott has taken
| Turksh bath daily.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
A l:AAaa RaroaiN.

At an auction sale of uncalled-for packages
in the express Office at Pueblo, Colorado, James
Thompson risked $l.00 on q box which he
found contained two gold bricks, worth over
$1,000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
Heavy DefaIcatiOns.

H. c. Gurney, an accountant in the Bank of
Commerce, Durham, Ont, absconded on the
7th inst. There is o shortage in his account of
$40, 900 or 1900.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.

steamer BuHne0s
By the burning of q small steamer in Puget's
Sound, w. T., on the morning of the 9th, five
lives were lost.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
SsIipWfecks

schooner has been wrecked near Porta-
ferry, Ireland; another near Shetland Island,
Scotland In the first five sailors were
ished. J.
Survivors of the disaster to the steamer Ken
more Castle, which foundered on the I'd inst.
in the Bay of Biscay, existed three days by
chewing flannel vest. The third officer became
starving mad and jumped overheard, but was
rescued.
The brigantine Finger, from Cardiff, was lost
dispatch - .>'~!t'E ;'aH' x 80
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
Frozen fO Dealls.

A coach which left Pacific Springs, on the
Sweetwater Stage Line, was caught in the
storm of the I'd lnst., and abandoned, the
party starting back on foot to the station. The
driver, W. J. Stewart, was found frozen to
death, standing in the snow, and Thos. Scott,
Superintendent, was found standing straight
up in the snow. frozen so he. could not move.
He will lose his hands and feet. w. V. Stalk,
passenger has not yet been found. They
were out three days aud nights. Another
stage-driver was badly frozen. He reports two
feet of snow on the level, and that cattle are
starving. This stage liiie runs from Green
River, on the Union Pacific Railway, to Fort
Nashakie: wy. through the South Pass of the
Rocky Mountains.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
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The DoaslDVBOilef.

Taylorsyille, ILL.,, was shaken to It's founda-
ton on the 9th by the explosion Of a boiler in
the file factory. Five men were killed and
several injured. Peter New, the propriet or Of
the works had both legs broken and was 9th
completely wrecked. - ...
Grier's saw mill at Charlotte, Mich, was
wrecked by a boiler explosion Oh the 9th. 3.
J. Grier, the proprietor, and VIM. Gordon,
the engineer. we're killed. .,-a.: IT.:
An engine boiler. collapsed at Boone, Ia, on
the night Of the 7th. Geo: Fleming: engineer;
John Johnson fatally injured. The eugine
room and the company's coal Office was blown
into fragments. team OF horses that were
hltched near by were killed. g.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14

having been thus left by the avenging vigi- |
lantes, go that there should be no possibility |
of return to life. From another authority
it is learned that the hanging of three more
men occurred soon after the first lynching,
whose high crimes had becoms known and
who were considered too wicked to be allowed
to afflict the earth any longer with their pres
ence.
Obituary.
General John A. Lellogg, who died at Wau-
sau, Wisconsin, on the 10th, commanded the
iron brigade during the closing days of the
war: For some years he was pension agent at
La Crosse.
General G. F. Granger, of Calais, Maine, and
G. L. Crocker, Of Taunton, Massachusetts, are
dead.
The last surviving son of Wadsworth, the
poet, died in London on the 10th.
Marshall Jewell died at Hartford, Conn.,, on
the 10th. of bronchial pneumonia, aged 81. He
spent his early years as a tanner and in con-
structing telegraph lines in the southwest. He
was twice governor of Connecticut, was minis
ter to Russia, postmaster general, and at his
death held the craftsmanship Of the republican
national committee. He leaves mother. wife,
and two daughters.
Charles r. Thorne, the actor died suddenly
in New York, at the age of 43.
VIM. E. Dodge, the New York millionaire
philanth1opist, died suddenly on the morning
VI tno otA ulSt', at Ine aye " - yeaes. Ills
work in..the cause Of temperance was continued
throughout more than half century.
Ex-Gov. Davis, of Texas, died at Austin on
the 7th inst, of pneumonia.
Chas. B. 6edgwick, Of Syracuse, N. y, who
served in congress from 1853 to 1862, is dead.
Age 68.
Judge Mckenzie, United States council for
the Fenians at Toronto, died on the It'll.
Samuel Harlan, one of the most prominent
of American smpbuilders, died in Europe on
the 9Th.
Samuel G. Cornell, president Of the Cornell
Lead Company, Buffalo, N. Y, died on the 5th
inst, aged Is.
Henshaw Dana, musician and composer,
passed away at Worcester, Mass, Oil the 5ttl.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
RailwaY.WfeckS,

A south-bound passenger train Oh the Day!
ton and Michigan Railroad, coliided with a
freight train near Piquay, O., on the 5th inst.
The disaster occurred at curve and neither of
the engineers had time 10 reverse their engines.
The result of the collision was frigbtfuilY fatal
and destructive. John Miller, engineer Of the
passenger train, was cut in two and the mutt
lated remaius roasted against the boiler of bis
engine James Howard, fireman, was Instantly
killed by jumping from the cab. Clarence Tru-
man, engineer Of the freight, was horribly
crushed il the cab of his engine under a bag
gage car which was piled on top ct it. Pat Do
land, fireman on the freight, was literally
boiled to death by water. John Wheeler, bag
gageman, was killed. The list of the passen-
gers killed and fatally wounded has not been
yet ascertained, although it is believed that
there were six killed. Both trains were
wrecked and thrown from the track.
Six cars tumbled down a mountain side in
Hungary, killing about a dozen people and in
iuring many others. The accident occurred ON
a railway running up hill to coal nlne: =. ~
;, A passenger train in the Buffalo, New York
and Philadeiphia Railroad plunged into creek
at Ischua, Pa. Engineer Hall and Fireman
Bsiggggs were killed: Conductor Love was
), a collision between passenger and freight
trains occurred Dear Chandiere Falls, Ont. on
the 5th. Several cars we're wrecked, bntno one
hurt. Loss 800, COO. Had the collision &C.
CURED a moment earlier tie trains would have
been swept over the falls, as the smaBhup oc-
Cured close to the bridge. 80 l':' .'' "a.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
Minor MiSllapss,

a. Bennett, lawyer: residing at Delavan,
Wis. was struck by q train while walking on
the track near Burlington on the 18th, and
killed. The body was decapltated. -.
-Four men were killed outright and several
seriously mangled by an accident III the shaft
Of the Severn tunnel works at London, on the
9th inst.
James Johnson and Andrew Jenkins were
killed by the de1ailing Of train at Petersburg,
Va, on the 9th. - 49, / "',.
Four men were injured by an accident at
the Logan coal mine near Pottsville, Pa. on
the sti. One Of them will die.
A STATIONARY boiler exploded at Lost Greek,
Pa. on the 7th inst, killing Barney Hellenthal
and demolishing the boiler house. - 2! y
At Peru, Ill, on the evening of the 9Th inst,
the Rev. George F. Bronson, while officiating
at a marriage, suddenly fell dead at the feet of
the welded couple. ....,.....,.
At Titusville, Pa, on the 9Th inst, a 5000
barrel oil tank exploded and burned. Two
men, one ,weman and, q child were covered
with the fiery fluid and burned to death. /.
Two boyg Ra%ed pa Patehfford hSea and a1@ 10
near Boston, on the 9Th, and drowned 80: i
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
The lshnnix park Murderers.

Michael Kavanagh, ca rman, turned infor-
mer on the 10th inst, against the prisoners
charged with conspiracy to murder govern
ment officials in ireland, and told the story Of
the assassination of Cavendish and Burke in
Phoenix Park on May 9Th last. Kavanagh said
that he was engaged by four men on that night
to drive them to the park. Two of the mon
were Brady aud Kelly. James Carey, town
counselor, Daniel Delaney, Patrick Delaney,
and carman named Fitzharris, met the men
when they left the carriage. One of the men
said they were watching foc the chief secretary.
Fitzharris cab bad stopped long way up the
road with the horses heads turned to Dublin.
A short time after he saw two gentlemen ap,
preaching, and heard cry. On looking around
be saw one Of them fall. He did not see the
other fall, but the four men he had driven to
the park at once jumped on his car and drove
away. Kelly alighted at Palmerston Park and
Brady paid him (the driver) S5 Oa the Sun
day morning following Brady met him again
and gave him $40 more. Kavanaghs testl-
mony is very positive and ci1cumstantial and it
appears that Burke was first murdered, the
plot being primarily against him. As the ex-
animation progressed the prisoners appeared
disconcerted and desperate. On Kavanagh
identifying Delaney and James Carey, the lat
ter of whom he said he knew we'll, there was
such commotion in court that the magistrate
threatened to clear it. The evidence is con-
sidered conclusive and the prisoners evidently
feel that the game is up. There are thirteen
of them in all, charged with conspiring to
murder Burke and Cavendish and to attack
Field.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
TLLEN NJ. FAIRBANKS, MD.

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Maple Streets, opposite Public School Building,
Austin. MINI. At home until A. M. and from Il
to 2 Y.W.
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-06-23
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
POLL E J u r Y
OF
st. Tammany Parish.
Covington, La, June /, 1888.

| Covington, La, June /, 1888.
The Police Jury met On the above
date.
Present.. NJ. Allison, N. Burns
r. Galatas, W. b. Rogers. w. T.
Parker, Chas. Aubry ami Il. 4. Orr.
Absent-A. Consin, T. Welcil
and NJ. Ii. Crary.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The Committee on Repairs to
the Courthouse presented their re-
port. as follows:
CoyNaToN, La, June 1, 1883.
To the Honorable President and Mem
bers of the Police jury:
CeRtlenea-We, the undersigned
committee Oh repairs To tie Court
house, beg leave to report that we
have examined the work Of Mr.. ".
". Risher, and found it according
to contract, and instructed the Sec
retary to issue a warrant III pay
ment for the same, which was done,
as far as there was money in TIE
treasury. We ask that the report
OF tile committee be received, and
that they be discharged
Signed, j. II. ALLISON.
MILTON BUBNs.
On motion, the report of the
committee was received and adopt
ed.
The following communication
was then read:
CoyINGToN, La, June /, 1888.
To tie Honorable President and Mem.
bels of the Police Jury:
GcnRemen-The warrant given
me for the work on the Courthouse
was not paid in full. You will. re-
member that the contract was for
cash, and there now remains unpaid
over s43, of which I am in need.
and / hope you will make some ar
rang ement by which | can get my
pay. Yours truly.
w. RIsHER.
Tie following resolution was
then adopted:
Resolred, That the SAerl1 30 anftI
he is heleby instructed 4y the
balance due Nh. w her, fof
the Gourtl q 49, euts 7
the special fund.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-06-23

Il can imagine" said the poet.
drcamily. as lie toyed with q aschar-
zlotte russo. that Api.rodite origin
ally rose from one of these at some
love feast of tue immortal gods on
high Olympus. l always think 81
when | see Que OF them. s.Well, /
do not replied his companion: !:
whenever | ste one of them 1 feel
like dipping n lathsr bruss, IN it
.sn.l l,assng u close shave. II svonld
make good sha,npoo, be'canas the
fo:.nis'' But the bard had lAinted
PhGz. ~; = e
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Headquarters
FOR
American Watches.
WALTHAM WATCH CO.

We have sold thousands Of these
Watches, and SO certain are we Of
their reliability that we agree to
send them back and refund the
money if they do not give satisfac-
tion. We have lately reduced them
to the following figures:
SOLID SILVER kEy-WINoIxe WATCHES
broadway" jewels. ....$I1 90
"Wm. Ellery," IL jewels. =. - 90
SOLID SILVER STEM-WINDEEs.
Sterling" jewels. ......S1I 90
"Wm. Ellery." Ii Jewels. !. Is 90
"P- S. Bartlett" IL jewels. u 5a
10-kAEAT SOLID GoID SrEn-W1SDERs
Sterling" jewels $3.50. $50 90
"Wm. Ellery," Ii jewels. -. 33 90
sP. S. Bartlett, 10 jewels. . 81 90
l+-kARAr SOLID GoLD Srru-W1NDERs
Sterling" jewels. SIS 90
s'Nm. Ellery," IL jewels. =. - 90
'P. S. Bartlett" l5 jewels. So 90
appleton Tracy adjusted
and Patent Regulator. :. 67 90
ls-kARAr SoLD GoLD SIEM-WISDEEs
Sterling" jewels. .S57 90
"Nm. Ellery," II jewels. =. 80 GO
p. s. Bartlett" Is jewels. G5 90
Appleton Tracy adjusted. IS 90
A. B. GrisW0ias 81 Go
I19. CANAL STREET. lilo
New Orleans, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-06-23

The following petition of citizens
asking for public road was then
read:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-06-23
PROFESSIONAL CARDS,

AMIlE CIIl.. LA.
Will practice in the parishes of Tangi-
pa hoa, Washington, St. Tammany, ST.
Helena and Livingston. ocIily
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-07
THE RIV Ek L S.

sheds, and intend to give other sheep
men an opportunity to join them in the
enterprise, SO that the shearers will do
their work here instead of travelling
from place to place, by having all the
eheep ia this vicinity sheared at these
sheds. The plan looks to be a feasible
one, If the wool growers can come to
some arrangement among themselves
about the days for each separate band to
be brought to the sheds, and also about
the road for each band to be driven over.
We think that if the sheep men will
take hold Of this matter III q business
like way they will be enabled to save a
considerable amount Of money every
spring which they now pay out for trans
portation of their wool from the differ
ent ranches, besides the worry and diff
Guilty Of obtaining this transportation
just at the time they want it. We hope
to see it an accomplished fact this COM
ing spring.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-07
A Good Scheme.

The Hay Bros, Of Stanford, who are
in the city. are perfecting a scheme
(which we believe will work very well.
They have taken up a fraction of land
on the Shonkin, just beyond the grade
and about two miles from town, where
they propose to erect big sheds for
sheep shearing. Their intention is to
drive their sheep from their range in the
spring by easy drives to these sheds,
where they will be sheared, thus making
the sheep furnish the transportation for
the wool. They have already taken the
preliminary steps toward building these