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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FO8EIGN.


ENGLAND is becoming exceedingly alarmed
over the spread Of the foot and mouth disease
among cattle in the county Of Lincoln.
The "pstriarch Of Armenia" resigned on
on the Goth.
A sAwM11L belonging to the Rainy Lake
Lumber Company, At Rat Portage, Manitoba,
burned on the 22d. Loss @S5O. 900,
The French scored . victory in Tonquin on
the 21st. One hundred snd fifty cannon and
e50.000 in cash was captured and the Anna
mites put to flight.
MOUNT VEsuv1us Was reported on tho 22d
preparing for grand eruption. Much dam
sge had already been done to the railway run
ming up the mountain.
FIRE At Berozio, Italy, on the 2lst, destroyed
forty-four houses.
CErIwAro, the Zulu king, reported killed =
short time ago, has turned up alive and we'll.
He had been severely wounded.
In the town Of Colbridge. Lanark County,
Scotland, on the 18th, serious riots occurred
between Orangemen and Catholics.
TIE boot and shoe mandatory Of Nc
Cready & Co.. Montreal, Can, burned on the
18th. Loss @9e, 200.
As1AMEsE embassy consisting Of two princes,
three DrlncesSeS ana twenty-five attaches Is en-
route for England and the United States.
EIGHT thousand weavers are on strike at
Ashton-under-Tyne, Eng. They want more
wagee.
NUMEROUS protests are being received
against the proposed stoppage of the importa-
ton Of Egyptian cotton into Switzerland, as
such action win throw $4,000 operatives out OF
employment.
ON tbs 18th twenty two young men who
were students in university at st. Peters
burg, and connected with . nihilist journal,
were sent to Siberia.
BARON BERNARD Won WULLERsToRy, scien-
list, died At Vienna, on the 18th.
Ar Agram, on the 18th = mob attacked tn
government buildings, breaking the windows.
The military were called out and forty of the
mob and three policemen were wounded.
A MOB of 500 attacked the Jewish quarters in
Prague, on the 18th, but was dispersed before
doing much harm.
Two thousand Bedouins attacked the s&ni-
tarium at Pinkat, Egypt, on the 18th, and were
repulsed with loss Of 60 killed. The soldiers
defending the place lost men and the civiliana
5. Pinkst is fifty miles from Suakin, a town
on the Red Sea; Suakin is also threatened.
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A Man Who Was Particular.

krEOm CmCSSO 1luos.J
For nearly two hours in the busiest
part of the day horse car travel was de-
layed on a Chicago street by mule. 1t
n'a wss not k,sk'ns mns %1 n nor hoe eatSs Tbs
usual nuisance, gas company, was lay
ing pipes along La Sale Street. and at
Madison Street at noon was hole ten
feet deep aud six or eight feet long be.
tween the car tracks. Into this hole one
of two mules attached to wagon floun
dered while the team was passing along.
The only digger in the aperture was an
lrishman who was in little tunnel
underlying the Car tracke. When the
mule fell in it struck within two feet Of
the sun of Erin, and obscnred the light
OF day SO efectually that the occupant
was unable to discern Of what character
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SPORtING.

R1CHF1E1D SPRINGS offers a purse of
81, 900 for a boat race there in Septem-
ber between HanIan and Courtney.
. FRED WARD. the champion bicyclist
of England at ten, twenty and twenty
five miles, offers to ride any man living
for 81, 900 side.
Ho1BERT, the catcher Of tho Metro
poGtan nine, was presented with hand
some gold watch and chain by the
Metropolitan Exhibition Company on
the 10th.
The court tennis match at Newport,
r. l., for the championship of America
and purse. between Thomas Petit, of
Boston, and Henry Boakes, of Canada,
was won by Petit, three eetts to one.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for a
grand regatta at Pittsburg, to be held
about month hence, which will proba-
bly, be participated in by Hanlan, Lee,
Courtney, Hosmer, Teemer, Plaisted,
Ross, Kennedy and Weisgerber.
MISS J. CHOICE of the South London
(England) Tricycle. Club recently rode
from London to Brighton and return. q
distance of 113 miles, in Que day. Her
actual riding time was 15h. 37s which
is by far the best performance for lady
on record.
JOSH WARD, of Oswego, N. Y, an
nounces his desire to row race with
Charles Courtney, mile and half and
turn, the match TO come off at Cornwall
six weeks from date for $500 side.
Ward writes: II retired from rowing
some time ago, as I am As years of age,
but would like to have one trial with
Courtney"
COURTNEY did not have q chance to
row Hanlan at Watkins, n. Y, on the
10th. He was defeated in the trial race
the day previous, much to the disap-
pointment of those in attendance. Han
Ian won the race easily, defeating Hos
mer, Teemcr and Ten Eycke, who
passed the home stake in the order
| named. Hanlan's time was II minutes
and 80 seconds. The distance was one
and one-half miles, straight-away.
THERE appears to be no doubt that
Leonatus has broken down. At Mon
mouth few weeks ago he pulled up
lame after running away in his exercise
and has been missed from his work ever
since. A few days ago Leonatus was
valued at $50, 900 as q racehorse, and to-
day he is probably not worth dollar for
turf purposes. As a stock horse, how
ever, his fine breeding, powerful con-
formation and magnificent record will
still make him highly valuable.
The following table shows the stand
ing of the league clubs at the close Of the
games on the 18th inst:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-29

AN old married man has discovered
when woman has something to say"
TO him it is about time to climb tree
~ Y Com.
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GENERAL.

NEW YoRK's potato crop is threatened with
disease. The rainy weather Is causing them to
On the 21st Capt. Rhodes appeared at Mag
ara Falls with his suit of armor to attempt to
swim the rapids in which Capt. Webb persisted.
He WAS prevented from taking the water, and
then weighted his arnor with rocks to his own
weight aud sent it adrift. It Was seen to enter
the whirlpool and was lost sight of. ~
: DoLos MERCHANT, a Cleveland Ice machine
manufacturer, failed on the 20tb. Liabilities
estimated ut case, 1000. :....g.
ON June 1st Peter McGeoch, dealer on the
Chicago board Of trade, refused to accept s0.-
600 tierces Of lard from Fowler Brothers, pack
era on the ground that it was adulterated and
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unmerchantable. The matter was referred to
the board and an investigation commenced,
which ended on tho 21st. Chemical experts
varied in their testimony, but sufficient evi-
lard was aduEerated. A motion to expel Fow-
Ter Brothers from the chamber was lost by one
vote.
THE Belolt creamery, managed by W. j.
Davies failed on the 2lst. The creditors are
principally farmers snd employees. Liabilities
about e80, 900.
ELI SrnsoN, = Winnebago County pioneer,
died at his country residence near Oshkosh,
Wis.,, on the 18th.
REPORTS from the southern cotton districts
indicate that the crop is suffering severely for
want Of water and from the ravages Of the cot.
ton worm.
OvERPRoDuc11ox has caused depression in
the dry goods trade in New York, and large
dealers are forcing sales by disposing of goods
cost.
The surplus earnings of the postal depart
ment for the year ending June so, 1883, ex-
ceed 81, 500, 900. So says q Washington dis
patch of the goth.
MILLIONAIRE J. W. MACKEY and several of
his friends recently purchased controlling in
terest in the new Postal Telegraph Company.
On the 18th Mackey said he proposed to ex-
tend the line to all the principal cities and
towns in the United States without delay.
YELLOW fever is said to be raging at Pensa-
cola, Florida.
JERE BLACK, noted jurist, died at York,
Pa. on the 10th, aged SO years. In 1857 he
was appointed attorney general of the United
States by President Buchanan, and in 1860 be-
came secretary Of state.
A WATER famine prevails at Galveston, Tex
as. owing to q protracted drouth.
REV. s. J. Wilson, prominent divine, died
Il IT, p'''N ''''' "' ''S1"' 0'''' = ''' ~ 'D'
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Com
pany commenced the construction of the west
vision, from Aberdeen, on the 18th.
On the 18th Alexander Il Taussig, sugar re-
finers, Chicngo, ILL.,, failed. Liabilities not
stated. This failure carried with it the firm Of
Taussig & Rammerschley. syrup manufac-
ture1s, New York City, whose liabilities are
1926, eco.
On the 18th Ezra Daggett's horse Boston,
engaged in aracs with the catamaran Cyclone,
from New York to Stony Cfeek. The horse
made the distance, 80 miles, in 10 hours and
% uluUttSs OcaLu6 tuo OOdC several AOuIs.
The horse showed no signs of fatigue.
A FORTY barrel oil we'll was struck neal
Canon City, Colorado, On the 10th. Pros.
pecting has been going on several years and il
is believed petroleum in paying quantities car
be found there.
A aHosrIY mysterious light is said to maxi
| it's appearance about 10:30 P. M, on the Cen
| tral Rallroad track near Amsterdam, N. Y.
On the 18th the executive committee of tn,
Telegraphers' Brotherhood notified the assem-
| blies tha: the strike was lost and granted per
| mission to all to return to work.
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:. Nh. GEoRaE II. Boxer, Of Philadel-
phia, is the leading spirit of q sport
which. amuses the summer visitors at
Richfeld Springr. Itisth old southern
tourney, where valiant riders, galloping
at full speed, lance at suspended rings,
the rider securing the greatest number
Of points winning the privilege to crown
the queen Of beauty at the german in
the evening" ~ !. = H.. ,>4,-@ - p. ri.
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DEATH AT A PICNIC.

Particulars OF the Drowning Of Two
Promising Yourg Ladies' In Silver
Lake, Wyoming County, n. Y.-Thoy
Attempt 10 Cross the Lake in a Skin,
and Arc Overturned by q Squall-Tho
Bodies Recovered
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the intrusion was. For a moment there
was no sound, until two or three other
djggers gathered around, and one called
out: 81 say, Moike, are ye hurt?"
NO." came the answer; "sorra bit
am hurt, but what is the matter with
the daylight?'
"a dirtby baste av mule has fallen
on ye."
"Begorra, thin, take him off till git
ont av this, fer I amt bit parshul wid
a mule
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FOWLER BROTHERS CENSURED.

The Chicago Board OF Trado Committee
Roach a Verdict in the NcGeoch-Fovv.
ler / ard Case - they Report That
Fowler Brothers Deserve Unqualified
Disapproval aud Censure for the
Methods They Employ in tho Manu-
f.cture Of Lard-The Valuo Of Micro.
scopic Inspection.
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The International cricket match at
Toronto between Canada and the United
States was brought to its conclusion On
the 10Th, by the bad defeat of the Cana
dian team. The e'American team did not
need to take a second inning, ss it was
found at the conclusion of the Cana.
dian's second inning that they had been
beaten in one inning by 40 runs. This
was notifying to the friends of the
Canadian team, who, previous to the
match, were tired of sounding the praise
of their team, and anticipating glori-
ous result for them. S:=y:5
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T YMAN D. BAIRD,
IL ATTORNEY AT LAW.
R,al Estate, Insurance and collection Agent Office.
front room, second floor, Bssfords Block, Austin.
Minnesota,
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The RiUeF.

The river gauge marked eight feet six
inches depth of water in the channel OPP
posits st. Paul yesterday.
The Libbie Conger, of the Diamond 10
line, will be here in time to leave for st.
Louis tomorrow evening.
James Bells, captain of the rafter Doug
las Boardman died at his home in Galena
the latter part of last week aged thirty
seven years. He has commanded the j
w. Mills and Jim Fisk and is we'll known
as any two-boat officer on the upper river.
The Diamond 10 line has started a new
thing in the way of comfort for passen-
gers 1t has commenced putting wire
screens on its boats in trout of every win
dow and transom to keep out the mosqui-
toes and Mormon flies, who, like tramps,
are in the habit of coming on board with
out paying their fare.
The Keokuk, of the Saints line, will ar
rive from st. Louis this morning to return
at noon sharp. She will be followed by
the Centennial, an immense side-wheel
boat, that has until recently been engaged
N the St, Louis and New Orleans trade.
She has been repaired, repainted. Teftted
and refurnished regardless of expense, and
is to-day one of the most deliberately ele-
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RmiE NOfeN.

J. T. Odell, of the Northern Pacific, has
gone to Chicago,
Dan Costello's circus company leave
Duluth for Portland tomorrow, over the
Northern Pacific
G. T. Howbart, general manager of the
National Park improvement company, left
for Chicago last night.
Hugh Spencer, superintendent of the
st. Paul division, Omaha line, returned
yesterday from Sioux City.
The arrivals of emigrants on yesterday
was bagatelle with reference to numbers
in comparison with those of previous days
during the ve.k.
General a,e1 aGer Merrill and the direc-
tors of the C:aaago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road returned from their western tour at
midnight last night.
The earnings of the st. Paul & Duluth
road for the past week in June were S27,-
91761, against $2O,678.31 for the CORES
ponding week last year.
Warren L. Newton, president of the
Cnenango county bank, accompanied by
AAlSo LSNlO ANO'SOA, Ills OduSuIOI. was
among the passengers who arrived from
the east yesterday.
David Bows, vice president of the Rock
Island road, accompanied by his wife and
daughter, went to Duluth last evening in
special car. They will return tomorrow
morning and proceed east.
An excursion will patronize the North
Do 60 : IL,
Wanpeton and Big Lake. Next Wednes-
day week party of 600 from Brainerd
will avail themselves of the same road for
a jaunt to Duluth.
Harry Hall of the union depot was in a
paroxysm of delight yesterday at his dis
covery of ''keester'' i. e. a trunk, which
bore the trade mark of its maker, and
the date of its manufacture A. D. 100.
Harry said it reminded him of ''old times"
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road
has established the following rates from
Topeka, Kansas, per hundred pounds: To
Dillon and Leadville $1.03; to Malta $1.O1;
Parluis $1.07; Sapruero, Kezar and Gunni-
son $1.13, and ninety eight cents to Gran
tie.
The Northern Pacific yesterday sent out
fourteen car loads of cattle to R. B. Hub
bard at Rosebud, and nine car loads to the
Willard cattle company at Billings. Forty
additional car loads will arrive to-day from
Fort Dodge, consigned to points in Mon
tana.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul road
is thinking of constructing ferty miles be-
tween Bridgeport and Plausible, via
Bloomington, and about twenty tive miles
between Warren, ILL.,, and Lansrk. BY
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ward, in Clark's addition, be named
adams School"
! Adopted.
By Inspector Hamilton
| ResoIred, That an examination of appli-
cants for the position of teachers be
held on Saturday, June 23d, at 9 O'Clock
a, m, and that the Superintendent adver.
| tise the same.
Adopted.
By Inspector H. H. Athey-
ReSoved, That the Committee on Real
Estate be instructed to negotiate for suit
able site for school house convenient to
elevator 'B'' and the new shops of the st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad
Co., and report to the Board for its action
Adopted.
BY Inspector Donnelly-
ResoIred, That the Committee on Ger
man be anu are hereby Instructed to make
no nominations or appointments of teach
ers on German for our public schools be
it further
Resolred, That special meeting be
called for Friday evening, June 18th, at
2 III, to consider the foregoing resolution.
Adopted.
The President appointed the following
standing committees:
Property-Wilgus, chairman. Purchase
and supplies-Benz, Donnelly and Athey-
Real estate and appointments Berlandis
Schlfmann and Officer.
Finance-Schifman Hamilton and
Murphy.
Germans chifmann, Kerker and Ber-
Iandi.
Music-Kerker, Murphy and Athey.
The following bills were read: Daily
Globe, $241 .46; Trick &, Co., $2,25O;
Trick & Co., $500; E. L. Scribner, $780,
Beck & Rank, $11; A. G. Desparois, S.
600; Chas. Hansen, $3.50; Theo. Cogswells
$27.58; F. Knauft, $500.
Allowed and ordered paid By the follow
ing vote:
Wilgus, Kerker, Officer, Benz, Atheys
Gilbert, Hamilton, Schiffmann, Borlandi,
Donnelly, Mr. President.
Adjourned.
J. G. DONNFTIY Secretary
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Fargo Plymouth Church.

Fargo (north side) has new Congrega-
tional society. 1t is hardly six months
since the formation of Congregational
church was talked of, and now a neat and
tasty chapel has been erected, which has
been some time in use for religious and
Sabbath school services. Thursday even
ing, June Z, it was formally dedicated as
Plymouth Congregational chapel The
Fargo daily papers say the attendance was
large and the exercises of rare interest.
Rev. John FL. Morley, pastor of Park Con-
gregational church, st. Paul, preached the
dedicatory sermon, an able, highly inter
esting and instructive discourse. The daily
Argus says: REV. o. G. Clark has labored
faithfully and zealously to build up this
society and the success shown last evening
June y is a reward which he no doubt ap-
preciates."
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authorized tn IEe.E.

The following marriage licenses were is
sued by the clerk of the district court the
past week: John Theodore Rommer and
Elna Anderson; Hermann Geske and Bertha
Schmidt; George BieIetz and Minnie
Martz; Edgar Buell. and S4llie ". Marley
Charles W. Snyder ana Fanny c. Chase;
Thomas Beal and Mary Fl. Masterson An
gust Schaeffer and Luella Hume; Charley
Fellmann and Sophia Josephine Anderson
Edward Flaherty and Mary Weclh; Samu-
ell Cummings and Phoebe S. Emery; Ole
Peterson and Hannah Nelson; George
Thiel and Mary Frieden; John F. G. Kes-
SINE and Annie Swanson; Patrick Mean
drews and Bridget McGraw; Charley Gust
Anderson and Annie Pearson.
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Horace E. Wallace, charged with iraug,
urating fraudulent lottery scheme, paE-
ticulars Of which have been given in the
GLOBE, was arraigned before United States
Comm. sioner Spencer at 2 O'Clock yester-
day afternoon, and through his attorney.
W. w. Erwin, waived examination, when
he was held in $500 bail for his appearance
at the October term of the United States
district court, to convene in st. Paul the
first Monday in that month. Hon. John
Nj. Gilman, an old acquaintance of the
father and mother of accused, furnished
the required bail and Wallace was released
from custody. This in all probability is
the last that will be heard of the case IN
the courts, as up to the present time nc
positive evidence against Wallace has been
obtained
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4 NoteG SiLrer Uc6dinc.

On Wednesday last Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Haas, No. 400 Fort street, celebrated their
silver wedding, which was really one of the
most marked events of the kind that ever
took place in st. Paul. The hours of the
reception were from to 6 and from to
10 p. m, but the festivities were kept up
till very much later hour than the last
named above. A magnificent banquet was
served, which was continued throughout
the whole reception. Mrs. Haas, the bride,
received her guests in an elegant rose
colOred MORE, trimmed with velvet and
lace. The drawing room was very beauti-
fully decorated, one device consisting of
portraits of Mr.. and Mrs. Haas in
adjacent frames, the one being draped
with the Holland flag and the latter with
an American flag, united by an eagle. The
presents were numerous and very elegant.
Among them was a complete silver tea
set from Mrs. A. Lipman, of Chicago: a
decorated silver water pitcher from Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. Levy; silver card basket from
Mr.. and Mrs. Grieves; silver waiter, Mr..
Emil Mannheimer; silver tea spoons, Mr..
and Mrs. L. Goodkind; silver sugar stand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wechsler; silver pickle stand,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rosenbaum; silver nut picks,
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Mr.. and Mrs. Michaels; silver olive stand,
Mr. and Mrs, Sternberg; a massive case
containing silver spoons from Mr.
and Mrs. D. Aberle and NJ. Flarscheim; sill
yer sugar and cream stand, Il. and A.
Sternberg, silver breakfast castor, Mrs. Z.
AIenberg; silver gravy ladle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Solomon; silyerf rUit ladle, Mr.. and Mrs. l.
Rose; silver sugar sitter, Mr., and Mrs.
Mcconnell; silver butter knife and spoon,
from Mr.. w. Thomas; silver butter knife,
AR. Goodkind; silver fruit knives, J. and
A. Michaels; embroidered plush frame
mirror, Mr.. n. Lyons and sister; lace Gov
ers, Mrs. J. Austrian: silver W., Miss So
phia Smith: silver ice pitcher, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Manheinm CT; bisque flower basket,
Mrs. Lichtenhauer; bisque ornament,
Mr.. and Mrs, Lyons; a pair of Belgium
vases, Mr.. j. Sattler and H. Abels; elegant
embroidered lambrequin, Mrs. B. Levy; a
pair of iardenars, Mr.. j. Engle and H.
Sattler; Louis and Ably Haas presented to
their parents parse Of $50; S, and &.
Haas, silver coffee heater. Among the
many handsome floral tributes we're an
elegant horn, from Mr.. and Mrs. Frankel;
massive basket, Mr.. and Mrs. MOrgenstern;
elegant horse shoe, Mrs. Plechner; several
plants, Mr.. Guiterman; horse shoe. Mrs.
Weiss: horse shoe, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Benz; a silver shaded chair, Mrs. Bergman;
horse shoe, Miss Emma Stern, and many
others too numerous to mention. kilograms
were received from Chicago, Cleveland,
San Francisco, st. Louis and other places.
The one priced the most highly by Mr.. and
Mrs. Haas was the one from their parents
in Holland. The father of Mr.. Haas is
ninety six years of age.
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Burial of an Aged LADY.

At o'clock yesterday morning Mary
Ludwig, a venerable and estimabIe lady,
was buried from Assumption church. Mrs.
Ludwig was eighty-four years of age. She
came to st. Paul twenty-seven years ago
and one year later her husband died, her
widowhood having accordingly extended
over quarter of a century. She leaves
three sons, Christopher, Nicholas and Leon
ard, who reside with their families in So.
Paul and four daughters, all married, two
residing in Chicago, one in LIE SueuY,
Mimi, and one in Wisconsin. She was o
member of the Rosary society and was
buried under its auspices, Messrs.
Nicholas Wagner, J. Schnitzius, Geo.
Mitsch, Joachim Schneider, A. Springer
and Nicholas Stadfeld acting as pan
bearers.