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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-18

mite powder, blew up on the 10th inst. Much
damage was done in the vicinity of the works,
but no lives were lost.
TWENTY miners houses were moved from
their foundations by the cave-in Of a mine at
Poke Hollow, Pa, on the 10th inst. Loss
heavy.
Two miners were killed and five others horri-
bly, mangied: by an explosion in a mine at In
man, Tenn, on The 10th inst. @
+ TIE Union Depot at st. Paul was totally
DESTROYED by fire, on the 10th. Loss 500, 900.
5 FRANK DWELY and wife were killed by light
ming, Ut Harrisburg, Pa, on the 10th.
PARTY Of Italians was run down by a rail-
way train near Leetsdale, Pa, on the 9th. Two
were instantly killed and q third fatally injured.
A STORM in Dur widde County, Va, on the
9Th, wrecked Baptist Church. A woman was
killed BY llghtning.
PENNAEEID's tannery and bark yards at
Dubois, Pa, were destroyed by fire on the 9Th
inst. Loss $l5, 600; no insurance.
: A LITTLE boy and girl named Groseck, while
playing in garret at Milwaukee on the 9th,
accidentally locked themselves in I trunk.
When found by their parents the boy was dead,
but the1glrs life was saved.
LIGHTNING at Louisville, on the 9th, struck
four men and mortally wounded two OF them.
Courad Deller, carpenter near st. Nazianz,
Manitoxoc County, Wis, was killed by light
ming on the 9Th.
A srEAM yacht collided with bridge near
Philadelphia. on the 7th, and two persons were
drowned. ~@l.,. 49,.
THE roundhouse and repair shops of the Wa
bash, st. Louis & Pacific Railroad at Des
Moines, Ia, burned on the 8th inst. Loss
$125, 600.
WMsL0w d RoGERs' shoe factory. at Salem,
Mass, burned on the 8th. Loss 100000.
F1RE at Lebanon, NO., on the 9Th inst,
Qurned thirteen business houses. Loss $780,.
Nln st
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FORE10N.

NEWS was received ct London on the 18Th
confirming the report of the massacre at Ber-
Der. Ten thousand men, women and children
were killed. '~-.-. & j. -.5,.5 azts'
The morganatic marriage of Mime. Kalomine
and Duke Hesse- Darmstadt was annulled on
the 11th, and Nine. Kalomine created Countess
Won Romrod. -
DEaA1FJ, the assassin of Sudeiken. was ar
rested at Berlin, on tho 11th. "
A ST. JOHNS, N. f., dispatch of the 10th
states: The schooner Six Brothers was lost at
Baccalew and her captain and thirteen men
were drowned. The steamship Plover reports res
cuing forty-fve of the sealing crew Of the
stranded brlg Confederate, but could not save
the remaining thirty. ~ :,
tioDs for his relief. She says he is = British
officer and his rescue devolves on the govern
ment. .'-! - -.
THE Anarchist Schumacher who murdered
Detective Bloch. at Vienna, was sentenced to
death. on the 10th inst.
Sr. GA11EN won the gold vase at the Ascot
races, England, on the 10th.
The Liberals in Belgium suffered crushing
defeat in the elections, on the 9th and great
riot followed in Brussels. Many persons were
wounded. - . =
A TUNNEL on the new Austrian railroad near
Madrid caved in on the 10th, killing twelve
Workmen.
The foundation stone of the new Parliament
building at Berlin WAS laid on the 9th inst.
Bismarck reading the Emperors speech in hon
or of the occasion. 49, - = =. :.
FIVE persons were killed in IN election riot in
Hungary, on the 9th. - :
A DISPATCH from Havana, on the 9Th, states
that fire on the steamer Vile de Valencia, at
Point A'Pitre. destroyed x, 600 bags Of coffee.
Loss 800, ,O0C francs, ,. .s.,''7,...r.: -
SEVERAL people were injured in riot Of Ma
tlonalists and Orangemen at Newry, Ireland,
on the 9Th inst. 7e-s
FRANCE and AMMAN signed the new treaty
on the 7th inst. =. Ea@-I. i "a. -
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
POLITICAL.

POLITICAL.
OK the 18th letter WAS published by the
friends of Tlden, bearing his signature, in
which he positively declines to be considered q
candidate for the presidency at the hands of
the Democratic party. Declining health is tho
reason given.
THE Democrats of Cairo, ILL.,, on the 18th
inst, nominated F. E. Albright, Of Murphys-
boro, for Congress-.
The Democrats Of the Sixth Kansas district
on the 18th inst, nominated L. G. Uhl, for
Congress.
THE Republicans Of the Fourteenth Ohio
District in convention on the 11th inst, nomin-
ated Gen. Chas. II. Grosvenor for Congress-
THE Democrats Of Texas assembled in state
convention at Ft. Worth, on the 11th, and de.
clared in favor Of s.tariff for revenue only." !"
and the ''old ticket"
TIE Mississippi Democratic state convention,
in session at Jackson, on tho 11th, elected del
egates to Chicago. No instructions were given,
but the delegates are supposed to favor Tilden
The Democrats Of California, in state con
vention on the 10th inst, declared emphatical
ly for Tlden.
The Nevada Democratic state convention, at
Austin on the 10th, nominated G. w. Cassidy
for Congress by acclsmation, and instructed
it's delegates to Chicago 10 vote for Tlden and
Hendricks. .s... -:
JOHN W. MASON, of West Virginia, and Geo.
W. Hooker, of Vermont, have been chosen
president and secretary Of the Republican Ma
donal Committee " ~ =
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a Manufacturing Business
can easily be established at Pierre, ow-
ing to the low freight rates obtained,
competition between river and railroad
transportation, the abundance OF wood,
which is now selling for 81 . cord, and
the immense quantity Of coal and other
raw material in the adjacent reservation
west of the river.
a Jobbing Trade
has already beend developed by Pierre mer-
chants with the Black Hills and the
country up and down the river, and
with q lower rate Of freight than can be
obtained ct Wate1town or Huron, or
any other point in South Central Dako-
to, and being the only railroad point on
the boundary of the reservation soon to
be opened, Pierre is destined to become :
great jobbing center.
Activity in Real Estate
began last year and more sales were
made than in the plevlous two years Of
the city's growth, and there has been .
healthful, gradual advance in the price
of city property, and every one has made
money by operating in real estate. The
indications point to an early spring q
business and an advance in prices.
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CASUALTIES,

~ s s5 -
The publishing house Of J. 8. Ogilyie Co..
burned At New York on the 18th. Loss 46O.-
600. - :.
AT fire in Boston, on the 12tb, twenty-five
or thirty fremen were injured BY explosions.
Loss $400, 900. s ss.s.--.
GARDNER CALDWELL was drowned on the
i1th white trying to run through the rapids 1t
Spokane Falls, Dakota.
Twenty Of the principal buildings Of Grant
PARK. ILL.,, we're destroyed by fire on the night
Of the 11th inst. j. s$s 81
On the 11th inst, Isaac jenkins, farmer
near McCoy's Mills, w. Va, mistook his only.
sou. for wildcat prowling in some bushes and
shot him dead. IS. So zst.
An exprestman named Fred. Osdell, aged 80
Year,, and young man whose name is un-
known, were burned to death in barn at Chi
cago, on the morning Of the 11th. $ss
T1E dry goods house Of ]. N. spradd 4 Co.,
at Galena, ILL.,, was damaged 920, 600 by fire on
the morning Of the 11th Inst. .5s
A CYCLONE in Msrshall County, ". Va, on.
the l1th, killed boy and frightened ! man IN
to committing suicide. :z
LINCOLN TouR1xIio717z, Of Il Crosse, Wis,
was killed on the 11th inst, By 8 cayein IN his
mine in Idaho. M s..
OK the 9Th inst, while eleven men, With
thirteen pack horses with supplies for the
Coeur eAlene mines, were being ferried across
Thompeon'S Creek Montana, the ferry cable
parted and ~ were swept over the falls, ashort
distance below.
PnDER I WrnoHEsrla's tannery, Peabody,
Mass, was swept away BY dre, on tho 10th.
Loss about 4126 COO. SIS
TIE Giant Powder Oonpany's magasins near
Denver. Col, oontaining 10000 pound of o.
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Tho Electoral VoeO. zsE;.
The following is the electoral vote Of
the different states: ::
4. 4 Bishops Strange Story. :


Bishop Thomas Bowman, Of the
Methodist Church, who is next in SEN.
iority in the Episcopal college to Bish-
op Simpson, although having no faith
in sp1ritualism, relates the following
singular circumstances, without, how
ever, offering any comment upon the
facts On his recent tour to the East
he returned home BY wsy Of the Red.
Sea. Before embarking. he received ).
letter giving him encouraging news Of
the condition Of his wife Nho had been
very i'll. After q Sunday service on board
the boat, as the vessel sailed through.
the Red Sea, he went TO hisroom, and,
as the shades Of night began to gath
er, he prepared to retire, and was
about to offer up q prayer for his sick
wife, when he suddenly found that he
could net utter q. word and that his
mind had become q blank. Thinking
this was An attack Of nervousness, he
arose and walked across the room to-
compose himself, after which he again;
attempted to pray for, the complete re-:
covery Of his wife, hut was affected %.
before. The conviction then came to.
him that his wife was dead. Three
weeks afterward he reached Rome. and
there found ) message swaiting him
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CRIMINAL

POSTMASTER REUBEN ADAKs, Of Hersey, Wis,
and 3. ID. McKohn, of Menomonie, Wis, will
be indicted by the United States court for am.
bezzement Of postal funds. i
A YOUNG man named Marchalek, committed
suicide by hanging, at Tisch Mills, Kewauuee
County, Wis.,, on the 18th.
JAMES Qu1LhAN, an employe in brewery at
Newburg, N. Y, was killed by the explosion of
beer barrel on the 18th inst. -
A DEsPERADo named Lloyd Ford was killed
IN 3 political row At New Albany, Mass. on the
Ar Wheeling, W. Va, boy named ANDY
Adame, on the 18th inst, offered up his moth
er and sister as sacrifices while in q religions
frenzy. ~. 9...s..- - : o -
GEORGE +. PUR1NToN, postmaster and mer.
chant at Folletts, Ia., suicided on the 18th.
VIM. 8. MORGAN, the defaultng agent Of the
New York banking house Of Putnam Il Earl.
was sent up for three years at Hartford, Conn,
on the 11th. NJ. u -. :. ~'-'
OTTO d. WE1DNER, general delivery clerk in
the st. Louis postofice, was placed under ar
rest Oh the 11th inst, on charge Of rifline
letters Of money. a >.-sE
A NEGRO boy who shot lad named Osborne.
while strawberrying at Castlewood, Va, was
taken from jail, ON the 1ltb, and hanged by q
mob. a.t - : 80 -,
IssAo A. STANLEY, Cleveland bank teller.
was arrested on the 1lth, and confessed having
stolen s1OO. 1000. II - -. .
A PAuPER in the Erie County, Pa, alms-
house becoming demented on the 10th, rushed
to the highest part of the building and jumped
OIL, breaking his neck. 81
AT Milwaukee on the 10th, Ferd. Gutzman,
OF Menasha, was sentenced to Waupun for
two years. for rifing mail pouch. and
DR.. VIM. Mink, of Racine, was fined 500 for
sending obscene literature through the mails.
CASHIER HALL, Of the Citizens Bank, vii.
mington, DEL, is defaulter to IN unknown
| amount. = - & sz'z@+E, 80 III
A BosroN dispatch Of the 10th inst, says
Tilden G.. Abbott, the defaulting cashier Of the
Watertown Bank has been sentenced for term
of eight years.
UNKNOWN parties, on the 9Th inst, attempt,
ed to poison 125 cattle owned by James Cation,
. farmer in Miami County, Kas., by putting
arsenic and strychnine in the wells.
The body Of Mrs. Fox, who disappeared
mysteriously from her home at Auburn. Fond
du Lac County, Wis, some time ago, was re-
covered from q swamp in that vicinity ON tht
9Th and her husband placed under arrest.
GEN. ABE BuFoRD.th the noted Kentuckian, com.
mitted suicide at Danville, Ind, on the 9ti
inst. Is
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FATAL WRECK.
"A Boat Containing -Four Mon Capsixei
Going Down Spokane Rapids.

A Boat Containing Four Mon Capsfxes
Going Down Spokane Rapids.
PORTLAND, Ore, June il Four men
George w. Freeman, g. Merkle, Marks
Caldwell, and Gardner Caldwell left
Spokane Falls Monday in q skiff and
intention Of descending the stream to
Columbia. In attempting to run the
famous Spokane Rapids the boat cap
sized. Three OF the party managed to
cling to the boat for q time and drifted
q distance Of ten miles. The boat was
finally swamped, and after running a
gauntlet Of dangers, the three men were
thrown upon huge drift almost chilled
to death and nearly dead from ex-
haustion. Gardner Caldwell was
drowned. The body was not recovered.
All the parties were old settlers. Two
of the men are not expected to survive.
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P | E R B E,
DAKOTA

The city Of Pierre is the county seat
Of Hughes County, Oak, and is 10.
Gated on the east bank of the Missouri
River, in the geographical center of the
proposed new state of South Dakota,
and is opposite tho center Of the great
Sioux Reservation. It is the present
terminus of the Dakota Central through
trunk line of the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railway; is distant 78l miles from
Chicago, and through daily trains with
out change Of cars run between the two
cities IN 80 hours. -
The city is maiuly built upon the
large and broad terraces overlooking the
river, with it's wooded banks and islands,
and as the slope of each terrace or bench
is toward the river, the city is perfectly
drained and is free from the dangers re-
sulting from floods or imperfect sewer.
+
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onportunities for Rusines,s.

Opportunities for Business.
Pierre is IN excellent city to engage
in any kind Of merchantile pursuits
Wholesale or retail), because its rates Of
freight are low; it is the center Of s fer
tile farming country and the supply
point for numerous cities and villages
located on the banks Of the Missouri. 5
This il, good point TO engage in man
ufacturing business Of any kind, and lib
eral aid will be given to any manufact-
uring industry. There is good open
ing for the manufacture OF any article
used IN building, for -four mills, and for
beer manufso oturing. ..5
There are opportunities 10 invest in
real estate which will produce handsome
returns. and money used In the erection
cf buildings has and will pay 26 per
cent. If you desire to avail yourself of
the opportunities presented IN 8 new
country snd 8 rapid growing city, and
wish any reliable information IN refer
ence to Pierre, il will ba gladly fur.
nished BY addressing .z |.
W. s. W Ellis,
Pierre, ,. :.
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GENERAL

SnyERToN, trotter with record of 2:2O1l<,
Wss sold at Commodore Kittson's Midway
Stables, St. Paul, on the 12tb, for $2.505.
The doors of the state bank of West Virginia,
in Charleston, w. Va. were closed on the 18th
inst. Liabilities, $119 1000; assets $1l5, 900.
The international convention of window
glass workers will be held at St. Helena, Lam
cashire, Eng, on the 18th inst, instead of at
Pittsburg. -E.E..
Col. Morrow, who was connected with Gen.
Swain in the pay-account scandal, is to be
court-martialed. I'D ..s:..-- ... H. -
THE international Sunday school convention
Of the United States and provinces began it's
session ut Louisville, on the nth.
TIE German minister 1t Washington has been
recalled. =.
THE Western Nail Association cut the card
rate from S260 to $2.4o per keg on the 11th
inst. .,- h.
WESTERN UNION declared quarterly dlvi-
dend Of ~ per cent, on the 10th, and will
have a.surplus Of $2OO, 900 in the treasury af-
ter its payment.
MBs. SIMEON MILLS, q Madison, Wis.,; pion-
eer, died on the 10th, aged So years. -
ConnANDER SAMUEL B. GREaoRY, q. 8. NJ,
aged u, died at Boston on the 10th inst.
KRAUsE b Co., wool merchants, New York,
failed on the 10th. -
JoHN and Chas. Kennedy, Louisville, KY, la
borers, fell heir to $2,OOO,0O0, on the 9th, by
the death of an uncle in Australia.
THE banking firm Of A.. Carrier Il Sons, New
Orleans, suspended on the 10th INST.
HERRoN:::& SPENCER, N ew York fruit mer-
chants, suspended on the 10th. Liabilities
9160,00
l<soI aEoHaE BLISS, the New York lawyer,
has been converted to the Catholic faith by
Mgr. Capel. w. tss.
= THOMAS B. BNNER, jeweler, New York, made
an assignment on the 9th inst. Liabilities
$11l5065. ssf !, ~
H:sG. WoRK, the we'll known writer of popu:
lar songs, died at Hartford, Conn, on the 8th
inst, Of heart disease.
Tho struggle for the Northwestern League
pennant continues fierce and interesting. Grand
Rapids is again in the lead, CLOSELY pressed by
Quincy, Saginaw and Bay City. Peoria has ad-
vaneed to fifth place aud Milwaukee still re-
tains undmputed possession of sixth, Muskegon,
Fort Wayne. Minneapolis, Terre Haute, Stillwa--
ter and St. Paul following in the order named.
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A Happy Circumstance.

= It is q happy circumstance and one
full of good omen that the two states
which put forth the ticket which lifted
the Republican party to power in 1860,
are again to the front in 1884, with the
order Of honors reversed, it is true, but
with 9 com binatioa worthy in all true
senses of the succession to Lincoln aud
Hamlin. ..sE- =, 51t.- .++z'
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Mr.. Blsine Is the most conspicuous
.AmericAnli living who has 9 recognized.
right to the presidency Re has the.
highest qualities of leadership, and the
largest aud most enthusiastic following
For twenty years the eyes of the coun-
stryshav been upon him rs man who
must inevitably, by the law Of leader
ship, and preference, become some day
its president. s 4 S s.5 81 . s E &.
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Better Than Any Democrat.
CEronn fhn Trnv Timea

Mr.. Blaine may not be our ideal can
didate, but as the representative of the
Republican party, as an outspoken
exponent Of the cause of protection, as
the advocate of sound business and
financial principles, as the friend OF
labor, he is better than any Democrat
that can be named, from Tilden mp OF
down. 5 : .s25 IT,. ...s,.:g ..sr T. :F.s &
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The Torch of Progress.

tFrom the Wheeling <W. Va.) Intelhgencer.l
As our love was strong for the la
mented Garfield, it will be as strong for
the matchless man of Maine. Not that
we now revere Garfield less, but love
Blaine more. His is the light, the torch
of progress that will guide this state Out
Of q benighted rule to bright victory.
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ID,
The Population Of Pierre IL
2,60O.

S~0 AOIuA0kAOA VI d A0440 -
1850.
1t has an excellent municipal govern
ernment. The Presbyterian College of
Southern Dakota, now in operation, and
numerous ward schools, offer superior
educational advantages. There is one
first-class hotel, the Wells House, and
ten second-class hotels open, two daily
and four weekly newspapers, four banks
and numerous wholesale and retail
houses in various branches of trade.
The surrounding Country
is tbickly settled by farmers and COM
prises the finest farming land in Dakota.
Quarter sections. or farms of l60 acres
(every foo: of which can be cultivated }
can be bought for from $500 to 81 200,
depending upon their distance from the
city. Government land can be taken up
within ten miles of the city. The coun-
try west of the river and included in the
great Sioux reservation (which it is ex-
pected will be thrown open to settle.
ment this spring. is the best wheat
growing land in Dakota.
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SNATCHES OF OPINION.

Good Republican Grow.
tFrom the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Republican crow is better than Demo
cratic turkey any day in theyear.
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A Clear Case of Twins.

. A Pennsylvania for president on a
platform peculiarly Pennsylvania, is
such clear case of twins that any Penn
sylvanian who cannot carry his torch
and lend voice to the chorus this fall
must be either signally strong in his
partisanshlp or cold in his intellectually
indeed.
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Halcyon and vociferous.

- FROM the CleVelSnd Le0def.J
In the inimitable phraseology of Ros-
coe Conkling, We are now sure of q hal
cyon and vociferous campaign. There
will be songs, brass bands, speeches,
torchlight professions, and mass meet
ings till the Democrats can't rest. .. tl.
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without an apology.

@ (From the Springfield (Msss.> Union.]
Mr.. Blaine is not man who comes
before the people with an introduction
or an apology for his appearance. For
more than twenty years he has been
known and admired from Atlantic to
Pacific. He has rendered national serv-
ice in the House, in the Senate, and in
the cabinet of Garfield as his trusted ad-
wiser.
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Can Get Along without It.

! The New York Times announces that,
If it's wishes in the matter of candidate
are disregarded at Chicago, the Republic
an party will have to get along without
it's help this year. The Republican
party will try, and with the help of the
people, it will succeed. -
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The past weeks play has given Boston the
lead in the battle for the National League
prize, Providence holds on to the second place,
New York occupies third position, Buffalo
sixth, Phladelphil fallen to seventh and Do.
troit brings up the rear. =sGs-.-:.7.. +.
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Vict0rY Certain.

- - tErom tho Boston Traveler.1 -
The same esrnestness and spiri: which
have at last placed the standard of the
party in Mr.. Blaine's hands will go far
to help him carry it to victory. T..
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J. II. sou1ER 4 Co., bankers and brokers,
Washington, closed their doors on the 7th.
Cause, too many army and navy pay accounts.
. VESNoR, the weather prophet, died, at Mon
treal, on the 9Th. ss...Izt! q
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A ROusinu Answer.

!" From the Hartford CourantJ ,.--
. The arguments against Mr.. Blaine's
candidacy are answered by the tremen-
dous enthusiasm that has borne him to
his position. We are not to deal with
an unknown man or an unknown cause.
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stronger than Garfield.

(From the Buffalo N. W Courier Dem.I
We wish to warn our friends right
at the beginning of the campaign not to
rely too much on the manifestations of
Republican disappointment, discomfort,
and thIontp to revolt which nIo to be IN
ticipatod. + ** The nomination.
however weak in some respects, in others
is stronger than Garfield's was.