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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-19
A Willy Wizard.

from . Baltimore specal-]
The police here are looking for Wiz
ard and ghost, who have been play
ing swindling pranks in this section.
Mrs. Caroline Jentener appeared before
q magistrate and charged Elizabeth
Weber with conspiring with others to
defraud her. The mother of Mrs. Jen-
tener died short time since, and Mrs.
Jentener believes she left 81, 600, which,
however, cannot be found. Mrs. Jen-
tener confided in a Mrs. Weber, and
promised her 5000 if she would find the
money. Mrs. Weber consulted wiz
ARD. who agreed to find the concealed
wealth by his mystic power. He was to
call up the spirit of Mrs. Jentener's
mother. who would bring the money.
At midnight last Monday night, accord.
ing to appointment, Mrs. Jentener and
her husband went to an old oak tree IN
clump of weeds on the outskirts OF the
city, where they were met by the wizard:
After some copiuring words, the wizard
called up the alleged spirit, and ghost
" figure. robed in black, with q white
veil over its head, appeared from the
dark shadows behind the tree. It
reached out tin box, which the wizard
took on his bended knees, aud giving it
to Mrs. Jentener, said: 'fYonr money
is in this box, but you must not open it
till you get home" The ghost disap-
peared, and the trembling couple hur-
ried into the city, and opening the box
found it full of rubbish. The wizard
was paid a handsome fee. Mrs Weber.
whom Mrs. Jentener had arrested, ex-
planned to the police magistrate that she
really thought the man was wizard,
could call up the spirits, and could get
Mrs. Jentener's money for her. She
had no intention 20 defraud Mrs. Jen-
tener.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-19
COOKS SUSPICIOUS
In Regard to the Assassination of the
Lamonted President,

IN regard to the Assassination of the
Lamented President.
. WASHINGTON, March 11.-William A.
Cook was examined by the Springer
committee to-day. He said that shortly
after he was appointed special counsel
IN the star route case he had an interview
with President Garfield, who told wit
ness the cases involved many who
had been his special friends; but he
wanted q thorough investigation,
irrespective of persons. Witness
bad an interview with President
Garfield and the Postmaster General
Wednesday evening before the President
was assassinated. Before leaving, I said
to the President that he should be care
arisen between the stalwarts and half
breeds, and there we're connected with
these cases men of extreme feeling. I
SAID at the time there might be resort
to violence. Such was the impress
sion then on my mind. Ny suggestion
for q moment touched the President,
but he responded that there was no
danger. The bitterness of feeling was
80 strong that I would not have been
surprised had it carried itself against
the Postmaster General and Attorney
General. I don't think I used at that
interview the language recently placed
in my lips by James, but stated in sub.
stance what I have given you.
Witness strongly desired to have the
line Of investigation pursued that would
show whether Guiteau had accomplices
or not, but nothing came of it. Witness
was of the opinion that the shooting of
the President was not the individual
action of Guiteau. This, he said,
was in harmony with what he sug-
gested to the President in connection
with the bitterness between the sta!-
warts and haH-breeds. He had proof
that two other persons accompanied
Guiteau when he was seeking q pistol.
Shortly after witness entered the employ
of the government he had an idea that
the reckless feeling on the part of those
in the star. route cases might be car
ried into practice.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-19
A Visitors Impressions Of the Pope.

Rome Correspondence Of the Baltimore Sun.]
There is not ruler in ell Christendom
that is as easily approached as Leo
XIII. To be presented to his holiness
q gentleman must 60 in evening full!
dress, sans gloves. A lady goes dressed
in black, wearing a'black lace veil over
head and shoulders, after the early Ital-
ian court style, or the modern Spanish
mode. The lady also goes sans gloves.
The presentations are of two orders,
public and private, and generally in the
morning. A public audience sometimes
embraces the papal mass and afterward
the personal introdIc Iction. was pre-
sented by Mgr. Macchi, the chief
chamberlain. The Pope was seated.
he wore oashmere alb, made from the
chosen lambs wool on each st. Agnes
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-19
NEWS OFTHE WEEK,
FOREIGN.

A DUEL with swords was fought at Lisbon,
and Maj. Serps Pinto. The former received
| five wounds.
The Australian cricketers started for En-
gland on the11th.
ONE man was blown to pieces by dynamite
| urb. ~ " '"''' '>'''' ''''
BIsMARCK is suffering from severe attack
] of gout, said to have been brought on by the
excitement over the never -to-be- forgotten Las
| ker business.
SOLOMON SHAP1RA, the man who attempted
to sell forged manuscript copy Of the Book
OF Pentateuch, suicided at Rotterdam on the
18th.
GowAN T. 4 4 Co., o., Glasgow merchants, have
SCHOONER was wrecked at Wick, Eng, on
the night of the 9th and six lives were lost.
A FINANCIAL crisis is on the tapis in Cuba,
owing to the depression in the sugar trade and
several serious failures have already occurred.
The treaty Of peace between Peru and Chill
has been ratified by the Peruvian Constitution
al Assembly.
The sculling race between Wallace Ross and
Geo. Bubear on the Thames, was won by the
former on the 10th.
AN internal mach inc intended to blow the
Comte de Paris into atoms, was intercepted by
the Paris mail authorities on the 9Th.
DYNAMITE cartridge exploded in the
Lyons. France, custom house, on the 9th, kill
ing an officer.
CARDINAL CAM1ILo D1 PETRo died at Rome
on the 9Th.
NEIIls, the Irish informer, has been ad-
judged insane.
A PLOT to blow up the Rothschiid mansion
With dynamite was tbwarted at Vienna on the
7th.
In suppressing fight between railroad labor
sfs and villagers at Pressa, Italy, on the 9Th
inst, carbineers fired on the disturbers, killing
eight and wounding fourteen of the villagers.
ONE thousand Egyptian rebels who were
marching on Khartoum, were defeated by
tribes friendly to Gen. Gordon on the 9Th.
Two members of the firm of Parker, solicitors
in Bedford Row, London, have absconded,
with their clients title deeds. Their liabilities
amount to $10,000,0O0.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-19
GENERAL

A SALE of 6,000 acres of pine land in Lincoln
County, Wis, for @1OC, 900 has been consum-
mated.
A FINE quarry Of black and green roofing
slate has been discovered near LAnse, Mich.
J. A. PATTERSON and R. Rhett, New York
petroleum speculators failed on the 18th.
LIEUT.. JOHN. W. DANENHowER, Of jeanette
Arctic expedition fame, was married ut Oswe-
go, on the morning Of the 12th, to Miss Helen
Latin Sloan, daughter Of ex-Speaker Sloan, of
the New York Legisl ature.
ABRAHAM BREATH, an old abolition hero,
died at A ton, ILL.,, on the 10th.
EDWARD e. N1cKERsoN & Co., manufacturers
Of boots and shoes 1T Lynn, Mass, failed on
the 10th.
The new fast mail train made the run from
Chicago to Ottumwa, Ia, (s0o miles) on the
18th inst, in seven hours.
WENDELL Bo11xAN, the famous bridge
builder. died at Baltimore on the morning OF
the 11th, aged 70 years.
Snow was four feet deep at Phillips, Me-, on
the 11th and all the railroads blockaded.
MARoHANT d Co., hCur shippers, Baltimore,
made an assignment on the 11th inst. Liabili-
ties SS0, 200. Ea....... 4. ~.- w r.
A. ). MooA1Bx l. Co., bankers At Muscoda,
Wis.,, have failed. Liabilities e24, ,S81.0S.
BISHOP ROBERT d. C1ARKsoN died ut Omaha,
Neb., on the morning Of the 10th.
WISCONSIN deaths on the 9th: Frank d.
Chapman, of Hudson, Mrs. George II. Willis
ton, Of GAINESVILLE, and Nathan Burdock, Of
Edgerton.
E. A. EDDY, master car-builder in the St.
Paul railway shops at Racine for TWENTY-FIVE
years, died on the 9Th, aged "a.
An investigating committee has pronounced
the cattle disorder which has broken ont ir
Kansas to bo the dread foot-and-mouth dis.
e&se.
DAVID MoR1rcH1E. Racine's Oldest citizen
died on the 9th, aged 92
BARNES & MoV1oKER, an Eau Claire hard
ware firm, failed on the 9Th. Liabilities 5000
THERE were 272 business failures in th,
United States and Canada during the weel
ending March z, IN increase Of 81 over th,
previous seven days. Bueiness is particularly
bad in Canada. t5G55a
The Chicago Consolidated Paper Compen,
failed on the 7th. Liabilities 450, 900.
A COPPER vein has been struck at Wauzeka
Crawford County, Wis.
JONI W. BECKER, an old resident Of Ea,
Claire, died on the 9Th.
ANEW railroad company called the Duluth
Fargo & Black Hills line, has been incorporat
ed, to run from Fargo northwestwazd, cross
i ing the Missouri near Fort Yates and thence Il
the Black Hills.
EVAN EDwARDs' dry goods store. .at Appleto
is in the hands Of the sheriff. Liabilities 92s,
600; assets $4,000.
i A. 4. LowRH, an oil speculator ct Oil Cit
and New York, has suocumbed, and the fail
ures Of Rice d Ryder and A. +. HeminRs sr
also announced.
]. r. CooPER, . hardware dealer Of Ea
Nlairo Wia has Fa1lod vsk1, EeIi1i$3n. - q IN
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-19
A SNEAK THlEF'S HAUL.

Twenty-seven Thousand Dollars Stolen
from Vault.
CHICAGO, March 7.-Last Saturday
about 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Pay
master G. s. Bartlett, of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad, left
his Office for lunch without taking the
precaution to close the combination of
the big safe, in which the money for
the payment of employees was deposited.
On leaving the room he did so without
waiting for the return of other attaches
of the Office, who had also gone to
lunch. Before his return the safe was
robbed of all of its contents, with the
exception of some packages of nickels
and small change, the total amount dis
appearing, as near as the company's
officials can estimate being $27. 1000. On
the facts becoming known investigation
was instituted. Paymaster Bartlett was
discharged from the service of the COM
pany for negligence, and the matter was
placed in the hands of detectives. An
effort was made to keep the affair secret
in the hope that detectives would be fa-
cilitated in their work, but the affair
becoming known and in the belief that
exaggerated statements would be pub
lished concerning the robbery the
officials showed willingness that the
exact facts be furnished the public. The
theory advanced by the treasurer of the
company is that the robbery was ac-
complished by sneak-thief. Two doors
led into the cashier Office from vacant
room, one of which was found aiar on
the paymaster's return. The paymas-
ter's room is located in the general Offices
of the company, on the second floor
of the building, and was constructed
especially with view to guard against
intrusion or theft, but in this instance
the most ordinary precautions appear to
have been ignored. The explanation
given by the paymaster is that it was
supposed that the vacant room adjoining
his ofice was always kept locked, but in
this case it was proved otherwise. This
door was close to and adjoining
the vault in which the safe is located.
When the paymaster left the room the
cashier of the company and an assistant,
occupied practically the same room,
but sat at desks somewhat removed from
the vault, and in an angle which partial
ly concealed the entrance to the vault, &C
that any one entering from the vacant
room could have accomplished the rob-
berry without their knowledge. The
paymaster assumes that the robbery
must have been committed by some one
having complete knowledge of the room
and the habits of it's occupants.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-19
YOUTHFUL PARRICiDES

IA ny Thirteen a % indicted Tor for Murder.
WoRTHNaToN, Minn., March 8-The
grand jury has indicted William Riley,
16 years of age, for murder in the first
degree for shooting his father at their
home near Adrian, as detailed some time
since. His sister, Mary kiley, 13 years
of age has been indicted for being an ac-
cessory after the fact, and has been ar
raigned therefor. The boy will plead
guilty through his attorney who will
make statement of the causes leading
to the terrible CRIME. The story of the
murder is as follows: Riley disappeared
the evening of February l last. After
he was missed the boy William took the
management of affairs and attracted at
tention by buying things, also by con-
Trajectory stories as to the disappear
ance of his father. William LETT Feb
ruary 13, and the same day his sister
confessed to the murder as follows:
Some two weeks previous the deed had
been resolved upon, and hole ten feet
deep was cut down into q straw-stack.
The girl said her brother had been
whipped by their father the previous
night, and he rose early the following
morning and shot his father through
the head while be lay asleep
in bed; that they left him dead in bed
all that day until late at night, whe
they dragged the body by the feet out
doors and upon the straw pile, and COW
cred it in q hole they had dug some two
weeks previous. The girl said that the
boy had frequently prepared to kill
their father with an ak, but she dissuad-
ed him, and that he mixed poison in q
glass of milk, which his father drank,
however, without injury. The boy hid
the bloody bed-clothes under the house
afterremoving the body, and reported
to the neighbors that his father he'd
gone away without saying anything
ahOnf re4r,~-,ino
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-19
At q Mormon Dance.

utah Cor. Cincinnati enquirer J
I have attended parties of both sects.
The Mormon party was chiefly distin-
guishable for the abundance Of its pretty
young girls, and the rather lareepropor-
tion Of elderly and gray headed escorts,
while the scarcity of middle-ag women
and the small proportion of young men
seemed conspicuous.
The appearance of blooming little
Mormon beauty, scarcely into her teens
whirling through passionate waltz in
the close embrace of fiery-eyed old
grandfather, in whom the fires had no
right to lurk, struck me as singularly
unpoetical. A friend has ikened it to
the appearance of snow-storm on .
sunny July day. It is one of the famous
''beanties of poIygamy," this blending
of winter and summer.
The girls have grown accustomed to
it and generally accept their aged part
ners gracefully. The old fellows them
selves seem never to grow rusty. They
fall as maudllnly in love at 80 as they
did at 18 and their watery eyes gloat
over the soft complexions of their fair
companions witn all the appreciation of
q connojeseur in the art of s'mashing,"
and their exalted position in the ranks
Of faithful serves ofttimes to make them
dangerous rivals of any-youthful Adonis
who may venture to enter the Lists
against them. At the Gentle party
which I attended, a masquerade, I sas
much amused by the character assumed
by one of the male maskers, aided by
half-dozen feminine companions. he
impersonated an old rustic Mormon and
the girls figured as his six wives Of six
different d. grees of age, from 13 up to
so, and of six different styles of beauty
"a blue-eyed schoolgirl an uncouth
German peasant clod, = sparkling bru-
nette of petite form, buxom Scottish
Highland lassie, a strong-minded,
strong featured, vinegary-browed dame
of 40 and 8 grav -baired matron.
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NEW YORK.
FIou1-super State and Wsstsrn
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-19

FILEN M FAIRBANKS, MD.
Office and Residence, corner West Main and
Maple Streets, opposits Public School Building,
Austin, MINI. At home until 4. II. and from II
to P. n.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-19
MILWAUKEE,.
F1ou1-Patsnts, high srsdss..... e25 4
C6ICAGO.
F1oun-aood 70 Choice SPRING" a9s
ST. LOUIS.

WHEAT-No. 2 Red d................
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OATs-Ao. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
RYI-No. .l........................
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-26
HOILER ENpLOyION,
A House Demolixhed,S Three Pcrso1
I. III, Killed and Several Injured.

A House Demolixhed, Three Persons
~! Ia, Killed and Several Injured.
DuBuouE,, Ia, May 24,-A terrible boiler
accident occurred here at AIS this alter.
noon, two Of three boilers in the sash and
door factory Of Carr, Ryder & Wheeler ex-
ploding with terrible force, and the boiler.
house was completely destroyed.
A solid division wall(aeparated the boil.
or house from the mill, else the destruction
and loss Of liietwould have been terrible,
The mill employs two hundred men, and a
corner, ofa dwelling, near the boiler house,
waa torn completely out and several wo.
mon injured. The engineer and two fire.
men werein. .the;boier house at the time,
and were buried:bencath tho debris. y Two
children playing near to it, were also
buried. Y The following are the killed:
Milo NJ Mallen, engineer, aged thirty
leaves a wife.+s Fritz Yilldanger, fireman
single, and two children Of Charles May
aged six and three. Michael Mclaughlin
second fireman, horribly burned md man
gled, and cannot live. j. Mrs. Margaret W al
ter, struck by flying bricks and badly cut
her daughter.in law, Mrs. Albert Walter
and herethree childran were also injured
M.s. Lear and Mrs. iVogler,, in the same
dwelling, were also hurt. /: is not though
that any other bodies were under the debrii
than thogU j OF the engineer and hremen
The .loes on tho building is estimated a
IS 900; inlly insured. The proprietors ar
at a LOGS to. know the reason of the eYnlo
sion, but It is .ascribed to low water in III
boilers, which were carrying full head 9
steam. y ~ Z n I "a, 4 {. ~
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Tue lSTELLIGEScER is reminded that
publications rejecting on the bad example
Of come Of the professors at the University
are unjust to tho innocent because the
guilty are not named. The INrELLIoENcg.
painfully aware Of this; and it results
i.'om a disinclination 10 drag the delin-
qdt nts before the public view.
Thu ISrELLlaRSeER has hoped that the
Regenl.' would deal heroically With this
part Of tie University trouble. But 6 suit
against the ISTELLloEScER for slander has
been suggested. That will bring out names,
0! course, and We incline 10 the opinion
that that is about the best way to bring
them out. It will alao bring out some eyi. .
dence which has bsen Withheld because Of
particularly diragreesble nature. X; ]?
1t is unfortunate that thereN;s anything
d this kind in connection with tho general
disorder that is slrangling the University,
but thoae who are responsible for it think
the greatest misfortune is that the public
hes been told about it. s.s 4 IA A : i,.-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-26
NEARLY A MURDER,
A Bloody How Betwsen Railroad La
..E bnrerS Near Washington, PA.

A bloody How Betwsen Railroad La
5l bnrerS Near Washington, PA.
Special Dipa!ch to the Inieligeneer. E.
WASHINGTON, Pa, May 25.-Several hun.
dred laborera-1talians, negroes and Irish.
men-are employed ut Bradys tunnel, on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, a mile from
town. Saturday was payday, and a mum.
ber had been drinking. Two negroes,
William Burke and Warder Myers, who
were intoxicated, began gambling Saturday
evening. Myers took out iorty dollars to
stake on the game, when Burke snatched
the money and ran. Myers demanded It
and quarrel enaued. Burke drew q
thirty.two caliber revolver and f,red eev.
eral shots. One OF the balls took effect in
Myers right cheek. A dangerous wound
was made, but 1t Is now thought that ho
will recover. After the shooting Burke
was seized by q crowd OF iniuriated ne.
groes, who obtained rope with which 10
lynch him. They were dissuaded from
their purpose, however, but Burke was
beaten with large clubs and was weltering
In blood. The police finally arrived. and.
with g gang of incensed: men following,
brought Burke almost on. q run to town,
where he was safely. lodged in jail. Nu.
merous, threats were mado against Burke.
Myers was moved to the county, home this
morning, ssEi.s.LsSszsl.sIS, -,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-26
BIG OIL FIRE
Al Phlladelphtn-ttvc Acres Of FLAMES
~ {!Lg LoSR Half Million.

-
~ III, 4 :Ir: LosR Halfn Million. s..
Pn1LApELpn1A, May Tho fire in the
Atlantic OH Works spread during the
night and is still sweeping over the works.
A dozen storage tanks burnt. Efforts are
being made 70 run of the oil in the tanks.
The paraftine works, consisting Of several
brick buildings, we're destroyed. I.
y All the oil property at Point Breeze is
considered in peril. The tug stokley ia
aiding the. fire department from The river
front. Application has been made to Gen.
Hartrantt TO send detail OF the Keystone
Battery to blow up tho tanks OF the Bel.
mont Works, to Bave property and prevent
the fire spreading 10 the Gas works.
at noon fourteen tanks OF oil weroa ablaze
and several more in great danger. The
flames spread over, FIVE acree, and are likely
to continue to burn ior several days. /
The firemen feel confident that thew can
keep it confined to the oil new burning
Since 4 o'clock this morning several explo.
sions have occurred. z Achange in the wind
may spread the ha,nts. 1t is now said Thai
the loss will reach 5000, ,0OO.Y 3. 8 - ) : Z
At midnight the situation at the oil fire
is practically unchanged Late this alter.
noon the twenty; i've thousand barrel tank
took lire, and cannon were at once, fred
into It. Several holes were made in the
tank, 9 twelve-pcund $projsctile from a
naval .howiizsr, tearing the whole lanpe
from the center. Tho. oil poured out in
torrents, and the battery men and fremen
were Obliged torun from the burning fluid
and leave the guns to; be destroyed. The
oil then burned without doing other dam.
age. The heavens were illuminated during
the night BY; several tanks bubbling over
The fire will be- apt to- burn several days
vel Y z 49,. ~ ts.::tl - n. 50 -
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) CONGRESSIONAL nATcEtS. i
The BVsine.x Likely 10 Engros3 tho A
Tension of CongreM this ,feek. Y, + =

The BVsine.x Likely 10 EDgr0ss tho AZ,
tension of ConEresx this ,SeeG. ~
WASHINGTON, D, c., May 25 -To.mor.
rows scs,lon5 Of the House will probably
be- DEVOTED to the consideration Of the Wal
lsce.McKinley contested election case. A
haal vote upon it, however, is not eFpecledd
before Tuscday.,. Representative Willis in
tends to call up tho river and harbor
appropriation bill wheneyet, iae eieptiogn
contest 10 out. Of the way, and Randall
save 81 lie will AK tho House to enter upon
TIC consideration Of the Legislative, Ex5cu.
tive and judicial Appropriation bill as
aeon rs the river AND harbor bill is dis
posed of. It 10 estimated lhs 'lalter will
eolsumc about three days. somo mem
Sars tavcr limiting the general debssepPo4
Il 10 six hosru. Y ltisprobable that during
the later part OF the sundry Civil and
Forti6cation appropriation 4 bills will
NJ; reported. There will tlef & be
only; one appropriation bill, namely the
general deficiency bill, 10 DO prepared by
the committee. OF the remsiu4er Of the
thirteen annual appropriation bills, tue
Pension, Indian, Naval ana oonatolhc have
been ipassed, by both House! and Senate,
but tie House having refused to concur In
numerous amendments made BY tho Sepate
they were a!k referred 10 the Conferences
Committees and still awsit an adjustment
\ OF tho points in controversy. q "a lT5
tE.lNo,e than one hundred i amendment:
waIe added by the Senate to the Indian
appropriation blu. Prominent members