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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
A TERRIBLE DEATH.

A Father and Child Eaten by Wolves
The Mother Dies From Fright.
A Vienna dispatch of the Goth, tells
a horrible story of death in the forest.
A Hungarian clergyman named Kras-
nisora, while travelling on sledge to
Louca, with wife and child, was pursued
by wolves. His wife, terror stricken,
at the sight of the animals, let the child
fall from the sledge. The husband
jumped out to save the child, and both
were devoured. but not before the father
killed two of the wolves. Meanwhile
the horses attached to the sledge ran
away, and the unfortunate mother, ow-
ing to the terrible trial to which she
was subjected, was prematurely deliv-
cred of dead child. The horses ran
to Louca, and upon arrival there people
found the woman herself dead in the
sledge. The terrible tragedy took place
within un hour.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
SHORT
| |k|E.
MILWAUKEE
AND ST: paul:

1t owns and operates over 1900 miles of road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa an
lions reach all the great business centres Of the
Northwest and Far West, it n aturaly answers the
description Of Short Lin and Best Route between
ChtSaso. ma1M .1n1,s aukee' St PauI and
Chicago, MiIWauAee, Portage, La
Crosse and WbnOna.
Aberdeen and Eliendale.
CHICAGO, MIL w aukoe, Eau Claire and
Chicsse. Milwaukee, waus.u ana
Chica9o, milwaukee, Beaver Dam.
EOD0 au Lac and O1hk OShe
Chicago. Milwaukee. Wauko6ha and
Chicago. NltlHaukee, Madison nm
Prairie du Chien.
chicago. MilWa1kse. Owatenna,
Chicsso, Beioii, Janesviie and Min-.
oral POints
Chicaso. Eisin, Rockfera and D.-
Chicago, Clinlon, Rock Island. Cedar
RapSds and T1mas
CHICAGO. Oes Moinss. Council Bluffs
Chicazc, Cantor, sioux city. sioux
E151> and YanktOns
Chicako, MllWaukee, Albert Lea and
Milchell and Chamberiais.
Rock Island; IDubuque, 50. Paul and
Davenport. Galmar, 81. P.uI and
Mtnne1pOlis.
uIilwankee, Recine. Beloit, Freepsrl
and Rock lslauds
dim River Valley Iane.) ...5
Pwls,,sam Sscepers and ths Exeease
Dlais0 Cars o. ne sce,ls5 Sc run 81 t6s
main lines Of the CNKCA6O, AILWAU.
liz = sE. "a n RA1LWAY,. and
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
GOLDEN HAIR.
A LOCK of 1t Tied With Red RibbOl
I'm q Suicides HRnds

A LOCK Of 1t Tied With Red Ribbon
I'm a Suicides Hand.
a general alarm was sent out from
the New York police headquarters Oh
the afternoon of the 18th for Arthur @.
Bisbee, young man who had been
missing since the previous afternoon.
he was employed in his fathers shoe
store. Later dispatch was received
from the High Bridge police station
stating that the body of man supposed
to be Arthur G. Bisbee had been found
in the woods near One Hundred and
Seventy fifth Street and Central Ave.
nue.. The body was lying in clump of
bushes about 800 feet west OF the ave-
nue.. In the right temple was bullet
wound, and close beside the body lay
small revolver. A long tress of beauti-
full golden hair, carefully tied with a
piece Of bright red ribbon, was clenched
in the dead mans hand.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
TOMAHAWK AND TORCH.
Indians on the War Path in Texas.
A Family Murdered and the Stock
Rum Off.

Gen. Stanley, commanding the de-
partment Of Texas, received word from
Pena, Colorado County, Tex, on the
10Th, stating that q large band of In
dams were raiding Presidio and adia-
cent counties. On Sunday they at
tackled Petty's ranch, near Chisos, Pre-.
sidio County, and after brave defense
and Petty's death, captured the house,
outraged and murdered Mrs. Petty and
carried off the three children, two girls
and q boy. aged respectively 13, II and
8 years. There was no one else on the
ranch. They burned the dwelling, tore
down the corrals and drove off some
twenty head of cattle and four horses.
Gen. Stanley Immediately ordered
Lieut.. Eggleston and scouting party
from Pena, Colorado County, to start
in pursuit. A party was also dispatched
from Fort Davis, travelling at nearly
right angles, in an endeavor to inter-
cept the retreat of the Indians into
Mexico. The Indians are supposed to
be part of Crooks antagonists who
had become separated from their tribe.
They came from Mexico. This is the
first raid reported in some years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
PIEsFRE,
n N6anufacturing Du.iness

9 4 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 endevelopedby Pierre mer-
chants with the Black Hills and the
country up and down the river, and
with lower rate of freight than can be
obtained at Watertown or Huron, or
any other point in South Central Dako-
ia, 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 moro sales wero
made than in the previous two years Of
the city's growth, and there has been q
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 springs
business and an advance in prices.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
THE COUNT ENDED.
Cleveland Chosen President the
United States.
The Democratic Plurality In New
York Nearly ], 1,1OOs

The canvass of the pre- eidential vot
in New York was completed on the
night of the 18th. Col. Geo. Bliss.
Robert Sewel and John E. Bradsky,
the lawyers representing the Republic
ans, remained on guard to the last.
The official declaration of the vote and
it's certtication by the county canvass
ers is all that is now required to make
the canvass in the city complete. The
footings of the several assembly districts
were made the same evening in the
county clerks Office, and confirmed by
the lawyers on both the Republican and
Democratic sides. The footings were
made on the vote of Mr.. Ottendorfer,
who had the lowest vote on the Demo
cratic electoral ticket, and Mr.. Blake
man, the elector who had received the
highest vote on the Republican side.
Those two are at the head of the cleo
toral tickets. This gives Mr.. Cleveland
a plurality of 43,064 in the city. The
plurality on all the other Cleveland
electors will be about 100 more, or
about 43,160. The revisions of
the footings in Brooklyn have
AAeS<AO 0ASAV CA0AAO6 Ill VU0
tables. The official announcement Of
the result of the canvass was made in
Erie and Monroe Counties on the 18th.
In the former the corrections added two
votes each to Cleveland and Blaine,
leaving the plurality unchanged. st.
John has gained by the final correction
63 in Erie County and lost 13 in Mon
roe, and Butler gains % in Monroe.
With all the changes and corrections
all counties except Greene, officially
declared canvassed, the total vote for
Cleveland, counted by the vote of the
lowest elector, is 563,l05. The total
vote for Blaine for his highest elector
is SCI 1898. This gives Cleveland plu-
rality of 1,107 in the state on his lowest
elector. It will be 1000 on all the
others. It is now officially settled that
Mr.. Cleveland has carried the state.
has 219 electoral votes, and is elected
president. The total vote of the state
was 1, ,167, 1876.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
P / E ; R|||| R|||| B E,
DAk oTA

The oity Of Pierre is the county seat
of Hughes County, Dak.,. and is To-
Gated on the east bank of the Missouri
River, in the geographical center Of tho
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 4 Northwest.
ern Railway; is distant 78l miles from
Chicago. and through daily trains with
out change Of cars run between the two
cities in 50 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 OF bench
is toward the river, the city is perfectly
drained and is free from the dangers re-
sulting from floods or imperfect sewer
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
Smoke Consumers.

tFrom the Detroit Free Prese.l
WANTED-A SMOKE CONSUMER.
Such was the sign hung out by q
prominent firm. In about three minutes
in walked man and applied for job.
"Sur," said he, sI've been 3 dockwoll.
oper and.a coal HEAVIER, and I think I
might learn to be smoke consumer.
But the boss thought he wouldnt do.
An hour passed by and the Office was
filed with agents of smoke consumers.
They al besieged the senior partner
and began to talk.
aOurs is the oldest firm in the mar
ket, !" said one; aour consumer can be
attached to q cigar or bonfire. It saves
about fifty per cent, and
s.That's nothing, spoke up another,
sours gathers in the smoke from the air
around, and so saves
aOurs was once attached to o house;
afiro, !" yelled No. 8, and the fire burn
ed steadily for three weeks. You can
estimate the saving for yourself. :
Gentlemen, put in another, sthe
consumer which I have the honor to
represent saves so much that after il is
once put on you never have TO repleniah
the fire. Z
And mine. ." shouted No. 5, ''is scon.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
PIE:FRE1.
The Population Of Pierre Il
: 2,600. w..

It has IN 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-olass hotels open, two daily
and four weekly newspapers, four banks
and numerous wholesale and retail
houses in various branches of trade.
Tho 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 5000 to 81, 900,
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.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
A SINGULAR COMPACT.

the Husband Waitslill Arrested.
Several weeks ago John Downey and
wife, living at Windsor, Ont, decided
to commit suicide by drowning them
selves as they were destitute. The wife
ended her days in the manner agreed
upon, but the mans courage failed him.
When Mrs.. Downey's body was found,
the husband was arrested on suspicion
Of having caused her death, but he re-
lated the compact into which they had
entered. and was released. Since then
he has been respondent and on the 18th,
hanged himself. He was 55 years of
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
WAUKESHA'S LOSS.

Fire Destroys tue Large WoDlen
MILLS, Causing q Loss Of ~, 900.
Att o'clock on the evening of the
18th inst, fire was discovered in the en-
gine room of the Waukesha Woolen
Mill, at Waukesha, Wis, and before the
flames could be gotten under control,
the entire building was in ruins. The
loss is placed at $75, 900, only partially
covered by insurance. A large number
of people are thrown out of employ
ment. The building was owned by q
stock company, and it is thought will be
robuilt. ..-.-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
NO MORE GLOVE FIGHTS.
Sparriug Exhibitions to be Taboo
In New York;

Sparrin1 Exhibitions to be TabOOed
e In New York;
The New York police commissioners
received q communication from the
mayor on the 14th asking that the
police prevent the glove fights, such as
take place in Madison Square Garden,
on the ground that they were demoral-
izing and differed in no degree from
prize fights. The superintendent Of
police was accordingly instructed 20
prohibit such exhibitions in the future,
and an order to that effect was sent to
all police captains.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
AN EDITOR SHOT.

A Brother of Charles De Young, Of
san Erancisc0, the Victim.
In consequence of an article publish
ed in the San Francisco Chronicle in
regard to a meeting of the Hawaiian
Sugar Company, Adolph Spreckels,
whose father, Sir Claus Speckels, is
president of the company, shot NJ. 81.
De Young, proprietor of the paper, in
his counting-room on the evening of
the 10Th. Spreckels fred three shots,
all of which took effect. De Young will
probably die. -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
= TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
Five Children Fatally Injured
Chicago at n Bonfire.

Five Children Fatally Injured
Chicago at a Bonfire.
A number of young children start
ed bonfire in Chicago on the night of
the 18th, and rolled into it barrel con-
tanning rosin and turpentine. The bar
rel exploded with terrific force, very
seriously burning and injuring six chill
dreu, five of whom are not expected to
survive. The names and ages of the
seriously injured are: Adam Poole, 10
years Runnell Poole, 13 years; James
Daley, 8 years; Eddie Burke, 10 years
Maggie Burke, 5 years. The injured
are all children of poor people.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
rERRIBLE EXPLOSION.

The Boiler 81 . River Steamer Ex-
plodes, WHecktng the Boat and Kill.
s. 1n9 Twelve PersOnss
The steamer Captain Sam, plying on
the Alabama River between Montgom-
cry and Selma, exploded her boiler
while attempting 70 clear . sand bar, on
the evening Of the 18th. The D0st was
6 total wreck. Four personsswere in
stantly killed, and eight more so fright
fully mangled that they only lived q
short time. The captain daughterwas
among the killed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
a DEVILS DEED.
Train Wreckers in Texas Cause q
Terrible Accident.


The most appalling railroad disaster
in the history of Texas, occurred on the
14th, at Clear Greek, on the Houston &
Texas Central Railroad, two miles
southeast of Hampstead. The scene OF
the disaster is known as one of the most
dangerous points along the line of the
road. The creek, with channel fifteen
feet in depth, is spanned by q bridge
built from an embankment thirty feet
high. Until about three months ago
there was tankat the bridge, but petty
depredations on freight trains which
stopped there caused it to be abandoned.
The men who had been engaged as at
tendants became very angry and
made dastardly threats, which the
circumstances Of the wreck indi-
cate may. have been carried out.
They had removed the holdings Of the
right rail which on the curve was the
higher one, and with the remnants o
food and q few tools found at an aban
doned camp in the woods, they awaited
their booty. But contrary to their ex-
pectations instead of freight, the pas
senger train which left Hudson at 1915
P. M, and should have passed Clear
Creek at IL :15 o'clock, was behind time.
The train consisted of two baggage cars,
q MOL and an express, two coaches and
two sleepers and carried 12O passengers.
The locomotive struck the loosened
rail and glided on to the bridge, but
just as the pressure rested on the ex-
treme of the rail it uplifted and the bag
gage car went crashing over the EN-.
bankment and into the depths of the
creek. The remaining cars followed
with great velocity, piling fast upon
each other, and burying the passengers
beneath q mass of debris in the water. The
night was inky black. The wild shrieks
of the appalled, and mangled passengers
were horrifying as the water poured
through the windows andghastly rents in
the woodwork. To add to these horrors, q
stove overturned and the flames lighted
the tinder-like material that had piled
above the surface of the water, cutting
off that retreat the imprisoned passen-
gers had. Everybody at once became
paralyzed with fear. except Charles
Brown, colored porter, who dipped up
water and threw it into the flames in
time to get them under control. He
then found the train axes, and, placing
them in hands of strong men, holes
were cut for egress, and the men es-
capped, and set about preparing for the
rescue of the dead and wounded. That
work was soon accomplished. The
mangled bodies were placed upon i'm
provised benches and hunks aud a
special train was ordered,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26

Der %, 1883, and the testimony is chief.
y circumstantial. Jacob d. Crouch
was q wealthy farmer living outside Of
town. His youngest son, Judd s.
Crouch, and Daniel s. Holcomb are
suspected Of the murder, and have been
granted separate trials. Henry Hol-
comb, brother of Daniel, will also be
tried for perjury in the case Of Joseph
Allen, whom he accused Of the murder.
A large number Of witnesses have been
secured for both the prosecution and
the defense.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
THE CROUCH MURDER.

The TRIAL Of HOlcOunb Boxun &C
JacksOD, mich.
AT Jackson, Micb., on the 14th, q
8 jury was impaneled in the Crouch
murder case, and the case was opened
by the prosecution. It is the trial Of
Daniel s. Holcomb for the murder Of
the Crouch family, consisting Of jacob.
d. Crouch, his daughter and son-in-law
and 9 farmer who was buying cattle Of
Crouch. The murder occurred Novem-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
DAKO1H.
IPSWICH is to have a $4,000 grist

~
IPSWICH is to have a $4,000 grist
mill.
ANOTHER bank is to be established in
Centerville.
MAIL service has opened between
Fort Randall and Mitchell.
The young ladies of Dell Rapids are
preparing the cantata, "Land of Nod
The Iroquois post-ofice is to have q
new set of boxes, and other improve
ments
The county-seat of Brule County re-
mains at Chamberlain, for the present,
at least.
DEER and antelope are captured in
droves west of the Missouri River, being
driven from their lairs by p,airie fires
it is reported.
Round TRIP tickets from Livingston
to New Orleans are now sold at $85, less
than half fare.
ALTHOUGH La Moure is eighty miles
beyond Fargo, coal sells there little
less than at Fargo.
SEVERAL hundred evergreens have
been planted in the grounds about the
new capitol at Bismarck.
WooNsoCKET secured the county seat
of Sanborn County at the recent elec-
tion by majority of % votes.
CHARLEY HOWARD, just reelected
treasurer of Minnehaha County, has
filed the Office for fourteen consecutive
years.
The counties of Butte, Lawrence,
and Pennington, in the Black Hills,
have elected women superintendents OF
schools.
The firm of L. Adler & Co., Huron
firm, made an assignment. They were
supposed to be solvent. Liabilities,
SIS, 1887.
THERE is some prospect of an Indian
training school being established at
Pierre, in connection with the uni
versity.
An artesian well at Hurley, only
twentythree feet deep, spouts stream
of water four feet above the surface of
the ground.
FRANK JAMES, q brakeman, aged 30
years, fell from q train at jamestown
and was crushed to death. His father
lives in Paris, III.
Sioux FALLS polled /, ,113 votes from
which is figured population of 6, 600.
Yankton polled 819 votes, and SO claims
q population in excess Of 5000.
HATTIE M. BRAcY brought suit against
the city of Aberdeen for damages sus-
tanned by falling into an open cellar
way. and the jury has awarded her
$1,750.
THE wife of Col. Lowner, of Fort
Totten, is one Of the best shots in Da-
kota. She has killed ia prairie chick
ems this fall, and the first deer ever
brought down on Mouse River.
The Bismarck Journal says: The
capitol building is now complete, and
The capitol commission, now in session,
will make final settlement with the con-
tractor, and turn the building over to
the governor ready to be occupied by
al territorial officers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
LATE NEWS NOTES.

A large portion of the town of Hick-
man, KY, was destroyed by fire on the
Goth. Loss estimated at $125,OOO.
The private banking house of Adams
4 Leonard, Dallas, Tex, closed it's
doors on the Goth. Liabilities $780,
600.
Sixty persons were poisoned in the
village of Hernals, Austria, through the
carelessness of the village miller, who
mixed rat poison with his flour.
:. The village of Toisnot, n. G., was
destroyed by fire on the 10Th. Loss
$4,000. :.
Smallpox has broken out in two On
tario villages. At Tweed regular PAN
ic prevails.
Forest fires are doing much damage
in Greensville County, Virginia. The
protracted drouth has made everything
sdry and highly inflamm able.
The waters of the Nile are receding
rapidly, and the British expedition will
probably be delayed until the next ris-
ing of the river.
HIRAM BoD1NE, of Ohio, q govern
ment clerk, shot himself through the
heart while at his desk on the 18th.
MISS CARRIE AsroR, daughter of
VIM. Astor, and Orme Wilson were
married in regal style in New York city
on the 18th..
A LACK of orders has caused the clos
ing of the mills of the Sharon Iron
Company at Sharon, Pa. The mill en-
ployed 500 men.
HOWARD BR1GHEL, aged 12,. fatally
stabbed Charles Ross, aged Is, in =
quarrel during baseball game ct
Pleasant Unity, Pa, on the 18th.
PATTERSON, N. j., was visited by a
100000 fire on the 18th.
The Continental Hotel, at Fargo, D.
T., was leveled by fire on the 18th. Loss
$75,OOO.
The Clarendon Hotel, at Aspen,
Colo, burned on the 18th. Loss $19,-
600.
Fire at Millbank, D. T., on the 18th,
caused loss of $15O,O0O.
Fred. Kruger, aged %, son of As
semblyman Kruger, of Neenah, Wis.,,
committed suicide on the 18th by
shooting himself through the head.
Fire on the night of the 18th, partial
ly destroyed the buildings of Northern
Insane Hospital, near Oshkosh, Wis,
causing loss of about $15, 900. Great
excitement was caused by the confagra.
ton, as there were over 600 patients in
the main building.
Otis P. G. Clarke has been appointed
commissioner of patents.
The coal miners in the Monongahela
region, after being out nine months, are
returning to work at the old rates.
Alfred Slaughter, dissolute negro,
fatally shot his wife at Chicago, on the
18th, because she refused to give him
money. He then committed suicide.
Fire at Arkansas City, Tenn, on the
10th, destroyed the Eureka Mill. Loss
$125, 900.
Doxey's Opera House, at Anderson,
Ind, burned on the 18th. Loss $780,
600, with no insurance.
Fire among the Lockhaven, Pa,
lumber yards on the 18th, caused loss
of 100000.
Peter Otto, Buffalo confectioner,
while drunk, on the 14th killed his wife
with shot gun.
By way of furnishing her, for inebrie-
ty, James Rame, of Rondout, n. Y,
kicked his wife to death on the 18th.
On the night Of the 14th, two tramps
entered the house of Joachim Demlow,
near Des PLANES, ILL.,, killing the pro-
prietor and his wife. The murderers es-
caped.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-26
AT LONG RANGE.
Gordon Has q Little Rifle Practice at
E.Am0eRman. .------

GOrdOn Hos g Little Rifle Practice at
'Am0eHman. 49,
Advices of the 18th from Dongola
state that the rebels returned in great
force to Amderman twenty days ago.
This place is only short distance from
Khartoum, on the west bank Of the
White Nile. Gordon sent two steamers
to shell them out, but the attempt was
unsuccessful. The rebels returned the
fire of the steamers vigorously, with
Krupp cannon and with such execu-
ton that the paddles OF one of the
steamers was soon disabled. Thereup-
on both returned to Khartoum.