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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
WHIPPED TO DEATH.
lnhuman Treatment of q 7.Years Oh
Boy in New ampShire.

lnhuman Treatment of q Wear. Old
Boy in New hampshire.
Residents of South Newmarket, n.
f., are greatly excited over the death of
Sydney Farmer, z years old, the son of
q poor widow at birmingham. The
boy was taken by William Gilpat1ick,
who agreed to educate him, and it is
now said that he whipped the child so
severely that it died from the effects of
the brutal treatment. The instrument
was a heavy harness strap and the
child's body was covered with bruises.
Gilpatrick, it is charged, stripped the
lad and threw him over chair and tax
ing the strap in both hands, beat his
helpless victim until he was uncon-
scious. The next day he repeated his
brutal act, and sent the boy to the barn
where he died the following day. The
only provocation for the inhuman
treatment was the failure of the lad to
spell word correctly. After the boys
death, his body was packed in a rough
box and sent to his mother. Gilpatrick
fled from his home, but his mother re-
turned and disposed of the property.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17

On the occasion OF his first speech on
Saturday evening august 3O) in the
corn exchange, 62,471 were handed sin,
and 138,445 transmitted. The numler
would have been greater had not Sun
day interviewed, allowing OF the trans
mission of many messages by trains.
On Monday evening (september i the
press messages reached the enormous
number of 117.000 words, causing the
transmission of about 427, 900 words,
the largest lumber ever transmitted on
any one night from Edinburgh. Al s
the Waverly market speech of Tuesd
night (September q 172,821 words Vi =
transmitted. M
On Monday evening, when the strain
was heaviest, 130 operators were keptsat
work, and in spite of the constant
stream of messages the department.
kept abreast of the reporters. As many
as four towns in tho same telegraphio
circuit were enabled to read almost the
same message at the same time. The
message having been punched" on
long slips Of prepared paper, the plan
was adopted, instead of running it en-
tirely through on one machine, Of tax
ing the slip out of the first machine af-
ter it was three yards clear. and run.
ming it into second and third. s,A>
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
. A New War Missile.

A Prof. Ritchie, of Bridgeport, Conn,
now comes to the front with humane
device known as q poisonous air bomb,
which he claims will revolutionize all
modern warfare. The gases before
being introduced into the bomb are sew.
veral times compressed and impregnat-
ed with poison which make them quick
" fatal to any living creature breathing
them. When exploded the gas lies
close to the ground. The bomb ex-
plodes and the air within q radius of 100
feet becomes charged with silent death.
You cannot fight it, you cannot destroy
this silent, self destroying enemy. What
is the result? Why, the men stay and
asphyxiate, but you will find that they
won't. Tney will run away in beaten
and demoralized condition, and this is
one of the best points about the device.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
Remarkable Telegraphy.

A London contemporary supplies
some interesting particulars to the num-
Der OF words transmitted by telegraph
to all pats Of the kingdom on the oc-
casion OF the prime minister's recent
visit to Edinburgh. On the evening of
Mr.. Gladstones arrival, press messages
containing over 1900 words we're
handed in at the telegraph department
OF the general postofdce, but the actual
number Of words transmitted was over
81 900, owing to the fact Of the same
report being sent to more than one
newspaper. Mr.. Gladstone's visit to
the Forth bridge works led to the trans
mission Of 70, 900 words, and his move.
ments on the following day to 1871
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
DARING ROBBERY.

A passenger Train stopped and Plum.
dered Near Little ROck-Six Mon
Arrested and Three identified by tho
Passengers.
At 10 80 o'clock on the night Of the
9th. the passenger train on the Little
Rock, Mississippi River & Texas Road,
when three miles below Little Rock,
Ark, was stopped by five masked rob.
bers, who switched the train, took COM
plete possession and went through all
the passengers. Conductor Rice and
Express Messenger Honeycut were in
the baggage-car. The robbers opened
fire as he went toward the engine and
both men were covered by revolvers.
About seventy-five persons were in the
cars and great excitement followed.
All were ordered to throw up their
hands and the robbers then went to
work. They broke open the express
safe and, according to reports, got
$4,000, and besides obtained from the
passengers, in watches, jewelry and
money, $4,000 more. No indig entities
were offered the passengers and when,
after finishing, the robbers disappeared, !,
they enforced promise from the pas
sengers not to leave the train for ten
minutes. A strong posse headed by
detectives started in pursuit as soon as
the train reached Little Rock. Blood.
hounds, we're put on the trail of the
robbers early the next morn
ing, and followed straight in the city.
Before noon Joseph Cook, J. G. Jones,
John Clifford. Charles Campbell and q
boy named Parker, six in all, had been
arrested. Jones will probably be
released. Three of those arrested have
been identified as among the robbers
The state has offered $1,000 for the
capture of the robbers, to which the
railroad company have added a like sum
The circumstances are strong against
Cook. Clifford and young Parker: In
addition to their being identified, it il
proven that they were away from thei1
boarding house until 2 O'Clock in the
morning.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
A PRISON MURDER;
A Jailed. Convict BrutalIy Murder
by his Ce)lmate.

A Jailed Convict BrutaiIy Murdered
by his Ce)lmate.
A case of unprovoked murder oc-
CURED at the Joliet penitentiary, on the
night of the 9th. The murderer was
John Kelly, alias Williams, and the VIC
tim William Gains. Both men were
sent to the penitentiary from Chicago.
Kelly is an old timer, but Gains was in
for short sentence for burglary, and
is quite young man. It appears that
Kelly had made threats against his cell
mate whom he designated as crank,
and the latter had made application to
be removed to another cell. On the
night of the murder Kelly secreted o
shoemaker's hammer and knife about
his closhes, and after the 9 o'clock
round of the night guard, suddenly at
atcked Gains, who was in bed. The
victim made an outcry, but before help
arrived the murderer had stabbed him
many times, inflicting wounds from
which he will die.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
When the Landlord Was Mad,

sHIOAA iuo ouEllEkVOu d8Wkeyo.l
Whereupon the second vice-president
of the Hawkeye Club Clipped in story
about a country landlord. "You know
old Smith who keeps the hotel down at
Smithville, don't you?" The members
OF the club unanimously voted that
they didn't. "Well, one time two lads
and two lasses went to his hotel and got
married-double wedding, you know.
While the ceremony was being per-
formed old Smith happened to think
that he didn't have cigar in the house
and of course after the ceremony the
bridegrooms would want to set 'em up
on the cigars. So he hustled around
and persuaded drummer to sell him q
box of cigars. He opened the box and
displayed them to the best possible ad-
vantage in his showcase; and he was
gazing on them with great pride and
satisfaction when, the ceremony having
been performed, the two bridegrooms
came out. And what do you s'pose
they did? Borrowed some matches of
old Smith to light their pipes with"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
THE MANDELBAUM,

The Notorious Female 'Taken Into
Camp by lhe Ontario Authorities.
aMarm" Mandelbaum, the notorious
New York afence," together with her
son and her private secretary, were ar
rested at Hamilton, Ont, on the 9th.
The madam jumped her bail in the case
against her for receiving stolen goods.
When arrested she made an effort to
@see" the chief of the Hamilton police,
but it would not do. A large quantity
of valuable jewelry was found in the
possession OF the party. - 4.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
EXPELLING JEWS.

Russian Minister Of the Interior.
A dispatch of the 18th says: "Count
Tolstoi, Minister of the Interior, has or
dered the expulsion of all the Jews re.
siding in Odessa, Kieff and other large
cities. with foreign passports, unless
they also possess special government
permits of residence. The Jewish firms
doing business in these cities are dis
mayed at the order, and many will prob
ably be obliged to go into liquidation"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17

funnier man than Bret Hart, and am
glad to be able to add that Nemesis
overlook him in the person of his eighth
wife. She had cold feet; moreover she
accidentally discovered his little game"
and forthwith denounced him to the
vigilance committee. People in those
days were punished according to the
local arrangements. This particular
Salzburg wit was taken into room up
in the Hohen-Salzburg, where, by
mechanism, he was raised to the ceiling
and then allowed to fall, with weights of
$50 pounds attached to his ankles, down
through trap door on to sharp spikes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
SH0R 7
Ik|E..
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE
AND SEPAyL:

1t owns and operates over 4,6CO miles of road IN
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa an
lions reach sn the great business centres Of the
Northwest and Far West, 1t aturally answers the
description Of Short Line, and Best Route between
Cn,caso. milW % aukee, st. Paul and
Chicago, milwaukee,, Portage, In
Crosse and Winona. ="
chieSsS; sSs;ieen nns isnd.,e or'onvi'le.
Chicago. Milwaukee. Emu Claire ANA
Chicsee. milwaukee, wau.au and
Chicago, Milwaukee,, Beaver Dam.
FODd du Lac and OsbkOshs
Chicago. milwaukee,. Waukesha and
Chicago. nlslwaukee, Madison nm
Prairie du CbieDs
Chicago, Milwaukee. OwatOnnae
manknao ana EaribaMlts
Chicago, Eisin, Rockford and Du.
Chicago, Clinton, s ock Island. Cedar
RAPIDS aud 'Coma.
CHICAGO. Oes Moines. Council Bluffr
Chicaxo, Canton, sioux city, Sioux
Fails aud Y4nklOMs
Chicago, MliSyaakee. Albert Lea and
cniSasS sns s:sn CITY,
Rock Island. Dubuque, st. Paul and
Daxsspo1.: Ssimar, st. Pan, and
u1nvvankee, Racine, Beloit, Freeporl
and Rock Island.
dim River Valley Line.)
D1ssiss0 Cars i,a fhe suorId are run On ths
main lines Of tho CHICAGO, MILWl IL.
KKE e "a: !! "a f1IL 9 R1iLy1zY, .sd "a
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
DEADLY FIRE DAMP.
Fearful Explosion in a Mine Near
Shamokin, Pa.
seven Men Supposed to be Killed By
the ACClQonts

A terrible explosion occurred in the
Henry Clay shaft, two miles from Sha-
mokin, Pa, on the afternoon of the 9Th,
while 200 men and boys were at work
In the mine. Four Of those who es-
capped the fatal damp made their way
out through manways and reached the
surface. They told a story of fear
tul explosion in No. 8, the west gang
way of the new slope. It shook the
entire mine from end to end. OF those
who still remained in the mine and
who worked in the vicinity of the e1-
plosion, were: Richard Tuckett, Jona-
than Fox, Peter Koalman, Henry No.
bic, Joel Deezeman, Thos. @. Williams,
and Polish miner, name unknown.
Coal and iron experts promptly made
an examination and found the mine
blocked up with gas, which decided the
fate of those inside. Fans were got
to work and every means en-
ployed to drive out the poisonous
gases. About s o'clock rescuing party
entered the mine, and near the bottom
OF the slope found the body of Henry
Noble. It was horribly burned, and
disfgured almost beyond recognition
The crowd about the mine numbered
500 or 600 persons, among them families
OF the imprisoned miners. The second
and third attempts to enter the mine
were unsuccessful, the fatal damp driv
ing the men rapidly back to the surface
The Henry Clay slope is owned an6
operated by J. Langdon & Co., of Ell
mira, N. T., and has shipping capacity
of over 100 cars daily and gives employ
ment to between 300 and 400 men ani
boys, who will now be forced into idle
ness for some time. The explosion i,
described as one severest ever expert
enced in Northumberland County.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
MINNESOTA,


The G.. A. r. post OF Owatonna net
ted about 5000 from their presentation
of Crank and File:"
A NAN named John Thompson has
been jailed at Duluth for giving out =
number of fraudulent checks.
The Merchants bank of Crookston
has become the Merchants National
bank. with it's capital increased $25,
THE cheese factory at Howard Lake
was burned by an incendiary, with ali
it's machinery. Loss $1,000; insurance
$1,000.
The fine team of William Brown, of
Minnewaukan was drowned in crossing
q river, the driver barely escaping with
his life.
NELs N. TURNBoRN, for many years
resident of Litchfeld, died on a passen-
ger train while returning home from
Dakota.
GEORGE Ii. ROBINSON, of Fountain,
OAK, will purchase and improve the
fine water power four miles south of
Pelican Rapids.
OLE YHoRDoLE, q blacksmith in the
employ of the Winona Wagon Works,
attempted suicide by hanging, but he
was cut down and resuscitated.
The fall term of the st. Cloud nor
NAL school opened with large attend
ance, all the seats being filled notwith-
standing the raising of the grade.
The 6ve-mile skating race at st.
Peter was won by Hanlon, of LIE Sueur,
and not Nelson, of St. Peter. This is
the second victory for Hanlen over
Nelson.
A WEEK ago four children and
grandchild of Henry Scheele, or Nor
wood, died. Since then bis wife and
four more children have died, making
ten persons in all within two weeks,
leaving the husband and father alone
in the world.
HENRY FELTs, of Delano, aroused the
ire of Mrs. Felts. She lett him. Her
father and brothers went over to Felts'
domioile and after choking him few
rounds fred him off the premises and
carted all the valuables home with them.
The matter will bob up in the courts.
| AN old lady of 70 years left town to go
| to her home, four miles southwest from
Winthrop, since which time nothing has
| oeeA seeu o1 nea1o Oh ner, tnouSn GILL
gent search has been made. 1t is sur
missed that she became lost, and wan
dered about on the prairie until ex-
hausted, when she sank down and
persisted.
The bridge of the Wisconsin Central
Railroad just completed across the Sioux
River, some four miles above Saltwater,
is built entirely of iron, and resting on
solid piers fifty feet high. The total
length of the structure is 2,4OO feet,
there being ten spans, each 100 feet
long. There is ample room for the
passage of boats underneath.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
DAKOTA.

| DAKOTA.
D1PHrHER1A prevails among children
at Yankton.
THERE are fifty students enrolled in
the Grand Forks University.
+ The Homestake mine produced $685.
GOO the first half Of November.
The stone work of the Episcopal Col
lege at Sioux Falls is completed.
THE Continental Hotel, Fargo, is to
be rebuilt, brick, four stories, 100x14O.
PIERRE is to have $4,000 water
works, the contract being let to Mr.. w.
W. Walker.
A WEALTHY English company is ne
gotiating for the purchase of a number
of tin mines in Custer County.
LOUIS WELCOME and Charles Hurst,
on trial at Pierre for burglary, are ten
and twelve years of age respectively.
RED BIRD, a noted Mandan chief,
died near that city, being brought there
to breathe his last at his own request.
The farmers of Dakota are earnestly
discussing the question of wheat grades,
and intend to secure action by the
Legislature.
| AdL O4dCh 14L16 SOuAVAC6 VI AdH-
renee, Pennington and Butte have all
elected women to the Office of superin-
tendent of schools.
| w. @. WATERS. who keeps general
store at Sioux Falls has been closed
under foreclosure of mortgage. As
sets and liabilities are comparatively
small.
THERE are now eleven counties in
Southwestern Dakota which do not
grant saloon licenses, and after the LIST
of January the number will be in.
creased to fifteen or sixteen.
The barn of w. P. Smith, six miles
north of Wheatland, Cass County, con-
tanning 5000 bushels of grain, was
destroyed by fire. There was all insur-
ance of about $500 on the barn and
grain.
The land officers at Devils Lake
have recently rendered decision
against the guardian of the murdered
Ward boys in regard to the claims they
were trying to make in that vicinity at
the time of their death.
The voting population of the city of
Deadwood has decreased one-half with
in the past four years. The vote of
Lawrence County entire has decreased
nearly 1,4OO during the same time, but
is 200 more than in 1882.
M. o. HExoN, a farmer living near
Hickson, Cass County, was killed by his
team running away with him. He leaves
a wife and family. He was former
member of the Minnesota Legislature
and was once commissioner of Cass
County. Oak.
EMIGRATION agent BLoMQUIs, who
has charge of the emigration from Nor
way and Sweden for the Northern
Pacific road, informs the Bismarck
Tribune that he is now arranging for a
large colony in the spring to come from
Scandinavia and settle in Mclean
County.
JAMES KING, a farmer living six miles
west OF Mimic. swore out warrant for
the arrest of s. q. Mott, wheat inspector
of the G.. M. Brush elevator at Mimic,
on the charge of using false weights and
balances in weighing wheat Mott was
convicted and fined $25 and costs,
amounting to 800.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17

LORD SALISBURY wears the shabbiest
hat Of any man in London,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
RAILWAY.

The use Of the term
"Short Line" in connec-
ton with the corporate
name Of q great road, con-
veys an idea Of just what IL
required by the travelling
pub ic-a Short Line, Quick
Time and the BEST Of ao-
commodat dations-all Of which
eat Railway in America.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
r. II. NJ. Davidson

SIN the Thirteenth District B. F. Snively,
Democrat Greenback is elected, to fill the unex.
pired term of William H. Calkins, late Republican
candidate for gOVernOr.)
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
OHIO.
PENNSYLVANIA

s. Osborne, r.
F. C. Bunnell, R.
w. w. Brown, r.
J. NJ. Campbell, r.
Louis E. Atkinson, Il
w. A. Duncan, D.
Andrew G. Curtin, D.
Chas. E. Boyle, D.
James 3. Negley, r.
T. M. Bayne, r.
Oscar L. Jackson, r.
A. G. White, r.
Geo. w. F1eeger, r.
VIM. L. Scott, D.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
John W. Stewart.

L, B. Caswell, r.
Edward 8. Bragg, D.
r. NJ. La Toilette, r
/. w. Van schaick, r.
I Iaaanh ORapklp D..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
[sIn the Seventh District Hiram Y. Smith is
elected to fl the une1pired term Of John A. Kas-
son, Republican, resigned.l

Thomas B. Reed, ]
Nelson Dingley, R
Charles II. Gibson,
Frank T. Shaw, D.
William Fl. Cole, I
NJ
Robert T. Davis, R
John D. Long, r.
A. A. Raney, R.
P. A. Collins, D.
E. D. Hayden R.
II. B. Lowering, D,
w. G. Maybury, D
N. B. Eldredge, D.
James O'Donnell,
J. C. Burrows, R.
C. C. Comstock, D.
Edwin B. Winans,
Milo White, r.
J. D. Wakefield, r,
H. B. Strait, R.
John NJ. Allen, d.
J. R. Morgan, D.
T. c.. Catchings, D
F. G. Barry, d.
VIM. n. Hatch, D.
John B. Hall, D.
A. NJ. Dockery, D.
jas. N. Burnes, D.
VIM. Warner, R.
John T. Heard, D.
J. E. Hutton, D.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
A. J. Weaver, R.
James Laird, r.
VIM. Woodburn. T
NJ
NJ. A. Haines, R.

Geo. Hires, r.
James Buchanan,
Robert s. Green,
Jas. w. Pidcock,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
TNHOs. PHILLIPS, N. D.,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND gUpqK0H

Has permanently located in Austin. Calls In
city or country promptly attended to at all hours
once and rooms in 6chleuder's block, first door
north OF Mower County Bank. A0-Electric baths
given at tho ot1ca
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17

John Swinburne, r.
Geo. West, R.
Fred. A. Johnson, r.
Abraham x. Parker, &
J. Thos. spriggs, D.
J. s. Pindar. D.
Frank Hiscock, R.
Stephen C. Millard, B.
Serene E. Payne, B.
John Arnot, D.
Ira Davenport, R.
Chas. s. Baker, r.
John L. Sawyer, R.
John M. Farquhar, r,
John B. Weber, r.
Walter L. Sessions, E.
CAROLINA.
r. T. Bennett, D.
J. s. Henderson, D.
VIM. II. II. Cowles, D.
Thos. G. johnson, D.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17

n II. JUHNSON, n, D., G. NJ,
(Successor to DR.. 4. Macdonald)
Graduate Of McGin College, Montreal, late A.
sistant Surgeon in Montreal General Hospital
Office over Clemmer & Poolers drug store Calls
attended day and NIGHT
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-26

nights quite number of the badly frost
bitten having been picked up in different
parts of the city, lying upon the snow help
less from intoxication, and taken in the po-
lice sleigh 20 the city ball, with feet, hands
and ears frozen stiff, requiring great attention
and care on the part of the officers to throw
them out
On Tuesday evening a very respectfully
dressed man was found Cd his knees in a
lumber yard on West Third street with his
ears frozen as stiff as rails.
On Wednesday at midnight. cripple with
one leg, with his foot and his two hands
frozen, was picked up by an officer near the
Manitoba freight house and by dint Of the
hardest work at the city hall, these members
OF his body we're saved. The same night
tramp from st. Croix came in with both heels
frozen.
Early yesterday morning an officer picked
up carpenter at the corner OF Seventh and
Willius street with his ears and feet so badly
frozen that he was sent to the city hospital
for treatment
Yesterday afternoon Officer Pendy dropped
upon another snow bank sleeper on the cor
ner Of Cedar and Third street with both hands
frozen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-26

The EatsTriss at FIandrau is a represen-
tative of growing sentiment in the more
central counties which does not propose to
stay out OF the Union aud tear its interior
illness of it can get in even as one state. It
proposes to accept gracefully whatever con
gress offers. The paper in discussing the
matter says: Il is humilating that is it so, but
yetit IS fact that the experience amply
proves, that congress pays no attention what
ever to the wishes of the people of Dakota,
and that considerable portion of the Re
publican party is also opposed to its division.
Under these circumstances to stand out for
division OF nothing, simply means that we
will get nothing, that We viii remain in ter
ritorial condition. with ali the demoralizing
and degrading tendencies that accom- pany
that condition continually intensifying. Ad-
mission without division is undoubtedly to
be had for the asking. Division before adj
mission means, that we will not vote for
President Clcveland's successor It is really
q fact that the people of Dakota are so de-
termined for division that they Woald rather
remain for four more years territory, in
order to attain possible dismemberm at
the expiration Of that period, than accept at
once all the privileges OF the statehood
coupled with admission as whole! We