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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10

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clapped his eyes on the stuff the old man
sold he LET on they was bogus, and
swore he'd advertise him all over; in
fact, he scairt the old feller SO that he
jest dug out that day fer fear he'd be
locked up; and what do you s'pose they
found? Well, it wasn't nuthn' else but
q regular factory fer maxim these ere ar
rer-heads. He didn't find one of 'em in
the heap; it was too hard work so he
gifts a lot of flint stuns and goes to work
and makes 'em for himself, just as nat'ral
as life, and I reckon there's heap o.
these museums round the country that is
filed up with 'em. But, Lor' bless y" ,"
continued the!driver, swapping his whip,
they're just as good; you can't tell the
difference to save your life. You see he
tuck some of the real things as models,
and the only difference is that the In
juns made one and All Irishman made
the other
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
COUNTY, MNN. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

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Logan, when burly cow-puncher ai1
feet fiveinterrupted me by saying that
it was lie; Logan never saw battle;
he was horse thief up in the Laramie
Country. "You denied it, of course 2"
The modest genN Neman laid down his
knife and fork, took long draught Of
coffee, wiped his mouth, and then gaz-
ing long and earnestly at the politician
replied: Stranger, if you should ever
talk politics to q gentleman in Wyoming
with very strong aroma of bovine
about his person, and he should assert
that Arthur and Jesse James played
poker together, or that Brigham Young
and Henry Ward Beecher ran on pres.
idential ticket in 1860, just agree with
him and turn the conversation into
other channels. Stranger, am going
back to Wyoming; that's why I'm out of
politics."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
THE ACT OF a F1END.


A New York LabOHer Stabs His Sick
Wife i'm the Eyes With q Shoe.
makers AVVls
Matthew McC Carron, a laborer, reeled
into his tenement on East Eighteenth
Street, New York, at midnight, Thanks
giving. His wife upbraided him for
having left her, sick woman, alone all
day. The following morning the wife
was found with terrible wounds about
her head and face. She had been
stabbed in both eyes. A bloody shoe
makers awl was discovered in q bureau
drawer. McOarron had left the house
after forbidding his wife to open the
door. Her groans attracted the other
inmates. The suffering woman told how
her husband had assaulted her. She
will be always blind if she lives. Nc ar
ron was arrested.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
A Vagrant Hangman.

Buffalo Cor. New YOrK WOrlQsJ
John Greenwood, the man who has
gained a reputation as the great hang
man, has been sent to the Erie County
penitentiary for twenty days on charge
of vagrancy. He is an Englishman, 80
years of age. He claims to have had
the honor of putting the hangman's
moose around the necks of more men
than any other living man. Among
the many criminals whom he claims the
credit Of executing was Carl Manke, the
Alma murderer, who was hanged in
Jail in 1881 Pease, the celebrated burg
lar, who murdered man in Chicago
The last man whom he hanged was Luke
Phillips, of Detroit, who shot his wife
on Windsor ferry-boat and was ex.
ecuted last June. Greenwood came to
Buffalo when he heard of the West
Falls murder case in hopes of getting
the job of slipping the moose over the
heads of Manchester and Randall. Since
his arrival here he has been on pro-
tracted spree and at last was arrested as
q vagrant. .....--..
During q conversation Greenwood
seemed to be particularly Idesirous of i'm
pressing upon his auditor that it re-
quired man of great nerve to adjust q
hangman's moose and but few men
craved the job. He said that he fre-
quently received as high as $500 fo1
performing the work, and after that he
generally celebrated the event in dissi-
patton until the money was gone. He
seems to be delighted in being credited
with the name of the champion hang.
man of the world, and watches all the
papers very closely to keep posted on
the murder cases in hopes of securing
work EsTi
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
MISSED HIS AIM.
The Father OF Fora Burns Attempts
10 Shoot o. A. Carpenter At
Lincoln. llle

u ne Ek4tu6I O1 AOE1 kBux0S AG90t1ARlS
TO Shoot o. A. Carpenter at
Lincoln, llls
- O. A. Carpenter arrived at Lincoln,
ILL.,, from Dakota on the morning of
the I'd. The same evening, as he was
sitting in the Office of Uriah Hill, on
Broadway Street, W. H. II. Burns, the
father of Fora Burns, passed by and
saw him there. He went by the window
and, turning toward the door, drew q
large revolver from his pocket
and fred at Carpenter. The bullet
struck the iron door post and
glanced off doing no harm. Burns
did not wait to see the effect of the shot,
but walked quietly on around the square
and went home. On the way he met q
man named Primm, and said to him,
aWell, I have killed Carpenter" Burns
has not been arrested. It is thought
the old mans mind has been unbal-
anced by his trouble. Carpenter was
very much frightened. It is about q
year since his trial for the murder of
Fora Burns took place. Since his ac-
quittal he has lived most of his time
in Dakota.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
1ALoss TO SCIENCE.
Science Hall Of the Wisconsin State
University Burned.
The Valuable Contents Entirely De-
strOyed-Loss In Dollars Alone
42OO> >OOOs

At $50 on the evening Of the LIST
inst, flames were discovered in the dor
miitories Of the State University build
ing, at Madison, and it soon became ap-
parent that Science Hall was on fire.
This was 3 magnificent stone structure,
three stories above the Easement, and
Ill by 1856 feet in area. It con-
tanned all the scientific laboratories,
apparatus and collections of the univer-
sity and was the best equipped institu-
ion of it's kind in the West. At the
time of its discovery, the fire was con-
fined to the engine.room, having prob
ably originated from q forge which was
being operated in the evening. The
flames soon spread to the roof of the
north wing containing the machine
shop, physical laboratory, draughtiDg-
rooms and geological museum. This
wing, containing the Instruments, col
lecions and records Of priceless value,
among other things the records of the
United States Geodetic survey, and
private observations of DR.: Davies, pro-
fessor of physics, was consumed. The
fire department., volunteer affair,
seemed paralyzed, and could do nothing
to stay the flames, and the entire build
ing was burned to the ground in the
presence of q crowd of nearly 10000
persons. ~ s.
Among the irreparable losses sus
tanned was the destruction of the geo
logical department. with DR.. Irving's
note books containing the observations
of dozen years past, and type speci-
mems of microscopic sections of rocks
belonging to the university and to the
geological surveys of the state of Wis
consin and the United States. Lap
hams geological collection of 10000
specimens, and Strong's of 5000 of
great value met destruction. The art
gallery, of considerable value, was also
in this wing. In the south wing, were
the lecture rooms, various chemical lab
oratories, assaying, geological and others,
and all were consumed leaving nothing
standing but badly.charred stone walls.
The building, including heating and
water fixtures, cost about 100000. DIR.
Davies physical apparatus is valued at
over $4,000, Dr.. Birge's geological de-
partment is worth about $4,000. It is
thought 100000 will hardly cover the
loss. There is an insurance of $41 900,
divided among number of companies.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
THE BOOMER DEAD.
Capt. Payne, the Oklahoma Leader,
Drops Dead.

Capt. Payne, the Oklahoma Leader,
Drops Dead.
Capt. David L. Payne, the famous
leader of the Oklahoma "Boomers,"
died suddenly at Wellington, Kas., on
the 28th, while at breakfast at the Hotel
de Barnard. He addressed meeting
the previous night and was seemingly
in his usual robust health when he en-
tered the dining-room. While partak-
ing of breakfast, he was observed to
lean forward and utter subdued sound
as if from slight suffocation; then he
dropped from the chair to the floor and
expired instantly. His sudden taking
off created no little. sensation and pro-
found sorrow is expressed by his CO.
workers and followers in attempting to
settle in Indian Territory.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
SLAIN IN THEIR SLEEP,
A Triple Murder Committed In q
~ Georgia Village.

A Triple Murder Committed In a
Georgia Village.
Meagre details have been received OF
a horrible triple murder, on the night
of the I'd inst, about five miles from
Pelham in Mitchell County, Ga. The
victims were Stephen Goodwin, his
housekeeper, Matilda Gregory, and her
son, Richard Gregory, aged 21 years.
Nothing was known of the crime until
the following morning when failure
on the part of the inmates to open the
house, attracted the attention of the
neighbors and led to an Investigation.
The corpses Of Goodwin and Mrs.
Gregory were found stretched on their
blood-stained beds, with their
heads terribly crushed and nearly
severed from their bodies. AL the ap-
pearances Indicated that both had
perished while asleep and that the
bloody deed is the work of robbers who
first chloroformed their victims.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
A Contempt for ssArrer''- Heads.

iCOr. New YOfk P1s!.}
"No there amt many folks gifts up
here" said the driver, "'cause folks
don't know nuthin' about it much,
and them that did got SO plaguey fooled
once that I reckon they never let on to
try it again. How SO? Wall, ye see,
the heap has allus been kinder noted
for the GURUS things they get out Of it
-Injun arrer-heads, stun knives, an
the like of that. But bless ye! man
had ter come here and work like a
horse to git 'em out. So it kinder
struck one chap that he'd come here
and collect heap of stuff, and have it
already for company when they did
come. So he put up shanty down
here close to the mound, and after that
everybody that went there bought arrer-
heads and bone things cheap as dirt,
and all without workin' a bit. Wall, it
went on for q whole summer, when one
day. along comes one of these ere
scientific cusses. and the fns time he
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
A BIG VERDICT

For a CrIppl d sEngineer Against the
Pennsylvania..Ra abroad.
At Youngstown, O., the jury in the
case of Engineer Jno. Fitzsimmons,
against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, in which he asked $4,000
damages for injuries received on the
railroad making him cripple for life,
returned verdict on the I'd,
for Fitzsimmons for $4,000. The
company at the time of the accident
offered him $4,000 for his claim, but
he refused and last summer brought
suit and secured verdict for $26, 600.
The company asked and was granted a
new trial with the above results.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
A NEW ORLEANS SENSATION.

Two Nieces of an Ex.NlayOr Shoot
Their Betrayers ON the Street,
Georgiana and Josephine Conway,
sisters, aged 21 and % years, nieces Of ex-
Mayor Conway, shot two young men on
Canal Street, New Orleans, on the
night of the 29th. Georgiana shot
John D. Logan, son of ex-Ald. NJ. D,
Logan, and Josephine shot Joseph A,
Devonshire, United States deputy mar
shal. The young women claim they
had been seduced by the men they shot
Logan was shot in the back and face
probably fatally. Devonshire was
slightly wounded in the back. The
women and their brother were arrested
The wounded men were sent to the hos
pital,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
A TEXAS "UNPLEASANTNEss. y

Two Citizens HIVE a POW-VOW With
Pistols and Both are Killed.
A dispatch from Palestine, Tex, un-
der date of the Sd, gives the details of a
fatal encounter between DR.. Calhoun
Lawrence and Lucius V. Simpson, two
prominent citizens of the town of Mech
esville. twelve miles west of Palestine.
The parties met on the. street and got
into an alteration over bill of the doc
tor. Hot words were followed by an
appeal to arms, each drew revolver
and began peppering away at short
range. Both pistols were emptied be-
fore the fight ended, and every shot
took effect. Simpson fell dead after
the last shot, but Lawrence lived several
hours.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
He Had Retired.

[From the Detroit Evening Journal.J
A politician and quiet looking per-
son sat at table in the Grisw0ld House
dining-room last night. The politician
turned to the unassuming stranger and
asked: .5
aWhat do You think Of the political
situation ?"
Il have retired from politics. I never
discuss it any more. =
Retired? May i ask when 2"
You may. ] was out in Wyoming a
month ago, and q dozen cowboys and
myself were attempting to discuss the
merits Of the national candidates.
touched upon the brilliant war record oi
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
LATE NEWS NOTES.

Three boys we're drowned by the
breaking of the ice on the river at
Rondout, N. Y, on the 4th.
Fifty-cne horses aud ten cars we're
consumed by fire in the stables of q
street railway company in Baltimore on
the 4th.
Fire on the 4th destroyed G. Feigu-
espaugh's brewery, at Newark, N. j.,
causing loss OF 100000.
John Heston was shot and instantly
killed by Phillip Lohges, in New York
City, on the 4th. Heston abused his
wife, who is Lohges' sister. :
Bigamist Neville, who ran away with
and married Miss Whitney, of Detroit
was refused new trial at Toledo on
the 4th and sentenced to seven years at
hard labor.
Sam Day was fatally stabbed at Bel
laire, O., on the night of the Sd, by Bob
Borana, tough.
The Northern Pacific Brewery,
at Peckham, Mimi, burned on the Sd.
Loss $4,000. ..
The five story building occupied
by Fishe & Coleman, Boston, was
gutted by fire on the Sd. Loss $4,000.
George Hart, a workman, had his
head severed from his body by the fall
of an iron girder in shop in Pitts.
burg on the Sd.
Howard Sullivan was hanged al
Salem, N. J., on the I'd inst, for the
murder of Ella Watson. .....@
Fire on the I'd inst, destroyed prop
erty of J. & G. Fischer, piano manufact'
urers, New York, to the extent of $685.
600. 49,. ......*- -,
Six business houses were destroyed
in Troupe, Tex, on the night of the
Both. The loss was $21, 900.
The residence of Mrs. M. E. Eckh, in
Denver, COL, burned on the LIST. Loss
$4,000.
Frank Saunders, inventor of a parlo1
rowing machine, committed suicide ovel
the remains of his dead wife at New
York on the 30th.
The collection of forces and munit.
ons of war at Dongola is so slow that il
not thought Gen. Wolseley can march
pom Khartoum before February.
Horace A. Hurlbut was on the 29tn
appointed receiver of the estate of Will.
bur F. Storey. He was enjoined. how.
ever, from interfering with the Times
newspaper.
Fire in the building occupied by Ed.
mundson & Sons furniture establish.
ment, Pittsburg, destroyed property tc
the value of $75, 900.
The steamship Durango was sunk in
the English Channel on the 28th, by
collision with sailing vessel. Twenty
persons lost their lives.
In the case of Frank r. Sherwin, al
Albany, the court affirmed the iudg,
ment Of conviction and sentence to the
penitentiary.
The Middletown IN. " National
Bank has closed its doors. It is said
the depositors will lose nothing.
Charles T. Goodwin, of Port Chester
N. T., aged 62 years, crazed by financial
troubles, threw himself before railway
train on the 28th, and was cut to pieces
HartIs elevator and two other struct,
ures were burned at Jacksonville, Fla.
on the 28th. causing loss Of $50, 600.
John Bidwell's Touring mill at Chico
CAL, was destroyed by FIRE on the 28th
causing loss Of $40, 600.
a FIRE in the dry-goods store OF Mrs
Elizabeth Moynan at Auburn, N. Y, on
the 2Sth, caused q loss Of $45, 900.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT,
Eight Persons Injured by the Explo-
sion OF Dynamite ana GunpOWder.
FOnR Will Die.

EsSnI FerSOHS uUyUTeO OY lDe expo
sion OF Dynamite ana Gunpowder.
Four Will Die.
A special of the 4th says fearful ex-
plosion of dynamite and gunpowder oc-
Cured at the house of Stephen Young,
in Stafford, New Hampshire. Eight
persons were injured and four will die.
Mr.. Young was having well dug. A
nephew, George s. Young, of Lowell,
was showing how the dynamite charges
should be used when one exploded. The
ooncussion also exploded the remainder
of the cartridges, and two kegs of pow
der. The injured are: Stephen Young,
George Young, a man named Berry, and
one named Foss, daughter of Mr..
Young, Miss Sadie Greenfield, of Roch-
ester, and two others whoee names were
not ascertained. Young's daughter and
Berry are dying Some of the others
were seriously injured. The house and
contents burned to the ground.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
SH0R I
Inc.
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE /.
AND ST: paul:

1t owns and operates over 1890 miles of road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa an
Dakota; and ns its main lines, branches and connec
lions reach sill the great business centres Of the
Northwest and Far West, it n naturaly answers the
ChIcaeO. MIlM aukee, st. Paul nI1d
MINNEAPOLIS So, -.
Chicago. Mi!Wauhee, Portage, La
Crosse and WtnOnas
Chicago. MilWaukee. OrtOnville.
aberdeen and EIIendaIe.
Chicago, Nltiw aukee, Eau Claire and
Chicago. milwaukee,, Wausau and
MeTrill.
Chicago, sliIsraukee. HEAVIER Dam.
Fond du Lac and Oshkosh. i !.
Chicago. Milwaukee. wauk esha and
sbCOn ODSOWOc.
Chicago. V!iisyaakee, Madison nm
Chicago, MilwaMkee, Owatonns,
MankatO and Fa1ibault. 5
Chicago. BeIOit. Janesville and Min
chiease, Eisin, Rockford and Du.
Chicago. clinton, Rock Island. Cedar
Chicago. 1es ~ Moines, Council Bluffs
Chica4o, Canton, sioux City, sioux
Chicago. MIlxyaukee, Albert Lea and
chicago. Milyaakee, Mason City,
Rock island. Dnbaaue. e. Sc. Paul and
MlnneapOlis.
Daysnpo..; ;;,,.,. G,.lmas, 81. Pau' and
vIilxaqkee. Racine, Beloit. FreePori
Mitchell, WolseY, Ashton ana Aber.
{Jinn River Valley Iine.)
P..lIs,.e, slee?ers and the Fa..est
KEE XIV & -. P1UL R1iLW1Y, and nd
every attention !s paid to passengers by courteous
y
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
DAKOTA.

DEADwooD is soon to have electric
lights.
THE postofioe at New Bedford was
robbed of $57.
HANSON COUNTY has voted to build
$4,000 courthouse at Alexander.
DARLINGTON is happy over striking
good water at the depth Of sixty feet.
GERMAN carp are being imported to
stock the waters of the Black Hills dis
trict.
The territorial debt of Dakota is
1894, 900 and the property is assessed at
$S4,0OO,O0O.
A LARGE deposit of sulphur has been
discovered under the Presbyterian
college at Pierre.
SMA11.pox has appeared near Elkton,
but is said to be under control, with no
fears of it's spreading.
A NEW industry will soon be started
in Springfeld-the cutting OF chalk
rock by machinery for building pur-
poses.
The owners of the Grandin farm, in
the Red River Valley, are preparing
IL 900 acres of land to plant to wheat
next spring.
A WAHPEroN man is training quar-
tette of Indians to expertness on roller
skates, with the intention of making
tour of the East.
The reported hanging Of George
Grinneu and Guardepe, by cowboys, is
said by the Bismarck journal to be
without foundation.
The motive power of the Huron
Huronite Office will hereafter be fur
nished by an improved water motor
connected with the water mains.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
for letting the contract for the Ordway
college building. Meanwhile Building
has been rented and preparatory college
work will be begun by opening winter
term of school the Arst week in Janu-
ary.
AT Medora, George Haywood entered
Roberts saloon armed for the purpose
of killing him, and in attempting to
shoot was Suddenly stopped by Roberts
drawing revolver and firing, the ball
taking effect in Heywood's left breast.
The wonnd is not considered dangerous.
C. E. D1cKENsoN, of ST. Paul, and
director of the First National Bank of
Deeorah, Ia, has become heavy stock
holder in the First National Bank of
Canton, and hes had his name added to
the directory of that institution. He
also purchased two store-rooms in the
latter city, paying therefor the sum of
$1O,OO
Mrs. JULIA w. H1LDEBRAND, wife Of
w. O. Hildebrand, vino resides about
ten miles south of st. Lawrence, after
several attempts at suicide by poison
and pistol, succeeded in hanging herself
in the kitchen of her home. She leaves
husband and three little children, and
is believed to have been temporarily
deraDged.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-10
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
MINI NESOTA,

HENRY BETTNER, veteran OF the
Mexican war, died at Clear Lake, aged
SO years.
ROCHESTER, has been bonded in the
sum of $56, 900 as bonus to the Deco
rah, Rochester & Red River Railroad.
LOUIS WHITNEY, living near Ovation
ma, mysteriously disappeared in May
last and has not since been heard of.
A BRAKEMAN named Ed. Pa]zer, fell
between the cars on the Manitoba road
near Crookston, was run over and
crushed to death.
A CROWD of men took Policeman
Fogelstian, of Brainerd, into saloon,
put cut the lights, relieved him of his
star and turned him out.
A CANNON used at a Democratic
jubilation at Preston, exploded throw
ing pieces in every direction, but fortu-
nately no one was injured.
Two men have been arrested in West
Newton and Severance, charged with
being parties to the partial lynching of
an aged couple named Hokanson, some
time ago.
The dispatcher's Office of the Manito-
ba road at St. Cloud, caught fire and
was destroyed. Nothing was saved. The
passenger depot was saved by efforts OF
employees with buckets.
TIE Close brothers, and friends, of
Pipe Stone, hunt wolves with hounds
in regular English fox hunting style.
At the last hunt wolf was killed in
fifty minutes, after run of twelve
miles.
MRS. SHEARD, residing on Ninth
Street, Brainerd. while in a somnambu-
istic state, left her bed, and while wan
dering about the house, fell down two
flights of stairs, and was found in the
morning lying in the cellsr insensible.
There are hopes of her recovery.
WORD has been received at Duluth
from Tower that James Farley, sa-
loon keeper, was shot and killed a few
miles from that place, supposed to be
for robbery. The body was found and
two suspicious characters who left
Tower the same morning were watched,
but reached Duluth and escaped.
Mr.. J. P. BERRY died at his residence
in Pleasant Hill, after protracted ILL.,
ness. Mr.. Berry came to Minnesota in
1857 when a boy, and ever since the
war of the Rebellion, in which he par
ticipated as Union soldier, has been
prominent in the social, educational
and political affairs OF the southern
section of Winona County.
W. II. WYNcooP. of Chisago, will
contest the seat of L. H. McKusick, CT
Pine City, representative elect from the
Thirty eighth Legislative District.
There were four candidates in the field,
who received the following votes: Nc
Kusick, Republican, 912; Wyncoop, In
dependent Republican. SG2; Dean, In
dependent. 796; Morland, Democrat,
415. McKusick carried Pine County,
Wyncoop, Kanabe, and Dean, Chisago.
From the closeness of the returns, Mr..
Wyncoop thinks an investigation may
change the result in his favor.