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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07
ROUTED BY A LADY.
A Hot Fight with Burglars in West
Virginia.

A Hot Fight with Burglars in West
-s-a Virginia.
CHARLEsTowN, W. Va, April o.
Last night three unknown persons en-.
tered the residence of Jack Woods, a
farmer in this county, for the purpose
of robbery. Mr.. Woods made an effort
to drive the robbers out, but was shot
and seriously wounded. His son, Albert
Woods, heard the shooting and ran into
the room. He was shot dead by the
robbers. Miss Mary Woods, a daughter,
ran in with pistol and shot at the rob-
bers, who ran off. 1t is supposed one
Of the robbers was shot by Miss Woods,
as blood was seen in the yard the next
morning. The robbers are supposed to
be the same who shot and robbed ex.
Sheriff Adkins, of Boon County, two
nights before. There is much excite.
ment and posse is after the robbers.
If they are caught they will be lynched.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07
EQUAL RIGHTS.
National Conference of Colored Men at
Pittsburg.

National Conference of Colored Men at
Pittsburg.
PIrTsBURa, April 28.-The national
conference of colored men, which con-
venes in the city tomorrow, promises to
be one of unusual and lively interest.
Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Rhode
Island'and Philadelphia delegations have
arrived, and others will reach here in
time for the opening of the conven-
tion tomorrow. The object of the
conference, as stated by G.. O. Smith, of
Bloomfield, Ill.,, is to secure to the col
ored people of the North and South rec
ognition under the laws to which they
are entitled. The questions preparation
discussion are: Necessity and Value of
Organization, +" Our Grievances, Their
Nature and Remedy" "Our Political
Status" An effort it is said, will be
made to introduce politics into the con-
ference, but Mr.. Smith says the majority
will be able to confine it's movements to
the objects for which the conference was
called. About of 100 delegates will be
present.
P1rrsBURa, April 29.-The Interstate
Conference of colored men assembled at
Municipal Hall this morning. Dele
gates were present from Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts,, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Dis
trict of Columbia, Indiana, Illinois, Kan
sas, and Louisiana, to the number of
seventy-fve. Among them were Fred.
Douglass, and Bishop Green, of Ohio.
The convention is composed of fine
body of men and the determination is
expressed to prevent it from being used
for political purpose. At 10 o'clock
Rev. 9. S. Smith, of Bloomfield, ILL.,,
in a stirring address stating the objects
of the conference, called the convention
to order, and Robt. jackson, of Pitts
burg, was elected temporary chairman.
An address of welcome was made by
VIM. Barks, of Pittsburg, and re-
sponse by Robt. Pelham, Jr., Detroit.
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton reports this afternoon. Fred. Doug
lass wss nominated for temporary chair
man, ard the convention approved the
nomination.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07

TH1RrY-E1aHr bodies were recovered from
the debris of q railway wreck at Cindadrealp,
Spain, on the 28th. Fifty soldiers are still
missing. ~
A NEW planet was discovered by an astrono-
mer at Vienna, on the 28th.
FIRE in Panama on the 28th caused loss of
$500. 1000. A mob organized for the purpose of
plunder but was suppressed.
FIRE in Westbourne Grove, London, on the
9Th, destroyed property valued at s250 900.
: DEMosrHENEs OLIVIER, the French states
man, died on the 25th. -:
LAwEs. the EogIish sculptor, is in bank
ruptcy with debts amounting to e25,00O.
The death of Marie Taglioni, the famous
dancer, occurred at Marseiles, France, on the
23d.
HALF of Port Said burned on the 23d, leav-
ng 1000 Arabs homeless.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07
A Dozen Thoughts.

Superstition is a sort of parody of
faith. -OuidG.
The weak may be joked cut Of any
thing but their weakness.
man.
Courage of the weak, gentleness Of
the stronghold worthy of alteration.
Marie Eschenbdch.
There is one thing worse than cant in
a man OF Christian birth-it is pagan
ism.-PTof Phelps.
God smiled when he put humor into
the human disposition. and ssid,
"That is good. ."-Henry Ward Beecher.
Mildly commingled, minicry and
mirthfulness make good medicine for
many minds maladies. Thomas Jef-
.fers0n Burnh0na.
A wide, rich heaven bangs above you.
but it hangs high; wide, rough world
is around you, and it lies very low
Donald g. MITCHELL
In the whole universe there are no
agents to work out the misery of the
soul like it's own fell passions. Not the
fire, the darkness, the food, or the tenn
pest.-Dr. DeWey.
Christianity, which is always true to
the heart, knows no abstract virtues,
but virtues resulting from our wants,
and useful to all. -- Francois e. Il. de
Ch0teGWbrSdsad.
AS in the suns eclipse we can behold
the great stars shining in the heavens,
so in this ife-eciipse have these men
behe]d the lights of great eternity,
burning solemnly and forever.-Loag-
.telloao.
Don't be cynic and disconsolate
preacher. Don't bewail and bemoan.
Omit the negative propositions. Nerve
us with incessant alternatives. Don't
waste yourself in rejection, Dor bark
against the bad, but chant the beauty
of the good Emerson.
For ages happiness has been repre-
sented as a huge precious stone, i'm
possible to find, which people seek
hopelessly. It is not SO. Happiness is
a mosaic, composed of thousand little
stones, which separately and of them
selves have little value, but which,
united with art, fo1m a graceful design.
-Mn,e. Emile de Girdrdin.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07
An Extraordinary Dinner.

A dinner was given IN Phlladelphla
recently to Mr.. Charles Lawrence as
testimonial of his worthiness to fill the
Office of president of the Common Coun-
Gil to which he has just been elected.
Nearly 100 leading men in the CONNER
cial and political interests of the city
were seated at the board. The table was
in the form of an ellipse, whose truncat-
ed ends merged into two circles. The
central part of the long oval was filed
with a representation of the Delaware
River. real fish swimming in real water
past Smiths and Petty's islands, and
brushing against the eilded keel of a
miniature schooner, whose rigging was
smilax and the deck nnd spars of which
were laden with fragrant cargo of
roses. The Jersey bank of this emblem
attic river was lined with evergreen, inter-
spersed with beds of roses. The Phila-
delphia shore was divided by bands OF
smilax into the wards which border on
the river. Each ward Of the city was
represented by q bed of azaleas. shad-
ing from the palest pink into the deepest
violet, The First Ward, the home of
President Lawrence, which has always
been celebrated for It's production of
truck, was represented by bed of let
tuce. The azaleas representing the
Fourth Ward were of deep blood-red,
Over each bed of szaleas hoated a thy
silk standard bearing the appropriate
number. The mimic river and banks
were % feet long and 8 feet wide. On
the circular end Of tbe long table, rep,e-
sent1ng the quarter deck Of the ship.
was the helm-wheel, worked out in bed
of flowers SIX feet in diameter, over
which presided the pilot ct the evening,
Joel Cook, with the guest, Charles Law
renee, on the left hand, and Mr.. Law
rence's predecessors, VIM. 81. Lex and
Joseph L. Caven. on the right. At the
foot of the table was floral representa-
ton of the mariners compass, around
which were grouped number Of mem
bers of the Vessel Owners and Captains
association, of which Mr.. Lawrence is
president, and ofthe Maratime Exchange.
The walls of the dining room were COW
cred with national aage, and on one side
were two huge anchors, above which
were coils of rope. The decorations
were the work of the Floral Exchange.
The menus were beautifully printed,
and OF the satin cover of each was a
hand painted picture of frigate under
full sail. "
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07
GENERAL

JAMES A. KEENE, the great Wall Street specu-
lator, failed, on the 30th, for the second time.
/ THE national bank of Monte de Piedad, the
Oldest banking institution in Mexico, closed it's
doors on the 30th.
A CABLE dispatch from Europe on the 29th,
announces the sudden death of Prof. Conover,
Of Madison. e 49,.
WALTON & Co., the largest coal operators on
the .Monongahela River, are closing down their
w6rks. Over 1000 men will be thrown out of
work.
HERMAN scaAszL1N, New York wine dealer,
failed on the 29th. Preferences 1928, 900.
The United States steamer Portsmouth ar
rived at Newport. r. l., on the 29th, with yellow
fever on board.
LARGE quantities OF whisky are being shipped
to escape the tax about to fall DUE When the
demand for the stimulant revives this whisky
will be brought back for sale.
PRocToR & GAMBLE will not rebuild their
burned soap factory at Cincinnati, but will
erect new works and found a viilsge at an I'M
portant interior railroad junction.
OWENS l. MERCER, New York stock brokers,
failed on the 18th. Liabilities small.
MOSES FRALEY, st. Louis and Chicago COM
mission merchant, suspended, on the 2stb,
with liabilities of $1,000, 600.
The Northern Chief Iron Company, of Wau-
sau, Wis.,, with capital stock of So, 900 900, filed
articles Of incorporation with the Secretary of
State on the 26tb.
MYR1ADs of caterpiliars have destroyed the
grass in Western Texas, and large numbers of
cattle are dying in consequence.
E. j. CARY, North Adams. Mass, rag and
scrap dealer, failed on the 26th, for $22, 900.
VIM. G. PHILLIPS & Co., grain and flour
merchants, New York, failed on the 25th, with
liabilities Of 500, 1000.
SEVERAL Quaker families of Lawrence, Kas.,
named Wilson, have proved their descent from
Pocahontas, the savior of Capt. John Smith,
and have been accorded full Cherokee rights
and privileges in Indian Territory.
McKmaAN Bros. & LUXE, dry goods dealers,
Newark, N. j., failed on the 25th. Liabilities
$4,000; assets $4,000.
The Western Union Company made reduc-
ton of so per cent on night messages to large
/ number Of cities on the 25th.
THERE were 189 failures in the United States
| and Canada during the week ending on the
25th, gam of 13 over the previous week.
The rolling mill men at PMtsburg, Pa, struck
against 10 per cent. reduction in wages, on
! the 25th.
VEIN Of copper was discovered in Ottawa
Township, Waukesha County, Wis, on the Oath
DISPATCHES of the Oath report strange
! epidemic raging with fatal effect among sheep
| in Northern Michigan.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07
Forty Years Ago.

Cofins were very plain and burial
caskets were unknown.
Tombstones had larger epitaphs and
more verbosity engraved upon them.
Eggs were shilling dozen and but
ter was considered high at eighteen cents
per pound.
Much of the silver currency, fps,
levies, and dollars was of Mexican and
Spanish coinage.
The country retail trade was much
better, as people could not so easily run
to the city by rail.
Business letters were more voluminous
and formal, and were written in precise,
round hand.
There was York currency, eight shil-
lings to the dollar, and New England
currency, six shillings to the dollar.
The diet was more suboharged with
grease, the winter breakfast usually be-
ing made of salted ham and hot cakes.
Dinner was simply u hasty lunch at
noon, and little Importance was attached
to the necessity for good digestion or a
period of rest after eating.
New Orleans ard Muscovado molasses,
| very black and thin, was the common
| sweetening for buckwheat cakes. Re-
fined molasees was almost unknown.
The bank bills were Of state banks,
and the further west their locality the
shaker they were. Illinois and Indiana
bills would barely pass in New York.
Bread was home made. Coffee was
fresh ground every morning, and the
grinding of the family cofee-mill was q
familiar sound hours before the children
arose.
Negro minstrelsy was just cropping
out in the travelling circus. There were
generally but two performers, who as'
sumed male and female characters. The
popular melody was "Jump, Jim Grow. :
People did not live as long as they
now do, nor was the average health a.
good as at present. They ate more
meat, more grease, more bread, and more
heavy dishes and drank more at meals
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07
FOREIGN,

A RIOT occurred in the diamond fields at
Capetown, South Africa, on the 3Oth, and sew
eral laborers we're killed and wounded by the
police.
A DIsPATCH of the 29th says band Of refu-
gees, under Maugsdo, are marauding in the
province of Navarro, Spain.
SH1pBu1LDERs on the Clvde reduced wages 10
per cent, on the 29th. Many men are idle.
AN explosion in powder magazine at San
Jose. opposite Havana, on the 29th, caused
and wounded, and many buildings wrecked.
OsMAr D1eMA has threatened to invade Abys-
sinia unless the resident Ghristians become
Musselmans.
Thirty convict workmen we're injured By the
fall OF cavalry barracks in course Of erection at
Portsmouth,, Eng, on the 28th. &
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07
destroyed &50, 600 worth Of lumber and por-
ton of the village

destroyed &50, 600 worth Of lumber and por-
ton of the village.
ARBucNE Bios coffee mill at Brooklyn, N.
Y, burned on tho 28th. Loss $125, 900.
FoREsT fires, on the 2sth, destroyed the saw.
mM Of Hoover. Hughes 4 Co., at Snow Shoe,
Pa. Loss 900.
Louis KAISER, who was elected mayor .of
Sonth Toledo, at the spring election, died at
the Northern Ohio Insane Asylum, on the 25th.
Insanity caused by sIanderous stories during
the canvass.
JOHN CAVITY, aged Al, was drowned while
duck-hunting on Lake Butte des Morts, near
Oshkosh, on the 27th.
A ATERR1BLE cyclone occurred in Ohio, on the
9th. Two-thirds Of the town of Jamestown
was leveled and six persons killed. IT,.
THE grain elevators of Smith. Hippen & Co.,
and Hudnut & Co., we're destroyed at Pekin,
O., on the 9th. Loss $4,000.
The Bay Shore Mill at Ludin gton, Wells &
Van Schaick, burned at MeHominee, Mich, on
the 9th. Loss 100000.
A RALEIGH, N. c.. dispatch of the 25th,
chronicles the cremation of two boys, aged 10
and - years, in burning house at La Grange,
and the burning Of two children in Edgecomb
County.
Two unknown men attempted to jump from
. moving freight train at Sandwich, ILL.,, on
25th. Both were killed.
J. Koch d Co.'s clothing establishment at
Akron, O., was destroyed by fire on the 25th.
Loss $45, 900; insurance $4,000.
Wo1vERroN l. T1NsMAN's saw mill 1T Will
Transport, Pa, burned on the 25th. Loss $4O,-
600; insurance $15, 600.
A BOY received fatal injuries by walking into
the elevator shaft at -Liedersdorl's tobacco
facfOrv Milwa nkoo m tho yv,or,r;no ~ %ho 0Efp,
AMOS SELDoAR1CH and Robert Howe lost their
lives by the premature explosion of blast at
MorgantowD, Pa, on the oath.
A RAILWAY train ran into horse and wagon
at Pittsburg, on the Gath, demolishing the rig
and killing Caspar Banner, the driver.
CHARLES MoAvERY, of Troy, N. Y, was
bitten by dog six months ago. On the Ath
he suffered with hydrophobia.
The American Oak Leather Company's tan
merry at Cincinnati, was destroyed by fire on the
23d. Loss, $4OO, 900; insurance $500, 200.
THOMAS HOPKINS, an employe of the West
board a morning train, on the Oath, fell be-
tween two cars and was instantly killed.
FIRES in Ghegan's book establishment and
Scoslllo Manufacturing Company's building,
New York, on the Gath, caused losses amount
ing to $140,0C0.
AN incendiary fire at Wooster, O., on the
Oath. destroyed twelve business places and two
residences.
PETER g. RACE, conductor on the St. Paul
Railroad, was run over and killed at Sparta,
Wis.,, on the Oath.
The Sycamore mill at Fall River, Mass,
burned on the Gath. Loss. $500, 900, exclusive
Of 5000 bales of cotton and large quantities of
cloth.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07
Saved by q Dream.

:[From the Chicago Herald.J
ssDon't disturb his dreams of father
land" said the manipulation of car-heat-
ers and red lanterns; s.let him dream.
I have good deal of respect for q
dream, as one saved my life once.
g How was that2''
:. Well, it was several years ago. !
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07
MRrAInr,.I tha =mo,at faah;onahl

MRTAIRB, the most fashionable GEM
etery in New Orleans, was race course
q few years ago. It then belonged to
an aristocratic club, which blackballed
the president Of the lottery company
when he made application for member
ship. By way Of revenge, he bought
the grounds and gave them to the CITY
for q cemetery. :7.s. s.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07

PRESIDENT ARTHUR has q cracker and
cup of coffee for breakfast between 9
and 10, and after that he eats scarcely
anything until dinner at 8. The din
mel is always good.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07

7 A. BATES,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
LIGHT AND HEAVY CARRIAGES.
Makes these goods to order in tip-top satisfactory
manner. Dexter and side bar buggies o specially.
Factory northeast corner Of public square, Austin,
Minnesota. AO-1y
n B. CRANE,
ATTORNEY At Law.
Real Estate aud Collection Agent Taxes paid for
non-residents. Office I'd floor OF Dunk elm IA
new block. Main street. 1871
n NJ. CAMERON,
W.
ATTORNEY At Law,
And Real Estate Agent. Collections made and
taxes paid. Office, north side Public Square, in
brick building, Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07

TLLEN NJ. FAIRBANKS, MD.
Office and Residence, corner West Main and
Maple Streets, opposite Public School Building,
Austin. MINI. At homo until 4. N. and from Il
to P. N.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07

r YMAN D. BAIRD,
IL ATTORNEY AT LAW,
r. al Estate Insurance and collection Agent. Ofice
third room, second floor, Levy's Block, Austin,
Minnesota.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-07

nR. @. s. BEAUL1EU.
uflice over sleeper's Drug Store, Brownsville,
Minnesota.
~ pesching at Christian Chapel cry Sunday
morning and evening.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-06-15
GENERAL Newspaper
ASSOCIATION

About two years ago the Repub-
lican newspapers Of Nevada formed
themselves into an association that
they might be better organized for
campaign work and that the State
Central Committee might deal with
the papers as a unit instead Of as
so many separate journals. Since
the association organized its useful
ness took wider scope, and it has
found many ways of benefising its
members. It established fund to
be drawn upon in case any paper of
the association found it necessary
to go into the courts to recover
from dead beat subscribers and ad-
yertizers, and if man owes a pub
Usher no more than one dollar and
declines to pay, the publisher can
sue and not cost him cent. 1t
has made war successfully upon rat
newspapers, thinned out bad ad-
vertizers and established frater-
nal feeling among newspapers
never before known in this State.
Of late several Democratic journals
have signi6ed a desire to join the
Nevada Press Association. We
think it proper that they should, as
an association with so general a
name should embrace all the papers
of the State. The matter has been
discussed pro and con by the ass
oc;ation that the two bodies
join as one general association,
each division having separate Of
fcers and meetings when anything
of political nature was to be dis
cussed, and to act in common upon
all matters outside Of politics. The
two branches would in no way clash
and a general association would re-
suit in mutual benefit to all con-
cerned.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-06-15

Since Tilden nailed up the head
Of his barrel and frightened the
hoops, the Democrats have discov-
cred that: he was born in the old
country and came to the United
States when he was two years old.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-06-15

Tilden announces that he with
draws by the will Of God" .:Thy
win be done on earth as it is in
Heaven sis = portion of a good re-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-06-15
the rRAIroR cusrls.


One Of the leading sham political
reformers Of New. York is George
William Curtis, the editor Of Har-
per's Weekly. Some years ago he
began. . war upon nepotism, and
called for the passage Of bill pre-
venting the appointment of blood
relations to Office. About this time
An examination Of the government
appointments secured through the
fundamentally of Curtis was made
and it transpired that Curtis had
secured forty-seven appointments,
and more than half Of them were
his blood relations. It is now an
nounced that Curtis will oppose the
election of Blaine through the me-
dium Of Harper's Weekly. He was
. member Of the Chicago conven-
ton and opposed the following reso-
luton:
Resolved, As the sense of the
Convention, that every delegate is
bound in honor to support the NOM
inee Of this Convention, whoever
he may be, and no one should hold
a seat here who is not ready to SO
agree"
He opposed it for all sorts of rea-
sons, and finally "in the name of
the immortal Garfield" forgetting
that the same resolution, word for
word, against which Mr.. George
William Curtis protested I'm the
name Of Garfield" and which Mr..
Hawkins of Tennessee withdrew
''in memory Of Garfield" was
adopted by the Republican Conven-
ton in 1880, and James A. Garfield
Of Ohio voted for it.
Curtis belongs to the crowd Of bo-
gus reformers who will raise a clam
or for reform" only when they are
unable to dictate Federal appoint
ments. Among honorable men any
one who takes part in the delibera-
tions of convention and then who
refuses to conform to what ever
may be the result of these delibera-
tions, is regarded as a contemplate
traitor without enough decent blood
in his veins to bring to his cheek
the blush of honest shame.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-06-15

Senator Powning is back again
upon his native Reno neither.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-06-15
SPRING GOODS!

SPRING GOODS!
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Miscella n ecu and
School Books. A COM
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Fancy Stationery,
Deco rative
foods,
Artists
Materials,
Macra me
TWine, Guns,
Pistols and AM
munition, Musical
Instruments, Stylo-
graphic and Gold Pens.
Baby Carriages, Toys,
Brackets, Cernices, Mould
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Paintings, Engravings an d
Chromos, Prang's Anniversary,
Congratulation and Reward
Cards. Singer Sewing Machine
Agency. Optical Goods, Cutlery,
Meerschaum Pipes, Jewelry, and
1901 novelties of new designs at
ChGWlN { NOTEWARFS
Two Stores, next to and opposite
Postoffice, Carson Street,
Carson, Nevada.
N. B.-We supply all Eastern
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Monthly Publications by mail or
carrier. Subscriptions solicited.