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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
AUSTIN MOWER COUNTY, MIMI, 8
cued with several narrow escapes.
The loss 1926, 900; insurance Sc, 600.

cued with several narrow escapes.
The loss is $25, 900; insurance So, 600.
The Buchanan County courthouse,
at St. Joseph, Mo-, was partially de-
stroyed by fire on the 2sth, involving
a loss of $25O,OOO. w: B. McNutt,
chief of the fire department, was ia
tally injured.
The general term of the New York
supreme court has ordered the dis
charge OF ''Becky" Jones, the refrac-
tory witness in the Hammersly will
case, who has been confined in Ludlow
Street jail nearly a year.
At NeY Orleans Charles Anderson,
OF Cincinnati, was shot and fatally
wounded, on the night of the 26th, by
Charles A. Bridges, of Crystal Springs,
Miss.
Mrs. Rittle, aged SO years, an insane
woman, was burned to death at Leb-
anon, Pa, on the Goth. Her cloth
ing caught fire from a pipe.
Mound City, ILL.,, has a smallpox
epidemic. Out of a population of
800 fifty cases are reported. The
disease is confined almost entirely to
negroes.
The works of the Michigan Carbon
Company at Rogueville, a suburb of
Detroit, we're almost totally destroyed
by fire on the 9th. The loss will
reach $15O,OOO.
A fire at Harshmansville, four miles
east of Dayton, O., on the 9th, de-
stroyed the Ohio Linseed Oil Com
pany's mill, a grist mill, an elevator
and several other buildings. Loss
about 100000.
The breaking of rope at the new
memorial building. Toledo, O., on the
morning OF the 9th, threw Michael
Gaughman distance of three stories
to the ground. He was instantly
killed.
The steam boiler in the mill of the
Groton Pond Lumber Company, in
Groton, VT, exploded on the night OF
the 26th, killing two men and injuring
several others, some fatally. The mill
was nearly demolished.
A destructive fire at Pueblo, Mexico,
on the 9th, originated in the gasoline
depot near Hotel De Legencias. A
large cigar factory belonging to Julio
| Uhink, was almost entirely destroyed.
1t is feared that thirteen employees
persisted in the flames. Loss covered
| by insurance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
HUNDREDS STARVING.
Tho Staries of Distress in West Virginia-
Tho People Living on Parched Corn.

The Stories Of Distress in West Virginia.
Tho People Living on Parched Corn.
Information received from the suffer-
ing districts in West Virginia says the
people are in bad condition and on
the verge of starvation. They are
asking for bread. Animals are starv-
ing to death. In many places strong
men are begging for an ear of corn to
keep soul and body together. The
condition of the farmers is distressing.
In many parts of the suffering section
many gain a livelihood by running
timber, but for months there has been
no rise in the rivers or mountain
streams, hence the people are suffering
for food because no timber can be run.
Unless a. rise comes soon, there will
yet be months of suffering. The peo-
pie held out we'll, trying to keep the
story of their suffering from going
abroad, but the time has come when
hunger pinches them, and they now
ask for food. In the northern part of
the county great suffering has been ex-
perienced amoung mountain farmers.
Lumbermen say matters are truly dis
tr-asing. Children and women eat
parched corn, when they get it, and
are thankful. The winter was severe,
and the people poor and with no work.
In many places stock died in large
numbers from starvation.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
MONEY OR BLOOD.
The Wives Of Turkish Soldiers Make
Warm for the Officials.

The Wives of Turkish Soldiers Make it
Warm for the Officials.
The Turkish government is in ar
rears to the soldiers for several
months pay, and on the 1st inst. the
wives OF the soldiers attempted to Sc
cure attention to their husbands de-
mands by appearing in force at the
office of the minister of finance in Con-
stantinople. Bands of women COL
lected to the number of 1000 or more
at a point near the building occupied
by the cabinet officials. At an ap-
pointed hour they marched in a body
to the Office of the minister Of finance;
pushing past the guards, they entered
the office, and confronting the minis
ter, they demanded the pay due their
husbands. Policemen were called in,
and tried to expel them, but the women
turned on the officers and forced them
to retire. The finance minister made
a plausible excuse for the delay in
paying the men. The women declared
this answer unsatisfactory, and made
q rush for him. He, however, escaped
by jumping out of back window.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
THE SIDE OCT.

The Entire French Ministry Resign-A
New Credit.
At the opening of the session OF the
French Chamber of Deputies on the
afternoon of the 3Oth, Prime Minister
Ferry presented the governments re-
quest for credit of $4,000, 900 on ac-
count of military operations in China.
Ferry at once moved for the appoint
ment Of a committee to examine and
report upon the credit, and he de-
manded that the motion be given
priority. The motion was rejected by
vote OF 3OS to 161. Ferry immedi-
ately announced the resignation of the
entire ministry. President Grevy &C.
cepted the designations.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
IN MANITOBA.
The Rebels Succeed in Getting Away
With the Police.

The Rebels Succeed in Getting Away
With the Police.
A dispatch was received at Ottawa
on the 9th, from Col. Irvine, at Fort
Carleton, giving the following details
of a recent skirmish with the rebels:
'The party under my command has
just arrived. When near Fort Carle-
ton, found that Maj. Crozier with a
party of 100 had gone to Duck Lake
to secure a large quantity of supplies
the1 stored. They were met by some
hundred rebels, who held the advantage
of position at Beardy's Reserve and
endeavored to surround Maj. Crozier's
Force OF police and civilians. The
rebels fired first. When the fire be-
came general, Maj. Crozier, owing to
the disadvantage at which he was
taken, retreated in good order, arriv-
ing at the fort at the same time as my
party. Ten civilians, of Prince Al
bert, and two policemen were killed,
and four civilians and seven constables
wounded. The number OF rebels killed
is not known. Thepolice and civilians
acted with the greatest bravery under
the heavy fire."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
BY WHOLESALE.

The Trial of. Philadelphia Midwife
Develops Horrible State of Affairs.
A Philadelphia dispatch of the 31st
says: CAT the coroner's inquest this
afternoon on the body of Alice Kirk,
aged 25, of Pottsville, who died in the
house of Mrs. Maria NJ. Hoepfner, CT
this city, it is shown that the deceased
came to the house in perfect health
and Mrs. Hoepfner performed q
criminal operation, causing the girls
death the next day. Several women
swore that operations had been per-
formed upon them, and it was also
shown that children born in the house
mysteriously disappeared. Twins
born healthy were found dead an
hour later. One witness swore that
the daughter OF the prisoner, now in
New Mexico, told her that the infants
were burned in furnace. Mrs. Hoepf-
ner was committed"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
An Extemporized Marriage.

From Three Months in the Soudan.
The magnificent extravaganza OF the
late khedive IS well exemplified in the
small palace he built for the Empress
Eugene, and which has never been oc-
cupied since. Here. too, an instance
of thorough oriental arbitrariness oc-
Cured. The empress while thanking
the khedive for the magnificent recep-
ton he had given her, happened to say
that the only thing that she had not
seen was an Arab marriage. "1ndeed,"
said the khedive, "this shall soon be
remedied." So he sent for his A. D.
c., gave him one of his Circassian
slaves from the harem, presented him
with large dowry, and told the
astonished official that everything was
to be ready in few days.
Accordingly, on the second day there
was a grand marriage a r Arabe.
The empress was greatly pleased, and
the A. D. c., man far more European
than Egyptian, and who spoke several
European languages splendid1y, found
himself indissolubly attached to a
Mahomedan wife, while all along it
had been the dream of hislife to marry
an European lady, one educated like
himself, and with whom he can asso-
ciate. But he knew he dared not re-
fuse, and SO an accident settled his
whole future life.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
FOUGHT ON THE FLOOR.
Disgraceful Scene in the Illinois Legisl

Disgraceful Scene in the Illinois Legisla-
At Springfield, ILL.,, on the 31st,
Crafts, of Cook, and Baker, of Moul-
talk, had fisticuff on the floor of the
House. The trouble arose on the
stock yards bill, on which they were
opposed. Crafts took Baker to task,
and, upon his resenting, struck Baker
in the face, whereupon Baker struck
back twice, kicking him once in the
stomach and marking his face badly.
Crafts attempted to strike Baker with
chair, but was prevented by friends
and the contestants were separated.
Haines, without putting any motion,
declared the House adjourned. This
is the second fight Baker has engaged
in this session.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
HE WAS CALLED,
And He Went, Taking His Bed With
Him-A Prisoners Feat.

And He Went, Taking His Bed With
Him-A Prisoners Feat.
John Flynn, who was to have been
tried for robbery at Troy, N. Y, on
the 9th, escaped from the third story
of the jail early the previous morning
by chloroforming his .cell-mate, blow
ing open the huge paddock OF his cell,
cutting thirty-four wires made of
wrought iron about a half inch in d.
ameter, and two sets of iron bars
across window. one on the outside
and the other on the inside. Flynn
tore the blankets of his cell into strips
and made rope by which he descend.
ed to the street: The jail officials say
they heard the explosion when the
lock was blown off, and one of them
investigated, but found nothing wrong,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
He Got 1t.

From the Detroit Free Press.]
"Boss," he whispered, as he leaned
over the counter, "de ole woman
wants some tea mighty bad, an l
hasn't got any money"
'Can't help that, sir" was the re-
ply. "I'm giving away more than !
can afford to without taking on
any new applications"
"Zackly, boss-I persume 50. Boss,
please give me your full name"
"John Y. Blank"
AN dat of yer pardner."
"His name is William j. Jones.
What do you want of our namesv
"Wal, / didn't get de tea, but you
used me like gem Ten, an benz az We
Has got twins in our family Ize
gwine to name 'em arter you an your
pardner!"
ooh! you said tea, Ell? Why, yes,
Iii be happy to put you up half a
pound. Green or Japan? Twins, eh!
Hope the mother is doing we'll. Say,
if you want those boys to make smart
men give 'em smart names. HI were
you I'd call 'em Washington and Jef-
ferson!"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

That day ever after the sleep of the
Edsons was undisturbed. Young
Cyrus, however, lost more rest than
formerly. He could not resist the
temptation every morning thereafter
of getting up and watching the dis
abled bird as it flew from it's perch to
the top of the fence, and Tapping it's
wings, tried to crow. For him it was
better than circus.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
ANTICIPATE TROUBLE,
The British Government Purchasing
Large Quantities of Arms.

The British Government Purchasing
Large Quantities of Arms.
A London special of the 1st says:
"The temporary relief caused by the
pacific talk of the Marquis ofHarting-
ton is almost wholly dissipated by the
statement that Russia comedies no
single vital point at issue. The war
preparations are gong ahead as brisk
real reason to count on a peaceful
solution. The Birmingham Company,
which the government has purchased,
is the largest rifle factory in England.
1t possesses patents on the Martini
Henry rifle. The company collapsed
on the conclusion of the Franco-Ger-
man war. The purchase includes a
stock of rifles valued at $75O,OOO. 1t
is expected that several thousand
workmen will be started directly''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
DR.. Edison and the Rooster.
From the New York Mail.l

From the New York Mail
An amusing story is told of DR..
Cyrus Edison, of the health board,
which has as yet never appeared in
print. 1t was during his service as an
undergraduate, and before his father,
ex-Mayor Edison, had been raised to
the chief Office in the municipality that
the episode referred to occurred. The
family resided at the time at Ford
ham Heights, and to a certain extent
enjoyed the advantages of rural living.
That is, they would have enjoyed it
had it not been for the pride of the
barnyard of a near neighbor. This
rooster had the Ill manners and bad
grace to disturb the matutinal slum-
bers of the Edison family every day.
With the first streak of dawn he would
hop down rom his perch on an old
soap-box and crow until the very hills
reverberated the sound. DIR. Edison and
other members of the family expended
lung power, old boots, soap-dishes,
and other pieces of portable bedroom
furniture in their efforts to silence the
feathered fiend until they were well
nigh exhausted. Then Mayor Edison
tried to buy the precious bird, but the
neighborly neighbor would not sell
him. Finally the young disciple of
Esculapius determined that through
him should the family find peace.
Accordingly one morning he arose
just before daybreak, and gliding eau
tiously down into his neighbor's back
yard, he succeeded, by the blandish-
ments of voice and the liberal use of
sweet corn, in getting his hands on
the rooster. This done the rest was
easy. Taking his dissecting case from
his pocket, he selected a keen-edged
scalpel and tweezers, and holding the
bird between his knees, sought the
animals throat. Taking up the vocal
cords with the tweezers, it was but
the work of an instant to sever them
and let the rooster 90.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
ON HER KNEES.

A 2-Year-Old Child in Front of an En-
gine.
On the Western & Atlantic Railroad
near Dillon, Tenn, on the Goth, as an
express train went around a curve
near the station, Engineer McKabb
saw 2-year-old girl toddling up the
track. He did all in his power to stop
the train. When the locomotive
whistle sounded, the child turned, and,
seeing the train, put it's hands to it's
face and knelt down on the track,
where it met it's death. The child was
daughter of Engineer Walker.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
IN THE MINES.

Three Fatal Explosions Reported in One
Day.
An explosion in the mines of the
Dombrou Ornau Mining Company
at Trappan, Austrian Silesia, on the
9th, buried forty miners. All are
believed to have persisted. An explo-
sion in the mines OF Baron Rothschild
at Ostrau, in Moravia, killed tifty-six
men. Another in the mines at Leber,
Chill, on the same day, buried thirty
five men and seriously wounded thir-
teen more.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
FATAL NINE EXPLOSION.

Twelve Men Instantly Killed In an Indian
Territory Coal Mine.
News was received on the Goth of q
terrible explosion in coal mine No 7,
at McAllister, I. t., by which twelve
miners, all of whom were in the mine
at the time, were instantly killed. The
cause of the explosion is unknown, but
is supposed to have been the ignition
of powder. The bodies were only
slightly burned, death evidently being
the result of conclusion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
BRIDGE CARRIED AWAY.
An Iron Structure Over the Allegheny De
mOliShed BY Ice.

An IRON Structure Over the Allegheny De-
molished BY Ice.
The ice in the Allegheny River,
gorged into huge mountains against
THERON bridge at Parker, Pa, on the
night OF the lst. The structure gave
way under the terrible pressure and
two sections were swept down the riv-
er. 1t was reported that several per-
sons were on the bridge when it went
down, but the rumor has not been
verified. No other damage has been
reported at Pittsburg. The rivers are
clear of ice, and the coal shippers are
preparing for large shipment of coal
to Southern ports.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
Dakota.

SEVERAL antelope have been seen
near Roscoe lately.
MANY Hollanders are taking claims
in Campbell County.
A$1, 300 METHODIST CHURCH will be
constructed at Port Emma.
CONSIDERABLE wheat was sown in
Sully County the last of February.
EIGHTY thousand bushels of wheat
are yet stored in Hillsboro elevators.
EDMUNDs COUNTY has 1,5OO vacant
claims, and Mcpherson County has
1900.
PARTIES from Rochester, Minn., are
about to start @ Second National
Bank at Watertown.
A BUILDING association, with a capi-
tol stock of 100000, has been Or
ganized at Brookings.
A PRAIRIE fire swept the country
north of Chamberlain, Kimball and
Pukwana one day last week.
The Black Hills tin region is found
to be much larger than was supposed.
New locations are constantly opened.
Mr.. BURKE, proprietor of the james
town Capital, has comeinto possession
of snug fortune through relatives in
| the East.
IT is estimated 5000 Manitobians
have found homes south of the line in
the Turtle Mountain country during
the past year.
Bishop MAkrY, of Dakota, will prob.
ably change his residence, and Pierre
| Whi+n 7 .01po n oonh fruIr1r 4 n
secure the see-house.
SAMUEL KNIGHT is sinking a shaft
near Glendale, to find coal. He is an
old Pennsylvania miner, and says that
the Indications insure good find.
A COLONY, consisting of 500 families,
the heads of which are mostly Grand
Army men, is being formed in Cleve'
land, O., to settle in Morton County
THE legislature appropriated fol-
regular territorial expenses and pur'
poses the sum of $439 ,438. 80, and fol-
special purposes nearly $50, 600 add
tional.
w. r. SMITH, of Bismarck, who has
been acting as express agent for a
northwestern stage line, is in jail,
charged with embezzling 81 900 from
the company.
! FITZPATRICK Posi-, &. A. r., of Huron,
is laying out for grand campfire
entertainment, with supper at the
Wright House and depot hotel,to be
given early in June.
Mr.. JOHN CLEAvER, of Valley City,
has an egg on exhibition, laid by one
of his hens, which measures eight
! inches in circumference one way and
six inches the other way.
THE salary of Miss Hattie Hall, chic
clerk of the Registers Department o1
the Huron Land Office, has been or
dered increased from $75 to 800 PEI
month by the department. at Wash
ington.
The squaw wife of Fred. La Plant
a haE-breed ranchman living neal
Fort Pierce, committed suicide by
hanging herself in her own tepee tht
other day. The faithlessness of he1
liege lord is supposed to be the cause
of her rash act.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
TERMS: Two Dollars Per Annum, in Advance.
A MARCH EVENING.

The boughs are black, the wind is cold,
And cold and black the fading sky,
And cold and CHASTITY, fold on fold,
Across the hills the vapors lie.
Sad is my heart, and dim mine eye,
With thoughts of all the woes that were
And all that through the foreward year,
Prophetic fit, like phantoms by.
But in the cheerless silence, bark
Some throstle's vesper, loud and clear
Beside his mate hear him sing;
And sudden at my feet mark
A daffodil that lights the dark
Joy, Joy, tits here, the spring, the springl
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

ACCORDING to a Boston paper q
clergyman in Washington County, Me-,
holds Sunday-school in his skating
rink every Sunday afternoon. The
scholars who attend the school are al
lowed the use of the rink one-hah day
pratis.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

THY are going down to dinner:
seMay I sit ON your right hand ?"
she-"Oh, better take q chair" He
takes one.-Y0nkers States11an.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
The Price of q Fiddle.

From the Paris Morning News.
A few days ago q little street musi-
clan with his violin under his arm en-
tered a. pork-butcher's shop in the
Rue des Martyrs and purchased a
knuckle of ham for 3 francs On feel
ing in his pocket he found that he had
left the money at home which his
mother had given him to pay for it..
AS it was luncheon time, and he would
he scolded if he went home empty
handed, he asked the shopkeeper to
take the violin in pledge; he would
come and redeem it in the afternoon.
The shopkeeper consented, and put
the instrument away in a corner. A
quarter of an hour later a gentleman
of distinguished appearance drove up
in a landau, made purchases of pate
de foie gras to the amount of 40
francs, and carelesely taking up the
violin, exclaimed; "What a. superb
instrumentW He tried it En- Con.
naisseur and offered 100, 200, 500,
and finally1 900 francs for it. The
shopkeeper could not dispose of what
did not belong to him, but promised
to try and obtain it for his wealthy
customer, who took his departure,
leaving as his address: Lord Russell,
Grand Hotel" A very pretty scene
ensued on the return of the poor little
musician. He for some time objected
to parting with his favorite fiddle, but
at last, after going home to obtain his
mothers consent, he gave it up
for $50 francs. The pork butcher
dressed himself in his best, called a
cab, and drove to the Grand Hotel
where he was politely informed that
no such person as Lord Russell was
stayingthere. The unfortunate trades
man turned all colors, excitedly
insisted that he was not mistaken, and
brandished his fiddle with such en-.
ergy thathe had to be turned out
Thevalueof the instrument has since
hoon az cart aimed tn he francs
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

AMOR PATRI9: The Esquimaux
think their snow place Ike home.