Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-14
To- China for q Wife.

On the 18th day OF September, 1883
John Long Zip, a Chinese laundryman,
of Oil CITY, becoming afflicted with the
matrimonial fever, at that time preva-
lent at that place, started to China to
get q wife. OF course he had never
seen the prospective Mrs. Zip, nor had
he corresponded with her. His Celes-
tial mother had, however, arranged all
the little preliminaries. Sc selected
the wife, and Mr.. Zip first saw her when
they were married. He retur rred to Oil
City, Saturday, December Is, having
been absent about one year and three
He relates many interesting
incidents of his trip, and says emphati-
cally that he prefers 70 reside in America
and will now remain here. This trip
cost him about $4,000, and as he had
been in America only four years when
he left it would seem that there is some
profit in the laundry business as con-
Quoted by the economical, almond.eyed
Celestials. He says that before taking
passage on the outward-bound trip he
secured the necessary papers to enable
him to return. Before he could get the
necessary documents he had to undergo
an examination. His height, weight,
color of hair, etc., we're all entered in 4
book, and note made of scar between
tho eyes. This was done to identify
him when he returned. he says the
government officials we're very particu-
lar about this and got 80 good de-
scription of him that no trouble what
ever, was experienced in identifying
him when he returned. While in China
he witnessed, from a safe distance. one
of the battles between his countrymen
and the French. He says the Chinese
can fight ~pletty good" on the land, but
on the water they are mo goodee" be-
cause their boats are of inferior quality.
While he was gone it was reported here
that he had been impressed into the
Chinese army, but he says this was un-
true. he did not bring his wife home
with him. BE left her with her parents
at Hong Kong. It seems that the laws
of that country would not permit her
to come. When on his way home the
hotel at which he was stopping in San
Francisco was burned, and he lost quite
q large quantity OF curiosities of various
kinds which he was bringing home to
his friends in this country, together
with his clothing and personal effects.
A Peculiar Mound.
fFrom the Greensborough (Ga.) Journal.l
About mile from Greensborough, off
the road to Union Point, on the farm of
Mr.. Ed. Jackson has been recently dis
covered a mound which has puzzled all
who have seen it. A few weeks ago,
Mrs. Jackson and lady neighbor we're
walking around the farm which imme-
diately joins the house lot, aud when
pushing aside the bushes skirting the
land observed q huge mound of rock,
piled in regular order, and mounting up
higher than their heads. On Mr.. Jack
sons return home, his wife told him OF
what she had found, aud added that the
mound was the most curious looking
pile of rocks she had ever seen. The
following morning Mr.. Jackson with q
number of others went to the spot, and
there cav the huge pile, more than q
hundred feet in circumference. every
stone apparently laid with greatest pre-
cision. The curiosity of the crowd wa
aroused, and they determined on an in
vestigation. They began at once tc
throw of the rocks around the oute1
edge. This Was not accomplished with
out difficulty. and after going about 9
foot or two they came to number o1
big rocks, varying in size from foot K
three feet square, every one laid Is i
by . mason.
To 20 fnrther down required severn
days of hard labor, but the stones wer'
finally removed, and lying there were ,
number of human bones, all bleached
but still perfect. Among them were th'
hand, wrist, thigh, and knee bones, ant
from their SIZE it was evident they be
longed to . person of tremendous stat
uTe.
The excavation in the mound con
tinued day after day. Curiously. .shapet
pieces of flint and stone, in rings o
great sizes, in beds and arrow-heads
came to light. By this time they hal
gone fully FIVE feet down, even belov
the earth's surface. and still the walls O
rock met them. Up to this time no dis
covery Of great importance has bee1
made, but there seems to be 10 end Il
the rock, and there is no telling wha
lies at the bottom of it all
The stones of which the mound i
built are of . pecu]is1 kind, diferen
from any around this section, and wer
evidently brought from . distance. I
is different from most Indian mounds
and could not have been intended q
burial place for the dead, as only on
skeleton has thus far been found, and n
trinkets have been discovered similar +
those usually found in Indian moundl
There IL = theory that tho noun
contaiDs . treasure. The care taken i
plseing md mortaring the rocks, sp'
= $780, .,... ..<:-s 49, II. - ~~-s&s .1sz