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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
Naval Service i'm Shallow Streams.

IOOr. LOUIS SIlODe-UemOCfaC.t
The naval service of the delta, with
it's many hundred miles of shallow
channel, is done by seven or eight
small gun-boats of peculiar pattern
and half q dozen steam-launches, each
carrying q Hotchkiss (French, Osh-
KEGS gun, and manned by six or eight
sailors. The gun-boats arecalled can
nonieres. They are nearly all of them
of the same pattern, board, flat bot
toned, and not drawing more than
three feet of water, even when heavily
loaded. The idea is a peculiarly Amer
ican one, borrowed entirely from the
little shallow steamers that have for
the last half-century nearly been run
ming on the upper waters OF the Ohio,
Mississippi, and Missouri, and more
directly from the tin-clads that did
such excellent service during the re-
bellion. The boilers are in front, pro-
tected by thin steel plating sufficient
to turn any fire to be expected from
hostile forces in the delta. The en-
gines are aft, and similarly protected.
The quarters of the officers are amid
ships, or, if the pattern is varied,
WucTcVOI COIlVClAcllCS uICGdCSS. l. uC
armament is usually two medium
steel guns forward on a arevolving plat
form, with a range of two miles, the
gunners being protected by semi-cir-
cular steel plates at the edges of the
platform, and two or three Hotchkiss
guns at the sides or on a mast guarded
in similar fashion. The wheels at the
stern aro sometimes masked nv hoard
plates OF steel, a continuation of the
plating of the sides. The esmall-arm is
the Mauser rife, heavy weapon, but
considered by the French the most eff
cient. These vessels are all painted
gray. They were built in France,
brought out in pieces, and put togeth-
er either at Saigon or Haiphong. Two
are now on the stocks at Haiphong,
which will in few days be added to
the delta squadron, making it the
most usefu; for the special duties ex-
acted that could possibly be devised.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
Dakota.


Gov. PIERCE will deliver the address
at Flandreau on memorial day.
A DEALER at Arlington has shipped
10000 muskrat furs since last fall.
JOE JAMIsoN, burglar, has made his
second escape from the DEVILS Lake
Jail.
OVER twenty entries of land a day
are now filed in the Bismarck land Of
fee.
THREE townships of Benson County
have voted in favor Of annexation to
Ramsey County.
THERE are sixty-one families and
fifty half-breeds that receive rations
in the Turtle Mountain Reservation.
R. SYKES e. Co. are putting in !, 900
acres of wheat in La Moure County,
OF which about 700 acres are already
sOwn.
THE surveyors have reached Ed
munds County in the preliminary sur.
vey of the Rock Island Railroad, from
Watertown to Bismarck.
THE statement of an Eastern paper
that one-half the land in Dakota is
held by women is absurd. One-fifth
would be large estimate.
Miss MoLL1E DoLLlvER, of the Cin-
cinnati Wesleyan College, has contrib
uted a 75O-pound, thirty -six-inch bell,
for the new Methodist Church in Dead
wood.
BENNETT, the accomplice of the mur-
derer Bell, recently lynched at Pierre,
pleaded guilty as accessory. The ex-
tent of his punishment will be five
years imprisonment.
Gov. PIERCE has found in his old
trunks quite number of letters from
Gen. Grant. written during the war,
and will perhaps publish extracts
from them. He was on the general g
staff at one time.
r. M. BISHOP, who wanted to buy
the Sherman House in Sioux Falls for
Sc, 900 cash, and jumped his board
bill, played similar dead beat game
at Dell Rapids. At the latter place he
bought section of land adjoining
that town instead of hotel.
The residence of a Mr.. Baker, in
Edmunds County, was burned to the
ground few lights ago, the family
barely escaping with their lives. Their
nearest neighbor was distant twelve
miles, to which point they were COM
Delled to walk in g. naked condition.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
THE SITUATION.

How the Kaleidoscope of Europe Looks
Russia Saucy.
A dispatch to the London Morning
Post, of the 10th, from St. Peters
burg, states that Nj. DeGiers has in
formed Sir Edward Thornton, the
British ambassador, that Russia de-
clines making any reference to Herat
in the further progress of the negotia-
tions with England. Earl Granville is
stated to have signed an agreement on
the scope of the proposed arbitration,
which leaves matters between England
and Russia open for settlement with.
out reference to an arbitrator.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
TERMS: Two Dollars Per Annum, in Advance
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.


p 1llnnesota.
The State Fair Association purpose
issuing about $15, 900 in premiums
this year.
The West hotel barn at St. Cloud
was burned, the loss being 81, 900 and
insurance 81, 100.
IHE St. Cloud Council has raised
the price of saloon licenses from 500
to $500 per year.
THERE are now under treatment at
the St. Peter Insane Hospital 462
men and 284 women.
The telegraphing facilities OF Duluth
will be greatly increased by the put
ting in Of a quadruplex instrument.
FERDINAND GEESE of St. Mary acci-
dentally fell from a load of manure
and dislocated his neck, causing his
death.
JOHN PETERSON, who was sent to
the Nicollet County poor farm re-
Gently, committed suicide by cutting
his throat.
The Lincoln Touring mill, to be re-
built at Anoka, will have capacity of
1000 barrels per day, and it's total
cost will be about $3.50, 900.
A MAN giving the name Of A. L. Mo-
rey is under arrest at Albert Lea,
charged with circulatingcounterfeit sill
yer dollars. He had q large amount
of the spurious coin in his possession.
A WARRANT has been issued at Glen
coe for the arrest of B. F. Sloan of
Glencoe, who last February received
some money of Burns of Forest City
as fire insurance premium on his
saloon.
ROBERT sCRoGAN, while plowing on
the right of way of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul railway track, near
La Crescent, suddenly fell in the fur
row, behind the plow, and died before
he could be taken from the field.
The Standard Cement Works, of
Mankato, have made a contract with
New York parties for 2,5OO,OOO bar
rels of cement. It will require four
years to completes the contract. The
cement will be used in the construc-
tion of the Croton River aqueduct.
New ULM REVIEW: Mr.. Theo. Rein,
in the town of Cottonwood, on Arbor
day put out 1900 cuttings of null
berry trees, also 1000 willow trees.
On the following day he put out an ad-
ditional 3,lOO mulberry tree cuttings,
making total OF 2l, ZOO cuttings put
out in the two days.
PETER KELLEY, while under the in
fluence of liquor, lay down upon the
railroad track at Rush City. The
down passenger struck him, and his
head was badly cut and his skull
fractured. His wounds were dressed
by Drs. Neuland and Beardsley, after
which he was taken to St. Paul to re-
ceive medical assistance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
RIOTOUS GONDOLIERS.

Venice Boatmen Resenting an Innova-
ton by the Hotels.
A serious riot is in progress at Ven
ice. The trouble is caused by the no.
tel proprietors keepinggondolas for the
use of their guests. This innovation
was resented by the regular gondoliers,
who organized a mob, attacked the
hotel gondoliers and scuttled their
boats. Several serious casualties have
occurred, and many arrests have been
made.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
Curious Anecdotes Of Verdi.

From the st. j ameS GaZeCCe.J
In justification of the examiners
who sent back to youthful Verdi when
he applied for admission at the con-
servtorio of Milan, Mazzucato points
out that much genius does not neces-
sarily develop itself at an early age;
and he assures US of his own knowl-
edge that Boito, the composer of
"Meistofele, showed no great musi-
cal aptitude before the age 10. Some
curious anecdote is attached to al
most everyone of Verdi's works. The
failure OF his "Alzira" was explained
by reputed gettatore, named Cape
celatro, having shaken hands with
him and predicted q triumphant sue
cess; and committee of friends was
appointed to keep this bird of ILL.,
omen at a distance when "Luisa
Miller" was being performed for the
first time. But the possesser of the
evil eye got at Verdi after the third
act, and, embracing him with fervor,
caused the fourth act to fall flat.
When "Rigo]etto" was objected to in
it's original form, it was the
chief of Austrian police at Ven
ice. who, longing to hear a
new opera by Verdi, showed the IL
brettist how by a few simple changes
it might be rendered inoffensive:
When, at the first representation OF
'L4a Traviata," a. stout impersonat-
or of Violetta complained that she
was wasting and could not live many
hours, the audience laughed 50 inn
moderately that the curtain had to
be let down. Finally the Manzoni
Requiem had its origin in a strange
proposal made by Verdi to twelve
other composers that each should
write one number of a requiem in hon
or of Rossini, to be performed one
hundred years after Rossini's death,
and then at centennial intervals, in
epcuza sspcuIOruu.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
rs MULHATTON LOOSEe

A Story From Now York State Which,
Sounds Like His.
A dispatch from Seward. N. Y,
under date of the 18th inst, says:
"a terrible and deadly disease prevails
in the Seward Valley. 1t first attacked
Samuel McRobers, who died, and since
then funerals occur daily about here.
The throat first swells, the tongue is
paralyzed, the patient cannot eat and
he becomes double-sighted. No one
has recovered from the Disease which
is very contagious"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
"SecOnd Wind"

lfEOm AOuSuttlB 3 MA&&AZlnel
The reader may not be aware that
in ordinary respiration we only use a
portion of our lungs, the cells at the
extremity not being brought into play.
This is the reason why those who are
not "in training" and who try to run
for any distance, soon begin to gasp,
and unless they are recourageouse enough
to persevere in spite of the choking
sensation, are forced to stop. But If
they will persevere, the choking goes
of, and the result is what is technical
ly known as "second wind" When
the second wind is fully established,
the runner does not become out of
breath, but goes on running as long as
hig legs will carry him. I know this
by experience, having been accus-
toned for some years to run three
miles every morning over hilly road.
The fact is, that on starting, the far
therest portions of the lungs are
choked with effete air and the remain
der do not supply air enough to meet
theincreased circulation caused by ex-
ercise. By degrees, however, the neg
lected cells come into play, and when
the entire lung is in working order the
circulation and respiration again bal
ance each other, and the "second
wind'' is theresult. Now, let the read
er repeat his experiment of holding his
breath against time, but first let him
force out of his lungs every particle Of
| air that he can expel. and then draw
as deep q breath as his lungs will hold.
If this be repeated some seventy or
eighty times, by way of imitation of
the whale, the experimenter will find
that he can hold his breath for a min
ute and half without Inconvenience.
Should he be swimmer, he should
always take this precaution before
''taking a header" and he will find
that he can swim for considerable
distance before he needs to rise for
breath. H.
Four tramps confined in the Bangor
(Me.l police station, knocked. down a
stove pipe, secured the wire attached
to it, and by fixing the wire toa broom
handle yanked q jug of whisky from q
cell in which it was stored. They all
got 9loriously drunk, and were found
In stupefed condition by q police
man some hours later. Boston Post.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
Greelex and the Medfums

In the ante-telegraph days Hon.
Horace Greeley, whose handwriting
was atrociously bad, wrote to coun-
try correspondent in relation to a
lecture engagement "Will be with
YOU on Tuesday-or, if / can't, will
rap" Such, at least was aspresumed to
be the tenor of the communication.
At this day the "autograph," pre-
served as q curiosity, may be read in
that way, as we'll as in any other.
The crap" hardly needs explanation,
but there may be here and there a
person who does not understand that
traps" were once on n time the only
received method by which the disem-
bodied "spirits' communicated with
the living. Perhaps Mr.. Greeley
thought or pretended to think, that
he could induce some of those impon-
derables to throw their mysterious
weight into the business. He did not
in theinstancetry. Indeed the famous
FOUNDER of the Tribune, himself
eminently q practical man, found the
"spirits' impracticable for any sensi-
bic purpose. Always ready to listen to
anybody or test any new proposition:
Mr.. Greeley having attended q "seance"
offered handsome engagement to the
medium" IT." he said, 'you will
give me, daily, the London Mark Lane
reports, I will pay for the exclusive in
telligence such 9 price as will make it
worth your while" The reports were
not to be paid for until verified by the
then slowly transmitted foreign mail.
The medium" declined the offer, and
Mr.. Greeley turned away from him and
called next" on the roll Of eccentric
matters in which he loved to expert
ment. ~ ~. ...s. -
Dow PEDRO, the Emperor Of Brazil,
has reigned for fifty-three years-long-
er than any other living sovereign. He
was but 8 years old when called to
the throne, .#
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
The Mirror

is no hatterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale?
Magnolia Balm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-glass.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
r N. WHEAT, N. D.,

r N. WHEAT, N. D.,
Special attention given to the diseases OF women
and children: Ohice and residence opposite Con.
gregatoual Church, corner St. Paul and NH
Streets, Austin, Mower County, Ainn.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20

B A MILLION and quarter of cat.
skins are used annually by furriery.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
aESlL, ESS CARDS.

DENTISTRY:
DR. p. B. PECK
Has opened an ONCE in Mrs. Wrighrs house, hrst
north Of the Davidson House, on east side Of
street, where he is prepared to do all kinds Of
work In dentistry, and solicits share of public
patronage.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
T0I.EnQ.

WHAT-No. 3 Red.
Conle-No. 2.................,,,,........
OAu-No. 9.............................
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20

NEW YORK.
FLoUR-super state and West'n.
WHEAT-No. 2 Red.
CORN-No. 2...............................
OATS-Whito WeGtern......,,........
RYE-Westarn. n....................,,...,,.
PORK-NeW Mess. ..,....................
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
MILWAUKEE
~ICAG0

FLoUR-Good to Choice Sprins..
Common Spring.........
WHEAT-No. 2 Spring. ................
SoRN-No. 2...............................
OAT6-No.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
THOs. PHILLIPS, N. D.,
r N. GREENMAN,

r YMAN D. BAIRD,
! ATTORNEY At LAW,
Real Estate, Insurance and Collection Agent.
ONCE, front room, second floor, over Hall d
West's store, Austin, Minnesota.
r AFAYETTE FRENCH,
ATTORNEY At Law,
Austin, MINI. Collections and other buA.ness
attended to carefully and promptly. Agent Of
the Etna and other Fire Insurance companies.
Office over G. w. Tayl0rs store. juno
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
NEW YORK

CHEEsB-prima. ma...,.....................
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-17

THE COLLECTOR FOR THE FOURTH
DIsTRICT.-W H. Marlborough, who was
on Monday nominated to be collector OF
internal revenue, is a merchant OF Louis
burg. about As years'of age. He served in
the Confederate army, entering as a prl-
vate and retiring with the rank of colonel.
He is a native of North Carolina and be-
longs to one of the most prominent fami-
lies in the State. Farmer and Mechanic.
We endorse all this except the last sem
tence. What does the fact that Col. Var
borough belongs to one of 'the most
prominent families i'll the State have TO
do with his duties as collector? Will the
time ever come when a man is to pose
before the community for what he is
worth, and not on the merits of his grand.
father ?-Charlotte Observer.
We did not use the language attribu-
ted to this paper; it was taken from the
Associated Press report.
All the same we believe it to be truth,
and as such we deemed it proper for
publication. When the last Of the three
Federal offices in North Carolina ha:
been filled 80 10 auy harm to let the
public at a distance know that the APP.
pointee is a man of character and vel
known family, endorsed by Ransom
Vance, Cox, Jos. j. Davis, Charles NJ
Cooke, ct al? We never saw Mr.. Var.
borough, and may never see him; but we
have seen too many incompetent Fed
eral officials not to take pleasure in say
ing that the above name stands well al
home.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-17
N urder in Raleigh.
Continued from first maze.

About 4 o'clock this afternoon dispatch.
es were received by Sheriff NOVEL; from
the Sheriff of Durham county noun
ing the capture of GoOch, the alleged
slayer of Mr.. John A. Cheatham, and
that he was in the Jail of Durham coun.
ty awaiting to be transferred to this
city when called for. In response to
the kilograms Officer Lewellen left for
Durham.
Gooch arrived in the city on the freight
train which reached here about 9.45 this
morning. He was placed in a carriage
accompanied by Officer Lewellen and
F. d. Markham, sheriff of Durham coun-
ty, and taken directly to the jail.
Go0ch was arrested about 3 O'Clock
Friday afternoon three miles west of
Durham. AT the time of his arrest he
was lying down in a thicket and feigning
sleep. He passed through Durham
about O'Clock p. M, and inquired for
his brother-in-law, Mr.. Huddleston.
Sheriff Markham asked a man who was
ploughing il he had seen him. and was
told that he was lying out in the thicket
near by. They went to the place and
finding him as directed leveled a pistol
at him and captured him.
Gooch says he left the store after the
affair to go for a doctor. He went into
Ellis store and from there to Jackson's
stable. He was at the latter place quite
a while, perhaps an hour aud a half.
Some one came and said John Cheat
ham had died. He knocked around"
the city that night going all about. He
desired to surrender himself but every
one of his friends advised him to leave
the city, and not give himself up. He
was at the old rock quarry, as stated,
and remained there until Thursday
night. He went to Durham and was
seen there by a negro man there. who
knew HIM. The negro gave Informal
ton to Sheriff Maroon. and the latter
caught GoOch as he was asleep by the
roadside, three miles above Durham.
All the statements about Gooch's be-
ing at the quarry were at first doubted.
1t was thought to be an effort to throw
the police Oft the track. An officer of
the county, who did not know Gooch
by sight passed him on the street near
the quarry, at night, and spoke to him
q returning his salution. The man with
the officer ought to have recognized
Gooch. but strange to say did not.
Gooch looks a little worn. He APP
pears TO be in good spirits and to feel
confident that he can prove that he did
not kill John Cheatham.
The examination of Gooch. prelimi.
nary, has been deferred until the Goth
inst, to await the result of Jas. Cheat
ham S injuries.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-17

WISDOM Won IN WILD WESTERN
SCENES. Have seen a good many cities,
Waco, Houston. Galveston, San Antonio,
Fort Worth, Dallas, Hiaree and others
they are true places, and are improving
rapidly. By the way, | had the pleasure
of meeting the Hon. j. X Jones, L. S.
Senator from Ark. last week. He was
on a visit to his brother in-law, Joe.
Sommerville. of our good old Warren
family. Col. Jones is a North C~arolinian
by birth. being a Wake county man, and
a cousin of the excellent lady Of our late
countyman. Mark p. Jones. He mar
ried first, a Miss Eaton, of Warren coun-
ty, and last a Miss sommerville, daugh-
ter of Joseph Sommerville. who emipra-
ted from Warren to Tenn. We learn
from Senator Jones that his law partner
has in his possession a large part of the
library of the late Chief Justice Hender-
son which he Intends presenting to the
University of n. G., through Gov. We
also learn from him hat both the Sena-
tors, the present Governor, Attorney
General Garland, two members oil Con-
gresS and the nominee for his successor,
are OF n. Z. %parentage, or bir,h.
We must in our humble way, ask to
reverse the advice Of the late Or. Greedy
about going west and say Young man
stay back and build up the prandest old
county God has ever given to man,
Home Sick IN W~drrenton Gazette.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-17
ABOUT LITERARY DEGRE'

ABOUT LITERARY DEGREES. - We
are living in the season Of college com
mencements. 1t is 10 this period thas
doctorates OF divinity, literature, law and
philosophy are named. During these
last years we have come to recoil some
what from reading under the caption
Degrees Conferred, because we have
50 often been Disguised with the whole
docturate making business. 1t really
looks like grave and digni6ed boards of
trustees have substituted popular infu-
ence Tor literary fitness as the most i'm
portant acquisition which entities to the
doctorate OF law and literature. Provided
a man has been tossed, at the right time
to the crest of a conspicuous biliow in the
storm Of life, although possessing in him
self but little knowledge of law or ~litera-
ture in general be must DC doctored. His
position, fortuitously obtained, and not
his personal fitness, wins the distinction.
State Exchange.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-17
A MAN WITH A CRAw.-John II

A MAN WITH A CRAw.-John II.
Eanes is u of the most remarkable
characters we have ever seen. In a
conversation with his brother on Tues
day we learned of his singular idio.yn-
c~racies. He is idiotic on some subjects.
and on others converses with intelli-
gence. His health has been deranged
for many years. and many physicians
have experimental on him. One of his
most singular freaks is the swallowing
of pebbles after each meal. His brother
told Us that after he had filled himself
with the stones, he has frequently press
ed upon his stomach and could feel the
stones and hear them grinding upon one
another. If this were not too well t.
tested We could scarcely c. edit it. In
winter, when the snow has covered the
ground he repairs to the branches and
swallows pebbles, some of them as large
as a mans thumb, by the handful. He
also consumes vast quantities of dried
oak leaves, old rags and shucks. He
is not able to explain his fondness for
these things. but simply says he is COM
PEELED to fill up on them. He lives 5 or
6 miles from Leaksville in Henry coun-
ty, Va, and is a son of the late Rev
Arthur Eanes.-LeaksYille Echo.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-17

Miss LULA HURsT.-The Opera Hall
last night was densely packed to witness
this great wonder of the age. About a
dozen gentlemen. leading citizens, were
requested to come upon the stage, who
in turn attempted to hold ,he stick, or
umbrella or chair but all failed, then
six or eight men trisd ia tho most rigor-
Gus manner to hold the chair and all
failed. Several of the gentlemen ex
planned that they were powerless to resist,
and were utterly unable to resolve the
mystery. Take it all in all we say, it is
wonderful beyond description.-Ashe-
Vile Citizen