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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
The Poison Of Spiders.

An interesting essay on the poison
OF spiders was recently delivered by
Prof. Brieger,of Halle, before society
OF naturalists. Experiments made with
two kinds Of Russian spiders reputed
to be venomous showed them to be in
nocuous, but a third species, belonging
to the same region and properly termed
the ''black wolf" was found fully t.
bear out it's. reputation. Its poison is
more powerful perhaps than any
known, not excepting prussic acid and
strychnine. 1t makes great ravages
among Russian livestock, attack
ing the animals as they Craze. 1t In
aicts q sting on the mouth or tongue
which causes death in o short time,
Tho venom pervades the entire system
Of the spider, constituting about
twenty five per cent. Of It's weight The
poison belongs to the classSof so-called
ferments, being composed Of albumin
Gus matter. It is rendered inactive
when subjected to the action of alco-
hol. It produces no effect when taken
in the stomach, but when introduced
into the blood vessels, it acts so pow.
erfully that two or three milligrammes
will suffice to kill man. Prof. Briege1
has examined the spiders Of Germany,
and has found one only to be venom,
GUS In this species the venom is
possessed only by the young insect
which is yirulent in an extraordinary
degree. IN Z Post.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
MANY LIVES LOST.

Great Destruction to Property and Crops
by Floods In Mexico.
CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 14-Advices from
Orizaba show that the loss Of life by the
floods numbers forty four persons and that
the damage to property amounts to more
than 1900, 900. Many cattle have been lost.
In tho City of Mexico rains have bcen con-
slant since Saturday. In the State of Vera
Cruz dead bodies are being found. The corn,
rice ana bean crops are complete failures,
and much of the land formerly fertile and
fenced is now sandy waste. Rains con-
tinue falling throughout the State. and
there are no signs of the floods abating.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
BUSINESS BREvlTlES.


THE Alaska salmon pack viii exceed 3O0,-
100 cases this year.
GIRLS are employed as single packers in
the mills at Bay City, Mich.
THE citrus belt of Southern California
shipped this year 9 ,25O carloads Of oranges.
WISCONSIN parties have commenced the
raising Of bufaloes for the sake Of their
hides.
A SHORTAGE in the salmon crop is reported
from the Pacific coast. as was to be ex-
pected.
THE imports of cocoanuts for the first six
months Of the year 1883 amounted to 9,57l,-
1913 nuts.
A MASSACHUSETTS quarrying company has
received contract for supplying 5000
hcadstones for the National cemeteries.
The manufacture of burial shoes, which
Is now q branch Of the footgear industry
ef Chicago, promises to become lively
business.
CALIFORNIA; production of dried fruit in
creased from soc, 900 pounds in 1888 to &c.
co., 0O0 pounds in 1887.
MEMPHIS y the greatest inland cotton
market in the world, receiving from 200, 900
to LOCO, 600 bales yearly.
THERE are 500, 900 retail tobacco-dealers in
the United States and 5O0, 600 workers inter,
ested in the manufacture Of smoking and
chewing tobacco.
THE demand for ribbon is now 30 great
that one State alone, New Jersey, turns out
B8,675, 600 yards year. This is no 035, 900
feet, or not quite q, 731 miles. !,
IT is estimated that there are 10000 for,
ests in the United States, with 1000 acres
entirely covered with glass, in the shape Of
greenhouses, devoted to flowers.
THE people of the United States are using
annually not for from 10000, 900 barrels Of
salt, and there has been steady increase
Of pounds per capita for the last decade.
York, Pa, is said to have the greatest
rag-carpet works in the United States Sir
hundred women and girls make carpet rags,
and there are 100 weavers and spoilers.
MORE than s,0oO, 100000 cigarettes were
sold in the United States during the year
1887. The entire business is in the hands Of
less than half dozen firms, who expect this
wear to increase their product.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
An Awful Disaster.

MADRID, Sept. Authorization is re-
ceived that the steamer Laurance while
entering the harbor Of Port Luz, Canary
Islands, came into collision with the Ital.
ian steamer Sud America, from Monte.
video, which way lying ut anchor. The
latter, which had on board ZIG passengers
and Q crew Of 81, sank almost Immediately.
One hundred and eighty Of the passengers
and sixty-three of the crew were rescued
and safely landed. Only nine bodies were
recovered
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
The News Briefly Chron,cIed.

disastrous fire occurred in Fountain
Prairie township, Pipe, Stone County, the
other afternoon,ab which Louis iHerschey
lost ten large stacks of wheat and four
horses, and man named Smith lost a
threshing machine. Sparks from the en-
CINE started the fire. Loss $3.50.
W. a. Lyons, of Minneapolis, was re-
Gently charged with swindling real-estate
people out of TO, GOO worth of property by
forging transfer deeds.
George Liebengath, butcher Of Red
wood Falls, died the other evening from
injuries received from being thrown from
a wagon. Three ribs were broken, the
bones penetrating the lungs and causing
hemorrhage g.. 49,
Fire at Owatonna the other morning TO-
tally destroyed barn belonging to Mrs. E.
L. holmes. It was the first fire in that city
for nearly seven months, and was sup
posed to nave been the work Of an incen-
diary. -, @11 2. -r-.-=
The State schools for the deaf and dumb
and blind and the Shattuck Military
School opened recently at Faribault
Thompson &. Johnson. Of Fisher, have
commenced the rebuilding Of the dam at
roller mill "a" at Red Lake Falls, which
was washed out last spring.
The sale of the Grand Opera House at
St. Paul by its present owners, the heirs
OF the Davidson estate, to "Lotta'' Crab
tree, the actress, was completed the other
day. The price paid was $3.50. COO
Samuel Bliss, the sugar rehner, who as
signed the other day in Chicago, had q
branch store in st. Paul The other day
Sheriff Richter repleyined four hundred
barrels Of sugar to satisfy claim of Har-
rison, Frazer & Co., Of Chicago.
Aaron Fox, of Mnneiska. an old resident
of Wabasha County and an extensive mer-
chant made an assignment for the benefit
Of his creditors the other morning. Liza
bilities, a, 500; assets, $1,000 L.,
A recent fire at St Paul destroyed
Schicklo Il Wilson'S planing-mill. Kelli-
hers foundry, Captain Boyington's resi-
dence and other buildings. The loss was
$4,000; insurance, $13, 900.
A brakeman named John Herrick had q
foot cut on near Cloquet the other day.
d. Bushnell had separator consumed
by fire at Northfeld the other day by straw
becoming ignited by sparks from the en-
CINE. Over two hundred bushels of oats
were destroyed.
Two young men at Elk River were re-.
Gently fined ten dollars and costs or twen-
ty-one days in Jail for disturbing the Sal
walton army.
"a through freight from the west had q
mishap at Verndale the other morning.
demolishing two cars and tearing up the
track, sgfg assH 4 SIS Fsss IL -.5zs.l.Sss :
s One of the boss BURBERRY pickers from
along the line Of the Northern Pacific
road told in Duluth recently that his
workmen had earned on an average 81. SO
per day. The men took their families along
and camped out in the woods and the chill
dren often earned as much as the grown
people. e. 15sg
s. F. Oliver, living near Bird Island, had
seventy loads OF hay burned recently. His
little boy aid il.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
voritablo Gardens or Eden

Are some of those fertile and picturesque
regions Of the south and southwest where
malaria is most prevalent. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is the true specific and pre-
ventive, and renders q residence in malaria
stricken localities safe to those who use it
as q safeguard. Disorders of the stomach,
liver, bowels and kidneys are checked and
removed by it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
Nine seamen Drowned.

NEW YORK, Sept. 14-Further reports
concerning the great storm in the gulf are
to the effect that the New York schooner
George n. Halet was driven ashore and
wrecked and that nine seamen were
drowned. The loss to vessel and cargo 10
estimated at 81 200 000
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
Five Lives Lost.

NEW YoRK, Sept. 14.-Miss Lizzie Mott
Ter, Miss Lizzie Voorhees,, Abraham ].
Demarest, Mayhem YerringtonI and she
four year old son Of Ralph Vaughan; Of
Trafyn, N. J.. wore drowned in the Hud-
son river near Hastings yesterday by. the
.swamping Of q boat in which they were
sailing 81 %Z .E5E-Et 81 8 81. ~. Z
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
Wind and Hail.

Considerable damage was done in Roches-
ter the other day by the wind. A large
number Of trees were broken off, and in
two or three instances chimneys were
blown from buildings. Reports from the
country were to the effect that in many
places sheds, stacks OF grain, ETC., were
scattered over the fields. The wind blew
hard all day, at one time reaching forty
i've miles an hour
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

E. P. RoE's autobiography and last story,
"Queen of Spades" complete in Lippincott's
Ma0as' ne for Oct, ready Sept. 20 For sale ev-
erywhere, or mailed to any address on receipt
OF Is cents. LIPPINCoTT's MAGAZINE, Phila.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

A KITCHEN prcverb-things rubbe
against y crater become less
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
Bruin Was Victorious.

John Neuman, Of Rich Prairie, while out
chicken hunting recently met an cd bear
and two cubs. Her bearship Cid not pro-
pose to grant the right-of-way to a mere
chicken hunter, but boldly stood her
ground and faced Neuman, who fred eight
cartridges of bird shot into her counte-
nance as she slowly walked toward him.
His ammunition being exhausted, the
hunter beat hasty retreat and left bruin
and her cubs alone in their glory.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

The boy who 10 drought up by hand"
considers the path Of early lite Q slippery
one.-Drake's Magazine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
Diphtheria Raging.

Diphtheria is raging in the town of
Kragero, Chippewa County, on the east
side of Lac qui Parle lake. Fourteen
deaths had been reported, five of which were
from the family of Thomas Anderson,
prominent Scandinavian farmer in that
vicinity. [-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

II doctors were only as wise as they lock
there wouldn't be any sickness in the
world to speak of.-BuTlinOtOn FTex Pyesa
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
Iron In tho Blood.

It is not the amount of iron that one
swallows that does the good, but the
amount taken up by the system. The iron
in ALIENS Iron Tonic Btters' is in shape
to he assimlated by the system. Beware
of limitations The genuine are made by
J. P. Allen, St. Paul, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

The uniform gentility Of somt
officials Is oil in the uniform. Yonker;
Gazette.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

THERE is more mischief wrought by over
worked j :ws than overworked brains
Western POunedn.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

VIZ are credibly informed t.at all the
best baseball coaches have Vaughn
tOngues.-Tinse.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

AQUATIC sports-the temperance base
ball nine.-BostOn Courier.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

LEADING grocers keep NATIONAL YEAS
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

FELT boots-the "old man's'' who sum
marily disposes of his would be son in law
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
GOred by q Cow.

Mrs. F. d. Holmes, who lives about
three miles from Owatonna, on one Of the
largest dairy farms in Steele County,
was severely gored the other night by an
ugly COW. When rescued she was almost
insensible, and her clothes were mostly
torn from her body. She had some very
severe bruises where she was hooked, and
there was one cash cut across the abdomen
twelve inches long and one inch deep,
making very ugly looking wound.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
:WEST CRAZEI

80 NEWEST CRAZEl
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ONE HUNDRED PORTRATTSgiven to
those sending 30 correct answers out of possible
mailed for 30 cents, by FRANCIS GREGORY,
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EXCITING THAN THE FAMOUS ss1Sn PUZZLE.
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
AN UGLY ASSAULT.
An Unknown Person Makes Flondish At.
taCkR UDOM Women. 1919

An Unknown Person Makes Flondish At.
tacks Upon Women.
= One Of tho most desperate and ugly as
ssaults ever committed in Faribault was
made the other evening upon two ladies,
Mrs & I. Pettitt and Mrs, Whallon, her
sister. The ladies had been calling at the
residence of Mr.. and Mira. Hutchinson
and were on their way home when they
were approached by . man who struck
Mrs. Whallon in the side with a knife or
other sharp instrument, cutting through
hor clothing and making an ugly flesh
wound. Some weeks ago an assault SINH
lar in nature was made upon Miss d. z.
Young while she was on her way from her
store to her brother-in-law's, where she
boards 1t was thought that Miss Young
was assaulted by crazy man, who had
since been sent to an asylum, but no
direct proof was ever had OF who COM
mitted the act 1t was more Of mystery
than ever who it was that was prowling
around and making such tiendish attacks
and eluding arrest, - az .a-,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
Frosted Wheat.

The Minnesota Grain and Warehouse
Commissioners recently promulgated u
rule admitting wheat damaged five to ten
per cent by frost to grade as No. hard.
This decision caused sensation among
dealers, who protested that it will hurt
the sale of Minnesota wheat. Inspector
Clausen asserted that no cha nge in meth
DDS of grading had been made. He said
that small percentage of frosted wheat
had always been allowed in otherwise
prime No. hard.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

Ar DRUGGISTS AND DHAIE1S
Jn1 CHARLES 4. V0GElER CO.. Baltimore. Ra.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
An Immense Tumor.

Mrs. McNamara, who had been Mt the
Sisters Hospital in Minneapolis for some
time, suffering from tumor Of enormous
size, died the other evening after having
undergone an operation for the removal OF
the tumor. which was ono of the largest
ON record, weighing one hundred and
eight pounds. 1t was considered remark
able that the woman lived as long as she
did, over twentyfour hours, after the op-
'oration. The remains were taken to
Calmar, Ia, for interment.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-24
THE RAILROADS.

No Plan of Organization Accom-
plished at Chicago Yet-Special
Rates for EXcursionists-Tra
continental Meeting in ST. Paul
Next Month.
CHICAGO, May 23.-The general man
ayers of the Western and Northwestern
lines to-day laid aside the form of organ
ization, which they have been consider
ing, and appointed committee of FIVE
to prepare modified form and report
the same for adoption tomorrow after
noon. This was done at the suggestion
OF President Stickney, OF the Chicago,
st. Paul & Kansas City road, who out
lined plan of agreement that seemed
to meet the views of the majority of
those present. This plan makes no
provision for board of arbitration, as
the other did, but provides penalty for
any violation of rate regulations. The
Western States Passenger association
to-day agreed that excursion rates for
visitors may be made on the occasion of
college commencements taking place at
this season of the year at various points
in the territory of the association. 1t
was also decided that the Illinois state
militia going to and from state encamp-
ments during the months of June, July
and August may be transported at a
special rate of l cent per mile as hereto
forn
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-24
HE WILL ACCEPT.
Re-iteratiOn of the Man From
Maine'S Intentions


WASHINGTON, May 23.-Representa-
tive Boutelle, of Maine, an intimate
personal friend of Mr.. Blaine, says:
II can discover no new phase in the
question. | think Mr.. Blaine;s original
letter has been very generally miscon-
Strued. 1t has been looked upon as
though there was something mysterious
about it-aS though it contained a hidden
meaning. In point of fact, the writing
of that letter was the most natural
thing in the world for a man constituted
as Mr.. Blaine is. He had been once
nominated, had made magnificent
fight, and victory had been barely
snatched from his grasp. AS sort Of
right, earned by his efforts to carry the
party to success, as a legacy of the last
battle, many of his old adherents would
regard the nomination as his. This Mr..
Blaine has keenly felt. He has realized
that the party might thus be hampered
in its free choice of the man who should
prove the strongest possible candidate.
For this reason he wrote the letter
which created such stir few months
ago. In it MIR. Blaine simply signified
his Intention Of withdrawing from an
active candidacy, and of resigning any
possible claim that he might have upon
the party. He does not say that under
no circumstances will he accept the
domination, and l am confident that
when it is offered to him. as it will be.
he will not decline it. 1t is something
which no man can decline if he DOS
sesses the health and strength necesss
sary to the discharge of the grave re-
SpOnSibllltieS the great Office entails. [
think Mr. Blaine will be nominated,
and that he will accept, but do not be-
lieve he desires the office. There was a
time when 1t was the height of his am
bition, but since then a great change
has come over the face of things. An
administration OF four years immedi-
ately following Arthur would have been
an entirely different thing from term
following Grover Cleveland. A Repub-
lican president who shall take up the
reinS of government next March will
find that he has assumed responsible
ties that could never have followed any
Republican administration. The per-
sonnel of the whole public service has
been changed, and the complications
and annoyances arising from this state
OF affairs would be grave enough to con-
template. Any one might well shrink
from them.'
Representative Dingley, of Maine,
another close friend of Mr.. Blaine, said:
''Mr. Blalne'S letter stating that his
name would not he presented to the
convention was perfectly sincere. Ee
desired that any question as to his per-
sonal wishes should be eliminated from
the problem that would face the Re-
publican party. am not in position
to state what he will do If the nomina-
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-24
FOUR MEN KILLED.
Two Bad Wrecks on the Hannibal
and Wabash Roads,

KANSAS CITY, May ga railroad
wreck, followed in ten minutes by an
other wreck, occurred this morning at a
point fifty miles from this city, where
the Hannibal and Wabash roads run
parallel. The accident happened about
o'clock. and resulted in the death of
four men and the injury of three others,
one of whom will die. Last nights ter
rife rain had washed away bridge
over ravine, and the first accident Oc-
freight train was thrown into the ditch.
junction. Kan, was on top of
one of the cars that went
down into the debris. He was
crushed beyond recognition. 1mmedi-
ately afterwards Edward G. Armstrong,
a brakeman, was sent ahead to flag the
Hannibal freight. He mistook the
tracks, and was walking along the
Wabash road when the Wabash freight
dashed around curve and instantly
killed him. The Wabash train met the
same fate as the Rock Island, as the two
bridges were only two feet apart and
were connected, and the heavy cars
plunged down on the wreck of the first
train. Two dead bodies were taken
could be recognized, and it is supposed
they were tramps. Engineer Ben Nc
Clellan, of the Wabash train, was badly
hurt in jumping, and Ben Morris,
negro youth, was so badly hurt that he
is expected to die. John Snyder, the
Rock Island fireman, also suffered
slight injuries. 1t will be some time
before the track can be cleared. Mean
while, both roads will use other tracks.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-24
BOSTON VIEWS.
His Friends Think He Will Accept
Without Doubt.

BosToN, May 23.-Those who said
when they read the Florence interview
that Mr. Blaine was sincere without a
doubt, find that opinion difficult to
reconcile with his refusal in this latest
interview to say whether he would or
would not accept the nomination for
president.
''Like Caesar. thrice hath he been Of
fered the kingly CROWN" said gentle
man, land thrice hath he refused it,
However, he won't refuse the call of
the convention, mark my words"
Those whose admiration for him is not
extensive are saying, Just like
Blaine-dodging again."
"Of course Blaine will accept" said a
Parker house politician, but he isn't
going to say so unless the Chicago con-
Vention goes down on its knees to him,
Blaine was sincere enough in withdraw
ing, but if the party must have him he
must run and that is all there is to it.
However, am glad to know that Mr..
Blaine is in good health"
Jesse NJ. Cove, the original Blaine
man of 'S4, now chairman of the Repub-
lican ward (eightJ city committee, said:
''Certainly any communication or in
formation yet received from Mr.. Blaine
NOulu liOI IOlihOy tilO iii ilplcSSlOH UildU
he will refuse to accept the nomination.
On the contrary, his course has been
very polite one in remaining abroad, he
has repeatedly said he wanted to have
nothing to do with politics at present."
rs there any doubt about Mr.. Blaine
receiving the nomination at Chicago?"
''WlthOut doubt the convention will
go for Blaine, but in this instance the
party will go to the man and not the
man to the party as heretofore. l am
glad Mr.. Blaine is away from home, be-
cause if he were here he would be al
most crazy from being interviewed. The
contents of the Crawford letter was
known a year before to Mr.. Blaine's in
Inmates, to whom he had repeatedly
stated he did not want the nominations
IF MI. Blaine was nominated do YOU
think he would accept?'
No man is above his own country,
and when party calls candidate to
serve it is his duty to accept"
'What are the chances of Mr.. Blaine's
election?"
-Four years ago it was worth mans
life to be an ardent Blaine man. To-
day you will find his friends every
where. The Republican party will not
depend at all upon the Mugwump vote,
which is very unreliable, and free trade
at that. The strongest support will
come from the Democratic ranks. and
will be something grand. | feel conf
dent that Blaine will receive the nomi-
nation, that he will accept and be
elected without doubt.''