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VOL. XIII.—NO. 19.
WIJ.
fi MA N UFA L'li E a
BOOTS ami SHOKS.
Minnesota.
CJ.
BUSINESS CARDS. JEWELRY.
MFIKKICK,
LA WYFll.
Richards' Block, Austin, Minnesota. 40-ly
SCHWAN,
nd DEALER IN
Main street, Austin,
40-lv
I C. KINSMAN",
A TTORNE -1 LA H',
Keal Kstato, Insurance mid Loan
Main streot. Austin. Minnesota.
M. IIOWK,
Broker,
40-ly
Register of Deeds of Mower countv, Austin,
Minn. Will examine titles, pay taxes for non­
residents. &e. jim20
OKMAXZO
ALLEN,""
-4 TTORNE AT LA U'.
and Real Estate Ajrent. Collections made
and
Taxes paid. Office iu Rasford's Block, Austin.
Minnesota. gjHf
w.
IIOLLISTER, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon, corner of Main and
inonn Streets, Austin, Minn. No cards.
jun20
N. WHEAT, M.D.,
Honuvpathie Physician and Surpeon. Ottiee
and residence corner St. Paul and Mill streets
Austin. Minn. jun20
M.
GKEENMAN, I
.1 TTORNE A LA ir.
Will practice in the courts of record, and the
C. S. Courts. Ottiee in Schleuder's Block
Mam street. Austin, Minnesota. 40-ly
J^AFAYETTE FKENClTT"
Attorney at Law, Austin. Minn. Collections
nd other business attended to carefully and
romptly. Ajjvnt of the .Etna and other Fire
InsuranceCo's. Office in Bank Block. juiUW
D."
JOHNSON, Jr.,
Attorney at' I.aw, Austin, Minn. Practices in
all the Courts of the State. Prompt attention
iriven to Collecting. Office over the Mower
Lounty Bank. juniW
RAILWAY
IIOTSE.
SlIERWIN ,f- FRENCH.
Rates- £:i.ii0 per day. Good Sample Rooms
lip Town. Guests carried to and from the
City, free ol' charge. Austin. Minn.
LACK SMITH SHOP.
the shop, tools and stock of J. Reinsmith, and
doe? all kinds of work in his line on shortest
notice at low prices for Cash. Shop corner
Bridge and St. Paul streets, Austin, Minn.
\\T H.ADAMS,
PLASTERER, DRICK-MASON,
A.\D A LCI MINER, Austin, Minn.
Patronaire solicited. Work done promptly
and satisfactorily. Orders may be left at G.
A. Hume's hardware store, ly
JOHN KENT,
From his new rocery Store at RAMSEY, sup­
plies the surrounding- commuuity with every­
thing1 needed in his line of trade. Goods llrst
class. Prices low. (live me a call.
G. M. CAMERON. E. B. CUANE
CAMERON
& CUANE,
.4 TTORNE YS AT LA W,
An Real Estate Agents. Collections made
and taxes paid. Office, north side Public
Square, in brick building', Austin, Minn. 40-ly
A7BATES,
Miiwifirrtnrer and Dotlcr in.
LIGHT SIND HEAVY CARRIAGES.
Makes these jroods to order in a tip-top satis­
factory manner. Dexter and side-bar buggies
a specialty. Factory, north-east corner Pub
Jic Souare, Austin, Minnesota. 40-1
BULLOCK"
PIERCE,
HA RISERS nmi HA JR DRESSERS.
RO'MMS
I A.AVEKV,
DENTIST-
AUSTIN. MINN.
Office over Dorr &
Wold's drugr store.
BRGWNSDALE.
K. JXO. C. WVSOR,
J)
Resident Physician and Sunreon. Browns
dale. Minnesota. ((tl'cv with Weisor & Shortt,
over driifjr store of A. L. oper 4: Son. ^l-ly
A. INIITTS, M7T7,
"Y^TETSEK & SFIORTT, I
Real Estate and Collection Agents, Conveyan
ci rs and Notaries Public, Brownsdale, M'inn.
Improved and wild lands for sale in Mower and
Dodire counties. Titles examined and taxes
paid tornon residents. jun20
CLOTHING
O I N
AND GOODS FOR
Men's,Youth's, Boys
AND CHILDREN'S WEAR.
In
fine, medium and low-priced fabrics,
offer the largest stock of the best
READY-MADE CLOTHING
EVER EXHILITED IN THIS CITY,
Adapted to all purposes, and at lowest Cash
prices. My goods are
BETTER MADE,
CUT, TRIMMED,
AND FINISHED
Than Rre to be found elsewhere. This I Guar­
antee.
ALSO, A FINE LINE OF
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS AND CAPS,
TRUNKS AND VALISES
An inspection of my stock
solicited.
jun20
1
under Mower County Bank, Main
street. Austin, Minn. Satisfaction guaranteed
or ii" pay. All branches of the business con­
ducted in the most approved style. fS^Baths
—plunge or shower, hot or cold—attached
I'll VS/r/A .i \f) SURGEON,
BHOWNSTiALK, MINN".
The Pioneer Practitioner of-the place. Has
an extensive practice and large experience
is respectfully
R. DUNKLEMANN,
The Clothier.
Store, corner Main and Bridge streets, oppo­
site First National Bank, Austin, Minn. 4(My
DRUGS, &C.
ORR & WOLD,
PRESCRIPTION
I S S
And dealers in
STATIONERY, BOOKS. &C.
AUSTIN. MINN.
850 to #125 a Month.
ENCYCLOPEDIA
HOW TO BE neas Mc'n^^rnienifMe.
YOUR OWN
Seffingfast.
LAWYER
WLownfHce!
ureat success. Oneoceni
sod MO in one town, an.
.. T~. other 152 in 38 days, an-
D.AY?:
®ave? ten times its cost, and
everybody wants it. Send for circulars and terms.
Alto General Agents Wanted. Address
r. W. ZIEGUBB CO., 1,000 Arch 6*., Fty)'*, P»
MOWER
Don't You Forget It"
Gr. Schleuder
IS AUSTIN'S
& PIONEER
DEALER IN
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY.
SILVELL PLATED WAKE, ETC
CSsTall on him, and look over his elegant
stock. Main street.
SADDLERY.
J^AISEK & GUIN EY,
AUSTIN, MINN.
Manufacturers nd Dealers in
HARNESS,
SADDLES,
NORSE COLLARS,
TRUNKS & WHIPS
&c., &c., it
RRPAlltlNG nea jly and cheaply done
work warranted.
60 SOUTH
60 EAST
60 WEST
VIA THE
CHICAGO&NORTH-WESTERN
2,38(1 WLES OF ROAD!
WEST FOR
Cedar Rapids, Denver,
Marshalltown, Leadville,
Des Moines, Salt Lake,
Sioux City, San Francisco,
Yankton, The Black Hills,
Omaha, Colorado,
Council Bluffs, California,
Columbus, and the Territories.
EAST FOB
CHICAGO, NEW YORK,BOSTON
Buffalo, {Ksr*
and all Points East!
DETROIT,
MONTREAL,
NEW ENGLAND,
CANADAS,
SOUTH FOR
CINCINNATI, NASHVILLE,
LOCISVILLE, NEW ORLEANS,
ST. LOUIS, JACKSONVILLE,
COLUMBUS, and all POINTS SOUTH.
—THE—
North-Western is the Most Direct Route,
OiTerinij the traveling public Cireatcr Fncili*
ties and More Advantages than
any road in the West.
IT 13 IIIE ONLY LINE RUNNING
Pullman Hotel and Sleeping Gars!
BETWEEN
Chicago and Council Bluffs
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING CARS
Are run on all night trains. This is the groat Pull
man Lino of the Northwest.
PALACE PARLOR CARS
BUN BETWEEN
CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE.
FIRST-CLASS MEALS Onl 50 cent4 at the Eat­
ing Stations on the "NORTHWESTERN."
Sure and Close Connection* at Chicago with all
Railroads, and at all Junction Points with all Roads
that Cross its Lines.
All Ticket Agents can sell yon Through
Tickets and Cheok your Baggage
FREE by this Eoad.
For information, folder?, maps, etc., not obtain*.
!!e at Homo Ticket. Office, address any agent of tlia
Company, or
MABVIN HUGHITT, W. H. STENNETT,
GenT Manager. GenT Pass. Agent,
CHICAGO. ILL.
£3
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE & St.PAUL
RA.ZZJWA.T'
Is the Very Best Line Between
Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul and Minneapolis.
And All Points in
Wisconsin, Northern Iowa, Minnesota
Dakota, Manitoba, and the
Black Hills,
New York, Philadelptra, Baltimore, Washington,
New England, the Canadas, and all
Eastern & Southern Points.
O E S
A I A I N S
BETWEEN
CHICAGO AND ST. PAUL AND
MINNEAPOLIS.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Hallway la
tho only Northwestern Lino Connecting in
Same Depot in Chicajro with any of tha
great Eastern and Southern Railways, and ia the
moct conveniently located with reference to reaching
any Depot, Hotel or place of business in that city.
Through Tickets and Through Baggage-Checks to
•11 principal citics.
Steel-rail Track, thoroughly ballasted, free from
dust. Westinghousc improved Automatic Atr Brake,
Miller's Safety Platform and Couplings on all Paa
aengcr Cars.
.The Finest Day Coaches and Palac*
Sleeping Cars.
This Road connects more Business Centres, Health
and Pleasure Ilesi rts, and passes through a finer
country, with grander scenery, than any other North*
western Line.
A. V. H. CARPENTER,
Gen. Pass, and Ticket Aqent.
W. C. YAN HOBNE,
8.8. MERRILL,
General Manager.
Aw't Gen'l Manager.
ACME BLACKING
JFOLFRTYNANNOWPM
Pi/fLAnA. J*A
A continuous Flow of Water does not Wet or Dim
WOLFF'S
A E
BLACKING.
Self-Polishing .Leather Preservative.
NO FAMILY SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT.
ASK
YOUR DEALER FOR IT
INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Flyer.
Maud S., a young mare owned by Win. H.
Vauderbilt, of New York, trotted a mile in 2:13,!.^
at Chicago, on the 25th iust.
An Entente*
Fifteen hundred convicts at Civita Vccchia,
Italy, having mutinied, it was found necessary
to call on the troops to suppress them. Many of
tlio prisoners were killed and wounded.
Fatal Boiler Explosions.
A defective boiler in William's saw mill, at
Baglcy, Otsego county, Mich., collapscd on the
27tli, killing two men and seriously injuring
several others.
r.ost at Sea.
The ship Winchester, from Manila, with
sugar for a Montreal relinerv. was wrecked in
the straits of Macassar, ller cargo was valued
at from *180,OUU to £200,000 insured.
Hirer Steamer Sunk.
The steamer City of Vieksburg sunk at Ash
port, Tenn., on the 30th ulfc, Boat and cargo
are a total loss. The steamer was valued at
*50,000 and was uninsured. A snag caused the
disaster.
Blood)' Riot.
Victoria, in rcrnambuco, an election riot
Wm. II.
funct First National bank, of Georgetown, Col.,
indicted for embezzling upwards of ?100,000of
the funds of the bank, was surrendered to the
United States authorities at New York on the
3Uth ult., aud will return to Colorado.
the 27 th. The weather during the voyage was
rough. June 28th the two voyagers had fears
of capsizing. On coming ashore they could
hardly stand, but the stiffness soon wore off.
Captain Thomas and Fred Fornan sav the vov-
age will be continued to London.
An Absconding- Cashier.
The bank of Colorado was attached on the
31st ult., on a clici-k of 621)0. which they were
unable to pay on account of E. T. Lane, the
cashier, having absconded with the funds of the
bank. The amount of loss to depositors is not
staled.
From the Arctic Sen.
On the Ktli iust., the revenue cutter Cor win
returned to St. Michaels, repaired lier rudder
damaged in the ice, aud after coaling up sailed
north again. She had reached a point within
141) niilej of Wran^el's land and had sighted
several vessels of the ice-bound whaling licet,
but was unable to get near enough to commu­
nicate with them owing to heavy ice.
New Oil Discovery.
The excitement in Allegany county, N. Y.,
continues, over the flowing oil'wells. The Tri­
angle well No. 3, at Wellsville, has settled down
to about 25 barrels per day. A tremendous
crowd was at the veils Sunday. The oil pro­
spectors are satisiied now that they know where
the belt is, and laud iu that section that was
bought for *10 per acre two vears ago is
bought quickly now, if offered, at *10(1 per acre.
Railroad Accidents.
On the evening of the 31st ult., two trains on
the Long Beach road, N. Y., came in collision.
John Wolcott, engineer, was killed, conductor
Daniel Allen had ribs broken and several others
received slight injuries. Wolcott's brother was
engineer of the other train in the collision.
An elderly lady named Obeauder, was run
over and killed near Mianiisburg, O., on the
31st inst., by the cars.
A IU it mane Act.
Sir Thomas lleskith, now circumnavigating
the globe in a fast steam-yaelil, and wiio latelv
arrived at San Francisco, has sent hio little
vessel to t!ie relief of the shipwrecked crew of
the Mathihle, supposed to be on Socorro island.
The yacht dispatched bv the United States navy
is sail boat and can not possibly rcach the
island in time to do any good. Sir'Thomas re­
fused the offers of several generous Americans
to supply his vessel with coal, saying lie was
abundantly able to stand the expensevhimself.
Bnrneil to Dcatli.
Three little girls of Mr. and Mrs. Fishcls, liv­
ing near Dean, Mo., who were left alone in the
house, ou the 28th ult., undertook to build a I
tire with coal oil. An explosion 1'ollowod, and
two of the children were fatally burned.
A man named Charles Peterson, who roomed
over a small grocery stoic at Detroit, Mich., I
was burned to death on the 27th in a tire which
consumed the structure.
A two-vear old child was burned to a crisp,
and a lady named Annie Palmer was probably
fatally injured by the explosion of an oil can
with which she was lighting a lire at Denver,
Col., on the 27th.
Death in a, mine.
At 11 o'clock on the 27tb, Johnathan Wasley.
superintendent, Frank Willrnan, inside boss, and
John lieese, district superintendent of the Phil­
adelphia and Heading Coal and Iron company,
descended Keely Run colliery at l'ottsviile, l'a.,
to ex ami ue the ventilation. They were found
at one o'clock, dead, from black damp. The
most intense oxcitement prevailed, and all
work iu the neighborhood was suspended. The
three men dead have families.
William Lane and Benjamin Hickman, two
miners, were killed by a gas explosion near
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland county, Pa., on
the 2Gth.
Daring Robberies.
A Ilio Janiero dispatch says the bank of the
province of Port- Alegre has been robbed of
$•125,000.
Burglars blew open C. S. Woodworth & Co.'s
safe at JIarshaltown, Iowa, on the 28th ult., and
sccured £4,000 worth of securities.
A stranger drove up to J. C. Herkner's jew­
elry store in Grand Itapids, Mich., the 28th,
oI
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Earthquake Shocks.
An earthquake shock at Smyrna, on the 29th
ulf., demolished four or five houses and dam­
aged many others. Two persons wero killed
and live or six injured. At Burnahad eleven
houses, several cafes and two minarets were de­
molished. Two persons were killed and ten in­
jured.
The first earthquake at Manila, on the Island
of Luzon, proved to be a terribly destructive
visitation. Three hundred and twenty persons,
including 200 Chinamen, were killed, and nearly
ev ry familv on the island was rendered home­
less. Another shock occurred there on the 24th
inst., but no particulars of the consequences
have been received.
A derided shako was experienced at Ottawa,
Canada, on the 22d inst., accompanied by aloud
rumbling noise.
Drowned.
At Durhamville, N. Y., on tho 1st inst., Mary
Ennis, aged 15, fell into tho canal. Stephen
Murray, aged 21, her cousin, attempted to save
her, and both drowned.
Drowning disasters are almost as frequent in
Europe as this country this season. By the
running down of a row boat on the Thames
river, a gentleman, lady and two children wero
drowned in a lake in Switzerland, a pleasiu'e
boat was capsized, and 16 persons lost, and on
the English channel a steamer was lost and five
of her crew perished. The accidents all hap­
pened on the 26th inst.
Affairs in Jlexico.
Santa Fe advices from Mcxico state that on
the 21st ult. Col. Adolpho Vallcs, in command
of 370 cavalry and 150 infantry of federal
tioops of Mexico, attacked tho Apaches under
Victoria about 40 miles from old Fort Quittman.
The fight was indccisive. The Mexicans lost
three men killed and ten horses the Indians
lost four warriors and six horses. On the 26t,h
the Mexican force again attacked the Indians in
Fine mountain, abotit 50 miles from the liue.
After a long figlit the Indians retired. Their
loss is not known. The Mexicans lost six
killed. Col. Vallcs intends to lollow and attack
them again. He is of tho opinion that they
will try and get back to New Mexico, in which
ease Col. Grierson and eight companies of the
Tenth cavalry, who are stationed within 40
mues of their crossing place, will doubtless be
on their trail within a few hours after they
cross.
The Bender Family Agraln.
An old man and a young woman who were
arrested neat Fremont, Neb., on the 29th ult.,
we supposed to be members of the notorious
and called the clerk out to see a time piece he right and rear, and struck by another assegai.
t'ie a?P!r.er"
ate entered and scooped np *1,000 worth of line
jewelry and escaped.
Three or four men entered the Middlctown
savings bank at Hartford, Conn., on the 27th,
during the absence at dinner of tho officials,
and, engaged the clerks in conversation. Ac­
complices meanwhile robbed tho vault of $8,500.
Bender family who have committed BO many
murders in Kansas. The woman denies that
they arc Benders but the old man admits
that lie was at Bender's six weeks, and
explains his presence there by saying he stopped
while en route for the east "from Fort Lincoln.
He saw six people murdered when at Bender's
house one entire family was killed, two
children being buried alive. It is fnlly believed
by all who have seen them that, if the genuine
Benders are not captured, at least two im­
portant witnesses have been sccured. The
sheriff believes he has got the genuine Benders,
and thinks he has got a clew to the where­
abouts of young John Bender.
__ A man who used to know the Benders in
Kansas visited the two prisoners in the jail at
Fremont, Neb., on the 31st ult. Both of them
recognized him, and the man admitted that he
was the senior Bender, and that he assisted at
some of the burking tnat was done at his house.
The woman denies that she is Bender's wife,
but confesses guilt by saying that she will try
to save her neck by telling all she knows. She
says the old woman was left in Indian Territory,
in 1873, when the Benders abandoned their
team. The old man was told that John and
Kate had been caught, and had charged him
with being the chief criminal. At this ho be­
came very angry, and cursed them roundly.
Self-Murder.
Max Burckliardt, editor and proprietor of
The Humorist, a German weekly, suicided at
San Francisco, Cal., on the 1st instant, by mor
pliine.
A Baltimore German, 55 years old, committed
at the newlv-made
An Embezzler. burned to aslies, she proceeded to the barn, se
CiisLman, ex-president of the dc- cured a rope and hung herself. The motive
for acting in this strange manner is not known.
1
1
Steuben county, Pa., on
the 29th ult., Mrs. William C'rance sot lire to
her dwelling. After she had watched her home
Mrs. Ann Weber, wife of the late Col. Weber
of the 83th Ohio regiment, jumped from the
third story of a building in Columbus, 0., on
the night of the 29tli ult., aud killed herself,
while temporarily deranged.
A Successful Voyage. Mrs. Edward Gcason, wife of a prominent
The dorv Little Western arrived at Cowes on
nierclwnt
cldcd
and old citizen of Dayton, O., sui-
by
poison on the 25th iust.
Bold Forger)'.
iri. M. Branscow, of Jacksonville, Fla., was
committed to the Tombs at New York, on the
29th ult., on charge of the forgery of 8130,000
of sanitary improvement bonds "of Jackson
vjlle, Fla. The bonds were lithographed at
New York on what pra'poited to be a genuine
order from the mayor of the above named city.
The seals were cut "by two different Arms, and,
after completing the impression on the bonds,
Branscow carried the plates on board a Fulton
ferry boat and threw them overboard. He hired
a boy to write the signature of A. Baldwin.
chairman, to a largo number of the bonds, and
I it was through him the scheme became known.
Other signatures were written in by various per-|
ons. The intention was to put up these bogus
documents as collaterals for borrowed money
with which to move the orange crop. He had
made partial arrangements to this effect, and
about 825,000 of the bonds are in the hands of
merchants innocently betrayed into aiding his
scheme.
Obituary.
I Samuel George, Jr., aged 31, a prominent
citizen of Pittsburg, Pa., died on the 1st inst.,
after a lingering illness.
I lion. Joseph Nichols, mayor of Berea, O.,
died on the night of the 1st inst.
I Mrs. Harriet Girard Clark, a member of the
well-known Girard family of Philadelphia, and
whose first husband, Baron ITenrv Lallemand,
was a general of sirtilbry nnder the Great Na­
poleon, died on the 26th.
Constantino Herring, called by Hahnemann
himself, the Father of Homoeopathy," died at
New York, on the 27th, aged 81.
^Richard 31. Lea, a prominent member of the
New York produce exchange, was taken sudden­
ly ill on the 27th, and died soon after his re­
moval from the Exchange building to the
Stevens house. He was 89 years old.
J. TT. Trumbull, a prominent New York stock
broker, died on the 2«Jth inst., aged 54 years
Rev. W. II. "BLiesse, member of the Cincinnati
conference of the M. E. Church, died in that
city, on the 2Cth inst.
Greene Smith, the only surviving son of
Gerrit Smith, died at his residence inl'eterboro.
N. Y., aged 39.
Foreign War Notes.
Four battalions of Montenegrins attacked the
Albanians on the 23tli inst., and were repulsed.
The battle between Gen. Burrows' force and
tie Afghans is said to have been well contested.
The British cavalry and artillery were badly cut
up at the commencement of tho tight, but the
infantry inilicted such heavy loss on Ayoob
Khan that he did not follow up his victory* and
advance on Candahar.
Roumania is contracting for twenty million
cartridges for one hundred thousand men she
can put in the first line in case of war.
Gen. Burrows' brigade has been severely de­
feated Ayoob Khan, sustaining great loss. The
Hying English were liarrasued for three miles
by the Afghans.
The Chilian government is said to have agreed
upon the following propositions, looking to a
prosecution of the war: First, to issue ?'l!,000,
000 for the continuance of the war second, to
organize the army with new divisions aud thud,
to raise the Manco Capae.
Tho Chilian transport Amazon was blown lip
by a torpedo on Callao bay.
Tlie Young Napoleon's Death.
Brigadier General Sir Evelyn Wood, who ac­
companied ex-Empress Eugenie^to Zululand, h»s
sent papers descriptive of the death of the
Prince Imperial, collected from independent
narrative?-' of eighteen of the Zulus who partici­
pated in the attack on the prince's party, and
showing that the attacking party numbered
forty, twelve of whom followed the prince,
eight being immediately concerned in his death.
The Zulus having nearly surrounded the prince's
party, fired and rushed on them as they were
mounting. Tho prince not having succeeded hi
mounting, ran alongside his horse into a donga,
until, being closely pressed by his pursuers, lie
turned on them, in the words of the Zulus,
"like a lion at bay." Being struck by an assegai
inside the left shoulder, he rushed at the near­
est opponent, who fled. Another Zulus then
fired at the prince, when only ten yards from
him. The prince fired his pistol and faced the
rapidly increasing foe, until, menaced from his
rapidly increasing foe, until, menaced from his
be regained the level on which he had first
stood in the donga, where he was speedily sur­
rounded. He seized an assegai which had been
thrown at him (in struggling with his terrified
horse his sword bad fallen from its scabbard)
and thus defended himself against seven or
eight Zulus, who state that they did not dare
close in on nim until he sank exhausted on his
hips. The above facts were elicited from tho
Zulus who were examined separately on the
scene of the attack.
Destructive Fires*
A fire at Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs,
Va., on the 1st inst., destroyed the stables be­
longing to tho Springs company. Forty-four
horses, twenty of which belonged to the com­
pany and twenty-four to guests, were burned.
Fire in the storehouse of the Atlantic dock
company at Brooklyn, on tho 1st inst., caused
a loss of 810,000.
The old colony railroad freight house at
Brockton, Mass., was burned on the 1st inst.
Loss heavy.
It is reported that the town of Yale, British
Columbia, headquarters of the Canadian Pacific
railroad, was burned on the night of the 27th
ult.
The machine and blacksmith shops of the
United States Boiling stock company at Chicago,
were destroyed by fire on the 30th ult. Loss
$15,000 fully insured.
Fire broko out in Wagner's theatre at Bay
reuth on the 20th nit, and destroyed tho west
side of the structure.
The large building at West and Bank streets,
New York city occupied by the Domestic sewing
machine company and several other firms, was
partly destroyed by fire on the night of the 29th
ult. Loss, about §50,000. A fireman was killed
by falling from the third story of the building.
Buffalo, N. Y., was visited by a destructive
blaze on the 29th ult., which consumed three
planing mills, several lumber yards, one ship
yard and a floating elevator. The burned dis­
trict comprises an area of a quarter of a mile in
length by about 500 feet in width. Loss about
$225,000 insured for $195,000.
At Qaincy, .{11., on the 28th, Pfansclimidt's
planing mill, Gardner's governor works, Bon
nett & Duffy'B old foundry, Harris & Beebe's
tobacco works and other smaller structures wero
consumed by fire. Loss in the neighborhood of
$100,000.
The two upper stories of the King lard re­
finery at St. Louis, Mo., burned on the 28th.
Loss from $15,000 to $18,000.
On the 27th the custom house and railway
station at St. Arman, province of Quebec, were
burned also the ciistoms record for many years.
Loss heavy.
Varnbrock'8 furniture factory, at St. Louis,
Mo., was destroyed by fire on the 27th. Loss
about $25,000 insurance $17,250.
At Hungerford, Newaygo county, Mich., on
the night of the 27th, a steam saw mill and
5,000,000 Bhingies burned. Loss $50,000 in­
sured for $40,000.
Clark, Morrison & Co.'s planing null at War
ten, Pa,, together with six o* seven dwelling
houses and 800,000 feet of lumber, burned on
the 20th inst. Loss $33,000 insurance $10,000.
The old Pine Street Churcli, Boston, Mass.,
was damaged to the extent of $25,000 on the
27th by fire. Insurance $17,000.
Nearly the entire upper portion of Empire
City, Oregon, was wiped out by fire on the 27th,
Loss over $50,000.
Omaha had a lively blaze in a block of old
rookeries on Thirteenth street, on the 2Gth, but,
notwithstanding the prevalence of a high wmd,
the flames were subdued and a serious confla­
gration averted. Loss ©15,000.
llecent Tragedies.
J. E. Oakes, aged 19, fatally stabbed R. T.
Raincy, aged 15, at Danville, Va., on the night
of the 31st nit.
At a political meeting at TJalltown, Ky., on
the 30th ult.. Turner Wilson was fatally shot
by Johnson, son of ex-Lieut. Gov. Johnson.
Wm. Mackin shot and fatally woundea his
brother Michael on the 1st instant, while the
latter was trying to enter William's house, at
Chicago. Michael had visited the house before
that day and abused his brother's wife.
Near Oxford. N. C., on the 31st ult., a boy, 0
years of age, named Bartou, threw his infant
brother into a well where he was drowned.
Aii English missionary and his two servants
have been murdered at Ismidt, Asia Minor, near
Constantinople.
An armed mob of about 100 men from ad­
joining counties went into Moberly, Mo., on
the 29th ult-., and as Sheriff Matlock was taking
J. C. Carlew into the court house to be tried
for committing rape on the person of Sirs.
Crump at the hotel in that city last March,
opened fire on him. Carlew took to his heels
but was finally cornered in a building where he
was shot to death by the husband of liis victim.
Intense excitement prevailed while these violent
proceedings were in progress and the officers of
the law seemed paralyzed, as they made no ef­
fort to stop the butchery.
On tho night of (ho 29th ult.. a party of 15
masked men went to the house of Job Thomp­
son, colored, about twenty miles from Atlanta,
Ta., who had been oil bad terms for years, met
on the 25th inst. and had it out." Kelly will
die from pistol wounds received in the affray.
A son of Hon. D. N. Solomon, residing with
his father on a farm about, thirty miles ^l'tom
Council Bluffs, la., shot and killed one of two
burglars who entered their premises, on the
night of the 27th.
I)r. F. M. Williams, of Meclianicsburg, Miss.,
was assassinated while riding home on the night
of the 2-lth inst. A negro arrested on sunpi
eion confessed the crime, stating that he was
paid to kill the doctor.
A party of roughs created a disturbance at a
negro camp meeting near Cincinnati, Ohio, on
the 25th instant, and a general row ensued,
Ouecf llie roughs was perforated through the
abdomen by a bullet, and several of the darkies
were so badly hurt that they are not exacted
to survive.
At Sag Harbor, N. Y., on the 26th instant,
Miles Morris was shot dead by a seaman who
accused Morris of being improperly intimate
with the wife of the seaman.
Dr. Alfred Lefcvre was fatally shot in his of­
fice at Oakland, Cal.. on 2Gth instant, by Ed­
ward Schrrnder. Both parties were in good so­
cial position, the latter being a bank teller and
the former along established and popular dent­
ist. Suspicion of criminal intimacy between
Seliroeder's wife and the murdered man led to
the tragedy.
THE MARKETS.
Reported by THE CHANDLER BROWN Co., Commis­
sion Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
New York.
NEW YORK, July 31—3:00 p. M.—Flour—With­
out decided change moderate export and home
trade demand: round hoop Ohio at [email protected]
choice do at [email protected] superfine western at
[email protected] common to good-extra do at $4.40
(ff4.65 choice do at ^4.50(5)7.00 choice white
wheat do at «[email protected]. Wheat—Quiet, with
no important change sales 8,000 bus No. 2 red
cash at 81.03% 8,000 bus seller July at $1.08%:
4,000 bus seller August at $1.08% 88.000 bus
do seller September at $1.0!)J.( 8,000 bus
do seller October at $1.09%. Corn—Without
decidcd cliangc mixed western spot at 41@48c
do future at 47%@19j4c. Oats—Firm and quiet
western at 37@43c. Beef—Quiet and unchang­
ed new plain mess at $9.50 new extra do at
$10.00. Pork—Dull aud weak new mess at
$14.375^(6)14.50. Lard—Heavy steam render- I
ed at $7.05. Butter—In good demand full late
prices Ohio at 14@27c. Cheese—Firm at 7
(®_10}^c for poor to fancy. Sugar—Very strong
fair demand. Molasses—Unchanged light de­
mand. Petroleum—Dull and unchanged. Rice
—Firm good demand. Coffee—Very firm: bet­
tor inquiry. Freights—Strong Spirits of Tur­
pentine—Steady at 283^W29c. Kesin—Quiet at
[email protected]. Tallow—Film at6 5-lG@6 7-16c.
Eggs—Quiet at 15(®16c for fair to choice.
Chicagro.
CHICAGO, July 31—1:30 p. M.—Wheats-Low­
er at 90%c bid for seller July 88%c for seller
August 86%c for seller September. Corn—
Shade higher at 35^c for seller July and Au­
gust 35%c asked for seller September 35%c for
seller October. Oats—Without important
change 23c asked for seller July 22}£c for sel­
ler August 22^c bid for seller September. Bye
—Easier at 72c for cosh 65%c for seller Augnst
64c for seller September. Barley—Lower at 73c
bid for seller September. Pork—Lower at $15.70
for seller August and September $15.60 for
seller October. Lard—Lower at $7.25 bid for
seller August $7.32£ asked for seller Septem­
ber. Whioky—At $1.09. Cattle—Receipts 2,300
head common'to choice at [email protected]. Hogs
Receipts 13,000 head dull and unchanged.
UTilwankec.
MILWAUKEE, July 31—3:00 r. M.—Flour
Tame but steady choice spring extras at $4.25
@4.50 patent extras at [email protected] common at
[email protected]. Wheat—Quiet seller August at
90%c seller September at 87%c No. 2 cash at
OlJ^c No. 3 at 80c No. 1 at $1.00. Corn—Dull
at 35%c. Oats—Quiet at 23j^c. Barley—Quiet
at 73c. Rye—Tame at 76c." Pork—Strong at
$15.70 for cash. Lard—At $7.25 for cash.
Foreign.
LIVERPOOL, July 31—2:30 p. M.—Wheat
Spot spring firm winter declined 2d cargoes
arrived and to arrive quite steady.
LONDON, July 31—12:30 p. M.—Liverpool
wheat market opens strong floating cargoes
quiet but steady on passage steady.
IN
respect to the keeping of Sunday,
tlie young shop-keeper in western New
York liacl views upon it that were clear
an
a encouraging to the clergyman who
talked with him and who grieved that he'
was forced to keep open his shop on
Sunday. "Yea," said the young man,
•'it's veiy hard to be obliged to work
like a dog all the week and theii have no
Sunday to yourself. I wish people were
obliged by law to let me have my Sun-,
day. It's the only day in the week that
I nave a chance to go a fishing."
THE
lard-makers ought to sucoeed—*-
they are all the time trying,
AUSTIN, MOWER COUNTY, MINN., AUGUST 5, 1880. TERMS: Two Dollars Per Annum, in Advance,
Ga.. dragged him out, beat him and his wife
fearfully, fatally shot his son, and killed his shown by the public records
daughter. Great indignation is felt through-1
out the county. A citizens' meeting at Jones
boro denounced the killing, and offered $500 re­
ward for the murderers. Thompson says he
recognized as the leader of the gang John
Gray, whom he recently prosecuted and had
convicted of assault and battery.
A party of Creek Indians attacked two Chero
kees near Gobson station, I. T., on the 28th,
killing one and wounding another. The Creeks
were incensed because two of their number were
hanged by the Cherokees.
Mrs. Anna Lynch, of the Keystone house,
Portland, Orcgon? fatally stabbed Alex. Mattie
son, who, she claims, made a dishonorable pro­
position and attempted an indecent assault.
Thomas Dclana, proprietor of a livery sta­
bleat Chicago, was fatally stabbed about mid­
night of the 27th, by his wife, whom he was
endeavoring to persuade to accompany him
home.
I Michael Maddox was arrested at Baltimore,
I Md., on the 27th, for killing John Schaba, a
Bohemiau. Maddox alleges that he found
Schaba in his (Maddox's) wife's chamber.
Joseph Staats, a young man who was married
only 19 days ago, was shot dead iu his yard at
Centraiia, III., on the night of the 25th by some
person unknown. Some think it a suicide while
others believe it a murder.
John Diggs, the negro who outraged Mrs.
I James T. ChilTely on the night of the 21tli, near
Durnestown, Md., was taken from the jail at
Rockwell, on the 27th, by an armed mob, and
hung.
I At a barn dance at Green Brier station,
Robertson county, Tenn., on the 2(5th, Ben.
Webster was mortally wounded with a stone,
thrown by Tom Jones. Webster was one of the
most substantial citizens of the county.
I George Washington, a colored murderer, was
recently hanged by a mob, in the backwoods of
Tennessee.
A Mexican army officer being imprisoned at
I Monterey for drunkenness, his comrades stormed
the jail, on the 26th, but were successfully re
sisted by the citizens and police. Three officers
and fourteen men were killed or wounded in
I tho melee.
I Pat Kelly and Jack Brown, of Rochester,
THE PARTY OF CORRUPTION^
Fruitiest and Expensive Labors of Democratic In­
vestigating Committees—A Comparison Between
Republican and Democratic Records.
(From the New York Times.]
Very soon after the Democrats obtain­
ed possession of the house of representa­
tives, they began a series of investiga­
tions into the expenditures of the gov­
ernment. They had for so mauy years
raised a prodigious clamor over the ex­
travagance and coxrpption of the Repub­
lican administration of the government
that it is quite possible some of them
actually believed their own assertions.
Then, too, many of those, who joined in
the cry of corruption" were old Demo­
crats who had their criminal share in the
misdeeds of previous Democratic ad­
ministrations, when the disbursements
of the government were insignificant
compared with, those of later years under
Republican rule. They could not be­
lieve that any party, with the opportuni­
ties enjoyed by the Republicans, could
fail to reap xich harvests of plunder.
They remembered how their party used
to steal, when in power, and they could
not understand that other people might
be more honest under the same circum­
stances. Up to the end of the year 1879
the Democrats in congress had set on
foot thirty-three separate congressional
investigations, each one of which was
charged with the duty of bringing to
justice some officer or employe of the
government who had been employed in
cheating the government. These thirty
three investigating committees expended
nearly $500,000. The exact amount is
But not
one single Republican officer has been
convicted of stealing even one dollar
from the government. About a year
ago Senator Windom, from his place in
the senate, publicly challenged the
senators on the Democratic side of the
chamber to name "a single Republican
officer whom the thirty-three investiga­
tion committees had proved to have
stolen one dollar from this government."
This challenge has never been answered.
It remains open, without any juggle of
words, and it ought to be answered now
if the Democrats have not lost every
particle of faith in the truth of their own
assertions.
The truth is, that no intelligent Dem­
ocrat courts a comparison between
the official delinquencies under Demo­
cratic rule and those fairly chargeable to
Republican administrations. Loose
talking and reckless Democratic orators
gabble profusely about Republican
thefts and frauds," the carnival of cor­
ruption which has obtained under Re­
publican supremacy in the government
of the Republic, and the "gigantic
frauds which were committed during
the war by Republican officials con­
tractors, and favorites. It is undeniable
thatin.the expenditure of vast sums dur­
ing the rebellion, there was waste, even
fraud. But, compared with the losses
incurred by the government in piping
times of peace, when the disbursements of
the government were light, these losses
were insignificant. For example, the
last Democratic secretary of the Interior,
Jacob Thompson, is to this day a de­
faulter to the amount of $871,000, never
accounted for. What officer of
the government, under a Repub­
lican administration, was ever ac­
cused of any sncli theft as this?
Isaac F. Fowler, a Democratic post­
master of the city of New York, was a
defaulter in the sum of $170,947, and
Samuel Swartwout, from whose crimes
we derive a word of infamy, and who
was a Democratic collector of the poit of
New York, ran away owing the govern­
ment $1,205,030. Then again, R. p.
Hammond, another Democratic office­
holder, never accounted for §372,122 of
the public funds which he misused
while collector of the port of San Fran­
cisco. Leaving out all amounts less
than #10,000, the defalcations and thefts
suffered by the government from 1830 to
18G1, when the Democrats went out of
power, footed up $6,874,302 and the
list of defaulting custodians of public
funds during these Democratic days
shows a total loss of $3,218,019, making
a grand total of more than $10,000,000
to be charged to the account of Demo­
cratic official corruption, theft, and in
jompetency in thirty years. And this is
the party that rants and raves about the
dishonesty of Republicans in office!
The only true test of the honesty of
any administration is a comparison of its
losses by theft or willful mismanage­
ment with its expenditures. A merchant
who employs one hundred clerks, sales­
men and cashiers, and transacts a busi
of five millions a year, must needs make
allowance for greater losses by pilfering
and theft than he who employs only
twenty men and transacts a business of a
million a year. But, when the demo­
crats were in power, expending only
comparatively small sums of money, and
employing a few thousands of officials,
they stole more money than was stolen
under Republican rule, when the ex­
penditures of the government were
enormously increased. This must have
been true, in the very nature of things,
when a Democratic collector could get
away with more than a million of'dollars,
a postmaster with $170,947, and a cabi­
net officer with nearly one million.
These gigantic thefts were committed
during the very last days of Democratic
rule. Some of the men who are now
hurrahing for their admirable stalking
horse, "the superb soldier," were en­
gaged in the leadership of the
Democratic party then, as they are
now and, with Hancock for a
figure-head, they would exjiect to
increase they thefts which disgraced
the administration of Buchanan. But it
is unnecessary to multiply specific in­
stances of theft, like those which we
have just cited. The official records
show that the greatest losses sustained
by the government by theft and defalca­
tion were prior to 1861, during which
period they were at the rate of $5.17 for
every $1,000 collected and expended.
From 1861 up to the end of 1879 the
losses were at the rate of 57 cents to
each #1,000. During Andrew Jackson's
partisan reign the government officials
lost and stole the public money at the
rate of $7.52 to the $1,000 and while
Martin Yan Buren was president they
lost and stole money to the tune of
$11.71 to each $1,000 received and ex­
pended. In Buchanan's time, notwith­
standing the great thefts and defalca­
tions, the losses were $3.81 to the $1,000.
But during Lincoln's administration—a
time of great excitement and apparent
recklessness—the losses to the govern­
ment were only 57 cents to the $1,000,
while during Grant's administration the
rate was but 3d cents. These figures
are eloquent. They prove "that Demo­
cratic administration has always been
corrupt, reckless and dishonest. A
restoration of the Democratic party to
power would be a restoration of extrav­
agance and theft in office.
A Beautiful New York City.
Binghamton, N. Y., known as "The
Parlor City," claims to be the cleanest
town in America. Each rssidence has its
own lawn and ornamental flower beds.
There are no fences between these homes
tr on the streets. -so th^t the eye roves
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over an unbroken line of smooth-shaven
grass and carefully-tended flower-beds,
these extending from one square to an­
other. Between the sidewalks and the
trees there is a narrow strip of grass,
which is kept as neatly and well-rolled
as the plots next the houses. Outside
are the rows of trees, and in many streets
there is a double row, one inside, and the
other outside of the sidewalk.
Grant—Garfield—Hancock.
Of fifty millions sovereigns, who shall
be head Our Grants, Blames, Wash
burns, Conklings, Shermans, Logans,
Tildens, Bayards, Davises, Hendricks,
Thurmans and Hancocks, each Magnus
Apollo in his circle, all possess substan­
tial virtues.
In the Chicago and Cincinnati conven­
tions the popular strength of these repre­
sentative men was tested, and, as often
occurs in the course of human events,
the last became first.
To this the friends of the Union and
coastitution simply object. The victo­
ries for justice and humanity, gained by
the bullet, they will defend by the bal­
lot, contending manfully under the
championship of the Republican nomi­
nee, one whose loyalty was never be­
clouded, James A. Garfield. A man who
in that dark hour of 1865 when the news
of Lincoln's assassination reached New
"York, and the people gathering in crowds,
were ready for violence, raised his hand
and with words of confidence in God and
in the government stilled every evil pas­
sion the man who in 1864 rebuked Alex­
ander Long in the house of representa­
tives, for his encouragement of the re­
bellion, declaring secession to be the toc­
sin of eternal war the man who, at the
recent dedication of a soldier's monu­
ment in Painesville, Ohio, spoke in elo­
quent and forcible terms of the heroes
who fought and suffered and died for our
glorious Union, kindling afresh the fires
of patriotism in every loyal breast. He
is the man by nature, education, experi­
ence,* and all his surroundings fitted to
stand at the head of the great American
republic.
(J
The charges and skirmishings of the
delegates for their respective favorites,
were valiant, their tactics splendid, their
management original and persistent.
This is especially true of the famous 306,
a Spartan band—the Old Guard—whose
names should be set in gold on velvet.
Backed by millions of men and money,
their candidate, the most renowned citi­
zen and hero in the world, of tried
ability, his administrations compared
favorably with those of Washington and
Lincoln, how could they fail? Peace,
order and prosperity would be assured
the union and constitution magnified
the welfare of every section promoted,
and the national supremacy vindicated
by showing its teeth. From their stand­
point, so happy and imposing was the
outlook, how sore then their disappoint­
ment.
The first communication I ever saw in
print favoring Grant's second term, was
from my own hand. I have vied with
the most earnest in commending his pat­
riotism and achievements, and would
gladly see him again in the presidential
chair—no fear of a third term, no fear of
Bonapartism. But the convention,
staunch Republicans, sharp and saga­
cious, after ten days careful deliberation,
studying well the situation in their com­
bined wisdom and discretion, concluded
to relinquish all the prominent candi­
dates, and chose one not in the arena—
the office seeking the man, and not the
man the office. And what of him?
Character, bed-rock, of pronounced con­
victions, prompt, methodical, a civilian
and statesman, a gentleman and scholar,
a logician, a philosopher, in discipline
and culture pre-eminent. As a good
Republican, the majority ruling, I am
bound to support the nominee, and with
the old guard let me say "amen."
The Cincinnati convention, ignoring the
antecedents of the Democratic party—
their persistent denunciations of the mil­
itary as humiliating and degrading, as
tending to monarchy and despotism—
Strangely chose a life-long professional
soldier, accomplished in his line, brave
on the battle field, bat in civil affairs a
novice. From boyhood in the regular
army, proverbially separate and apart
from the rest of mankind. Such a nom­
ination can only be accounted for by
considerations of sympathy with state
sovereignty, secession and revolution.
There is method in this madness. Gen­
eral Hancock's election would be a calam­
ity a rebel triumph a stride toward
anarchy and barbarism.
The election of General HancockVould
mean surrender to the south, the
abandonment of all the issues and gains
of the war, costing $1,500,000,000 of
money and 1,000,000 precious lives, most­
ly our own kindred. It would mean
ignominiously resigning the U. S.
Government to those who have trampled
its banners in the dust. When Wade
Hampton pledged the 138 votes of the
solid south to any northern candidate the
convention might endorse, he well un­
derstood that such nominee would be un­
der southern dictation. It was a grand bid
for power,power the control of the govern­
ment. Good Lord, good Devil, Gabriel
or Apollyon—any body, anything for
power. With this aim the Democracy
supported Horace Greeley, a life-long
enemy, and with this aim, after all their
denunciations of the military as a step­
ping-stone to imperialism, they now
adopt General Hancock. O, consistency,
thou art a jewel! Should not such utter
lack of principle be thoroughly rebuked?
Who would trust our free institutions to
such hands Let no loyal man be de­
ceived or found napping. Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty. Every
tYn.n to his post—better die than be a
traitor and a coward.
Rockford, 111., July 20th, 1880.
MEAD
HOLMES.
Monarchs of the Forest.
The Calaver as grove of giant trees is
the most motherly yet discovered and the
one best known. It is situated on the
Stockton and Calaveras trail to the Yose
mite, and is distant 164 miles from San
Francisco. The number of trees of larger
size is not far from 100, with many
smaller ones on the outskirts. Most of
these have been named, and tables have
been published giving the exact height
and dimensions of each. Here are at least
twenty-five trees above 250 feet in height,
and thirty trees over 230 feet in height.
The four highest trees in the grove, and
perhaps on the American continent, are
the Keystone State," "Gen. Jackson,"
"Mother of the Forest" and "Daniel
.Webster." The height of the first-named
is 325 feet of the second, 319 feet of the
third 315 feet and of the fourth, 307
feet. A column might be filled with a
description of such like monsters as
"$he Husband and Wife," a pair of
trees gracefully leaning against each
other, 350 feet high, and each sixty feet
in circumference "The Hermit," a soli­
tary specimen of great proportions The
Old Maid," a disconsolate-looking
spinster, fifty-nine feet incircumference
"The Old Bachelor," a-rough( unkempt
old fellow, nearly 300 feet height
"The Beauty of the Fofest," with grace­
ful foliage and symmetrical trunk "Uncle
Tom's Cabin," in the interior of which
twenty-five persons can be seated
fortably,
-Sue.1
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
THE Revere house at Sleepy Eye was
destroyed by fire last week.
JOHN ANDERSON fell fifty feet from an
elevator at Brandon, Douglas county,
but will recover.
THEODORE JACOBS, of Jacobs Prairie,
broke a leg in jumping from a load of
hay the other day.
THE lazy vagrant tramps in many
places are milking the farmer's cows to
gain their sustenance.
A STATE teachers' institute, to contin­
ue for two weeks, will be held at Sauk
Center, beginning August 30th.
NATHANIEL GARLAND, a prominent
business man of Waseca, died on the
26th ult. He was a native of Kingston,
N.
H.
JOHN SULLIVAN, a school-teacher who
resided in Farmington a few years ago,
died at his home in Greenwood, Eldora­
do county, Cal., on the 13th inst.
EUGENE
W.
SHENTON,
a brakeman on
the Winona & St. Peter road, who was
killed at Sleepy Eye recently, was a
graduate of the Winona orphan school.
ON the night of July 21st the stable
of Mr. Buchanan, seven miles from
Lamberton, was burned, together with
four fine horses. The work of an in­
cendiary.
JOHN SULLIVAN, of Feildon, Waton­
wan county, was so seriously cut by the
knives of his mower on the instep that
physicians were compelled to amputate
the foot at the ankle joint.
THE people of Brown's Valley have
taken steps towards effecting a township
organization, by selecting a list of offi­
cers, and petition the county commis­
sioners for their indorsement.
ON the 25th ult. lightning struck the
barn of John Ward, near Trott Brook,
Anoka county, and killed two valuable
horses, one belonging to Daniel Shannon,
the other to Wm. Ward. Two other
horses standing beside those killed were
uninjured.
GEORGE ALLEN,
of St. Paul, captured
over 175 pounds of pike, pickerel, bass,
etc., in one day's fishing last Thursday.
This amount of fish is a pretty good
catch for one man, considering that it
wasn't a very good day for the business.
—Detroit Rccord.
WHILE John McCarthy, of Antiem,
Watonwon county, was absent the other
day his children went to playing with
the harvester. A little three year old
daughter had her right thumb cleanly
amputated by the sickle between the
nail and first joint.
THE town of Foster has a real, live
lord as a permanent citizen—a Mr. Bur­
nett, formerly of Scotland. He has taken
a claim and has settled down to become
a true American citizen, and will engage
largely in agriculture, as he has means
at his command.—Ortonville Herald.
WE saw a stalk of sugar cane, raised
on Gen. Edgerton's place, that measured
nine feet ten inches high, and another
raised by I. Gerould which measured
nine feet six inches. The stalks were
three and three-fourth inches in circum­
ference afoot above the ground.—Kan
son Republican.
THE boss fat boy of the northwest is
living at Hersey. His weight is 397
pounds, and measures around the amall
part of the waist, 89 inches aged 25
years. Anti-fat medicine has no effect
upon him, as a two weeks' trial of the
remedy increased his weight just 12
pounds.
MR. SHAW of Winnebago city, partner
of Hon. A. H. Bullis in blooded cattle,
left last week for Portland, Me., where
he goes to secure nine more head of
Hereford cattle, from a shipload just ar­
rived at that place from England. These
gentleman are going into the business
extensively, and have now a large num­
ber of the best blooded cattle that can
be obtained.
RECENTLY Mr. McCracken was going
from Wykoff to his home on a load of
lumber, and while going down the
Wykoff hill the lumber shoved forward
on the horses, causing an affright which
resulted in throwing him violently
against the trunk of a tree, terribly in­
juring his shoulder, side and arm, and
inflicting dangerous wonnds on his fore­
head.—Spring Valley Vidette.
ON a late morning, while James
Schweizer, of Belle Creek, Goodhue
county, was examining his hives, think­
ing the grubs were at work, the bees
became enraged, and stung him repeat­
edly about the head and face. He was
taken to the house and help summoned,
but it was some hours before he fully
recovered consciousness. It was a nar­
row escape frim being stung to death.
HORACE, a nine-year old son of Moses
Hutchins, of Anoka, in attempting to
jump on a moving freight car on the
24th ult., which was being drawn by a
switch engine at the west end of the rail­
road bridge, missed his footing, and his
right leg was run over by two wheels of
the car, cutting the foot off about two
inches above the ankle, and when the
unfortunate little fellow was found his
foot only hung by a single cord.
THE house of a Mr. Sweet, seven
miles north of Pipestone City, was
struck by lightning on the 18th inst.
Mrs. Sweet, who was preparing dinner
at the time, was prostrated by the shock,
while a little daughter was knocked
senseless and for a time was thought to
be dead, but was finally brought to con­
sciousness by her father having the pres­
ence of mind to grab her and rush out
into the rain that was falling in torrents.
DR. C. H. MITCHELL has lately per­
formed a surgical operation that reflects
credit upon lus skill as an operator. It
was nothing less than the removal of a
sliver from the eye of Henry Dixon,
which entered the eye and projected
back of the pupil. The doctor cut
through the sclerotic and cornea until he
reached the larger end of the sliver,
when, applying his tweezers, the enemy
was removed and the eye saved.—Elk
River Neivs.
A FATAL accident occurred at Mission
creek last week, whereby Mr. Albert
Davis lost his life. He was employed
by Laird & Thomas in the lumber yard,
and was, on Friday morning assisting in
coupling cars about the yard, and in at­
tempting to make a coupling between
two cars loaded with piling, the ends of
two piles extended beyond the end of the
cars, and close together, while his head
was between the two. The cars were
barely moving at the time, and the
squeeze could not have been more than
a quarter of an inch, but enough to
make a rupture in his head, extending
out through the roof of his mouth. He
died soon after.—Rush City Post.
WHEN the brooding hen leaves her
nest and sees how the beans, the peas,
and the tomatoes have prown during her
absence, she cries in dismay: "Mercy!
this will never do," and the way Bhe
scratches about that "garden sass un­
til it looks like a western town just after
a tornado, is a caution to potato bugs.
And how it mads the honest husband­
man when her fiendish chuckle reaches
his earsl-^Boslon Tmmortpt,

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