Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-02
THE NEWS.
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THIRrEENiycllow fever intormcnts at Mcm-
phis, Friday.
New ORLEANS papers deny tho existence OF
yellow fever there, and say that strangers cal"
visit the city in safety.
Tnr President hAs signed postal conVen'
ton between tho United States and tho Gov
ernmcnt Of New Fountland, for the exchange
of postal cards BY the addition Of on cent
postage.
TIE Anti-Monopoly State Central Commit
teo of Iowa have nominated C. E. Whiting, Of
Monona county, for Lieutenant Governor. Ho
is a farmer, and was formerly trustee Of tho
State Agricultural College. =:
JOHN GREEN, alias Mcdonald, sentenced to
tho Massachusetts, State Prison for twenty
years, for highway robbery. has confessed that
he killed James Graham. at Little Neck, Long
Island, N. Y, February 9th, which tragedy
caused q sensation at tho time.
The Black Glacier. which arrived at Now
Bedford, Mass, Thursday, brings several sup
posed relics Of Sir John F:ankln's expedition.
purchased Of Esquimaux at Rcpulso Bay, the
natives having obtained them at Wing vii.
liam's Island.
GEoRGE BRANDT, Frcnchman, was arrest-
ed Tor stealing tickets from the Office Of the
st. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railroad,
in St. Louis. Several tickets, considerable
jewelry, and large lot OF skeleton keys were
found on Brandt. About 81 $40 worth of tick.
cts have been stolen from the company within
tho past two or three weeks.
Tue Board OF Trade Of Indianapolis has
adopted . resolution requesting trunk rail-
road lines to the East to reduce their rates
on fourth class freights to tho East.
A NEwPoRT special to the Boston Journal
saya tha naked commission Of British and
American claims made its first awards, and
concluded its business, ono day in advance OF
tho time fixed by the treaty. In brief, the re-.
suit Of the inquiry is, that the United States
government pays to English sufferers by our
late war two per cent. Of their claims, amount
ing to sl,92s,s ,sls, while the American claims
against England are disallowed.
An Independent Peoples Party has been
formed in California. Its candidate for JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court is E. ". McKins-
try, OF San Francisco.
Col JouN II. STEWART, postmaster at Pitts
burg, was on Friday arrested by q special
officer Of the Treasury Department. He is .
dcfaulter to the extent Of $SS, 900.
The members Of the Benedictine order at
st. Paul, Minn., have purchaeed two hundred
and forty acres OF land at Creston, Union
county. Iowa, and will at once establish
monastery and CATHOLIC college, under the
care Of the Benedictines.
WEDxEsDAr = young laAy went I" store in
Des Moine", Iowa, purchased rea ly-made
suit, repaired to private room, put it on, and
with her betrothed went to the Court House,
got license and was married, the whole
Transaction being done in less than forty min.
utes, which is ono step in the new dress re-
form.
TRE International State Exposition ut Chi
cago was formally opened on Thursday. Tho
immense building, 500 feet long and 200 feet
wide, with double galleries the entire length,
was completely thronged with visitors, the
lowest estimate OF the number being N, 600.
The various departments are not yet entirely
filled, although ali space has been taken by
exhibitors, many OF whom have not been able
to set their articles in place, owing to the
brief time which has elapsed since the build
ing was in condition to receive them.
A SHREVEPORT DISPATCH says that the desti-
tuition is as terrible as the yellow fever. Tho
expenses Of the Howard Association are
$1,000 per day. Penniless women and child
ron must be fed or starve, and the Association
must feed them.
In New York, on Wednesday, Thomas D
Parker, aged "A, shot hts wife, and then shot
himself. jealousy was the cause. The wife
may recover. Parker was retired iron mer-
chant, and very wealthy. The parties moved
in the highest circles, and lived in an elegant
villa a. Kingsessing. Parker was son OF the
late Isaac Brown Parker, who left an. estate
worth q, ,ooO, 900. Ms. Parker is daughter Of
Robert Macgregoz, aud was much younger
than her husband.
Mas. JOHN CUxDIrF hung herself ner We
mona. H.. on Wednesday.
81. T1IDEN. of New York, at present So
burning in Vienna, has written letter to John
Kelly, resiguing tho chairmanship of the Stat
Central Democratic Committee OF New York
VENDux. France, was evacuated by the Ger
man troops Saturday morning. Immediately
after they had let, the streets were filed with
rejoicing residents, and numberless Fronch
flags wcrc displayed from the buildings.
u FIRE at Manstee, Thursday night, de-
stroycd the United States Hotel, Milwaukee
House, H. p. Manning l. Co.'s news Office, D.
Carlton h Co.'S drug store, L. L. Ellis post
once block, G. Young, lumber inspcctor's
Total loss $35 5,000-iLsurance about $25,9o0.
Supposed to be the work OF an inccndiary.
FELIX r. RRuNoT, special commits sioner has
concluded council with tho Utes, the result
Of which was the ccding to the Government
by the Indians OF some 30O,O 900 acres, being
most OF the land lying between the thirty
seventh and thin lty-eighth degrees of latitude
and 10th and 1o9th degrees Of longitude, ex-
ccpt narrow strip on tho southern side, on
which many Of the Utes bad farms.
The results Of the survey OF eastern Arizon.
are perfectly wonderful. A country is d,scov.
cred with magnificent parks, streams and
woods far exceeding any in Colorado.
1T is rumored that Count de Chambord has
ntimated that when his right to sovereign
rule over France has been formally rccognizep
and homage paid him he will abdicate the
throne in favor OF Count de Paris.