Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-25
Tho East.

Tie Columbus, O., Driving Park Association
offers prizes amounting to slO, 400 to bo run
for at their meeting, July list, I'd, 81, aud 4th
JAMES G. BLAINE is renominatod by the Re-
pubicans of the third Congressional district in
Maine. >"~- ~. 'v<f'A 1885,
THE central committee Of the Labor Reform
party in Massachnsots has decided to make no
nominations for state officers this year.
TuE bricllaycrs Of New York arc OH strike
for four dollars q day-an advance Of fifty
cents.
The Republican, state convention Of Vermont
was held at Burlington, June II. Judge Peck
was nominated for Governor, Lyman G.. Hinck-
ley for Lieutenant Governor, and John O Page
for Treasurer.
CLEVELAND, O., newspaper proprietors gave
their second annual picnic to the newsboysof
that city. There were 400 of tho young Arabs
i'll attendance. ~ - s7'-s2 mi
TIE Goth anniversary Of tho battle Of Bunker
Hill was celebrated in Boston, june. 18th. i
The following 0f,i,srs of the yPennsylva1ia
Railroad company were reelected for tho e,,s1-
iu, year: President, Col. Thomas A Scott :;
first Vice President and General Manager, Gen.
J. NJ. Mccullough; second Vice President, VIM.
Tho11, third Vice President, H. J. Jewett
Secretary and Treasurer, W. H. Barnes.
The Ohio State Medical Society convened in
Toledo June 1C.
TME Philadelphia base ball club recently
beat the White Stockings, Chicagos pets, by q
score of Is to g." d" 81 -. lS. = .r,.s
HENRY A. BuRnows, Cashier Of tho General
Eastern Passenger Agency Of tho Lake Shore
It Michigan Soutliern Railroad, OF Buffalo, New
York, has been missing for some time His
books have boon examined and foWId to be oil
right, and it i, feared that over work has
driven him insaile. -,', -, S~,'. ,<s. .-%,
j TAE census Of Erie, Pa, taken BY order of
sthe Manicipal Government, gives population
of 26,O37, of which, II, ,473 are natives,s and
s,56l foreign born, ,--an increase Of 6391 xince
1870. .
rHE steamers and other property of tho Mar
rasansett Company have been soldlto tho Old
Colony Railroad Company of Boston.
Thomas s. GREEN, lors Superintendent of
the Boston Il Albany Railroad, died at Albany,
N. Y, aged Is years. ,f.r. *.Tl@5,% Il
In New Hampshire there arc sixty-four saw
ings banks, having %, 1888 depositors. II The ag-
gregate, amount Of deposits is now $2s, $685.
1888, being an increase of S363, ,S35. IS tho
past year. n. :, 70,
The WoSt.
The National Butter and Egg Convention
held its annual session in Indianapolis on the
l7th OF June.
A SHOCK Of earthquake occurred at Salt Lake
June 18th.
Gov. OSBORN, Of Kansas, las received tele-
gram from Dodge City, asking for arms to de-
fcnd the citizens of that vicinity against hostile
Indians, WHO arc said to be killing people
within ten miles of Dodge City.
TIE Kansas Republican State Convention
meets on tho 26tl, Of August, at Topeka.
TnE following is tho state ticket nominated
by the Indiana Republican convention, which
met IN Indianapolis June H.: Secretary Of state,
WV. Curry, present incumbent !; Auditor Of
State, J.. ". Wildman, present incumbent; :;
Attorney General, J. c. Denny, present incum-
bent; Judge Of tho Supreme Court, A. l..
Osborn, present incumbent; Superintendent
of Public INSTRUCTION, J. W. Eloss, New Albany
Floyd County.
REroHTs received from Gen. Custer state
that fight occurred between tho Indians at
Eerthold agency, and 400 Sioux, June Is. Six
Of the agency Indians were killed.
The supreme court of Utah has decided that
the recent action Of the military authorities in
forcibly taking from custody of tho civil au-
tLorites a soldier under arrest for breach of
the peace, was legal and justifable.
TnE steamer Western arrived at Sionx City,
from Font Benton, the first boat of the season
from the upper Missouri. She reports tho
river falling rapidly. There is no snow in tho
mountains, and consequently 3 prospect of
very low water, the present rise being alto
ecthcr from heavy rains. Tho Indians on tho
upper river are very qnict, very few showing
themselves OH tho banks Of tho river Or at tho
landings.
THE United Statos grand jury havo found
about 15O indictments against la,ld-grabbers
and other law-breakers i'll Colorado, and arc
still finding more. The United States attor-
ney will ll,vc his hands full of business.
The Episcopalialls Of the diocese If Wis.
consin met in convention Ut Milwaukee,, June
IL, to elect Bishop to succeed Armitago, de-
ceased.
Tho South.
IN relation to affairs in Arkansas, = promi
nent member Of Congress is reported as say
ing: "If they desired to report to Congress.
tho fact that there WAS ali honest man in tin
state, it would be impossible to do it and com
ply with tho truth"
JUDGE RICHARD w. WALKER, formerly chie
justice Of the supreme court Ut Alabama, alli
leading citizen Of northern Alabama, died q
Huntsville, June II.
MAJ. CHAs. =. SEvEnsoN, General Forrest,
chief qnartermastcr during the war, and sine,
collector OF internal revenue of northern Mis-
sssippi. died rcccntly at Holly Springs.
Cnops in southern and western Kentucky mr.
suffering severely from long confirmed
drongl. Only very slight rains lave fallc
for two months. The best advices receive
Indicate that not more than ono third tn