Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-05-11
Personal, Impersonal and Political,

Personal, 1mpersonal and Political.
Senator Morton was taken seriously
i'll last week.
The Pennsylvania legislature ad
iourned last week.
Joseph Mcfarland, the well-known
newspaper correspondent, is dead.
The old board of officers of the Lake
Shore Il Michigan Southern have been re.
elected.
The Pennsylvania legislature ex
PEELED Representative Lynott for having sold
his vote.
King Alfonso has written another
letter to the Pope, assuring him Of the loyalt,
of Spain.
The South Carolina Democrats elect
ed an unnstructed delegation to the St. Loui.
convention.
Horatio Seymour says he will not bt
a candidate for the presidency under any cir
cumstances.
The Democratic convention of New
York strongly endorsed Samuel J. Tilden fe1
the Presidency. ~
The statement that the President
has relieved Gen. Custer from his command
is officially denied. ]
The Georgia delegates to the nation
al Republican convention stand, .Bhino s
Morton s, Bristow 4, Conklings. = >*-.%s
The complete vindication of Secre
tary B1istow was completed by the invest
eating committee, on the 4th inst, and th'
case closed. ~,
In consequence of the disaffectiol
caused by the failure of the queen to limi
the use Of the title Of Empress to India, res
olution equivalent to censure has been in
troduced in the lower house Of parliament.
The examination of the records o.
the governor of Wisconsin proves to be very
damaging to ex-Gov. Taylor, but As regardl
ex-Gov. Washburn the record is thorough,
clean.
The British cabinet decided that tn,
forger Winslow should he released and no
returned this country under the extraditio,
treaty, and the long-faced fraud has been Sc
! at liberty.
Geo. w. Dietz, 70 years of age, start
ed from New Albany, Ind, on the LIST inst
to walk to Philadelphia, to attend the Cen
tennial. He was accompanied to the cit,
limits by a band and q large crowd Of people
A new reform party has been organ
lied in New York, with prominent Republi
cans at its head. Its object is to secure tn
nomination by the Republican party of sucl
man as-well, it looks like = movement i,
favor Of Bristow. -
The King of Dahomy invited com
modore Hewitt, ofthe British navy, to com
to him and receive payment of the fine i'm
posed on him for maltreating British sub
jects, in powder and bullets. "A feet of wa
vessels has been ordered to take active pro
Miscellaneous News items.
Prospects for crops in Nebraska ar
very prom sing.
The naval appropriation bill reduce
the amount Of last year over i've millions.
A party Of l23 men from Massachu
sets have left Yankton for the Black Hills.
The recent; break in freight rates
has greatly revived shipments Of corn fron
the west. ..-.....,-...-.
BY failure at North Adams, Mass.
over l 200 persons have been thrown out q
f; employment. es aas . 80 80
The French iron pavilion in scours'
Of erection on the Centennial grounds, fell +
the ground, last week. e---,----~ .-.s
The Centennial ommiSsion Has Sunan
imously voted to keep the grounds of the *
hibition closed on sundayl
Disreali, replying to a motion from
aconservatiys, said that thsSee aps hetwesl
England and. Russia nsxer were more satisfat
tory than at present. s.s
A State greenback convention wa