Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-19
Miscellaneous News lteins

One thousand of the Northern hos
tile Sioux have surrendered to Gen. Crook.
The son of Congressman Dunnell, Of
Minnesota, has been appointed superintend-
ent Of public buildings, at Memphis.
Pomeroy, Ohio, has had hundred
thousand dollar fire, the greater portion OF
the business part OF the town being destroy
ed.
War between Turkey and Russia
now seems inevitable. There are host OF
conflicting reports, but everything points in
that direction.
The New York Court of Appeals has
decided that under the present law in that
State only keepers of inns, taverns and hotels
are entitled to licenses to sell liquor.
The fiend who deliberately set fire
to girls clothing,in New York, resulting in
her death, has been arrested. His name is
Henry Cooper, and lie is native OF Holland.
The steamship Leo from Savannah,
Georgia, to Nassau, was burned at sea on the
18th. All the passengers, three in number,
and eighteen Of the crew were lost. Thirteen
Of the crew were saved.
1t is reported that the fire in the
Southern Hotel was in progress halt an hour
before an alarm was given, the inployees en-.
deavoring to prevent the spread OF the flames
without making any excitement.
Patterson contests the seat of Bel
ford OF Colorado in the next House on the
ground that he (Be!tord) could not be elected
At the same election to fill fragment Of a
term in the 44th and a full term in the 45th
Congress.
A Washington dispatch to the New
York Sun says that Detective Perkins OF the
Secret Service has been under the orders Of
Simon Cameron for six weeks hunting up ev-
idence against the Widow Oliver with view
of breaking her down.
1t is proposed to ask Congress for a
liberal appropriation ior the representation o.
American productions in the Paris exposition
next year, the amount to be taken from the
recovered loan to the Philadelphia show
The remainder Of that fund it is proposed t
apply to the building tthe Smithsonian mu'
scum.
East Montpelier, Vermont, wastreat
ed to tragedy, on the 10th. Hiram Arbuckl<
shot George Short, fatally woundipg him. H,
then shot and killed his brother-in.law
George Bancroft, and ended BY killing him
self. He is supposed to have been insane.
Secretary Sherman proposes to obey
the law which requires employees in thu
Treasury department to be apportioned among
the State and territories according to popula
ton. New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mary
land Delaware, West Virginia and the District
Of Columbia have their quotas already full.
Major Reno, recently tried by cour
martial, in st. Paul, on charge OF insulting tn
wife Of = brother officer, and sentenced to b
dismissed from the service, has forwarded Il
the WarDepartment request for delay in tn
presentation Of the case to the President claim
ing he has additional evidence which will ten
to mitigation of the sentence. The reques
has been granted.
Seventeen cars loaded with tea an
silk arrived ct Chicago over the Chicago
Burlington 4 Quincy on Tuesday. The valu
OF the train was considerably over 9200, ,00(
The tea Was valued At about 5000 per O.,
and the silk At 81, 600 per car. The train le
San Francisco on the I'd inst, baving bee
|seven days coming over from the coast. On
lcar-load oftea was consigned to firm in tha
lofty, fourteen cars oftea and silk 10 to Nev
York, and the balance of the train is destine
to Montreal, Canada.