Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-01
Personal, Impersonal anu Political.

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The Georgia legislature has elected
Ben Hill to the U. s. Senate.
West Virginia has elected II. G.
Davis and Frank Hereford to the United States
Senate.
The Democrats of the first Congress
sional district OF New Hampshire renominated
Frank Jones.
The Illinois Senatorial contest ended
on the first ballot on the e5th, by the election
OF Judge David Davis, the Democratic and In
dependent candidate.
Moody and Sankey began revival
meetings at the New Tabernacle on fremont
street on the 9th. The building, which seats
5000 people, was filed. 1t is estimated that
10000 people were unable to gain admission.
Gov. Kirkwood has issued an order
for the reorganization of the Iowa State mill
tia, under this name of the National Guards OF
the State of Iowa. All artillery companies are
ordered to meet January 3lst, at their respec-
tive armies, to elect officers.
J. B. Ford & Co., publishers have
gone into bankruptcy for the second time,
having failed to carry out the terms of their
first compromise with their creditors. They
now offer 80 cents on the dollar, payable in
l6 monthly installments.
Logan gave up the contest in Illinois
or U. S. Senator, after the thirty fifth ballot
The first ballot gave him 81, with 1o3 neces-
sary to choice, and the last gave him 90
with lOl necessary to choice. The Republi-
can caucus unanimously nominated Hon Chas
B. Lawrence.
Manager Barnes, of the Western
Union Telegraph has LETT for Washington from
New Orleans, accompanied by Sergeant-at-
Arms Churchill, having secured the dispatch
es dated prior to November 1st, called for by
the resolution, which he will deliver to the
House on his arrival.
The Connecticut Senate by 10 to l,
adopted the resolution endorsing the Con-
gressional plan for counting the electoral vote,
but struck outa clause requesting Connecticut
Congressman to support the measure. The
House by vote OF llG to II referred the reso-
luton to the committee on federal relations.
The Senatorial contest in Kansas
seems to be so badly mixed as to promise a
winters job. In the Senate, the torty-two
votes were divided between twelve candidates,
seven votes being the highest given to one
candidate. In the House the one hundred
and twenty-five votes were divided between
thirteen candidates, none receiving higher
than seventeen votes.
Charles P, Wetmore, twenty.six
years of age, died of hydrophobia, in Column
bus, O., after suffering fearfully from the at
tack since Thursday last. The deceased was
bitten three times by one dog and once by
another. The symptoms first manifested
themselves on Thursday, but he did not sum-
mon physician until Friday, who did not
fully comprehend the case. Developing
more fully on Friday night, another physi-
clan was called who could emily relieve the
patient with hyperdermic injections.
The subcommittee of the House jl-
dietary committee having reported that there
is no evidence of fraud on the part of Robson,
secretary OF the navy, the judiciary committee
unanimously adopted the following resolution:
That articles of impeachment ought not to be
preferred against George M. Robson, Secreta-
~ of the Navy, for violations of law which
have occurred in his department.. because
there is no criminal intent or corrupt motive
on his part which would constitute such vio-
latiens, high crimes or misdemeanors unde,
the meaning of the constitution.