Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-05-03
Personal and Political.

Personal and Political.
Judge H. n. spofford was elected U. 8
Senator by the Louisiana Legislature on th'
gath.
Ex-Gov. Noyes Of Ohio has been up
pointed Minister to France in place of E. B
'Washburnc.
The Democratic Legislative caucus ir
Louisiana has nominated Judge l.. n. epadort
for U g. Senator.
The South Carolina Legislature has re
assembled an extra session, having been callei
by Gov. Hampton.
! Hon. Alexander H. Stephens recently
argued case in the Supreme Court, the frs
time for number Of years.
Rev. Hector Brownson, for IS year:
agent Of the American Bible Society, died yes
tcrday in New York, aged Sc.
Col. s. d. Harris, for many years thu
editor of the Ohio Farmer, and the Oldest agri
cultural editor in Ohio, is dead.
B. F. Allen, late President of the Cook
County National Bank Of Chicago hos been In
dictcd for perjury and fraud.
Attorney General Dcvens refuses to re.
commend the pardon of Joyce, the last of the
st. Louis whisky ring now in prison.
A. NJ. Clapp, Public Printer at Wash
ngton, has resigned and the Office hos been
aiken charge of by John D. Defrees.
President Hayes informs the Board OF
| Indian Commissioners that he secs no reason
for changing the Indian policy Of ex- President
| Grant
E. Mcpherson, formerly clerk Of the
House Of Representatives, has been appointed
chief of the bureau of engraving and printing
the Treasury department..
Brigham Yonng's 10th wife, Anna
| Eliza, has failed in her divorce and alimony
] suit. The court decides that the marriage was
! null and void, because Brigham had another
! wife at the time.
VIM. Pents was hung at Ballingg, Mis-
souri,, on the 9th for the murder Of little girl
nine years old. He confessed that murder and
also the murder of man five years previous.
The first murder he was hired to perform and
received ten dollars for the deed.
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt has instituted a
suit against his brother, Vim. H. Vanderbilt,
for one million dollars for alleged breach Of
the contract under which 1t is asserted the
contest of the late Commodore Vanderbilt was
withdrawn.
The Hampton Legislature in South
Carolina commences the reverse Of concilia-
tory. 1t passed a resolution declaring all the
members Of the late Chamberlain Legislature
IN contempt and referring their credentials to
special committee.
The troops vacated the Orleans hotel
at noon on the 9th and returned to their bar
racks. There was no excitement, but during
the afternoon 100 guns were fired in honor Of
the withdrawal. Packard's police have been
withdrawn and he gives up the contest.
Judge John E. King has been appoint
ed Collector of the port Of New Orleans. Judge
King was Judge of the Supreme Court of
Louisiana under the Kellogg Packard Regime,
and gave place to Congressman Spencer, who
resigned his seat In the House under an ap-
pointmcnt from Governor Nichols to the
same position.
The Louisiana Commission submitted
their report to the President on the 25th
They say that the only solution of the prob.
lem was tho union of the rival Legislatures or
the union of a sufficient number to make a
quorum Of valid members. Hence their cf.
forts were all in that direction, and having &C.
complishcd that their mission ended.
The course of Mrs. Hayes in excluding
wine from the White House dinners recalls to
the Hartford Comm Cou,unt letter of John
Adams to his wife in 1877, in which he said,
"Gcn. Washington sets fine example. He
has banishcd wine from his table, and cntertains
his friends with rum and water This is much
to the honor of his wisdom, his policy, and his
patriotism.
An old citizen Of Kansas named Dubois
claims to have been one Of party who, when
the Bender family emigrated 50 suddenly from
the scene of their manifold murders in that
State, followed their trail, and having cncoun-
! tered them, had a short, sharp fight, which
ended in the summary burial Of the whole fam.
lily. Dubois gives graphic and detailed &C.
!! count Of the encounter.
Letters have been addressed to SirJohn
! 4. Macdonald, Hon. Alexander Mackenzie,
Of the Canadian Parliament, and the press
calling attention to the fact that on the 9th
June Queen Victoria will have completed the
10th year Of her reign, and proposing that the
Canadians should manifest their national at.
, tachment by requesting Her Majesty to take
the title Of the Empress Of Canada.
The Secretary of the Navy now has I'M
der consideration the question of asking Con.
grcss to appropriate 100000 at the approach
ing extra session for the purpose of fitting out
eight vessels, to bc held in readiness for SER
vice in case of an emergency. 1t is feared the
eastern troubles may possibly jeopardize
! American interests, and it is proposed to have
these vessels ready to join the European and
Asiatic stations.
The appointment Of ex- Governor Noyes
of Ohio, as Minister to France has been agreed
upon, and he has formally accepted the posi-.
tion. He will not sail for that country until
his nomination shall have been confirmed by
the Senate at the approaching extra session
No one has yet been selected for the Austrian
mission, though several gentlemen are named
in connection Herewith, among them ex-Goy
crnor Fletcher of Missouri.
Miscellaneous.
Work on the Northern Pacific beyond
Bismarck is to be begun at once.
Passenger rates from Chicago to New
York have been ADVANCED to 49,
Freights from Chicago to New York
have been advanced five cents per hundred.
France is making heavy purchases Of
horses in New York for her light-cavalry scr
vice.
An old feud in De Kali, ,Kcmpcr county
recently eliminated in the death of six per
sons.
Six hundred houses were recently de-
stroyed by fire in Constantinoplc and 1000 in
Yohio, Japan.
A fire in Canajoharic, N. T., destroyed
lc half the village and property to the amount
of some 100000. -
! 1t is reported in San Francisco that thu
widow of Ralston, the banker, is about t.
marry an artist named Inman.