Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12
MOWER 2,
SUMMARY OF GENERAL NEWS

SUMMARY OF GENERAL NEWS
Pelsrnsl. lnpersonsl and Political.
Packard says he will ''stick" to the
bitter end.
The Bender family have been ar
rested again, this time in Arkansas.
Bismarck will take long vacation
! and then resume his duties As Prime Minis.
ter.
Wade Hampton had an enthusiastic
reception at Columbia on his return from
Washington.
Ex.Gov. Tilden was the victim Of
| runaway accident a few days ago but escaped
uuinjured.
Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina,
says he will continue to hold his slice until
removed by force.
Packard has written an open letter
to the President, condemning the instruc-
tions OF the Louisiana commission.
The President has appointed w. B.
LIE Due, son Of W. G. LIE Due OF Hastings,
Minn., Cadet-at-large at West Point.
The Secretary of the Navy an.
nounces that he has no money for his Fay
roll for the months Of April, May and June.
The District Attorney at Washington
has entered nolle prosequi in the case Of
Dom piatt, charged with seditious writing.
DR.. VIM. A. .Muhlenberg, author Of
the familiar hymn ~ would not live always"
died At St. Lukes hospital, New York, on the
9Th.
D. NJ. Boyd Jr., general passenger
| agent OF the Pennsylvania railroad died At
Jacksonville, Florida, Of consumption . few
days ago.
Peter B. Sweeny denies that he pro-
poses to implicate any one in the ring matters
in New York but says he is ready to stand his
own trial.
Major Whittle has entered upon a
months campaign at Toledo, Ohio. Mr.. Nc
0ranahan takes the placesof the late P. P. Bliss
As singer.
Secretary Sherman 8 announcement
that there will be no more compromising with
whiskey thieves makes great CONSERVATION
| at st. Louis.
Bismarck suffered bad flood from
an ice-sorge which locked up the water. Ed.
Reynolds, Mike Caldwell, Chas. Taffe, aud
VIM. Gould were drowned.
In Cleveland, Cincinnati. Toledo,
and st. Louis the Republicans have elected
their candidates for Mayor, and at Columbus,
| Ohio, the Democrats triumphed.
A. T. Gosh0rn, the Director Genera
OF the Centennial, has been banqueted at
Cincinnati. His successful management of
the exhibition was the cause OF the compli.
ment.
Trevor W. Park, President of the
Panama railroad, and an extensive operator
in Wall street has failed. Panama stock lell
off from 40 to 30 per cent. in one day as con-
sequence.
For the first time in three years the
Rhode Island Republicans have elected their
State ticket by the people. The plurality tor
Governor is 800, and on the rest OF the ticket
it is larger.
The latest style of murder in New
York, is to gag = man, bind him hand and
foot, and throw him out OF third story win
dow. Cornelius Scanlan was the victim, and
Italians the murderers.
A collision occurred on the Central
Pacific, on the 9Th, between the Western
bound express and freight train. The en-
gines were badly wrecked and two engineers
and one fireman were killed.
The latest twist in South Carolina
Affairs is the report that Gov. Chamberlain
will claim that there was no election last fall
| and that he holds over "until his successor
is elected and qualified
It is stated the only difficulty now
in the way Of Tweed's release in his unwill-
ingness to divulge the names OF legislators
and others who received bribes from him in
connection with the city charter bills.
Hon. E. B. Washburne, Minister to
France, il on = visit to his brother, w. D.
Washburne, at Minneapolis. He was called
upon BY the Germans, on the evening OF the
9Th, and An address of thanks was delivered
for his action in behalf Of the Germans during
the late Franco.P .Prussisn war. Mr.. Wash
burne made briet response.
Some proprietors of white lead man
ufactories had q quarrel in their Office in New
York on the 9Th inst. One OF them, Orville
D. Jewett, exploded = hand grenade which
killed his uncle, George w. Jewett, instantly,
and 80 injured himself that he died in few
hours. Another partner was slightly wound
ed and the building was considerably dam
aged.
The adherents of Nichols held a
great mass meeting at New Orleans on the
9Th At which from ten to fifteen thousand
were present. Speeches were made and
lengthy resolutions were adopted, the resolu-
tions concluding as follows: We appeal to the
President to stand firm to the just and consti-
tutional policy Of non-interterence, and We en-
treat the people Of the United States to sustain
and encourage, and If need, by the mighty
power of public opinion, to enforce the adop-
ton OF that policy.