Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-11-21

SENATOR BLAINE was chosen chairman, on
the 18th inst, of the Maine Republican Cen.
trail Committee, for tho twentieth time.
D. G. GRIsw0LD 4 Co., wholesale dry
goods dealers, Boston, Mass, have failed.
Liabilities reported from $500, 900 to $780,.
900, the greater part being due to New York
parties. Assets not given.
JUDGE BARRETT, Of New York, has refused
~sandamsus to COMPEL the comptroller to
pay another million dollars of the city's
money toward the completion of the Brook.
Ign bridge, on the ground that eight millions
voted by Brooklyn and New York have |
been already paid.
WASHINGTON.
COMMISSIONERS RAtM has revoked the
requistions concerning the gauging and
proving of spirits while at artifcialiy high
temperature. Also the ruling which forhids
the heating of cistern rooms by artificial
means.
THE treasury department has begun the
purchase of silver bullion at Denver, COL,
for greenbacks.
Sixty SIX clerks the contingent rolls
OF the patent Office, were discharged on the
18th for lack of funds; one.half of them
were women.
The annual report of Postmaster Gen.
ersl Key was made public on the 18th.
After dealing with the subject of present
and prospective deficiency in the amount
appropriated by congress for postmasters'
salaries and railway mail service and the
probable injury to the department through
curtailment of its forces, the postmaster gen.
eral suggests that it would be better policy
to reduce deficiencies of revenues in the de.
partmeLt, by curtailing or abolishing list
OF tree matter and by increasing the rates
OF postage on merchandise, than by appro.
priating sums inadequate to an efficient,
prompt and fast transmission of mails.
The United States government has com.
pieted the purchase of sterling exchange to
the amount of f1,100,0O0, to meet the S..
100000 required by the Halifax award to be
paid to the British government at London
on the ed inst, and agents of the United
States treasury department will make the
transfer at London on that date.
GEN. SHERMAN has submitted his annual
report to Secretary McCrary. 1t shows that
there are 1929 enlisted men in the ten regi-
ments of cavalry in the army, 1850 men in
the five regiments of artillery and 1905
in the Is regiments of infantry, making a
total of 81 1854. There are detached in the
various branches of the department 3,O97
men, making the whole number of enlisted
men in the army 24,7l6.
COMMISSIONER RAUM opposes reduction
of the tobacco tax from "a to IS cents per
pound.
AT a cabinet meeting on the 18th inst, an
Interchange of opinion took place concern,
ing violation Of election laws, especially in
Louisiana, during the recent elections, the
United States attorney for that state having
furnished list of cases showing personal
violence and intimidation. The sentiment
of the cabinet was that all such violations
should be inquired into with view to the
punishment of the offenders.
The commissioner of the general land
Office, on the 18th instant, decided the long.
pending matter of the survey of the San
Francisco and Pueblo lands, comprising
the area now covered by the city and in
volving property interests to the amount of
many millions of dollars. The effect of this
decision, if confirmed by the secretary of
the interior, will be to leave all existing ii.
ties derived from the city-as the successor
to the Pueblo lands--undisturbed.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The boiler of the locomotive Gem ex.
ploded at Mahonny, Pa, on the 10th inst,
} killing the engineer Frank Brocious, Of
Mahonny, conductor Jacob Trout, of Tamag.
ma, and boy named Calvin Lutz George
Hagenbuch, boy, died later. Eight or ten
others were injured badly.
The entire election board of the Eight
division, Fourth ward, Philadelphia, fou,
J Republicans and five Democrats were ar
rested by the United States marshal on the
10th inst, charged with returning more
votes than were legally cast.
A TRAIN on the New Brunswick road, ran
of the track near Lawrenceville, Me-, or
the night of the 14th inst. A passenger cal
containing twenty persons took fire and wa,
burned. Mr.. Parker, OF Fairfield, Nathan
Perry, of Pressure Isle, and child, wer,
burned to death. Fifteen persons were in
Jufe0 more or less.
BROKEN rail untracked q mail trai1
near BOWS Crossing, VT, on the 18th inst
, killing Grail J. Currier, of Wolcott, and
seriously injuring Mrs. Geo. Wassernaan, O
Hyde Park.
: AT Bradford, Pa, on the 18th instant
r fire burned over fifty buildings in the bust
3 ness portion of the town. Loss about $3.50,
t 600; insurance, $4,000.
n ANNA STEELE, colored girl 10 years old
t committed suicide at Quincy, ILL.,, on thu
;. 18th inst, by taking stryehnine. She hat
!, loved not wisely but too well.
= A TRAIN on the New Brunswick railroa,
ran of the track at Pell, six miles below
e Florenceville, N. B., on the 18th inst. A
q the cars rolled down the embankment, tn
q passenger car took fire. Three killed; sew
| eral injured; some badly burned.
t HANNAH CUs1NG, eyed %, daughter of
;. German farmer near Sterling, Ill.,, died sud
e denly from the effects of poison on the 14tl
inst. An unfortunate love affair was tn
9 cause.
i The Goodrich warehouse and dock a
Green Bay, containing 5000 barrels of oil
8 1900 tons of coal and 1000 barrels of salt
J; were destroyed by fire on the 14th inst.
!. A MARsHALLTowN, Ia, dispatch of tn
e 18th says: An impressive scene occurred
e this morning when Judge Mitchell sen
fenced John N. Dakin! to the penitentiar1
D for life for the murder of John X. Slough
Dakin solemnly declared his complete in
nocence of the murder. It will be remem
} bered that after Dakin had been convicted
by the jury, Frank Ross, an Italian, volun
tarily confessed that he did the murder
Ross is here and asserts that he should suf
fer. Dakin's attorneys will appeal to the
Supreme Court"
} MISS KATE CURREN died near Franklin,
Tenn, on the 10th inst, from the effects Of