Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-06-08
Irish Troubles

of artillery and twenty-five battalions of in
| fantry' numbering nearly $4,000 in all, are at
present occupying Ireland.
One man was shot dead and others wounded
inst.
A flying column left Dublin on the I'd inst.
for New Pallas to assistin the execution of evic-
tions. They started from Limerick junction,
the police with fixed bayonets, leading the way,
followed by the Cold Stream and Scots guards,
and the army hospital service corps. The first
bridge on the way was found destroyed, but
the troops crossed by the parapet and ford.
When the first eviction was being made, the
populace became riotous, but a priest succeeded
in quieting them.
A soldier riding from the post Office to the bar
racks in Dublin, was desperately stabbed and
unhorsed by laborer.
The condition of affairs throughout Ireland
becomes worse every day, and reports of ar
| rests under the coercion act come in daily.
Orders have been issued to the soldiery to fire
at least two blank volleys over mob before
firing into the people, and in charging to use
the butts of their riaes except in cases of dire
full necessity.
Eighty policemen assisted the bailiff at evic-
tions at Bodyke, County Clare, on the I'd inst,
and riot ensued. The mob opened fire on the
posse from behind buildings. The officers ad-
vanced steadily in skirmishing order, and sue
ceeded in capturing the premises with thirty
prisoners. One farmer was killed and several
civilians injured.
At Clonmel, county Waterford, where the
riot occurred OH the 31st ult. growing out of the
| sale of tenants interests in farms, the people
paraded the streets at night. About thirty civ
ilians are suffering from bayonet thrusts and
licenan died of his injuries, and some wounded
soldiers are not expected to live.
dispatch from Loughrea, county Galway,
says: An agent has been shot near Woodford,
that county, for refusing to accept payment Of
rent on the basis of Griffith's valuation.
At a land sale at CIonmel, Ireland, on the
31st ult., the police and land leaguers had a
fight in which one or two of the constables and
several rioters were seriously hurt.
Mortuary.
The death roll on the 4th inst, contains the
names of Postmaster Moorhead of Erie, Pa,
and Hon. John r. Mclean, of Elgin, III.
Gen. D. s. Goodloe, prominent citizen Of
Lexington, KY, died on the I'd inst, aged 50
Joseph McKoy, one of Montreal's most Sue
cessful merchants, died on the Sd, aged II.
He leaves a large fortune.
Lieut.. Albert NJ. Rhinehart, U. s. A., who
was visiting friends at Newton, ILL.,, WAS found
dead in bed on the morning of the I'd inst.
Heart disease.
A wel-to-do merchant of Cleveland, O.,
named Ruggles, was found dead in bed on the
morning OF the "a inst. Paralysis.
Delirium tremens carried off Hon. Isaac NJ.
Crane, of Eaton Rapids, Mich, on the I'd. He
was member of the state constitutional con-
vention in 1873.
F. W. Richardson, q Boston millionaire, died
suddenly at Denver, COL, on the list inst.
Prof. Bernays, professor of classical philoso-
ply and librarian of Bonn University, Germany,
is dead.
Orange N. Rose, a prominent business man
Of Berrien county, Mich, died at Buchanan,
that state, on the LIST inst.
Hugh G. Anderson, at one time governor of
Maine, and who once represented one of the
districts of that state in congress, died on the
31st ult.
Leonard Strastney, one of the best known dry
goods men in New York city, has joined the
silent majority. Age 81.
Edward E. Haddock, citizen of Chicago for
4S years, died on the 31st. He left large for
tune.
jeremiah Hall, D. D., ex-president of Denni-
son university, died at Port Huron, Mich, on
the 30th, aged 76.
The body of Adolphus G. Schmfer, Jr.,
prominent cotton broker of Baltimore, Nd,
was found at his residence on the 30th ult., in
an advanced state of decomposition. It is
thought that Sch@fer died on the 28th, as he
disappeared on that day and his friends sup
posed he had joined his family.
Gen. Thomas D. Hoxey, Greenback candidate
for governor of New Jersey in 1880, died on the
30th, aged 81.
John c. Sandusky, a veteran of the Mexican
war, died at Pekn, ILL.,, of paralysis of the heart,
on the 29th.