Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-19

-DIED.-At Twin Creek, Kansas, OF
heart disease, June 5, 1882, John w. Rose,
aged 81 years. Mr.. Rose was born in
Rutland, Jefferson county, N. Y, Nov
20, 1901. Was married to Mary E. Lar
kin, Jan. 7, 1884. They moved to Her.
mon, N. Y, and in 1856 came to Mower
county, settling in what is now Win
dom. He removed with his family to
Kansas, in May, 1879. He was a man
who surrounded himself with friends
wherever he went. He experienced re-
ligion in New York state, and was bap-
tized by Rev. Mr.. Cross, and for many
years and until his death. was a member
Of the Congregational church. In his
last days he had the most tender care
from loving friends. He died at peace
with all men and full of Christian hope.
He was brother of Mrs. Dea Marsh,
and father Of Mrs. S. Purdy of this city.
-HoRsEwH1pPED.-A special telegram
to the Pioneer Press, from Preston, Fill
more county, July 18th, 1882, gives the
following account of a horsewhipping af-
fair, which will be interesting news to
the readers of the TRANSCRIPT:
A horsewhipping affair occurred in the
drug store Of j p. Tibbetts of this place
about o'clock this evening. The partic-
ipants were widow, Mrs. L. o. Jewett
and w. 4. Hotchkiss, editor of the Nu-
:souat Republicou. Hotchkiss has for
some time past been entertaining himself
and his low associates by assailing the
character of Mrs. Jewett. Mrs. Jewett,
this evening met Hotchkiss in the store,
and without any ceremony gave him sew
eral severe cuts about the head and face.
AS soon as he realized what was going on
he grabbed and threw her violently down.
Friends standing near came to her assis-
lance and enabled her to regain her feet.
She drew her revolver and snapped it in
his face twice, but it failed to explode
The sentiment of the entire community
is that she served him right. \
WARD CAUCUsEs.-In the 1st and I'd
wards, caucuses were held Wednesday
evening of last week, at 8 o'clock. In
the 1st ward, J. Schwan was elected
Chairman and L. NJ. Ober Secretary. The
ballot for first delegate to the convention
stood Sweningsen, 46, Fay Smith, Sc.
The remaining five delegates were elected
as follows: J. Schwan, F. 1. Crane, D..
H. Stimson, Ed. Clark, H. G.. Griswold.
Motion was made that a Ward Central
Committee be elected. Mr.. Short op-
posed the election of committee on the
ground that the present one was elected
last spring to serve for one year. Not
withstanding that MIR. SHORTS statement
was true, committee was appointed as
follows: Fay Smith, J. S. Anderson, H.
w. Elms.
In the Second Ward Hon. N. X.
Noble was elected Chairman and G. L.
Case Secretary. The Chairman appoint
ed DR.. Hollister, E. J. Phillips and L.
French as tellers, and the caucus proceed
ed to the election of delegates with the
following result; the names of the Dun
nell candidates are set in SMALL CAPS, the
White candidates in Roman:
W. Il. WiIkins... AZ N. K. Noble.... 81
E. G. DoRR. .46 R: o. HALL..........A
Z. H. Coats."....... Al c. H. Coats. ........ 81
Il. U. HALL. ~ u. SCHLEUDER.. ~
W. Il Wilkins. As G. L. Case. ...... :. 81
u. NJ. TkowBR1DGE. Al
Y. A. POOler. ........ so
A Ward Committee to call caucus two
years from now was appointed as follows:
w. T. Wilkins, E. G. Dorr and L. G.
Wheeler
In the Third Ward the caucus convened
at Ames Brothers foundry at 7 O'Clock
Thursday evening. w. H. Withan
was elected Chairman. At the COM
pletion of the ballot for the first del
egate, the tellers, (who were anti-Dun-
nelly refused to allow the votes to be
counted (there evidently being a large
majority for the Dunnell delegate) on the
grounds that Democrats had voted in the
caucus. At this point the Chairman re-
fused longer to serve. To make long
story short two sets of delegates were
elected-Geo. Hay, Frank Clay and Scott
Shoemaker for Dunnell, and D. J. Ames
J. G. Beardsley and J. Beckel for White