Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-08
n the work of recovering and Identifying the

in the work of recovering and Identifying the
dead.
A CATTLE and horse disease, unlike anything
ever before known is spreading among the ami
mails in the vicinity of Council Bluffs, 10. The
animals are attacked by Inflammation OF the
bowels and die in few hours.
LOUISIANA is now paying her per cent.
"baby bonds" on presentation at the State
National Bank, New Orleans.
The Lancaster Watch Company, Lancaster,
Pa, suspended operations temporarily ON the
Du11NEss of business caused the discharge
Of 125 men at the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany's shoTs at Fort Wayne, Ind, on the LIST.
JOSEPH PRATT, wholesale boots and shoes,
Chicago, ILL.,, assigned on the 90th. Liabih-
lies estimated at e1oo 900.
MAcoMBER d GREENWOOD, dealers in shoes,
Boston, Mass, failed on the 30th. Liabilities
$4,000.
The shoe factory of Chas. W. Copeland l.
Co., Boston, Mass, failed on the 28th. Lila
bilities $75O, 600. Stedman Il Co shoe dealers,
New York, and W. N. Taller d Co., shoe
dealers, Boston, went down with the wreck.
A F1vE-YEAR-o1D son Of P. J. Vieaux, of
Muskego Center, Wis.,. Is an accomplished
violinist and has already composed several
pieces.
PROF. HOGAN, balloonist, started on bal
loon excursion on the SOth, from Detroit,
Mich, crossed Lake Erie and landed in the
Maumee River near Waterville, o.
On the 28th, at Rutland, VT, John B. Page
commenced suit against Clement h Sons for
alleged libel in statement recently published
by them relating to the affairs Of the Rutland
Railroad Company. OF which he is president.
Damage is laid at 100000.
THE old New York state capitol which cost
Clio, 900 to build, was sold at public sale on
the 28th, and brought $1,000. 1t must be re-
moved by October 1st, and the material will be
used in the erection of new normal school.
A SHORT time ago mad dog got into herd
Of cattle belonging to Hans Anderson, in Otoe
County, Neb., and bit some of them. Since
then nine have died OF hydrophobia, and it il
believed many more are afflicted.
FROM Wheeling, ". Va, came the news on
the 9th that Mrs. Hunter, widow of Gen.
Hunter, minister to st. Petersburg under Pres.
ident Jackson, and daughter of Vice President
King, of Pierce's administration, had applied to
the city authorities for assistance to reach
Washington, where she expected to find an
She is "a years old.
Hon. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, died at his resi-
dence at Silver Springs, Maryland, on the
26tb, aged 10 years.
The Ward Iron Company, Of Niles, O., as
signed on the Goth. Liabilities estimated at
81 ,o00, 900. A. g. Bentley Il Co., bankers and
heavy creditors, closed their doors owing to
the suspension, but expect to resume in few
days.
ROBERT B. BEATH was elected commander
| in.chief of the Grand Army Of the Republic al
| meeting of the vets in camp at Denver, Co.,:
on tho 26th.
The Bank of Leadville, Leadville, Co...
| closed it's doors on the 26th. The failure
caused . lun on the other banks, but they
wcathercd the storm and are all right. The
assets and liabilities of the busted bank are
not repoted.
DR. G. E. YOUNG, of La Porte, Ind, while
out riding with his wife on the 2sd, cut hel
I throat and stabbed her In about forty Different
places. She can not survive. The doctor
who is whisky wreck. is IN Jail.