Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-12

sailor, took thirty.seve days, and there
were forty days Quarantine at Toulon.
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.
MINNESOTA has an actual balance of
1884, 402. IL in her treasury.
FERGUS FALLS votes $45, 1000 for rail-
way connection with the Rock Island or
North Western.
POLES are set for the st. Cloud con-
nection with st. Paul as far as Becker
station, and wires vii! be strung in
fortnight.
The contract for grading the Northern
Pacific railroad from Sauk Rapids to
Minneapolis has been let to Langdon &
Co., OF Minneapolis.
Mr.. HUTCHINSON, Congregational
minister at Morris: will be the subject
of an early pa perb. CharlesP. O'Connor,
the Irish peasant poet.
WALLACE aud Eph1iam Washburn,
brothers, of Buffalo, quarreled in the
harvest field and the former broke the
others skull with an axe and he will
probably die.
TIE Rochester relief committee has
made report showing the amount con-
tributed from va, ious sources to be $35,
$40, of which Minneapolis heads the list
with $4,000, St. Cloud, $3,771, Fargo
So, Ola and St. Paul $4,000.
ENOUGH iron has been received at
Agate bay to lay fifteen miles of the
Duluth and Iron Range road, which is
graded for that distance and all ready
for the iron, except cut through rocks
on the second mile from the bay.
ABOUT two weeks ago young man
of Sibley, named William Pe]I, run
nail in his foot. This nail was pulled
out and the sore place nearly healed
over when be was taken down with the
lockjaw. It is thought he will not re-
cover.
OSCAR s. BROWN, 2S years old, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, appeared at st. Peter
the other day and wrote from there to
his father for money. He then disap-
peared. The father writes that his son
is deranged, and wants to learn his
whereabouts.
A SUCCESSFUL operation OF the trans
fusion of blood was performed recently
in Saltwater. The patient, Mr.. Kelly,
was in state of collapse, and the blood
was taken from a lamb. This is the
third operation of the kind ever per-
formed in the northwest.
WILLIAM THOMPSON OF Glencoe,
charged with horse stealing, and John
Edgar OF Lake Prairie, charged with
larceny, escaped from jail by saving
throug ugh the ceiling. Mrs. Edgar visited
her husband and probably furnished
him tools with which to escape.
| A SALTWATER man, Hugh Mckenzie,
was arrested at Grand Forks. He is
one OF three men who are believed to be
guilty of the theft of sixteen horses. two
mules and carload of cattle. McKen-
zie jumped from the train when near
Little Falls and escaped. 5000 reward
is offered
The fair at Hastings to be held Sep
tember 18th, 18th and 14th, promises to
be the most successful that has ever taken
place in that city. A large part Of fine
stock at the Minneapolis fair will be in
attendance and many of the fast horses,
in addition to the county exhibits which
will be unusually fine.
A YOUNG man known as Ed. Owens,
who has been working in GAINESVILLE for
about two years past, has been arrested
at the instant of Chase & Condry, general
merchants. at GAINESVILLE, for the larceny
of q suit Of clothes taken from their
store nearly ayear ago. The building
was broken into at the time and the
clothes and other goods, amounting in
all to about $40, taken.
| DAKOTA.
A FIVE acre park is to be laid out in
Jamestown.
BISMARCK is discussing the question
of introducing electric lights.
A NEW iron brid ye is to be built over
the Sioux River a Sioux Falls.
AN eastern CO pitalist is talking of
building $50, ,0.c -four mill at Mitchell.
A DAUGHTER OF J. G. Scott was badly
bitten at Grand Forks by Mr.. Jarvis
dog.
G, F. KINDRED has large harvest on
it personal superintendent.
E. A. HEA1EY has resigned the county
superintendency 20 become assistant
territorial superi tendent OF schools.
| JAMESTOWN has received three Car
loads of evergreens for the purpose OF
decorating in ho, or of the Willard party.
A MUTUAL protection society to prevent
claim jumping and horse stealing has
been organized by farmers in northern
Lake County.
JUDGE EDaERToN will look upon the
quo warranto case in the east during Sep
tember. The decision is expected by
October LIST.
Two hundred tons of hay and sec
ton of the stockyards at Fargo were des-
troyed by fire. The burned structure
will be rebuilt at once.
TRA11n COUNTY has called a conven-
ton for September 18th, at Hillsboro,
to select delegates to attend the conven-
tion at Fargo, September 10Th. Many
of the other counties are max
ing preparations to take similar acton.
CAPT. WILLARD, who is making ex-
periments at the Salt Springs in the
Black Hills, expects to manufacture ~,
600 pounds of salt per day as soon as
his machinery arrives.
PERouTE, the half breed claimant OF a
large part Of Fargo, is dead. 1t is ex-
pected that the long and weary content
} for title to the tract of the land known
as original Fargo will cease with his
death.
M. W. LovErr, captain of the base
ball club of Huron, at tie conclusion of
the late tournament drew the 500
prize which the team had woD, and
then took the train for some SUMNER
cline.
MONTANA produced Sc, 900, 600 in gold
,,o,. tho Uoov 1900