Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-08-27
PERSONAL.

IT Is reported that Daniel Manning,
editor of the Albany Argus, and chair
man Of the New York Democratic Com
mittee. will marry Miss Pryor, OF Al
bany, next fall.
NEIL GLAMOUR, ex-superintendent OF
public instruction in New York, will go
to Bismarck, D. T., in about month,
to assume the duties of the Office of re.
ceiver Of public moneys.
KEEIY, the Philadelphia motor man,
has now guarded his secret nine years,
and his friends still have faith that he
will yet astonish the world with new
motive-power that will supersede steam.
Col. r. Ct. INaERsoLL is quite out Of
politics at present, and is enjoying him
self with his wife and two, daughters in
protracted tour through Montana and
the entire far Northwest.
MARY DEACON, young girl of Tope-
ka, Kas., who is an heiress to $4,000,
was placed in the insane asylum through
the efforts of her father. Her friends
caused his arrest for conspiracy, and
the matter will be thoroughly investi-
gated.
Tom OcHnTREE is the observed of
all observers at Saratoga. At early
morning at the springs, in the after
noon on the race-tracks, and at night
INDUCING in bar.room bravado of how
he demolished Bismarck and sustained
the American hog.
The Hon. i. E. CH1TTENDEN, register
of the treasury under President Lin
coin, has presented the University of
Vermont his large and valuable cabinet
Ct shells, containing from 1000 to 5000
species, and q rare collection of the
eggs of American birds.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has sent valu-
able gold watch and chain to Capt.
Brien, commander of the British bark
entine Susan, in recognition of his
conspicuous bravery in rescuing the
officers and crew of the American ship
Tennessee while that vessel was burning
at sea. go
Mrs. ANoND1BAR JosHEE, Brahmin
woman, who left India to study medi-
cine in this country so that women
might have the benefit of medical ad-
vice, of which they are now deprived,
is attracting attention at Saratoga. She
dresses richly in her native costume
and speaks seven languages huently,
For her recent visit to Heidelberg the
Empress of Austria engaged the whole
of the well-known and expensive
Schloss Hotel for q month, brought q
suite of seventy persons Including
four fencing masters, with whom she
practiced for two hours daily, and
spent several thousands of forms in the
town..
PRINCE BISMARCK suffers principally
| now from nerve pains in the faee and
head, and the doctors tell him that il
he will not have some decayed teeth re-
moved his aches and anguish will con-
tinue. But he is unwilling to have the
old tusks drawn. He suffers slightly
from sciatica, but not much. He has
entirely given up smoking, and leads
altogether a healthy life, but except
taking German waters has no special
regimen.
If roads were built throughout the
country in the same proportion to area
as in Ohio Zone mile of line to every
two and a half square miles of area) the
grand total would be 100000 miles.
Possibly men are living to-day who will
see such an enormous railway mileage
in this country, as there are others now
living who can easily remember when
when there was not mile of railroad
in existence.
TIE Philadelphia Press says: Sir
John MacD Donald, the present premier
of Canada, is said to have started in life
as bootblack in Glasgow. He emf
grated to Canada at an early age. When
only 10 the daughter Of wealthy Cana
dian fell in love with him and he ran
away with her to clergyman, who con-
sented to marry them. The brides
father, after time, forgave this esca.
pade and started him in business
Thence he drifted into politics, and
displayed so much shrewdness and tact
that in short time he was leading
member of the ministerial party in the
Dominion Parliament.