Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-10

bund will be at New Ulm, and the next Saen-
gerfest will be held at Minneapolis. The
time of both is to be fixed by the executive
committee.
The new line which the st. Paul & North
ern Pacific road is building between St.
Paul and Minneapolis. runs through one
corner of the State University grounds.
The regents of the University have institu-
ted suit to prevent the use Of the property.
H. Dell Cooke, large farmer at Glyndon,
Mum, and nephew of Jay Cooke, spent two
days in jail at Moorhead last week for con-
tempt of court. His offense was going to
Ohio last fall after he had been subpoenaed
as witness in forgery case.
A very strange effort is being made by
Dakotians in Washington to induce the
president to reconsider his decision to ex-
clude settlers from the Crow Creek or
Winnebago reservation. They have strong
hopes that he will do so.
The secretary of the interior has sent the
claim of o. W. Streaton for services in TAX
ing the census of Dakota twenty years ago
to the attorney general to settle certain law
questions regarding it. Streaton is very
hopeful as to the result.
Daniel B. Vermilye of st. Paul who &C
cused his wife of undue intimacy with Gen.
Myers, but finally asked for a divorce on
the ground of desertion, has been denied the
divorce because the desertion has not con-
tinued three years.
W. P. Westfall, formerly leading
banker at Minneapolis but for several
years representative of the loan depart
ment of the Northwestern Mutual In
surance company at st. Paul, died in this
city on the Sd inst
The annual meeting of the Wisconsin,
Minnesota & Dakota railroad company
elected the following officers: President,
Charles F. Hatch: Vice-president, T. E..
Clark; Secretary, S. Leavitt; treasurer, J.
Gaskell.
A cold wave struck Minnesota on the 1th
and the mercury fell 35 degrees in three
hours. Rain and hail fell in many places,
notably in the southern part of the state,
Owatonna especially suffering from the
storm.
Pierre, Mitchell. Yankton, Redfield ard
Huron, d. T., all report heavy wind and
rain storms on the 9th, which almost
reached cyclonic proportions. At Pierre
the storm was accompanied by hail.
During a storm at Fergus Falls, Mimi,
lightning struck the Bismarck house, going
through the feather pillow on the bed where
Nels Eden was sleeping and passing down
the spinal column. Eden will die.
The Vindicator is the name of new Demo-
cratic weekly paper started in st. Paul last
week. The colorcd men also startc c.
weekly paper at st. Paul last week W ;. II.
they call tie Western Appeal.
Ex-Mayor Ames of Minneapolis, who 70 :
a year aud half has been publishing a
lively weekly paper in that city styled the
News Letter, has suspended it because it did
not pay.
During quarrel at Duluth, among some
discharged railroad employees, VIM. Jones
threw pop bottle at James Murray. 1t
struck Murray in the head and killed him.
Mayor Edmund Rice was inaugurated in
st. Paul on the End inst. His message de-
clares in favor of regulating instead of at
tempting to extcrninate the social evil.
c. r.. Haliant claims to have secured a
lease of the Yellow Stone Park and hotel
from the receiver. Mr.. Haliant originated
the park scheme and built the hotel
Lorenzo Jackson of Warsaw, Rice county,
Minnesota, fomerly treasurer of the county,
v,oiffo1 c,,ioi l>.x
drowning himself in Straight river.
Mr.. Patow's vinegar factory and feed
mill at st. Peter, Minn., was destroyed by
fire on the 9Th, causing a loss of $4,000.
There was no insurance.
The national conference on charities
which has just completed it's annual meet
ing in Washington voted to meet in st..
Paul next year.
John and Hattie Dilly were found guilty
of manslaughter at Glendale, d. r., a, d
sentenced to seven years in prison at Sior-;
Falls.
John Bergquist, the alleged Moorhead
incendiary has been held to the grand jury
on g., 500 bail which he gave.
The FIGURING mill and hotel at Long Lake.
Mimi, burned Monday night. Loss, $50, ,000
Insurance, $24,000.
Budd Taylor Of the Yankton Herald, has
been appointed Surveyor General o,
Dakota.
Gov. Hubbard has appointed James r.
Hale municipal judge at Duluth, Minn.
The region of Huron, D. T., had severe
hail storm June 1st.
The Continental Hotel at Fargo is to he
rebuilt
THE MARKETS.
ST. PAUL.
Wheat, No. hard, 91c. bid; June, 9lc
bid; July, &Kc. bid: No. hard, SIC bid;
No. 2 regular, 75c. bid.
Corn No. 2, Ac. bid, 46c. asked.
Oats No. Mixed 30c. bid, Bic. asked:
No. 2 white 31111c. bid.
Barley No. 9, 5Sc. bid.
Rye No. 2, SIC. bid, 5Sc asked.
Baled hay, $3.50 bid, 90 asked.
Dressed beef, choice steers &c. "a g.;
veal, 7@Sc::
Flour, patent spring $500 % 525.
Butter, extra E9c. bid, Is c. asked.
Cheese, 8 az 10c.
Eggs, extra 10c. bid 1O1Sc. asked
Potatoes, 200D Csc.
Strawberries $3.50 0 s40o per case.
Chickens dry picked &c. &c.
MINNEAPOLIS.
Wheat No. hard, cash, sold at 931lc:
sold at 95c. August was bid at 961gc. with
none offered. No. 2 hard cash and June
was wanted at s9Lc, with sellers at coc;
July was bid at 9lc, with J2c asked. There
were buyers Of No. l at 83c.
Flour Patents, s5.2J054O; straights,
s5155; first bakers s425(043O; second
hakers1 z4Gl4 Ii. lo1x GRADES. 81 2lN2.D.