Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

The village of Darlington, Ind, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire on
the 18th inst. Ten business houses
were burned. The losses will aggregate
$4,000.
A non-union man, named John
Mitchell, was assaulted and nearly
murdered by strikers at the Union
Steel Works, Chicago, on the morning
of the 18th.
Larry O'Brien and George Truman,
two New York sports, got into an al
tercation on the street on the 18th
inst, during which O'Brien was stab
bed and Truman shot, both fatally.
A disastrous fire occurred at War
trace, near Chattanooga, Tenn, on
the 10Th. The fire broke out in the
center of the business portion of the
town, and ten stores and contents
were burned. Two persons sleeping in
n store are missing, and are supposed
to have perished. Loss, $4,000 to
VIM. Goff's large stone grist mill at
Maryvil!e, Berks County, Pa, was
burned on the night of the 10Th, to-
gether with several thousand bushels
of wheat, a large supply OF flour, etc.
Loss $4,000.
The large brewery OF NJ. Brand &
Co., Chicago, caught fire on the morn
ing OF the 18th, and was damaged to
the extent OF 100000 before the
flames were extinguished. The loss, it
is learned, will reach $3.50. 600 with no
insurance.
A dispatch OF the 18th from Vic
toria, B. c., says forest fires are rag
ing in Eagle Pass and vicinity. The
town OF Farwell was totally DESTROYED.
Estimated loss, $40, 900.
Mrs. Annie Pershing, of Pittsburp,
quarreled with her husband, and he
left her, on the night of the 1lth. The
next day she went out to look for him,
and failing in her search, come home
and shot herself. She is dead.
One man was killed and another
fatally hurt in q runaway accident at
Pittsburg on the night of the 11th.
The new dispatch boat Dolphin
made another failure of her second
trial trip, in New York Bay, on the
10Th.
Twenty-Five horses were burned to
death in a livery stable fire at Larned,
Kas., on the 18th. The loss is esti.
mated at $4,000
The supreme council of Catholic
Knights of America began it's annual
session at New York on the 18th.
The Chicago police have found the
expressman who carried the trunk
containing the body of the Italian
Caruso to the depot. He was taken
to the Central Police Station, where
he identified Gilardo, the man arrested
in New York, as one of the persons
who engaged him to carry the trunk.
During the absence of Henry Ste.
vens and his wife from their home
three miles south of Jefferson City,
Mo-, on the 9th, the house burned
down and two of their children per-
ished in the flames. A third child e.
capped.
Gen. Middleton's forces had another
engagement with the half-breeds at
Batouche on the 9th. The battle
lasted several hours, and resulted in
q defeat of Riel. Theregulars lost one
man killed and seven wounded.
An explosion took place at Tarry-
town, n. T., where work is in progress
on the Croton aqueduct, on the 9th,
by which two men were killed and
several wounded.
Herbert Ostrom, 80 years old, is a
prisoner at New York police headquar
ters charged with robbing his employ
ers, Alexander F. Reid 4 Co., of ST.
600. He admitted his guilt.
At Six-mile Ferry, on the Monongahe.
Ia River, near Pittsburg, on the night oi