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Suicide Of Major Mower Of Wisconsin.
Col s. G. Mower, one of the proprietors Of
the Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph, and gen-
| tleman well and favorably known in business,
social and military circles, has shot
himself in the head at the Kirley House
in that city. No one is able to ascribe cause
for the suicide His partner, Col. Watrous,
says that Mower has been ailing for
five weeks, and has only been at the
office occasionally during that time.
He was born in New England, and had lived in
Wisconsin since 1857, when he came west with
his mother, who was widow at tho time and
who afterward married Gen. Harrison c. Ho-
bart: He was educated at Appleton, and enlisted
at Chiffon soon after the breaking out of the war
as private in his step fathers regiment Al
the close of tho war he came out captain.
since the war he has spent most of histime in
the government engineer corps, and WAS for
many years stationed in Michigan whilc on
government work. He went to milwaukee,
sbogt Xear ago. puEc;assed an interest in ;t ting
conformity with Col Watrous, the senior pro-
prietor.
Massacre by Riel's Indian Allies.
Gen. Middleton the British commander IL Ia
communication with both Battleferd and
Prince Albert by wire. News comes via
Battleford of massacre by Crees at Frog
Lake, eight miles west of Fort Pitt
Eight whites were killed, including two
priests: The .garrisons 1t Battloford
and Prince Albert are safe % yet,
but anxious for succor The force will push
as rapidly as possible. It is reported that
Riel is entrenched at tBatochos, and has cannon.
This is doubtful. Middleton had short con-
ference with Indians. They expressed loyal
ty. The wires are crowded with official tele-
grams, and particulars are impossible to OBJ
In the Dominion house on tho 9th, Sir John
Macdonald said:
No confrmatory information has been re-
ceived by the government as to tho sensational
reports respecting the advance of tho Indians
across the International boundary. We have =
stating that it was generally believed that these
reports were unfounded and that they wore
got up by interested parties
Gen. Dent, the brother-in-la of Gen. Grant,
who has returned to Washington from visit
to New York, is reported as saying that the
Grant family has become reconcied to tho
fact that the general cannot recover. Before
permitted Gen. Dent to see Gen. Grants
throat, by means of a reflector. He says the
cancer has made greater progress than any
one who has not seen it can imagine. An arte-
ry in the throat must certainly give way soon,
and then there is nothing to prevent tho gen-
Gen. Grant is perfectly resigned to his fate
and prepared to die. Remarked Gen. Dent:
s'He is as calm and solf-possessed to-day a.
he was at the battle of the Wilderness"
At the attorney generals Office and among
the heads Of tho interior department it il the
common opinion that proclamation must be
Arthur's order opening the Winnebago reserva-
ton to settlement null and void, as Attorney
General Garland decided it to be. The whole
question seems to be terribly muddlsd. Sec-
retary Lamar WAS Of the opinion that tho Ind
ians had been wronged by opening tho reserva-
to do with the opinion formed by Mr. Garland;
yet the president is not 80 clearly Of the same
opinion.
The Chicago Daily News says: Appointment
politician said recently that secret organ
ization, having branches in every ward in
the city, had been started with view of FORM
ing vigilance committee If needful The OBJ
ject WAS not only to punish ballot box thieves
and suffers, but murderers and highwaymen,
if the courts failed to deal with them as they
deserved. The gentleman was asked to join
them and told the agent who approached him
that he would respond at any time Of the day
or night.
R. G. Dyrenforth, assistant commissioner OF
patente, has resigned that Office. The presi-
dent has appointed Robert B. Vance of North
Carolina to succeed Dyrenforth, and William
E. Mclean Of Terre Haute, Ind, first deputy
of II
Walker, resigned; the latter appointment to
take effect April 16 The president also ap-
pointed postmasters for numerous presidential
postofices. including these: Nelson Bruell,
Jefferson. Wis, vice William Forsyth, resign
cd; J. F. Mccall at Moorhead, Mimi vice James
Douglas, resigned
To reduce the expenses Of tho inspection
bureau of the post Office department within the
limits of the appropriation, the postmaster
general has requested the resignation of four
teen inspectors, including Charles Adams Of
Colorado, Fred De Tavernier Of Tennessee, J.
J. Hanna Of Ohio, George W. Porter Of Illinois,
W. w. Patterson of Kentucky, T. r. McFer-
son Of Indiana, l. 81. Bedeu of Indiana and
J. J. Murphy Of Oregon.
While Mrs. Tom Graham, the wife Of q
prominent citizen of Lexington, Ga, was at
the well, negro stepped up behind her and
graeped her around the WALSH ono shrugged
bravely, but he carried her into clump Of
bushes, where, exhausted by her struggles,
she fell into swoon and was at her brutal
captors mercy. She was found still uncon-
scious. The countryside was soon searching
for tho negro.
Dell Moon, tho notorious outlaw, who haa
been confined in the Eau Claire jail fifteen
months waiting for trial At tho circuit court tc
answer to the charge of assault on his nephew
with intent to kill, was discharged, the jury
finding verdict Of not guilty. Moons name
is familiar in criminal circles al through thu
Northwest