Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-02-04

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scientific books. Under pressure Funk
told the officers that the books were hid
in the barn of bis brother-in-lsw, August
Liebrich, 3O68 Lyman Street. The de-
tectives went to the place, and found
oVers8, 900 volumes. Six patrol wagons
were called into regulation and the
books removed to the central station.
Funk had been an employe Of the
library, aud is thought to be crank.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
A fire. which originated in the Opera
House, Rondout, n. T., on the night of
the 28th, consumed that edifice, to-
gether with hotel adjoining. Loss
$4,000.
Fire was discovered on the 29th in
the mine at Plummer Hill, near Straits
vile, O., and at last accounts was still
burning: The mine was valued at
100000.
The livery stable of Ohas. E. Smith,
at Philadelphia was consumed by fire
on the goth. Thirty-nine horses per-
ished. Loss $4,000.
John Keifer was found dead at
Quincy, ILL.,, on the 29th, with bullet
through his head. It is supposed to be
q case of suicide.
James Sweeney, of Houston, Tex,
suicided on the 29th, by taking strych-
nine in his coffee. He was q prominent
citizen.
The large cotton factory of Scott e.
Co., of Glasgow, Scotland, was de-
stroyed by fire on the Goth. Loss $685.
600.
The Illinois House of R Representatives,
on the 29th, elected Elijah M. Haines
permanent speaker, after deadlock of
three weeks.
Four men went on jamboree, at Gin
cinnati, on the night of the 9th. The
following morning the party we're found
in the outskirts of the city badly frozen.
One of them will die.
The dry goods store of Berizheimer
& Stensland, Chicago, was ruined by
fire on the night of the 28th. Loss
$4,000.
While party of Italians were enjoy
ing themselves in South Brooklyn, on
the night of the 9th, they got hold OF
bottle containing poison. Two of the
three who drank of it are dead. The
other will recover.
It is again announced from Paris that
the French government is about to de-
clare war against China.
Charles J. Rogers, who, while warden
of the penitentiary at Portland, Ore.
in October last, killed another warden
was hanged for the crime at that place
on tho 28th.
Mrs. Mary Dooley, living at Winter.
set, Ia, in fit of dependency, on the
9th, attempted to poison herself and
her children. The mother and one
child are dead.
A dispatch of the 9th from Havana
Cuba, gives details of the partial de.
struction by fire of the military bar
racks there. The loss is estimated al
100000. Several fremen were injured
The State Insane Asylum, at Indian.
apolis, Ind, was partially destroyed by
fire on the 9th. Loss 5000. There
were 1,70O inmates, all of whom escaped
injury.
Two boys were drowned near Hous.
ton, Tex, on the 9th while trying tc
cross swollen bayou in skih.
A German named Hines employed in
Shoenberger's mail mill, Pittsburg, wa.
caught in the big ay-wheel on the 9th,
and literally torn to pieces.
The engineers of two trains were
killed in collision on the Baltimore
Ohio road near Quincy, w. Va, on The
9th.
The morocco factory of G.. F. Leon
hardt, Brooklyn, was totally destroyed
by fire on the 9th. Loss 100000.
Several buildings at Oswego, N. Y
were partially destroyed by fire on tn
9th. The losses aggregate $4,000.
In fight with burglars at Hunting
ton, Ind, on the night of tho 26th
Night Marshal Baumgartner wa
wounded and one Of the burglars killed
The rest escaped:
! Abram Spain, assistant city treasure
of Detroit, committed suicide on th,
morning of the 26th, by hanging.
i @. G. Wells, president of the Calves
ton Cotton Exchange, took an over
dose of morphine on the night of tn
26th. He is dead. He was hard u]
financially.
! The Montreal carnival of 1885 VA
formally opened on tho 26th.
| Tong Sing, Chinese steward of th
Greedy relief expedition, charged Wit
gagging and robbing fellow country
man, was sent up for seven years a
Newark, N. j., on the 26th.
The boiler in . saw mill near Belle
vile, Ont, exploded on the oath, killin
two men and seriously injuring tw
others.
/ The leader of the Oklahoma colonist
has given notice that they will resia
expulsion, and that they are preparin
for defense.
/ Michael Roch killed his wife IN
fatally wounded himself a+ Cleveland
O., on the 24th.
The shops of the Whitney Arm
Company, ut Whitneyville, Conn
burned on the 24th, causing loss {
10000.
i In q railway accident at Smith Fall
Ont, on the oath, two men were Hlle
and their bodies burned.
Two small boys were drowned 4
Marquette, Mich, on the 24th, Will
skating.
The pattern room and private ofic
Of the Lessig & Alden Bridge Work
J in Lake View, . Chicago suburb, vel
burned on the morning Of the 25tl
, The chief loss was the destruction of q
, the d1awings, plans and patterns b
longing to the establishment, whic
!, were valued at from $15O,OOO to $3.50
, 600, and on which there vas about go
!, 600 insurance.. The loss to the buili
ing viii reach so, 600 and IL covere
by insurance.
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