Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-15

in, freight and passenger cars at the depot
were blown from a side track across the
main track. A freight train a few miles
out from Sparta was blown from the track
At Oshkosh the damage was great, the ex-
position building and St. Pauls church be-
ing among the buildings destroyed. All
the smoke stacks in the city were blown
down and the lumber yards are. scene of
inextricable confusion. A number were
injured, and Mrs. Henry Hoffman will die.
Madison also reports great damage to
buildings and shade trees. Among build
ings injured was the residence of Post
master General Villas, which was half un-
rooted. Plate glass windows were blown
In and shade trees torn up by the thousand.
The summer resort at Monona lake was
badly damaged and the great tabernacle
badly wrecked. The storm track extended
clear across the state diagonally from north
west to southeast. Whitewater, Plainfeld,
Neenah, Fall River, Elroy, Neillsville, Ap-
pleton and numerous minor towns suffered
severely. In Minnesota the storm did
great dammage in Wright, Olmsted and
Winona counties.
The Greenback state convention at
Des Moines, iowa, adopted the plan of fusion
agreed upon by the Democratic and
Greenback state committees some time
ago; the Democrats to nominate a
candidate for governor and judge of the
supreme court, and the Greenbackers taking
the lieutenant governor and superintendent
of public instruction. There was but very
little opposition, and Gen. Weaver, who
favored fusion, had an easy victory over
Weller, who opposed E. H. Gillette, form
for lieutenant governor and F. W. Moore
of Davis county for superintendent of
public instruction. There is no doubt that
the Democratic convention will approve
this action. The platform adopted declares
loudly for the Introduction of the anti
monopoly sentiment in legislation and
denounces the governor for turning State
Auditor Brown out of office.
Bids have been opened at Bismarck, D.
T., for SIG, 900 per cent. territorial bonds,
authorized by the last legislature, to pro-
vide for the building and other permanent
! improvements at territorial penal and
charitable institutions Eleven bids were
made. Premiums were offered as follows
Preston & Co., Chicago, 32-5per cent; N.
W. Harris & Co. Chicago, 3 per cent; j. H
Wilson Il Co., New York, 2H per cent; f
| G.. Menser, Boston, 3H per cent; S. A.
| Keene & Co., Chicago, ~ per cent; John
Pepper & Co., New York, 3 As per cent; NJ
M. Kirkman, Chicago, 2 3-5 per cent; Bow:
er Il Merrill, Bangor, Me-, 3 per cent. AT
| ter the bids were red verbal offers were
made of per cent premium for the whole
| issue.
The st. Paul directory man is now out
with his figures, only one day behind the
| Minneapolis directory man. The St. Paul
| directory has 1880 names or only 900 less
than Minneapolis. This is a gain of 4,231
since last year. The st. Paul man takes 2h
as his multiple of population, and thus fig
ures out population of 100000. Taking
the multiple of 2 7-1O which is adopted by
Minneapolis it makes the population of St
Paul 1882 against III, ,495 for Minneapolis
These are the directory figures and tht
state sensus figures are yet to be heare
from.
Adjutant General Charles H. Chapman
has issued general orders to the effect tina
the encampments of the Wisconsin Nation
al Guard for the current year will be as fol
lows: First regiment at Waukesha, Aug
"A to 90, inclusive; Second regiment, Ap
pleton, Aug. 3 to 8 inclusive; Third regi
ment, Chippewa Falls, Sept. to IL, in
clusively; Fourth battalion, time an,
place to be announced hereafter; Ligh
Horse squadron, Oconomowoc, Aug. IA t.
49, inclusive; First battery, time and plac
to be announced hereafter.
Stockholders of st. Paul, Brainard &
| Northwestern have elected the following
board of directors: E. F. Buxton, Mime
apolis; J. r. Howe, w. E. Seelye, G.. s
and E. E. Webster of Brainard. The of
ficers elected are: President E. F. Buxton
vice president, w. E. Seelye; treasurer
E. E. Webster; Secretary, F. B. Thomp
son.
Monday evening Jailer Clark was over
powered by three horse thieves in Jail a
Bismark, d. T., who attempted to lock hin
in cell and then make their escape
Clark pulled a revolver and shot one
Osborne, through the neck, the bulle
lodging in one Of his lungs. The other
then threw up their hands. 1t is though
Osborne will live.
! Secretary Manning has rescinded hi
order requiring grain and merchandis
shipped from this country throug
Canada to pay duty. Such an order
adhered to would have been a seriou
damage to the Northwest as wheat coul
not have been sent through the Wellan
canal without paying duty.
At Viola, in Richmond county, w isconsi
three young men, Elsea Stambaugh, age
Il, McAurkand, aged 1s, and Henry Fischer
; aged II, were drowned while bathing i
Kickapoo river. McAurkand saved one c
his comrades from drowning, and while i
; the act of rescuing another, was himse
drowned. Two of the bodies were n
covered
Gen. A. G. Parkinson, recently appointe
revenue collector of the second district c
Wisconsin, has appointed assistants q
follows: Chief deputy, J. D. Clark, Mad
} son; assistant deputies, Thomas Kennedy
Dodgeville, John Hedhedgen, Watertown
: gauger, c. II. Jacobi, Watertown.
D. F. Brawley, a prominent citizen an
formerly postmaster at st. Vincent MINI
attempted suicide by shooting himself i
the head. He had written his son in 8
Paul for money and not receiving it she
himself. His injuries we're fatal though b
may live some days.
At the annual meeting of the Dakot
Midland, held in Glendale last week, Raj
dolph Holding was elected president; J.
Scott, vice president: A. A. Handy. seer.