Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-10-07

Crystal Springs, J. s. Smith, vice White :;
Gardner, William 81. Sawtell, vice Byerly !;
Lakeview, George F. Weaver, vice Baug-
ham; Wardell, J. P. Ashley, vice Robin
son; Kelso, George F. H. johnson, vice
| Couant; Helena, Adolphus F. Lindsay, vice
Fiero, resigned; Hamlin, Daniel Thornton,
vice Blythe, failed to qualify.
Wisconsin-Great Junction, A. T. Sim
onds; Plainfeld, L. s. Walker; Onalaska,
T. B. Shove; Miudola, Charles Paulson; :;
West Salem, William Van Waters.
Iowa-Wheatland, F. R. Dickmann, Jr.
BENJAMIN H. Green has been appointed
Surveyor General of Montana.
j. K. Moore, who has for over twenty
years been postmaster of st. Peter, Mimi,
take effect Oct. 1st. The president has now
appointed James Delaney to fill the position.
NORTHVEsTEkN NEWS.
The following appointments were made
at the recent North Dakota NJ. E. confer
ence at Wehpeton:
Fargo district, presiding elder to be ap-
circuit, E. P. La Cell; Fargo: s. W. Ing
ham; Forman ncircuit,-Danforth; James
town, William F. Cook: La Moure circuit,
newaatsn, vs. to be l supplied td:a s"nborn' E. % ?.
Steele, to be supplied; Tower City, William
NJ. Spoor; Valley City, J. Herbert; Wah-
peton, H: ". Troy; Yorktown circuit, to
be supplied.
Grand Forks District-D. G. Plannette,
presiding lder; Bathgate circuit, J; B:
RSvs Mk@f Glaton sh'iF!eB
Cunning ham; Grand Forks, Frank Doran; !;
Grandin circuit, to be supplied; Hills
borough circuit J. Turner; Hunt circuit,
to be supplied; Inkster circuit, A. R.
Harlow; Lakota, J. R. Yost; -Langdon
%1so circ1s Hsss to Be sappiisd 6ata circuit
S.. F: Terwilliger; Osnabrook circuit,
R. Hamar; Park River, H. P. Cooper;
Pembina, j. A. Hovis: St. Thomas circuit
to be supplied; Walhalla circuit, C. A.
Macnamara.
Bismarck District-H. D. Brown, presid-
ing elder; Bismarck, Peter Glare: Burling-
ton mission, P. E. Royse; Dunseith mission,
| to be supplied; Gladstone, William Cooke !;
Mandan, G. w. Collinge; Stanton mission,
to be supplied; Victoria mission, to be sup
piled; Winchester mission, to be supplied.
The Minnesota Board of Railroad Ware
house commissioners, the I'd, made public
their report in the matter of what is known
as transit rates. While the board does not
toto, it orders that shippers must be given
the opinion of having his grain carried to
| Minneapolis at reasonable freight charge,
or of availing himself of the privilege
| of the transit rate through to Chi
cago and the East The order of
the board now stands as follows:
''It is the judgment of the board of rail
road and warehouse commissioners that it
is reasonable and expedient, in order to
promote the convenience and accommoda-
a practice which the board regards as an
extortion and an unjust discrimination,
that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railway do make q tariff of local rates
for the shipment of all kinds of grain
| land especially ofwheat) to and from all
of Minnesota, and to publish said tariff
at all of it's stations within this state, and
that said rates be reasonable; that all
grain shipped shall be billed subject to such
local rates, unless the shipper shall request
his shipment be made subject to transit
made and put into effect as soon as prac-
ticable, and not later than October 18th,
inst The board do so recommend" The
order also applies to the Minneapolis & St.
Louis, Omaha and Duluth roads.
The interior department at Washington
has decided that the land at DEVILS Lake
D. T., upon which the Ward brothers locat-
ed when killed by mob in 1888, belongs to
the little daughter of Fred Ward. John
Bell who had previously settled on the land
was not citizen Of the United States and
this decision is to the effect that an alien
cannot make a pre-emption.
The Dakota stock breeders have perfected
permanent organization under the name OF
the Dakota Breeders association. Thomas
David, of Mitchell, is president, A. O.
johnson, of Montrose, secretary, and B. F.
Wagner, of Bon Homme county, treasurer:
A call will soon be published for meeting
of all breeders in Dakota at Huron.
The Sherman House, j. G.. Kissner, pro.
prietor, at Fargo, D, T., took fire at A. NJ.
on the 1st, and was entirely destroyed.
The inmates Of the building escaped in their
night clothes, scarcely any one having an
opportunity to dress save in the street.
The loss is from $4,000 to $4,000 and the
insurance $4,000.
A young woman uamed Christine La
grange, committed suicide at Neenah, Wis,
a few days ago and confessed before death
that she had been criminally assaulted by
John Kerwin, young man with whom she
had kept company. Kelvin is in Jail.
The Iowa Greenbackers have nominated
the following ticket: Governor, Elias Doty
Cedar Rapids; lieutenant governor, ]. K.
Clark, Mount Pleasant; supreme judge, NJ
P. Farnsworth, Cresco; state superin
tendent, J. D. Guthrie, Oskaloosa.
The Minnesota & Northwestern railroad
has finally secured its connection on the
st. Paul levee, and can now run its trains
to the foot of Sib!ey street. The Union de-
pot privileges are expected to be acquired
in few days.
A notorious character named John Hutch
inson, fatally stabbed Lanchie McLain al
East Grand Forks, on the night Of tho 18th
McLain went to the house of the Hutchin.
sons and troke open the door with the re-
suit stated.
The president has appointed Edward
A. Stevenson OF Boise City, Idaho, to bt
governor Of the territory Of Idaho, and
William B. Webb of Billings, Montana, t<
be secretary of the territory Of Montana.
The Minnesota e. Northwestern railroad
has finally been permitted to enter the st
Paul Union depot ON the payment OF
monthly rental of 1888, until the price fo1
permanent entrance can be agreed upon.
VIM. r. Rice of Rochester, Mimi, dropped
dead ON the street in that city on the 4tl
inst. He had lived there thirty years ant
was the father of Rev. W. e. Rice, Stat
Dairy Commissioner.
There was disastrous fire in Minneapoli
on the nigh. Of the 29th new and fine rov
Of tenements opposite Central Park bein,
destroyed. The loss was $s6, 200 and insur
ance $3.50
The receiIt Is Of the recent territorial TAI