Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08

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VIII, therefore, be compelled to abide by
the. decision OF the magistrate who tries
then Mt Regina. The queens counsel and
deputy minister of justice will leave for
Regina tomorrow, to prepare indictments
against the prisoners.
Big Bear was captured Friday morning,
July Sc, near Carlton, by Sergeant Smart,
OF the mounted police. His son and one of
hiscouncilors were taken ut the same time
Big Bear and his band we're on their way
to surrender. They had been some days
without provisions. Seven more of Big
Bears band were captured by Dennis, of
the surveyor scouts and Irvine has taken
seventeen. The remainder are surrender
ngto the Indian agent and giving up their
arms. One of the Frog lake murderers was
among those captured by the scouts.
Col. Williams of the Midland batalian
died on the steamer Northwest on the 4th
inst. His disease was inflammation of the
brain and he was sick but four days. A few
minutes after Col. Williams death Sergeant
Primes of the 65th regiment died on the
same boat. ~~~.
Riel has written letter to DR.. Fisher of
Quebec, asking not to be treated as a MUIR
derer before his trial and claiming that he
wes invited into Manitoba by the half
breeds anddsd not plan the rebellion.
The Dominion government is having
Riers private papers, captured by Middle
ton, carefully copied with view of prov
ing him guilty of treason.
Late kilograms from Battleford report
Pound1aakers, Indians as unruly and
anxious to go on the war path.
Gen. Middleton's troops are being
gathered IN with view of returning home
Gen. Middleton has left Battleford for
Winnepeg.
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
At noon On Tuesday three prisoners
escaped from the county Jail at Eau Claire
Wis, by overpowering the turnkey, who
was entering with pail of water. One
was under thirty days sentence for
stealing valise. The other two, Matt
Weir and F. L. Smith, were awaiting trial
at the October term of the circuit court,
Weir for trying to throw passenger train
from the track on the Sault Ste Marie
railway near Bruce, Wis, and Smith for
horse thieving and robbery. Smith has
thus far eluded capture, but the other two
we're soon retaken.
A building occupied by Xavier Steit as
brewery, saloon and residence, was de-
stroyed by fire at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
on the Goth. The flames spread with great
rapidity and Steit and wife were compelled
to jump from window with a baby leav-
ing the remainder of the family to their
fate. Jacob, aged eleven, Francis, aged
eight, and Cecilia aged five, were burned
to death. The property loss is less than
s5,OOO
G. W. Mcintyre, the lessee of the
metropolitan hotel closed the house on the
morning of July lst. The immediate cause
was the opening of the Ryan hotel which
occurred the same day, and as the Ryan
will ,nonopolize the trade upon which the
Metropolitan largely depended, Mr.
Mcintyre concluded to close The owners
will probably secure other parties to
continue the hotel.
State Insurance Commissioner McGill
has made his annual report which shows
that the insurance companies lost s123, ,6S6. 10
on their business in Minnesota the past
year Aggregating the past seven years
Mr.. McGill puts the losses of the companies
at over half million. The new risks
written the past year aggregated sl&, ,S95, :
004 and the premium paid s2,545, ,5SO.15.
Sells Bros. circus train en- route from
Faribault to Austin, Mimi, was wrecked
near Owatonna at an early hour on the
30th ult. The train jumped the track on a
trestle twenty-five feet high and seven
cages of animals were tumbled overheard.
A kangaroo was killed and an eland badly
injured. The zebra made the flight but
was uninjured. No one was hurt.
E. Erickson aged thirteen, A. Laudkins,
aged thirteen and NJ. Rhodes aged ten,
while on their way from Meriden to attend
the Fourth of July celebration at Owatonna,
went in bathing in mill pond and were
drowned. One boy got beyond his depth
and the other two went to his rescue and all
perished.
The Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad has
had coal shed extending across Main
Street in Aberdeen d. r. which the authori-
ties ordered torn down. Upon the company
refusing the citizens removed it. The rail-
road company sent in between three and
four hundred men and rebuilt the she'd
Hiram Chamberlain shot his sister-in-l law
at Mankato on the Sd and then attempted
his own life. She was widow and Cham
berlain wanted to marry her, but finding
her on the street with another man he shot
her. She will probably die, while he will
probably live, but will be blind.
Arthur K. Delaney has been appointed
U. S. District Attorney for the Eastern
District of Wisconsin vice Hazelton
suspended. Mr.. Delaney has been the
competitor of Gtn. Bragg for congressional
honors in the Third Wisconsin district.
Judge Lochren has denied the nation
for new trial for Thos. Hanley of St.
Paul and sentenced him to state prison
for life. Hanley was blacksmith who
shot his partner, Ryan, about two years
ago. He has had three trials.
The body of an old German was found
hanging to tree near LIE Sueur Center, LIE
Sueur county, Minnesota. He had been
dead several days and it is uncertain
whether he committed suicide or was mur-
dered.
Peshtigo, Wisconsin, has had another fire,
which as usual, when Peshtigo has fire,
was large one. The fire started in the
Duket house and destroyed twenty-four
buildings before it was suppressed. Loss
$4,000.
The election in Southern Dakota for
members of constitutional convention to
meet at Sioux Falls in September called out
a very lightvote no interest being taken eth
er in the election or the convention.
A desperate named William Streeter,
living on the line of the Duluth & Iron
Range road in st. Louis Co., Mimi, shot