Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-11-11
dead Mormon apparently was not much
of Mormon after all as he only left one

dead Mormon apparently was not much
of Mormon after all as he only left one
wife.
Cyrus Yandes, aged 81 years, and the son
fl. W. Yandes. St. Paul millionaire.
his fathers grave on the 4th. The grave
was in the residence lot on Dayton's Bluff,
st. Paul, and the young man went to the
grave and blew his brains out with shot
gun.
The Deadwood D. T.. papers are having a
r fresh;ng time with libel SUITS s. r. Butler
has been convicted of libeling L. F. Whit
Rack, city editor of the Times, AMI now But
ler has retaliated by having Parker Warner
proprietor of the Times arrested for libel.
The ''last spike" on the Canadian Pacific
was driven on the 7th. Only about $50
were present including the officers of the
road, and the ceremonies were very SIM
pie and informal.
The Indians at Leech Lake held council
on Sunday which resulted in an agree
ment to concentrate the different tribes on
the White Earth eservation. This step
will throw open the other reservations for
settlement.
Faulk County. D. T., had county seat
contest on the 30th, and Lafoon won the
prize over Faulkton. The legislature
passed a law giving the commissioners au-
thority to submit the county seat question
every year.
Mrs. Angus Cameron, wife of ex-senator
Cameron of La Crosse, Wis, is hopelessly
insane. She has been ill for some time and
anticipating insanity made her husband
promise not to send her to an insane asy-
lum.
There was two days fire at Conner's
Point, Duluth, in the St. Paul and Pacific
coal docks. Ten thousand tons of coal were
destroyed valued at $40, 600, before the fire
was extingui>hed.
The-warehouse of the Mankato Linseed
Oil company, fell on thee 9th inst, and spilled
80, GOO bushels of seed on the ground. No
one was injured. The loss will reach $1O,-
GOO.
Father Ryan, priest in charge of the
parish of Marysburg, Nicollet county,
Minn., is missing an1 is thought to have
wandered away while temporarily insane.
The latest excitement in Manitoba is the
reported existence Of compact entered into
by citizens of Winnepeg, to kill Riel if the
government fails to hang him.
A collision of freight trains s miles from
day morning, resulted in the killing of one
of the locomotive engineers.
Warner, of Waterville, LeSueur County,
Minnesota, who was convicted Of attempt
ing to murder his wife has escaped from
Jail and taken to the woods.
Vernon Young of Wausau, Wis, has
pleaded guilty to the charge of murder
ing his wife and been sentenced to State
prison for life.
St. Paul is to have a winter Ice Palace
with all the sports thereto pertaining.
managed by stock company capitalized
at $4,000.
At the opening of court at Helena, Judge
Wade especially charged the grand jury to
look closely into the management of coun
ty officers.
ton, D. T., of participation in the Dill mur
der aud sentenced to the penitentiary for
life.
The commission of Israel Green, Of
Mitchell, D. T., who was appointed Indian
agent at the Sisseton agency has been hung
up.
The Racine, Wisconsin, Seeder company
has assigned. The assets are $4,000 aud
liabilities s25, ,00O
James T. Mckee, dry goods merchant at
Bridgewater, d. T., has failed with liabili-
ties $1,000.
Bishop Wh1pp]e will hold mission at
St. Paul, during the first week of Advent.
Smith & Baxter, dry goods merchants at
Mandan, D. T., have failed.