Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-09-16
HISTORY OF WEEK.

HISTORY OF 4 WEEK.
The reunion of the Army of the Tennes-
see occurred in Chicago on the 9Th and 10th.
| Gen. ". T. Sherman presided, and Gen.
John B. Sanborn of st. Paul, delivered an
address. At the banquet on the evening of
the 10th, Gov. Pierce of Dakota made q
happy response to the toast, 'sThe nation
first, therefore, let the nations that pretend
to greatness have this, that they be sensible
| of wrongs" The following is a pas
sage from his response: Last fall I
stood before an audience of 1900 men in
Southern Dakota, composed of veterans Of
the war right from the army that fought in
the rebellion. I asked them if they were
men that fought with Grant at Schilo, Fort
Henry and in the Wilderness when patience
so faithfully waited for final triumph.
asked if they were men who marched with
Sherman to the sea, and who were in their
pride when M'Pherson's sword dropped
from his hand and Gen. John A. Logan took
| it up. You should have heard the answer.
You should have heard the cheers thatcame
from the hundreds of throats when I asked
that, my friends. These men permeated
this broad land with patriotism. They
bore their great load with no help but faith
and love for their country, that has never
decreased by the lapse of years, for their
soil has been enriched by the blood of its
people.
Emery A. Storrs, of Chicago, one of the
leading lawyers of the country, died sud
| denly on the 18th inst, at Ottawa, ILL, Of
paralysis of the heart Mr.. Storrs had Sc
cured national fame both in his profession
| and as an orator in the political arena. In
the Republican National convention of
1880, he was the orator for the portion of
the Illinois delegation which was finally ex-
cluded from the convention. He supported
Gen. Grant for the third term and, with
the exception of Conkling's nominating
speech, made tie oratorical effort of that
memorable convention. The night before
he was voted an outsider he made speech
which called forth solid round of ap-
plause, lasting without cessation for three
quarters of an hour.
The President returned to W ashington on
.
carriage was in waiting at the depot and
he was immediately driven to the White
house, where, after breakfasting, he settled
down to work. The president, who is well
tanned by the sun, and who appears much
improved by his trip, says that he has had
an excellent time and enjoyed excellent
health. He has not been ill single day
since he left, and he is at loss to understand
how the report of his serious sickness orig
mated.
Washington Court House, in Fayette Co.,
Ohio, was visited by a terrific cyclone on the
evening of the Sth and the town was liter
ally wrecked. Ten or fifteen persons were
killed outright and multitude injured,
while the damage to properly in the town
and county exceeded million dollars. The
same night portions of Michigan were Wis
tied by Cyclone doing great damage.
Miss Ada Sweet who for the last eleven
years has been pension agent at Chicago,
for electric apparatus in New York. Mrs.
Mulligan, widow of deceased army officer,
has been appointed to the place.
There was another attempted yacht race
between the American yacht Puritan and
the English Geneta on the 18th over tho
wind the race was failure, but the Puritan
was ahead as far as they went.
The reunion of the Army of the Tennes-
see occurred in Chicago on the 9th and 10th.
Gen. W. T. Sherman presided, and Gen.
John B. Sanborn of st. Paul, delivered an
address.
A protest has been filed with the presi-
dent against Morris NJ. Thomas of Balti-
more, lately appointed Indian agent at
Yankton, Dakota and consideration will be
given it.
! Senator Malone, of Virginia, has made a
| sensation by undertaking to cowhide Mr..
| Hunter, whom he accuses Of attempting to
| lead his son astray.
Mr.. Kelley, the American minister ap-
pointed for Italy, and then for Austria and
rejected by both has finally resigned.
| Miss Cleveland has already been paid
! $500 profits on on her book and expects it
will reach $25, 900.
E. A. Rollins, ex-commissioner of inter-
nal revenue is dead.
DAKOTA CONSTITUTIONAL CONvEN-
TON.
! The South Dakota constitutional conven-
ton assembled at Sioux Falls on the Sth
and was called to order by the territorial
secretary J. H. Teller. Judge Edgerton OF
Yankton was elected president by acclama-
ton and the following other officers selected.
Secretary, John Cain, Huron; assistant
secretary, II. NJ. Avery, Sioux Falls; SER
geant- alarms, NJ. B. Kent, Elk Point.
Henry Neill of Grant county then offered
the following:
Whereas, The sixteenth legislative Assem-.
bly, of the territory of Dakota, assumed the
right to authorize the calling OF a constitu-
tional convention for that portion of the
territory south of the forty-siSth parallel