Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-10
HISTORY OF WEEK.


of the United Kingdom is 10 per cent, and
perhaps Is per cent, below last year, and
that this short acreage, combined with the
backwardness in the growth of the crop
ITSELF will cause deficiency in this years
product, as compared with last years, of
100000 quarters. The circular also states
that it is estimated that the wheat crop
of Germany, Holland and Belgium will be
short this year 1;5O0,0 ,0GO quarters; that of
Austria, Hungary, South Russia and Spain
100000 quarters; and that of France
3,5OO,OOO.
Secretary Bayard on his Western trip
visited Kansas City, Mo. and Lawrence Kan
sas, after delivering the address at the Mis-
souri, University. At Kansas City he said:
Our country is safe, no matter which party
wins and there is not section-not a home in
government as it's sincere friend and agent
He said his visit was simply with a view of
visiting some of the western educational
institutions and witnessing for himself the
progress and development of the country.
Capt White in charge of the railway
mail service in the West has secured a
change in the carrying of the mails from
Chicago to Omaha, taking them away from
the Northwestern and giving them to the
Milwaukee & St. Paul road. AS the result,
Postmaster General Villas will probably
take Capt. Whites commission away and
change it over to some other man.
Ex-Gov. Hale of New Hampshire has
failed with liabilities in the neighborhood
of a million and assets quite light. He has
lost heavily in mining and railroad enter
prises. Senator Blair and Frank M. Jones
are heavy endorsers on his paper and
number Of Boston banks come in for hand
some losses. He spent $4,000 to be elected
Governor.
R. NJ. Reynolds, late first auditor ofthe U
S. Treasury, fell down the air stops of the
Southern hotel at St. Louis, and was in
stantly killed. The impression prevails
that he committed suicide by throwing
himself down, and the coroner's jury so
decided, but his friends vigorously deny
this.
A bottle has been found on the Nova SEQ
tian coast, purporting to come from Capt.
]A' HA' odColuIitAu. VI GtIc A>OINcSldu 'esSoI,
Hessestein, dated May 2Sth, saying they
had been run into by an unknown vessel
and we're sinking.
At the Jerome Park races in New York,
on the End, Commodore Kittson of St. Paul,
scored another victory. In the Metropoli-
tan handicap his horse Rataplan won in 2:43.
The distance was one mile and half, and
purse 600.
The annual meeting of the Chicago &
Northwestern road was held at Chicago on
the 4th, and a quarterly dividend of ~ on
the common stock, and 2 per cent. Oil the
preferred was declared
Mayor Harrison has ordered the police to
close the gambling houses in Chicago and
gamblers have fastened to comply in ad-
vance of the police.
Chas. 7. Howard the principal owner of
the Louisiana lottery was killed on the 2nd
inst by being thrown from horse at Dobbs
Ferry, New York.
There is a defalcation of 100000 in the
sub-treasury of New Orleans, Aufdemarte,
the redemption clerk is the culprit.
The Postal telegraph company has swal-
lowed up the Bankers Il Merchants COM
pany.
The Indians continue to perpetrate mur-
ders and outrages in New Mexico.
The public debt was decreased in May
81, 525, 4S491.