Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-29

uOA. Az tAdt POAut the parry VIII separate.
Senator Sabin, of Minnesota. is member
Of the committee, but his health precludes
making the trip.
The st. Paul Chamber of Commerce, by
resolution, proposes to the State Agricul-
tural Society to make its annual fair in
September ''An exposition for the whole
Northwest and continue it not less than 80
days" The reason for this recommends
ton is stated to be that it is important that
the liberal provisions made by the State
tor the exhibition of the products Of the
Northwest should not fail in producing
equally liberal results for the good of the
state, and that time enough shall be al
lowed for such exhibition to justify people
from distance in the expense necessary
to enable them to patronize the fair, and
to guard against unfavorable weather,
which might cause complete failure.
A man attempted to rob the American
express on the St. Paul e. Omaha road on
the 18th by having himself shipped as
corpse at Black River Falls, Wis. The
agent suspected something wrong and piled
a large amount of freight npon the coffin
and telegraphed Elroy for officers to come
on board and arrest the corpse" They did
so and on opening the box found man in
his under clothing armed with two revol-
vers and bottle of chloroform. He was
locked upin jail at Elroy.
The Bend Court-Martial convened Mon
day in the Senate chamber of the State
Capitol, all the members present except
Gen. o. b. Gould. The counsel for the ac-
cused, Senator Castle, submitted the prop
osition that the Court was not legally in
existence, for the reason that the laws and
regulations of the U. S. Army do not apply
to State Militia, and there are no state laws
providing for the existence of said Court.
The court adjourned, taking the matter
under advisement.
Forty clerks are employed at the capitol
at Bismarck, copying and compiling census
returns of North Dakota, under the super
intendence of Maj. Edwards of Fargo. The
South Dakota returns are not all in yet,
but Edwards claims the total population of
the territory exceeds 100000 of which up
wards of 10000 Is in North Dakota-more
than the population of all Dakota five years
ago.
j. N. Castle, the attorney of Col. Bend
in the Minnesota National Guard court
martial proceedings has obtained writ of
prohibition from the Supreme court requir
ing the officers to appear on the first day of
the October term to show cause why they
should not be permanently restrained from
irving the case. This postpones proceed
iags until October.
The report of Assayer Harrison for the
fiscal year ending July l, shows that dur
ing the year over 81, ,0OO, 900 in gold and over
$65, 900 in silver passed through the He
lena Office. Most of the gold and silver
shipped from Helena does not pass through
the assay office, but is cast into bullion at
place production, and shipped direct.
The following promotions have been
made in the scientific force of the geological
survey: Thomas G. Chamberlain of Wis
consin, geologist, from $1,000 to $1,000;
Roland D. Irving Of Wisconsin, geologist
from s., 700 to 1900; Charles A. White of
Iowa, from praleontologist at s2,400 to
geologist at $2,700.
There was a report that the Pillager In
dians at Leech Lake, Minn., were commit
ting some depredations. There is little
discomfort among them owing to the over
flow of their meadows and rice fields by
the construction Of government dams, but
their only depreciation was the burning Of
an old building.
4 Gen. Terry has received telegram from
Maj Logan, of the Fifth infantry, who
was sent out to Investigate the troubles
among the Rosebud and Tongue river
Cheyennes, stating in effect that all reporGs
had been exaggerated and that apprehen-
sion of further trouble might be dismissed.
The grand jury at Fargo reported that the
Devil Lake D. T. land officers had been in
the habit of charging excessive fees, but
there was no law to indict them. The judge
will report the matter to the interior de-
partment at Washington.
The Nicollet House Minneapolis received a
bad scorching on Sunday morning the Goth,
and narrowly escaped total destruction by
fire. The loss on building and furniture will
amount to $4,000. The fire caught in the
engine room.
L. G. Hodges of Milwaukee, G. G. Hyde
of Lacrosse, and II. J. O'Neill Of Winona
have purchased the elevators of the Fargo
Southern elevator company for $4,000.
The elevators have capacity of 100000
bushels.
At Bedford, Iowa, July 20, Ida Kimball a
beautiful child aged Is, daughter of lead
ing business man, shot and killed W. T..
claims Giles seduced her.
A fire on Sunday destroyed the daily Re-
publican Office building at Mitchell, D. T..
Most Of the contents we're saved but in bad
condition, the loss is $1,000 and insurance
$500.
One hundred and fifty employees Of the
Pittsburg Water and Gas construction COM
pany at Eau Claire, Wis, have struck for
$l.75 per day. They were getting sl.25.
After August 1st two passenger trains
will be run daily between st. Paul and Chi
cago over the Minnesota and Northwestern.
Freight trains are now in operation.
The st. Paul Chamber of Commerce urges
that the public schools Of the city be limited
to nine months session, instead of ten, on
both sanitary and financial grounds.
Three men we're badly injured at Valley
City, D. T., on the 21st, by the breaking OF
a scaffolding at an elevator they were
building. Two of them will die.
The mother of Judge Macdonald Of Sha
kopee, and ofC. F. Macdonald editor of the
St. Cloud Times died at Saltwater on the
evening of the 25th.
The population Of Milwaukee, as
determined by tire official state Gems =
is between 15S,000 and 159, 600, a gain in
FIVE years of 1900.
The Wisconsin Central has secured ter
minal facilities in Chicago via the Chicago
and Great Western road.
Father Tautenberg, a well known and
popular Catholic priest at Brainard, MINI.
died on the 22nd.