Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-24

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neys and one building was toppled over.
The storm was accompanied by rain and
hail.
The Minnesota State Pharmaceutical con-
vention held its annual session at St Paul
on the 10th and 18th insts. s. ". Melendy
Of Minneapolis, was elected president, ". s.
Getty of St Paul, secretary, and J. c,
Henning of Saltwater, treasurer.
Senator Sabin was attacked with inf,ama-
tion Of the bowels while at his home at
Saltwater, Mimi. about ten days ago and
at one time his recovery was considered
quite doubtful. Later reports show a
marked Improvement in his case.
The rivalry between St Paul aud Mime
apolis continues very close. Each Of them
had suicide on Sunday. Chris Watcher
killed himself at St Paul with revolver
while Edward Turner of Beaver Dam, Wis,
took strychnine at Minneapolis.
Tho ST. Paul and Hudson, Wis, gun
clubs have been having shooting match
at Hamline. There were teams of six
from each club and each shooter had
twenty blackbirds. The score stood st.
Paul IS, Hudson 76
Hibbs, the postmaster at lewiston Idaho
who invented the money order swindle
whereby he made twenty or thirty thous-
and dollars out of the government has been
arrested at Harrison River, British Colum-
bia.
J. j. Hill Of the Manitoba road has Just
imported los bulls from Scotland from one
to two years Of age. He proposes to give
away 100 Of them to first class farmers
along the line Ct railroad he represents
E. S. Bowdish of Minneapolis, who was
Methodist minister hut was ex-
PEELED, has just been sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary for stealing
$'s25 from his divorced wife,
survey for the extension of the Wis
consin Central railroad from Abbotsford
to Merrill is being made, aud tho prospects,
are that it will be built before another
season Of SNOW.
s. L. NJ. Moore, an attorney and justice
OF the peace at Prior Lake, Mimi, has
pleaded guilty to the charge OF forgery and
been sentenced to the penitentiary for three
years.
W. L. Wilson who held the position Of
appraiser Of customs at st Paul has been
and Capt. NJ. J. o. Connor
appointed in his place. The salary is
$1,000.
The Minneapolis mil!ers and their families
and friends held their fifth annual excursion
to Minnetonka on. the 10Th There.were 5000
Of them and it took fifty cars to transport
them.
Fuller reports from the tornado in Yves
tern Iowa on Sunday last show l3 persons
killed, about IS injured, and over half a
million dollars Of property destroyed,
Minneapolis rejoices in n policeman
named Cornelius Burke who is accused Of
burglary. He was arrested but pending
the examination fed.
The Oconto Lumber company's yard at
Oconto Wis, has ben destroyed by fire in
volving loss Of over sl5n,OOO with an in
surance OF 100000.
The court martial called to try Col
Bend Of the First regiment Minnesota
militia organized on the 10th aud adjourned
until July 10th.
At the special election held at Bismarck,
ID. T., for Mayor on the 18th. Justin Bragg,
Dem, was elected over f. II. Williams by 20
majority.
house occupied by Joe Lagrander
burned at Dayton. Anoka Co. Mimi, on
Sunday, aud child three years old burned
to death.
The summer meeting Of the Wisconsin
conference of Unitarian and Independent
societies will be held at Arcadia, June - to
3s, 1886.
e. Olsen, young man who lived at Ash
by, Mimi, having been rejected by young
lady, cut his throat and died in "A few
hours.
Two unknown men were killed Wednes-
day night by a Milwaukee and st. Paul
train at Winona junction, three miles
from Lacrosse.
The Minnesota State Editorial association
will meet in st. Paul on the 18th Of July
aud take a trip to Minnetonka on the Goth.
The annual summer meeting of the
A>OTtHWtsbEu J1OILICuibuTHt N"'lcty Will
be held at Lacrosse on the oath inst.
The annual tournament Of Dakota fire
men is being held at Sioux Falls this week
Over forty towns are represented
Thomas W. Jaycox, Of Aberdeen, d. r.,
special agent OF the general land Office at
Washington has been removed.
The survey OF the st Paul, Brainerd Il
Northwestern railroad is completed from
Brainerd to Red Lake Falls.
The Minnesota delegation to the Grand
Army meeting at Portland, Maine left on
the Eth.
The Minnesota Cniyersalists have been
holding their state convention at Minneap-
oils.
The reunion Of the Iron Brigade will take
place in Madison, Sept l6 and II.
CANADIAN PACIFIC REPORT.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders