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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Briefly Tsld.

United States Minister Cox has arrived
at New York from Constantinople, Turkey.
The roof of the North Chicago rolling mill
caved in Sunday killing one and injuring
badly many others. At 6 O'Clock Sun day
evening while the turnkey of the Chippe-
wa county Jail, Mich, was serving supper
to the prisoners a break for liberty was
made. The prisoners succeeding in lock-
ing up the jailor aud escaped in all prob
ability over the border. A large meeting
of Arch bishop Purcell's creditors was held
in Cincinatti and reply prepared to the
address Of Archbishop Elder published TO-
day. The reply denies Archbishop Elders
statement that the debt is not diocesan. A
bronze Elk erected by Philadelphia lodge
No. OF the Benevolent and Protective Or
der of Eiks on it's burial plot in Mount
Mosiah cemetery was unveiled On the 10th
with appropriate ceremonies in the pres
ence of several thousand persons. The
custom house authorities at San Francisco
have seized large quantity of opium,
which was consigned in disguise of tea to
Chung Yek & Company of that city, and
which came over on the Belgic last Thurs
day. The value of the opium seized is $780,
600.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

BOSTON is to be the scene of a high
toned wedding on the 20tb of the pres
ent month-that of Miss Helen Wad-
leigh, daughter of ex-United States
Senator Wadleigh, of New Hampshire,
to MIR. Samuel Hoar, of Concord, Mass.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1886.

vania & Ohio road agreed to the COM
81: : :: :; : tss
running over the entire line. j. edward
Simmons sent letter to the business mems
association of New York, which was read
ct meeting. He declined their nomina-
tion for mayor and urged the claims of
Abram 8. Hewitt. The association then
formally endorsed Mr.. Hewitt's nomina-
ton. Intense excitement was caused in
Pittsburgh by the announcement that the
remains Of woman in nude condition
had been found in a box at the Allegheny
City garbage dump. The body is said to
have come from the Pittsburgh Female
College. ::
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

It is reported from Sioux City, 1a., that
the impression is gaining ground that Lea
witt has not told the whole truth. Abra
ham Hess, wood-dealer, states that be
was told by Geo. Treiber, one Of the con-
bpirators. now supposed to be In Germany,
that Leavitt was the man who shot Had
dock. Hess says that Treiber cams to him
to I iesve ~ Town W. aiso, 10 . Stating % th.s I'll ii chez shey
caught Leavitt ne would swear it onto
either John Arensdorf or himself: that at
the tine of the shooting Leavitt said TO the
fellow who was hired to do the work, "You
are weakening. Now, give me the gum"
And Leavitt took it and shot Haddock
himself. Whether Treiber told the truth
remains to be seen.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Tammany In tho Field,

In New York City the Tammany hall
county convention on the 11th, nominated
Abram s. Hewitt for mayor, thereby de-
clining proposition from Irving hall for
conference and ignoring q request from
the Business Mems association asking the
Endorsement of their candidate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Cha Milla Laca.

The Northwestern Indian commission and
party arrived at Brainerd, Minn. on thel3th,
from Mile Lacs. The Mile Laos band
of Chippewas had declined to accept homes
on the White Earth reservation and remove
there. They are in q wretched condition,
but refuse to remove from their present To-
cality.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

MISS ABB1E PIERCE, of Brookline,
Mass. is eighty years of age, and as
fond of a joke as Joe Miller of ancient
fame. The other day she took run
out among the neighbors, and meeting
a friend said: my dear, what is it
that burns yet keeps secret.' Her
friend ''gave it up ''Wen," said
Miss Pierce, ''it's sealing-wax.
Now, amt that good? I made it up
myself over fifty years ago.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

THERE must be certain attraction
in criminal statistics for Detective Hen
ry Weyl, of Philadelphia, for he has
1000 portraits of the most noted GRIM
inals in the country. with scrap-books
of remarkable trials and crimes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

The 25th annual session Of the Grand
Chapter Minnesota Royal Arch Masons was
held at St. Paul. The grand secretary's
report showed that six new chapters had
been granted dispensations during the
year, also that there were $40 Royal Arch
Masons in Minneapolis and 2lS in St. Paul.
The grand treasurer's report showed that
the expenditures during the year had been
5000. Officers were elected and installed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Foreign Chips.

Louise Michel writes to the French So
cialist papers that she will decline q par
don, and will insist upon going 70 prison
unless she is granted full amnesty. II.
Sadi Carnot, French minister of finance,
has rendered his resignation. He will
probably be succeeded by N. Rouvier. On
the 18th, at Pesth there we're SO new cases
of cholera and 20 deaths, and at Trieste II
new cases and deaths.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

PRINCE ALEXANDER, was the favOrite
nephew of the Empress Maria, mother
of the present Gar. In her will the
Empress left the Prince two million
roubles, but the latter refused to receive
the principal, preferring to draw the
yearly interest from it. which was reg
ularly paid him out of he Russian
Treasury. 1t is said the Prince now
demands the two millions, and that
the Car declares he will never see q
rOuble of it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Notes of a DaY.

The father of Commissioner of Agricul-
ture Coleman, died at Richland Sprin gs
N. Y. Hon. VIM. E. Chandler and ex-Sen-
ator Rollins wish the vacant U. s. Senator
ship from New Hampshire; the Governor
appoints. Oberne, ,Hosick & Co. soap manu-
pletely Quilted by fire entailine loss of
$4,000; insurance 100000. circumstances
point strongly to incendiarism. The Now
York "booddle" aldermen, out on bail, who
have not ''skipped" to Canada have been
rearrested and will be made to give much
heavier bonds. Phil Armour, the Chicago
its supremacy in the packing business. Two
men were killed by q railroad collision at
Liverpool, o. The MahoDing Valley is
threatened with a water famine. Pitts
burgh iron manufacturers are arranging to
give Blaine reception.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

CONGRESSMAN ROCKWELL, of Massa-.
chusetts, in a speech the other day re-
marked that agricultural colleges were
proper enough, ''only they have aten-
dency to wean the young men away
from the farm" '-:s'sss
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

ANGULAR writing is now very
fashionable with ladies whose episto-
larry efforts Insists of invitations and
their replies. If you receive particu-
larly square shouldered, two-words-to-
a-line written note, be happy, it is the
latest style, and can be read at 40 PAGES
without glasses.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
A Terrible Death

At Mt. Sterling, ILL.,, Mrs. Greenwell,
aged 70 years, left home Tuesday after
noon to visit Mr.. McWilliams, distant
about three-quarters Of mile. She
didn't return on TUESDAY, but nothing
strange was thought of that. Anxiety
came when Wednesday morning did not
bring her, and search was made and after
a time the bones and pieces of her bloody
flesh were found surrounded by a drove Of
hogs which were fighting over the remains
which were identified by scraps of clo-
thing as those of Mrs. Greenwell. 1t is
supposed that the old lady tainted, and
the hogs attacked her before she regained
consciousness.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Flr0 At St. Panl:

At2:so Sunday afternoon fire broke out
in a rubbish closet on the third floor of the
Sherman block, Wabashaw ST., st. Paul,
and before 1t was controlled, by fire and
$3O, 900, distributed among eleven tenants,
the St Paul Carpet Co, and J. L. Lover
ing, boots and Shoes, being the largest
losers. In fighting the fire several firemen
were nearly suRocated and one fell
through the elevator and was killed, his
meek being broken. p -: = !9.....-.,',!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Southern Hurricane,

A tremendous gale and storm visited the
southern coasts of Alabama, Louisiana and
Texas. The storm began on Sunday and
ragged for three days without abatement.
The water in the town of Pointe La Hache,
in Placquemine parish, is several feet deep,
persons took refuge in the court house and
Jail. The water rushed in with such force
that it carried everything before it. The
levees, which along this section are very
low, were overfowed and swept away, and
the water rushed into the Mississippi river,
carrying with it all the rice stacked on the
farms in the vicinity of Pointe La Hache
and for distance of twenty miles below.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Ton Hours.

None of the large pork packing estab-
lishments at the Union stock yards opened
their doors Monday morning, and none of
the 16, 0o0 men usually employed in these
departments offered to return to work on
the ten-hour basis proposed by the owners
of the packing houses. -.-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Indian Territory on Fire,

Late advices from the Indian Territory,
via Sherman, Texas, state that the most
destructive fires ever known in that Ter
ritory are sweeping over the prairies.
Millions of acres of rich grazing lands
which few days ago were covered with
luxurious growth of grass are now barren
charred wastes. The area burned over
extends from Vinita on the north to Mus
cogee on the south, and on either side of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad as
far as the eye can see. Large numbers of
cattle have been burned to death, and
immense quantities of hay, baled and
loose, which was to have been used for
fodder during the winter, has been de-
stroyed, and cattlemen will be obliged to
drive their herds elsewhere to save them
from starvation.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Suit Refused

Secretary Lamar has sent to the attor-
ney general letter recommending that the
application of Matthew e. Evans that q
suit at the expense of the United States be
brought to set aside patent in the Fergus
Falls land district, Mimi, slleged TO have
been wrongfulIy issued TO the State of
Minnesota, for the benefit OF the st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad COM
pAny, be denied. Ia 5ss -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
British Hurricane.

The great hurricane which began ON the
18th and has just passed over England and
Ireland, was accompanied by tho heaviest
rain storm within memory. Along the
south and west coasts of England and Ire
land, the gale and food caused many
wrecks and q considerable loss of life,
many small vessels were lost ana In some
instances all on board were drowned. Re-
ports of bridges and buildings swept away
are numerous and railway traffic was in
terrupted.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Sabine Pass DESTROYED.

Under date of Oct. 18th, from Orange,
Texas, it was reported that the village Of
Sabine Pass, Texas, was totally destroyed
by flood and sixty-five lives lost. During
the overflow hotel with Is to 20 people
was swept out into the bay and all
perished. The captain of a schooner from
there says that not house Is left in the
drowned. The population of the place was
700.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

PUT not your trust in horses; Drake
Carter, the gelding for which, three
years ago, when a three-year-old,
Pierre Lorillard paid $17, 500 to Green
B. Morris, was sold a few days ago for
a paltry 800 and will 90 to join the
noble army of cripples that run at
Brighton Beach.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

- OLIVER >OPT1c, like Oliver Twist
doesn't know when he has had enough.
The juvenile reading public has de-
voured 113 of his books, and now he
wants the boys to read just one more.
There is luck in odd numbers. Oliver.
Let your fame rest on 113.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Another .AfreSt.

A San Francisco dispatch Of the 10th,
states that Albert Keschneiski, who is
charged with shooting and killing Rev..
George Haddock, q Metho dist minister at
Iowa, Aug. Sd last, was captured in that
city. Chief OF Police Neelen of Sioux City,
left for Sioux City with Keschneiski.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

PHIL ARMOUR is set down as one of
the heaviest men on the Chicago Board
of Trade, both as to avoirdupois and
pounds sterling. He weighs 250 pounds
and Chicago chronicler declares that
he could scrape up about $20,000,000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

"GUY1NG Young Gould'' is the al
literative caption the Chicago Times
gives a special from New York, saying
lit is reported that George Gould is
seriously thinking Of accepting NOM
ination for Congress from his West
chester neighbors."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

NINETEEN years ago a man in Du
Bois, Pa, lost his voice so that he could
speak only in whisper. A year ago
he hurt his arm and since then has
occasionally found relief from the pain
by placing it on large driving belt
that generated considerable electrity.
Recently while doing so his voice sud-
denly and completely returned and
has since been good.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

At Milwaukee, on the 9th Ex-Mayor
Thomas Brown .was nominated for con-
trict. The convention first nominated BY
exclamation Isaac W. IN 6chaick, w. p.
Mcharen then read letter from Mr.. Van
6chaick in which that gentleman declined
absolutely to accept q nomination.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
shot Each Other.

At Somerset, KY, Henry Boyle, special
United States bailiff, and T. V. Logan,
United States commissioner, met in the
Office of the latter and after q few words
were exchanged both drew their pistols
and commenced firing. Three balls took
effect in Bogle's body and two in Logan's
Both Boyle and Logan are old revenue
officers and prominent citizens.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Caught at Chicago.

"Bobby' Adams has been arrested at
Chicago as the principal in the Minneapolis
post Office robbery. He has the reputation
Of being a most expert burglar, safe blower,
&C., with fame in England as we'll as in
this country.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
October Storm.

II The storm which occurred on the 14th in
ficted great disaster at numerous points.
At Chicago, the Western Union people
pronounced it the worst storm they had
encountered In five years, and for hours
the wires were useless. A number of build
ings were wrecked and damaged and thos Q
In process OF erection razed TO the ground
BY the fury OF the gale, among others q
block OF twenty Iwo-story houses was
blown down. AZ Kaukee, ILL.,, there was
great damage to buildings, shade trees and
oonp.ny, % " 1as i feet s~1i high % vss s' bio%n 1
over crushing barn, buildings
were unroofed and every thing
movable was the sport Of the wind. Al
Odell, ILL.,, the Chicago & Alton r. H. ele-
vator was unroofed and smoke-stack
blown down, shops, barns, fences and trees
we're wrecked and blown about like puff
balls. At streator, Ill, church steeples,
stacks, chimneys sheds and fences were
wrecked and houses unroofed. At Racine.
Wis, trees, fences, lumber piles, signs and
awnings were wrecked and in the country
farmers stacks blown over the land. At Ly-
ons, Ia. the smoke stacks of the Ly ons Lum-
blown down and other damage done. AtPe-
m, Ind, roofs were blown of aud the town
greatly shattered. Fort Wayne, Ind., had
: disastrous visitation, many prominent
being unr00fed, fences, trees,
signs, &c, scattered in every direction. At
Monroeviile, Ind, q brick barn was blown
down and Mrs. 8. n. Williams, wife of the
owner killed. In the state of Michigan tele-
graph wires were generally down, and De-
troit trees, roofs, plate glass and electric
ight-towers suffered. At Buffalo, N. Y,
the gale was furious, the wind blowing 20
miles an hour, the water in the har"or rose
several feet, railroad tracks were flooded,
plate glass windows broken, telegraph and
telephone wires becoming general wreck,
The uncompleted music hall, costing
5000 was practically ruined, Is
to 20 houses destroyed and an
aggregate loss inflicted beyon immediate
estimate. On all the lakes except Lake
Superior more or less damage occurred but
the crippled telegraph service renders de-
tails meager. The grain-laden schooner
Geo. NJ. Case, from Chicago to Buffalo,
went to the bottom of Lake Erie,3 miles off
Port Colborne, the captain and one of the
crew being drowned. Louisville, KY, had
a touch of the storm, much damage being
done, and upon the river it was the rough.
est day known for years. In area and
damage the storm was almost without pre-
cedenT, and the total loss cannot now if
ever be known.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

''SrEwED prunes'' have been in con-
tempt since Shakespeares's day, but
the prune crop of Santa Clara County,
California, this season, will be worth
81 POO. 900. s.zs. S.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Switchmen Strike.

Freight Switchmen employed by the
railroads at Minneapolis, and st. Paul,
went out upon a strike on the 18th, their
n her an tSe
tied no freight trains can be run. The
strike transpired without any demonstra-
tion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Sunk in Lake Mtcht1an,

The propeller Se1ah Chamserla1n OF
Cleveland, loaded with iron, was run into
in Lake Michigan miles from Sheboygan
by the steamer John Pr1dgen Jr., ut p. M,
on the 18th during dense fog and heavy
gale. The Chamberlain sank in AZ feet of
The boat was valued at 100000, and was
struck on the port bow below the water
line. The bows of the Prldgen were
crushed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
RI.OOO.OOO. Fire.

Salisbury, Maryland, near Wilmington,
was nearly destroyed Sunday niZht by
fire which originated in a small stable and
spread over the entire business portion of
the town. The loss exceeds 81, 100000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
At Charleston,

From Sept. to Oct. 9, 2l7,542 rations
haYe been distributed by the Earthquake
relief committee at a cost of .S39 .3S. No
more shocks are expected. The churches
Sunday were crowded with worshipers, and
the sermons generally touched upon the
lesson of the rec ent calamity.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

|. E1GHTY-oNE and quarter tons 81
quinine were used in the United States
during the past year. according to re-
port to the National Druggists Associ-
alton at Minneapolis. And still we
have earthquakes and shakes!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
A Maine Town scorched.

5 At Eastport, Me-, on the afternoon of the
14th, fire broke out in a sardinel factory
and swept through the business portion of
the town until there was nothing for it
to feed upon, the main portion
of the place being destroyed
The loss aggregates $500, 900.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
A CALL has been issued for meetip9

A CALL has been issued for meeting
of Southern newspaper women at
Greensboro, N. c.. on Nov. 8, for the
purpose of organizing Southern
Woman's Press Association. The
Southern Woman prints list of over
fifty ladies who are connected with
Southern newspapers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20

1t is good for us to think no grace or
blessing is truly ours till we are aware
that God has blessed some one else
with it through us.-Rev. Phillips
Brooks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
~ y. TERMS: Two Dollars Per Annum, in Advance

the jail at Monticello, Ills, Henry Wild
man, who murdered his wife July 3, cutting
her throat with . razor, and hung him
within g yards of the Jail. The murder Of
Mrs: Wiidman was an aggravated one, and
public sentiment Is said to be- with the
avengers. = -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
NOTES OF THE TIMES.

THEosoPHY is now ploughing up the.
far West. Before long the Apaches
will have it, and then q new horror
will be added to this Indian question.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
Sabine Pass Disaster,

The relief boat Lamar returned to
Beaumont reporting that only two houses
remain standing at Sabine Pass, and one
hundred and one persons are known to be
lost.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-20
NHOS. PHILLIPS, n. D.,

Has permanently located in Austin. Calls in city
or country promptly attended to at oil hours.
Once and rooms in Schleudsr's block, first door
north Of Mower County Bank. Electric
baths given at the office.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-10
TIE cUy PSF FRATERNITY DTyYER

Thirty five members OF the CHI rs Fraternity
living tL,s city assembled At the Hotel D''hs"c~ 's'
evening where the annual reunion and dinner was he'
EIbrd,e T. Gerry for many years the president o tAe
fr,ternity's alumni .>socauon Of TINS city, presided
and introduced the speakers TO respohd l"
the different toasts Those who respGnaei "ers
Idwarl stewart, samuel T.. Bagien william l.
Prentice Dr Maus x. Neider, Frederick y; LAP,
pan. president of the Galiatne National BlnN alu
br Jouu Shrady over dozen OF the fraternity 'aP
-rs we're represented. png them Niiiltn,. AmherS
MIDI llebury Hamilton UniOn. Wesleyan, Brown anu
toluwbta AmOuL those present were + D. Gir'c's' ~
IIugn |. Cole, GeOr-e c. Clark. W. l. M'rrdllI. An
hro,e tirnurll aud f. T. DcNn,On. lie ters ot rr-irS
,yrr read from staje senator -. ii. Mcmillan JulSs
Robert H. Earle OF the New YORK Court ot Appes' ana
tmurl Hand. tt the bdslIe>s meeting pteNenhS '"'
rnpr The 10 wing W re elected Ollie rs Tor the pres
eut year E.Drdge I. Gerry, president; o1hle. l.
B.tg,ton, see etarY; FredcrIck d. IApp4h' ue"a"VoF
and Eugene ~ ID .ke, registrar.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-10
pIANOFOKrE KECITAL.

I'm Steinway Hall yesterday afternoon Mr.. A.
Victor Benham gave the st of two panotorte recita
Mr. Benham half u years ago figured In local con
cers as wonderful boy player OF whom great things
we're expected by his friends. Since then he mas ell
loved tho advantages of study abroad and has returned
nn Iopgsr prodigy but musician possessed evideutly
of .trllpg If not remarkable qualities. lilo played yes
tcrlay tho Bach Chromatlc Fantasia ana Fugde, Fan
ta.ia I'm c minor by Mozart, Beethoyen's "Ap-
passiouata" sonata ana Schumanns "nahtaSlc-
stucke," besides number of smaller pieces. ny mus @
abo feature OF Mr Bouhms playing was his MS
play of technical skin. an element which nOwaday /.
d"nth OF Thought and feeling rpeness OF knowledge
few Indications dscerniblc.