Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-24
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

HISTORY OF THE WEEK.
The mills Of the Toledo. Ohio, Linseed OIL
company took fire Sunday night. either
from spontaneous combustion or incendi-
ar1sn, and burned, causing a loss of $3.50
H. ~ VIII 1sn linsoranee amounsink 70 $4,000.
cess ofextractiDg oil, exploded with shock
like a earthquake, and several casualties
to individuals are. reported. Two men had
their hands and faces burned 10 that tho
flesh hung in shreds. Damage to adjacent
railroad and other property amounts to
Natural gas is playing havoc In Murrays-
vile Pa A break in one Of the street
mains caused the gas to escape and fill the
town and one house was blown up by the
gas taking flre from an open grate. Three
or fonr persons were killed by this exp!o-
and the flames shot up 20 feet in the air
Two hundred men we're sent by special
II aims from Philadelphia to endeavor to
suppress the flames and prevent other ex-
plostons.
The President made the following ap-
pointments on tho 10Th: William II. Trsn-
holm, South Carolina, now civil, service
commissioner, controller OF the c1rrency In
the place Of Henry W. Cannon, resigned !;
John q. Oberly, Illinois, civil service com
missioner. In the plare Of William n. Tren-
holm: Charles Lyman, Connecticut, now
chief txaminar of the civil service commis-
sion, civil service commissioner In the
place Of Dorman B. Eaton, resigned.
Hon. Michael Hahn, member OF congress
from the second Louisiana district, died
alone in his room at Wizards hotel, some
time Sunday night of hemorrhage of the
lungs. When found Monday morning by
the porter who went to make his fire, he
lay upon the door dead in q pool of blood.
he had been i'll for sometime.
Montgomery Alabama Is about to erect
a monument to the memory of the South
ern soldiers who died during the civil war,
jeff Davis will lay the corner stone the last
Of April. 1t was at Montgomery that the
Confederate government was organized
and Davis sworn in a. President.
W. 8. Warner, who received a share Of
Ferdinand Wards Grant & Ward)
plunder, has had a reminder of advers'ty
In the shape Of q judgment for 81 ,4W, 1908
which he is called upon to restore TO the
! assignee Of tho bankrupt frm. The sheriff
Is hunting for the property.
The Governor of Missouri and Kansas
have intervened to stop the strikes on the
Gould system Of roads. They have con-
ferred with the employees aud with the
railroad employees and submitted plan OF
adjustment which it IL thought will he
adopted.
A new switchman employed in the Mis-
souri, Pacific r. R. Yards at st. Louis, was
assaulted Monday by i've ex-employes, be-
ing struck with brass knuckies, and render-
ed senseless by blow upon the head from
| a stone. One of the assailants was ar
rested.
At Carrolton, Miss, q mob surrounded
the court house where q trial was about to
begin and shot ten negroes dead and
! wounded three others 80 that they subse.
quently died. Several others were wounded
| The trial was for an assrult on a white man.
Henry W. Jaehne, vice President of the
board of Aldermen of New York city has
been arrested on an Indictment for accept
ing bribe from Jacob Sharp for passing
| the charter of the Broadway Surface rail-
road over the Mayors veto.
The house committee on elections havb
decided against Frank Hurd Of the Toledo,
Ohio, district in his contest for the seat of
Jacob Romeis. Mr.. Hurd was defeated on
the face of the returns by ESQ votes.
Mr.. Parnell has issued circular advising
against the celebration OF st. Patrick's
day. He saws: "Do not irritate the
Orangemen, however misguided you may
deem them. This Is Of vital Importance
now"
| John W. Lauer, the prominent citizen of
| 1Al 1,xya
der the pretence that he mistook her for a
burglar has been convicted Of man
slaughter.
In spite of tho reports that sx-President
Arthur cannot live but few weeks, he in
sists that he only has cold and will be out
in few days.
Gen. J. 81. Devereaux, president OF the
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati Il Indian
apolis road died of cancer Of the stomach
on the 17th.
Two men who applied to a farmer near
Joliet, ILL.,, are under arrest, suspected OF
being concerned in the recent EXPIRES,
robbery.
At the request Of the President, Gov.
Murray Of Utah has rendered his resigna-
ton.
Gen. O. o. Howard has been appointed
by the president Major General to succeed
Gen. Pope, retired.
The lost steamship Oregon was valued al
$1,25O, ,0OO, and her cargo at S250,000.
At Canton, Ohio, over 1900 people are
sick with an influenza resembling the
| epjzootic. There have been no deaths
but the wide range Of the malady quite
paraly zes business.
President Cleveland was 40 years old or
the 18th of March.