Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-03
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On tho 25ta, Attorney General Hahn Of
Minnesota, conmenced proceedings in the
supreme court BY quo xa1ranto, against
company, the Southern Minnesota, the
Minnesote Certral, the Hastings & Dakota
and the st. Paul e. Sioux City Railway
companies. These roads are now operated
by corporations distinct from those owning
and managing their respective land grants,
and the object Of the suits is to compel the
companies to show cause why the lands
should not b forfeited, and the charters Of
the companies vacated. Should the suits
be successful the eject would be to compel
the several corporations to divide the
property among themselves, or 1t will
revert to the State.
The mammoth retail dry goods store of
Mannheimer Brothers in st. Paul, was
burned on the afternoon of the 23d. Car
penters were at work In the basement and
In endeavoring to light the gas, set fire to
some cotton. bales. The fire spread with
great rapidity but by great effort was con-
fined to tho basement and first floor. The
stock carried BY the Manheimers was
worth $250OO and it was substantially
ruined. Smoke and water spoiled what
was not burned The loss on stock will
reach at lesst 1l75, 600. Five thousand
dollars viii probably repair the building.
George Atwardner, cirJ bookkeeper Of
the National Exchange bank Of Milwaukee,
shot Albert Lawrence, the assistant
cashier on the 24th. The shooting took
place in the street, Wardner lying in wait
for his victim and shooting him in the
back Lawrence is. dangerously and per-
haps fatally wounded. No reason for the
shooting is assigned.
nkA1 Q,sn At roA4
Meeker county. Minn., on the 21st. Noah
Felt stopping with his brother-in-law, J. L.
johnson, went to the barn with q lighted
candle and accidentally set the barn on
fire. In endeavoring to save the stock he
was burned to death, and in endeavoring
to rescue Felt, johnson was seriously and
perhaps fatally burned.
Joseph T. Mckee q merchant at Woon-
bridge, D. T., and probate Judge of the
county has been arrested and taken to
Chicago on the charge of obtaining goods
under false pretenses. Decker Il Co.,
dry goods merchants are the complaining
parties.
Leonard Day, one of the prominent citi-
zens Of Minneapolis, and one of the leading
lumbermen of the Northwest, is dead. He
had lived in that city over 81 years and
was worth over a million dollars. A wife,
three sons and two daughters survive him.
Henry p Chase Of the firm of Chase &
Miller, lumbermen Of Minneapolis, but
who do large logging business in the
woods, was killed by falling tree In their
lumber camp in A1tkin county on the
25th. r
The Marquis de Mores announces that
his Northwestern packing company will
open retail butcher shops in New York city
and sell their meat direct to the consumer
instead of TO middlemen.
A man giving his name as T. F. Egan,
treasurer ct Pine county, Minnesota, walk
ed into the police station at st. Paul, day
His story seems to be true, but the amount
is thought to be small.
u Maxheld and Beecher, two notorious bur-
glars have been sentenced to prison for
four years. Judge Newman of La Crosse
passed the sentence.
The boiler in the Minneapolis & Northern
elevator at Hamilton, d. T., exploded on
the 22nd but fortunately injured no one.
The Jamestown, d. T. brewery, owned
by Gesal & Kulewatz, burned on the night
of the 24th. Loss over $4,000.
The furniture store of Leehy & Garnish
at Ashland, Wis, burned on the 18th,
involving a loss of 5000.
T. R. Hudd Oem.) of Green Bay, Wis,
has been elected to Congress to succeed the
ate Joseph Rankin.
The Northern Pacific railroad has de-
clined to sell 2, ,4O0, 900 acres to syndicate.
tumbled down Oh the oath.
Geo. Warren, one Of the oldest residents
of Winona is desd.