Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-06
EVENTS Of THEWEEK.
Domestic News.

There were 255 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's during the
week ending Oct 1, against 1855 in the pre-
ceding wesk. W. II. Partington was ar
rested in Omaha Oct. l, charged with being
q fugitive from justice. He is wanted for
embezzlement Of county funds in the sum
Of $4,000 at Evergreen, Ala. An extern
sive ca 9 in the river basin occurred Oct.
l, at Plaquemine, 40 miles above New Or
leans, in the Mississippi, which carried into
the river more than four acres of land,
causing the destruction of property be-
longing 20 several people. The threatened
strike of the 6rakemen on the New York,
Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad is believed
tU have been averted, Temporarily at least.
A movement is on foot to organize q ma
tional league Of colored baseball clubs. It
has its movement in Pittsburg and will be
confined to the East. The magnificent pro-
cession of the wbeelmen at st. Louis, Oct.
1, is said to have been one of the finest
sights of the kind ever seen in this coun-
try: A 17.yea1.0 old boy shot his playmate,
a girl of H. and blew his own brains out.
near Waterloo, ILL.,. because she did not
up P. +. Wallace, charged with the murder
OF the Logan family, but cut down when
half dead and allowed the law 70 take its
course. Bradstreet's business review shows
q Satisfactory Increase in the general vol
ume OF business throughout the country.
Parties who have visited FL Covote's last
battle field in Mexico report fuding several
bodies o. killed whites, and Identified the
body of the rebel. The Rochester Tumbler
Co. will divide among their employees q
portion of their p offs at the end OF the
term beginning Oct: 4, 1885,. land concluding
Oct. II, 1887. The Chicago packing houses
it is rumored, will shut down until the or
1O-hour-day question is settled. The pub
lie debt statement shows q reduction of
$1O.67 Ol3 for the month of September.
The rutlOr that Senator Mcpherson was 10
succeed Secretary Manning is denied, as
Manning's health is restored and he will re-
turn to the cabinet. The United States
thatln order to supp ly the demand for 81
notes he would issue them in sums of 81 900
to each bank on demand. Commissioner
Coleman has received q report from the
expert sent to Virginia to inspect the sick
cattle from Chicago who says the disease
is Texas fever and not pleuro-pneumo MIA.
A committee of The Union Veterans union
called upon the public printer at Washing
ton III behalf of their comrades who had
been disch arged from the government
printing Office. Mr.. Benedict assured them
that the U UuioR soldiers in his office need
not fear discharge IL competent and atten-
tive to business. A dispatch from Ottawa,
ILL.,, conveys the information that the su-
preme court has denied the application of
Attorney Richberg for the release of Joseph
Chesterfield Mackir from the Joliet peni-
tantiarv on a writ of habeas corpus At
NV York, Driscoll, the leader of the
"Whyo' gang, was found guilty Of murder
mistress, Betsy Gerrity lin an East side
tenement some months ago. Andrew Lucas,
colored, died at Brautford, Oat, Thursday
morning ut the supposed age Of l28 years.
He was born in slavery at tennessee, and
was Gen. Jackson's servant.