Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-19


arms, and Ill were fatally injured
THE bodies Of two men were found hang.
ing near school house twelve miles south
OF Kansas City, Mo-, on the l2th The
was that the Anti Horse. Thief
Association had been doing little work
The schooner Sis Church, bound from
Cape Charles to Norfolk, sunk in storm
on the 1ath near Norfolk, and Captain
Frank Enoch, Mate Farris and one of the
crew were lost
AT the session in Washington on the 18th
Of the National Sabbath Union Colonel
Elliott +. Shepard, of New York, was
elected PRESIDENT. The constitution which
was adopted says that the object Of tho or.
ganization IL to preserve the American
Sabbath as day OF rest and worship. The
members shall consist Of all persons who
viii signify, In writing, their approval Of
the constitution.
AN eight-inoh vein OF silver assaying
ia, 600 to the ton was struck on the 18th
in the Badger mine back Of Port Arthur.
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A FIRE on the 18th in the Central rail.
road warehouse at Savannah, Ga, de-
stroyed cotton valued at 800 600.
A BOILER exploded ON the 18th in Tur.
ner's cotton gin near Montgomery. Ala,
killing George Turner and two negroes
and wounding seven other men Il
E. L. Harper, ex- president Of the Fidel-
ity National Bank of Columbus, O., now
In the Ohio prison, become insane on the
18th. 1t was his fortieth birthday.
A BOILER at Wiloox's steam mill near
Evergreen, Ala. exploded ON the 18th, kill
ing four men and wounding several r'@--
.a HENRY LANDsRIDRL, q steel worker in
Allegheny City, Pa, committed suicide on
the 18th after attempting to kill his wife.
married seven times
The Southern Industrial immigration
convention in session on tho 18th at Mont
gomery, Ala, adopted what they believed
to be practical plan for inducing North
ern people to come and make themselves
Welcome in all parts Of the South.
JUDGE SHoDER, Of the Ohio Court Of
Common Pleas. decided on the 18th that
under the present Local Option law munici.
palties had right to pass prohibition
ordinances.
A BAND of Italian counterfelters was
captured on the 18th at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
They had been doing big business in
spurious coin for several montha
A CONFERENCE was held in Pittsburgh,
Pa, on the 18th for the purpose Of making
an effort to revive the tin-plate industry
in this country by having the product pro.
tected by an increased duty.
THREE men, William Sweeney, Henry
Carr and Walter Macomber, lost their
lives on the 18th in y fire which destroyed
. mattress factory at Providence, r. L
AT San Francisco on the 18th the whal-
ing vessel Little ONO. with q crew Of
thirty.one men, was reported lost OF Cape
Lisburne
THE Prohibitionists at Bloomington. Ill,
on the 18th celebrated the twentieth ami
versary Of the formation Of the party in
that city by love feast
ROBERT JUDGE. one Of the famous John
son gang of counterfeiters, was on the
18th sentenced to ten years In the Detroit
House Of Correction.
A VERY brilliant rainbow, Immediately
in the zenith, was seen at Athens. o.. at
ten O'Clock on the morning of the 18th.
The Georgia Legislature on the 18th ap.
propriated $500, 900 to the common schools
Of Georgia
AT the session Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor in St Louis on the 18th rec
concentrations were adopted that the
society use its best endeavors to establish
the eight-hour work day; to secure legis-
lation against the importation of foreign
or alien labor by contract; that "strike
fund" be established, and that the mat
ter regarding child labor in factories be
brought to the attention Of Congress-
The American Federation Of Labor on
the l4th in session at St. Louis fixed May
l, 1890, for tie Inauguration of the eight
hour rule throughout the country.
A FIRE on the 14th in the Murphy block
at Lockport, N. Y, resulted in the suffo-
cation of Bridget Hall, a widow aged six
ry-two years. ..sr
TIE exports of the principal articles Of
provisions from the United States for the
eleven months Of the year ended Novem-
bender 80 last were ~. Ia, 400, against
SIC. 273. 1852 during the corresponding eleven
months Of 1887.
For the first time in number of years
steamer arrived at San Fir. ,ncisco from
the Orient on the 14th without having on
board single Chinaman bound for that
port.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND pardoned one
hundred and thirty-six convicts during
the fiscal year ended June 30 last and
granted amnesty under the Edmunds law
in three cases.
ACCORDING to a New York commercial
agency on the 14th there was general i'm
provement in business throughout the
country with confident feeling for the
future.
A TREsTLE above q stand-pipe which is
being erected at Stevens Point, Wis.,, for
CITY water works fell on the 18th, killing
four men and wounding one other. :
The reported judicial shooting in Indian
Territory of Lyman Pulsee. an In dian, for
murder, was denied on the 18th, respite
having been received from the Governor
Of the Choctaw nation at the last moment.
SAMUEL ALLEN, the colored janitor of the
Columbian National Bank of Boston. was
arrested on the 18th on charge OF stealing
a bag containing four thousand dollars in
gold. He confessed.
By the derailing of train on the 18th
near Tallahassee, Fla. Engineer Scott Sea-
brook and Fireman James Convers were
killed and Brakeman Rice was fatally in
jured.
ELEVEN citizens Of Harrison County,
Ind, were indicted at Corydon on the 18th
for white Cap'' outrages. Those indict-
ed were all wellto- do persons.
THERE were 903 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 18th, against 305 the previous seven
days. - s#I E& &G
A BLOCK Of tenements occupied by miners