Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-18

an oath bound society of assassins, and
that they had committed many outrages in
that region
MAN named Albergatie quarreled with
his wife ut his home in Beauford County, s.
c., on the 18th, and, becoming inoensed,
hurled her into largo hrA burning her
fatally.
The Vermont Merino sheep-Breeling AS
ISOLATION, In session ON tho 1 18th at Middle
bury, adopted resolutions denounolng Pres
ident Cleveland's message as Illogical and
insulting:
FRANK MuLL1N and Miss Zanniger while
crossing the railroad track on the l 1th near
YoungwOod, Pa, were struck by an express
train and fatally injured
The re-departlnent building at Lowell,
Mass, was burned on the 18th Loss, $780,
600.
THE steamer Viola, thirty three days out
from Elba for Philadelphia, was reported
lost ON the 18th with her crew Of thirty
eight men
A FIRE on the 10Th at Dauphin, Pa, de-
stroyed the car works. q church and several
dwellings,
THE residence of United States Senator
Ingalls, at Atchison, Kan, was burned on
the 18th. Loss, $15 900
In the war Of determination between the
McCoys, of Pike County, Ky, and the Hat
fields, OF Logan County, w. Va, three OF the
Hattields had been killed on the 18th The
authorities were powerless to stop tho dead
ly feud
Ar Admission. Ala, In a quarrel on the
18th W. r. Williams, proprietor of the
Parker House, and P. II. Evans shot each
other dead.
DURING the progress Of the annual exhi-
bltion OF the Ohio Poultry, Pigeon. Kennel
and Pet-stock Association in the Four
teenth Regiment armory at Columbus on
the 18th the building took fire and over
three hundred valuable dogs of different
breeds were burned Many chickens and
pigeons were also cremateu
THE Gloucester tMass) fishing schooners
William Parsons and Peter D. Smith, each
carrying crews OF twelve men, were on the
18th given up as lost Five widows and
nineteen children are left
THRER persons died on the 10Th at Selma,
Ala, and two children were at the point of
death, in consequence OF having eaten poi
soned hog meat.
Two PERSONS wounded in the recent rail-
way accident near Haverhll, Mass, died on
the 18th, making twelve victims Two
other sufferers were not expected to re-
cover
In Minnesota and Dakota the railroads
were having great trouble on the 18th
with extreme cold weather and deep snow
drifts
The Trades Federation, in session on the
18th at Peoria, ILL.,, declared strikes and
boycotts failure as a means of redressing
working-men's grievances, and said that
the ballot Yves the only sure remedy
The worst snow storm of the season in
the Northwest prevailed on the 18TH, block
aiding railways and highways
SHARP earthquake shocks were felt on the
18th at Charleston, Summerville and Column
bia, s. c.. and in the latter place build1ngs
were severely shaken.
RUMPF Bros cotton mill at Philadelphia
was burned on the 10Th Loss. 800, OOO
OvEE-rREssURE Of natural gas caused
fire at Youngstown, O., on the 18th, which
destroyed block OF frame business houses.
WILLIAM G. BAKER, twenty-one years old,
only son of Isaac G: Baker. president of the
Continental Bank of St. Louis, shot him.
self dead on the 18th. No cause was known
for the deed.
DURING the seven days ended on the 18th
there were 312 business failures in the
United States, against 256 the pre- vious sew
en- days.
HENRY SCHMIDT, the second man to die at
the hands OF the hangman in Iowa in the
last twenty years, was hanged at West
Union on the 18th for the murder OF Lu-
cretia Peek
TIE Martin and Schiller blocks at Sioux
City, Ia, were destroyed by fire on the
18Th. Loss 100000.
TEE limited express struck Mrs. Mary
Finn and Denis Casey at Lima, O., on the
18th, killing both.
SEVERAL casualties were reported on the
18Th from Omaha of people being lost in
the recent storm and perishing in the cold.
In Dakota several persons also lost their
lives from the cold
The july in the case Of ex Senator Thomas
G. PlaoJ found on the 18Th that he was not
a resident of New York City, and he was
accordingly ousted from his position of quar-
antine commissioner.
By the aid Of the big telescope in the
Lick observatory at San Franci 500 a new
star was discovered on tho 18th in the
constellation OF Orion.
TIE swindler who sold tickets to the ex-
tent Of $50, 900 in Mexico year ago for
Patti season of concerts was caught in New
York on the 18Th. His name is Charles
BOurton.
DURING 1887 the Lake Superior iron
AAAAeo pAOAuCou t.OO1 ,OOA LO1AS VI OIo, duu
the total shipments for the year show an
increase of 1000, 295 tons over 1856
SEVERAL wholesale business houses at
Indianapolis, Ind, were destroyed by fire
on the 18th, causing losso 81 100000
AN attempt to wreck an express train on
the Grand Trunk road was discovered on
the 18th near Valparaiso Ind, before any
damage was done.
THE snowfall on the 18th was SO heavy
at Superior, Wis, that some of the lnhabit-
ants had to tunnel out of their dwellings,
THIRTEEN business places, including a
bank and newspaper Office, at Paw Paw,
Mich, were destroyed by fire on the 18th
On the 18th two stock trains arrived at
st. Joseph, NO., with every animal frozen
to death.
HENRY BuNEY (colored) was taken from
the jail in Laurens County, Ky., on the 18th
and lynchsd. He was accused of robbery.
LOUISA EVANS, six years old, was tried at
Flemingsburg, KY, on the 18th on charge
of lunacy and ordered to the insane asy-
lum. The case is without a parallel ON ao-
count OF her age
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
GOVERNOR WEST in his message on the 10th