Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-18

A FIRE Oh the 12oh destroyed the William
Arson Wood reaper and mower works at
Youngstown, O., Involving loss of $780,
600 and throwing five hundred men out Of
employment
Mr.. NAT ELLIOTT, a wealthy but eccentric
old farmer living near Lawrenceburg, Ind,
who had no faith in banks, was knocked
down on the 10Th within few hundred
yards OF his home and robbed of 81, 500
Two HUNDRED people living on the flats
on the west bank of the Mississippi at St
Paul were driven from their homes on the
II h by rapid rise in the river.
AS THE result OF an extensive shutdown
on the II h by the coke-producers OF the
Connellsville Pa) region six to seven thou
sand men We're thrown out of work. Low
prices for coke caused the suspension OF
work.
THAT part of Oconto. Wis, known as
Frenc htOwn," situated upon the fiat was
under water on the 18th, and many fami-
lies had been forced to move.
EIGHTEEN buildings were burned on the
10Th ut Wilmington, Del, at loss Of $75,-
600
DAVE WALKER, the "Bald Knobber" chief,
was convicted Of murder in the first degree
ut Ozark, Mo-, on the 18th, and sentenced
to be hanged May IS
NEAR Bradford, Pr. early on the morning
OF the 18th passenger train and Il freight
train collidsd, two engines and one hun
dred and twenty cars being wrecked and
several passengers were inj ured.
The ice carried away railroad pontoon
bridge at Wabasha, Wis, on the 10Th, and
about one million fee5 OF luml or belonging
to one of the Eau Claire companies
DETECTIVES who had been Investigating
the matrimonial record Of W. j. Brown, Of
Detroit, stated on the 18th that Brown had
no less thin twenty living wives in differ
ent portions Of the country.
ATMontevitieo, Mimi, thirty families were
driven from their homes on the 18th by
high Water
SIxTEEN passengers on a schooner from
Liverpool were prohibited from landing at
Boston on the 18th under the provisions of
tbs Contract-Labor law.
WILLIE GRADY. aged seven years, shot his
sister Ella, aged three years. in Chicago on
the 10Th while playing with a pistol sup
posed 10 be unloaded.
TH1RTY-E1GHT monuments for Pennsyl-
vania soldiers were located on the field of
Gettysburgh, Pa, on the 18th.
E. A. CoNs1GNY was elected Department
Commander Of the Iowa G. A. r at it's ses-
sion in Cedar Rapids on the 10Th
The New York Board of Trade and Trans
porration passed resolution on the 18th
asking the Legislature to appropriate ST.
OOO, 600 to improve the canals of the State
The village of Masseys, Md, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th, only one
i.dng being left standing
The employees of the several breweries In
Chicago struck on the 18th because the
proprietors claimed the right to employ
non-union men if they desired to-
J. S. SIMON, the defaulting treasurer of
Darke County. O., was on TIE 125h SEN
fenced to six years imprisonment in the
penitentiary and to pay fine of $48. OOO
AT the annual conference in Salt Lake
City on the 10Th of the Mormon church
MILFORD Woodruff, in behalf of the twelve
apostles, read an epistle urging the people
to cease practicing polygamy and to lead
pure lives
FOREST fires near Falmouth, Mass, had
done much damage on the ID h, and threat
ed destruction to villages IN the vicinity
MRS BESSIE H BULKLEY, only daughter Of
Judge c. J. Hillyer, of Washington, whose
recent elopement with young Buckley
caused a sensation in that city, committed
suicide on the 18th
The California House and twenty other
were DuIue dU D6pcI6, WIS, on
the 18th. Loss, $500
FOUR persons wore killed and ten injured
in a railroad wreck on the 18th ne.r Biz
miugham, Ala.
The Legislative, Judicial and Executive
Appropria ion bill, as agreed upon in the
National House COMMITTEES at Washington
on the 18th, appropriates 500. 472, 1914
BURGLARS effected an entrance into the
FIRST National Bank at st. townsville, N Y,
early on the morning of the 18th and plum
dered the vault of $50, 600 in cash.
NEAR Canton, O., John Brothers, farmer,
was swindled out of s., 900 on tue 1871 by
bunco men.
The bill for closing saloons on Sundays
and taking from nun ;cipal authorities the
power to permit saloons to be open on the
Sabbath passed the Ohio Legislature on the
18th.
AT Florida, N. Y, Joseph Birds dwelling
was burned on the 18Th, and his wife and
infant child persisted in the flames
The Governor of Nebraska issued proc
lamatiOn on the 18th organizing Grant
County.
AT Warsaw, N Y, Robert Van Brunt was
hanged on the 18th for the murder of Will
lam Roy, October 6, 1856; at Fergus Falls,
Mimi, Nels Olson Holong was hanged for
the murder OF Lilly Field May %, 1887,
and Chillers Banks \colored) was execu ed
at Wallisvilie, Tex, for the murder of Mar
tina Penderson June 10 last
DURING the seven days ended on the 18th
there were 1852 business failures in the
United States, against 1919 the previous
seven days The total failures from Janu-
ary to date were 8, 1862, against 3, 1872 in
the same time last year.
MRS. JOSEPH FRANcHT committed suicide
by hanging on the 18Th after quarrel with
her husband at A.ma. O.
HE ice was solid at Buffalo, N. Y, on the
18th, and vesselmen d d not expect to get
out before May TO-
The condition of trade throughout the
country was reported fairly active on the
18th.
JUDGE GORDON Chief Justice of the Penn
sylvania Supreme Court, decided on the
18th that saloon-keepers were responsible
for the safety of their customers, ind that
If q man was injured or lnsulted by any one
in saloon, or roughly handled by the bar
tender or proprietor, he could recover dam
ages
In Illinois Arbor Day was generally OBJ
served on the 18th At Springfield eight
hundred trees were planted, Governor
Oglesby assisting, and at Normal the pupils