Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-01
DOMESTIC.

A FIRE on the 24th in O. G. Kings shoe
house at Newark, O., caused loss of
100000
SANFORD TANNER, rich bachelor Of Free
born County, MINI, was oonfidenced out
of $22, 600 by sharpers on the oath r
TIE total collections of internal revenue
for the first six months Of the fiscal year
lending Juna3O, 1883, were $62, 443, sos,
being an increase OF 81 .94O, 1O4 over the
collections during the corresponding period
of the previous fiscal year.
AT til recent annual meeting of the
Chautauqua Assembly, held in Buffalo, N.
Y, Dr. Vincent read report which gave
glowing account Of the good results accom-
plished by the assembly: Secretary Dun
can reported that the receipts from all
sources during the past year were $780,
291. IS and the disbursements $118. 1856 26.
The assembly receipts were $T, 675. 80
and the disbursements were 1888. 517. IS;
receipts from tickets, 1884, 1911. ID,
from Pc privileges, $37. 467. l3; from
percentages, SO, 964 48; donation, $45. 400;
expenses of programme, $50. 1856 So; other
expenses, $28. O29 81; permanentim improve
$12,9582 %. During the past four years the
floating debt has been paid and the perma-
nent debt has been reduced to about $751;
600 A recent decision of tho Supreme
Court in q case brought to test the right of
the assembly under tho old camp-meeting
leases gives the assembly full control of the
grounds .,.~, - 4.. = ~ =. ~ -
The Indiana Wool-Growers' Association
met at Indianapolis on the Oath and con-
demned the proposition to place wool on
the free list 80 &ts,s - IS ~ ~ gk = T..
A COMMUNICATION was transmitted to the
United States Senate on the 24th from the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue show
ing that the amount Of revenue collected on
liquors since the present system OF internal
revenue taxation went into effect on Sep
TENDER /, 1862, down to June 3, 1887, was
1,348, 628, O99.5 y = 4. ,ssa szE# ~4&.
Ira w. CoIBETH, mate of the bark D!
Chopin, of Boston, which was lost Mt sea
Christmas day, said on the, 25th that the
crew suffered fearful hardships, being adrift
in an open boat for ten days without water.
- A FIRE on the Goth in Barber & Co.'s
thread-mtll at Allentown. Pa, caused loss
of $3.50, 600.
MRS. A. J. ELLIS, of Kansas City, woke up
her twin children, month old, had been
smothered during the night "y.. T. - Z.
MEETING Of prominent colored people
was held at Pittsburgh, Pa on the 25th to
arrange for National emancipation holi-
day, and it was decided to hold q conven.
ton at Washington July /
LOCAL option was carried in Allegau
County, Mich, on the 18th by over 1, SOC
majority. This makes fourteen counties 1r
the State that have voted for local option.
The stallion Happy Medium, famous ovel
the whole country as sire OF tr0tters, dice
on the 25th near Lexington. Ky. He wa
twenty -four years old and valned q
100000 t55 ~ g. Es&@ s es.1
OWING to the depth of snow in tho forest
north of Fan Claire Wis deer were dyini
Of hunger on the 25th and were easil,
captured, and hunters were capturing larg
numbers of foxes and wolves
GANG of boys, aged from twelve to six
teen years, were arrested on the 25th q
Lafayette, Ind, for computing nnmerou
robberies, md they confessed to belongin,
to an organised gang for that purpose. i.