Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-29

IN CMcagO, Wae fatally shot on the I'D by
his brother Ethan Allen Aolton, who point
ed pistol at his brother, not knowing it
was loaded, and the weapon was dis
charged.
The grand jury in Chicago on the Esd
found six indictments against William B.
Tascott five of the indictments being for
burglary and one for the murder of Amos
J. Smell
HE Grand Army of the Republic of In
diana, In session on the 23d ut Indian apo
lis, elected Argus D. Van Osdel, of Madison,
Commander.
INITIAL. meetings were held In Boston on
the 23d in movement looking to the erec-
ton of memorial building to Wendell
Phillips
COLONEL j. w. FEaHAN, of Emporia, was
elected Commander of the Grand Army of
the Republic OF Kansas ut it's seventh an.
nual encampment in Winfield ON the Esd
The town Of Co.dwater, Kan, was almost
entirely destroyed by fire on the 23d
The eighth annual encampment of the
Minnesota Grand Army of the Republic
began ut Minneapolis ON the Esd.
Two MASKED men took possession OF q
Southern Pacific train in Arizona ON the
Esd, just after leaving STEMS Pass, m:
coupled the engine and express car from
S~AS WV VA
further robbed the express car of large
amount of valuables
The Treasury Department at Washington
on the Esd issued warrants for the payment
Of SIC, 600. 900 on account OF pensions
THOMAS DICKSON, treasurer of Morrow
County, O., was arrested at Cleveland ON
the 23d charged with embezzling ST, sos
A YOUNG man and woman, who had Just
arrived from Philadelphia, were found
dead near the city hall in Camden, N j.,
on the 23d The man first shot his COM
p inion and then killed himself They were
unknown.
THE output of coal during 1887 In the
second anthracite district of Pennsylvania
reached 5.O43, SIS tons, an increase over
1886 of S1O.O 6O tons In mine accidents
fifty two men were killed and LAG wounded.
By the sudden breaking OF u large boom
of logs in the Palouse river, near Colfax,
W. T.. on the 23l Moses Ebert and an un-
known man were killed and three others
were fatally injured.
Mrs. Julia SANDaREN was found in a dy-
ing condition in house in Chicago on the
esd and in the same room were found the
dead bodies of her two young children.
Mrs. Sandgren died in short time Star
walton was thought to have caused the
deaths.
LEWIS MOORE (colored) was hanged on the
23d at Georgetown, Va Moore ascribed his
misfortune entirely to whisky, and begged
his hearers to beware of it.
The trustees of the Grant Monument Com
mittee held their annual meeting on the
23d in New York, and elected William R
Grace president The amount of the fund
on deposit was stated to be 1926, l62
MRS. JOHN WnLHoRTE, who lived near Bel
lowing Springs. Ga. was seized with apo
plexy on the 23d, and falling into an open
CRATE was burned to death
AT the National Encampment Of the
Union Veteran League in Youngstown, O. :.
on the 23d General A. l. Pearson, OF Pitts
burgh, Pa, was elected Commander
The G. A. R. Encampment Association of
Missouri, Kansas, Colorado Arkansas, ILL.,
no1s, Iowa and Nebraska was organized at
meeting of Grand Army men in Kansas
City on the 23d
NNErY-THREE residents of Chicago and
suburbs-lnen and women prominent in re-
ligious work-addressed petition to the
mayor on the 23d asking that an ordinance
be passed prohibiting Sunday performances
at the theaters
JOSEPH WILKINSON, Of Albany, n. Y, who
says he has attained some notoriety as
sleeper, challenges any Rip Van Wrinkle to
q match of 142 hours or more. for anv
amount from 81 600 to 81, 500
JOHN DoNAHUE of Troy, O., who lost both
his legs in railroad accident, brought suit
to recover $50, 1000, aud the jury on the
Oath awarded him $4,000
j. ]. SPALD1NG l. Co., printers, of Chicago,
failed on the OATH. The firm was an old
one and favorably known.
AT the second annual meeting of the
American Association of Importers and
Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses on the Oath
in Wabash, Ind, Harmon Wolf of that city,
was elected presd mt
FIRE on the "a h in Peet l. Co.'s three
story iron-clad building in Pittsburgh,
Pa, caused a loss of 100000
TREASURES DICKSON, of Marion County,
O., was arrested ON the Oath, charged with
being defaulter to the extent of $40, 600
suffering among the people at Mount Yer
non, ILL.,, who were made homeless by the
recent cyclone.
FIRE on the Oath at Toledo, O., in the
building occupied by the & ade Printing &
Paper Company, caused a loss OF 100000.
DURING the seven days ended on the Oath
there were 1873 business failures in the
United States, against 236 the previous
seven days The total failures since Jan
uary to date number 2, 112, against 2, 141
in the same time last year.
The State encampment of the Minnesota
G. A. r at it's session in Minneapolis on
the Oath elected ]. b Eye, Of Minneapolis,
Commander.
DANIEL J. WREN, one of the convicted
Chicago boodlers, was taken to the peniten-
tiary at Joliet on the Oath under a sentence
OF two years.
UNDER the new law Francis Herbert, of
Detroit, Mich, who assaulted thirteen
year-old girl, was on the Oath sentenced
for life in the penitentiary at hard labor:
AN assignment was made on the Oath by
Murlock Brothers Exchange Bank of Can
on City, Col The liabilities were Sill
800
SENATOR SToCKBR1DGE, of Michigan, on the
Oath sold his famous trotting stallion Bell
Boy to Kentucky parties for $50, 600 The
Senator purchased the horse one year ago
for SIS, OOO
FULL returns on the oath from Oceana
County, Mich, showed that it had gone for
local option, making thirty -one counties in
the Suite so far declared dry.
The Dayton, Fort Wayne & Chicago rail-
way went into the hands OF receiver on
the 24th.
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