Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-16


Isaac Utter, prominent manufacturer
of Rockford, died recently, aged seventy
nine years, leaving wife and six children.
DR.. De Wolf, of Chicago, in lecture de-
livered at Baltimore recently is reported
to have said that there were from fifteen
hundred to two thousand too many physi-
clans in the State of Illinois.
IOWA.
Four deaths Of violent nature have oc-
Cured in Plymouth County within five
days. This beats the record of fatalities in
the history Of this county.
At the recent session in Iowa City of the
State Dental Association, the following
were elected officers: President, J. B.
Monford, Of Fairfield; Vice President and
Superintendent of Clinics, L. K. Fullerton,
of Waterloo; Secretary, G.. W. Mills, of
Winterset; Treasurer, +. NJ. Shriver, Of
Glenwood.
George Miner, ten years old, was killed
by lightning during storm at Creston a
few mornings ago.
A jury at Upton, recently awarded
Phoebe J. McMurrin $500 damages in q
suit against William T. Rigby for criminal
assault.
General Warner Lewis, of Dubuque, died
a few nights ago, aged eighty-three years.
He was Surveyor General Of Iowa, Wis
consin and Minnesota under Presidents
Pierce and Buchanan. For twenty four
years he had been recorder of Dubuque
County. His wife survives him. They
had lived together ifty-seve years.
Three Des Moines school-teachers of the
gentler sex have recently resigned, with
matrimonial intent.
The Soldiers Home at Marshalltown fur
nishes comfortable quarters for 15O infirm
veterans, and it is thought that it will be
filled to its capacity (3OO) by the close Of
the year:
The high water at Dubuque recently
swept away large section of the new
levee being constructed by General Booth
north Of the harbor, entailing loss of
several thousand dollars.
The annual conference of the Iowa Uni
tartan Association was held recently at
Davenport.
At Des Moines few days ago William
E. Shaher, aged twenty three years, son of
John R. Shaffer secretary of the State Ag-
ricultural Society, committed suicide by
shooting. Dependency was the cause.
A young Englishman at Sioux City was
thrown from vehicle recently and dislo-
Gated his neck. He had the vertebr@
pulled into place by man who came to his
assistance, and it was thought he would
recover.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy will
erect fine passenger station and Office
building at Ottumwa this season.
WISCONSIN,.
Within radius of twenty five miles from
Ac1 % hO1iDo 0f civ w n frOzo
to death during the winter have been found.
if Morse, one Of the oldest furniture
manufacturers in the State, and well known
in manufacturing circles of Southern Wis
,consin, died at his home in GAINESVILLE the
other morning. BE leaves wife and one
son.
At a recent fire on farm near Burling-
ton Albert Smith, a laborer, persisted try
ing to save goods. He leaves q widow.
Alex Asanger, laborer at the Ormsby
Lime Company's works, near Chiffon, was
killed by lightning recently. A hole about
one inch in diameter was found at the con-
ter of his heel.
Nathan Foote, of Rhinelander, was re-
Gently given q judgment against the Min
neapolis & Sault Ste Marie railway for
5000 for injuries.
Logs to the value of 900 were washed
away by the recent foods in the Chippewa
and Eau Claire rivers.
Joseph Pongor, head sawyer in Van
dusen's saw mill at Dorchester, accidental
Iy fell on the carriage few days ago, and
the saw sliced him lengthwise from head
to foot. Before the carriage could be
stopped he was divided into twenty pieces.
Mrs. A. b. Behnke committed suicide al
Watertown the other day by hanging her
self in the cellar of her house. Ill health
was supposed to have been the cause
Fred Harrison (colored) was arrested at
Milwaukee the oother day on the charge OF
having killed Patrick Hughes at Lima, O.,
on election day.
Governor Rusk has revoked the quaran
tine against Illinois cattle.
Martin II. Bovee, a Democratic politician
and chief mover in abolishing capital pun
ishment in many States, died at White
water recently, aged sixty one years.
D. s. Rose has rendered to Governor
Rusk his resignation of the county judge
ship of Lafayette, and will engage in thu
practice Of law at Milwaukee,. ,.- r.
The thirteen saw-mills in the Chippewa
valley have resumed operations. Thu
Chippewa output will be Coz, 0OO, 900 feet O.
new logs, and 100000 carried over from
last season. FL 49,. .--s-
Three glandered horses were recent.
discovered in Outagamie County and or
<7ere1 killed.