Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-06

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Thomas Probert, q Detroit taxidermist,
and his son john went fishing at Brighton
beach few days ago. At point two miles
below on the river the boat was upset by
sudden squall, and the little boy clasped his
father closely around the neck aud both
were drowned.
Charles Wakelee, of Battle Greek, has q
shilling in scrip which bears the date of
October Is, IT'S. 1t was issued ''according
to an act of General Assembly of Pennsyl-
via in the fifteenth year of tho reign of
his Majesty George ILL.," On tho back 10
inscribed: ITO counterfeit is death"
MINNESOTA.
Warren Granger, for many years q real
was one of the organizers of the Repub-
lican party, but for the past year resi-
dent of St. Paul, died the other day, aged
seventy-one years.
Crops in the Northwest have materially
improved, and wheat in Southern Mime
sofa is now in better condition than
thought possible month ago.
Andrew Nelson was killed by passenger
train near Heron Lake recently. He was
supposed to have been intoxicated.
was member Of the Minnesota Legisla-
ture from the Pembina district in 1851, and
to attend the sessions of that body was
obliged to travel five hundred miles by dog
sled or on snow shoes.
A Mr.. Gardner, from Wisconsin, in at
tempting to board cable-car in St. Paul
few days ago received injuries from
which he soon died.
The dead body of Frank Schoenert was
found by his wife in the alley in the rear Of
their residence at Minneapolis q few day
ago. The indications pointed to murder.
The warehouse connected with the st.
Anthony elevator at Alexandria burst the
other morning. It contained thirty thou
sand bushels Of wheat. The building was
total wreck.
The body of the man .Bonville, who was
tortured and killed by the Indians near
Duluth, was found recently.
E. D. Church miller, of Sterling, ILL.,,
with syndicate of Duluth business men,
have made arrangements to build -four
ing mill in Duluth with q capacity capital Of
six thousand barrels. The mill will be the
largest in the world.
John Fitzgerald, an English oarsman and
trainer, has arrived at Duluth to act as
trainer for the Duluth Boat Club.
The annual examination of the classes of
the Minnesota School for the Deaf took
place at Fairbault few days ago. This
year completes the first quarter cent ury of
the existence of the institution.
The worlds record for rapid loading Of
wheat was recently beaten at elevator "a, !"
in Duluth. The steamer Monteagle made
fast to the dock, adjusted six receiving
spouts, took on SC, 200 bushels of wheat, and
was away from the dock in forty nine min
utes.
The other day the farmers of the sur
rounding country met at Carthage and
perfected the organization of the Farmers
Elevator Company.
George Daggle, of Sioux Falls, died from
poison at Clarion, Ia, recently. His wife,
who is an actress of Ford's Dramatic Com
pany, was known to have purchased NOR
phine, and it was not known whether it
was case of accident, suicide or murder.
three-ton organ has been added to the
equipment of the Baptist church at Ver-
million.
The st. Lawrence brick-y yard is manu-.
featuring six thousand brick per day.
The Masonic fraternity at St. Lawren CO
has organized chapter Of the order of the
Eastern Star
A young gentleman at Bismarck, Weldon
Webster, has invented a typewriter that
double discounts the machines in use, as
far as speed is concerned. It will make
eighth words a minute in the hands of q
fair writer.
Deadwood is the headquarters for. over
two hundred mining companies.
The Territorial 'Commandery, knights
Templar, which includes eleven command
cries, having total membership of about
eight hundred, held its annual session re-
Gently at Aberdeen.
Mrs Spencer and Miss Mcclellan, one
the wife, and the other the daughter of q
rancher, were drowned the other day near
Rapid City. They slipped off foot-log
crossing stream which was highly swollen
by the late rains.
The largest acreage of corn ever planted
in Bon Homme County was put in this
year:
A petition is being circulated and numer-
ously signed throughout the Black Hills
begging that one day in seven be given to
the miners. ts -
James H. Black, of Potter County, re-
| Gently lost by fire his house, furniture,
| clothing and every thing that he had in tho
| line of necessary household articles.
! The members of the bar of Dakota have
called convention of the lawyers of ga
kota to be held at Huron July IL, 1883, for
the purpose of considering measures which
| may aid the cause of division of the Ter
ritory, and the admission to the Union Of
South Dakota and North Dakota as two
| States. ~
There is talk of reviving the chain gang
| on grand scale at Sioux Falls as solI,
ton Of the bum problem.