Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
house on the 14th. 1t was thought Bron-
son killed his wife and then took his own

AT KANSAS ClIy, NO., OH bll6 l4Cn r.. i.
Plank, of San Francisco, was elected presi-
dent of the international Typographical
Union.
A STORM on the 14th did considerable
damage in Hancock County, O., houses be-
ing struck by lightning, fences blown
down and orchards ruined.
AT the session of the Supreme Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, at Cincinnati on the
18th William Ward, of Newark, n. j., was
chosen Supreme Chancellor.
In saloon row at Monarch, COL, on the
18th gambler named Schenck shot and
killed George Davis and fatally wounded
an unknown man. A mob then took
Schenck and hanged him to telegraph
pole.
AT Aitkin, MIMI, the Mississippi river
had on the 14th completely submerged the
residence portion of Hungerford's addition,
and many families had been compelled to
vacate their homes. The backwater in
Mud river had caused hundreds of families
along its banks to leave.
In quarrel on the 18th over fifty cents
involved in settlement of sale of cattle
at Las Vegas, sixteen shots were fred and
two men killed.
TIM WILLIAMS, Lebanon Comm her
NIT, aged seventy six years, was stung to
trying to hive.
MRS. HICKMAN was fatally burned at her
home at Little Rock, Ark, on the 14th
She was lightinga fire with kerosene, when
the can exploded.
GEORGE KLINE and William Keefe, aged
eleven and ten years respectively, were
drowned on the 18th in Winons cove, near
Baltimore, Nd, while bathing
THE main building of the Salem Mass
Lead Company was burned with its con-
tents on the 14th Loss, $115,OO0.
A FIERCE storm on the 14th at Tiffin, O.,
caused much damage to grain and fruit
SHERIFF JOHN RAINS and his son were
killed at Jacksboro, Tex, on the 14th by w.
W. Terrell. An old family feud was the
cause of the fight.
ELISHA PRINCE, of Emanuel County, Ga.
who deserted his wife three months ago
returned on the 14th, and when she refused
to again live with him he shot her dead and
then killed himself.
A SEVERE storm on the 14th blew down
houses in Big Bend, Mandt and Barnes
Vile and other towns of Northern Mime
sofa, and injured several persons. The
damage was very great.
The Wabash National Bank was organ
lied at Wabash, Ind, on the l4th.
A CHINAMAN was on the 18th said to be
at the head of the opium smuggling gang
whose transactions were recently brought
to light at Port Huron, Mich. They have q
capital of over a million dollars
LIGHTNING struck one Of the wire cables
OF the Wisconsin Telephone Company at
Milwaukee ON the 14th, melting it and do
ing thousands of dollars worth of damage
AT the Garfield homestead at Mentor, O..
on the 18th Mollie Garfield was married to
j. Stanley Brown, formerly President Gar
fields private secretary, and her brother
Harry married Bell Mason, eldest daughter
of Hon. James Mason, famous as railroad
lawyer.
ALL the window-glass factories of Pitts
burgh, Pa, and the West closed down on
the 18th to remain closed until September
l, or longer, unless the workers and en-
ployers agreed on a scale Of wages
In race on the 18th at Ironton, O., one
jockey was killed and another crippled for
life
The American mills at Fall River Mass,
were struck by lightning on the 18th and
totally destroyed by fire. Loss, 100000.
ELDER JOHN w. TYLER, venel able min
lister of the Christian church, was fatally
injured in runaway accident at Decatur,
ILL.,, on the 18th.
were homeless on the 18th owing to the re-
cent fire, and a mass-meeting had been
called at Ishpening to provide help.
A POWDER explosion on the 18th in the
Armstrong cement works at Kansas City
killed three men.
TwESTY-FoUR freight cars filed with
general merchandise were burned on the
18th at Philadelphia Loss, 100000.
TRAJN-wPECECDo <,,rpo1 o1ry;to1 ~, %ho
Wisconsin Central road on the 18th at
Westboro, Wis, and a sleeper was thrown
from the track, severely injuring several
persons.
NEAL STARK, sixteen years Of age, was
convicted at Atlanta, Ga, on the 18th Of
numbering his elder brother, and was SEN
fenced to life imprisonment
FLORENCE HILTON, the daughter of
wealthy parents, committed suicide with
poison at her home in Goldsberry, No., on
the 18th because her lover had Tilted her.
GRAssHOPPERs in countless sWarms ap-
peared in Southern Indiana on the 18th
and were destroying all vegetation.
LIGHTNING caused a 100000 fire at AL
bany, N. Y, on the 18th.
A w1ND-sToRM on the 18th at Licking
ton, Ore, wrecked seven buildings and
killed two persons. The school-house,
containing many pupils, was totally de-
stroyed and many pupils were injured.
FRANK MYERS, fifty eight years old, &C.
cidently killed himself on the 18th ut
Northampton, Mass, while trying to shoot
dog.
A TEMPEST ragged on the 18th on Staten
Island, N. Y, causing great destruction of
property.
THERE were 200 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 18th, against 2o7 the previous seven
days.
A BRONZE equestrian statue of Israel
Putnam, the Revolutionary hero, erected
by the State, was unvailed at Brooklyn,
Conn.,, on the 18th.
GRAssHoPPERs were doing much damage
on the 18th in Otter Tail County, MINI.
Two BOYS, each aged eight years, while
playing in a boat on the 18th at Port Jeffer-
son, L. l., drifted out to sea and were lost.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE Union Labor State convention met
at Waterville, Me-, on the 18th and nomi-
mated w. II. Simmons for Governor. Reso-
lutions we're adopted favoring postal
banks, Government control of telegraphs
and railroads and an income tax. and de-