Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-18
THE NORTHWEST.
Brief Mention Of News Of General
interest.
ILLINOIS.


Interest.
ILLINOIS.
E. j. Brown, a prominent farmer of Hud-
son. fell dead the other day from heart
disease while riding along public high
way.
gyle the other day Daniel Campbell killed
John o'Leary by striking him on the head
with wooden bar Both men were insane.
The packing in Chicago for the twelve
months ended March l was 1882, pa
hogs, decrease from the previous year Of
69S, 697 head The number of cattle
slaughtered was 10000 against 1,6OS,
2O2 for the same time in 1SS6-S7.
Willie Chenoweth was shooting at tar
get in Decatur recently, Tut aimed badly,
and Instantly killed George Weaver, two
years old
Thomas Malia's saloon at Coal City was
burned few mornings ago. and he per-
ished in the flames
Colonel James White, an old and WE'LL
known resident of Springfield, died the
other morning, aged ninety two years
DR.: G. W. Chase, once a popular and re-
spected physician of Chicago, and widely
known as specialist for nervous diseases,
tried to hang himself in o police station
recently. Whisky caused his downfall
Johnny Wheeler, thirteen years old,
while playing with revolver at Rock ISL
and few days ago shot himself through
the heart and died instantly.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company
has borrowed ST. 600, 600 with which to
complete and equip its branch lines
A nOSt-Offica has hoon ocfohlieho1 Ot
Cypress Johnson County, and John Jordan
appointed postmaster:
A boiler exploded in H. c. Fink's saw
mill at Bement the other day and James
R Mitchell and Isaac Holden were killed.
and Fl. E Fink badly and John Henry
slightly wounded
James Milhken and James Campbell, sa-
loon-keepers in Cement, Piatt County, were
fined $500 each recently for selling liquor
to minors
At the funeral of John s Brown in
shawneetown the other day the floor gave
way, preciri at'ng people, coffin and
furniture into deep cellar Many persons
were badly bruised
Two sea birds were killed on the Sanga-
mon river recently at Monticello ty Will
lam Hoss er. The birds were the cele-
brated black cormorants, and are seldom
even seen except near the ocean.
IOWA.
Buhman, tried recently for murder in
Vinton, was acquitted
Charles E. Ransom, leading lawyer in
Iowa City, died in New York the other
morning, where he had gone to receive
surgical treatment
Rev. p F. Hardin, a Methodist minister,
committed suicide in Green County the other
day by shooting: No cause was assigned
He was laughing and talking but q few
moments before the deed.
Edward James Holiness for eight years
clerk Of the Supreme Court of Iowa, died
suddenly few days ago at Des Moines, aged
fifty eight years
Captain Char es J. Swan, prominent
lawyer at Sioux City, died suddenly from
apoplexy early the other morning.
The reunion of the Twelfth Iowa In
fantry was held recently at Waterloo The
next reunion will be held at Sioux City -four
years hence.
Mrs G. ". Theissen, aged forty -fve years
wife of one of the wealthiest residents OF
Mason City, committed suicide by hanging
the other afternoon. Mental arrangement
was supposed to be the cause.
The State National Bank of Sioux City
has been put into the hands of Bank Exam
liner CIR. fl h by vote of the directors, the
reason being that the capital has been i'm.
paired and The law in some respects not
complied with. Depositors will lose moth
ing.
A six-foot vein of soft coal of good quail
tty was found recently near Lawn Hill
Black Hawk County, at depth of go
feet
1t is alleged that saloon-keepers in the
State are making preparations to sell i'm
ported liquors, lawyers setting up the claim
that the sale of imported intoxlcants car
not be stopped SO long as they remain ii
the original packages
At Sioux City the other day D! W. Woo
laid claim to the So, 600 reward offered il
the Haddock murder case, claiming it or
the ground that he secured the return Of
Lsavitt, on whose evidence Fred Muncratt
was convicted of granddaughter:
Arecent fire in b. l. Spencer's wholesale
grocery at Oskaloosa caused loss Of $685..
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