Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
THE NORTHWEST.
Brief Mention Of News of General
interest.
ILLINOIS,.

the railroad track in front of u swiftly
4, moving freight train ~ few. days ago, and
the horses were killed and Mr.. Hess fatal
~ injured. %s.@;
Sanford Sherman, an eccentric but
wealthy citizen Of Lena, died recently.
He was supposed to have murdered his
wife's brother.
Rev. Father Herman Herman, pastor of
st. Mary's German Catholic Church at
3 Rock Island, died the other morning, aged
sixty-eight years.
At Rockton tho other morning Erastus
s. Bates, who had been out looking after
his stock, was found dead in q field, lean
ing against q tree, and at Harrison the
night before William Bates, while out on a
similar errand was found by his family
dead.
Ludwig Carlson, son of c. F. Carlson, a
.. GARNER living near Paxton, was drowned
recently while in swimming near his home.
At Galesburg few days ago Albert
Hedberg, who killed a Chicago, Burling-
.. ton & Quincy striking engineer some
weeks since, was discharged by the grand
jury.
Miss Edith Gundey, aged twenty years,
of Cornell, was drowned the other morn
ing. She was to have been married in 8
few days.
Thomas Mcclure, an old soldier and pen
sioner, was found dead recently near jack
sonville. His demise was due to natural
causes.
Edward NJ Breame, q blacksmith, COM
mitted suicide in Springfield the other day
by hanging Financial difficulties. He
left family.
At Sidell recently Alexander Fleming
was thrown from his buggy and instantly
killed.
A coroner's jury in Chicago which heard
the evidence concerning the death of Mrs
Mary NJ. Ruter, whose only physician was
a Christian science professor, recommend
ed in their verdict few days ago that the
States Attorney make an investigation Of
IOWA.
The district court at Clarion recently de-
clared that Miss Ella S. Brown was elected
school superintendent of Wright County
last fall. The Board of Supervisors, the
week after the election, gave the certificate
;. of election to j. R. McCollum, who, it was
claimed, had majority of three votes in
the county.
O. D! Littleton, ex-sherir of Polk County,
died few days ago of consumption at Des
Aoines, aged fifty-four years.
Wheat and oats and other grain in the
idly in the past few days
A decomposed body was unearthed near
~ensdorf's brewery in Sioux City the
er day, and rumor stated that 1.-The re-
rs were those of Henry Peters, the
cry driver who disappeared soon after
'ck's murder, but it was impossible
4, tify the corpse.
Ian Rapids seems to be almost on the
,r1 a potato famine. Potatoes are
se,1a, to obtain at present, even at a
NV. Oper bushel
na.a1.A storm visited Manly the other
,r;ol.,+1 lightning struck D. McKerch-
- o,,H and left it a complete wreck
.oa;5~-- al Church, fine structure,
EvangeIk uaseo'
ore.t,v he. in his field in Polk County
r1;,a ,,,ov;r. Arnheart and his horse
'ghtning and killed. and
e strack by l. 10'o1'oo " Snoch 'na'
ther man nearA~
# Burlington, was
J. &C. ,Blacklnsr:,i VI Tue Masonic
c+sd Crowd MI az, fOrty-fifth annual
.,Sd7I odrao L11,. i, Rapids recently.
ataC.aasr ors' Association
che Iowa Funeral Dizec, 'Ceoar haplos
sed a. two days. esien a oos' Oh tnat
: other day. II. B. Krt
zee, .vvss elected pr esident- - ne common
Joseph Geddes, = msauhoer Of t.. 'ago
,,,noil of Boone. died few day. Milford
M. s+ote Indu.trial Institute at will be
',,.ol, uraor wav The buildinp cost
rick, four stories high and will
I, 600. Ndt
The Board of Supervisors of Humb+ m
ounty pays bounty of three cents
triped, Eve cents on gray and ten cents Oh
ocket gophers.
&eyastopol and South Coon, Polk County,
we're visited the other night by terrific tt
all storm, and all vegetation was riddled
0 pieces.
In a fight over an old feud in Dubuque OK
county the other day William Dumeny
lit off Garrett Golfers nose Dc
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Mrs. Robert Martin, wife Of farmer nv "