Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-05

r'son, 2ll ,69s; Cleveland, 179, 81; streeter.
9, 100; Fisk, $50; total vote, 404,13O; Har.
rison's plurality, 81, ri. sssE
MARYLAND's new Congressional deleRa-
tton received their certificates on the 2Sth5
from the Governor It Is made up of two
Repu blicans and four Democrats. ss.
The biennial session Of the Vermont
Legislature adjnurne sine dk on the 28th.
COMPLETES official returns on the 2Sth
from every county in Wisconsin show as
follows: For Observation-Disclosures, 49,
$50; Cleveland, 155, $50; Fisk, H,977;
Streeter, $685. Harrison's plurality, a.
27l. For Governor-H Hoard, 1859; Nor.
gan, 155, 425; Durant, IA, 1853; Powell, 1896
boards plurality, ~, 27l.
Miss KATHERINE T. S1MoNDs on the 2Sth
completed her t1ftieth year Of service as
teacher in the Franklin school at Boston.
WILLIAM 81. FosTER, cashier of the
Astatlo Bank Of Salem, Mass, from 1928 to
1854, and probably the oldest bank official
In the country, died on the 3Oth ult., aged
nnety-one years.
The official canvassof the vote Of Ore
gon showed on the SOth ult the total vote
to have been u 9lS; the vote Tor Harrison,
81 1903; Cleveland, 26. 524; Fisk, 1,60;
Streeter, 1868; scattering. 81. Harrison's
plurality, 6, 769. +
The electora, vote Of California, official
| ~ announced on the 3Oth ult., was: Har.
| rtson, 124, 500; Cleveland, 1l7,729; Fisk,
5, 78l; Curtis, 1881. Harrison's plurality,
1850
| The official count Of the vote Of Maine
completed on the 30th ult. gives Harrison,
70, 734; Cleveland, 50,4S2; Fisk, $3.50;
Streeter, 1,345. Harrison,s plurality, 81
252 ,@ .
FOREIGN.
HIGH winds prevailed all along the Brit
ish coast on the 10Th, and many ships were
stranded The Clyde overlooked its banks,
and several factories at Pollokshaws were
| inundated.
IT was announced ON the eth that nine
fishermen had starved to death at Pom
inish, Ireland, OF the Donegal coast the
recent heavy weather having prevented
their return to the mainland.
AT Sidney, N. 8. W., ire on tho Goth
destroyed the Office Of the To,on and Co",,-
try Journal, entailing loss of $4,000
The village of Vaubecourt, France, was
Totally destroyed by fire on the 9th aud
thousands Of persons were rendered home
less and absolutely without shelter.
A L1FE-BoAT was upset on the eth at
Whitby, Eng. and twelve persons were
drowned.
M. HERTENsTEIN, President of Switzer-
land, died on the eth at Berne.
A BOAT race on the Paramatta river in
Australia on the 9th between Hanlau and
| Beach for e5OO side resulted in favor Of
| Beach.
A FIRE on the 9th at Yesbela de Saeua,
Cuba, destroyed forty-two houses and one
hundred families were rendered home
! less.
The Dominion Parliament is announced
to meet Thursday, January 81
ELEVEN persons were killed and ITS in
jured by the explosion Of boiler at Kin
eshma, Central Russia, on the 2Sth.
A PARcEL-Posr convention was signed on
the 18th between San Salvador and the
United States. Its terms are similar to
the convention with Mexico. The rate of
postage will be sixteen cents a pound.
The Spanish Cabinet on the 29th ult. ap-
proved the bill granting the suffrage to
! all citizens Of twenty five years of age who
have resided two years in their districts.
ADv1cEs Of the Goth ult. report heavy
mail robbery at Ottawa, Ont, including
registered letters from the United States.
W. F. OWENS, q we'll known horse
trainer, died in Toronto, Ont, on the Goth
alt, after a two days. illness. His name
was q familiar one on every race.course in
America 'rs..
AT Montreal, Can, on the 3Oth ult. three
boys while drunk lay down to sleep in an
old shanty, and when found one had been
frozen to death while the others were
barely alive
ADv1oEs of the Both ult say that Aus
tralia was suffering greatly from a pro-
| tracted drouth, which threatened famine
| and ruin. Thousands of sheep had per.
ished on the ranches.
A FIRE on the 30th ult destroyed forty
two buildings at Isabel, Cuba. The loss
was great, with very little insurance. The
origin Of the fire was accidental.