Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
Probably no loss than 5000, 900 will be
expended this winter by Marinstte mill mon
In imprOW wing their mills.
MICHIGAN.

expended THIS winter Dy Marln0tt0 mill men
TN improving their mills. "
IL MICHIGAN. ii
The Manistee Salt 4 Lumber Company OF
Manistee made an assignment tho other
morning. The liabilities 'yere figured at
1864, O86, and the assets at 81. 26O, Gal.
The Supreme Court has decided two
points of tho new State Liquor law unoon-
st1tutional One was the provision extend
Ing the Detroit police control to the town.
| ships adjoining Detroit, and the second
was the provision authorizing the arrest of
liquor-law breakers without process
Charles 7. Foster Post G. A. r., of Ian
sing, is spending 5000 at the Philadelphia
mint In having bronze souvenir medal
made for each delegate to the coming March
State encampment OF the Grand Army,
which will he held at Lansing.
During 1887 railroads In Michigan earned
$50. $4,000, an increase over 1886 of
So, 33s, O57.
The Battle Creek and Bay City Railroad
Company was organized ut Alpha recently
with A. w Wright, President; s. O. Fisher,
Vice Presidents; s s Hubert, Secretary; w.
H. Tarsey, Ire ,surer: The general offices
will DO at Battle Creek.
fire damaged the Union Touring mills
| of Faxon, Williams l. Faxon, ut Detroit, the
other night to the amount OF $3l, 900;
fully insured
The Grand river broke into the Star coal
mine near Jackson q few mornings ago,
filling it with water: The break was a So
rious one, and it would be impossible 10 work
the property again this winter.
Explorations for natural gas are to be
made at Charlotte .
William Johnston, a prominent druggist
OF Detroit, was drowned at Amherstburg,
Ont, in the Detroit river, few days ago
by the upsetting of boat
Helena Fisher, of Detroit, has sued the
Grand Trunk railway for $50, 900 for tho
loss of her husbands life
Harris 4 Shepard's brick hardware store
in LINDEN was burned the other day. Loss,
ST.. 900; insurance, 81, 600
David Henning, the Michigan apple
king" began his career as a journeyman
cooper: He is the most distinguished man
| in his line in the world, and frequently
buys and distributes as many as 125, 900
! barrels OF apples in season.
The burglar who recently entered the
Kalamazoo female seminary, and in the
! struggle with pluoky young woman had q
| button torn OF his coat, has been identified
and arrested by means Of the missing but
ton.
MINNESOTA.
W. N. Foote was to have married q WELL
| known young lady OF Duluth The day be-
| fore the day set for the wedding she sud-
denly changed her mind and wrote to MI:
| Foote that she would not marry him.
The treasurer of the Bricklayers' Union at
| Minneapolis absoonded the other day with
5000
A bucket loaded with sand and rock be-
gan 70 descend rapidly in we'll, through
| an accident, near Owatonna, few days
| ago The man below was In danger of in
slant death, when Charles Stoughton caught
the flying handle Of the windlass just in
| time. He stopped the bucket within three
feet Of the mans head, but in doing so re-
ceived a severe cut and q fractured skull
Mr.. Vinson, aged eighty seven years, and
! John Dibblee, aged sixty-seve years, early
! settlers in Princeton, died few days ago
Peter Barrett, the second of the convicted
murderers Of Car driver Tollafson, at Min
neapOlis was sentenced to be hanged re-
| Gently. Henry, the third brother, and the
one who turned States evidence was under
guard
John Kinney, who Is wanted at Mime
| apOlis for stealing $15. 900 worth Of post
age stamps, was arrested in Chicago few
days ago
A fire at C1oquet the other morning de-
stroyed the McKennon block and two other
buildings, causing q loss of $40, 900; in
sured for So, OOO
Local architects already have work
amounting to one million dollars in build
ings to be erected in Duluth this summer
Mr.: Martin, of Utica, after having a
quarrel at q masquerade ball few nights
| ago went home and committed suicide, be-
! ing found frozen leaning against his wood
shed.
Pierre Bottneau, an old Government
| scout of Red Lake Falls hereafter will re-
ceive 500 per month pension.
Henry Bailey. wanted at Wabasha for
horse-steallng, was recently captured in
the woods OF Northern Wisconsin.
| Methodist State convention will be-
held ut ST. Paul March 81 to 20 Lay men,
bers from oil conferences, including the
German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, az
| we'll as the English, are expected to be In
attendance. The object Of the convention
is to promote the interest Of Methodism in
the Northwest.