Mower County transcript., 1888-11-14

{5s4 oUR0LARS entered 0nlrK'8 1oWelry store
at Anderson, Ind, on the 8th while the
proprietor was at supper and robbed it OF
1 ~, COO worth Of watches, rings and chains.
THE wholesale grocery house Of Jacob
Wollauer at Milwaukee was burned on
the Sth, causing a loss Of slOO, ,OOO
One of the biggest gas wells in North
western Pennsylvania was struck on tho
Sth about fourteen miles from Warren.
THE plans for the celebration OF the
centennial of Washington's inaugural,
April 30, 1889, in New York, will include
services Of praise and Thanksgiving in tho
different churches, with special services
ut St Paups Church, which Washington
attended one hundred years ago; also
prayer by DR.. Storrs, q poem by Whittier,
q speech ty the President and benediction
by Archbishop Corrigan.
AN official order placing General Alfred
Pleasanton on the retired list was issued
by the Secretary Of War on the Sth.
THE large hotel at Long Beach on the
coast twenty miles from Los Angeles, Cal
was entirely destroyed by fire on the Sth.
Loss, $10O,OO0
DANIEL ]. HERrY, the pedestrian, COW
cred thirty three and three -fourths miles
in four hours at Newburg, N Y, on the
Sth, beating the four-hour American
record. ~ r
The Indiana Paper and Bagging Com
pany's mill at South Bend was destroyed
by fire on the 6th. Ltss, 500, 600; insur-
ance, $4,000 -
A MASKED highwayman held up the
stage near Downieville, Cal, on the Sth,
and secured e, 500 from the express box.
SAMUEL BROWN, a farmer living near
North Liberty, Ia, was murdered by his
insane vita on the 9th. j.. g-,.~. ..s =.
NATURAL gas was struck at Columbus,
Ind, on the 9th.
SANFORD & Sons carpet mills at Am
sterdam, N. Y, which had been shut down
for some time, resumed operations on the
9th, giving employment to two thousand
persons.
A FIRE on the 9th in the steam gauge
and lantern works at Rochester, N. Y,
res ulted in the death Of six persons, four
others being fatally wounded. The smoke
was so dense that the men could not reach
the t1re-escapes, and were compelled to
jump from the third story.
OVER two hundred workmen at the
Brooklyn IN. W navy yard were dis
charged on the 9th because of lack Of
work.
ADvICEs of the 9th from st. Paul Mimi
predicted decrease in the log crop of the
coming season Of perhaps twenty per cent.
from last seasons cut.
JOHN l. OELIN, prominent business
man of Monroeville, Ind, while crossing
the track Of the Fort Wayne road on the
9th was struck by train and instantly
killed.
AN explosion on the 9th in q coal mine
near Pittsburg, Kan, eutombed one hun
dred and fifty eight men who were at
work one hundred and twelve feet from
the surface, and it was feared that all
perished.
ALL over Kansas a furious snow-storm
prevailed on the 9th, the heaviest ever
known at this season Of the year.
AN unknown man jumped into the river
at Niagara Falls on the 9th and was car
ried over the falls.
BIZ the fall Of scaffold on the 9th at Stam-
ford, Conn.,, two men were killed and two
others were fatally injured.
WHITE and Muskatitusk rivers over
flowed all the bottom lands near Seymour,
Ind, on the 9th. A number of live stock
were drowned and thousands of bushels of
corn were washed away.
DURING the twenty -four hours ended on
the 9th there were 20 new cases of yel-
low fever at Jacksonville, Fla, and
deaths from the disease. Total cases to
date, 4, 421; total deaths, 379.
A FALL of slate on the 9th at the Willow
Grove coal mines near McDonalds, Pa,
crus he'd to death man named Jules
Leese and an unknown boy.
DURING the seven days ended on the 9th
there were 226 business failures in the
United States. against 275 the previous
seven days.
STEVE BRoD1E jumped from the Pough-
keepsie IN. ~ bridge into the Hudson
river On the 9th, two hundred and twelve
feet, and received Injuries from which he
might die. The leap was made for a wager
of $500.
f. Mrs. PARS1EF CHoUTAU was defeated on
the 9th in an important litigation involv-
ing 81, 100000 worth Of real estate in Kan
sas City, Mo. Her claims were barred by
! the statute of limitations.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THOMAS MURRAY died on the 9th at Du-
buque Ia. He was probably the oldest
rars in tho State hAino nm p1,.od IN n