Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-04
NORTHWEST ITEMS.
Interesting News Compiled from
Many Sources.
ILLINOIS.

Interesting News Compiled from
Many Sources.
ILLINOIS.
NJ. Marty an old resident at Nuuvoo
hanged himself recently on account of
family troubles
Marshal Marsh recently sold the Central
Iowa Qilinois divisiou) railroad at public
: auction to James Munson, OF New York for
100000
In many parts of Illinois the outlook for
winter wheat is unfavorable.
Joseph Phillips wife, residing in small
house boat at Mound City, was horribly as
sanlted by negro the other afternoon
Governor Oglesby has appointed E. c.
Roster, OF KeWanee, a member Of the State
Board OF Education, vice Prof. A. s. Atwood
resigned
Having divided his time between two
wives, neither of whom knew of the others
existence, William Neugrass, Of Chicago.
was few days ago sent to prison for eight
cen months for bigamy The old Lothario
is himself tifty-three years of age, and his
two wives are aged fifty and fifty-tw years
respectively.
At the meeting of the Brewers Associa-
ton OF Chicago recently it was resolved
after May l next to deliver no beer to Gus
toners on Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Nelson Montgomery, of AL
ton, celebrated their golden wedding few
days ago.
Despondeut over the serious illness of a
daughter to whom he was deeply attached,
William j. Goggin, one OF the bravest OFF,
GERS of the Chicago police force, shot and
killed himself recently.
Eastman l. Loper's Touring mill at Car
linville was burned the other night. Insur-
ance, $4,000
The donations for the relief of Mount
Vernon thus far, from all sources. aegre-
gate $S3,OOO
Lyman W. Belts, an old resident OF
Bloominton, died suddenly the other night
from erysipelas, resulting from wound on
the nose, caused by twig striking him
In quarrel at Latham few days ago
over debt of fifty cents W. B. Brown shot
and killed Thomas s. Tasaway, thirty-tive
years of age, a farmer and a man of family
Joel Lathrop, a young farmer near Ches-
terv1lle, committed suicide recently by
poison on account of financial troubles.
At Carlinville recently the thirteen-ycar-
old adopted son of John Die,z shot and
mortally wounded William Wineland. The
latter killed the boys father last fall, the
victim on his death-bed making the boy
promise to take Wineland's life The boy
kept his word, and is now in Jail
IOWA
Waldo Parkhurst, a well-known farmer
who had lived near Davenport for fifty
years, died recently.
George Miller, a swltchman in the Chi
cago & Mort hwestern yards at Boone, was
crushed to death by the cars a few nights
ago.
julius Toefpke and wife were arrested at
Davenport recently charged with causing
the violent death OF a child left in their
care. The child was one year old. The
right arm was broken near the shoulder.
the lett arm broken near the wrist, the
right side of the thorax broken in and the
ribs from the fourth to the eighth all
fractured
Mrs Abrams, of Sheffield, committed
suicide by drowning a few days ago while
temporarily insane.
At the annual school election at Iowa
Falls recently it was found that the ballot
box had been stuffed, containing eleven
ballots more than there were names on the
poll list new election was ordered
The Franz Brewery at Sioux City, man
aged by John Arensdorf at the time of the
Haddock murder, was leased a few days
ago, to be used as butter and egg depot
Adam Hart has begun suit for five thou
sand dollars damages against William
Lerch, ex-salOon-keeper at Sioux City. for
an assault
Postville man let span of horses
starve to death. His excuse was that he
was too poor to buy feed for them.
Thirty six girls at the Iowa Wesleyan
University have adopted uniform consist
ing OF caps and loose fitting garments-a
cross between blouse and a Mother Hub
bard
William Wilkerson, a wealthy farmer
near Kelsey, la., was worked recently to
the tune of $500 by couple of confidence
men.
J. B. Christians elevator and the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy freight depot at Ham
burg were consumed by fire the other night,
involving loss Of $4,000
A. W. ,Allysworth, of Council Bluffs, shot
and killed George Hill at Waterloo, Neb, a
few days ago, and was subsequently fatally
shot by the city marshal.
Twenty-Five or thirty deaths have &C.
Cured within short time at Clarin da from
'diphtheria.
WISCONSIN.
Harry NJ Adams, a clerk at Beloit threw
some celluIOld cults into smOulder1ng
fire, and stood over the Goals to see if the
cuffs would ignite, when there was an ex-
plosion and he was frightfully burned
about the face and neck
At Western Junction few days ago a
child of Mrs Henry Baker accidentally hit
his little brother on the head with an axe.
The mother tainted at the sight and died
few hours later, but the injured boy would
recover.
The recent wet snow and rainfall has
forced an abandonment of all logging OPP
erations in Northern Wisconsin, and many
contractors who have not finished their
promised cut will lose heavily.
A number of residents of Southern Wis
consin are said to be preparing to build