Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-04
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

MARION DARLINGTON died on the 23d at
Churchill, Tenn, aged one hundred and
ten years. She was q native of Georgia
and distinctly remembered when George
Washington was President. Her descend
ants number 200.
CHARLOTTE SoMERs (colored), of Gales
burg, ILL.,, died on the 25th, aged one hun
dred and twelve years.
BENJAMIN HARRISON, of Indiana, and
Levi P. Morton, of New York, were nomi-
mated for President and Vice President of
the United States by the Republican con-
vention in Chicago on the 25th. General
Harrison's nomination was made on the
eighth ballot, which stood as follows: Har-
rison, 544; Sherman, 11s; Alger, 100;
Gresham, 50; Blaine, 5; Mckinley, 4.
Governor Foraker, Of Ohio, then moved
that the nomination be made unan-
imous, and the motion was carried
with enthusiasm. The ballot for Vice.
President was as follows: Levi P. Morton,
591; w. w. Phelps, of New Jersey, 119; w.
o. Bradley, of Kentucky, 1903; B. K Bruce,
of Mississippi, II; Walter F. Thomas, of
Texas, l. The nomination of Morton was
made unanimous. Mr.. Boutelle, of Maine,
moved that the following resolution
be added to the platform, and
the motion was carried unanimously:
1.-THE first concern of all good govern
ments is the virtue and sobriety of the peo-
pie and the purity of the home The Re-
Publican party cordially sympathizes with
all wise and well-directed efforts for the
promotion of temperance and morality"
The convention then adjourned sine dte
ROWLAND GIBSON HAZARD, the noted
f1nancier, literateur, mathematician and
metaphysician, died suddenly at his resi-
dence in Peacedale, R. l., on the 25th, in
the eighty sixth year Of his age.
SYDNEY HOWARD GAY, a well-known
journalist, died at New York on the 26th,
aged seventyfour years.
DANIEL BARTLETr, of Findlay, O., was
one hundred years old on the Goth. His
father and mother died at the ages of one
twelve years, respectively.
THE committee selected by the recent
Democratic convention to notify Mr.. Cleve-
land of his denomination fulfilled it's mis-
sion on the Goth, and he accepted thehonor.
Ar meeting of the National Democratic
Committee in Washington on the Goth w.
H. Barnum, Of Connecticut, was reelected
chairman Of the committee.
GENERAL HARRIsoK's house at Indianap
oils, Ind, was thronged by visitors on the
26th to congratulate him upon his nomina-
ton for the Presidency by the Republica n
convention. He also received thousands
of kilograms. In the evening mass meet
ing was held at Tomlinson Hall.
The Prohibitionists of the Fourteenth
Illinois district on the 18th nominated A..
F. Smith, Of Decatur, for Congress.
GENERAL SHERIDAN's continued prostra-
ton caused the most intense anxiety to his
friends on the 18th, and an effort would
Immediately be made to remove him to
Nonquitt, Buzzsrd's Bay, Mass.
GARDNER BARBER, one hundred and two
years old, and the oldest pensioner in the
United States, was examined as to his CON-
potency in the Detroit probate court on the
18th.
THB Republicans Of the Twentieth nli-
nois district nominated George w. Smith
for Congress on the 9th.
The Republican State convention Of Yer
mont, in session on the 9Th at Montpelier,
nominated State ticket with w. r. Dill
bingham at the head for Governor, and
adopted q platform which Endorses that
passed by the Chicago convention.
The Michigan Prohibitionists met in
State convention on the sth at Detroit,
and nominated the following ticket: For
Governor, A. B. Cheney; Leutenant-Gpv-