Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10

LYDIA FERRIN celebrated on Une lat at
Charlestown, Mass, her ono hundredth
birthday, in the home to which she went ~
a bride when nineteen years old, She was
well and active. -. ,ss, 49,
MRS. THOMAS, the widow of General
Thomas, Commander Of the Army Of the
Tennessee, died In Georgetown, D. G., on
the lst. . e., j.
UNCLE JOHNNY HANKS, an early associate
Of Abraham Lincoln, and veteran of the
Black Hawk war IN 1919, died at DECATUR,
ILL.,, on the lst aged eighty eight years.
SECRETARY BLAINE left Washington on
the LIST for Bar Harbor, Me-, where he will
remain until September
COLONEL JOHN G. PAINE, superintendent
of the Military Academy at West Point,
having served forty years, was at his own
request retired on the I'd.
AT a conference held at WASHINGTON ON
the I'd by the President, the members Of
his Cabinet and several United States Sem
ators, decision to call special session Of
said to have been reached.
A. @. FORBES, member of the Minnesota
Legislature and Judge Advooate General of
the State, died on the I'd at his home in
Marshall.
The Mississippi State Prohibition oonven-
ton met at jackson on the I'd and resolved
not to form separate party. but to vote
for candidates favorable to prohibition.
The Kentucky Republicans met in State
convention at Lexington on the 4th and
nominated David G.. Colston for State
Treasurer.
WILLIAM NJ LYON, the oldest iron manu.
facturer in the country, died at Pittsburgh,
Pa, on the Sd, aged seventy Eight years.
The constitutional convention, of North
and South Dakota, Washington and Mon
tana met on the 4th to adopt State consti-
buttons
FOREIGN.
A FIRE on the 10th ult at Nuremberg.
Germany. destroyed thirty six buildings,
causing a loss of twelve million marks.
ADvICEs of the 10Th ult from West Africa
confirmed previous reports of The shocking
privattons to which Stanley, the explorer,
had been subjected 1t was stated that his
hair had turned snow white, that his clothes
were rags, and that he was without shoes,
being obliged to wear skins 10 cover his
feet.
ALDERMAN JAMES W1NsTANLEy, a Protest
ant and a supporter Of Mr.. Pa-nell, was on
the LIST unanimously nominated to be lord
mayor OF Dublin 1Of lS9u.
The Massachusetts, rifle team contested
with the Honorable Artillery Company ut
rifle shooting on the LIST at London, and
the American team won by score of !, Ola
to 96l.
ADv1cEs of the LIST say that during a tor
ribly destructive rain storm at Hong Kong,
China, fifteen lives were lost by flood and
lightning.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND workmea struck for
higher wages ON the 1st at Brunn, Austria,
including all the bakers in the city
MICHAEL DAvITT testified before the Par
nell commission in London on tho I'd He
said that the Clan-na-Gael included some
Of the best Irishmen in America and was
no more q murder club than the Carlton
Club of London.
WnK1E COLLINS, the famous novelist, was
stricken with paralysis ON the I'd in Lon-
dOn and was in q precarious condition.
RUaG1ERE's fireworks factory in Auber-
vellieres, near Paris, France, exploded on
the I'd, killing seven persons.
The Worlds Sunday-school convention
opened at Parker's Temple in London on
the I'd.
THEODORE SCHM1TT, the Dutch Consul at
Hamburg, failed on the 4th for Loo, coo
marks.
AN explosion of fire-damp occurred in a
coal-pit at St Etienne, Franco, on the Sd
There we're three hundred miners in the
pit, and two hundred were killed by the
explosion.
MR. H1RscH, the new United States Minis
ter to Constantinople, presented his Gre.
dentials to the Sultan on the 18th and met
with cordial reception.
ADv1cEs of the Sd say that IN engage
ment had taken place at Arquin be-
tween a force Of Egyptian troops, under
command of Colonel Wodehouse, and q
body of dervishes The dervishes were de-
feated and fled Their loss was five hun
dred killed or wounded Seventy Egyptians
were killed.