Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-01

JOHN AND HENRY HILL, of Somerset, Ky,,
were arrested on the a5th, charged with the
murder of two peddlers, which occurred
about year ago.
BURGLARS cut through plate glass win
dow Wednesday night in the dry-goods
store of Jules Pasedacho at Mason CITY.
Ia, on the 18th and got away with a con-
siderable sum Of money.
MAN named Hawkins, who jumped $5,-
OOo bail at Hastings, Neb., where he was
Imprisoned for the murder of Frank Trans
Ter last November, was captured on the 25th.
The Department Of tho Grand Army OF
the Republic Of West Virginia closed a
three days session at Ravenswood on the
18th. s. s Hazen was chosen Department
Commander.
JULIUS JANSEN, Winnipeg youth, COM
m1tted suicide on the 35th because his
sweetheart refused to marry him.
HE Harlem electric light works in New
York were damaged on the evening of tho
18th to the extent of $135,OO
HE explosion of tank OF petroleum &C.
CURED In Chicago on the 25th, doing great
damage to surrounding property and injur-
ing several people.
ANDREW J. CULVER, an evanpelical
preacher of Shannon, ILL.,, was arrested at
Dixon, Ill. on the 18th for forgery His
practice was to borrow money giving prom
inent farmers as security.
DURING heavy storm on the 25th at
Washburn, Wis, a boom containing IL, Co.,
coo feet of logs was broken and the timber
sent adrift.
OLIVER PERRY LEWIS, of New York, on the
18th fixed the day and hour of his funeral
sent invitations to his friends asking them
to attend, and then, arrayed in full dress
suit, he went to Central Park and drowned
himself in reservoir
The coal docks of the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton l. Dayton Railroad Company ut Lima,
o., were destroyed by fire on tho 35th Loss
$4,000.
MARTIN DECREE, IN old citizen of Aurora
ILL.,, died on the 18th of injuries caused by
his being struck by train while driving
across the railroad track
A coRoNER's jury in the case of Louis
Weber, who was thrown from a train near
Buffalo, ILL.,. while stealing ride, and
killed, returned a verdict on the 25th hold
ing Conductor Sands and Brakeman
Straight, OF the Wabash road, responsible
for Webber's DEATH
Two freight trains on the Pennsylvania
railroad came in collision near Trenton, n
j., on the Goth, and an unknown man riding
WARREN MoNsUR manufacturer of
crackers and biscuits at Boston, failed on
the Goth. His debts amount to $50, $50, with
assets of $12,624.
GEORGE BREEN, a toll-gate keeper near
Georgetown, KY, was fatally shot on the
Goth by Shed Cottrell during dispute about
payment of toll
Two MILLS of the White Manufacturing
Company at Rockville, Conn. shut down on
the goth owing to the strike of $50 weavers.
-Four hundred persons are thrown out OF
work.
AN engine and eight cars, one of them an
oil tank, filled with oil, went through
bridge near Sunbury, Pa, on the Goth. The
oil took fire and all the cars and the engine
were destroyed
DoLE's Opera-House at Nation, Ill, was
damaged to the extent of several thousand
dollars by fire early on the morning Of the
18th
AN unknown girl about nineteen years of
age committed snicide at Detroit, Mich, n
the Goth by jumping into the river:
GOVERNOR BEAVER, of Pennsylvania, on
the Goth signed the bill making September
known as Labor Day-a legal holiday in
that State
JOSEPH NENNEwUscH, a farmer eighty
years old, suicided at Caledonia, Wis, on the
Goth by hanging himself in his barn
In a collision on the Baltimore & Ohio
road on the Goth the lives of Vice-President
Morton and other Government officials
were endangered, and several employees of
the road were injured.
MEMORIAL DAY was generally observed
throughout the Southern States on the
Goth.
DURING the seven days ended on the Goth
there were 2l3 business failures in the
United States, against 233 the previous seven
days
AN explosion of dynamite and emmensite
occurred at the factory of the Emmensite
Gun Explosive and Ammunition Company
near Harrison, N. j., on the Goth. Charles
Anderson the fireman, was fatally injured
and the building, valued at $4,000, was
totally destroyed
CHARLES E. WOODRUFF, ex-city clerk of
New Britain Conn, confessed on the Goth
that in the past six years he has forged
notes for $500, 600, but has managed to make
all good save about $4,000. He was ar
rested and placed mi all
BURGLARS entered the store Of D. Smith
urst, of Seneca, Wis, on the night of the
18th and took from the safe about IS, OOO in
c'sh belonging to the town of Seneca, OF
which Mr.. Smithurst was treasurer
WHILE in a fit OF dependency over tinan-
cial difficulties Farmer Mcleod, of High
Bluff Man., on the Goth killed his eight
year old daughter and fatally wounded his
son with an axe and then committed suicide
by cutting his throat.
CEsAs FRAZIER (colored) was hanged at
Charleston, 8. c., on the 26th for the mur-
der Of Holdenburg, February9
Brooks, JosLYN Il Co.'s saw-mill ut Port
Huron, Mich, was burned on the 26th
Loss, 2O,OOO; insurance, 5000.
The seventieth anniversary of the found
ing Of Odd-Fellowship was celebrated
throughout the United States on the 26th.
CURTIS TAYLOR and Mrs. Woods, of Lin
coin, Neb., charged with numbering old
man Woods, were taken to the peniten-
tiary on the night OF the Goth for safe
keeping. A mob surrounded the county
Jail all day and threatened to lynch the
prisoners.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
HIRAM G. NOTION, vice-president OF the
Bank Of Commerce of Buffalo, N Y, and
one OF the prominent bankers OF the coun-
try, died on the 23d
JOHN F. SWIFT, recently appointed Min
lister to Japan, left San Francisco ON the