Mower County transcript., 1889-03-13

i SIDNEY BARTLETT, aged ninety years, and
said to have been the oldest practicing law
yer In the United States, died at his home in
Boston on the 9Th
DIANA DoUTY, of Charlton, Mass, CO le-
brated the one hundredth anniversary Of
her birth ON the 7th. Her health was good.
MRS. ELIZABETH SANDS, OF Baltimore, cell
ebrated her one hundredth birthday on the
9TH. She was in good health.
Ex-PREs1DENT CLEVELAND entered on his
practice as New York lawyer on the 7th.
CAPTAIN ERICKSON, the eminent engineer.
died at his home in New York City on the
night of the 7th.
MEMORIAL services In honor of Rev Henry
Ward Beeoher were held In Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, on the evening of the
9Th, 1t being the second anniversary of his
death.
GENERAL SIMON CAMERON celebrated the
n1netieth anniversary Of his birth on the 8th
at the old Cameron mansion In Harrisburg.
Pa
The Woman's Suffrage League has ar
ranged for National convention of wom-
ans suffrage leagues, to be held in New York
April ~ and 28
FOREIGN,
FATHER STEPHENS, who was arrested in
Dublin for inciting tenants not to pay their
rents, was on the 5th sentenced to six
months imprisonment.
THE Parnell commission resumed its ses-
sion in London on the 5th Attorney-Gen-
eral Webster took up the thread of tho
Times case where it had been cut by tho
confession, flight and suicide Of Pigott
EIGHTEEN men were buried in the ruins of
p aning mill which collapsed on the 5th at
t1>~a -
taken out fatally injured.
IT was announced on the 5th that the dis
covery had been made in Peru that tho
Juice or sap of peuca or magucy leaves
| would cure hydrophobia.
THE French Government on the 5th for
| bade large deputations to visit General
BOulanger's house and ordered officers not
! to salute or recognize him in any manner in
the Bois Boulogne.
KING MILAN on the 9Th abdicated the
throne OF Servia in favor Of the Crown
Prince Alexander, who was proclaimed
King. The new ruler is only thirteen years
old
THE Ministry of New South Wales was de-
feated on the question of protection on the
9th and resigned Sir Henry Parkes would
form free trade Cabinet
HENRY 4 LACRo1X, wholesale saddlery at
Montreal, Cam, failed on the 9th for $780,
| 600
The Cuban sugar crop for this year was
on the 9th estimated at five hundred thou
sand tons, a large increase over last year.
IT was stated on the 7th that upward of
81 ,O00, 600 had been subscribed by American
boodlers to defeat the anti-boodle bill in
the Canadian Parliament, which would keep
out American fugitives.
GENERAL LEGIT1AIE sent a telegram to the
European governments on the 7th an
nouncing that tho rebellion in Haytl had
been crushed and demanding recognition Of
his government
The Parnell Commission held a short
session in London on the 7th. An ex-
Fenian named Coleman testified that he
had received 81 900 from the English Gov
ernment for acting as spy in America.
AN Austrian ship laden with petroleum
became ignited on the 7th and exploded in
the harbor of the French island of Bone.
-Four OF the crew were saved and nine per-
ished.
Cork, who was arrested for violating the
Crimes act, was on the 7th sentenced to
three months imprisonment
| IT was reported on the 7th from Samoa
that the German corvet Olga had bombard-
ed Mataafa's camp. The captain of the
man-of-war protested but seeing his pro-
test disregarded he opened fire on the Olga,
when the Olga directed torpedo at the
American ship, blowing her up with all
hands.
ADv1cEs of the Sth say that the damage
| done by recent snow-storm in Switzerland
was enormous. Thousands of splendid frs
were destroyed and several old inns and
bridges were ruined.
THE seventieth anniversary Of the entry
| Of Count von Moltke into the army was Gel
ebrated at Berlin on the Sth. All the royal
families OF the empire sent messages of con-
| gratulations and presents to the Count