Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-05

DOMESTIC.
HHER1EP LOPEZ, of San Miguel County,
New Mexico arrested six horse thieves on
the 18th who lately drove away five hun
dred horses from the ranches Of that
county,
GEORGE A. JEssuP, cashier Of the Scran-
ton pa Bank, was arrested on the 35th on
the charge of embezzling $10OOOO
sKIFF containing three mon and two
crossing the river just south Of Memphis,
Tenn. on the 25th and capslzed, and all the
occupants were drowned.
SEVERAL arrests in connection with the
murder Of DR.. Cronin, of Chicago, were
made ON the 25th. The funeral of the muir
dored man took place on the Goth and was
largely attended
JOHN W. NORTON of St Louis, whose wife
eloped with Horny W. Moore year ago and
who had just separated from the latter in
New York. was on the 9th granted . di-
vorce from Mrs Norton.
The American Starch Company, with
headquarters at Columbus Ind, failed on
the 9th for $1O0, 1000
Four men were captured on the 9Th near
Mt Sterling, Ill, while in the act Of mold
ing silver dollars
ELEVEN business houses in the town of
Dublin, Ga, were consumed by fire on the
37th
An experiment in the economy Of burn
ing powdered coal with natural gas in the
heating of iron was tried at Pittsburgh,
Pa, on the 9th, and SO far as it went proved
successful
THE gambling houses at Logansport Ind,
were closed on the 9th, and the saloons
ordered closed on Sundays and after eleven
p. m. on week days.
AT Grand Rapids, Mich, Charles Velte
killed his mother on the 9th and then took
his own life No cause was known for the
deed.
DANIEL CoUGHI.IS, the detective, and
Patrick O. Sullivan, the Lake View ice
dealer, were both arrested on the 9th upon
warrant sworn out by John Joseph Cronin.
the brother of the murdered Chicago physi-
clan, charging them with the crime of
murder. TWAS said that Sullivan had made
= fua confession and had given to the
police the names of every one he knew that
was implicated in the murder of Dr. Cronin.
A FIRE on the 9th at Reno, New, de-
stroyed four hotels and several business
houses, causing loss of $3.50, 600
MARBLE OF superior quality was discov-
cred on the eth in the northwest suburbs
OF Holden, Mo. It was fifteen feet thick
and near the earths surface.
WALTER SALTERs, a negro of twenty
seven years, and Rose Durdham, a white
girl, both of Terre Haute, Ind, were mar
Tied at Marshall, ILL, on the 9th
Rev. J. c. MYERS. an evangelist, while
preaching at the Christian church near
Hilsboro, Ind, on the evening of the 26th
was struck by lightning, the bolt coming
down the chandelier, and his sight was
completely destroyed.
1T was announced on the 9th that Com
missioner Tanner favored raising the pen
sions of men who had lost each an arm and
leg from $50 to ST. month
ALBERT MARTIN, the mulatto who as
saulted Mrs John Gillis near Port Huron
Mich, about two weeks ago, was taken
from the jail on the 9th by masked men
and iynched
ISAIAH SLATE,,s, q prominent farmer near
Crawfordsviiie IL hung himself to tree
and was found dea on the 9th
JOHN EARLE, a heavy wheat buyer of
Schoolcraft County Mich, failed on the
9th for sl00, 900.
ADv1cEs of the 9th say that the wool
crop in Montana this year will be the best
the Territory has ever had The wool will
be very choice and will show an increase Of
ahree million pounds over last last year,
making the Montana product about ten
million pounds.
CORNELIUS DoNNELLY, of Watertown, N.Y.,
tried on the 9th to frighten four-months'
bride into giving him her property by pre-
tending to hang himself, and was not dis
covered until life was extinct
A CYCLONE on the 28th at Clements, Kan,
destroyed many houses and barns, and
seven persons were killed.
A TELEGRAPH operator named Young, at
Charles City, Ia, has invented square,
hole boring machine which prominent me-
ehanics On the 9th pronounced success.
The grand jury in Chicago on tho 2Sth in
dicted Detective Daniel Coughlin, Patrick
y. Sullivan, the ice man, and Frank J.
Black, alias Woodruff, for completely in the
murder of Dr. Cronin
Ex-TREAsURER LOUIS constants, of New.
port, KY, was on the 2Sth indicted by the
grand jury for embezzlement, the amo cunt
being fixed at $50, 0OO
ALBERT WILSON. a railroad man. fatally
shot his young wife on the 2Sth at Evans
vile, Ind and chen sent bullet through
bis own brain. Jealousy caused the crime.
The Presbyterian General Assembly at
New York on the 2Sth adopted resolution
eondemning the liquor traffic, but refused
" AANOLoC C1O1CA pAO1lDAUAOu VI ulSu 1lCCuSc
as the better weapon.
At Denver, Col, on the 23th DR.. Carlson,
a druggist, DR.: Lathrop, prominent ply
sician, and Nelson Howells, young man,
committed suicide. No cause was known
n either case.
AT Brennan, Tex, Mrs. Randolph Bradt
became suddenly insane on the 28th and
selling pistol killed two OF her children.
One was four years old and the other six.
TIE Voight brewery at Detroit, Mich, was
sold ON the 28th to an English syndicate for
$685.
The Irving Cliff House at Honesdale, Pa,
was burned on the 2Sth. Loss, 5000
DANIEL MURPHY, employed in a cracker
at Lima o., was caught be-
tween two large rollers on the 18th and
crushed to death.
A RELIGIOUS class, supposed to be Nor
non missionaries, have been creating great
excitement in Douglas County, ILL.,, by
breaking up families-separating husbands
from their wives and inducing young ladies
10 join them. Two of the leaders were
mobbed on the 28th at Camargo and all
were notified to leave at once
SILAs JONES' barn at Anderson, Ind, con-
tanning six head of horses, was burned on
The 28th.
The Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the
independent Order of Good Templars con-