Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-01-09
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notes after they had been redeemed and
cancelled. and the presentation of them for
second redemption.
AT Greeley, Cl, a mob overpowered
She jaller On the Goth ut. and took cut w.
D. French, who recently murdered Harry
Woodbury., and hanged him.
IT Was announced on tho Goth ult that
the Maryland authorities had, after hard
fight, succeeded capturing five boats
belonging to the OYSTER pirates.
ONE of the Hatfield gang was killed on
the s9th ult. by tf1icers while res sting ar.
rest near Charleston W. Va.
OVER ten thou sand coke workers of the
Connellsville (Pa.) region met on the Goth
alt. and decided to demand at once an in
Grease of six and quarter cents.
The State Teachers Association of Kan
sas> in session on the Goth ult at Topeka,
passed resolutions condemning the use of
tobacco by instructors.
THB steamer Bristol, of the Oh Colony
Line. was burned at her dock in Newport,
r. L., on the Both ult Loss. $Soo,Ooo
The first train to cross the new bridge
over the Hudson river at Poughkeep sic
N. Y, made the trip safely on the 29:h ult.
DUNNO the year 1883 there were la
victims of lynch law in the United States,
against 1913 in 1887.
HE deaths of sixty-six gentleman ans
were reported in this country during 1888,
the ages rang .ng from one hundred years
to one hundred and twenty-one years OF
this number forty-f four were women and
six were colored persons Eighty -one
journalists also died during the year. and
forty m n sters of the Gospel
TuE Brooklyn IN. " police on the e9th
ult decided to allow no more prize fights
or ruglilstlc exhibitions to take place in
that city.
WHILE chopping down hollow tree on
the 29th ult. near Lapone, Ind, George
Ironce found an earthen jar G. ntaining
$500 worth of Spanish coins.
In fit of jeale usy on the Both ult.
Joseph So]om,n, a lace dealer in New
York City, shot and killed his wife and
then killed himself.
The total number of legal execute ns in
the United States during 1883 was 81, as
compared with IS in 1887 Of this number
all were males but one, 81 were whites, %
negroes and Chinaman.
TIE steamer SANTANA, which left New
York for Hayti November % last, was
given up as lost on the Goth ult. The Sa-
mana had a crew OF eighteen men besides
the captain and his wife.
TIE entire fire losses in the United
States during the year 1888 were less than
800 100000, as compared with O,OOO, OOO
in 1857 and $3.50, 900 in 1856.
So FAR as reported 4,Ol5 lives were
lost in 1858 u on the ocean and 50 upon the
lakes and rivers "a total of 4O35, as COM
pared with 793 in 1881, 1881 by disasters
in the New World, $4,000 by disa tiers in
the Old Word, and l6s07 by battle and
pest lence, making in all 1867, as COM
pared with 1879, 164 IN 1887.
The exchanges at tWenty-six leading
clearing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the got ult. 2ggregateI
1927 ,25l,644, against 81, US0,910,25 the pre-
vious week. A comrare with the corre-
spending week of 1SS7 the increase amount
ed to 10 per cent
JOSEPH RATHER was hanged on the Goth
ult at Centre, Tex, for wife murder He
went to the gallows smoking a cigar.
CAPTAIN JAMES and his life-saving crew
were on the goth ult prese nted a purse
Of 4, 700 by the cit zens of ,ston for their
heroic work during the recent storms.
A BAND Of regul tors broke into the jail
at Ozark, Mo-, on the night of the goth
ult., where the four convicted Bald Knob
bers We're confined, and offered them their
liberty. Two Of the Bald-Kno! bers
availed themselves of the opportunity, as
well as five train robbers.
Mrs. TURNER and her little daughter, a
daughter Of George Cloyd, three Brooks
brothers and man whose name Was un-
known, all colored, were drowned in the
river at Ripley. o., on the Both ult., by the
upeetting of boat
DURING the year 1883 the total number
of murders c ,mmitted in this country was
2,164 against 1855 in the year 1887.
The number OF persons reported as hav-
Ing committed suicide in the United
States during the year 1888 was 1,4S7, as
compared with 1887 in 1884, or the total
number !, l45 were male, and 342 females,
and tie causes were as follows: De.
1873; domestic infelicity, 112; Liquor, 1903;
dis. ppointed love, 1870; ill.health. 81; bust
ness losses. 46.
The total number of business failures in
the United States during the yer 1883 was
10, 5S7, against 9, 740 in 1897
w. P. HIGGISBoTHAM's Blue Valley Bank
at Manhattan, Kan, closed its doors on the
Slst ult Total liabilities, s1O4O 900; assets,
100000 The bank was organized in 1859
CLERK LEIGHTON, of the Boston munich
pal court was on the 1st said to be de-
faulter to the extent of $3.50. 600
ArorAL eclipse Of the sun was visible
on the lst in portions of California and
Nevada.
lHE mOney-OfQer department OF the In
dianapoiis post-oface was robbed on the
31st ult. of 81, $50 in greenbacks.
FIRE on the 3lst ult. in st. Louis de-
stroyed business property valued at $780,
CO.
DURING 1888 there were 3s3,595 immi-
grants landed at New York, being an in
crease Of 1877 over the prev Gus year.
AN assignment was made on the 3lst
nit. by the Livingston Cloth Mills Com
pany at Bristol, Pa, rendering three hun
dred persons idle.
The exports of gold from New York
during 50 we're s32, 80 All, while the
imports were but IS. 944, 369-a net loss of
&26 426. 1U2 against net gain Of s32, 1853 $50
in 1857. w"
The total production of pig iron in this