Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-01-16
tne road had been entirely stripped W the
thieves. and the loss was estimated at

drafts. 49,.
AN amendment to the constitution OF
New Hampshire prohibiting the sale and
manufa !ture Of all Intoxicating liquors
''excert cider'' was adopted by the con,
stitutioual convention at Concord ON the
10th.
Two GAS reservoirs at Brooklyn, N Y.
exploded on the 10th, shatte. ing dwelling.
in the vicinity and cnusing the greatest
terror among the people. Loss, $500 Oo0.
The voice OF Gladstone " - heard in the
Edl'on laboratory ut Orange, N. j., on the
loth. ana 1t was as clear aud distinct a. if
he had been present. 1t addressed Mr..
Edison from one Of the talking machiu a
which he has invented. MIR. Gladstone
talked into the phon' granh at the hou se OF
Colonel Gourand, Mr. Edison's representa-
tive London, December IS and the cylin.
ders were ship, ed to 10 country
HE National Farmers Alliance began
its annual session in Des Mones, Ia., on
the 10th. delegates being present from Da-
kota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Kansas
and NJ nnes Ia The objects of the Ma
tional All anca are to unite the farmers
for the promotion of cir interests 80.
cially. politically and fin .ncially. The
Iowa report shove eight hundred and
sixty-five all anoes in the State, aggre
eating about twenty-five thousand mem
bers.
DISPATCHES of the 10th say that the
Government training school for Indians at
Carlisle. Pa, and number Of other build
ings were unroofed by the recent cy cloae,
and the 10 80 would exceed 100000
The suspension bridge at Nj ,gara Falls
situated nearest the falls, and owned by
the Nag .ra Falls and Suspension n. i'd e
| live Ia
early on the murnin! of the 10th. 1t Was
composed entirely of iron and steel, and
| the loss was estimated at $5OOOOO
| FIRE on the 10th at Shreveport. La, de-
| stroyed ten buildings and caused a loss of
$l00. 600
! JoHN W. WR1oHr. an aged citizen of
Piper County, Ga. claimed on the 10th to
! have been suddenly cured of blindness by
prayer
! The Palace Hotel and three business
| b. cks at Bradford, Pa, were burned on
the 10Th.
! MRS. LOUISE HANCOCK, Of Paris, Tex,
| aged eighty years, was fatally burned on
the 10th, the result Of an explosion of
| some cartr dyes she was removing from a
! mantel-piece.
! The National Wool-Growers' Aesocia
| ton In annu Il SEES sion or the 10th at Wash.
| ington elected John Mcdowell, of Wash
ington, Pa, as president, and adopted res
olutlons demanding protection for their
! industry:
A FIRE on the 10th at Madison, Ind. de-
stroyed the business houses of NJ. Kreil.
William Wolfe and James Connolly anu
| other small buildings.
Tue farmers of Warren and Sussex
counties, N. j., were blowing on the 10th.
something unparalleled for the middle of
| January. The weather was so m Id that
buds were beginning to swell on the trees
The annual convention Of the American
Newspaper Publ >hers' Association will be
held at New Y rk February IL.
A LITTLE boy was foot ng with a shot.
gun on the 18th at T.ffin, O., when the
wea on was discharged killing Miss Belle
Egbert, sixteen years Of age.
SEVERE shocks Of earthquake were felt
on the 18th st Dannemora, Saranac Lake
| and other portion of Northern New York
The seventh annual meeting of the Cit
izens' Law and Order League of the United
: tates will be held in fremont Temple. in
ston, February 10 and 49,
Coon, CKocKEK & SwAzEY, dealers in
hides and leather at Boston, failed on the
18th for lOO.OO
The Natl nal Farmers Alliance in $685.
j. Burrows, of Filley, Neb as president.
Resolutions were adopted that the Gov.
eminent should issue money direct to the
people instead of through the National
banks, and that United States Senators
should be elected directly by the people,
A. 3. S1EARHs. the newly ,ppointel ap-
pra ser of the ort Of New York. stated on
the 18th that during tn past fif cen years
the G vernment had been robbed Of mil
lions Of dollars at that port by dishone It
tf1cials.
d. h. DRIsCoL, q marshal at New
FL renee No., was shot and killed on the
18th by Isaac Wills, an escaped convict.
Wills Was followed by posse Of citizens
and shot lead
THERE were 1877 business failures in the
United States during the seven day, end
ed IN the 18th, against 2S6 the previou,
seven days.
SEVERAL parties at Huntington Ind, re-
ceived letters on 18th, surmounted by
skull and cross-b. mes, and signel
'Twenty-seven White Caps" advis ng
them 10 mend their ways.
CHARLES T. BoGGs, the sixteen -year-old
son of the postmaster at Gallia Furnace,
O., was arrested on the 18th for robblng
the mail.
Ex-SHER1FF C. c. Mckinney. Of Mitchell
C. unity, N. c., Was frozen to death on the
18th on Roam mountain.
FIFTEEN business houses at Leland.
Miss. were burned on the 18th.
j. BELDEN MORRISON, a re ding dent st
1T Pitt ,burgh, Pa, who was q v:ct.m OF
dyspepsia, committed suicide with q re.
volvcr n the 18th.
THE Kenncoec river was open for navi-
cation on the 18th from Augusta, No., to
the sea, the ice having gone out. The con-
dit on of the river at this season was un-
precedented.
GEoKGE BISHOP, a farmer Of Knox Coun-
t., No., comm tied suicide on the 18th by
cutting hole in the ice on creek and
plunging in, drowning himself. Financial
troubles were the cause
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
BENJAMIN e. HOPKINS, the recen tly par
doncd assistant cashier Of the late Eide ity
Bank Of Cincinnati, died at his home in
that city on the 7th
HE Dakota Legislature convened on the
9Th at Bi >marclx
The Minnesota Legislature convened on
the 9Th at st. Paul, Colonel Grace, Of
la nth, being elected Speaker of the
House.
In the organizat on of the Kansas Lep1s-