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

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The First National Bank of Sharon, Pa,
remained closed on the Goth because the
time lock on the safe had been set for for
ty-elght hours and could not be opened
AT a barn raising on the Sath at Loyal
Oak, o., heavy beams fell and killed three
men and seriously injured dozen Others
WILLIAM WHITE was arrested on the goth
ut Laporte City, Ia, for passing counterfeit
money, and when searched $2s293 80 In bogus
gold coins were found in his possession
In New York on the Goth Bertha Schreyer,
a married woman twenty-fiv years OF age,
was shot and fatally wounded by John Ber-
ker, aged thirty two years, who then killed
himself .-'..
The lndi~na Grand Lodge OF Masons on
the 18th revoked the charter of the Mount
Vernon Lodge because it failed to disci-
pline members who pleaded guilty to the
charge of selling intoxicated LIQUORS
CAPTAIN PORTER, chief of the United
States Secret Service, returned to Chicago
ON the 18th after making very important
capture OF counterfeiters and moonshiners
who had flooded the southern part of I'LL
nols with counterfeit dollars and dimes,
besides supplying oon-keepers with their
whisky.
THERE was great excitement on the Goth
at Granite Falls, MIMI, over reported gold
discoveries.
SAMUEL MAYBERRY, of Watson, Ind, was
taken from his home on the 20th by White
CAPS and severely beaten for cruelty to his
mother.
ONE robber went through train ON tho
Milwaukee & Northern road ON the Goth
near Ellis Junction, Wis, and secured
about 81 500 from the passengers
The savings bank at Savannah, Mo-, made
an assignment on the Goth.
BURGLARS at Winamac, Ind, blew open
the large safe In Woods mill on the Goth
and entered J. G. Williams tailor establish
ment, carrying away $4,000 worth of prop
ecty.
PHILIP FLOOD, formerly private in the
Forty second Ohio Volunteers, was ON the
10Th allowed arrears of pension amounting
to $l5, 49, This was the largest first pay
ment on record In the Pension Office.
JUDGE MORAN, of the Chicago appellate
court, decided on the Goth that no permit
was required for street parades. II they
make too much noise or create a nuisance
they can be proceeded against.
A CYCLONE formed on the 9th Just south
OF Mcpherson, Kan, which lifted houses
bodily from their foundations. One house
was carried entirely away, not a vestlge OF
it having been seen since One hail stone
was picked UP which measured thirteen
inches in circumference.
AT Humboldt. Mich, on the SOth ult
three men were instantly killed by the
caving in of mine.
RICH iron ore deposits were discovered
on the 3oth ult. near Guthrie, Oklahoma
The monument erected in Arlington Gem
etery at Washington by Mrs. Sheridan in
memory of her husband, General Philip
Sheridan, was unvailed on the 3oth ult
There were no speeches or poems, only
music and flowers
Snow to the depth of four or FIVE inches
fell on the 30th ult in the Schoolcraft,
Flint and Portland districts of Michigan, q
hurricane drifting it badly.
HE police monument on Haymarket
Square in Chicago, which stands on the
spot where the fatal bomb was thrown, was
dedicated on the 3Oth ult in the
presence OF great crowd The monument
was unvailed by Master Frank Deegan, and
Mayor Cregier accepted the monument on
behalf OF the city.
RUMoRs of an Indian outbreak were re-
ported on the 30th ult from the northern
frontier at Nebraska and many families
were hurrying into the town of Norden, and
the place was being fortified
AT banquet given at Madison Wis, on
the evening OF the 30th ult by the Ladies'
College Fraternity Delta Gamma red pep
per was put in the ventilators by outsiders,
who succeeded in breaking up the feast
JOSHUA D. GRANT and his wife were suf-
at Baltimore, Nd.
TORNADO struck section of country
about five miles east of Martinsburg, W.
Va, on the 30th ult and after demolishing
a vast amount of property it passed down
playing havoc general y with small build
ings. Several persons were killed
IT was announced on the 3Oth ult. that
an English syndicate had purchased $780,
QUO acres of yellow pine land, four saw
mills, three planing-mills and thirty-six
miles Of railroad and equipment, located in
Escambia County, Fla and Baldwin Coun-
ty, Ala. The price was 81 100000
c. G. SMooTEs' Sons tannery at Alex
andria, Va, was totally destroyed by fire
on the 3Oth ult Loss, 100000.
A souTH-BoUND passenger train on the
Hamilton T. Dayton road was
on the 3Oth ult. at Perrysburg, O.,
by an open switch, and many persons were
hurt but none fatally.
MISS BRIDGET GALLAGHER, aged eighty
years, who had lived alone for thirty five
years, was found dead in her cottage at
Davenport, Ia, on the 30th ult., having
been suffocated by coal gas.
DURING wind-storm OF the SOth ult at
Danville, Va, q brick tobacco factory in
course of construction was blown down.
Five men were killed, six badly injured and
several buried in the ruins.
A TERRIBLE wind and rain-storm visited
Mo-, and vicinity on the 30th ult.
Many bridges and culverts were washed
away, and the damage was estimated at
$50, 600.
DECORATION DAY was generally observed
throughout the country on the 3Oth ult
President Harrison attended the cere-
monies at Brooklyn. .-4
SMALLPOX was said to be raging ON the
Both ult. among the Okanagon Indians on
the Pacific coast
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
PRESIDENT HARRISON on the 18th appoint
ed Roger c. Spooner, Of Wisconsin, to be
Consul of the United States at Prague.
MARTIN YAGENs, of Little Falls, N. Y,
celebrated his one hundredth birthday on
the 18th. He was born at Schleswig-
and fought under the Duke of
at Waterloo. He came to this
country in 1910.