Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-01
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
DOMESTIC.

mound, Wis, was driving her COWS to past
ure on the 22d, when dogs set upon them
and the cattle stampeded and ran over the
woman, trampling her to DEATH
YOUNG Il MILLER. lumber dealers of To-
ledo, O., transferred their business to their
three principal creditors on the Esd The
liabilities are $lS3, 600; assets SIS, 600.
REPORTS from Sanford, South Florida,
on the Esd were to the effect that yellow
fever had broken out there.
Bob WOODS, an inotfensive old colored
man OF Lincoln, Neb., was murdered ON the
22Sd John Taylor and Charles Curtis, both
colored, have been arrested for the murder:
WILLIE F. WEIGH, a twelve-year-old boy
of Rockland, Me-, died on the Esd from i'm
moderate cigarette smoking.
LA1DLEY's pork-house at Cincinnati was
burned on the Esd The loss is estimated
at $500, OOO
DAVE BALIsER and cOlored fireman were
k1lled,by the explosion of boiler at the
Bessemer rolling mills on the Esd at Bir-
,ningham, Ala
FOREST fires were raging near New Provi-
dence, Ind, on the Esd, and.had already de-
stroyed the timber on fifty farms
WILLIAM SHERWOOD, street-car driver at
Grand Rapids, Mich, was fatally injured on
the Esd in a collision between the street.
car and freight train.
VINCENT RICHARDSON, an old and wealthy
farmer living near Jacksonville, I'LL, was
swindled out of 81, 600 in cash on the Esd by
sharpera
ALBERT WILLIAMS a married man, met
Albert johnson and Annie Casper on the
streets of Cincinnati on the night of the
2Sd He shot Johnson dead and fatally
wounded the woman.
TIE hO6v Of pou1 n
of Chippewa Falls, Wis, who disappeared
two weeks ago. was found in the river near
Eau Claire on the Esd One hundred dol
lars were found in his pockets
The General Electric Company was in
corporated at Albany, N. Y, on the Esd with
q capital stock of 81, 100000.
LEWIS WEBER, of Chicago, while stealing
a ride on Wabash train near nlipois. Ill.
on the 2Sd, was pushed from the train bv a
brakeman and killed
MRS. MooREs female seminary at Nor
gantown, W. Va, was destroyed by fire on
the Esd with all its contents. About thirty
OF the pupils lost their clothing.
The owners of the steamer Danmark at
Copenhagen telegraphed their agents at
Philadelphia on the Oath directing them to
pay the owners of the Atlantic steamer Mis-
souri, for the cargo which the latter threw
overheard for the purpose of making room
to accommodate the Danmark's passengers
FOUR masked men entered the residence
of Mrs Sertell at Findlay, O., on the morn
ing of the 9th and at the point of revolvers
compelled the old lady to give up $500, all
of her savings.
A MAN named Johnson was thrown from
morse near Dahinda, ILL.,, on the 24th and
killed, bis neck having been broken by the
fall.
THE terribly -mangled remains of Lewis
BUM, OF Harlem, were found on the North
western railway tracks near haywood, ILL.,,
on the 24th.
The Masons of New York State celebrated
the lifting of the debt on the Masonic Tenn
pie in New York City on the 24th.
ANTON SRPLE, a farmer of Manchester,
near Albert Lea Mimi, accidentally shot
himself dead while hunting on the 9th
E. L. WHITAKER, book-keeper and conf
dental clerk for Smith & Connors, of Cleve-
land O., was on the 9th arrested for an
alleged shortage OF sl1, 600.
JAMES HUNTER, who recently finished
term in Joliet penitentiary, was rearrested
on the oath charged with bigamy: He was
said to have wives in Tuscola and Decatur,
Ill, and Louisville, Ky
ROBERT s. YOUNG, wealthy young planter
near Baton Rouge, La, was thrown from
his horse on the Gath and instantly killed
JOHN ScHoF1ELD and his young son were
killed by lightning on the 9th at Beach Hill,
Ms
ED LYNCH, seventeen years DID, fell from
tree in his fathers yard on the 9th at
Bedford, Ia, and was killed.
AN explosion OF natural gas occurred in
the cellar of the Landmark Hotel at Nc
Do fha o-,1 no @%oI
and four adjoining residences were totally
consumed. Loss, 5000; insurance, s12,-
CO.,
JOHN W. BRoCK1E, ex-postmaster Of Mount
Carmel, Pa, was arrested on the Oath
charged with issuing 81, 600 worth of fraud
ulent money orders.
THE mountains all around fremont, Pa,
were burning fercely on the 24th and
much timber was being destroyed. At
Swatara the entire village was out fighting
the flames.
FIRE at Philadelphia on the 9th destroyed
the saddlery hardware establishment OF
Conrad B. Day g. Co., causing loss of $685.
co.,
TIE Mammoth Hotel at Rockaway Beach,
L. L, which cost over $1,000, 600 about
two years ago, was sold to a secondhand
dealer on the oath for $29, 600.
MRS. SARAH JANE WHEELING, who was to
have been hanged in Moyamencing, Pa, for
the murder of her husband, was reprieved
by the Governor on the 24th until June q.
MISS MINNIE HANCOCK, one Of the best
known young ladies of Elgin, Ill commit
ted suicide by shooting herself at Cloquet,
Mimi, on the Ath.
IT was rumored on the 24th that plug
tobacco trust which will embrace all the
leading manufactures in the country is
being formed
WILLIAM GAME and Richard Levine were
arrested at Louisville, KY, on the Oath.
Large quantities of counterfeit dollars were
found in their possession.
A ''GusHRR" oil-well was struck at L.
gronville, Pa, on the 25th The oil spurted
one hundred and fifteen feet in the air, and
commenced flowing at the rate of seven
hundred barrels day, to the intense ex-
element of the inhabitants.
The yacht Coronet, owned by R. r. Bush,
reached New York on the 18th after sail
around the world.
T-yo MEN were killed at Homer, Mich, on
the 18th by premature explosion Of dyna-
mite.
FAILING to get a claim in Oklahoma, Silas
Extremely, of Ruma. Randolph County,
Ill, committed suicide by cutting his throat
with razor at Winfield, Kan. on the 25th