Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-04

THE Montana Democratic State cOnyen.
ton at Helena on the 9th nominated ]. K
Toole, of Helena, for Governor: Howard
! Conrad, of Billings for Lieutenant Gov
ernor and Martin Maginnis, OF Helena, for
Congress.
MISS HELEN DAuvRAY, the wife Of John
Ward, short stop OF the New York Base.
Ball Club, concluded on the 2Sth to respect
her husbands wishes and not return to tho
stage.
JACOB ROGERS. aged one hundred and
twelve years. died on the 2Sth at his resi-
dence seven miles south OF Mount Pleasant
Ia He was probably the Oldest resident In
tho State.
The Democrats Of Ohio in convention on
the 2Sth at Dayton nominated James E.
Campbell for Governor; w. v. MARQUIS for
Lieut. n ant Governors; J. M Lewis for At.
torney General; W. f. Borden for Treas.
urer; and Martin Follett for Supreme judge
The resolutions demand q reduction Of the
tariff; denounce the State and National I'D
miniStrations; oppose trusts ana favor lib
eral and equitable pension laws
No TIL DAKOTA Democrats in session on
he 10Th at Fargo nominated the following
Nicket: For Governor, W. N. Roach: Lieu
I enant-Governor, s. X. McGinnis; secre-
tary OF State. A. 8 Froslid; Treasurer. c.
W. Lord; Auditor, P. q. Degaard; Attor-
ney- General, II. r. Bangs; member of Con-
gress, Dan W. Mararth The platform re-
atfirms the National Democratic platform
OF 1883, and asks for the repeal OF the tariff
on all the necessaries OF iife
MISS ANN JONES, a resident of Jay Bridge,
Me-, died ON the zach, aged eighty-sevem
years. She had been IN invalid for seventy
years, during the last sixty OF which sho
had been confined to her bed
The Republicans OF South Dakota in con-
vention on the :9th at Huron nominated
Arthur O. Melette for Governor; J. II.
Fletcher for Lieutenant Governor: A. O.
Hlngsrud for Secretary OF State; w A.
Smith for Treasurer; L, G. Taylor for
Auditor; Robert Dollard for Attorney Cen
eral, and o. s. Clifford and j. s. Picker
for Congress. The resolutions favor pro-
teotive tariff and prohibition.
THE New York woman sutfragsts will
hold State convention at Saratoga Octo-
Der and 8.
The Maryland Republican State oopvcn-
ton has been called tor October l.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, the genial
poet and 'autocrat," celebrated his eight
ieth birthday on the :9th at his home in
Boston.
! GEORGE FAwcETT Rowe, the well-known
playwright and actor. died in New York on
the 29th aged sixty years
FOREIGN.
THE council of the Legion of Honor IN
Paris ON the 26th erased the names OF
General Boulanger and Count Dillon from
the roll of the order.
The residence OF a seceder from the plan
of campaign at Ballvgowan Ireland was
set on fire on the 18th, and the owner and
servant were burned to death.
THIS shipping business was practically
! stagnunt at London on the 26th, owing to
a great strike OF dock laborers.
A SEVER earthquake shock was felt
throughout Greece on the Goth, and serious
damage was done in several towns.
ONE-HALF the city of Dubno In Russia,
was destroyed by fire on the 26lh. The loss
was enor1nons and thousands of persons
were homeless.
AT Matamorns, Mex, on the 9th four
boys were killed by lightning which struck
stack OF corn-staIks under which they
had taken refuge from a storm.
THE steamer City of New York won the
ocean race on the 9th. making the trip
from New York to Queenstown in six days,
two hours and fifty minutes.
AN afInqu lhe was experienced on inc
Russian frontier on the s7th and in the viii
lage of Khenzorik l29 persons were buried
alive
TEE number Of striking workmen in
London, Eng. had on the 2Sth reached
l5 $50. and trad of all sorts was blocked
ADv1cEs Of the Goth from japan state tl,t
five th"''s nd persons had been d owned
by tvphoons in shat country, and the loss
OF life in China from the same cause was
placed at five thousand.
THB village OF Tschecinch, in Switzer-
land, was Destroyed on the o9th by tho fall
OF a portion u: Mount Ruihisberg The VIII
layers escaped.