Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

The Slat Nit printed what 1t claimed
to be the drst correct list OF the vic-5
tins Of the great flood, giving the nuns
Der OF the dead at Q, 1877, which leaves
over 400 bodies not yet recovered.
1T was reported on the 1st that on En-
glish syndicate had purchased for 8s,-
300, 900 thtrty-three tableware glass
factories in this country.
MILLloNs OF cotton caterpillars had
on the lat invaded tho fields in the
vicinity OF Austin, Tex, and we're do.
ing great damage. +,
A DUST blizzard struck Aberdeen, s,
D., on the 1st and lasted Ave or ten
minutes. When the wind subsidized the
mercury stood at los degrees. - s
THE Statements of the public debt Is.
sued on the 1st showed the total debt
to BIO $l,bs4 asa, 06s; cash in the treasury,
S7Os, lar 056; debt less cash in treasury,
$s76, $50, 1ls, Decrease during July,
$3oo, ao7. Decrease since June 50,
1890, ~, ,O1S, ,S3a r.. :: ..=.*s, f.E
The Union Cattle Company's feeding
plant at Gilmore, Neb., the largest
plant Of the kind in the world, was
burned on the 1st. Loss, 5000. OO0. ~
Mis-. REEsAR and her sister, Miss
Anderson, were drowned on tho 1st
while bathing In the Niagara river ut
Youngstown, N. Y. y
THE weather report on the 1st OF
Prof. Snow, Of the State University of
Kansas, shows that but two Julys in
the past twenty-three years were
warmer than the one just closed.
ANDREW BKReENsEN entered the room
OF Emma Anderson at New Milford,
Conn.,, on tho 1st and out her throat,
nearly severing her head from her body.
Her refusal to marry him was the cause.
THE census returns on the 1st gave
the population of Arizona mot inolud-
ing Indians) at $1,000.
The homing pigeon Dusky, owned
BY Fred Bowers, Of Fall River, Mass.
reached the latter place from Owosso,
Mich, on the 1st, $50 miles, in two and
three-quarter days, beating all previous
records.
THE Illinois Legislature adjourned
sine die on the lst after passing the
worlds fair bill by vote of lSl to i8.
The section providing for an eight-hour.
day was stricken out, but resolution
wrs adopted requesting the directors to
observe the eight-hour law. An amend
ment was also inserted in the bill pro-
viding that, In case submerged lands re-
claimed for fair purposes should ever
cease to be maintained as public park,
then they shall revert to the State Of
Illinois.
A HAIL and wind-storm on the 1st at
Columbus, Ind, unroofed houses and
destroyed many trees.
JUDGE BAKER. Of Chicago, ruled on
the 1st that the act Of the Illinois Leg
islature authorizing pool-selling on
race tracks was illegal.
THERE were lS9 business failures in
the United States during the seven days
ended on the 1st, against 100 the pre-
vious seven days.
WHILE walking on the railway track
near Magnolia. N. j., on the 1st Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Fl. Tongue were struck
by freight train and Instantly killed.
They were from England and were
spending the season at a hotel in Mag
nolia. s6.s.ss j g. s~
% A FIRE among business houses on the
1st at Memphis, Tenn. caused loss of
$500, O,00D.
A wIND.sroRM on the lst at Newport,
Ky., wrecked several houses and did
other damage.
DURING q storm on the 1st at War
wick, r. l., house was blown out to
sea and a child killed.
THE stallion Duquesne, owned by
Philip Hacke. of New York, and valued
at $50, 900, died on the lst at stock
farm near Paris, KY.