Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-06-11
Epit0me of the Week.
NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL.


tho relief afforded to the sufferers from the
recent Mississippi floods The bill for prevent.
ing the adulteration OF food and drugs was IN.
vorably reported. A bill was passed to provide
Tor the expectation Of fermented liquor IN bond
without payment Of acknowledgements tax. The
silver bill was discussed. e. In the House bill
was passed authorizing tho sale Of timber on
certain lands reserved for the use Of the Me-
nominee tribe OF Indians in Wisconsin. The
Alabama contestedelecti case OF McDuftie
VS.. Turpin was considered but no action was
taken.
In the Senate on tho 4th the presiding ofllcer
announced as tho select committee on tho bill
for the O. establishment Of the University Of tho
United States MesSrS. Edmunds, Sherman, In
gals, Blair. Dolph, Harris, Butler. Gibson and
Barbour The fOrtihcAtion bill was passed.
A joint resolution was offered authorizing tho
President to form alliances with foreign coun.
tries for the suppression OF the liquor traflo.
Aoil was reported providing for the establish,
ment under Federal authority, and Mt the ex-
pense OF the public treasury, Of an employment
bureau for the poor. In the House tho major.
ity report on the Alabama contested election
case. seating McDuffie (Rep.), was adopted A
bill reducing the price Of oil agricultural public
land to 81. 9o an acre was favorably reported
BILLS were passed In the Senate on the 5th
granting pensions Of 80 month to the widow
of Rear Admiral Edward Donaldson and to the
widow OF Commander WinSlow Of the KeAr-
sarge. bill was introduced to prohibit the
expectation OF alcoholic liquors to Africa and
the islands OF the Pacific ocean. The silver
bill was discussed. %. In the House the time
was occupied in discussing the silver bill.
In the Senate bills were introduced on the
9th for the relief and civilization OF the Chippe
wa Indians in Minnesota, and providing y serv-
Ice pension for those who served sixty days in
the war OF the rebellion or any Indian war prior
to 1868 Of one cent for each day OF service The
silver bin was further considered. %: IL the
House a bill was introduced to prohibit the OK
portation OF intoxicating liquors to Africa and
the islands OF the Pacific ocean. The silver
bill was discussed
DOMESTIC.
THE statement of the public debt is
sued on the I'd showed the total debt
to be 1851, S62 500; cash in the treas
ury, SS6, 90l, 79l; debt less cash in treas
ury, $l,OOS, S5S, $780, Decrease during
May, S6,66l,S71. Decrease since June
80. 1889. S67, 7S7,732
THE Standard Oil Company on the Sd
purchased the Forest Oil Company of
Pittsburgh, Pa, for $1,000, 900.
NEARLY 1900 saloons in Baltimore,
Nd, that were doing flourishing bust
ness month ago, were closed on the ID,
owing to heavy increase in the license
JOHN CARPENTER and James Gillespie
on the Sd discovered by accident the
long-lost Mexican silver mines in
Franklin County, Ark.
CYCLONE struck the village of Brad
shaw, Neh, on the Sd, destroying near
~ every house in town, killing five
persons and seriously injuring many
others.
MICHAEL. SUMNER, merchant and
miller at New Prague, Mimi, failed on
the sd for $4,000.
In the United Presbyterian General
Assembly at Buffalo, N. Y, on the Sd
resolution was adopted condemning all
laws relating to divorce and permitting
the breaking up of marriage relations
on other than Scriptural grounds.
A STORM of wind and rain on the Sd
at Scales Mound, ILL.,, and vicinity, did
damage to the extent of $150,O00.
Four farmers were struck b. light
ming on the Sd near Caro-, Mich.
A CYCLONE on the Sd at Little Black,
Wis, destroyed twelve houses and un-
rooted many others. No one was in
jured.
AT Waynesburg, Pa, fire on the Sd
destroyed the McGurgan and Minor
blocks, the two largest buildings in
town.
LIGHTNING struck powder-house on
the outskirts of Mansfield, O.. on the
Sd, and in the explosion that followed
two residences were completely wrecked
and three persons were killed.
A wIND-sToRM on the Sd at Glenwood,
Ia, wrecked the State institution for
the Predetermined, and two boys were
killed and six other persons were in
jured. Several other buildings were
also ruined.
BECAUSE she felt it was beyond her
Maude Fisher, of New Britain, Conn.,,
drowned herself on the 3D..
WESTERN Iowa was again deluged
with heavy rains on the 4th, and great
damage was inflicted upon the towns of
Underwood, Nicola, Persia and Weston,
in Pottawattamie County. At the for
mer place thirty-five residences in the
lowlands were wrecked by water and as
many families made homeless. In the
Boone river valley cyclone destroyed
every thing in its path, killing one man,
and at Angus school-house waswrecked
and all the pupils injured. one fatally.
THE internal revenue collections for
the month of May amounted to S16, 937,.
772, showing an increase on every OBJ
ject of taxation except oleomargarine.
TUE Turner's of Harlan County, KY,
fought battle with a sheriff's posse on
the 4th in Lee County, Va. and two OF
the Turner'S were killed.
A RANCHER and his wife and two chill
dren living near Tucson. A. T., were
murdered on the 4th and their house
burned. 1t was thought to have been
the deed of Indians.
A CLOUD-BUKsT on the 4th at Zum.
brota, Mimi, washed away many houses
and barns and drowned much stock.
The entire population of the village
abandoned their houses and fed to high
lands.
FRANK McILvA1N, cashier of the Sui
phur Deposit Bank at Sulphur, KY, dis
appeared on the 4th with $50, 900 belong
ing to the bank and the wife of John
Watkins
AT the sixty-fifth anniversary of the