Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-09

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RHODES & Bros, operators Of the
Aston. Knowlton and West Branch
dress-goods mills at Aston, Pa, failed on
the I'd for 800, 900, throwing 1000 per-
sons out Of work.
EVAN NovAGRATs, a Norwegian, was |
drawn into an ore-crushing machine at |
the Vulcan iron works at Pittsburgh, |
Pa, on the I'd, and almost instantly |
ground to pulp
THE number Of hogs packed in the
West during the winter season, Novem-
Der to March l, was q, 08S, 500, against
5,4ss, $50 during the same period . year
ago.
THE failures Of three supposed wealthy
farmers Of Lancaster, Pa., were an
nounoed. on the Sd, Benjamin l.. Gam
Dor, for $50, 600, Jacob II. Hostotter for
$40, 500 and Daniel E. Heifer for SIS, 564.
THE female crusaders at Pennington,
Mo-, on the Sd destroyed another wagon
load Of beer and attempted to enter sew
eral saloons but found them barricaded.
AT Galena, Monmouth and Cham
paign, in Illinois, a Cyclone ON the Sd
unroofed houses, leveled fences and up
rooted trees, causing great damage. No
lives were lost.
The steamer China made her last trip
from San Francisco to Hong Kong In
twenty days, including the stop at 70.
kohama, beating the best previous
record by two days.
ROBERT Mccoy and William Hicks
(colored) were hanged on the Sd at
Homerville, Ca, for the murder Of Will
lam Hughes and his wife last November.
In the absence OF their parents on the
Sd three children Of William Brown,
who had been locked In their home near
Huron. S. D.. were burned to death.
DoLPHA GRABHAM was killed and his
younger brother fatally injured by
piece of falling scantling at Hamilton,
O., on the Sd.
THE old Greeley homestead at Chap
paqua, N. Y, which was formerly the
homo OF Horace Greeley. being built by
him in 1851, was destroyed by fire on
the Sd.
DISPATCHES Of the Sd say that plan
tations near Greenville, Miss, which
were always considered above high-water
mark, and were never before submerged,
were inundated, the flood being the
highest on record.
A GANG of counterfeiters was capt
ured on the Sd at Buffalo, N. Y.
REPORTS from Kansas on the Sd were
| to the effect that the winter wheat belt
of the State had been greatly benefited
by rain.
FAST day was observed throughout
| New Hampshire and Massachusetts on
the Sd, business being generally sus-
pended.
| GEAcEAu CHLERoRAD, OF Atwood,
Kan, was on the 4th sentenced to fifty
years in The penitentiary for poisoning
his brother.
AN explosion of gas in tunnel near
Santa Paula, CAL, on the 4th killed six
men.
| IT was reported on the 4th that SNUG
! Cling frauds in the glove trade in the
country to the extent of $1,000, 900 had
been discovered by United States Of
hcials.
GOVERNOR F1FEK, Of illinois, on the
4th named April 10 as Arbor day in the
State.
ADv1cEs of the 4th say the condition.
of the wheat crop In Missouri would not
exceed IS per cent, owing to severe
freezing weather in March.
| THERE were 200 business failures In
the United States during the seven days
ended on the 4th, against 1s9 the
previous seven days. The total Of fail
ures in the United States from January
to date is 1856, against 1860 in 1889.
| A SEVERE storm of wind and rain pre-
vailed at Arkansas City, Ark, on the
4th, and nearly every house was flooded
to depth of ten or twelve feet. Two
churches and three or four residences
were blown from their foundations.
THE forty-fve directors of the worlds
! fair were chosen in Chicago on the 4th.
AT Louisville, KY, the relief for the
cyclone sufferers amounted on the 4th
to $1S5, Ov2. Eight hundred applications
for aid had i>een received.
The fire In tho Cameron (Pa.) colliery
was on the 4th beyond control, and the
entire mine would have t. be flooded.
The loss was estimated at 100000.
REPoBTs Of the 4tfl from 300 Mime.
sofa farmers were to the effect that the
crop outlook in the State was excellent
FIFTEEN passengers were injured on
the 18th by the plunging down an en-
bankment near St Charles, No., OF an
express train.
Two THIEVES robbed the jewelry store
of M. j.. Mitchell 1T Denver, COL, Of
SIS, 200 worth of diamonds on tho 4th and
made good their escape.
The :sixtieth general annual confer
ence of the Mormon church opened at
Salt Lake City on the 4th with Presi-
dent MILFORD Woodruff presiding.
SHERIFF JOHNSON, of Atlantic Coun-
ty, N. j., was reported on the 4th to
have sold within two days 200 farms to
satisfy foreclosed mortgages, and it
was said that forty families In the town
of Germania were homeless.
ADAM BEACH had his eyes blown out
on the 4th at Lima, o., by = na4ural-
gas explosion.
IT was reported on the. 4th that six
revenue officers had been shot by moon
sinners at Fleminsburg, KY.
AN Indian named Eagle Horse shot