Mower County transcript., 1890-05-07

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on the S0th ult proven innocent,
GARY PITTMAN, cashier of tho Not.
tingham (Ala.) Bank. was on the soth
nlt found to be $40, 900 short in his ac-
counts He was missing.
JOSEPH, PULITZER, proprietor, and
John "A. Cockerill, Julius Chambers and
James +. Graham, editors Of the New
York World, were indicted by the grand
jury on the S0th ult. for criminal libel
OF ex-Judge Hilton.
AN Indian named Anastioio Uupo.
under arrest tor horse stealing, was
taken from box-car at Banning. Cal,.
on the soth ult. by vigilantes and
hanged.
The State OF Michigan wiped out every
dollar OF its bonded indie ebtedness on the
SOth ult.
THE Bank OF America at Philadelphia,
with twelve branches scattered through
that city, failed on the soth ult for
$500. 900.
| Jake ACkERMAN, . thief with O Ma
| t1onal reputation, was shot and killed
In the police court at Memphis, Tenn
on the S0th ult. by his wife.
GEORGE SwARrz was on the sOth u)t.
given twelve years in the penitentiary
for robting the post-offioe at Hope,
Ind, of 5000.
| Mrs. ANNE D. EDWARDS was blown to
atoms on the 30th ult at Butler. Pa..
| by the explosion of q can Of nitro.
glycerine.
| A FOREST fire on the S0th ult. near
Mandan, N. D., destroyed hundreds of
acres of fine timber.
IT was reported on the 1st that the
| Wells-Fargo express messenger on a
Southern Pacific train had been robbed
Of $45. 900 at Eagleville, Tex.
The United States Treasury issued a
statement on the 1st showing that the
! assets amount to $712, 600, 900, against
liabilities of $3.50, 000, 900, leaving a BAL
ance in favor Of the treasury of $6a.-
| 0OO, 900.
DEsr1rUT1oN was said to prevail on
the 1st in the negro settlement in Okla.
homa, and immediate supplies were
needed to prevent deaths from hunger.
AT Washington on the 1st ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland was admitted to practice
before the United States Supreme
| Court.
JAMES PALMER was hanged on the 1st
at Concord, N. H., for the murder of
Henry 7. Whitehouse at Portsmouth.
May ~, 1883.
THROUGHOUT the country on the 1st
large demonstrations were made by
working-men in favor of an eight-hour
day, and in several large cities strikes
were inaugurated by carpenters.
FIFTY-EIGHT converts to Mormonism
arrived at New York from Liverpool on
the 1st. They came from Sweden and
England.
The receipts of the United States dur.
ing April last from customs, internal
revenue and other resources amounted
TO over S34, ,OOO, 900, an increase of abou t
SS'o 100000 over those of the correspond
ing month of last year.
AN incendiary fire on the 1st in the
West Albany IN. " Livestock Yards
destroyed eight acres of barns and
cattle-sheds.
DURING cyclone on the 1st at Bloom.
ing Grove. Tex, the new Baptist church
and many residences were demolished,
and the post-of1ce, the Presbyterian
church and several business houses were
partly wrecked.
1T was announced on the 1st that the
recent decision OF the United States SUI
preme Court in the liquor suit known as
the "original package" case opened a
loop-hole for the complete notification
OF the prohibitory statues in several
States.
The New York Legislature on the 1st
passed bill abolishing capital punish
ment.
FEcHHE1MER, RAU & Co., shirt man.
ufacturers in New York, failed on the
1st for $375,0o0. :
The statement of the public debt is
sued on the 1st showed the total debt
| to be 81, ,595, 842, 1896; cash in the Treas
ury, $35, ,930, ,623; debt less cash in Treas
ury, $1,015,520, Decrease during
| April, $7,636, 901. Decrease since June
80. 1889, $61, ,125,s51.
In Chicago on the LIST Alderman J. b.
McAbee, NJ. ]. Corcoran, John Horn, w.
II. Mitchell, John Dingwell, James
Lynch, Stephen Cowes and Captain
James White (all Democrats) were in
dicted by the grand jury for election
frauds.
ATFrankfort, Mich, on the 1st Charles
I. Wright, the umberman who shot and
killed Sheriff Marshall and Deputy
Thurber, was sentenced to life impris-
onment.
THERE were 211 business failures in
the United States during the seven days
ended on the I'd, against 21S the pre-.
vious seven days. 80. -- -
GOVERNOR WATERMAN, Of California,
on the I'd granted pardon to A. P. Clip
SON, who was sent in May, 1878, to
San Quentin prison to serve life sem
tence, he having been found innocent
Ten THOUSAND working-men en-
ployed in the iron, cooper and sash and
door industries in Chicago struck on the
I'd for eight hours. ,...
YAM PHoN LEE, Yale graduate,
started a paper in New York on the I'd
for Chinese Sunday scholars. It
is called the Chinese Advocate.
PRESIDENT HARRISON on the I'd signed
the bill establishing Territorial gov
ernment in Oklahoma.
JUDGE E. B. MARrINDALE, of Indian
apolis, was on the I'd appointed worlds
fair commissioner for Indiana by Gov