Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-08-27
Epit0me of the Week.

Epit0me of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL.
THE bill granting right OF way through cor
tain lands Of the United States In Utah and
the bill to authorize the Secretary OF the ln'
terior to procure and submit to Congress pro-
pQsals for the sale to the United States Of the
western part OF the Grow Reservation in Mon.
t0nA were taken up amended and passed by the
United States Senate on the 10th. Tho tarin
bill was further discussed. In the House a mo-
tlon to 10y on the table the motion made some
days ago to reconsider the motion by which the
Nat Mckay relief bill was passed was agreed
to. The bill to amend the alien land law was
discussed. but no action was taken. The Agri-
cultural College bill was then taken up for dis.
cussion and passed.
THE resolution providing for IN adjournment
after tho passage OF the tariff bill was discussed
10 the United States Senate on the SOth but no
act1on was taken. The House amendment to
tho agricultural college bill and the meat.in-
Rpection bill were conourred In. The tarif bill
was further discussed. ... In the House the bill
to exempt mining land from the alien land law
was laid on the table. The bill for the adjust
ment Of accounts OF workmen and mechanics
under the eight.hour law was then taken up. no
action being taken. The resolution calling for
information rs to RussiA's prescription of Jews
vas reported aid adopted The House then
discussed the Senate meat-inspection bill.
A BILL was introduced In the United States
Senate on the Slst by request Of the Farmers
Alliance to provide for banks Of deposit. A
telegram was presented from tho members of
the Grant Monument Association in New York
protesting against the proposed removal Of
General Grants remains to Washington. The
House amendment to the Senate bill to
authorize the construction of bridge across
the Mississippi river ut some point between
the mouth Of the Illinois and tho mouth of the
Missouri was concurred In. Th, tarin bin was
further discussed. -. In tho House . bill was
passed to changed the time Of the sessions Of
the circuit and district courts for the Western
district Of Missouri; also one amending the act
authorizing the construction Of bridge across
the Red River Of the North. The lard refining
bill was further discussed, no action being
taken.
THE resolution to prohibit the sale Of intoxi-
eating liquors in the Senate restaurant was
taken up by the United States Senate on the
4sd. but owing to the absence OF its author went
over without action. Consideration OF the tar
i'll bill was resumed. .. In the House the con-
ference report on the bill making the appropri-
alton for an increased clerical force to carry
law was agreed to. The House then W. Mt into
committee OF the whole on Senate amendments
to the river and harbor bill At the evening
session private pension bills were considered.
DOMESTIC.
THIRD VICE-PREsIDENr WEBB of the
New York Central railroad, declared on
the 10th that his company was ready to
spend sa,O00.000 to defeat the present
strike. 1t was thought that the de-
termination of the Central company to
defeat the strikers would result in the
extension of the strike to all the Van
derbilt lines.
The reunion of the German Veteran
Association of North America at Dav.
export, Ia, closed on the 18th. Fort
Wayne, Ind, was selected as the next
meeting place. Hartwing Schmuck was
elected president of the association.
The thirty-fifth annual convention of
German Catholic societies. in session in
Baltimore, adopted a resolution on the
18TH protesting against all laws enacted
against parochial schools.
IT was estimated on the 10th that the
spring wheat crop of 1890 in Iowa. Ne
would aggregate LIZ, 900, 678 bushels. or
&bout 8, 900, 600 bushels less than last
years crop
The corner stone of a monument to
Davy Crockett was laid at Lawrence.
burg, Tenn, on the 10th.
The executive committee of the Grant
Monument Association in New York re-
ported subscriptions on the 10Th to the
amount of Sl47, 1l205.
The strike at the New Jersey Steel
& Iron Company's works at Trenton
came to an end on the 10Th, the terms
of the company having been accepted.
A BATTLE between village and rail-
road authorities at Continental Cross
ing, O., on the 10Th over the right to
run sewer under the railroad track
resulted in the injury Of forty persons.
Two hundred men were engaged on
each side.
THE thirty-ninth annual meeting of
the American Association for the Ad-
Ganapolis on the 10Th.
The largest illicit distillery in Arkan-
sas, located in Pike County, was de-
stroyed by United States officers on the
18th.
TIE population of Missouri was off,
oially enumerated on the 10th at 2,788,-
O0O gain of 6l9. $40 in the last decade.
CHnDBrN PLAYING in barn at Akron.
q, on the 2 9TH reported to man that
q skunk was under a haypile. He
thrust pitchfork into the hay and i'm
paled negro with fatal effects. He
was identified as John Williams, an es-
capped convict from the Ohio peniten-
dsry.
The population of the State of Wash
ington was officially announced on the
goth at 346, 900. Ten years ago it was
r. 49,
A VERDICT of murder in the first de-
gree was rendered ON the Goth at
Parkersburg, w. Va, against Mrs.
Mary Morgan for the murder of her hus-
band, and she was sentenced to be
hanged.
FIRE at Atlanta, Ca. on the Goth de-
stroyed the factory of Gholstein, Hass
& Guthman, mattress manufacturers.
Loss, $4,000.