Mower County transcript., 1891-12-23

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John Dillon was injured ii. . riot ii
Ireland.
Small pox is carrying off large mum
bers OF famlshlng Russians.
The Missouri river improvement con-
vention opened at Kansas City Tuesday.
Timothy p. Byrnes has been arraigned
in Minneapolis on a charge of forgery.
The Virginia legislature has reelected
John w. Daniel United States senator
without opposition.
North Dakota millers have issued an
appeal for assistance in relieving the
starving Russian peasants.
An English syndicate has bought the
of the Montana Sapphire and
Ruby company for $4,000, 900.
New York merchants, at mass meet
ing adopted resolutions asking the legis-
lature to appropriate $500, 700 for the
worlds fair.
The Hadfeld company, of Milwaukee,
in the coal and lime business, has made
an assignment. The debts and assets
are about $500. 900 each.
Mr.. Charles F. Mayer has been unani-
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more and Ohio Railroad company for
the ensuing year. This is Mr.. Mayors
third term in office.
The deep waterways convention is in
session at Detroit. i,
Whittier was "a years old Thursday,
He spent the day quietly.
T1nifn1 C<o4oo I.
OF counterfeiters at Philadelphia Friday.
Many deaths from starvation are re-
ported from the State of Durango.
Mexico.
The revolt of Haytians under the
leadership of General Prophete is said to
be due this week.
The first issue of The Irish Independ-
ent, the new organ Of the Parnellite
party, has appeared at Dublin.
The commissioner of pensions has ap-
pointed DIR. E. J. Sexton as pension ex-
amining surgeon at Sturgis, S. D.
A terrific explosion of gas occurred in
the Port Bowkley Pa.) mine, whereby
Bryan Cafferty was killed and John
Monahan and Hugh Ferguson fatally
injured.
The strike of operators OH the Atlantic
and Pacific road has been temporarily
settled by President Marvel ordering
the demands granted until such time as
a definite understanding is arrived at.
A company is being organized at
Winnipeg to start binding twine fac
tory.
Mcdonald Bros, Of La Crosse, lum-
bermen and steamboat owners have
assigned.
The sultan of Turkey has asked to be
made arbitrator in the Franco Bulgarian
difficulties.
The lands of the Northern Pacific in
Clay and Norman counties, Minn., are
to be put on the market.
The Drexel Institute of Art, Science
and Industry, founded by A. J. Drexel
has been dedicated in Philadelphia.
John G. Davis, prominent church
member, was arrested at. Raleigh, N. c.,
charged with embezzling $500, 900,
mostly church funds
The work of allotting land to the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians in sew
crafty is suspended, owing to a shortage
of money for expenses.
The postmaster general has executed
contracts with the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company for mail service on the
routes between New York and Colon,
San Francisco and Panama, San Fran
cisco and Hong Kong, and with the Red
I'D" line for service between New York
and Laguayra, Venezuela.
A popular uprising has occurred in.
Pernambuco, Brazil.
The Federation of Labor will meet in
Philadelphia next year.
General Kenly, a veteran of the Mex
can and civil wars, died at Baltimore
Sunday.
Miss Louise Lee Bayard, youngest
daughter of ex-Secretary Bayard, was
married to DR.. Frank Angel, of New
York.
The French institute has granted the
Cuvier prize of $500 to the United States
geological survey for the excellence Of
its work.
The bottom Of the Gaylord mine at
Plymouth, Pa, caved in, The damage
will exceed $4,000. Two thousand men
are thrown out Of work.
A dispatch from London says that
Minister Lincoln will shortly send his
resignation to the president. The
rumor could not be confirmed by any
one at Washington.
The Nebraska supreme court has af-
firmed the decision of the Douglass
district court declaring unconstitutional
the law passed by the last legislature
taxing fire insurance companies a cer-
tain per cent. on risks accepted.
It is reported at Quebec that Mercier
and his ministers will be arrested.
The Davis will contest at Butte, Mon..
involving $S,000,000, is to be settled out
Of court.
The Hawthorne college in Winthrop,
Mass, occupied by Mrs S. H. Marshall,
has burned. Loss, $1,000.
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy
and Greece have signifed their willing
ness to continue their present CONNER
cial treaty relations with Spain.
The school in Chase district, near
ROkah. Minn., is closed on account of
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