Mower County transcript., 1892-04-27
UNLAWFUL ACTS.

oSt8Go ana DOnO 6WlQOler mas been sem
fenced to eighteen years in the peniten-
tiary.
Patrick Stanley, the st. Paul man
who was shot at the dog fight in Anoka
county Sunday, died as the result of an
amputation.
A negro doctor near Quincy, Ills.,,
killed man for refusing to pay him
him for treating his mother for cancer,
having failed ia cure her.
w. H. Riddell, manager of the West
ern Mutual Benefit association Of San
Francisco, is missing. Likewise $7V, 900
Of the associations money. -
Oscar Craner and James L. White,
wanted for stealing $4,000 from
Dix & Phyfe, New York bankers, have
been captured in Denmark.
President Townsend, of the "Mercan-
tile Telegraph company" was fined
1000 in st. Louis for receiving money
bets on races outside the state.
Mrs. Walden, who has been for sew.
eral days on trial in New York for kill
ing her husband, James Walden. the
horse trainer. has been convicted of
murder in the second degree.
At Niles, O., Samuel Williams re-
turned home drunk and drove his fam
lily out of the house. A daughter aged
20 tried to quiet him and had her head
fractured by a blow from poker.
Williams then seized knife and sev-
cred his jugular, dying instantly. The
daughter cannot live.
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.
Two Mexicans were frozen to death
in Colorado last week.
Fire at New London, Conn.,, Monday
destroyed the Colby academy. Loss
$4,000.
Property worth nearly half million
dollars was destroyed by fire at Kenosha,
Wis.,, Tuesday morning.
Two men were burned to death and
five others injured by FIRE in Jersey
City pyrotechnic factory Tuesday night.
A barn containing 100 tons of hay and
800, 900 feet of lumber belonging to the
Empire Lumber company, burned at
Empire, Mich.
Several warehouses in San Salvador
were burned Sunday, entailing a loss
of $500, 900. Three persons were killed
and number injured by falling walls.
John Longwell, of Wellsboro, Pa,
who vomited three snakes, is dead. He
was supposed to have swallowed snake
eggs while drinking at a spring in his
field. =
At the laying of the corner stone of
the Y. M G. A. building at Holyoke,
Mass, Saturday, one man was killed
and dozen people injured by the Civ
ing way Of large iron girder.
Mrs. Lilly, on her way East from
Washington state, was found dead in a
sleeping car on the Chicago and North
ern Pacific in Chicago. Heart disease
was the probable cause of death.
A boy named Willie Wyman, at St.
Paul, was so badly crushed by being
run over by freight train on which he
was attempting to jump on Monday
night that amputation of both feet was
necessary.
POLITICAL POINTS.
Victoria Woodruff announces herself
as q candidate for president of the
United States.
Oregon Democrats elected delegates
to Chicago who are for Cleveland first,
last and all the time.
The Democrats of the Seventh In.
diana congressional district nominated
Congressman Bynum by acclamation.
Kansas Democrats instructed dele
gates to Chicago for Cleveland. Reso
lutions were adopted favoring free coin
age.
Congressman w. s. Holman has beer
renOminated by acclamatiOn by tht
nopoono~0fa 1f ha
trict.
Republicans of Pennsylvania anG
Massachusetts, held conventions OF
Wednesday. Both endorsed Harrison
and praised Blaine.
The Democrats of the Fifth Indian,
congressional district have renominatei
Hon. George w. Cooper for congress
The Republicans of the Twenty fourth
Pennsylvania district have nominated
Ernest B. Acheson.
Senator Voorhees,, Hugh Dougherty
Charles E. Jewett and Samuel E. Morse
from Indiana, were elected delegates t,
the national convention. They ar,
stauch frien>ls of Gray, but will sup
port Cleveland as long as he has show
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The formation of a new Italian cab
met has been completed. It's programm
includes retrenchment in the arm,
budget.
The death of the Grand Duchess O
Mecklenbergh- -Schleswig, the sister O
Emperor William l., at Berlin, is an
nounced. She was stricken wit
paralysis.
It is said that France is preparing t,
declare war on Dahomey in the hope Q
securing treasure hidden by the King
for many centuries and valued at 500,
600, 900 francs.
Owing to the difficulties that hav
been encountered in reconstrncting tn
Italian cabinet all the members Of tn
ministry which just resigned, with tn
| exception Of Signor Colombo, ministe
Of finance, have decided to Withdraw
| their designations and remain in office
MISCELLANEOUS. IL.
Chicago painters have won thei
| strike.
The senate has confirmed the nomins
tion of H. M. Bssse as register Of th
Ashland Wis land Office.
Notice has Deen given by the Kansa
City that, commencing June, all stol
over privileges will be discontinued.