Mower County transcript., 1893-10-18
THE WEEKS NEWS.
"Wednesday. Oct. IL.

cO101nanOery, hn1SntS <1emp1aT,
IS In session at Columbus. ..-.-.0 =
Mrs. Maria Brooks and daughter Of
.nochester, N. Y, have presented Sc, 600
10 Auburn Theological seminary.
Paid admissions at the worlds fair
tuesday We're 3O8,613. Total paid at
tendance for Oct. 9 and 10, 1,022,s59.
The Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway Employee and the
Brotherhood of Surface Railway en-
g1neers are in session at Cleveland.
Farmers Of Douglas county, Wis,
have pooled their interests and will es-
tabllsh an open market in West Super
lor for the sale of their produce. They
claim they cannot affora to sell to the
wholesalers.
Thursday, Oct. ~.
The strike of miners in Belgium is at
an end.
John Jacob Astor's steam yacht
Nourmahl collided with the ferryboat
Washington at New York. No one
hurt.
Miss Lille Sherman, q Lexington,
ky', helress, is to marry Baron B. F.
Grundebaum, an Austrian nobleman,
Friday, Oct. 20.
At the days session of the Amalga-
mated Association of Street Railway
Employees at Cleveland it was decided
to affiliate with the American Fedora
tion Of Labor.
A sensation has been created at
Great Falls, Mon., by the elopement of
Miss Maud Barnum, q refined white
girl, with halfbreed cowboy named
Indian Charley.
Friday, Oct. 13.
Boston and surrounding towns are
threatened with water famine.
Another attempt will be made in
Chicago to raise fund for the Duke of
Veragua.
: Sioux City was visited by fire
which destroyed four blocks and caused
a loss OF $500, 600.
The Cumberland. N. J., county ex-
else commission has been indicted.
charged with extortion.
President Cleveland's family has
moved from the White House to
Woolley, Mr.. Cleveland's suburban
residence.
The express companies entering st.
Louis are building depot for joint
occupancy, which will be the largest in
the world.
Alexander Salvini, the actor, was
married in Cleveland to Madeline
Dixon. who played in his company for
several seasons.
Saturday, Oct. IA.
Over 5000. QUO tons of freight passed
through the 500 canal during the past
year.
The Eva Fuller, loaded with lumber,
stranded on a reef at Racine, Wis,
Friday. ..-. f.. y
Much damage was done by a wind
storm at Jacksonville, Fla, Thursday
and Friday.
The freight department of the Wis:
consin Central has been removed from
Chicago to Milwaukee.
An unknown vessel was run down
and sunk in Boston harbor during q
hervy fog Friday night. All on board
were drowned.
William Lucklin, 7 years old, who
lost both legs in an accident on the
Michigan Central, secured a verdict of
$4,000 in damage suit against the
road"
. = ~. Monday, Oct. 10.
Willis :Menard, the first colored man
to run for congress, has just died in
Washington.
Nine large ice houses in Cayuga, N.
r.. containing over 10000 tons of ice,
were destroyed by fire.
The Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don Times reports isolated cases of
cholera at Altoona, Magdeburg and
Wiftenburg. z r.
John johnson, the colored murderer
OF two fellow convicts in Auburn IN.
Y prison. has been sentenced to die in
the chair the week of Nov. ~.
The Indians report that the deer are
very scarce in Forest county, Wis. and
vicinity. Hunters are leaving for the
northwestern part of the state.
Jacob Kerstner, a socialist, said to be
the real husband of Emma Goldman.
has been sent to Auburn prison for
three years on the charge of grand
larceny.
William Soden of Oregon, Dane
county, Wis.,, found $50 pounds of fine
honey under the floor of the Methodist
church, a swarm of bees having settled
there two years ago. s.~.s-z
Tuesday, Oct. II.
Robert. Carter found the petri1ed
body of giant while exploring a cave
near Middlesborough, Ky.
At the Blackburn mines, near Peters
burg, Ind, two men were fatally in
jured by premature explosion.
Noah King was found guilty of at
tempted train wrecking at Brazil, Ind.
and sentenced to IL years in prison. ::
The comptroller Of the currency has