Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-19

funeral. At the close an affecting scene oc-
CURED, the children of the queen throwing
themselves on the grave, and filing the air
with lamentations. Dayton has been for some
time the headquarters of the gypsies in this
country, and the king, husband of the queen,
lives near the city, and owns large tract of
ground.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Yellow fever and small pox prevail in
Havana.
The yellow fever is aoating, somewhat,
in Its violence.
Forty-tve thousand dollars have been
sent from San Francisco in aid of the yellow
fever sufferers.
The secretary of the treasury an
nounees that he will pay out silver dollars on
currency liabilities.
Physicians and nurses that have gone
to aid the yellow fever suffers, are dying in
considerable numbers.
There is great distress and restitution
among settlers in Washington territory
caused by the forest fires.
The Agricultural Fair at Red Wing,
Mimi, was great success. From 5000 to
1000 persons were present.
In Manchester, Eng, funds are being
collected to aid the yellow fever sufferers.
Also at st. Johns, New Brunswick.
The Masonic hall at New Brunswick,
New Jersey built in 1878 at cost of 1886, 900
has been sold under foreclosure for $500
A party of the Chippewa Indians, of
the White Earth reservation, were in attend
ance at the State Fair, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The contributions to the yellow fever
fund in Chicago, already have amounted to
$51, $40, and this amount does not include all
The Merchants exchange yellow fever
relief fund in st. Louis, has received $34100.
collections from other sources $11, $50. Total
$45,659.
/ Rice plantations around the city of
Savannah, George, have been damaged by a
| gale and rain to the estimated amount of
$350O0O
The heroic conduct of the colored peo-
pie in the fever stricken south, is spoken Of
with high commentator, and SANDERS against
them refuted.
It is estimated from reliable data
that not less than 900 people visited the
Fair grounds at St. Paul, Mimi, during the
| late State Fair.
A. total of $42,294 had been collected
| for the yellow fever sufferers in Chicago, up
to Monday, Sept. 9th, and collections were
still bling pressed vigorously.
The Governor of Mississippi has issued
proclamation, appointing Friday, Sept. SOth
as day of humiliation and prayer, in view of
the terrible yellow fever scourge.
The United States marshal for Georgia
has been instructed to employ as strong a
force as necessary to arrest the three Ennis
brothers, illicit distillers, of Baldwin county,
| why shot two men of the marshars posse.
P.Staub, proprietor of the Knoxville,
Tennessee, Opera House and large real
| estate owner has made an assignment. In
consequence the Knoxville bank is closed.
The banks liabilities are 81, 900; available
assets $780,
The Paris LeIemps, referring to So
cialism, states that the authorities have docu-
ments proving the existence of an interna-
tionalist propaganda, and they intend prose-
cutting persons arrested at the recent socialist
congress for connection Herewith.
| Gen. Howard has held a conference
the willingness of his tribe to go on reserva-
ton of their own choice, but not on one re-
mote from their country.
In the speech from the throne read at
the opening Of the Reichstag, the Emperor
expressed hope that the anti-socialist bill
will be adopted that the spread of the per-
nicious Socialist movement may be arrested
and those who have been misled by it may be
| brought back to the right path.
kilograms from Sidney, Neb., show
that considerable uncertainty is felt in regard
to the Cheyennes. A small number of the
tribe have been brought in by the soldiers. A
| special train, with steam up, was KEEP in
readiness to convey troops to any part of the
railway line wherever the Indians might at
| tempt to cross. Five companies are at Sidney.
The Gipsies are in fever of excite
ment at Dayton, o., over the ceremonies
pertaining to the funeral of their late Queen,
Matilda Stanley. She died several months
ago. Her body has been removed to Dayton,
with Chief Moses at Priests Rapids, Oregon
at which an assurance of continued friend
ship was exchanged, and Moses announced
and the clans notified to be on hand to pay
due honors to their late loved sovereign.
It is generally recognized that the
present is one of the most critical epochs in
the history Of India. A single false move on
the part OF the mission to Asghanistan may
involve not only costly frontier war but
widen complications. The mission forms a
single step in an extensive concerted scheme
for protection of India.
The official report of Gen. Miles to
Gen. Sheridan regarding his recent operations
with the Bannock Indians, disproves the
story that he had beed surrounded, and states
that he surprised the hostiles with the result,
II Indians killed, 81 prisoners, 200 ponies cap
tured, and Capt. Bennett, OF the Fifth infantry
and two friendly Indians killed
The September returns to the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington give the
average condition of the corn crop at 92
against 90 in August. It is slightly above the
condition reported in September in 1877,
which was 81. The crop held its own in the
northern portion of the Atlantic slope and on
the Pacific coast. 1t slightly improved in the
States north of the Ohio, but fell off 10 per
cent. in States west of the Mississippi The
Southern States as whole fell off about per
cent. OF 921 counties reporting, 251 were
full average. 278 above, and 39l below. Sep
TENDER returns indicate an average of 81 in
the wheat crop against 90 in September, 1877.
The reduction is mostly due TO disasters to
the spring wheat crop in the West. A pre-
1iminary examination Of the returns of the
acreage indicate that the breadth shown in
1878 was about one-sixteenth greater than in
1877. This win more than compensate for
the oss from decline in condition, and may