Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-16
MILWAUKEE, BUSINESS.

pared with former years, as TO the receipts OF
wheat, flour and coarse grain, show q very
considerable increase over the two preceding
| years, while the receipts and manufacture OF
-four aggregates larger amount this year
than ever before. The live stock tables show
an unprecedented increase in business done,
the receipts of live hogs being nearly double,
and those of cattle a third larger than last
year. The receipts Of cheese reached the
enormous aggregate OF Is, 900 pounds, an
increase of nearly so, 600 600 pounds oyer 1877
The receipts of wheat were 81 900 600 bushels.
Shipments of -four, 100000 barrels.
A MAIL CARRIERS sUFFERINGs.
A Helena, Montana Times telegram of
Jan. o. says. On the 9th of December, Mail
| Casey left sun River in his mail cart for Fort
Benton. Not reaching the twenty eight
Mile Springs station, half way to Benton, aad
binding storm prevailed at the time, he was
| supposed to be lost. Search was made, and
| on the 5th inst. Casey was found seated in
| the cart which the horse was drawing slowly
| along, about twenty. eight miles from the
Springs station. During all this time he had
wandered on the prairie in nearly a circle,
picketing the horse and camping out nights.
| his feet were frozen, but ii is believed not Sc
| riously, and he will not lose any limbs. The
only thing that passed his lips were tobacco
| and snow, the thermometer the whole time
| being below zero.
swINDLING.
A Nashville, Tenn. telegram of Jan.
18th, says, the Grand officers of Odd Fellows
have discovered a conspiracy to defraud the
society of insurance money, involving A. o.
P. H. Seborn, past grandmother, living at
Murfreesboro, and D. c. Howell, at Chatta-
nooga. The parties collected $1,000 insur-
ance money and received $4,000 from the
Lake Shore Il Michigan Southern railway,
claiming the death of fictitious person in the
Ashtabula accident. The matter has caused
an uproar of excitement in the order. Sehorn
and Howell have confessed. The lodge has
taken steps to refund the money The
amount involved in the new scheme to defraud
the Benevolent society of Chicago and the
United Brotherhood Of Pennsylvania is esti-
mated ct $1,000. The conspiracy has grown
to such large proportions that probably not
half the rascalitv has been developed
SITTING BULL.
A Yankton, Dakota Territory telegram
of Jan. 18th says a special to the Press and
Dabotian from Cheyenne river agency, on the
Missouri river, says: Two runners have Just
arrived from Sitting Bulls camp and make
the following report: Their camp is on Little
river, near the United States boundary.
Twenty-Five days ago they had the largest
Council ever b Id by the hostiles, and decided
to send out twelve runners-fve to Standing
Rock. two to Cheyenne, three to Spotted Tail,
and T 20 to Red Cloud-as representatives of
the hostile bands which belong to these
agencies. They say we are willing to come
in, surrender to agency rules, if we are
guaranteed protection by the government.
The traders in British America have used
every measure tie keep us there. If it had not
been for them we would have come in with
Gen. Terry council will be held by the
agent.
THE CENSUS OF 1880
A bill has been introduced into the
lower House of Congress providing for tax
ing the census of population, wealth and in
dustry of the United States on the 1st of JAN
uary, $780, The superintendent of the census
is to be appointed by the President and con-
firmed by the Senate. The clerical force is
to be appointed by tie secretary of the inter-
Tor and one or more supervisors for each
State and Territory, not exceeding $50 in all,
are to be nominated by the Governors of the
several States The schedules of inquiries at
| the tenth census are the same as those con-
| tanned in the act for taking the census of
| 1850, with some additional provisions. Three
| millions dollars is fixed as the maximum cost
| of the census. The bill proposes any State
| or Territory which at intermediate five years
| may take census and report to the secre tary
of the interior, the government in UGH case
| to pay half the cost.
ENGLISH GRAIN.
The Mark Lane Express says the de-
liveries of hLme grown wheat at Mark Lane
has been comparatively light, but farmers
have marketed their produce pretty freely in
the country, although the condition of offer
ings were very unsatisfactory Sales have
consequently been difficult. Still, allowing
for the poorness of the quality and the holt
day character of trade, business was not undu-
| ly depressed, and in very few instances has
1t been necessary to make reductions to effect
sales of English wheat, where samples have
1 UOCA III d "OIhdDlO COHulGlOus o
foreign wheat into London has assumed the
customary phase of winter scantiness. Arri-
ais to Friday were only 900 quarters, made
| p chiefly of American descriptions. Ameri-
can supplies must necessarily be the princi-
pal feature in our imports for some time
Maize and barley and all descriptions of feed.
ing corn, moved off steady. Where any ouan.
tity changed hands, prices have been turn
against iellers,
ATERRIBLE HANGING SEINE.
Michael Farrell was hung at Quebec,
Jan. 10, For the murder of Francis Conway, in
August last. At quarter to all the bells of
the Catholic churches were tolled, and in the
churches people were assembled praying for
the condemned, while at 8, the hour appoint
ed for the execution, the archbishop cele-
brated solemn mass Of requiem. At the
same hour black flag was raised over the
jail and Farrell was marched upon the drop,
attended by two cleigymen. After a short
prayer, the hangman, who was enveloped in
black, made an attempt to draw the bolt, but
it was some seconds before he succeeded. the
culprit meanwhile bending beseeching look
upon his executioner. As he fell Farrell caught
the rope, uttered piercing scream and re.
manned hanging by lis hands until the hang
man, by vigorous shaking of the rope, loosen
ed his hands, and Farrell fell and was
strangled to death. The body viii be inter
red 10 the Catholic burying ground. meet
ing was held, and the authorities denounced
for persisting in the execution, one of the
speakers declaring that Farrell was only tc
be hanged because he was of the old Irisl
race.