Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-24

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Publisher.
This is No. /, of Volume 8.
John F, Dilley, Judge of Probate, of
Wright County died at Buffalo on the 7th
inst.
II. NJ s. Pinafore has arrived at Winni,
peg. She has never pin a,fore in those
parts.
A large fire at Anoka, Monday, destroyed
nearly one million feet of lumber, the
property of Pratt & Rhines, of Princeton.
Mr.. E. B. Wakeman the new Superin-
tendent of the st. Paul s. Pacific r. r.,
entered upon the discharge of his duties
last Monday
The Southern Minnesota is TO be pushed
forward to junction with the Sioux City
railroad. The route is established and the
contracts let.
1t has just been ascertained that the Mis-
souri, River is navigable to within twelve
miles of Helena. Montana, fifty miles
above Fort Benton.
A few of us fellows whose names have
not been mentioned for Governor are be-
ginning to feel lonesome and sad. But
then its always "age before beauty"
Rev. A. H. Kerr has resigned his posi-
tion as one of the board of directors of the
Insane Asylum, and been appointed stew
ard of the second hospital at Rochester.
The striker of the mammoth bell in the
st. james Cathedral, Toronto, tell from the
spirc to the basement, doing considerable
damage. The triker weighed 1909 pounds.
We have received Il copy of the Red Riy-
or Free Press, published, at Breckenridge,
by A. De Lacy Wood. The Press meets
with liberal patronage and we wish it sue
cess
A Dightman, resident of town III,
range 46, Lac qui Parle county, while re-
turning from hunt few days ago, acct
dentalIy shot himself when within few
rods of his house. and died in less th II
five minutes.
The Anoka Herald asks: why can't the
city of Aneka have Board of Trade es-
taD.ished." There is no reason why it
should not have. In the few short months
of its existaDce, our Board has secured
many benefits for both town and county.
An ancient relic has just been unearthcd
in St. Paul. 1t is silver communion
service such as is used in Catholic churches,
and is supposed to have been buried for
long time, as chalices and patens Of their
description have not been IN use for two
hundred years.
Mr. Billson, the United States District
Attorney, filed bill of complaint in the
United States Circuit Court, on Tuesday
last, against A. A. Brown, his brother c,
A. Brown. and Isaac Sorenson. The
charges are similar to those published IN
this paper last fall, and are brought by the
parties who lost their farms while Brown
was Receiver at the New Ulm land office.
Two detective officers in private clothes
accompany the Queen of England during
her sojourn in Italy. They are attached
to the Royal suite in the capacity of gentle
men attendants, arc always within hail
when her majesty walks or drives about
the Italian lakes. The men accompany
the Queen in lieu Of an armed escort, the
latter being unsuitable in this instance as
her Majesty travels incognito as British
| peeress.
The Gar, of Russia, has issued an ukase
giving the governors of six of the most
populous districts ia Russia perfectly abso
lutte and despotic pow ers The recent So
cialistic movements have rendered this
step necessary, at least SO the authorities
seem tothink. This ukase gives the gov
ernors power to enforce any measures they
deem necessary to suppress these Nihiiists
and it is probable that the most extreme
measures will be resorted to.
The Benson Times asserts that several
deaths have occurred in this place from
cerebro spinal menengitis, and the Advo
cate reports that spotted fever was raging
| hereabouts. We do not know who started
these lying reports; but they are lies, such
as only first-class lying knave is capable
of originating and circulating. These pa
pers would confer favor by promptly
1 contradicting these ruInors. The fact is
that only one death has occurred in this
village during the month, and that was
from scarlet fever
The following facts and figures will give
some idea of the extent of the city of Lon
don: The great metropolis has 1000 miles
of streets, and on an average 28 miles OF
new streets are opened and 9, 900 new houses
built every year; 1000 vessels and 1900
sailors are in port every day. It's crime i:
also in proportion to its extent, "a, 900 per
sons are annually taken into custony, Will,
more than one-third of all the crime in tht
country is committed within its borders
3S, 900 persons are annually found guilty o
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