Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1880-08-26
Personal and Political se.es.


Personal and Political Motes.
tbs reported that 10000 Knight Temp
lars were In the line of procession in Chicago,
Aug. IL
The Pope has accepted the office of
godfather to the expected heir OF the Spanish
throne.
1t is understood that Ex-EmpIess Eu-
the remains OF the late Prince Imperial with
her.
Gen. Albert j. Meyer, chief signal Of
acer OF the United States signal service, was
lying very sick Aug. 10, OF heart disease at the
Palace hotel, Buffalo, NY. w.
The first bale of cotton of this years
crop was received at Little Rock, Ark, Aug
IA.
The steamer DOran, which arrived at
New York, August 10 from Bremen, brought
81, 367, $50 in specie
During the last fiscal year ending June
30, 1880, the net imports of gold to the United
States was $77. 1853 33l.
RIoting was renewed at Belfast, Ireland,
Aug. II. Mounted police charged the mob
and 20 persons were arrested. Some houses
were wrecked by the rioters.
The treasury department at Washing
ton, Aug. 19, purchased $4,000 ounces of fine
silver for delivery at San Francisco, Phladcl-
phia and New Orleans mints.
A Constantinople date of Aug. II, says
in compliance with the desire of President
Hayes the Sultan has decided to retain the
Turkish legation at WASHINGTON.
At home rule demonstration at Glas-
cow, Aug IA, 10000 Irishman were in attend
ance from all parts of Scotland. Resolutions
were adopted strongly denouncing the exist
ing land laws and House OF Lords.
The chief of the bureau of statistics re-
| ports that the total value of exports of do
mestic breadstuffs from the United States for
seven months ended July 81, 1880, were $751;
AL, ,46s; same period in 1879, OO,Ss1 ,1s3.
| The German papers are again full of
disheartening reports of the harvest in Sllesla
Posen and East and West Prussia. Crops in
certain districts of these provinces may be
said to be wholly destroyed and the river en-
bankment swept away, bridges floating down,
villages flooded, farms inundated and vast
tracts of grain growing land converted into
lakes and swamps by torrents of rain. Great
famine is feared in all the above named prov
inces.
The board Of army officers who visited
Fort Gratiot, Mich. for the purpose of apprais-
| ing the military reservation at that post, have
presented their report to the war department
They place the value of property at $4,000.
| Congress last winter passed bill authorizing
the sale of a lease of this property to the
Northwestern Railway company The COM
pany has signifed its acceptance of the terms
| as appraised and IS making arrangements to
pay the sum mentioned.
The Mark Lane Express of Aug. II,
in its review of British grain trade the past
week, says. Harvesting is now general Fine
weather will be of the most value. Wheat is
greatly damaged by mildew, most of the sam
| Piles being below expectations. Barley, which
will be the heaviest crop of the season, has
likewise deteriorated its color and value by
the wet weather of July, all good barley hay
ing been more or less laid. Reports about oats
are more favorable. Root crops have improved.
A large part of the hay crop was got in dur.
| ing the past week, and will be the only por-
ton of the crop of 1880. which has been made
in good condition. the continuance of fine
weather is needful to enable farmers to make
the best of what must be a deficient harvest at
any rate for wheat probably. Early deliveries
Of new August wheat and heavy shipments
from America have restricted trade at Mark
Lane, and the provincial market indication
of future values may be shown this month,
but it will be some months before crops will
be sufficient to furnish reliable grounds upon
which to form an opinion. Taking every
thing into consideration, there Is little hope
for the farmers the comm season. as the har-
vest prospects IN northern Europe are far
more promising than last year, while Ameri-
ca has probably eelipsed all previous yields
Business has been con fined to the supply of
immediate wants. Maize, unsettled, Oats
firm; new was dull at a slight reduction in
prices Sales of English wheat last week, 13
909 quarters, at AS I'D per quarter, against Is
594 quarters at 49s Sd per quarter during the
corresponding week last year. The imports
into the united kingdom during the week end.
ing August were ,720, ,420 cwt. wheat and
237, ,222 cwt, -four.