Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1880-09-23
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS,

The treasury department at Washing
ton, September 16 purchased $4,000 of fine
silver for delivery at the Philadelphia and
New Orleans minis
The Ohio State mutual Aid Associa-
ton, of Columbus, Ohio, have brought suit for
libel agains the Sunday Morning Ne,us, claim
ing 100000 damages.
Mrs. Rebecca Lyon, the bearded wo-
man, many years travelling with Barnum's
great shows, died at Syracuse, N. Y Septem-
Der 10, and was buried on Sunday September
10.
Fourteen female missionaries from the
Presbyterian board of missions, passed through
Cheyenne, W, T., Sept. IA, on their way to
Mormon settlements in Utah and western
Wyoming.
Arrangements are being made to re-
build the block in st. Paul, Mimi, recently
destroyed by fire, which was occupied by P.
b. Kelly & 20. The building is to be occu-
pied by Kelly q Co., to be stronger than the
old one, and to be ready for occupancy in the
spring
The total value of exports of domestic
breadstuffs for the United States for the month
of August, 1880, were sal 49S,915 and tor Au-
gust 1S79 $29,75S,650. For the eight months
ending August 81, 1880, $18l SGT, ,766, and dur.
the same period of 1879, $137, 7,914O47.
The work of taking the census of the
Indians of the United States, will be com.
menced October 1st The Gems is will include
an enumeration of Indians by approximate
ages, the vital statistics collected by United
States surveyors on different reservations; ed
ucational statistics collected by government
teachers, and industrial statistics gathered BY
! special agents
Imports into France for the eight
months ending the 31st of August, show an
increase compared with the corresponding
period of 1879 of 25O 0O0 600 fraucs, exports in.
creased 1Os,OOO,OOO francs during the same
time. The increase in imports was almost @ex-
clusively in food and the increase in exports
mainly manufactures. The total imports ex-
ceed the exports 19S0O0OO0 francs.
A Washington, &c. telegram eft Sept.
IL, states that Count Pulaski, Polish general,
who was killed at the seige of Savannah, Ga,
while fighting for American Independence in
the Revolutionary war, left the Government
indebted to him in the sum of $1,000. for back
pay and other matters. The accumulation OF
interest for nearly a century would make,
added to the principal moderate fortune.
Now mysterious woman, claiming to be the
grand niece otthe brave count, and his heir.
at-law, has appeared at Washington to an
nounce her lineage with modesty that is
suspicious. She offers to waive her claims on
the money if she can get appointed to clerk
skip. Too easy compromise for d justly
founded claim. The claim is bogus, and the
heir" an adventures, doubtless.
There was considerable excitement
Sept. 15, in Chicago, in that part of the Soutl
side through which the Chicago & Western
Indiana railroad is attempting to gain an en-
trance. The company has obtained deci
sion in the supreme court in its favor, and ha
! purchased aud condemned the land which i
J needs except few small strips. While tn
track laying was in progress, an excitet
! throDg of citizens of the lower classes, insti
gated it is said, by rival railroad corporations
: tore up the track and burned the ties. 1Thi
police, under the direction of Mayor Harrison
refused to interfere, and at midnight the rail
road men we're withdrawn. The case will b
: taken into court, and it is expected the rail
road company will ask for a warrant for th
arrest of Mayor Harrison for contempt. Dur
: ing the melee w. P. Steward, superintendent
t Of the work, was struck on the head with
brick and badly hurt. Had there been an
) resistance on the part of the track layers
: riot would have undoubtedly ensued Tn
cause OF the trouble is regarded as a contes
/; between the Gould and Vanderbilt interests.
t The 81 200 national currency counter
0 felt still continues as great mystery as evel
d Sept l1th one was thrown out in the offic
: of The national bank note redemptio
h agency. The counterfeit discovered is on th
8 National Bank of Commerce of Pittsbargl
{ butthis is no guide, in searching for the sourc
= Of this new counterfefting scheme, for th
g new and most dangerous plate that has eve
d been made is so arranged thel it can be az
d piled in counterfeitinR any of the issues
g any national bank. These bills are widel