Morris tribune., 1880-08-19
Mlscellaneous cleanlnss.


Greece has purchased 1,4OO artillery
horses. .t~~r rr',4 - .r.e--1
The cotton crop in North Carolina is
reported to be the best since the rebellion.
A st. Petersburg correspondent writ
ing to London says the harvest throughout
Russia is poor. -rf - .....--.-r-..- --s--.
The late census shows. the population
of Massachusetts to be 1,7S3, ,S12, an increase
19 per cent.
There are four thousand workmen in
the Tyne ship yards, England who struck for
an advance of 10 per cent in wages Aug. II.
The work is still progressing to recov-
er the bodies in the Hudson river tunnel. 1t
is believed aug. 81 it will yet take four weeks
to reach the bodies. The cost wilkamount to
$4,000.
The college at Oberlin, Ohio, has Sc
cured donations to the amount of $15O,OO0 to
wards an endowment of $25O,O00.
'' The troop ship Tamor, sailed from
Portsmouth, Eng, Aug. s, with 1000 men to
reinforce the army in Afghanistan.
Latest advices from Candahar state
that the garrison has had some successful
skirmislies with the tribes men of the neigh
boring villages.
Colonel Miles, Indian agent, is to leave
Fort Reno Aug. Is, in charge of Is Cheyenne
and Arapahoe children, who are to be placed
in school at Carlisle, Pa, or at Hampton, Vir-
ginia.
Rome dates Of Aug. Z, state that the
Vatican has decided to augment and reorgan-
ize the College OF the Propaganda for Asia and
Africa, being desirous of largely developing.
the Catholic church in those, parts. Branch
colleges Of theVPropoganda will be establish
ed in suitable localities.
A Dublin dispatch Of Aug. s, says
harvest prospects in Ireland are again .aus-
ing anxiety. The rains during the last fort
night have beenexcessive. Potatoes are gen
orally sound but blight isSyisible in many
fields. Green -crops promise an abundant
yield. - s~
I The old couple supposed to De Ben
der and wife, arrived at oswego, Kansas, Aug.
8, from Nebraska, and wele exposed at the
went to see them, and dozens. who knew the
real Bendcrs, pronounce these people impos-
ters. The sheriff thinks theywill be discharged.
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
committee on the census. Aug. lS, after ex-
azlining Richard Smith, Of the Gazette, o. P.
Austin of the Enqoivr, DIR, 7. e. Minis, ex.
Health officer, consulted with Mayor Jacob
who consented to retake the census of three
city wards, using the police. The result OF
this will determine whether further action is
necessary.
GEest-alarE and agitation are said to
prevail inSthe vicinity of New Ross, on ae.
count Of the mysteryand evidences Of organ.
| ization surrounding the late New Ross mur.
derous outrage. The disguises of the perpe.
traters were SO perfect that Identification il
| unlikely. Marked attention has been drawn
| to the fact that the weapons abandoned by the
murdererssaresE Enfield rifles bearing the gov
erment brand. sk "a "a
l. Tie iron makers of the west Of Scot
land met at Glasgow Aug, II, and fully con.
sidered the position Of the iron and coal trade
They agreed that the state of trade didn'
warrant an advance of wages Of workingmer
at present, and as the-strike- of the collierl
and miners is general throughout Lanark
shire, it was resolved that all furnaces in thu
country bsle4igiDg To arms rspresented at th,
meeting be thrown out forthwith. : =
Is Halifax City, Virginia, telegram o.
August s, has the following: For three day
past the EoIofed people in the yiclnity hav'
been holding series of religious meetings
which they call "bush meetings" These gath
erings werehsld peaf Mn Brashsrwater-mel
on patch, and he noticed That Suddenly hi
melons were disappearing. and he connecte'
their dissppearanCew with tlIe.presenceZof th
association. He said nothing, but day befor
yesterday put up several large pIacards IN hi
= Atpatch with.s notice. 'sLook QUIT These wa
, ter.melons are poisoned" The watermelo
eaters, however, laughed atwhat they though
J. an attempt to scare them, and they pitche
in. Last night John Cumberland died an
/ to -daS sampson Jones, AHester Aiexsnde
jeremiah Washington, Lycurgus Milburn an
: James Josephs are lying in dangerous cor
,pition. The melons had strychnihe INTRODUCE
into them through puuctures SO delicate d
not to be observed.
The Mark Lane Erpress OF Augs9, j
, l,its review 81 the grain tradefOr the past wee
] isays finer weather with less rain has enable
, | farmers in some counties in the south to max
fair beginning of harvest IN wheat. f1'heI
viii certainly be great Improvement on fS7
/ but the yield is very likely to be very unevel
) The markets thepast week retrograded sligh
D lly, but trade was SO susceptible to the weatht