Morris tribune., 1880-04-15


JuoaED,-Traversc county has been In
tested with a gang of dishonest fascals
who are In the habit of appropriating any
thing they can carry off, from single to
a shanty. A couple of worthless named
John Latin and James Day, who were
charged with the larceny of Settlers
palace" or claim shanty, were arrested by
Sheriff Landberg and brought before Jus
tice Baldwin, and had an examination,
which resulted in Days being held to APP
pear at the next term of dirtrict court.
Latin was discharged, the evidence not be-
ing sufficient to hold him.
HOLD, ENOUGH the Munich
pal Court of st. Paul is monster and
fraud, yet we doubt If our readers are not
about ready to say, let up" All parties
have had their say, and the subject has
been very thoroughly discussed on all
points, and although we do not care to re-
fuse to publish communications on import
ant subjects, yet, we honestly think this
topic is nigh threadbare. In regard to the
communication in this issue, We will say to
Maj. Overton, that we do not think MIR.
Chew's article was intended to be personal
or insulting, in fact, the words used were
but quotations from previous article OF
his own.
RAILROAD MAGNATEs.- special train
having on board Vice President Angus
and General Manager Hill of the st. P. NJ.
& NJ. and Messrs shepherd and Linton, of
the firm of Langdon & Co. contractors, ar
rived Tuesday morning. These gentlemen
were occupied during the forenoon looking
over the ground, with view to selecting
a permanent location for the junction OF
course nothing definite could be assertained
as to their intentions or plans, with regard
to the point at which this line is to be
tapped, but it is very certain that it will
not be far from the depot.
A car load of grading tools was received
Tuesday, and it is probable grading will
commence at an early date. Judging from
what Mr. Hill said work will be commenced
at Browns Valley, Toqua and Morris.
SMASH UP-MAN KILLED.-An accident
occurred on this road, near Herman, last
Sunday morning, which resulted in the
death of one man, and seriously injuring
another. The facts as near as they can be
learned are as follows. The engjue attach
ed to westbound freight train got out of
water and had to cut loose form the train
and run ahead to the water tank. The
necessary signals w@re put out, and the
usual precautions taken to guard against
accident. On returning from the water
tank the engineer called 10 his f1agmen, but
had some difficulty in starting his train, and
seeing that it would be some little time be
fore he could go ahead, signal man was
sent back, but before he had got many
rods an extra freight came laundering
along, and although every effort was made
to check the train, yet it was impossible to
prevent the collision. The shock as de
scribed by an eye witaess was terrific, the
engine dashed through the caboose, liter
ally cutting it in two, and buried itself il
the second car, the track was badly tori
up and eight Cars of stock and household
goods were wrecked. In the cahoOst
which the engine telescoped were fifteeI
stockmen, only one of whom were injured
The fourth car from the caboose. contain
ing German and family, was thrown
nearly forty feet from the track and singu
lar to say, all escaped with a few scratches
Simmons, the young man who was killed
was in The sixth car, in the same Car will
seven horses, and was crushed to death by
being thrown under the animals, four o
, which were killed. The body was brough
here on Monday morning, and was put il
coffin and sent to st. Paul. The deceased
; was apparently young man not owe
, twenty-five or three years of age, the fac
and head were badly cut and bruised, ant
the left leg was broken in two or thre
places, apparently death had been instan
taneous as the features were not distorted
Owing to the reticence of the train men
it is difficult to tell just where the blam
rests, but as near rs we can judge the trai
dispatcher was III fault in not telling til
engineer 10 keep sharp lookout for til
train head of him, as he knew the frs
train had not arrived at Herman before III
=. second one left here.