Morris tribune., 1881-10-06
CURRENT EVENTS.
DIS tomb is guarded by soldiers.

GGTfelds tomb is guarded by soldiers
Hugh i Co., commission merchants of Chi
cago, suspended, owing to the heavy advance
in October wheat, of which they were largely
short.
On Monday as there was general suspen-
sion OF business throughout the country, and
the various boards of trade were closed, there
were no markets or reports of the same.
Hon. John S. Wise, of Virginia, one of the
leaders of the readjuster party of Virginia.
says he feels very confident that the combina-
uon ticket treadjuaters and republicans) will
be elected.
The confederate veterans of the Shenandoah
valley, Pa, accompanied by band of the
Stonewatl brigade, were cordially received and
entertained by the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie at Carlisle, Pa.
The members of the Minnesota Editorial as
soclatlon, over hundred, left ST. Paul on
thursday fer trip to Omaha, Chicago, Mil
Waukee, etc. 1t is expected that they will reach
home Sept. 1st
r. w Woodward, Esq, a leading banker and
capitalist OF Eau Claire, not long since plr-
chased large tract of land near Warren on the
ST Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba, and has lust
harvested 10000 bushels OF wheat.
The fund fsf the relief of the Michigan fire
sufferers now amounts to over 1928, 900. Of
this sum New York contributed 1854, ,4S9. That
international mendicaut Chicago, has contrib
When told that the coffin could probably not
be opened after arriving at Cleveland, Door
Grandma Garfield said in faltering accents,
Oh, must see him; must see him once
more. He wasmy own boy, you know"
Capt. Paul Boynton, the India rubber nav
lgator, who is sailing down the Yellowstone and
Missouri, has passed Fort Stephenson, after
dams and tlappers with guns, and the periIs of
wreck among treacherous sands and rapids
=, The late President Garfield studied every
thing in detail. When he went through the
mint at San Francisco he delayed his party
while he asked questions about how money
was turned ont: and when at last he received q
shver dollar, for which he then and there Of
fered payment, he said: Gentlemen. in the
next speech that make on finances shall be
equal to even the milling on the dollar"
At the conclusion of seThe Merry Wives of
Wlnsor entertainment at Des Moines by Bar
NUNS Electric company, Clarence Ostrander,
the "Fenton" of the play was married to Miss
May wentworth Van Slyck, one of the "Merry
Wives" The bride is the daughter of the at
tornty of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road Rev. s. s. Hunting, Unitarian minis
ter, performed the ceremony, Joining the'couple
on the stage, and surrounded by the members
of the company in the costumes of the play.
Mrs. Paris the widow of Hon. Albion K.
Paris, governor of Maine from 1922 to 1927.
vanced age of ninety-five years, retaining her
mental and physical faculties to remarkable
degree Lafayette, at the time of his visit to
this country, in 1926, visited Portland, and
was the guest of Governor Paris, at his man
sion on Danfort street, in that city, and of
whom Mrs. Paris relates many interesting in
cidents and "reminiscences relating to that dis
tinguished mans visit to Maine.
The attention Of the secretary of the United
States alleged navy is called to the fact that
the Russian imperial yacht Livadia has been
condemned because its propensity to roll is too
great, and though not very violent, yet of o
nature to continually expose the crew to the liza
plnty 70 suffer from sea-sickness; secondly, it's
rate OF speed is comparatively slow; thirdly. it
Is too weakly built; and, fourthly, the materials
used In ltS construction are of an inferior quail
lty. The Livadia should be purchased and
added to its peers of the United States navy
q Friends of Mrs. Garfield have been informed
that she is greatly shocked to learn that 40
large part of the remains of her husband ia
now In the medical museum at Washington.
She consented to the injured vertbra and rib
being brought here, she understood they would
be used in the trial of the assassin; but she
never consented to the carrying of anything