Morris tribune., 1882-04-13
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The rumor that Vanderbilt contemplates the
consolidation of the New York Central, Lake
Shore and Chicago & Northwestern railways
nnder the Lake Shore charter has gained
New York and Chicago railway circles, as being
substantially correct. Saturday rumor had it
that the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati &
Indianapolis would in all probability be en-
braced in the schere, and that Mr.. Vanderbilt
is negotiating with the European holders Of
the Bee Line stock for The purposes of securing
their consent and cooperation.
There was short but severe panic among
lumbermen, when a. solid mass OF logs came
tumbling down the river from above st Ar
thony falls. 1t was at first feared that several
large booms had broken and that the loss would
be severe. It turned out, however, that only
couple of upper river pockets had discharged
their contents, and only some 1000, 900 feet
went over the falls. Some of these were &C.
cured at Minneapolis and in the st. Paul boom.
go that the entire loss will be less than 4, O0O,-
600 feet. These will becaught and saved below,
and the only loss will be the expense of securing
them, which one iumbsrman estimates al YI
per thousand.
As two laborers were digging drain at St
Louis on the premises of James E. Haggertv,
they unearthed a pot tightly sealed, which on
examination was found to contain large
amount OF English sovereigns, American silver
dollars and hatfull, more or less, of continen-
tai currency. The money has not been count
ed yet, but there is probably between 800.
OO6 and $50, ,0O0ot the coin, which is datad
in the last century, and the currency bears
the date Of 1777. The house was occupied
by Montgomery Blair many years ago and
subsequently, passed into the possession of
Samuel Gaty.
At Atlanta the preliminary trial of deputy
United States Marshal Bolton and two members
of his posse, Miller and Freeland, charged with
the murder OF Hicks, an illicit distiller, closed
Saturday. Bolton was discharged and Freeland
and Miller held in bonds Of $500 on charge Of
Involuntary manslaughter, which under the code
of Georgia is killing while in the discharge of q
lawful act withoutdue caution. and punishable
as q misdemeanor.
water, has submitted a statement in refutation
OF the stories In Buell's book connecting the
brothers with several bold robberies by the
James gang. II amounts simply to q specific
denial of each. According to Cole the Young
era were always in Texas or somewhere else,
when robberies werc committed. The alibi is
big thing In the eyes Of Cole.
New postoffices has been established as fol-
lows: At Carson, Becker county, Mimi, and
Squire q. Mckinley is appointed postmaster
the mail service to be special from Kindred):
at Carlton, Carlton Co., Mimi, Fred W. Pine,
postmaster lthe service to be from Junction on
the route between Junction and Superior City.
mon German, postmaster.
James Gordon Bennett has given $4,000
to the actors fund.
Postmasters has been appointed as follows:
Edward N. Perry at Hartford; Mrs. Mary E
Thomas at Champion Mill and Samuel O.
Sheardown at Stockton Mimi. John Hill at
Lake View, Ia. Henry A. Fox at Parkhurst,
D. T. VIM. w. Simpson, at Dangley, Geo. n.
Tapp at Wauoousta, Edgar r. Wright at Mon
ticello, Fred Wiegel at Strong's Prairie and
Edward Sawtell at White Oak Spring, Wis
Richard Edwards, an old French Indian half.
breed, died athis home in Florence township,
Wabasha county, on Friday last He did not
know how many years he had lived on earth,
but claimed to have been large boy when
Washington was first elected president He
was probably 100 years old, or more, when he
died. Il
Messrs. II. Clark & Co., proprietors Of the
Clark's Forks town site, heretofore known as
Coulson, have changed the name to Billings.
In honor OF the ex- president OF the Northern Pa
ciac Billings In still largely interested In the
road, and is Q member Of the board Of direct
ors.
Alta MACS meeting in Cooper Union New
York, Peter Cooper presiding, Gen. Carey OF
Ohio deprecated strikes, saying the only lasting
remedy the laboring man has against the en-