Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-01-26
MIS- cELLANEoUS.

Bradstreet & Co. commercial agency, have
received definite advices regarding the failure
of F. J. Pierce Of Mankato, which occurred
November 81, 1881 and the nominal assets
are given at s ,OOO the actual assets at SG,-
600 and the probable liabilities at from $12,
900 to$l 900. The goods and property have
been placed in the hands Of William 81. Alien,
receiver, with orders to sell and hold the pro-
ceeds subject to the order Of the court, the
rights of various parties being contested.
r. G. Dunn & Co. g mercantile agency and
their ninety branches report business failures
of the last seven days at TT. The eastern
states had 13; western 61 southern 81; mid
die 33; Pacific coast 8; New York city 8. The
failures in the country. particularly south and
west, are among more important class of
traders than usual and indicate that the un-
seasonable weather which has has prevail cd
most of the winter is beginning to tell both on
sales and collections:
A stone bridge to be built across the upper
waters of the Mississippi river at Minneapolis,
Minn., bids fair to become one of the notable
structures of the world It will consist of sixteen
S0-feet spans and four 10n-feetspans, and in
Guiding the shore pieces will have total length
Of 900 feet. 1t will support two railway tracks
at height of over sixty feet above the water,
and will run disagonally across the river below
St. Anthony Falls. The cost is estimated at
nearly 100000.
| Mrs. Justice John Mclean, one Of the pio-
neer mothers of Cincinnati, is dead. She leaves
two sons by her first husband in Minnesota,
| Israel and Lewis Gerard. Her second hus.
| band was Judge John Mclean of Cincinnati,
| once justice of the supreme court Since Judge
McLean's decease, in 1861, Mrs. Mclean has
made her home in the east and with her sons
| in Minnesota. A great part of her life has been
| spent in Washington.
Among the securities listed at the stock ex-
change in New York are the following: Mime
| apolis Il St Louis railway first mortgage per
cent. bonds on the Southwestern extension,
dated December 1, 1880, payable December
| cent. bonds on the Pacific extension, dated
June 1, 1881, payable April 1, 1921, $780,
600.
On Tuesday last Senator L. Q. G..
Lamar was elected by both houses
Of the legislature Of Mississippi to
| be his own successor in the United
States senate from Mississippi. The only
prominent opponent of Mr.. Lamar was Gen
Fitzgerald. (Republican), who was given the
| complimentary vote Of his party.
Dennis ODonohue, o Catholic parish priest,
of Brownsburg, Ind, has commenced suit
| against Bishop Cholard, of that diocese, for
! $5, 900 damages, for suspending him from his
priestly duties, as alleged, without just cause.
Lumbermen report that in some localities,
particularly upon the upper Mississippi, more
| logs have been secured than ever before, and
| at much less cost than last winter.
Wisconsin republicans say that Horace Rub
| lee Of Milwaukee will be appointed minister to
some important court in Europe. Rublee once
represented this country at Switzerland.
Mr.. Wilson was elected United States Sena-
cor from Iowa on Tuesday.