The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1882-11-04
Record Of Fires and Casualties.

Record Of Fires and Casualties.
Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin is confined
to his home in Oshkosh by injuries of ser.
ious nature received ten days ago when he
was thrown down an embankment through
the npsetting of his carriage in the night
time. The injuries are internal and of q
dangerous character. 1t is thought, how.
ever, that the senator will pull through all
right. At the instigation OF Mr.. Sawyer the
intelligence of the accident was kept out o.
print, and thus the knowledge of the occur.
renee has been confined to few intimate
friends until now
An official dispatch from Manila, datee
the 2lst inst, states that the tyhoon destroy
ed all wooden and matched houses and car
ried away the iron and tiled roofs of others
Sixty thousand families are homeless. The
barracks, hospitals government offices anG
factories are destroyed. The loss of life
however, is small. Malcean and Boalue~l
were also devasted. Comm unication is III
terrupted between Manila and towns on tn,
Island of Duzon.
Twenty guests at the Potter HOUSE, Web
ster, Iowa, partook of headcheese, and al
are Ill from poisoning-a number critically
Members of the families of Station Agen
Hubbard, DR.. Kimball, druggist and Nc
Clure, harness maker, may die. The affair
is being Investigated.
Shepard F. Knapp, son of the million
aire carpet dealer of New York, went fish
ing in small boat on the Hudson river
A Waterman saw him spring to his feet
clutch at his throat and pitch forward into
the water, never to rise again.
The lithographing and printing establish
ment of August Cast & Co. st, Louis was
damaged by fire Thursday morning abou
$26, 600. The stock is valued at 500, 900, ane
insured at SIC, 600. 49, - '--'' -
The Gromoff lumber yards burned at St
Petersburg were the most extensive il
Europe. FEfEYE FsF
Grimes and Criminals.
In the Ford trial at Plattsburg, Mo, il
seems to be generally understood that non.
of the Janesea will appear, and the opinion
prevails that an agreement was effected
between the attorneys of Bob Ford and thost
of Frank James that none of them were tt
appear in Bop's case, the herds, in turn, to
be missing when Frank was on trial. Mrs
Bolton, in her testimony divulged q fac
that cOntradicts Frank James assertion thai
he had not been In that state TOR four years
In her testimony she said he had visited
their place several times during the veal
1881. If this should be established in bis
trial it will materially assist the prosecution
with the Winston and Blue Cut robberies.
Henry Erpelding, driving near Minnesc
Ia City, was accosted by an armed h ghway
man. who stopped the team and demanded
r., !. .:xl,
O revolver. As he approached to receive his
plumber, Mr.. Erpelding administered an as
founding kick to the would-be robber
knocking him over backward. Mr.. Erpeld.
ing at once whipped up his horses and got
out Of range, and when he turned around
after getting at a safe distance, the scoundrel
was still prone upon the earth.
Forged drafts and bank checks are be.
comming very frequent, andsit is disco ,ered
that in nearly every case the internal reve-
nue. stamp is imprinted first on 9. blank
sheet and the name of the bank printed at.
terward. 1t appears that the company
which has the contract for printing these
stamps is in the habit of printing them on
either blank or printed sheet according to
the order. In this way forgers can obtain O
supply of stamped blanks upon which the
name of any firm or bank can be afterwards
printed.
Advio;s from Christian county, in South
west Missouri, say Daniel Stephenson, q
young son of widow lady, was enticed OF
fore from his home recently by two men,
Bill Wilson and A. ]. Inman, and murdered
in cold blood by the roadside. His head
was crushed with wagon stake. No cause
is assigned for the deed. A posse enraged
citizens is scouting the woods for the muir
dererS.
AT Bloomington, NJ, A prisoner named
Wilson threw quantity of sawdust from q
spittoon in the face Of jailer Huston, and
seized him while partially blinded. Two