Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-12-26
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

John Mccullough has $50, 900 in gov.
ON ,ment bonds
Ex-Gov. Lowe, of Iowa, died at Wash
ington Saturday evening.
Mr.. Pendleton has gone to Columbus
to look after his senatorial chances.
A Boston paper calls Matthew Arnold
"the apostle OF molasses and moonlight"
Mrs. Carolina G. Moore has given as
a Cm istnlas present to Buffalo charities &c.,
90 in money.
Mrs. Jessie MCGEE years ago belle
in Washington City, died in want at Kappa,
H., aged 10l.
Susan Gibbs, an old peddler, reputed
to be wealthy, was found murdered in her
cabin, near Toronto.
The New York petroleum exchange
and the New York miners and national pc
troleum exchange voted to consolidate.
A sleighing party went over an en-
oankment near Catawisza, Pa, five persons
being seriously injured and three slightly.
B. Younger, one of the Jesse James
gang, has been captured in Alabama upon q
requisition from the governor of Missouri.
Mrs. Lucy Allen, milliner, was found
dead in her shop at Mclean, Ill, having
been suffocated by gas escaping from a
stove.
Mr.. Catlen, M. p, is at Buenos
Ayres, with the object, it is alleged, of intro
ducing Irish colonies in the Argentine re-
public.
Moody and Sankey have concluded
their two weeks mission at Stepney, Eng
land, during which thousands were con-
verted
One hundred pounds of powder ex-
ploded in the Wheel Mil Powder works,
near Newburgh, N. Y, blowing the structure
to pieces, but injuring no person.
A shock of earthquake at Lisbon on
the ed lasted twelve seconds, damaged old
bull iings and chimneys, and caused panic.
the seashore.
The remains of Commander De Long,
DR.. Amber, and Mr.. Collins have been taken
from Irkutsk en- route to st. Petersburg. The
collins were covered with flowers by the
townspeople.
A few weeks ago Frank Bosler, of
Carlisle, Pa, aged IA years, smoked pack
of cigarettes in one day. He became i'll,
vomiting frequently, and has died from
nicotine poisoning.
DR., Elston, a prominent New York
surgeon. wno at Erie. Pa. two weeks since,
accidentally cut his finger while engaged in
a post-mortem examination, is dying Of
blood poisoning.
A small piece of iron getting in with
the wheat caused an explosion in -four
mill at Wattsburg, Pa. The structure was
completely shattered, and a workman was
lacerated in horrible manner.
While Franklin Snavely, of the Penn
sylvanit Iron works, aud his sons John and
Jacob were cunning near Reading, John
slipped on the ice, discharging the weapon
and shooting his brother dead.
The American Iron and Steel asso-
citation reports that the prices of those
staples rule steady, that the consumption
equals the output, and that further depres-
sion in the trade is not anticipated.
Because Of apathy shown in mission
work in the northwest the Baptists of Mani
toba propose to separate from their breth-
rem OF Eastern Canada, and unite with the
American Baptist church, whose earnest
work in this connection is commended.
Throughout the coke county Of Pennsyl-
vania a circular has been posted calling for
the immediate expulsion of the Hungarian
laborers from the region, the claim being
made that they are filthy, immoral, ignorant,
INSCRIPTIONS, and simply intend to remain
long enough in America to make few
dollars and then depart for their native land.
Survivors report that on the steamer
st. Augustine, which burned on the 10Th, in
the Bay Of Biscay, terrible scenes were wit
messed. Sailors stabbed and drowned them
selves in frenzy, and the second mate shot
himself. One of the captains legs was cut
off by accident, when at his reques weight
was tied to his body and he was cast into the
sea. Several survivors have been landed at
Dover and Newcastle.
At the New England society's banquet
on the 22nd, in Philadelphia, after President
Arthur had responded to toast and while
Secretary Chandler was speaking of the
American Steamship company as being the
only line of foreign-going craft bearing the
American flag, Mr.. Shortridge, director of
that company, arose and said the corporation
was negotiating for the sale of their steamers,
as they could not be run with profit under
the stars and stripes, but could be under