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Morris tribune., 1883-03-31

Of hers was his wiie., Gavin many yeara
ago, went to the bad, and was sent to a
penitentiary. For the past few wears
his family have lost sight of him, and
his mother believed him to be dead
She not seen him for thirty years.
Mr.. Waddingham has been anistly 10
work ehdeavofing, TO. find Gavin. ii still
living. He succeeded In his search. and
Gavin was brought TO st. Louis bit the
fact wasconcealed from the defense. On
Monday morning Mrs. Waddingham en-
tered the courtroom, unconscious OF
any trap. Gavin was standing against
the wall, and facing the door. When
the woman who is said to have been his
wife thirty years ago, but whom he had
not seen for over quarter OF century.
entered the doorway, he looked her d.
rectly in the face, but gave no sign OF
recognition. She gazed at him for
moment as If she bad suddenly been
confronted by an apparition, and, throw.
ing her hands into the mir and atagger.
Ing toward corner of the room called
out in frantic tones, "Charlesl Charlesl
Charlesl" and then fell on the carpet in
q historical fit. Water was dashed in
her face, and after being revived,
she looked wildly around and said
In scarcely huulDle zones. II
thought he was dead" She left the city
on Monday night. A lawyer left for De.
tr oft Tuesday night to procure addi.
tional testimony If not the actual record
of the marriage. He took Gavin with
him, and it was part oftheir trip there
to have him identified as the Charles R.
Gavin who lived there in 1875. Gavin's
mother, Mrs. Mary Marsh-she having
been married second time-an old
lady of eighty-four, has been living in
Detroit for fifty years. On Tuesday
morning Gavin and his attorney called
there to see Mrs. Marsh. II appears
that Mrs. Marsh has been In d weak
ened state of healthy FOR many years on
account of her age. A short time ago
sho lost her favorite son Knox GAVIN, q
lawyer In Detroit, and she bad believed
her son Charles dead many years.
When the two callers tapped at the
door it was opened by girl who con-
Quoted them to q room where the old
lady was seated. She rose TO receive
them, but the same moment she recog-
ni2ed her lost son., and screaming out
his name, fell dead.
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31
STAR DISTANCES.
The Nearest Stars Twenty Thousand
Billions Of Miles from Us.

The Nearest Stars Twenty Thousand
Billions Of Miles from Us.
From the st. Louis Republican.
One Of the greatest triumphs of mod
ern science is the discovery of methods
for measuring star distances task
which baffled astronomers for three hum
dred years, and has been accomplished,
or partly accomplished, only in the last
thirty years. When point of light in
the heavens on being looked at through
a telescope is expanded into clear disc,
like the moon, its distance from the
earth is easily measured, and by well
known methods the distances of the men,
hers of our solar system have been gagged
and established. But when the fixed
stars are looked at the case is different.
There Is not single fixed star of all the
fifty millions visible by telescope that
can be expanded into disc by the most
powerful teles. cope in existence. The
brightest of them, Arcturus, Vega, Ca
pella, Aldebaran, Antares, and even the
brightest and most beautiful ofall, Sirius,
or the dogstar, when looked at through
the best instruments, remain scintilat-
ing points of light. Recourse was next
had TO the parallax method. Parallax
is the apparent change of position on
body when viewed from different posi-
tions, and it might be supposed that if
a fixed star were examined on certain
night, and then observed again six
months afterward, the earth, in the
meantime, having passed to the opposite
side of the orbit, this base line Of 1885,
DOC, 900 miles would surely reveal a
change in the stars position. But it was
found that lines drawn from the star to
the opposite end OF this tremendous
base line did not inclose an appreciabie
angle; the star remains in the same posi-
ton when viewed from opposite points
in the earth's orbit, showing that the
tremendous distance of 183. 000, 900 miles
is mere point when compared to the
still vaster distance Of the nearest fixed
star from the earth. But, though baff1ed,
did not give up the task.
A German astronomer found, by COM
pairing one star with another, and watcl-
ing them night after night, that certain
stars have proper motion Of their own.
This motion is very slight when viewed
from the earth; still it is appreciable,
to several seconds Of an arc o
year. Taking this fact, and bringing to
the Encouragement micrometer capable
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31
TANNING OF THE sHREW.

How a New Hampshire Petruchie
Disciplined His Wife Many Years
Ago.
From the Boston Herald.
Oppositea Herald man, at table in
Cornhill restaurant, alta dinner recently,
sat man from Cambridge, who was
native OF New Hampshire. Meeting
an old acquaintance the conversation
soon turned on family topics and the
pair began to talk about their former
neighbors in q most familiar way.
eyes," remarked the Cambridge gentle
man, ''Sam was In many respects diff
ferent from the rest of the boys. YOU
remember who he married? Well,
When the old man, his father, found
that he was shinin' round with her, he
called him one day in the barn and said:
Sam, dye intend to marry Becker Sam
never said a word, so the old man
said: ME boy, We know all about them
/ can't tell We nothin'. Ye know how
the sisters has turned out and not one
of them is now livin' with tiieir hus-
bands Sam was as mum as panto-
mime and, just as soon as he was ready,
him and Beckie got tied.
"They lived on farm, and everything
went OH smooth for about year, and it
came to hog butcherin' time. Sam got
all ready to have the usual party for the
occasion, and just as he was sharpenin'
up the knives Beckie came out and said !:
Sam, I'm goin' home.' Sam protested
in his quiet way, but it was no use, So
he said he'd get man TO row her across
the pond. 1t was about half mile over.
She said: No you won't; yen row me
over yerself!' Sam told her he couldn't,
and Beckie fired up and said: Then I'll
drown meself.' Sam said he'd 60 with her
if che wanted to do that, 80 the boat
was got ready. She got in, and they
rowed out till the water was twenty feet
deep. Then Sam stopped and said !:
well, Beckie, this is good place for We
to drown yourself!' She didn't open her
mouth. He waited awhile and then
said: Come, Beckie, Pm In hurry to
git back She never looked up. Sam
put down the oars, caught hold of her
and pitched her in. She grabbed fol
the boat, but he wouldn't let her gil
near it. When she was almost done out
she said; Sam, let me in that boat and
yen not hear anything more from me
out o. the way
$50 he pulled her in, and they went
back home. She changed her clothes
and entertained the guests. They're
now nearly eighty and you never saw q
happier old couple-did your I don't
think tnev ever spoke of that duckin'
SINCE the DAY she was goln' to drown
herself"
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31
GIDDY LOVERS.
Aic. ure of Life in Cincinnati.

Aics ure of Life in Cincinnati,
From the Cincinnati News.
PIT am dying to see you, Meet me at
the ;ost-ofice at 2p. m. Saturday. DOLBY.
The above advertisement appeared in
a Cincinnati paper not long ago, and con-
tains nothing that would be likely to at
tract attention. Two young spooneys,"
said the reporter, "whose cruel mann
mas forbid their meeting" At the ap-
pointed hour the reporter found him
self in the vicinity of the meeting place,
and wehded his way to seat In one OF
the large windows that has In turn
served as resting place for bootblacks,
drunken men, detectives and statesmen
for many years. Business men, always
in hurry, passed in and out; Office boys
fingered around, as is their wont when
sent to do anything. The heavy door
opened and young Miss tripped in and
looked around in an anxious, uncertain
manner that told her unfamiliarity with
the place. "Tnat's the Pet" thought
the reporter. "Dobby will soon be
along"
After having letter weighed at the
window the girl hurried out. She wasn't
pet"
In the twenty minutes that followed
perhaps hundred persons came and
went. The case was growing tiresome,
and the reporter was pleased when an
elderly gentleman, who had been lean.
ing on the end of the desk, began m
versation. His talk was interesting and
showed an intimate knowledge of the
city and its affairs.
Live herei" inquired the reporter.
Have for fifty years. Was born here
Just that long ago."
ooh, yes; remember you," replied
the reporter.
Just then matron of forty-five came
in, and there was sudden recognition
and gallant lifting of the hat that be-
tokened the well-bred gentleman.
ssSome member of his church eongrega-
ton, President of the Ladies Sewing Cir
cle," the reporter mumbled to himself,
"Do you know" was the first word
spoken. "that / came just near over
looking your advertisement as anything?
It would have been too bad. What. a
strange way to send letter-so. funny,
too. Oil you funny manp'
Great gunsl She was "Pet," and the
reporter had been face to face with
"Dobby" and didn't know it. A sudden
Nausea came upon him, and he fed to
the nearest drug store, where reporters
are admitted behind the prescription
desk
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31
Two Washington Stories.

I heard story last night ola pretty
girl of good family and great ambition,
who married the SON of congressman
few years ago in the belief that the
congressman or the son or somebody in
the family was rich. Of cour 'es The girl
was poor and proud and from the south,
and she was only too glad to sell herself
for the luxury promised her. And, OF
course. it turned out that the magnlti-
cence of the congress manwas hollow,
that his diamonds belonged to somebody
else, that his horses were anOthers, and
that his house and its beautiful pictures
and fine books and elegant furniture
were really not his. He. didn't really
have anything except the son. and the
son had nothing except his foolish, de-
luded pride, and the story
way. It was an old story-so old az to
be dog cared and somewhat ragged.
But It served to remind me OF another
story, q good one, that heard long ago.
There was man named Watkinson a
confederate regiment during the war,
who was well on toward middle life; but
when his wife came to camp one day she
seemed to make him young by eompar-
ison. There seemed to be century's
difference between them; and the man
who was as ugly as Georgia cracker
usually is, was handsome beside his wife.
How did you ever come to marry
such an old witch as that?" asked one OF
his superior officers, taking him aside.
"WelI, you see," said the man rather
sheepishly, "her mother kept little
grocery store down on the corner of the
street where lived, and / used to 90 In
there to get what wanted to eat. One
day found the old woman's ugly daugh-
ter all alone in the store. Just as !
came in / heard the clink OF
silver through the loose rafters
overhead, and the old woman counting
Zone, two, three" and so on. | sat
down and made love to the girl, and
the old woman upstairs kept on count.
ing. By-and-by she was away up in the
hundreds-four hundred, four hundred
and fifty, five hundred. / courted that
girl harder and harder as the old wo-
man got higher and higher. Finally she
stopped at nine hundred. "Great Seottp
/ said to myself. Nine hundred dol
lars!'' Beloved Sukey viii be miner"
She said she would, and we were mar
ried that same day." "Well, is that alp"
mo; there were only thirty of those
silver dollars; the old woman counted
them over thirty tines Perhaps it
would be we'll to investigate little
every time CORES. Phil. Record.
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31
SO GOES THE woRLD.

when I wear the cap and bells,
Many friends have i;
Unto careless, merry hearts,
Merry hearts reply;
Just az this earth of ours =.
Dimples in q hundred flowers
When above in slumber's hours,
Laughs summer sky.
When grief abides with me, alasl
Not friend have !;
Sad hearts meet on every sic,
With cold "G0od-by;"
Just as this old earth of our
Parts with all the dropping flowers;
When above in autumR hours,
Glooms somber sky.
Margaret Eytinge.
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31

accompany INN to the spirit land exists.
I met SEQ captain who saw the opera
tim performed on tie coast near where
lived. The language Of the natives Is
very complete and musical. 1t has its
moods. lenses, persons, numbers and
genders. The singing OF the people Is
very fine, and the language Is peculiarly
adapted to music. -Cleveland Leader.
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31
MINNESOTA.
OLE BULL.

Before the blazing fire of wood
Erect the rapt musician stood,
And ever and anon he bent
His head upon his instrument.
And seemed to listen ill he caught
Confessions ofits secret thought,
The joy, the triumph, the lament
The exultation and the pain;
Then, by the magic of his art,
He soothed the throbbings of its heart,
And lulled 1t into peace again.
-Longfellow.
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31

sTo this day no DOUBT Ben thinks he
had desperate chase after Nell and q
narrer escape of her gittin' into the
home den ,Ic1g Eith her her b II b /, as5
nsr father and md bis s 0t =. a LAW; S sna
she fooled long under the brow o. the
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31

The trip from New York to England
has been made in days, hours and %
minutes; from San Francisco to Yokoha-
ma in Ia days and Is hours. The trip
from London to almost any part of Eu-
rope may be made in from one to three
DAYS
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31

According to writer in the journal OF
Mental Science, the popular belief that
men of great intellectual powers have
large heads is not borne out by facts.
All examination OF busts, pictures, me-
dallions, intaglios, ETC., of the worlds
celebrities points the other way.
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31
Value of Yellowstone Park Min
eral Waters.

The secretary of the Treasury has
transmitted to the secretary of the in
terror letter signed by Charles L. Heis.
mann, assistant surgeon of the United
States army, in regard to the great the
rapeutical value of the mineral waters
obtained in the springs with which the
Yellowstone National park abounds, and
recommending that the government ex-
empt the site of Steamboat Point from
lease aud that in granting any lease, the
government retain the privilege of
using all the waters according to its needs.
His excuse for the suggestion is that
most of the governments of Europe have
similar establishments for the preserva-
ton of the health of their soldiers and
sailors. There are seventeea main
groups of springs. The medicinal and
chemical properties are given in an art
icle in the Philadelphia Medical Times
of MAY "a, 1875. His principal recon-
mendation is the absolute reservation OF
say 800 acre at some point which would
be accessible from all the remaining
groups of springs, geysers, etc., and
would contain springs especially adapt
ed to the treatment of surgical diseases,
or those which more than others to al
feet the soldiers and sailors He finds
that the place which best fulfills these
conditions is Steamboat Point, on the
east side of Yellowstone lake, SO as to in
clude the hot springs on the lake shore,
north of the point. The mineral waters
in this locality are adapted to any of
the three groups, into which Durand
Furdel divides the app LEGATIONS of sui
phuretted waters in the order of their
To special applications which are wholly
due to the sulphurous quality of the wa
Ter, herpetic diseases and catarrhs OF the
passages.
TO common applications, In which stim-
nlation of the skin, thermality, ETC., are
required to aid the action of the sulphur
Gus principles. lympatism, rheumatism,
etc.
To secondary applications in which the
sulphurous principles are observed. the eff
fects being mainly due to the Balnea ther-
apeutical possesses surgical diseases. end
dyspepsia. :.
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31

The death is announced of Admiral
Joseph M. Motley, one of the veterans
Of the British navy. He entered the
navy Of 1872, and remained on active
duty fifty-eight years.
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31

The Earl of Dudley, whose income
from his various mines often amounts to
more than ri, 600 900, is 10 condition
bordering on imbecilitA-
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31

esUp to last Saturday the Duluth company
had logs to the amount Of IL, DOC, 900 feet in
the water.
Morris tribune., 1883-03-31

N Waterbury, Conn, pafson sends IS, PIG,
collected for the relief Of the Irish peasants.
Daily globe., 1883-06-17
The Rage for Divorce.

As the reporter set himself down yester-
day to copy the calender of the special
term of the district court for the day
Judge Brill remarked There are. as you
will see, four divorce cases on the list"
And so it is almost every Saturday now,
divorce cases occupy the greater portion
of the time of the court in special term.
OF the four cases heard yesterday three
were commenced by wives, for cruel treat
ment and desertion. In neither one of
these cases was any defense set up, and the
applications will most probably be granted
in due time. The case in which the hus-
band was the complainant, was that OF S.
F. Heidereich against his wife Bridget
Heidereich, who appeared in opposition
and upon whose motion the application
was dismissed. Heidereich, as appeared
by the testimony, is foreman in livery
stable, in which business he has been en-
ployed for several years past. Frequently
he renamed away from home all night.
claiming that such absence was
necessitated by his business. But
his wife finally conceived the
idea that ''there was a woman" at the bot
tom of these frequent absences, which led
to frequent spats. Finally, when he came
home one morning about two years ago.
after an all nights absence, the wife. after
giving him a tongue lashing, assaulted
him, as he testified, with broom, and con-
cluded the exercise by taking him by the
ear, leading him to the door and telling
him to git, and he got, and he has not
been near there since, though he claimed
to have sent her several small
sums of money toward the sup
port of herself and their two children.
The wife did not materially contradict
the story of the husband, but claimed that
as he was her husband and the father of
her children that he was not entitled tc
the separation asked for, claim that the
court conceded good by dismissing the
case.
Daily globe., 1883-06-17
DHriS-DObbilg.

On Tuesday last Faribault had the op-
portunity to witness wedding ceremony
of unusual prominence, the occasion the
marriage of Mr.. George Carl Davis, of
Red Wing, to Miss Jessie I. Dobbin,
daughter of Rev. James Dobbin, rector Of
Shattuck school. The ceremony took
place in the evening at s O'Clock, at
Shumway Memorial chapel, Shuttuck
school, by Rt. Rev. H. B. Whipple, as
sisted by Rev. James Dobbin and by Rev.
DR.. Watson. of Red Wing. The following
is the order in which the bridal party
entered the chapel. Captains Goss, Poeh-
Ter and Forbes and Lieut.. Kittleson, of
the cadet corps, in full uniform as ushers;
Miss MaxfeId, of Winona, with 4. J. Eas-
ton, of Chatfeld; Miss Annie Bacon with
Mr.. George S. Whitney, of La Crosse; Miss
Alice Noyes, with Mr.. j. S. Ames, of
Faribault; Mrs. Dobbin with the groom; :;
the bride with Prof. H. E. Whitney, of
Shattuck school. The bride was attired
IN white satin with train and veil. After
| the ceremoney reception was held in the
parlors of Whipple hall which was hand
somely decorated for the occasion, and
then Mr.. and Mrs. Davis received the con-
gratulations of their friends, after which
refreshments were served in the armory il
Manney hall. A large number of persons
from abroad were present including Mr..
William Dawson and Rev. NJ. N. Gilbert,
of st. Paul. The event is regarded as
the most notable one ever witnessed in
Faribault
Daily globe., 1883-06-17
Observation-Disclosures.

The marriage last week of Hon. Dorilus
Morrison to Mrs. Abbie j. Clagstone, of
New York, at Pittsfeld, Mass, is mention
ed by the Pittsfed Sun as follows:
There was private but very pleasant
wedding at j L. Colby's Chestnut Villa,''
on Tuesday forenoon, when Hon. Dorilus
Morrison, of Minneapolis, Mimi and Mrs.
Abbie j. Clagstone, of New York, sister of
Mr.. Colby, were married, Rev. w. W. New
ton officiating. Only the nearest neigh
bors, the families of Judge Colt and R. w.
Adam, with Miss Katie Pingree, were in
vited, yet there was full dress and all the
elaboration of a public wedding. The
brides dress was of the richest white satin,
with profuse train. Mrs. Colby's was of
elegant pale blue satin of the same design
and richness as that worn by the bride,
end she wore her famous jewels, full set
of diamonds that have only been worn on
one or two wedding events. The young
ladies present were charming, IN white,
giving additional grace and brightness to
the scene. The whole affair was very
brilliant, though so few were present
Though neither of the parties are known
in Pittsfield, the event is of especial local
interest from the prominence and high
standing of Mr.. Colby's family in this
community, his large business interests in
the county and elsewhere, and his hand
some Pittsfeld home. with its art treasures
and elegancles so priced and enjoyed by
all people of culture and taste.
Mr.. Morrison Is gentleman well-known
throughout the northwest in connection
with large business enterprises. He left
the state of Maine thirty years ago and
went to Minneapolis when the present city
was part of a government reservation con-
tanning Fort Smelling. Atthat time there
were not fifty Inhabitants in the place.
Mr.. Morrison has seen :. grow to
prosperous metropolis of $4,000 people.
The late Cadwallader C.Washburn, formerly
governor of Wisconsin, and for many
years in congress, was q cousin OF Mr..
Morrison, and they were engaged in busi-
ness together for fifteen years. Mr.. Nor
rison has been mayor OF the city and state
senator several times, and was the city's
first mayor. Mrs. Clagstone is Mr.. Col
by's youngest sister, an accomplished,
elegant lady, and there could not be hap
pier union than was consummated in this
marriage. The Sun extends its heartiest
congratulations and best wishes.
Daily globe., 1883-06-17
-iMthOrized TO Wed.

The following marriage licenses were
issued by Clerk Bell the past week: Her
man Leurer to Katharine Cheda: Barthel
J. P. Cells to Anna Slamm; Peter White
to Mary McGowen; George 7. Daman to
Nellie 4. Mead; Frederick Nortenmeier to
Deoris Eikemann; Gustav Adolph Kap to
Louisa Josephine Anderson; L. L. Harri-
son to Mary B. Johnson; Edward J. Cody
to Kitty Dolan; John B. Barry to Luly
Stanchfeld; John Anderson to Annie Mel
son; John Larsen to Pauline G. Mark;
William J. Bell to Ida B. Shenk; William
johnson to Anna Stokeman; Frank Robe
to Maria Hausch; John H. Blegen to Anna
B. Olson; G. Solomon to Charlotte Larson
D. W. Kertson to Hattie A. Gardner.
Daily globe., 1883-06-17
The German Society.

Having made the necessary arrange
ments, the above named society will enter
tain its members and public generally
with spring festival, park and prom
eZade concert at Schade's park, this after
noon, commencing at > and lasting till Z
o'clock. Always desirous of treating their
friends as well as themselves with the best
of entertainment, they have on this occa-
sion left nothing undone that would in
any manner contribute to the general
pleasure. The park itself is cassidy acces-
sible from every direction either by street
car. which directly pass it on the union
depot and Fort street line" by carriage
over q smooth and level macadamized
driveway, or per "pedes apastololem'' on
continuous ten foot sidewalk, affording,
by the way, fine chance to view this
rapidly growing and largely improved
part of our city. Once in the park. good
mental and physical refreshments viii be
found to suit ali ia search of rest and re-
creation, while, above all, good order and
first class decorum will be observed, the
municipal authorities cheerfully and liber-
ally seconding. furtherirg and even an
ticipating the desire of the society itself
with ltS powerful membership IL 1o Lne
intention to make the occasion no less
Objectionable and certainly fully as en-
ioyable as that favorite st. Paul pasTime
of Rice park concert, and this intention
will be carried out. To do this literally
and mpletely-barring the change
of location-the old time musi
cal portions of the entertaining
society have been engaged in the shape Of
the full strength of the Great Western
band, director George Seibert, and who