Morris tribune., 1883-09-05


tendent of the Silver and Copper
Island Mining Company s mine on
Susie Island, is the owner of one of
the handsomest and largest cabinets
of Lake Superior specimens to be
found in this country. The articles he
values the most however, is copper
knife which he found in one of the
old mines on Isle Royale. This knife
with the exception of three small
pieces of silver in the blade, is made
entirely of copper, and the captain
says that it is as highly tempered and
cuts and wears as we'll as any steel
knife he ever saw. 1t is about six
inches in length and the Captain is in
clined to think that it was made by
Indians, who first discovered and
worked these mines, but how they
succeeded in tempering copper is
something that the present race is
yet to find out. The cabinet also con-
tains many other rare and curious in
struments which were used by the
natives in mining, and also a large
collection of minerals and valuable
stones. It is something worth going
a long distance to see.-Duluth Times.
The new granite walk being laid by
the milwaukee road in front of their
new freight warehouse on Second
street, will be ], 900 feet long and will
cost $25, 900. The material used is st.
Cloud granite. The job is the best ever
laid in the city, and is appreciated by
all merchants who have hauling to do
The work has progressed very favor
ably and will be completed in about
10 days.-Dispatch.
A few hundred thousand Irish emil
grants and their children sent to the
| Dominion by the British government
will not help strengthen the attach
ment of our northern neighbor to the
mother country. The new movement
will hasten the day of independence
or annexation.-Fargo Republican.
Dakota has an area of $4,000, 900
acres, and population reaching very
nearly 100000, and yet there are
statesmen who try to make people be-
lieve that the Territory Is too small to
divide, and too sparsely populated for
a State.
Warren, the county seat of Marshall
county, in the Red River valley, in
anticipation of the large crop and in
creased acreage, has increased its ele-
vator capacity to 100000 bushels.
There are now four companies organ n
lied. The Touring mill has capacity
for two hundred barrels per day, and
will require 10000 bushels a month.
This makes Warren one of the best
wheat markets in the valley, because
the competition secures to the farmer
the highest grade and the best price.
The New York Nation says that the
success of PARNELL in wringing con-
cessions from the Britith government
is fast making a position for him
which no preceding Irish agitator-
not even O'CoNNELL-evera attained ;
that catholic emancipation after all
only relieved the upper class of catho-
lies from certain CALLING disabilities !:
that the tenant farmers derived no di-
rect material benefit from it that
they did profit by the abolition of the
protestant church tithes, but that
owed this to their own physical resist
ance rather than to any agitation ;
that PARNELL. on the other hand,
has relieved all the farmers of the
island Of 20 per cent of their rent, has
given fixity of tenure to all who were
not already secured by lease, and has
obtained free gift of one years rent
to all who were three years in arrears,
besides vote in aid of scheme of
immigration, and loan for the con-
struction oftramways. It is GER
tainly fact that beside such achieve
ments as these the political reform
of O'CoNNELL appear insignificant.
| The corner stone of the Dakota cap
itol will be laid September S, and the
occasion will be appropriately cele-
brated, jointly with the reception of
the Willard party.
SECRETARY LINCOLN has tele-
graphed that President Arthur can
| not be present at the Northern Pacific
| celebration here on Monday. We re-
greet that the President is obliged to
deprive himself of so brilliant a
| acknowledgements Journal.
Last week $3.50 immigrants landed
at Castle garden.