Morris tribune., 1883-05-30
At home Oscar Wilde is considered


to be crazy.
The Globe tobacco house. said to b'
the largest in the world was formal.
opened in Cincinltti on Monday.
Prospects for brush betweeI
France and China are improving
China is actively preparing tor war
\ Peaksill, n. V, man stole horse
Wednesday, which ran away with him
smashed the carriage AMI nearly
killed the thief.
In his first rescript the Car of Rus
sia made numerous awards and promo
tions. Grand Duke Alexis is appointed
admiral in chief OF the Russian Navy.
The weather in the Black Hills con.
tinueS mfavorable. and further dam
age from floods is anticipated. There
is considerable suffering and worse is
feared.
The citizens of Leon. Iowa. have
raised $30.000 to secure the construct
ion of the Des Moines. Osceola. &
Southwestern from Decatur to that
place.
A. w. Kline. of Corning, lkls been
arrested on suspicion of having muir
dered Mayor StubhS. of Polk City,
Iowa. who was shot dead in his house
a year ago.
Gov. Pattison of Penn. on last Fri
day vetoed Il bill giving pensions to
surviving veterans of the Mexican war
and to the widows of soldiers and sal
lors of that war.
y grand receptin was held ut the
United States legation in Paris last
Friday night. Nearly all the foreign
ambassadors and leading members of
society were present.
A nitro-glycerine works at Oak
Grove. near Bay City. Mich.. was
blown to atoms Sunday, the debris be-
ing scattered for several rods. \
young man nameed Joseph Sham
burg WAS torn to shreds.
Sir Alexander Gait, high commits
sioner for Canada, willreturn to Cana
da temporarily, after many attempts
to secure a commercial treaty between
France and Canada. without having
anything in that direc-
tion.
The earnings of the Northwestern
railroad for the third week in May
was S456. 100: Omaha. $sQS.20O; Mani
toba, sl47s00; st Paul. S42S.OO0; Du-
luth, $25,7l2:: Northern Pacific, $l65,-
800. All showing an increase over
1882, except the Manitoba, which de-
clined $4,000.
The wheat crop of Kansas is only
about : per cent. lower than the aver.
age. There is an increase of Is per
cent. over the state in the area sown to
rye as compared with last year. Re-
ports for the crop for pasttIrage are
The statistics give
|, 100000 bushels in wheat and 237 900
bushels in rye.
The Postal Telegraph company ex-
perimented on the New York and Chi
cago line Friday, and 5000 words
were received and 1000 sent in the
space of ten minutes. The rates for
messages will be 25 cents for the first
20 words and one cent for each sue
ceeding word.
Decoration Day will be more gener-
lilly observed in many places to-dayand
the exercises he more impressive than
ever before, AS the years roll round,
both in the north and south, the beau
tiful custom of decorating the graves
Of the dead who lost their lives for
their country and the wrong cause is
4 sacred observance and is being fol-
lowed lovingly and faithfully by the
new generation.
A rupture between France and
China Is imminent. Ii Sung Chang
has been summoned to take command
Of the Chinese troops in the provinces
on Tonquin, and is daily ex-
pected at Shanghai Oh the way to his
new post to begin operations. 1t is
believed that the French minister at
Pekin and the Chinese minister at
Paris will shortly receive their pass
ports.