Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-07-11
THE NEWS CONDENSED.

Philadelphia, with the express wisl
that the university would respectful.
and thoroughly investigate moderl
Espiritualism, In which he was firm
believer. The university has nov
begun steps to carry out the wish q
the testament.
The English bishops have become
alarmed at the public agitation to abo
house of lords because of their defea
of the deceased wife's sister marriage
bill. They are about to prepare state
| ment of defense and have appointed 1
committee to draft the statement anC
place it before the English people
The statement will be based upon the
alleged danger to English society .
change in the marriage laws would
entail.
The summerexoduS from the depart
ments has begun, and three OF the Sc
cretaries are absent from Washington
recuperating. They are Messrs. Fol
ger, Frelinghuysen and Chandler, the
latter having left yesterday for New
Hampshire, it is said, to straighten
the senatorial muddle. There is very
little except routine business in the
departments, so that public interests
are not likely to suffer in consequence
of the absence of the heads of bureaus.
Miss Maria Van Elsner, known to
the musical word as Mile. Marie Litta,
died at her home in Bloomington Ill.,,
at $50 last Saturday morning. Her
last public appearance in Bloomington
was at concert, under the SlaytOn
Lyceum bureau, at Durley hall, in
February. Although acquitting her.
self brilliantly, her friends discovered
that she was overtaxing her strength,
and grave apprehensions were ex-
pressed by experienced and careful
persons. She gave a reception to her
friends after the concert. On that oc-
casion her troubles were augmented
and death was fastened by exposure
to draughts while receiving and still
feeling the heat of her work at the
hall. About two hours before death
she was conscious and spoke to her
attendants and then gently passed
away.
A few days ago in Paris a master
bricklayer appeared on swinging
scaffold in midair on an uncompleted
building at No. Rue Lesdignieres,
and proceeded to throw down upon the
astOnished passers-by trowelsfuls of
mortar, interspersed with semi-oc-
casional brick. The gendarmes tried
in vain to capture him by means of
ladders, but the agile bricklayer tipped
over all the ladders the moment their
top ends were adjusted against his
perilous perch. The fire department
was called out and the pompiers
squirted a hose at him. The brick
layer undressed himself and enjoyed
the bath to his intense satisfaction,
amid the gaze of thousands of specta
tors. The batteries of brick and morter
were still unsilenced at O'clock. At
5 80 an adventurous fireman stea1thiIy
climbed the wall of house behind the
scaffolding and succeeded in lassooing
the bricklayer, who finally, not with
out considerable danger, was hauled
down from his base of operations and
duly landed in the insane hospital.
By direction of the secretary of the
interior, a party under John III. Rem
Shave will leave Washington in few
days, EN- route for the Yellowstone
National park, to make topographic
survey of the park. Another party, un-
der Arnold Hague, will make a geo.
logical survey of the park. 1t is now
settled that the president will start on
his contemplated trip to the Yellow
stone valley about the 1st of August
next if nothing should occur to inter-
fere with his present plans. The ar
rangements for the trip are in the
hands of Lieut., Gen. Sheridan. The
party will number about ten persons
and be gone five or six weeks. The
president will join Gen. Sheridan and
other members of the party at Chicago.
1t is proposed to go direct to Yellow
stone with as few stops as possible.
The president has abandoned all idea
of visiting Newport. He will pro-
baby remain in Washington until he
starts for the West with the possible
exception of making occasional short
sea trips on the steamer Despatch.
The confederate bond speculation
has been revived under very singular
and strongly favorable auspices. A
large syndicate has been organized to
manage the business this time. Lord
Penseance, Mr.. Bruce, M. P, and Mr..
Geist, M. p, are among the principal
men who have publicly accepted in
vitations to serve in the organization.
A prospectus has been issued. This
invites all the holders of confederate
bonds to lodge their holdings with the
syndicate, who agree to be responsible
for them, to do all in their power to
realize the largest sums possible. on
the bonds, and to render to each holder
true accounts of the proceeds. The
documents are to be deposited for safe
keeping with the National Safe De-
posit company, who will give certifi-
Gates on receipt. The prospectus
states the late Confederate States have
become awakened to new life with
tremendous possibilities; that they
now enjoy prospect of an almost inn
mediate controlling influence in
American affairs: that with this new
life and new future has come an
awakening of conscience and a deter
mination to pay of'indebtedness that
the spirit of reputation is well nigh