Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-04-28

good hay crop, are in good flesh.
337, 555, OO0, 600 matches were used il
the United States in 1882, or an allow
ance of two matches per day all tn,
year round for every man, woman ant
child.
The work of draining the everglades
of Florida is progressing satisfactorily
and it is predicted that in few years
these watery wastes will blossom like
a rose.
The revolver used by the notorious
Deadwood Dick in 1876 when he
killed Texas Charlie was found while
cleaning the streets of Deadwood few
days ago.
A boy threw burning match into
the man-hole ola sewer at Baltimore,
which caused an explosion, killed two
children, and damaged the street and
houses $4,000.
Casper Youngheim, of Philadelphia,
who threw a bomb into room where
August Goeckel, his son-in-law, was
working, has been fined $500, and sem
fenced to imprisonment for three
years.
The trial of twenty-siX nihilists of
Odessa has resulted in the conviction
of all. The sentences imposed include
exile to Siberia and penal servitude
for life, for fifteen years, for ten years
and for four years.
The heaviest requisition ever drawn
for postage stamps in the United
States was forwarded from the New
York postoffice a few days ago, the
of stamps called for being 21,-
10000; worth $4,000.
Owing to great dissatisfaction Of the
people of Manitoba, the. Canadian
government at Ottowa has decided to
place an ad valorem duty of35 cents on
implem nts and carriages,
instead of the specific and ad valorem.
On Sunday night, burglars entered
the Metropolitan Bank, in New Or
leans. They secured $500 of the
banks money in silver and fifty boxes
of depositors, containing large sums
OF money. diamonds and other valu-
ables.
John y. Sleicher, of the Troy Times,
has invented a new sleeping ear, which
it is claimed will revolutioniZe that
branch of railroad business. The seats
extend across the width of the car,
and all are changed into private state
rooms at night.
1t is said that not apenny of the
$200,O00 contributed in America for
relief of sufferers by the Rhine floods
and forwarded to the president of the
for distribution, had, up to
the 22d of March, been applied to the
purpose for which it was designated.
The sum of IS, OOO-which might prof
itably be multiplied ten times-has
been offered by NJ. Paul to the French
of medicine, to found prize
for the discovery of a cure for diph-
iberia, the competition to be open to
the world, and not confined to the
circle.
The trestle work of the Boston,
Hoosic Tunnel & Western railway
company's crossing at Saratoga Lake
was submerged by high water Mon
day and two freight trains were aban-
doned. The high water also caused
considerable damage at Mechanics
vile and other points along the Hud-
son river.
De Lessups promises the completion
of the Isthmus canal by 1888. AT
present that section of the world must
be mighty unpleasant for visit or resi-
dence, it being the rendezvous of a
perfect swarm of rioters, renegades,
tramps and desperadoes, whom the
authorities are powerless to control.
At a cabinet meeting in Madrid, the
ministers discussed the expectancy of
submitting to the United States gov
ernmen the propriety of reducing its
duties on sugar imported from the An
titles. In the senate it was suggested
that the government earnestly en-
deavor to conclude treaty of COM
merce with the United States.
A man whose house was destroyed
by the Marshfield, Mo-, cyclone has
brought suit to recover it's value on an
insurance policy against fire and light
ming. He claims that the destructive
force of the cyclone is electricity and
lightning. The defense has put Profs.
Nipher, Shaler, Smith and Sergt
Weber on the stand to rebuff testimony
given by Prof. Tice for plaintiff.
The Wisconsin state board of chart.
ties and reform is engaged in distrib.
uting throughout the state g large pla.
card with the following words
Cramps, beware! States prison
stares you in the face. Under recent
law of the state of Wisconsin, tramps
can now be punished severely, and i
necessary, sent to states prison
Tramps should now either go to work
or leave the state
Last Sunday a through express ca
left Cincinnati for Nashville, via tn,
Short Line railway. The car was ii
good condition at Lagrange, thirt,
miles from Louisville, but, on inspec
ton after arrival at East Louisville
the locks We're found broken and TIN
contents of the car scattered about ant
broken. The amount of stolen good
is not learned, owing to the reticenc
of the express officials. Some of tn
trainmen are under suspicion.
The new two cent postage stamp de
sign has been accepted. 1t contains