Morris tribune., 1883-04-04
Gen. Grants bust is to be on the new

anew.
Gen. Dia:, III" Mexican ex-presi-
dent, paid his respects To President
Arthur on Tuesday
An Aurora ce0Rty, Dakota, farmer
claims to have discovered an eight
foot vein of coal on his farm.
n farmer named Erickson, living
ten miles from Moorhead was found
dead in his barn on the 29th nlt. He
is supposed to have been murdered RS
his pockets were ritied of their con-
tantS.
Ex-senator Window has accepted
the presidency of Il corporations which
is to construct 4 railway from FL Paso,
Tex, through Mexico to the seaport
of Topolobampo on the Mexican coast.
In paying out 500 in wages to his
wOrkmen, manufacturer at Mar
settles, H.. privately marked all the
bills. Within twa days $542 of it was
deposited in the local bank by saloon
keepers.
Arrangements are heing made for
putting up a canning factory at Austin
for canning fruit,
In his talk on Temperance IN Min
neapolis recently Bishop ireland gave
the following interesting, yet start
ling, facts and figures: New York
city has 0,075 licensed places where
liquor is sold and l,000 unlicensed.
The licensed are one to every twenty
four families, while there are in the
city only lilo bakeries. $500 butcher
shops and 1900 grocery stores-7.3l0
in all, OF 2,T65 more liquor saloons
than places where the necessaries of
life are sold. Thirteen Of the twenty
four aldermen of New York are liG-
nor dealers. In Chicago there is Il
saloon for each one hundred and
twenty inhabitants. There are 5000
saloons and 2,16l food supply stores,
or twice as many saloons as there are
butter shops. bakeries and grocery
stores"
The Minnesota dogs are happy. in
spite of stories to the contrary, told
by many of the state papers, the dog
law was repealed by the state legis-
lature. Two bills were introduced to
repeal the law. one in the senate and
hn ntf in l.: Of
the house became law and the senate
bill was allowed to die. In nothing
the death of that bill, the papers very
naturally fell into the error of suppos-
ing that the law was not repealed.
The dogs wore detected cOuntenances
and barked in doleful tones of mingled
misery and hate. But when the sup
plementS containing the state laws
found their way into the back parlors
of the hotels the more Intelligent
among the CANNES discovered in law
No. 100 the abrogation of the obnoX-
ious brass collar nuisance. Ratiica-
ton meetings were held by them
nightly for week and the joyful bark
of eXultation was echoed from kennel
to kennel all over the land, Couriers
were sent out to scour the country to
discover the most tempting sheer pas-
lures, and LIVERY adult dog was APP
poAtss.rd on the kissing committee to
caress the hands of the legislators
whenever any of these worthless may
be found on dog territory. Happy
legislators. Happy dogs Glencoe
Democrat.
The newspapers and periodicals Of
all kinds issued in the United States
and territories now reach the impos-
ing total of II ,196. This is an increase
of SO in twelve months. Taking the
states one by one, the newspaper
growth i'm some is very considerable.
The present total in Hew York state,
for instance, is 1,390-a gain of 50 in
the past year. The increase in Penn
sylvania is As, the existing number
being 943. Nebraska's total grew from
175 to pol, and Illinois from $50 to 904.
pers; now the number is 43S. In Tex
as the new papers outuunlber the sus-
pensions by s, and Ohio now has 738
papers instead of 692. The most re-
markable change has occurred in the
Territories, in which the daily papers
have grown from Is to So, and the
weeklies from 169 to 243-Dakota be-
ing the chief area of activity. The
number Of monthlies throughout the
country grew from $40 to 1,034, while
the dailies leaped from 996 to 1,O62.
The figures given above are exclusive
of Canada, which possess total of 6O6.
1t is interesting to note that the newly
settled regions of the Canadian North
West are productive of newspapers as
of wheat, for the number of journals
issued in Manitoba was nearly doubled
during the year.
Every honest, rejecting mind knows
that the local newspaper adds much
to the general wealth or prosperity of |
the place, as we'll as increase its rep |
utation abroad. 1t benefits all who |
have business in the place, enhances
the value of property, besides being
public convenience. 1t increases
tTdue, III cdutlOilS aSalnS imposition, 1t |
saves you from loss, it warns you
against danger, it points out your diff
ferent advantages and increases your
profits. If you want such paper
support it by advertising your business
in it; assist in increasing its circula-
ton by getting your neighbors to SUBJ |
such paper you must not consider it |
an act of charity to support it, but as
a means to increase your own wealth,
as well as the place in which you live;
Therefore support it by advertising
and subscribing and paying for it,
Interstate.
Herr Jensen afiirms that potato-dis-
ease, which is caused by a fungus, first
attacks the tops of the plants, and is
conveyed to the tubers by means of