Morris tribune., 1883-07-04
THE NEWS CONDENsED.

G. w. Vance, while raising barn
near Easton, Ohio, Saturday, was
struck and injured fatally, by falling
timbers.
In ten months of the present fiscal
year the Dominion of Canada has sent
us $3.50 new inhabitants. Of course
the Canadian authorities have
strenously denied the accuracy of
these figures
The Quebec civil service commission
reported in favor of the reduction by
$400 per annum of the salaries of dep
uty heads of departments, land the dis
missal of all extra clerks and thirty or
forty permanent clerks.
The city council of Chicago, last
Thursday night passed an ordinance,
the effect of which is to have the mu-
nicipal year end on the first Monday
in April, thereby making valid the
saloon ordinance recently passed and
which practically prevents the state
uISu 1lCCISS law llOiA SollS lllloCh
until that date.
James Blake and old resident of
Silver Creek, Ashland county, Wis,
who some two weeks ago tried to
commit suicide by shooting himself
through the bowels, cut his throat
Sunday from ear to ear with a razor,
and bled to death in few minutes.
He was about forty years of age. He
had lost his wife and property.
A fine lot of cattle left Glasgow last
week. London cosigned to Mr.. J. J.
Hill of st. Paul. It includes fourteen
cows and heifers from the herds of the
earl of Strathmore, the earl of South
Esk and Mr.. Ferguson Of Kinhoctry.
They cost nearly 100000. With them
is two-year-old bull of Lords Fitz
Harding's, which Mr.. Hill bought
for 5000. This is the handsomest
lot of cattle THAT ever left Scotland
for American.
Washington is fullof new fiedged
ilel,il.ers ofcongreSs-likc knute Mel
.sons wi!a 2re disposed ~ make tho
most Of their last cilsncs. t. dispense
official patronage, before the civil
service r:toF;n law .socs into effect.
and tire departments are bcsigcd lor
places 10 pay political! debts rs tb. y
,I
now being filed up with tenacious
barnat!ts of the worst possible kind.
"Tl.e Judge" prints atlouble cartoon
representing tire louisville fctionu
ietl The New aorn fact" nthe one
ease Tildsn is represented as broad
shouldefed and athletic, with rolled
up sleeves an axe in one hand, Lead
ing the perspiring Watterson about
his farm. In the other he is bowed
and emaciated, leaning heavily upon
the arm of body servant who carries
in his hand a bottle of syrup
Miles City Press, I'D AT Etchetah
on Tuesday, two young girls, Helen
and Grace L. Crichton, aged respect
lively thirteen and fourteen years,
went to bathe in a slough near the
residence of their step-father, Mr..
Robert Grierson, about two O'Clock in
the afternoon. As they did not re-
turn the family became alarmed, and
instituted serch which resulted in
the finding of their bodies in a pool
ofwater aboutsix feet deep. A neigh
Dor named Van Derpost was the first
to discover them.
In an interview j. r. Benseley, re-
|ceiver for McGeoch & Co., said the
liabilities are over $4,000, 900 is due
Chicago banks, whichafe secured by
lard collaterals. The remaining
liabilities of over 81, 100000 are DIS
tributed in large and small sums, the
largest liability to any individual be-
ing $4,000 and there are several Of
100000. This estimate does not in
Iclude money due Milwaukee parties.
Only week before the failure $780,
900 was received from Milwaukee
firm and all swalled up in margins.
For the settlements of accounts out
side Of the banks, Mr.. Renseley says
there are only assets of $4,000 and
the Office fixtures.
Some of the Indians who went to-
| Washington with Chief Moses, to-
gether with their interpreter, quaffed
deeply of the deletesious firewater