Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-01-23
THE NEWS In BRIEF.
Monday, January IA.

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moved to Chicago during the summer.
The winter carnival will begin al
Montreal February. The preparations art
elaborate.
Two Boston shopkeepers have beer
6ned $50 each for keeping their clerks em
ployed more than ten hours per day.
The queen of Italy is about to take
up the study of political economy under tn.
Vell-known statesman, Baron Minghetti.
Tuesday, January Is.
The Panama company has now IA,
600 men employed on the work.
The viceroy of Canton has issued 9
proclamation summoning the people to pre-
pare to repel the French invaders.
In sermon at Salt Lake, Apostle
Teasdale asked the saints to bear testimony
that plural marriage is a necessity to tht
church.
The Clarence s. Bement, the largest
iron ship ever built in America, was Launched
at Philadelphia by the American Shipbuild
ing company.
The Inauguration of George Hoadly
as governor of Ohio was quiet affair, only
three political clubs being in attendance
tablishment of board of pardons and 9
graded license system.
Wednesday, January 16.
A thousand tobacco hands struck al
Petersburg, Va, against reduction of q
cents per 100.
The Mexican Central railway is com.
pleted, except a gap of 126 miles. It is ex
pected that it will be finished and open by
April l.
CASTELAR,, the Spanish statesman, de-
clares himself in favor of free trade between
his own country, England, France and the
United States.
Agents of a New York firm are
securing the woods of Arkansas for black
walnut trees, for which 81 each is paid, the
logs being shipped to New Orleans
A bill has gone through the Texas
senate sesatta to punish fence-cutting by imprison-
fnent for two to I've years Ten miles of the
inclosure of the Strickland pasture, in Ban
der county, was destroyed, and bloodshed. IS
likely to result.
Thursday, January IL.
Burglars took fromthe safes of jew
eler in Maiden lane, New York, booty valued
at $4,000.
Mrs. J. J. Astor has sent 1,063 home
less children to the south and west in the last
few years, at an expense of nearly SIG, 900.
Standard Multiplex Telegraph
company, Wita a capt.; $2,5O0,00 has
cd snofn nf
York.
The Illinois Central road will pay to
stockholders of record March 1 regular
dividend of 4 per cent. and an extra allow
ance of 2 per cent.
The unusual activity and arrival of
stores at Woolwich arsenal gives rise to the
belief that England intends to dispatch rein
forcements to Egypt.
Gov. McLane, of Maryland, CON
tracted cold on the day Of his Inauguration,
and it has developed into neuralgia and con-
fined him to his room.
A jury at Detroit gave W. G. Coup a
verdict for $15, 600 against the Wabash road,
on the ground that its negligence caused a
series of disasters which drove him into
bankruptcy.
A cipher letter from a NihiIist in
London, who has been in communications
with the Irish extremists, advises sim
ultaneous attack upon the German and Rus
sian emperors.
The annual report of the agricul-
tural department. gives the corn crop of
Illinois as 206 7sG 500 bushels, both the aver
age and yield being the largest of any state.
Kansas stands second in crop, but Iowa has
the second greatest acreage.
In the Ohio house Of representatives,
a Republican member, named Love, offered
a resolution for select committee of five to
that Henry B. Payne was elected senator by
the use of money. Various amendments were
proposed, when the original resolution was
defeated, members voting without regard to
party.
Friday, January Is.
The coal output, in Wyoming Pa.)
district has increased 33 per cent. in three
years. =
Gen. Gordon will retain his commits
sion in the British army while on servive in
the Congo district
After paying expenses and taxes, the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Ferallroad earned
last year $s,216,s59.
Hereafter colored children will enjoy
the same school privileges at Halifax, N. S.,
as are accorded to white children.
Mr.. Blaine has telegraphed his pub
lishers that all the manuscript for his book
will be furnished by the end Of this month.
Nine powder mills of Scranton, Pa,
exploded. One man is known to have been
killed, and the pecuniary loss is very heavy.
A call has been issued by r. B. Roose-
velt and other Democrats of New York city
for meeting to form anew Democratic or
anization in that city,.
The Woman's Board of Missions be-
gan its annual session at Boston, and listened
to encouraging reports from abroad. The
years receipts amount to $10s, ,450.
The new capital of Iowa was dedi-
Gated, Hon. John A. Kasson delivering an
eloquent oration. For the Inauguration ex-
ercises the governor had military escort
Certain business men Of Atchison,
Kan, held a meeting to protest against the
prosecution of iquor-dealers. Gen. B. #.
Stringfellow denounced, the law in violent
terms
Secretary Folger reported to the
house that within the past eighteen months
issue Of gold certificates was $107, ,000,O0
and during three years the value of silver
certificates put out was $119, 740, 900.
The trunk lines have issued q notice
10 shippers Of freight that the Delaware,
o. = IL.