The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31
General News GOSSIP.

James Grifen, a young farmer of York
township, Ohio, near Bellaire, invited his
aeighbors to butchering the 10Th. After
he party gathered a fire was started with
logs from an old cabin that had been torn
DOWN last spring. and the logs piled up for
future use. After the fire had been burning
for some time a young man noticed that
one of the logs was hollow, and taking a
poker, he gave it a punch. To the surprise
and astsn1sbm ent of all present some 500
gold pieces rolled out into the fire. The
logs were rapidly pulled off the Ere, and q
general search was made. Gold pieces OF
all denominations were found ranging from
81 to $50 aud the total sum was something
over $4,000. Who owned it nobody knows,
The announcement is made that nearly
all the rail mills, iron works, furnaces,
and stove foundries of st. Louis, are eithe,
closed or running at halt their capacity;
that all glass works are closed and there is
great depression among all classes, throw
ing perhaps 5000 men out of employment
and Withdrawing very large sum oil
money from circulation. which has hereto
fore been paid for wages.
J. B. and W. II. Anderson, grain dealers
millers. bankers, Of Menden, Mich, have
failed. They had been in business there
sixteen years and were considered solid.
The business was quite extensive. No
statement is furnished. A large amount oil
money reported locked up in the Cadillac
failure the last two months was prob
ably the cause of the firms embarrass.
ment.
Bradstreet's Journal furnishes the follow
ing: There was 80 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's during the
week, ending the 26sh, II less than the pre-
ceding week. 81 more than the correspond
ing week of 1888. aud los more than the
same week OF 1882. About 80 per cent.
were those OF small traders whose capital
was less than S. COO.
Frank s. Hesth, late proprietor of the
Cory, Pa, Herald, and chairman of the
Pennsylvania state greenback committee OF
1882, has been arrested on a charge of send
ing indecent matter, advice to abortionists,
etc, through the mail. He gave bail in
$500 to appear before the UAited States
court in February.
Several railroads, including the Burling-
ton, Alton and st. Paul, are declining to
take grain for transportation to Chicago,
unless for sale on track, because all the
elevators are full. Warehouses capable of
holding 45O 900 bushels were made regular
on the 23d. There are 100000 bushels on
the track in Chicago.
C. 8. Benham, who is six feet tall, threat
ems to whip Editor Dana, of the New York
Sun for saying he had Fl ed the city leaving
$500 600 Liabilities He had only gone to
San Francisco on wedding trip, and for.
got to take care OF certain mining stock con-
tracts. Bsnham has paid up everything.
1t is understood that an attempt will soon
be made by the New England friends of
Dakes Ames, whose SON lieutenant gov
ernor OF Massachusetts,, to have expune ed
from the records OF congress the resolution
the part he took in the Credit Mobilier.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
road company will return 10 embers of the
Dairyman's association who attend the
convention in Faribault, Feb. and S at
one fifth the regular rate of fare upon their
showing . certificate from the secretary of
the association of their attendance.
In the United States district court, at st.
Paul, criminal information was filed against
Hugh Duffy, charging him with selling
liquor at Vermillion without paying the
special tax. He pleaded guilty and was sen.
fenced to thirty days imprisonment and
800 fine, and committed until paid.
Joseph Kuhn, who has done business in
Detroit for the past thirty years as private
banker, money lender, real estate and
steamship agent, has suspended payment.
His customers are mainly among the Ger
man working people, of whom great num-
bers had dep sits with him.
The Northern Pacific has received its
four new dining cars, making fourteen in
all now owned by the company. Only
eleven OF these are now In use, but the 9th.
ers viii be put On - s0on a. the service ID ex-
tended from Wallula junction to Portland.
James Gordon Benefits old yacht Dauat
less, owned by Albert and George Nicker-
son. OF Boston, " lie bound from Boston
to the Mediterranean, put in ct Fayal in
leaky condition.
The national executive committee Of the
Prohibition party hsys decided r. hold 81