The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-12-04

Clsveland's plurality in Indiana was 6,5la
A part Of the original fund by which willama
college was founded came from . lottery.
oregon's official vote: Blaine, 26.S53; Glove.
land, 2, 56S; Butler, 72a3; St John, 4Sa
Lloyd Breezee, of the Detroit Journal, has
just purchased the Times of that city, and will
change it into an evening paper.
George R Calhoun Co, jewelers. Of Nash.
vile, Tenn, have made an assignment La
biities, $40, 600; assets, x, CO.
Charles Stewart l. Co., Cincinnati. pork
packers, have assigned to George s Gray. A.
sets, SaO.OOo; liabilities, $4,000
It is thought that Archbishop Fechan Of
Chicago will succeed Cardinal HcCloskey,
whose early death Is expected.
The official announcement Of the vote for
Massachusetts, is: Blaine, LAG. ia; Cleveland,
122,352; Butler, 24,35: 81 john, 9,4,3
Blaine's plurality, 24.37A
Mrs John Aulliken, wealthy residenr Of
Boston, sold peanuts at booth on the common
for twelve hours, Tuesday on an election bet
and realized 500 for charity
Further reductions of wages and annouce-
ments or intentions to shut down are reported
from industrial establishments in Pennsylvania
and other Eastern states
Texas has now 6,617,5 24 cattle, according to
assessors returns, valued at over ISL ,0OO, 600
Tho increase IN number this year has been ov
er half million, worth So. 50o,o n
The bones of John C. Calhoun have just
been removed to new stone sarcophagus il
st Philip churchyard, Charleston, s c. Thii
is the third time that Mr. Calhoun's remains
IVA fhaxy laid re
rest in the soil of the state he love so we'll
Dec. the wages of all employees of the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati 4 St Louis, the Par
Handle route, will be reduced 10 per cent
Between Pittsburg and Columbus the savins
by the proposed cut will amount to $S5, 600 per
annum.
Prot. Richie of Bridgeport Conn, has in,
vented poisonous air bomb which, when ex-
ploded. disseminates gas that lies close to the
ground, and quickly proves fatal TO everybody
III range who doesn't run away from it He
claims it to be step in the interests Of human.
lty.
The body Of well dressed man was found
in Gawanuss canal, New York The body was
recognized as that of Hugh Campbell broth
or OF Chief of Police Campbell Of Brooklyn,
and also of Congressman Felix Campbell The
fitting business in New York city, and Vas mar.
ried and lived in Brooklyn.
Davenport, Iowa, special-A mysterious
disease has appeared among the horses in the
upper end Of this county, and has been attend
ed so far with alarming fatality The first in
dication of the disease is a loss Of appetite on
the part Of the animal attacked From this
the horse grows weak and finally dies. There
is no apparent suffering until death occurs.
The state veterinary surgeon has been notified
and will investigate the disease
There were 237 failures in the United States
reported to Bradstreet's during last week,
against psi in the preceding week ami 232 and
Isl and l3S in the corresponding weeks in 1888
1882 and 1881, respectively, About IS per
cent were those of small traders whose capital
was less than $500. Among those reported
embarrassed were Dix Co, importers of
drugs, and Lembach Bros, manufacturing jew
elers, New York city; Middletown National
bank: Snowden d Semmler, carpets, Cincinnati;
aud George r. Calhoun i Co., jewelers., Nash
vile, Tenn
Joliet, Ill, Special.-Edward A Keelsr, for
merly prominent local politician of Southern
Minnesota and Grand Foreman Of the A. O. o.
W. Of that state, has been released from prison
He was sent oJoliet in October 1881, for the
alleged crime of tampering with the mails in
his charge he being postal clerk on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee St Paul road. His friends
have vehemently claimed that he was innocent
of the charge and that the evidence on which
he was arrested was Of very thin sort and
wholly circumstantial, and that prejudice,
coupled with rank perjury, secured the YER
dict against him; and now all this appears to
be confirmed beyond the shadow Of a doubt
A prominent detective met Mr.. Keeler at Joliet
with abundant proof of his entire innocence -
proofs which were not known to exist by the
defense until the last ninety days. Mr.. Keller
is well educated man, bright and entertain
ing newspaper writer and entitled to sympathy,
as that seems to be ali he can get He left foS
Minnesota where his famil y now lives