The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-03-06

Joseph Duffree Of Cleveland, Ohio, has
brought suit against syndicate Of West Virgin
ia men, headed by ex-Gov. Farnsworth, to re-
cover $4,000, the value of some land whose
title proves defective.
A venstreforening has been organized at Eau
Claire for the purpose Of collecting 81 900 as
gift to Johan Sverdrup, the untiring leader of
the Liberal party in Norway. The plan is meet
ing with general fovor, and one man has sub
scribed $3.50
Frank Young who was sentenced to be hanged
at Helena Mon, for the murder Dan Nc
Carly last July, has been respited by President
Arthur unit iDec. "a, inortler that his attorneys,
Vivian and Mayhem, can take his case to the
United States supreme court.
Samuel McElroy, the well-known engineer,
has let out the fact that the big Brooklyn bridge
is not entirly perfect He says: .sThat the
cables Of the East river bridge have very con
siderably heightened is shown by the fact that
the suspender bands have been slipped nearer
the towers by several inches.
Further advices from the Cpur d'Alene dis.
trict confirm the opinions already expressed of
to the advisability of waiting for better weathe,
before giving way to an attack of the gold fe
yer. At present the cost of living il excessively
high, accommodations are extremely bad, and
the cold weather and deep snow preclude any
efforts in the search for gold
At San Francisco, two women horsewhipped
d. L. Regenberger, prominent attorney Re-
genberger was walking on Kearney street when
the pair sprang out of a carriage, performed
the deed, re-entered and drove away The
cause is said to be expressions of the attorney
resenting the intrusion of the women in his So
ciety at Mardi Gras ball the night before
Two weeks ago Virgins, the weather pro-
phet, advised Canadian and United States pa
pers along the seaboard of two he1vy storms,
dangerous to shipping, that would happen in
the near future, one beginning the 9th of Feb
ruary, and the second and greater of the two
on the 18th of March. The first was true, and
Friday, the Goth, q blizzard almost unprece-
denied took place. and is now blowing
Col Goodwin of Milwaukee has returned from
Washington, where he went to take steps to-
ward securing pardon for George Dauber,
convicted of securing a United States pension
by fraud and sentenced to five years imprison-
ment He reports that the matter is well under
way and promises to result successfully. Dub
ner has served six months of his term at Ches-
ter, Ill. His friends assert that his health is
failing, and, that he can not long survive life
OF confinement
Great excitement prevails over the discovery
of gold mine at Erin, East Tenn While out
hunting A. H. Bernathy found cave and evi-
de1iees of gold He took lease of the land
and is selling lots at big profits. Over 5000
worth of nuggets are on exhibition in a store.
Miners and railroad men are focking in. Al
ready there are over 200 strangers in town
Picks and shovels are in demand. The hotels
are crowded. Erin is small place on the
Louisville Nashville road, near the Tennessee
river.
George Booth, superintendent of J. Fame
chon's oil factory at Prairie du Chen, died
Tuesday night from the effects of a dose of
morphine. He had been out the night before
at a ball and was considerably under the in
huence of liquor. Tuesday he went to his bus
mess as usual, but shortly after commencing
work a sudden dizziness seized him, after
which he went into stupor and thus re-
NAMED till he died. No cause has been as
signed, except that he had been of melan
choly disposition for some time, which is said
to have been caused by unrequited love.
The case of Robert Bailey, colored was tried
at Toledo, o., for marrying white girl, con-
trary to the law of 1910, which imposes a fine
of 500 and three months imprisonment for
white person marrying one of negro blood, or
vice versa. demurrer was filed by the de-
fensc that the law was unconstitutional under
the fourteenth amendr, ent. The judge dis
missed the demurrer, holding that the law did
not discriminate in favor of the white race, i'm
posing the same penalty on the person of either
race marrying woman of the opposite race.
Bailey was found guilty and given the full pen
atty of the law.
Mrs. Jane A. Brooks, widow said to be
worth half a Million was arrested at the Pal
mer house Chicago, Thursday night on war
rent sworn out on the allegation that she was
about to leave for parts unknown. number
of years ago her husband went On the bond of
one Henry M. Curtis as administrator of the es-
tate, in which Stanley B. Seaton, then meno1
heir, but now well known amateur athlete,
was interested Subsequently suit was
brought against, the Brooks estate, Brooks hav-
ing died, as surity for Curtis, it being alleged
that Curtis was defaulter The jury Thurs
day rendereda verdict for $62, 600 against the
estate. Mrs. Brooks was arrested, as stated,
on the allegation that she was about to leave
the city for the purpose of escaping the penal
ty of the verdict The lady went into mysteries,
from which she has not rallied, and it is feared
that she will die