Morris tribune., 1884-02-06
THE NEWS In BRIEF.
Monday. january 2s.

John Mahin, a prohibition leader in
Iowa, speaks out in opposition to the pro-
poSal to nominate temperance candidates for
president and vice president.
Bradstreet reports that prices for oil
commodities are generally flrmer, and that
the movement ofsmerchandise throughout the
country has increased in value.
One of the jury which acquitted the
alleged ravishers of Emma Bond weeps often;
another has been given "the mitten" by his
fiance; a third hastily leaves his residence
when he sees strangers approaching; and
fourth one seems to be overcome with grief.
Tuesday, january ed.
The Virginia house has passed the
joint resolution asking Senator Malone to
resign.
The Germans of Wilmington, N. c.,
will present Lieut. Rhodes a gold medal for
his heroism at the wreck of the City of Co
lumbus
Since the opening OF the Suez canal,
tea has, 1879 excepted, declined each year in
price, 1t has never been lower in England
than now.
About twenty leading ladies and gen.
tlemen of Boston met and made arrange
ments for tho establishment of crematory
in that city.
Iron-mills at Troy and Allentown re-
sumed work, employing 1900 men, while
pipe-miu at Reading shut down for the
winter discharging 800 workmen.
The Brigham Young academy at
Provo, Utah, valued at SS0, 900, was burned.
There were 400 students in the building, some
Of, lv
The Cleveland Ohio Paper COM
pany assigned Saturday, with assets and
liabilities reaching, respectively, $3.50, GOO.
The assiguees will continue to operate the
mills.
Wednesday, January 80.
Three shocks OF earthquake were felt
at Rothesay, N. B.
Gold nuggets are said to have been
| found in the mountains near Marshall, Ark.
Col. Nathan Huntoon, of Unity, n.
H., is the Oldest Free Mason in the world,
having been initiated in 1903.
It is announced that the key to the
Aztec writings has been discovered by Rev.
Father Solo, of Concordia, Mexico
An assignment haSbeen made by the
American Lumber company of Toronto,
with liabilities of $1,000, 600, involving three
! banks.
Senator Walker, of Arkansas, has ap-
pointed Col. E. c. Boudinot, the Cherokee
brave, his private secretary. This was done
at the earnest request Of Senator VOORHEES,.
No clew as to the murderer OF
Amelia Olsen, Of Chicago, was obtained by
the testimony at the coroner's inquest, the
Jury finding that she was the victim OF
assault and strangulation.
Upon petition OF his attorneys, o. A.
| Carpenter, charged with the murder OF Zura
Burns, was permitted to have bedding and
certain furniture placed in his cell. The
prisoner pleaded not guilty to the Indictment,
| and motions by the defense to quash thai
document, and that the state elect upon
which count it would proceed were quashed.
The trial was set for February 3.
Thursday, January 81.
The recent gale in Scotland blew
! down 100000 trees within a radius OF ten
miles of Ayr.
The circulation Of the book ibeiing
the German imperial family has been pro-
hibited in France.
The first discovery Of tin in this
country has been made in Kings mountain,
Cleveland county, N. c.
The members of the Grand Army OF
the Republic in Illinois increased 10, 600 mem
bers during the past year.
Ella Wheeler, the passion poet OF
Wisconsin, is said to be making preparations
for marriage early in April.
The famous brood mare Midnight
the dam of Jay-Eye-See, died in California
on the farm of Leland Stanford.
The lower house of the Texas legis-
lature has passed a bill to punish fence cEt
ting by imprisonment from one to i've years.
Maj. Ben: PerIeg GORE, the veteran
journalist, is-eonfined to his room in Wash
ington, and is under the care of his ply
sicia1
1.-The largest school in the world is
probably the Jews Free School in Spital
fields, London. 1t has a daily attendance o.
over 1900 pupils
The Bankers Telegraph company,
of New York, has purchased the Board O.
Trade line from Chicago to st. Louis anc
the Pacific Mutual line from st. Louis tx
Kansas City.
The Canadian Pacific road threatens
to carry immigrants from Toronto and Mon
treal to Winnipeg for SIT on the opening Of
navigation The American lines have made
preparations to meet the cut.
Friday, February 4.
It is again reported that Emperor
William is seriously i'll.
The annual sale of pews at the
Brooklyn tabernacle netted S21 1872 50.
The governor of Minnesota has or
dered the return of all state prisoners to Still
water, because of an effort at ST. Paul to re
lease them on writ of habeas corpus.
President Garfeld's pew in the ole
Disciple chapel in Washington has beer
placed in one corner of the 100000 Garfield
Memorial church. No one is allowed to si
in it,
The directors of the Merchants anc
Mechanics bank, of Leadville, find that thu
cash assets are 80 per cent. of the liabilities
and the institution will be reorganized ant
reopened.
The district attorney at Omaha has
been instructed from Washington to bring
suit against the Brighton Ranch company O
Wyoming for inclosing So, 900 acres of public
and with wire fence.
A party of ffty-fve men who were
cutting 100 cords of wood daily on govern
ment land near Fort Lincoln, were cap
tured by detachment of the Fifteenth in
fantry and imprisoned at the fort
The Mississippi legislature has passed
resolutions providing for the removal of tht
confederate dead from Mumfordsville, KY.
and inviting jefferson Davis to deliver aE
address on the life of S. S. Prentiss
Herr Johan Frantg szsuther heads 8
colony Of Germans, 500 strong, who sac Oh
their way to southern California, where they
will settle as farmers. They will not ever
plant vineyards, such is their hostility to al
that can intoxicate.
In speech at Birmingham Wednes
day night John Bright assailed the land re-
form theories of Henry George, saying they
were an insult to the intelligence of England
and that their practice would be as great or
outrage upon landlords as it would be te
again make slaves of the negroes freed by the
American civil war.