Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-12-31
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Harper's Young people is sold in Lon
don at penny a copy-just half its price
here. .
Peach buds and fruit trees have been
killed by the intense cold in the Holland
(Mich.) district -....-...
The assets of the Laporte, Ind, Savings
bank are s194 ,305.5S, and the amount due
the depositors is s17S, s65.36. ..-....
The crew of the bark Holmstrand, sunk
by the seamer Chelydra, off Eddystone,
England, it is feared are lost.
A meeting of Chicago printers was held
Friday evening to urge Jerry S. Thompson
for the place of government printer.
Elliott Bros. & Co., dry goods, Phila.
delphia, are unable to meet engagements.
They owe 1927, O00 and offer 60 cents on the
dollar.
Two of the train robbers involved in
the job month ago near Little Rock were
sentenced Friday to six and seven years in
the penitentiary respectively.
Mrs. John Greenridge was assaulted
Thursday night near Greenridge, Pa, by
unknown parties, who left her unconscious,
and she was frozen to death.
Rainwater & Stems elevator at Dallas,
Tex, was consumed by fire Friday, two men
perishing in the flames. The financial loss is
100000, with $34, 1000 insurance.
The shoemakers' lockout at Philadel.
phia came to close Friday. Many manu-
facturers will keep their shops closed, how
ever, until repairs are completed. sl5
At meeting of the citizens committee
of Chicago, it was resolved to push the prose-
cution Of the ballot-box suffers, and sys-
tenn of procedure was decided upon.
A well digger at Atlanta, Ca, found at
depth of sixty.fve feet, oyster shells and
varieties Of sea shells never seen in the
region. Biologists are Investigating.
Josef Zenari, manager of the Discount
bank of Carnoiola, at Laybach, defaulter
to the amount of 70, 600 FORMS killed hirf1se
in the bank when about to be arrested
The Rev. Alexander B. Crawford,
chaplain and rector of the Episcopal hospital
at Philadelphia, has been deposed from the
ministry by Bishop Stevens for drunkenness
At Burgin, Ky, Dave McGinnis, a 18.
year-old boy, shot and instantly killed Je-
rome Gay Gay and his brother forced the
fight on McGinnis. McGinnis was not ar.
rested
Joseph A. Coons, cashier of the Moser
hotel at st. Louis, disappeared Thursday,
taking funds belonging to his wife, the house
and the guests. It is believed that he has
fled with a woman.
Business failures for the week mum
bered 27S against Dos last week and 26o Ii,
the corresponding period Of 1883. The fail
ures for 1884 will exceed 1850, while the
record for 1883 was 10, 1911.
There is much excitement in the Fort
mountain Georgia) region over the discov-
cry of a rich silver mine, the ore assaying
from $50 to $4,000 per ton Gold has here
tofore been found and miners are focking to
the district. 10
A queer SANDER suit is pending out in
California. A sued B and G for SANDER. B
and G do not deny having applied opprobti-
Gus epithets to A, but insist that becauss A
is deaf, he could not hear the slanderous Ian
guage, and therefore, 30 far as he Is con-
cerned, it did netexist.
A wager has been laid between MIR. Nc
Laugh1in, the engineer, and Paul Hines, the
base ball player, that the latter can not
catch ball dropped from the top of Wash
ington monument. It is estimated that six
feet from the ground the ball win have We.
locity of two miles per minute.
A review of the trade affairs Of Chicago
for the past year, published by The Times,
shows that there have been an overproduc.
tionof manufacturers and q shrinkage nbank
clearings of $3,000,000. Grain has TOUCHED
the lowest point in twenty years; .thegeceiptb
Of cattle and hogs have BEEN lighter; but
more sheep have been marketed
The managing editor of the Kansas
City Times has perfected a pair Of
shears that cut both sides of a column
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