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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31
|PITH OF THE NEWS.


| congressman t10erty OF OnlCagO, Wuo
has had experience in Indian campaigns
rom 1870 to lSSl-has introduced bill
20 ''provide for the promotion of officers
Of the United States q my, particularly dis
tinguished for heroic action in Indian war.
are." The bill provides that officers en-
gagged in Indian warfare who have gained
distinction, as certified by their command
| srs, shall be entitled to brevet promotion
ander section /, 200. Revised Statutes, ana
hat non-commlssioned officers and orivates
| who may Distinguish themselves by bravery
| n Indian battles shall, on recommendation
If their commanding officer. be entitled to
The maximum of paw allowed for length OF
| ,ervice in their respective grades"
| 1t is learned that the commerce comm it
lee of the senate and shipping committee o
he house, before whom the hearings on the
shipping bill have been held, are both
against free ships. This preclNdes any legis.
ation during this congress looking toward
concessions to the free ship party, which is
m evident Disappointment to many who had
counted at leastup something in this line
rom the house OF representatives..
| t In the United States supreme cour! an ar
yument was made for wits of haoeas cor
pus in the case OF the Georgia kuklux under
going imprisonment at the Albany peniten-
larry. The argument used was that the
matter was properly one Tor the courts and
he exercises of Jurisdiction by United
States courts was Illegal; therefore the pris-
,ners should be discharged.
The long.threatensd retirement of John
}. New from the Office of assistant treasurer
s finally announced Is fact. Mr.. New
| appears to have packed up his belongings,
| eft his resignation to be presented TO the
president ON his return from New York,
md quistly stolen away to Indianapolis.
lie is said tc have been moved thereto by
he pressure ofprivate business.
JOINT resolution fixing the head of nav.
CATION of the Minnesota river in the state
,t Minnesota. 1t 6xes the head of nav.
CATION at point on that river where The
apge liue between ranges 80 and 81 west
If the fifth principal meridian crosses the
liver. said range line being the eastern bound
larry of Redwood county.
| The finance commi tee OF the senate has
.efused to approve Mr.. Saerman's bill to
establish q basis OF banking and also of Mr..
McPherson's which provides an issue of cir
,uiation equal to the tsce of any govern
ment.
| The house committee on postofices and
oos.roads agreed TO report favorably Mon
Y's bill fixing the rate Of postage on second
| class publications deposited in letter car
'ier offices at two cents per pound.
Springer Harbaughsand bis d lighter, Mrs.
Brooks, CT st. Paul are IN Washington.
Mr.. Harbaugh is one of the largest farmers
1 n Minnesota
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Personal News Paragraphs.

Some tine ago Belle Bosvorth, beauti
full girl nineteen years of age, left her home
in the western part of the city of st. Louis
Mo-, to visit friends in Franklin. Just be-
fore the holidays she wrote her mother that
she would be home to spend Christmas, and
on the 24sh of December she lett Franklin
for st. Louis. Since that time nothing has
been seen of her, though it has been re.
ported to the police that she was in ST.
Louis two weeks ago. 1t is feared that she
has met the fate OF Zoe Watkins as she wa.
not girl to leave hon of her own account
without notifying her parents.
A. s. Worthington, who succeeds Col.
Corkh1l', as district attornry of the Dis.
trict OF Columbia, is ennsylvanian who
enlisted from Ohio when he was nineteen.
He lost leg at Kenssaw Mouatain and
Secretary Stanton pat him in war depart
ment place. He was afterward Stanton IS
law partner.
There is great deal OF quiet comment
over the quiet marriage OF Frederick Doug
lass to Miss Pitts. No one seems to know
anything about it beyond the fact that they
made up their minds to get married.
Mrs. William Appleton OF Boston, has
presented to the Cathedral of tie Holy
Cross, of that city, for its sanctuary, a car.
pet valued at ST.. 900.
DR.. John R. Lee, eighty years head ply.
stefan of the Massachusetts, lunatic hospital,
died on the 21st at Hartford, Conn.
Queen Victoria has thanked Grace Green
wood (Mrs. Lippsncot) for writing life Of
the English sovereign.
Ben Hill, Jr., son of the Georgia senator,
declines to be candidate for attorney gen.
eral of his state.
Ex,Se. ator Fenton is in Nsw York city
for medical treatment.
Prof. Boisen, late of the Indiana state
university, is dead
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31
Railroad RumbIingS.

The drop IL Northern Pacific first mort
gage bonds from 1Ol 3-4 to 95 IL has occa-
stoned general comment and conjecture.
These bonds, to the amount o. $40 O0a,0ol.
we're issued in 1850 for the purpose Of COM
pletipg and equipping the road. They
were secured by m0rtg .ge on the roadbed
nd all the lands of the company west uf
the Missouri river. The total grant
amoEpted to ABOUT At, 600 900 acres. In No
vember the whole 4O0OO, 0O0 was sold to
he Drexel, Morg n & Co. syndicate. The
bonds have been fairly steady in price most
u the time since, generally selling little
above par. The question now is whether
he ponds have been too high.
The Winona, Alma Il Northern survey
rs are now at work between La Crosse and
Winona.
The Union Pacific surplus earnings for
he year were Sill. 391 ,658.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31

Presidential electioneering work at
Washington is daily exhibited to the
public in the vast number of campaign
lies early Matched and flying through
the air. Some of them are mildly called
''canards" and become partially discred-
ited, while the majority are calculated
for summer use in the rural districts,
Unsuspecting readers will be astonished
to learn that q lot of unprincipied b.
hemians are already employed and at
work in the coming campaign currency
for one side or the other, and that this
business is tolerated by men who as
sumo to be respected.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31
Cooking Recipes.

BAKED SWEET APpLEs.-Wash them, do
not pare or core them, set them in the
oven in baking pan with little water
in it. and bake slowly for several hours.
When done they will be of a rich, dark
brown color.
OYSTER OMELET.-Add to half a cup of
cream six eggs well beaten, season with
pepper and salt, pour into frying pan,
having first melted in it tablespoonful
of butter; drop IN dozen large oysters
cut in halves or chopped fine with pars-
ley, and fry light brown. Double it
over and serve Immediately.
pressed CHIcKEN.-Boil one or two
chickens in small quantitJ of water,
salt to taste, and when thoroughly done,
take all the meat from the bones, hay
ing removed the skin; chop the light
and dark meat separately and season to
taste. Put layer of light and dark
Leaf alternately into crock, till all the
meat is used, pour over it the liquor in
which it was boiled, and put on it q
small weight. When cold, cut in slices
and serve. Cracker crumbs may be
mixed with tn q meat if desired.
BREAKFAST AND TEA WAFFLEs-One
pint of sifted -four, milk enough to
make a thin batter, about two-thirds of
a pint. two eggs we'll beaten, a table,
spoonful of butter melted and little
salt. Mix milk and -four first to smooth
paste, add salt and butter, lastly eggs.
Have waffle irons hot as for griddle
cakes; butter Or grease them with pork.
Pour in enough batter to cover iron, put
the cover carefully down upon it, keep
over the fire about half a minute, turn
over quickly, leaving about same time.
Remove. sprinkle lightly with powdered
sugar if desired; keep hot until ready to
serve.
A delicious hard sauce is made of thin
shayings of maple sugar mixed with but
ter. 1t is just the thing for hot pud-
dings.
If cayenne pepper is sprinkled plenti-
fully in the resorts of rats, they will re-
sent the hospitable treatment and will
retire from tine premises.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31

The West shore railroad has been
completed and opened for traffic through
its entire length of 425 miles from New
York to Buffalo. 1t now remains to be
seen what effect this new and powerful
riva! will have on the business of the
Central railroad and what will be the at.
titude of the two roads. The Central
has succeeded in swallowing one threat
ening rival, the Harlem railroad and its
digestive powers may be able to make
way with its new adversary also. If the
two corporations do not come to friend
ly understanding we may expect hard
fight, az they appeal in the main, to the
same public. Parallel railroads are al.
ways risky property, and the expert
ment generally ends in consolidation.
At present the Harlem railroad is used
by the Central for its freight business,
thus giving it double track freight line
over its whole road. The question Is,
whether the business will sustain porta.
BILE traffic on six tracks with little new
local trade added. Good railroad men
think it will, and they have spent an
enormous sum OF money in that belief
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31
Foreign News Gossip.

Gen. sGordon is conferring with civil anC
military authorities of E sypt and England
His mission is the complete evacuation o.
the Soudan inclusive of Karthoum. The
khedive has appoints him governor of the
Sudan with full powers, and has strongly
advised him- to take measures to secure the
safety of civilians aHd Europeans. The
khedive has summoned to Cairo Ameel
Add Ell ShakoOr, son OF the Jate sultan OF
Darfour. AID offered to cede him the prov
ince of Dan. our on condition that freedom
of commerce should be maintained and the
slave trade suppressed, promising he would
not be required to pay tiibute. Add El
Shakoof int ~ ated that he would probably
accept the offer. Col. Coetlogan writes
there is food enough at Khartoum to last
6,00J men five months, and the usual grain
supplies are arriving
The London Standards financial article
says: Large suspensions in the grain trade
have been expected for some time. A ring
ofspeculators of London and LIVERPOOL IL
in difficulties, cut 30 many powerful firms
are interested that it prevents crass, Grea
efforts are being made to stave of the eyi,
day in the hope that the market will inn.
prove.
Mackay writes to the London Times ofths
Commercial company, that the companyt
cables are completed, have no intention oil
entering into any agreement or coalition
with the existing companies.
Dr.. Julius Rosenberg OF Temesvar, Hun.
gary who killed Count Stefan Batthyany
In Cuel, has been condemned to tive
years imprisonment to pay the costs Of thu
trial.
Vaio, the man servant of M0nsigno,
Cesare, murdered in bed In Rome on ths
night ofthe 18th has confessed that he wal
the assassin. He had no accomplices.
John Edward Kelly,a Fsnian, sentenced
n 1857 to hang, and aftewsrd transported,
died II Boston recently,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
Agricultural Notes.

Mr., ]. A. Bill, Lyme, Conn.,, tried the
'ten.hour SYSTEM" and says his men,
with "Bunetown" watches and heavy
gold" chains, sat around logs telling
puns when it was seven o'clock in the
morning. sThe next year he ran his
farm himself"
A farmer is mentioned by The Catham
Courier who, upon turning horse into
the field, leads him along the wire fence
and brings his nose a few times in con
tact with the barbs. After that exper-
fence the intelligent animals keep at
safe distance, and none have been in
jured.
Unless the house be warm and the
food wholesome and abundant, the hens
will furnish very few eggs. The birds
enjoy the winter sunshine.
Some prefer to sell al their swine and
buy what "hog products" they desire;
but as rule, it is preferable to kill what
is needed at home, even when not
necessary, as it is on majority of farms
perhaps. One then knows the health
fulness and quality of what he is eating,
dL0 WAVA ~ AAtei0 O<APOiAOhN0 sstAo OAAAS
farm slaughtering is more economical.
The introduction of pulleys and some
other simple contrivances, enabling one
or two men to handle and dress a con-
siderable number Of heavy hogs in a few
hours, has, in recent years, done away
with the dread and much of the impor-
lance of "butchering day."-American
Agriculturist.
Professor s. johnson of the Michigan
Agricultural College has made many ex-
periments with ensilage during the past
few years. He finds it better to have
several small silos, or divisions, than
one large one; that weighing with
stones, barrels OF earth, etc., is more sat
isfactory than screw; and the silo is
one of tie most economical methods OF
storing fodder. Professor Johnson finds
| three tons of ensllage equal in feeding
value to one ton of hay, and therefore q
fair crop of ensilage means the growing
of an equivalent to six to ten tons of hay
per acre. Ensilage is cheap substitute
for roots-but an expensive crop for the
general farmer.-American Agricultur.
| ist.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31

sides Of the walks. Good walks may al
so be made Of fiat stone or gravel con.
fined between pieces Of timber. To pre-
vent the timbers from spreading they
should be fastened together at suitable
dis ances by means OF crnss-pieces. The
gravel should be clean and the surface
OF the walk she uld be slightly rounded
30 as to carry off water.-Chicago Times.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31
Decorative Notes.


SLIPPER BAGs-Large bags to place slip
pers in for parties, or to carry rubbers
or waterproof to opera CT theater, are
made of gray, brown or stone color with
q monog -am embroidered, braided OF
outlined in the center.
COMB CAsEs-Cases for brushes, combs
and sponges are not hard to make, and
useful in protecting them from dust
Brush broom cases ornamented with ap.
pliQue work, or with monogram
worked in silk, or with a bunch of flow.
ers are very pretty.
WINDOW CURTAINs-Very pretty anG
inexpensive curtains can be made Of
cheese cloth, and the materials REQUIRED
for an ordinary-sized window cost only
out border, and are pretty either
way.
Should the border not be used, turn
a hem three inches wide down the
front, and across the bottom of the
curtain. This should be caught dowr
with herring-bone stitch in gold-colored
silk.
The curtain is then embroidered ovel
Will IIuGS, 0OuGl0 11uk0 may 10 CStilCu
executed in chain stitch with embroid'
cry silk.
In each set of rings there should be
one of gold silk, the other of different
color, such as gold and blue, gold and
cardinal, gold and green. Brown will
also contrast prettily with gold. Crewels
may be used instead of silk, although in
that case the embroidery will present a
heavier appearance.
They can be hung on poles or cor
nices, which ever may be most conven.
lent, although poles are almost invariably
used.
The curtains are very pretty If made
with border of darned work, and, for
design, sprays of autumn leaves can be
arranged with good effect, embroidering
each spray with different colored silks,
cardinal, gold, brown and green. Draw
the stitches from point to stem of the
leaf, and then darn back and forth
through the silk stitches only from side
to side of each leaf, as in darning stock
ing, but do not let the st tches sew
through the material. Then outline
each leaf round the edge with the same
color in chain-stitch. This shows each
LEST in solid color on the light ground.
A straight line of herring-bone stitch
on the inside of the border, dividing
it from the groundwork OF
the curtain, gives q pretty
finish. They have somewhat the ap-
pearance of the Madras curtains now so
much used, and as the work ia not at all
difficult, one feels well repaid when the
pretty drapery is hung at the windows.
CATCHALLs.-Pretty catchalls are made
of paper fans, with the rivet which
holds the sticks together withdrawn and
a cord substituted. The fan is drawn
together aud one stick Tapped upon the
other and fastened, thus making cone
shaped receptacle. A cornucopia Of
coarse, strong paper is fitted into this,
and ribbon passed in and out between
the sticks form bows in front. A ribbon
loop is attached by which to suspend
the catchall.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31

Without any notable or sudden change
in the business situation, there is a
faint revival of confidence and hope for
the future, that may grow into some
thing more substantial if there are no
senseless panics inaugurated by the win
ter failures, which are simply the weed
ing out of weak concerns, that would
not have existed great length of time
under any circumstances.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31

Professor Wheeler, Of Yale. ct q re-
cent college dinner in Chicago, said
that twenty-five years ago the average
Yale student was q long-baired individ-
ual, wrapped in blanket shawl. To-
day he looked like q gentleman, whether
hr acted like ONE or not. This change,
he believed, was due to athletics.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31

Gov. Robinson of Massachusetts, rec
ommends the enactment Of an insolv-
ency law which will afford debtors who
awe less than s. 0 the same privilege oil
discharge from their debts which debt
ors in larger amounts enjoy. Gov
Robinson spoke as political economist
as weli..as a humane man when he said:
at is always wise and salutary to devise
legislation of such a character as will
reach the humblest and poorest citizen,
who has no voice but his own to present
his reeds,no power ia combination with
others to emphasize his opinions" The
garnishee process in Massachusetts is
often terror to honest but poor people,
and it IS to be deprived of some of it,
terriers by weekly parments instead o.
monthly,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31

The fire insurance people had hard
time of it last year on account Of the
vast losses by fre-but the life insurance
interest, not only escaped trouble, but
actually was more successful than in any
year of its previous history. There
were not only no failures among the
legitimate old-line companies las! year,
but business with nearly all of them was
considerably in excess oftnat ever before
done. The total amount of new policies
written during 1888 is computed to be
over $4,000, 900 more than was ever
issued before in similar space of time.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31
The Casua,t,es OF the Week.

The CASUALTIES OF the Week.
The principal business block at Wood.
haven, L. l., was burned. Loss, 100000.
Adam Busch, fireman, while Tescuing a
babe from the burning building fell from a
ladder and was fatally injured. Twenty
two families are destitute and homeless.
While safe was bsipg hoisted into the
second story of a building at Canton, Ohio,
the chains broke and the sale fell, crushing
Renhold Rochers and William Miller, ia
tally ipj1ring both.
Lord Norrey's stud stables near Oxford,
England, we're burned with fourteen vslua-
Bile stations. SIR Bevis, winner Of the Der
by in 1879, was saved.
Bartholomew bit stock mandatory,
Bristol, Conn, was burned. Loss, $25, 00e;
insurance, $l5.C
A man named Just was killed in st. Wen
dell, s,earns county, by being crushed by
a saw log.
At Liberty Mills, Ind, pair of babies
were trojan to death in rreless bedroom.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31
The Criminal Record.

Four weeks ago, upon information fur
nished by the German consul at New York,
Herman Koerstein living in Chicago. was
arrested for the embezzlement of 1000
marks in Bromberg, Prussia. An officer
bearing extradition papers from the German
government arrived in Chicago the Gath.
That afternoon deputy sheriff went to
koers!ein's cell, with the purpose of bring
ing him out for transfer to the officer. As
the prisoner was about to leave the cell he
drank what appeared to be glass OF water.
Accompanying the deputy to the office, the
prisoner staggered, dropped in a CHAIR,
shaking violently, whispered, II am sick"
and expired in tweaty minutes. Koerstein
had q ank deadly sol.tion of cyauite OF
potassium. Half an, ounce of the drug was
Gated, and onca stood high in Bromberg
He had been fin tsis country four months,
He leaves wife in Germany and two young
sons in Chicago.
At S,corro, New Mexico, Joel Fowler,
a notorious desperate. was taken from the
all in spite of his frantic appeals for mercy
and cries for help, dragged 10 neighbor-
ing tree and hanged. The crime for which
he was hanged was the murder of a man
named James E. Cole.
Two murders, the outcome Of old quarrels,
were committed in Lancaster county, N. C.
Armstrong, of the Funder bank, was shot
and killed ut Tradesviiee by man named
Gregory, and Rilly Copeland vas shot and
killed at Taxahaw by the thres Gregory
brothers.
Guoe TO, the Mexican who accompanied
the sheriff in the chase after Big Dan Dowd,
the murderer of one Bisbee, was found harg
ing to tree near Tombstone, Ariz. The
body was riddIed with bullets. 1t is sup
posed to have been the work OF Dowd's
fIiends.
Two wealthy and young Brazilians in
New York disputed over money transac-
tior. A challenge resulted, and the young
men intended to go to Canada. young
lady friend informed the police, and the
young men were arrested.
The general store of Joseph Tayler, at
Alma, H.. wss burglarizs ID and the safs
robbed of over 81 COO. which was 10 be paid
men working in Taylor's coal mines.
John Schneider OF Newark, N. j., VIII
killed his brother in a fl OF passion, plead
ed guilty of manslaughter, and the plea
was accepted.
Walter Doolittle, Bloomington, ILL.,,
spenathrift who made wsy with $4,000 in
three months, blew ont his brains recently.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-08
Daniel Eyebster's Court Dress.

Mr.. Webster and Judge Duane Duty,
then of Green Bay, Wis, were warm
friends, and the Judge ut one time was
q visitor at Marshtield. Mr.. Webster
was very fond of fishing-the only out
door sport in which he INDUCED.
While the Judge was his guest it
CHANGED that q fine day for his sport
presented itself, of which Mr.. w. was
anxious to avail himself. He accord
ingly invited the Judge to accompany
him i'll this piscatory sport. The
Judge didn't want to 90 and tried his
best to get off, saying he would much
prefer, with his consent, to pass that
rainy day in Mr.. WIS library, among
his books and papers. Mr.. w. wouIdn't
listen to him; said he could pass any
and as many days in the library as he
chose, but such day as that for fishing
might not occur again while they were
at Marshfield. The Judge, as q last
resort, said that he really could not.go,
as it would spoil his clothes, that the
handsome black suit he had on was his
best and all he had, and that to 90 fish
inc in it would spoil it. To meet this
objection Mr.. w. directed his servant
1COI9G 10 W Il p-foIiliS duu DIIuQ QOWu
the dress in which he was presented at
court in England, which George did
AS soon rs he appeared with it Mr.. w
said: There, Doty, is 4 dress for you;
put it on, and come as soon as You
can. for we are losing valuable time "
The Judge replied: Surely, Mr.
Webster, you are not in earnest in
what you say-that you want me to go
fishing in that elegant suit. and spoil
it?'
Eyes, 1 am" he replied; ''that is
what it has been brought down for.
The Judge still fingered, when Mr..
W., to settle the matter, said to him:
"Haye no anxiety about injuring the
dress, for to fish and hunt in it is the
only way it can now be made useful.
Could wear it in Washington, Phila-
delphia, New York, Boston, or even
here? If / did, wouldn't everybody
laugh at me?'
The Judge was compelled to answer
affirmatiVely to the question.
well, then" he said, pray what
is it good for but to go fishing IMP"
This settled the matter. The Judge
put on the dress and went fishing in
Mr.. WIS court suit. and saved his
own.-Harper's for April.