Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
THE NEWS In BRIEF.
Monday, April q.

MONDAY, April q.
The late Augustus Schell's estate is
valued at about S5,00O,0O0.
Jabez W. Fitch, formerly lieutenant
governor of Ohio, died at Cleveland.
During March the Northern Pacific
road earned 100000, an increase Of 60 per
cent when compared with the same month in
1888.
Col. Breckenridge, bank president
of San Antonio has purchased $500, 900
acres of land in the Mexican state of Tamau-
lipas.
Miss Parr, young lady of Muncie,
Ind, has just reached home from trip
around the world, which she made safely
without an escort.
Tuesday, April 8.
The Cambridge crew easily beat the
Oxfords III the university race on the
Thames.
Over 400 stock-raisers of Wyoming
and Colorado are holding their annual meet
| ing at Cheyenne.
At the annual meeting of the London
| Athletic club, W. G. George ran ten miles in
81 minutes and 20 seconds, eclipsing all
records
The executive committee of the Gould
| and Wabash systems has ordered reduction
Of 10 per cent. in all salaries of 500 per
month and over.
Bail in the sum of $4,000 each has
been accepted in the cases of Judd Crouch
and Dan Holcomb, the alleged murderers of
| the Crouch family at Jackson, Mich.
Wednesday,, April o.
A colored Salvation army has just
been organized in Charlotte, S. G..
The scafold on which John Bro n
was hanged was recently sold to syn dictate
Of relic hunters for 5000.
The national house of representatives
has passed resolution declaring it mex
pedient to reduce the tax on spirits distilled
from grain.
A number Of prominent white Re-
publicans of Georgia met at Atlanta, and
laid the foundation for what they propose to
call the Wing party of 1884.
Frank James, the Missouri bandit,
when arraigned at Huntsville, Alabama,
pleaded not guilty to the Mussel Shoals rob
berry, and his trial was set for Wednesday
next
The jail at Cincinnati is now guarded
by fifty extra policemen, who have charge
Of the Gatling gun. The manager of the
dramatic festival says many persons are
actually afraid to visit the city for fear of
being shot,
| Thursday, April 10.
Senator Mahone's condition is such
that he has left Washington for Petersburg,
Va
Typhus fever, brought by immi-
grants, has broken out among the Poles in
the east side tenements at New York.
Bismarck is dissatisfied with his min
ster at Washington, presumably because Of
his action in the sLasker incident, and will
recall him.
The adjutant general of Ohio has
placed under arrest Col. Mott and Lieut.. Col
Phillips, of the Fourth regiment, for miscon-
Duct while on duty at the Cincinnati riots.
The Republicans of the District of
Columbia selected Postmaster Conger and
Perry Carson as delegates to Chicago, and
voted down resolution instructing them for
Logan.
A Philadelphia sent postal card
to his sister in Canada on which he had writ
ten GA words. She answered with ia words.
Not to be outdone he crowded in 1,OO3,
which brought an answer with 1876 words
spelled out in full and written plain enough
to be easily read by persons of ordinary
sight He thinks he will send her new
spring bonnet and call it square.
| Friday, April III.
Col. Robert G.. Ingersoll has leased
cottage at Long Beach, Long Island
The Mexican Central railway has in
augurated regular through mail and passen-
ger service.
The fastest freight time on record
was made by eight cars of meat, which were
taken from Chicago to New York in 6s11sS
hours.
Mrs. Stonewall jackson and her
daughter Julia have left Memphis, and are
now visiting their friends in Atlanta, where
they will remain month before returning
to Richmond.
Trustees of the Sioux City & ST..
Paul land grand obtained a temporary in
junction against the governor of Iowa at
Sioux City, restraining him from conveying
the uncertiied lands of the company to the
national government.
Col. Aguero, the Cuban leader, who
crossed from Key West made his way
toward the interior and was Joined by nu-
merous factions. The government has
called upon Spain for more troops, and has
re-established the censorship over dispatches.
Thomas Scott, a thief now in Jail ct
Jackson, Mich, who claimed to have seen
some valuable papers stolen from the Crouch
residence the night Of the murder, was
offered free pardon Wednesday and $1,000
to divu!ge the names of any party holding
the same, but refused. His story is generally
discredited
Saturday, April 12.
1t is reported that Emperor Wilhelm,
OF Germany, is gradually failing in mind
and body.
1t is reported that James Russell
Lowell is to be elected one of the forty inn
mortals of Paris.
Widows and unmarried women in
Nova Scotia have been empowered to vote at
municipal elections.
The exposition of the Keely motor