Morris tribune., 1885-04-08
THE NEWS IN BRIEP.

There are Q, GS2 licenses to sell intoxicating
drinks in force in Brooklyn.
1t is stated that the weight Of one ostrich
egg is equal to twenty eight hens eggs.
John P. St. John has been invited to de-
liver the Fourth Of July Grafton at Madison,
Wis.
Senator Cullum Of Illinois, is at his home
in Springfield, and will spend the summer
there.
~ Tammany hall Friday evening adopted
resolutions expressing sympathy for Gen.
Grant
A body, supposed to be that Of 8. s. Con-
ant, the missing editor, was found Friday in
Coney Island creek.
The Hon. George 81. Pendleton will be
banaueted by the Ohio club at Cincinnati
next Thursday evening.
The Baltimore & Ohio freight depot at
Omaha was burned early Friday morning.
the loss reaching about $4,000.
Mr.. s. Corning Judd of Chicago, has with
drawn his papers filed in support of his can
didacy for the solcitorship general.
Postmaster Gen. Villas has requested the
resignation of fourteen officers of the i'll
spection bureau Of the postoffice d epart-
ment
J. Harrison, member Of King Solomon
Lodge, F. and A. M., Of Toronto, was ex-
PEELED Friday evening for being seeularist
agnostic, and free thinker.
Hop vines, usually waste product in this
country, are said to have proved not only
good stock for fine paper, but the best sub
stitute yet obtained for rags in French
paper-mills.
. Shenango and Mahoning valley blast-fur-
mace owners propose to buy and operate a
large block Of coking coal lands in the Con-
neilsville region, being desirous to escape
from the domination Of the pool.
Carnegie's works at Homestead, Pa, will
soon begin the manufacture of structural
steel exclusively, with double capacity.
Price Kelly & Co.'S furnace at Sharpsville,
Pa, has resumed work after long period of
idleness.
The Hon. Thomas F. Grady, the young
Tan.manyite who fought Mr. Cleveland's
nomination in the national Democratic con-
vention, is being urged as a candidate for
congress from the Sixth New York district
in place of S. S. Cox, tho minister to Tur-
key.
The Cincinnati police commissioners made
an order Friday for the closing of gambling
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confidence meu, and known criminals.
Street-walkers are to be taken in for
vagrancy, and the well-dressed loafers that
invade Vine street are to be arrested for
lettering.
The Kansas State Live Stock commission
Friday recommended to the governor the
subsection to quarantine for ninety days of
cattle from the following states: Connecti-
cut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Della ware,
Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia.
West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky,
Tennessee, and four counties "a Missouri,
namely, Galloway, Boone, kndrain, and
Montgomery, to guard against danger from
pleuro-pneumonia.
Charges of Corruption Against a Military
Ofiieial.
OTTAWA, April 13.-Some excitement has
been caused here by charges of corruption
made by the newspaper LElecteur against
Minister of Militia Caron. The allegations
are that in consideration for awarding a
contract for supplies for troops he has been
furnished his household supplies free; also
that he received money from the Grand
Trunk Railway company for influencing the
government to buy part of its road. Caron
specifically denies the charges, but has not
yet demanded an Investigation.
Terrific Boiler Explosion
CARRoLLToN, Pa, April 3.-Fne Of set
of eighteen boilers at No 5 colliery, "York-
ton," exploded Friday evening, killing the
fireman, Edward Geetons, and fatally scald-