The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-03-19


/ o. only the president and Col Lamont knew OF
his coming. President Cleveland did not care
| to say anything beyond the fact that the call
was pleasant one. The sharp fight OF the
campaign had evidently left no heartburnings
behind with the two who had the greatest stake
in it
Flandreau OAK, reports q disposition to
substitute fax for wheat
Secretary Villas took occasion to sit upon IN
application of Hendricks for an Office for q
friend.
In the Dominion parliament Sir John Mac
donald asked for funds to use in the detection
Of dynamitera
At Winnipeg the criminal libel suit of Perez
val VS. Hanscomb, Of the Sun, resulted In the
discharge of the defendant
President Cleveland has retained the retiring
presidents French cook at the White House.
N Forth Is q talented artist
Phil Mutt, a flagman injured in q wreck al
Wanatah, Ind, sued the Pennsylvania Railroad
company for $40, GOO damages at Fort Wayne.
The interior of St Dominica's Catholic
church, the largest aud finest in the city, wac
ruined by fire. Loss, So, 900; insurance, $50,
The value of exports Of breadstuffs for the
eight months ended Feb. %, 1885, was 81 o. 100;
135, against Sic, 3SS, 674 the SAME period 81
1854.
Lieut. Austin, treasurer of the Salvation Army
at North Adams, Mass. has decamped with oil
the money. The army telegraphed Gen. Moore
of Brooklyn for relief.
Policeman Smith, of the Detroit police force,
is graduate of the University of Michigan and
good Greek and Latin scholar Smith is an
excellent officer.
Rev. George B. Cheever, the former proni.
nent anti slavery preacher, has been discover
ed in New Jersey, living in great retirement
He is sevanty-eisht years old
Ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen and wife and
Miss Frelinghuysen, left Washington for his
home in New Jersey. His departure was occa-
stoned BY slight indisposition
The president has made change in the dayb
of holding cabinet meetings., 60 that hereafter
they will be held Tuesday and Thursday of each
week, instead of Tuesday and Friday
John Norton, partner of Fitzgerald, whe
bunkoed the Hon Charles Francis Adams two
years ago, died ut New York of pneumonia Sum-
day. He was sharper extraordinary.
Miss Sophia Eyre, the actress, Wallack's
leading lady, was married Jan. 10 to Chauncey
Winslow, son of . wealthy Cincinnatian, and
it has only Just reached the ears Of the public.
The Countess Girgenti, the widow sister OF
King Alfonso of Spain, will visit the Hohen-
zollerns at Berlin in May, for the purpose, il
is believed, of securing German prince for
husband.
It is reported that the president upon the
recommendation of Secretary Bayard, has de-
cided to continue Mr.. Foster as Minister to
Spain, and to direct him to return to Madrid
at an early day
Secretary Manning has appointed Eugene
Higgins of Maryland chief of the appointment
division of the treasury department in place
Of Tervitt of New York, resigned. Higgins il
friend Of Senator German.
The grant of EGO, 900 made by the govern.
ment to the family of Gen. Gordon has beer
paid over to trustees, who will use it for the
benefit OF the family, according to Gordon'f
last wishes as the queen may direct.
/ The village of Windsor, fifteen miles east Of
Brighampton, N Y, was half destroyed BY
fire. Losses very heavy, and insurance light
Five blocks and other buildings were destroy:
ed No fire department in town.
Deputy Sheriff s. C. Harmon Of Olympia
Wash, has just absconded to Victoria, wher.
| he now defes the authorities to appreheni
him. Careful investigation Of his accounts
shows his defalcation will not exceed s. GOO
Harmon is IN old pioneer Of Olympia.
| In letter written shortly after the election
! President Cleveland said that his election, wal
! purely business affair. The people were t,
pay him $50, 600 a year to attend to their bust
ness, and he was going to look after their in
terests a. lawyer looks after his clients af
fairs.
At Ashton, Oak, William Roe was shot i,
the neck by Frank Fawcett The latter hat
just been married, and the bows were ut tn,
house to give him q charivari Before the,
had commenced their music Fawcett openet
the window and fired three shots, one takln,
effect on Roe. His recovery is doubtful
The first decided action of Secretary Manning
in regard to changes in the force in the treas
ury department was announced Friday, tn
18th inst 1t consists in material reduction
of the force in the special agents division
whereby it is expected q saving Of "a, 600 an
nuslly will be effected The services of fort
persons in various parts of the country hav
been dispensed with
In the United States circuit court at Chicago
after hearing an elaborate argument for nev
trial in the case of Joseph G. Mackin and Viii
liam Gallagher, who were found guilty in tn
celebrated Eighteenth ward election case
/ Judge Blodgett denied the motion for ney
trial He then ordered the prisoners to stan,
before the bar, and formally sentenced each +
two years imprisonment in Joliet and also i'm
posed fine OF s. GOO on each.
Col James jacques, who distinguished him
self in the civil war, and declined the position
Of secretary Of the treasury under Garfield
has found bonanza by tracing up the heir t
Lord Townleye's estate in England. The hei
was found in the person of the wife Of Deacon
Brown Of Gowanda, N. Y. She has been official
ly acknowledged, and enters upon the felicit
Of fortune of &40, 600. Col Jacques get
about "a, 0O0. zoo for his trouble.
Notwithstanding the failure of congress La
session to make an appropriation for rivers an
harbors, the engineers in charge of improve
ments will be able to continue work for som
time OF ~, 0O0, 600 appropriated at tn
close of the first session of the last congress
there was about $3,OOO,0 GOO balance in th
treasury the latter part Of February. This up
It was not until August that it was available
The feeling in London is that war betwee
Russia and England 10 imminent Notwitb
standing this there is the certainty that the de
vices Of diplomacy are not exhausted; that i
fact in spite Of called ultimatum from Eng
land, Russia is determined on . thorough dis
cussion Of the Afghan boundary question an
will obtain it. Prince Bismarck, the master q
Europe, is relied on to secure this No dout
England is resolutely preparing for . grea
| war.
| The wife Of Mark Hopkins, the 81 Claire