Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1885-01-28
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Mrs. n. j. Pottinger, of Louisville, was
appointed notary public.
Rifeman Carver, crack shot, made
$50, 900 in his trial of skill last week.
The license of the Hibernia Insurance
company fire. of New Orleans, to do bust
ness in Illinois, has been revoked.
Postmaster S. G. Dallas, of Salineville,
Ohio, was arrested Friday, shortage hav-
ing been discovered in his accounts.
The Ingham county, Michigan, poor
house was burned early Friday morning, the
inmates escaping without injury. The in.
surance amounts to $40, 900.
An eccentric Englishman, who landed
in New York the other morning, took a
steamer for Liverpool the same afternoon.
He said he had seen enough.
A joker at New Haven, Conn, init
mated Friday that the New Haven Savings
bank was embarrassed, the result being that
a run on the bank was begun
West-bound freights were reduced Fri
day by the trunk-line committee to 50, 40,
30, 25 and IS cents respectively for classes l
to 5, going into effect Monday.
Minnie Moore, aged II, daughter of a
Cohoes On. " mill proprietor, eloped with
and married Tom Michigan, Is years old
Steps will be taken to annul the marriage.
A verdict for 5000 was given against DR..
M. S. Reber, of Shoemakersville, Pa, Friday
in favor Of Peter Herring, aged 81, whose
broken legs the physician had improperly
treated.
Nellie Koran was held for trial Friday
at Whitewater, Wis, on the charge Of pois-
oning her sister. The evidence against the
girl is strong, but no defensive testimony
was offered.
An order from the United States court
at Cleveland was promulgated Friday, di-
recting the sale of the Toledo & indianapolis
railroad, Feb. IS next. A no less bid than
$3.50, 600 will be accepted.
1t is estimated, says The Carson Appeal,
that $l4, 100000 worth Of gold and silver lies
on the bed of the Carson river. 1t lies about
an inch thick along the river, but the people
along the banks are too proud to delve for
it.
An immense ice-gorge in the Susque.
hanna caused the flooding of the lower sec
ton of Port Deposit, Md, Friday afternoon,
the rapid rise of the tide causing great ex.
element. Citizens removed their effects
hastily, and there were some narrow escapes.
While intoxicated in Boston Thursday
night John L. Sullivan, the pugilist, was the
cause of free-fght in saloon. He, it is
said, butted one man with his head, and
struck another senseless, but escaped by q
rear door when the police arrived.
The latest application of wood is dress
ing for wounds in the form of what is termed
@wood wool" 1t is finely ground wood,
such as is used in the manufacture of paper.
1t is delicate-fbered, soft, yellowish white
substance, capable of absorbing an immense
quantity of liquid.
An army officer stationed at San Fran
cisco, who was general on Grants staff all
through the war, says there is not a word of
truth in the stories that the general was
fond of swearing. In all the years Of their
close relationship he never heard Grant use
| stronger oath than "Dog gone it."
Because of an affront offered young
lady son of Congressman Holman struck
| Don Carlos De Castro, of the Venezuelan
legation, in the Stewart residence at Wash
in gton Thursday night Blows were ex
changed, but the parties were soon separ.
ated. 1t transpires that De Castro was moi
| the offender, and that holman mistook his
man. The Venezuelan refuses to accept ar
apology, and demands personal satisfaction,
and duel is impending.
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