The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-09-10

| Ten. Logan Will denver the address at Une
Grant memorial services held in Washing
ton under the auspices OF the g. A. r. on
| Oct. /.
| No evidence can be obtained at Galena to
| convict Banta who recently confessed that
| he murdered M. s. Prichard OF Cherry Val
ley, ILL.,. in 1879.
| Sheriff Thumm, who shot and fatally
wounded Deputy United States Marshal
| Fred Wiggle, while resisting arrest at Cas-
troville, Tex, has fed.
| Emory Storrs admits that he will act as
counsel for the Mormon polygamists in their
| fight against thegovernment. His retaining
fee is said to be enormous.
The United States district court at Prov
| idence holds that the mailing OF a private
letter OF obscene character is not an offense
under the federal statutes.
few days ago train ON the Chicago Il
Alton in Missouri was boarded by robbers,
who took small sums from the passengers
OF one car and disappeared in alarm
T. A. Flannelly, editor OF the Evening
News, received n severe beating from w. L.
Jones on account OF a scandalous article
published about Mr.. Jones father in the
News.
Miss Augusta de Verney, a young actress
who lost all her diamonds while drunk at
Coney Island, went to New York and got
married saying she meant to settle
down.
A general advertisement will be issued on
the fifteenth by the postmaster general,
calling for proposals for rendering steam
| boat mail service in all points Of the United
States.
General Freight Agent Hannaford, OF the
Northern Pacific, says that the wheat yield
OF Washington Territory will not only be
1ov.U hon hofC Int ho nv will
be better.
speech at the Mansion house dinner at
Dublin was simply an answer to the mar
quis OF Hartington's words Impossible"
| and ''never."
Experiments are In progress at the Rid
eau range near Ottawa, by the Canadian
militia, to settle the question as to the
amount OF execution that can be done with
@ Gatling gun.
The Northern Pacific's gross earnings for
the month OF August were: Freight earn.
ings, $619, 427; passenger, $3.50, SO; mail,
express, ETC., $66, 74O. Total gross earn
ings, $975,31a
Gen. Newton, chief of engineers, estimates
that an appropriation OF $4,000, 900 or
$50, 900, 900 will be required to continue
the work OF river and harbor improvements
during the next fiscal year.
The fifteenth anniversary OF the German
victory over the French at Sedan was cele-
brated in Berlin by q military display:
The emperor and empress drove ahead OF
the troops in the procession.
At a fire in Albany all the buildings on
the block bounded by South PEARL Broad
and Alexander streets, and Fourth avenue,
were burned, except three brick ones on
Pearl street; loss $50, 900.
Proposals were recently invited for the
construction OF a life-saying station at
Sturgeon Bay canal, Wis, and only one hid
was received-that OF Angus McGillis OF
Norway, Mich, at $65. 900.
The trial OF Henry Stair and wife, Maret-
ia, for the murder OF old man sewall and
his young son at Nevada, Mo-, has resulted
in d verdict OF guilty. The jury RECON-:
mended the woman to mercy.
Darwin C. Pierce, a transfer mail agent in
the ts.)ot at Rutland, VT, for eighteen
years, was arrested, charged with robbing
the mail and put n Ter $1,000 bonds. Val
liable letters have been missed.
Fire destroyed the Kimball Carriage
company's factory in San Francisco, and
a number OF adjoining buildings The fac
tory was owned by E. Soule. Total loss,
s75, 900; insurance is unknown.
w. B. Smell, formerly business man pf
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, was found In the house
OF Malvina Hiser, a courtesan of Metcalf
county, KY, with his throat cut and hor-
gihly, gashed about his head and body.
Gen. Logan and wife arrived from the
Thousand Islands and report that the
highly entertaining story about their mars
row escape from drowning while their pho
tograph was being taken is pure romance.
In Baltimore, Walter WEIGH drove fifty
Italians out OF his saloon, where they were
creating disorder. They returned and at
tackled him with daggers, when he shot the
leader, Frank Anton, dead, una the rest
He'd. =
At Brighton Beach thirty-one horses
started in a race and jockey Lee had his
neck broken, and two others were badly
hurt. In the next race two more jockeys
were thrown, and one probably fatally in
jured.
Inspector Henderson. of the postoffice
department, hns just returned from North
Carolina, where lie caused the arrest OF two
mail robbers who, though mere lads, had
baffled the skill OF the inspectors for a long
time.
The secretary OF state has received q
telegram from Consul General Woods at
Rome, reporting that there have been four
deaths from cholera at a place nine miles
from Naples aud five at Trevis, about fifty
miles north OF Naples.
Mr.. Pariiell. in his recent speech, ridi-
culed the theory set up by Englishmen that
the Tories and Liberals would drop their
party differences in order to unitedly COM
pat the Irish party in pa-iameat in their
struggle for Irish Independence.
This corporatieH Of Dublin has conferred
the freedom OF the city an Dr. Kelvin IEoa
O'Doherty who has recently returned to
I T. IN, a~1n 70,
twenty-siz years for being an active par
ticipant in the Irish troubles OF 1S48.
Henry NJ Onderdonk, editor Of the
Hempshead, N. Y, Inquirer, died, aged six
iy. He was a son of the late Right Rever-
end B. L. Opderdonk, Protestant Episco-
pal bishop OF New York. and was at one
time member Of the Wisconsin senate,
Rev. Richard D. Harlan, son OF Justice
Harlan OF the United States supreme court,
will succeed DR.. Christie in the pastorage OF
the Louisville church, which the latter re-
signed to accept the passionate oithe House
OF Hope Presbyterian church OF st. Paul.
Among the passengers OF the steamship
Vera, which sailed recently from New
York, were Mr.; and Mrs: Jesse r. Grant,
and Mrs. Sartoris, formerly Miss Nellie
Grant. They are going to Southampton,
the former on visit, the latter to her home:
The corner stone of the new Georgia CAPT
tol was laid at Atlanta with imposing
ceremonies. Gov. Mcdaniel, on behalf Of
the capitol commission, presented the
building to the legislature. Gen. A. r.
Lawton OF Savannah made the grafton OF
the day,
In response to telegram from Superin-
tendent Bell, Of the foreign mail service, the
postmaster general OF Canada has replied
that in his opinion the number OF cases OF
SMALLPOX existing in the dominion does not
warrant the fumigation of mail entering
the United States from Canada.
Martin Archibald, a wealthy farmer Of
Huntingdon broke into the house Of Mrs.
Mary Adams, and attempted to ravisll her.
Her son, arriving on the scene, struck him
with an ak and he released his hold, when
Mrs. Adams seized the AK and attacking
Archibald almost severed his head from
his body.
The Allan line mail steamer Hanoverian
is total loss, having gone ashore at Por-
tugal Cove, fourteen miles north by west OF
Cape Race. She left Baltimore Aug. "a,
under command OF Capt. Thompson, for