Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1885-05-27
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

At the fall meeting in Charter Oak park,
Hartford, a special purse of $1,000 will be
offered for the 2:2o class.
A Pennsylvania court has de cided that as
elections are not under the common law.
bets thereon are not forfeit.
Tho governor Of Pennsylvania has ap-
proved the bill prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of imitation butter
Gen Grant was reelected president Fri
day by the 10 Daviess County Qlls.) Sol
diers' NJ onument association.
leading educators of Nebraska, Iowa. and
Kansas assembled in convention Friday at
Omaha, the attendance being large.
League ball games Friday resulted: Chi
cago 2, Providence O; Philadelphia II, St.
Louis l.; New York 9, Buffalo 4; Boston IA,
Detroit l.
There were 1874 failures in the United
States during the last seven days-an in
crease of twenty as compared with the pre-
vious week
The James Page Library association, prob
ably the oil lest Democratic body in Phila-
delphia, has elected President Cleveland an
honorary member. r.
Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes has, at her own
expense, purchased AMI equipped house in
a southern city, where colored girls may be
taught house service.
Amid commotion the house of representa-
tives of Pennsylvania Friday passed reso-
luton congratulating Gen. LSesan On his re-
election to the senate
A bill for preventing fraudulent, immoral,
or criminal advertisement, in connection
with the practice of medicine or surgery was
passed Friday by the Illinois senate. 80
1t is reported that the second assistant
postmaster general intends to abolish num-
Der Of mail routes in the northwest on the
ground that they are expensive and unneces-
sary.
The Illinois house committee on public
charities has agreed to report favorably on
the measure appropriating 500, 900 for the
erection OF an industrial school for the blind
in Chicago.
The New York Suns headline over the
report of the Bible revision was, "The
Ruined Bible" Mr. Dana denies that the
book is ruined by revision, and disclaims all
knowledge Of the headline. -
Attorney General Garland has decided
that an Indian is not eligible for a postmast-
ership. 1t has heretofore been the custom
to appoint Indians to postoffices in Indian
territory. This practice will henceforth DO
discont inued.
The body Of child drowned at Mead vills,
Pa, April 6, was recovered Sunday by q
man who dreamed of seeing it in the river.
The dream SO impressed him that he went to
the place and found the body foating o
short distance from the shore.
A man in Lyon county, Kansas, fourteen
years ago married O widow with q little
daughter by a former husband. After
twelve years he obtained a divorce from his
wife and married her daughter. Now, tho
divorced wife, as his mother in-law, lives
with him, and all are happy.
The Cambria Iron company made attach
ments for S14, 900 against the Laciede Wire
and Fence company at St Louis Friday,
alleging that the Laclede company were
about to remove their property with intent
to defraud. The case grows out of the barb
wire litigation of Washburn e. Moen.
Miss Ely Coghlan sister OF Rose Cogh.
LAM, who was playing in 1.-THE Naiad
fairy's costume in the spectacle, and was
discharged by the managers, Mann e.
Benoit. Miss Coghlan now sues the latter
for full weeks salary for one nights per-
Torrance
Consul General Leonard, at Calcutta,
writes that the exports of wheat from India
last year reached 9,375, AL TONS and believes
that this years crop will not be greater than
the yield of 1884. The acreage planted to
wheat is being annually Increased, but rail
So 8 miles Of new track being built In India
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