The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-12-10
General News.


General News.
At Norwich, Ohio. Mrs Birdie Schroyer
the young al d accomplished wife of Solo
mon Schroyer, a well-to-do young man.
committed suicide by taking strychnine or
account OF his drunken habits.
Walter Wiggins, railroad agent at Beth
any. H., was arrested and lodged in jai
at Sullivan, H., charged with embezzlins
$3.50 belonging to the Peoria, Dacatur
Evansville Railroad.
N. II. Harris OF Mississippi was appoint
ed register at Aberdeen, Oak.
About 10000 viewed the body OF Vice
President Hendricks in one day.
Gov. Hubbard OF Mimi, writes a letter
to the council of Duluth. giving his reasons
for declining to call an extra session o
the legislature.
Alaska gained SO, 900 inhabitants in the
pas tao years.
The body OF n dead man, shockingly
mangled, was found in wheat car just ar
rived from Lisbon, Oak. 1t is a supposed
case of murder.
Montana is having regular mining boom
and the valuable properties in the territory
are being developed and he results astonish
even the old timers.
{. F. Wyman, a noted Western spiritual.
lstlc medium, was proven a fraud in an
Iowa town., and languishes in jail for
swindliDg the faithful.
Mrs. Perry, wife OF professor in the
Sioux Falls university, on finding her hus-
band occupying a room with a lady visitor,
went into a spasm and died.
Gov. Martin of Kansas has issued a
proclamation Offering a reward o ( 5000
for the arrest and conviction of j. w.
| Greyson, who, at the Grand Central hotel
Parsons, on Nov. 16, murdered A. w
Collins.
During a quarrel about some timber
near Wabash, Ind. Joseph Spencer fatally
beat Sylvester HUFF, an old man. Spencer
was arrested.
Fire at Livingston Mont, destroyed a
| block OF buildings. Loss. $6O, 900; insur-
ance, SIS, 900.
Judge Henry F. French, ex-second assist
ant secretary of the treasury, died at
Concord, N. Y, of paralysis OF the heart, aged
seventytwo years.
! The first volume of the personal memoirs
| OF Gen. Grant has been issued to the
world.
| Marshal Serrano, the alleged father of
Alfonso XII OF Spain, died in Madrid on
the 26th ult, although the associated press
dispatches sent to the western papers failed
to chronicle the event.
The entire population OF Kassala, includ-
| ing Europeans, were massacred by order OF
Osman Digna.
The president made the following ap-
| pointments: John Thompson, OF Harrods-
burg, KY, to be surveyor general OF Wy.
oming vice Jonn w. Neldrum, resigned,
| Register Of land office, Frederick A. Nc
Donald, OF Oregon, at The Dallas, Ore.
John w, Causey, collector OF internal reve-
nue. for the district of Delaware.
As soon as convenient after the meeting
of congress, the measures hereto ofore spok-
en- OF looking to the transfer OF the signal
service bureau to the interior department,
will be instituted,
Howard's dairy barn, on the outskirts
OF jamestown, Dak., with 20 cows, two
horses and 30 or 80 hogs was burned. The
house was badly damaged. Loss 81, 500
or 50 900, partly covered by insurance.
A bill for divorce was filed in the superior
court, Chicago. by William H. West, of the
minstrel troupe OF Thatcher, Primrose and
West, against his wife, Fay Templeton, the
well-known actress and singerfor desertion.
Phillip Sheehan, a miner employed at
the Cleveland Hermatite mine, halfway
between Negaunee and Ishpeming Mioh,,
was instantly killed by falling into the
main shalt.
NJ. H. Lewis Il Co., clock makers and
dry goods dealers at No. 1876 West Fourth
street, Cincinnati, assigned. Liabilities,
$50, 900; assets, 100000,
Speaking of John Kelley's health, the
New York Times says: 1t does not look
now as if he would be able to do any men.
tai work for a long time to come.
1t is. said at the treasury department.
that there has been an increase instead OF
the usual decrease in the public debt for
November. The receipts have been light
and the disbursements unusually heavy.
The payments on account OF pensions
alone. amount to about $11 900, 900.
A suit was entered by the district attor-
ney, for the United States. against John
Ledyard Hodge, to recover S441 200, with
interest from May 81, 1875. The actionis
based on an account stated with Mr.,
Hodge as former paymaster Of the United
States army.
The remains of Vice President Hendricks
lay in state at the court house, Indianapo-
lis, on Monday last. Over 40, 900 people
gazed into the coffin upon the face OF the
dead,
The Warner house, at Emporia, Kansaa,
a new and elegant hotel, was DESTROYED by
fire.
The Chicago Current has again changed
hands, apparently because OF lack OF money.
Frank ThoIuas makes serious charges
against Cal. T. s. Morrow, editor of the
Washington Sunday Gazette, and the Off
GERS oi the agricultural department.. Nor
row, he says obtained place for him in
the department, with the understanding
that he was to have nothing to do
but get the salary and give il to
him (Morrow). From July, 1884, to
April, 1885, he says he received $500,
which he gave TO Morrow.
Gov. Squires OF Washington terr,torv.
In his report to Secretary Lamar, gives the
population oI the territory at 129. 600, an
increase OF 5000 In two years The as.
sessed value df property is $50, 900. 600,
and there are reported $4,000, 600 acres
q the public land unsurveyed. Of which
l6, 10000 acres are geed agrieulturalana
y, II. Harris OF vickshura, Mia. wo..n
pointed regiskor OF the Land office at IA Aber GER
deen 1eaa. IA. a. Hs 10. sonin.law Of the late
san5e s..ns ....lster Of Iowa, formerly of the
claims. Harris went South as u car
pet-bagger, ran for congress and was de-
feated.
The five presidential pos toffices in Min.
nesota will become vacant next winter.
They are as follows: New Ulm, Dec. 15;
Waseca. Dec. 90 st. Cloud, Jan. 80; Wa
basha, Feb. 6; Worthington, Jan. 16. In
Iowa five, as follows: Grinnell, Hampton,
Oskoloosa, Stuart, Dec. 18; New Hampton,
Jan. 80.
The Globe Insurance Company, OF Des
Moines, has effected reinsurance OF its
risks, and will wind up its affairs.
A va;v,f ~ ,vo<ar ok f1o,Ntl. ct QGS fook
was struck in the artesian well at Colum.
bia, Oak.
Indians in the British northwest threat
ened Battlesford q few days ago. Some.
Indians and halibreeds took an oath not
to rest until they took the life Of Robert
Hudson. the man Who did the hanging. The
police have reoeivod sihatructions from the
government TO exercise the greatest vigil
ance to prevent any overt acts. and to pun