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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
The Criminal Calendar.

Patrick McKeeyer OF Pittsburg was ar
rested on a charge OF numbering his wife,
William Shipperd, a pioneer resident OF
Ashland, jackson county, Or, while out
hunting in heavy timber, was mist aiken by
another hunter for a wild animal and shot
dead.
The dead body OF Lydia Burnett was
found on the roadside near Boxville, Ind.
with the throat cut. Medical examination
proved that the unfortunate girl had been
outraged. A farm hand living in the yicin=
ity has been arrested on suspicion.
Marshal McIntire. at Mendoza, H., ar
rested e. N. Bethel on q charge OF forgery
committed in lie Mars, Iowa, eighteen
months ago. He was taken to Iowa.
Reitel was brakeman, and is married.
He had resided in Mendoza several
months.
An old man named Willis Roach, having
money on his person, was attacked by four
unknown men near Frankfort, KY. A
young son OF Roach came to his father 8
assistance, and with a pistol shot and kill
ed two OF the men, fatally wounding 3
third, the fourth making his escape.
John Morris, sheriff OF Reeves county,
Tex, got on q big spree and used his pistol
freely. An attempt was made to arrest
him by Sergeant COPYRIGHT and three other
state rangers, when Morris opened fire on
Them, killing G. p. 'Nigah and seriously
wounding Sam Lane. The sheriff was then
shot three times and killed.
II. McMullen, \ ranchman living thirty
miles east os pueblo, Col, was arrested by
United States marshal on q charge OF
contempt OF court in failing to remove
fences on government land. McMullen
made a show OF resisting arrest, and was
shot in ths leg by the marshal. 1t is al
legged that McMuiie4 has 10000 acres ille'
gally fenced.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
AutOcrat Hamilton.

The island of Arran is the property
of the duke of Hamilton, whose para
mont object as ''lord of the soil'' is to
convert as much of the island as posi-
bic into game preserve for the en-
joyment OF himself and his, friends
during the month which he passes at
Brodick castle every autumn, so that
instead OF its resources being devel-
oped and the population being en-
couraged in their avocations, every
thing is done to keep strangers away,
and the aboriginal inhabitants are
mere serfs. Arran (Which is twenty
miles by ten) forms q great contrast
to the neighboring island of Butte, be-
ing nifty years behind in everything,
and it seems monstrous that in these
days so largo a domain should be sub
jected to the selfish caprices of one
man. The dukes latest proceeding,
as an absolute monarch of the island,
has been to refuse permission to the
United Presbyterians to erect a church,
and it is actually stated in the letter
Of the agents that the duke twill not
sanction the use of a building for such
q purpose for longer period than the
three summer months" One would
really think that they were back in
those palmy days of torryism, which
SCOTLAND groaned under the iron yoke
and the unexampled jobbery of Henry
Dundas. The duke Of Hamilton's DO.
litical leaders will scarcely thank him
for this exhibition Of intolerance,
which is certainly. unreasonable
and hardly a aatisfactOrv return
Tor the thistle which Lord Bea.
consfield bestowed upon him.-Lon-
don Truth.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
THE NEWS SUMMARIZED.


At Auburn, N. Y, Franz Josef Petmeky
suffered the extreme penalty OF the law Tor
the murder OF Mrs. Paulina Frotescham.
The prisoners last days were passed
quietly, he stunning all visitors and
denying the consultations of religion
until the last. He was a handsome,
finely proportional Russian OF twenty -four
years OF age, and came to this country
years ago. The crime was perpetrated on
June Is, 1883, and was first discovered
when the husband OF the victim returned to
his home after his days labor and found
the mutilated corpse OF his wife lying in
a pool OF blood upon the floor. Her brains
had been beaten out with the blunt end
Of a hatchet, the examining surgeon testify
ing that over twenty blows had been dealt
with the weapon. The murderer was cap
tured the following day in Albany. The
trial lasted one week. The prisoner adj
mitted having killed the woman, and put
in a plea OF self-defense. He claimed she
sought the interview, and urged him to elope
with her, but on learning that he was al
ready married she flew into a rage and drew
a revolver upon him. He defended himself
with the Ratchet. After the commission OF
the crime he ritied the house OF everything
in the shape OF jewelry or money, and the
theory of the prosecution was that hewent
to the house merely for the purpose OF rob-
berry, but that upon being confronted by the
woman he was compelled to get her out OF
the way.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

Speaking of cyclones and tornadoes
at the West. the New York Sun re-
marks: Recent experience shows, as
the meteorological history Of the past
als,, attests, that there is hardly any
section OF the country in which tor
nadoes W.T. not occasionally form.
Only short time ago one OF these
terrible storms missed Philadelphia
by hairs breadth, ana wrought de-
struction in Camden, and still. more
fatal tornado demolished the littre
village of Norwood, near the norther-
most border of New York state. 1t is
singular fact that in the Adirondack
wilderness, not more than thirty or
forty miles from the scene of the tor
nado, there is huge swath through
the woods known as "the windfall, "
where the complete absence OF trees
along a narrow tract, extending sixty
miles through the heart OF q dense
forest, preserves the memory OF a
similar storm which swept through the
wilderness there thirty-fve or forty
years ago. and levelled everything in
it's course. This is also evidence that,
although they may not be Of frequent
occurrence, tornadOes are by no means
unknown phenomena in the neighbor-
hood of the Atlantic seaboard.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
Shipwreck on the Pacific.

The Merchants exchange at San Francis
co has just received the following particu-
lars OF the loss OF the British ship Hadding-
tonshire. The vessel left Astoria July 6,
got down as far the equator, when she
struck heavy gale, which 90 disabled her
as to oblige the captain to put back to San
Francisco for repairs. In that gale she lost
four seamen and her chronometer. When off
this port she encountereda dense fog, and
while cropping about ran on the rocks near
Point keyes. The vessels cargo is total
wreck All on board except one sailor and
the ca bin boy were drowned. The cargo con-
sisted of ~, 900 barrels OF flour, valued at
$4,000, and 17,700cases Of salmon, val
ued at So4, 600. Tbs Haddingtonshire was
a new iron vessel launched at Glasgow,
Oct. IA, and owned by j. A. shepherd Of
Glasgow
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

The immense subscription to the
new Egyptian loan or $45, OOO, 900 Of
fers most extraordinary evidence to
the glut of capital in all financial CEN
tiers. The terms of the loan, as things
90 now, were considered very favora-
BILE to investors, but a few years back
they would have been secuted by cap
italists. Still, such was the eagerness
to secure them that 81 900, 900, 900
of subscriptions were made to loan
of only s45, 100000 in all. London
alone would have taken 1926, 900, 900,
or more than eleven times the total
amount of the loan. In New York the
situation was just the same, and ey-
erywhere the world seems to have
more accumulated property than it
knows how to use with safety and
profit.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
Illegally on the Pension Rolls.

Washington Specialize discovery OF
large number OF names on the pension
rolls at Philadelphia and Washington
OF persons no longer entitled to draw
pensions has induced Commissioner Black
to start system OF verifca ton OF pen,
sion rolls at other points. The vertical
ton at the Chicago office has just been COM
pleted, and it is alleged that $50 names
have been found that should not be there.
These are said to be the names of persons
now deceased, and widows of soldiers who
have again married and thus forfeited their
rights to pension. 1t does not appear, how
ever. that money has been paid out on ac-
count OF these $50 names, and the dis
coyery is important only as it will enable
the commissioner to revise and reduce fu-
ture estimates for appropriations Here
tofore it has been the custom to make lin
the annual estimate on the number Of
names carried on the rolls for the preceding
year. The death OF = pensioner or
the marriage of widow are not re-
ported to the Office, and the names
OF such CONTINUE on the list, and perhaps
in the case OF the latter class a few contin-
ue to draw pension. The verifcation now
in progress will purge the rolls OF all names
that should be stricken OF, and thus d
more correct estimate for future appropri-
ations will be reached, Itispot alleged that
any fraud exists at the Chicago Office IN
connection with this matter.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

Captain Rich, chief engineer Of the Mime
apolis, Sault Ste. d Atlantic, is in Minneap-
oils. Construction on the road has been
retarded by the heavy rains which have
fallen in the heavily timbered region OF the
Northern Wisconsin-one shower having
followed another before the ground was in
condition for rapid work. Notwithstanding
the unexpected difficulties, the road will be
extended eastward twenty two miles during
the present season, makinga total trackage
OF sixty eight miles in the direction OF Sault
Ste. Marie. Between eight and nine miles
OF track have already been laid, bringing
the road to the Flambeau river, which is to
be crossed by an expensive bridge, the COM
pletiOn OF which will cause some further de-
lay in the operation of trains to the east
ern terminus. The twenty-five miles will
bring the road to the heavy pine timber OF
Wisconsin, and materially increase traffic
on the new road.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

E. Stone Virgins, the Canadian
weather prophet says mild weather
or 1866 is an absolute impossibility,
and predicts that it cannot be other
wise than cold ana sUornIy. He ei~cs
his reasons at length, which spring
from certain positions of the planets.
He also predicts one of the most vio-
ent storms over known during the
latter part OF September, onthe East
srn coast. Virgins has been under a
cloud on account of notable failures
Of his alleged prophetic vision, and
we shall see whether his late predie
lions are fulfilled.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

A noted writer at the East has 6
word in behalf of insects that are
universally voted a nuisance. Hesays:
's.F'lies are the most important, because
most numerous, destroyers of pest
breeding material. When there are
too few of them to thoroughly con-
sumo the myriad and constantly sup
piled forms of dead and decaying or
zanic substance, the surplus pollutes
air, soil and water, and invites and
propagates disease" House-keepers
will be glad to know that flies are OF
some use in the economy Of nature.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

The trial OF Poundmaker, the Indian
leader, which has been held at Regina, N.
w. T., resulted in conviction and sentence
OF three years in the penitentiary. Consid-
cradle evidence was introduced to show that
Poundmaker counseled the Indians to cease
hostilities, and also prevented the murder
OF prisoners. The jury was out but half an
hour, returning with verdict OF guilty as
charged. Poundmaker said:
Il was good all summer. The people told
lies. l saved q lot Of bloodshed. / can't
understand how it is that after saving SO
many lives | am brought here. / could
have been on the prairies still if I would. :"
Then, waving his hand majestically, he said
with q smile: II am IL man. Do rs you
up. You did not catch me-"
On hearing his sentence the chief asked
that he be hanged, as he preferred death to
imprisonment.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
An oesaa stsamer's Larder.

London Times Few pessnas are aware
OF the extensive nature OF the victuaiins Pr
board the great ocean steamers. Each YES
sci is provisioncd as follows for the passen-
gers and the crew: $500 pounds OF butter,
3, 900 hams, 1900 pounds OF bisenits, ex-
elusive OF those supplied for the crew; S, 900
pounds OF grapes. almonds, figs and
other dessert fruits; $500 pounds
OF jams and jel!es; timed
meats, 5000 pounds; dried beans,
5000 pounds; rice, 5000 pounds; onions,
5000 pounds; potatoes, 40 tons; -four,
800 barrels; and eggs, 1900 dozen. Fresh
Vegetables. dead meat and live bullocks,
sheep, pigs, gssss. turkeys, ducks, fowls,
fish and casual game afs generally supplied
at each port, SO that it is d,ffisu't to esti-
mate them. Probably two dozen buis
locks and sixty sheep would be fair
average for the whole voyage, and the rest
may be inferred in proportion. During the
summer month. when travelling is heavy,
twenty-five fowls are oisea used in soup for
oso
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
A Minneapolis Divorce Case.

Judge Lochren of the District Court at
Minneapolis, ordered judgment for di-
yorce in the case OF Jerome II. Chute
against Mary E. Chute. It appears ~. .-'n'
the papers in the case that both parties
are twenty-seven years Of age, and they
were married in Minneapolis in November,
1883, by Rev. B. Forbes. Adultery is
charged, and the circumstances recited in
detail: On the 18th ot September Mrs.
Chute and man named John Walker
registered at the st. James hotel as j. G.
Bradley and wife, and occupied the same
room during the night. Again on the 18th
the two stopped at the Merrill house,
under similar auspices. Another case
is given when she went with anoth
err man to room belonging to John
Kingsley on Washington avenue. 1t is
charged further that in the fall OF 1884 she
committed adultery with G., Haines at his
fathers house, and that the two are now
living together in a log cabin on the shore
Of Lake Minnctonka in open and notorious
adultery. No defense or appearance was
made by the vile, and the Judge sustains
the charges and grants the divorce. There
are no children.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
A Notable Day in Germany.

Tuesday the 18th inst. was the anniver-
sary of the birthday ofthe Emperor Francis
Joseph OF Austria Hungary, and the ami
versary OF the battle of Gravelotte. In
honor OF the day Emperor William unveiled
at Pottsdam statue of Frederic the Great.
The empress, Crown Prince Frederick Will
liam and most OF the royal family attend-
ed the ceremony. The emperor made an
address to the garrison consisting Of s, 1000
soldiers drawn up around the monu-
ment. He remained an hour, and
appeared to be in excellent health.
He received an ovation from the enormous
crowd present. The emperor gave q BAN
quet in honor OF Emperor Francis Joseph.
Emperor William wore an Austrian uni
form. Most OF the foreign ministers and
many other notables We're present. Berlin
and Pottsdam were profusely decorated il
honor OF the day.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
or houses were burned at Golden, II
Losa estimntetl Mt $40 600

or houses were burned at Golden, III.
Loss estimated Mt $50, 900.
The grain warehouse OF O. X. Wells, and
residences OF Edward Dwyer, Washington,
and A. X. Aldrich, Sherman, Tex, burned
recently. Total loss, 100000; insurance,
$40, 900.
Williams, prominent merchant OF Cedar
Falls. Iowa, was fatally burned. She was
kindling fire in gasoline stove when her
clothes caught fire, and in an instant she
was enveloped in flames.
At Little Coillau, La. gust OF wind
blows a spark into u powder horn in the
hands OF Mrs. Terette, and the resultant
explosion kills her and three OF her chill
dren, badly Injuries her husband and two
more children, and tears the roof of the
house.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

The number of immigrants landed
at Castle Garden since Jan. l, 1885, is
about thirty thousand less than the
number landed during the correspond
ing period last year. The immigration
from Ireland shows a marked falling
off; the number OF Germans is smaller
than for many years past; the land
rom which we have received an In
,reased number is Scandinavia; a
great majority of these go to states
and territories in thenorthwest, where
and is cheap, and take to farming.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

Cholera in Spain thus far shows no
signs of abatement. The new cases
daily reported are from five to seven
thousand, with proportionate death
rate. In spite of the efforts OF the
sanitary authorities the disease con-
tinues to spread, and fears that it will
become general in the autumn are en-
serteined. The sufferings ofthe people,
are intense. Hundreds of thousands
Of people, it is said, have deserted their
habitations, seeking refuge from the
pestilence in the northern provinces
Or in other countries.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

He was held under $4,000 bonds,
but being unable to procure bail was
was lodged in jail to await the action
oil the grand jury. Tretx robbed the com.
panies by whom he was employed and fled
ON the 18th OF June. He struck out for
British America, and since he left has tray.
eled over 4, 900 miles. He went to Winnipeg
and thence west on the Saskatchewan river
He bought team ofponies and drove across
the country to Dawson, Dak., where he was
caught working in a wheat field. He was
pursued and captured by j ohm Flynn, route
agent OF the express company, who Travelled
over 1000 miles alone in the British pos.
sessions.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

An Interesting practical illustration
of the prevalent moral obtuseness in
regard to the signing of petitions and
of the consequent worthlessness OF
the latter in most cases, has been
afforded by a Texas lawyer. who pro-
cured and read in open court = petit
ton, signed by all the county officers
and fifty prominent citizens, asking
for the summary hanging Of q loading
and eminently respectable townsman.
The latter's brother-in-law and father
in-law were among the signcrs, and
every signature proved genuine.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
No Fears of Cholera,

Surgeon General Hamilton, OF the Marine
hospital at Washington, says that there is
as yet nothing to alarm the people OF the
United States in the reports coming by ca
BILE OF the spread OF cholera. Despite
all that has been said about the
portability OF the epidemic reaching our
shores this year, he says there is not single
circumstance to render the risk greater than
it was last year. There is every indication
that this years outbreaks are to follow the
course OF those OF last year, the localities
suffering most severely being those which
have not taken the most ordinary precau-
tions of cleanliness and distinction. Dr.
Hamilton says Americas danger is mainly
from cholera in England orin Cuba. 1t has
been his impression that il it comes to the
United State it would come by ay OF Cuba,
and for this reason the efforts OF the service
have been directed mainly against contagiop
in that direction.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

The Governments of Germany and
England have made strong efforts to
turn the tide OF emigration from the
United States to their own colonies,
but they have not met with a large
measure of success. In seeking new
homes the people of the Old World
consult their own best interests, with
out regard to the representations or
wishes of the governments which they
abandon, and for this reason their
favorite destination is the United
States
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
The Marquis De Mores Indicted for Muir.
der.

The grand jury at Mandan, OAK, returned
an indictment for murder against the Mar
quis de Mores of Medora for killing Luffrey
about two years ago. No new evidence
was discovered, but friends OF Luffrey have
brought the matter up again and are
determined to have II jury trial. The
marquis is in the cast at present.
Court sits ten days longer, and it
the marquis can be reached in time he will
probably be tried. At the time Luffrey was
shot the case came before two justices OF the
peace, who acquitted him. The Marquis De
Mores in the spring OF 1888 had difficulty
at Medora, where he had established an ex-
tensive ranch, with ODonnell, leader OF a
gang of herdmen. On the night OF
June 20 the counts house was sur
rounded and his life threatened.
Later a fight took place between Frank
O'Donnell, w. r. Luffrey and another des-
perado named Woncgan on one side, and the
Marquis de Mores, a sheriff OF Morton
county, OAK, and a posse OF citizens, in which
Luffrey was killed and the other desperadoes
were captured. Attempts to secure the ar
rest OF the marquis, but two justices OF the
peace, before whom the case was brought,
refused the desired papers to that end.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

The microscope reveals chat there
are more than four thousand muscles
IN . caterpillar, and that the eye of the
drone contains ono thousand mirrors.
There arc spiders as small as grain
ri sand. and they spin thread SO fine
that i would require four hundred Of
them to equal the size Of single hair.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

1t is expected that tremendous
pressure will be made upon the Secre-
tary of War in behalf of the military
pets of social life in Washington, who
have been ordered to join their re-
spective regiments. But Secretary
Endicott is credited with a good deal
of backbone, and will not be likely to
modify his order.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

All the eastern journals note better
feeling in business circles, but the act
ual business Improvement does not
warrant a great deal ejaculation. A
partial restoration ofconfdence, how
ever, is something gained towards bet
ter times.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27

Fl. A. Tretz, the absconding agent Of tho
American Express company and the Chi
cago, Milwaukee a st. Paul railroad 1T
New Albion, Iowa, has been captured, and
4aced in the JUL at Waukon- lowe.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
6. ). EDDY,
General Freight and Pass. Agent.

Two through passenger trains daily, morn.
ing and evening, between Fargo and st. Paul
N. and 8 P. m. Arrive 1t Fargo 8 .. m. an'
eslo p. m.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-27
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
Minnesota Crop Statistics.

The commissioner OF statistics OF Mime
sofa has completed his tabular statements
OF the wheat, oats, corn, barley and flaS
seed crops for 1884 and acreage for 1885.
The acreage OF wheat for 1885 is 8, 181 ,671
acres, as compared with 3, 1O9, S74 in 1884,
an increase of71, 797 acres. The oats, corn,
barley and flax seed crops show similar in.
creased acreage. or oats there are L..
O95,O O2 acres; as compared with
1,OS9, 63S in 1884, an increase OF 1894.
The corn crop shows 625, O7O in 1886 to
535, 133 in 1884, an increase OF SO, 1897
acres. The barley crop is 293, 6e7 in 1856.
as against 2S5 252 in 1884, an increase OF
1855 acres. Flax seed shows a very graft.
flying increased culture, there being 229, 578
acres under cultivation, an increase OF O3,
533, or nearly 100 per cent over the 1885,
045 acreage OF 1884.