The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-13

Seven-eighths OF the callers at the White
House come for political purposes.
The distance from the city hall in New
York to the site OF Gen. Grants tomb is
nine miles.
Albany On. W, by the recent census. has
n population OF 96,000-a gain OF 5000
since 1880.
Lowell, Mass, has, according to recen,
official figures, ~ property valuation o.
Sol, 31S,915.
Appointments OF postmasters of the low
er grades are made at the rate OF one
hundred day
Reuben Casperwas shot and killed al
Berlin, Neb., by Thomas Williams, son of
well known farmer.
Two hundred and forty appointments tC
announced i'll one day.
Ex-President Arthur will resume the prae
tice OF law in New York, Oct. l, confinins
himself to office work. He is worth 100,
900.
Burr Blair of Cincinnati says that fifteer
months ago he could have bought the ole
Grant house at Point Pleasant, Ohio, with
the land, for $500.
Workmen are putting up 172 additional
lightning rod tips OF the Washington monu
ment. The iron stairway to the top will
not be completed for several months.
A train struck carriage at a crossing at
Morristown, n. j., instantly killing Mrs
Edward j. Brown, Miss Mary Brown and
an infant child ofMrs. Irving II. Brown.
The verdict of the jury in the Riel trial is
looked upon at Toronto as a just one, and
the opinion is freely expressed that Rie
should suffer the extreme penalty of the
law.
Worth, the man milliner, says Paris
dressmakers do business of 500, 600, 900
II year and lose 100000 by bad debts.
Very little is lost through American GUS
toners.
Secretary Manning says that no change
will be made in the office OF clerk OF the APP
pointment division, and it was never con.
templatcd that Mr.. Albright should succeed
Higgins.
An Easton, Pa, dispatch says that ter
rife storm passed over that part of the
state recently, doing great damage to grow
ing crops, railroads. etc. The loss will not
be less than 500, 900.
During revival service at Centre Valley,
Pa, veterinary surgeon named maritime,
in endeavoring to reach the altar to make
COuleSSlOll, SilIlh W inc lOOT ana
before medical aid could be brought.
Col. Fred. Grant states that all the writ
ing for the first volume Of his fathers book
WAS done with the generals own hand, and
there is not line in either volume which is
not his own individual composition.
\ special from Smyrna, Del, says a ter
rible cyclone visited that section recently
totally destroying property for miles in a
stretch 300 feet wide. Stock was killed, and
orchards and cornfeds were destroyed. No
lives lost.
Althea Hail. who claims to be the wife OF
Senator Sharon, pointed a pistol the other
day at ex-senator Stewart, remarking: Il
am bound to kill Stewart before the trial
is over, and | don't know but what l had
better do it.now."
Nine. Gailhard wife OF one OF the direc-
tors OF the Paris opera, recently died after
being married thirteen months, and after a
sickness OF thirteen days. She was buried
on the 18th day of July. The husband
tainted on the coffin at the funeral.
There has been q startling increase OF
outrages girls OF tender years in England,
which is attributed to the influences of the
Pail Mall GaZettes recent exposure. The
Gazette contends that there has been no
increase, but that cases Of outrage are sim
ply brought into greater prominence.
Advces from various points throughout
the state Of Maryland show the recent
storm to have been the most disastrous
that has at any time visited this section.
A cyclone swept a path 900 yards i'm width
through Creil county. Houses, mills and
bridges were carried away The loss Is
roughly estimated at $3.50, 900, and may
be considerably more.
Mr.. Francis, tho retiring United States
minister, had farewell interview with
Count kalnoky, the Austro Hungar for
eign minister, recently. Count Calnoky as
sured Mr.. Francis that the present slight
cloud in the relations of Austria and Ameri-
ca would soon disappear. A dispatch from
Vienna to the London Telegraph, however,
says that Austria has formally notified the
United States government that Mr.. Kelly ID
not acceptable as American minister to
Austria, and has expressed the hope that
he will be recalled and another appoint
ment lie made.
Daniel Dudly Field has been giving an
other dinner and taffy without limit, to
British nobs- Among those present were
Minister Phelps, Joseph Pulitzer OF the New
York World, and many representatives OF
telegraph companies and news agencies.
Mr.. Field was supported on the right by
Chief Justice Waite, and on the left by the
lord mayor of London. Senator Hawley
in his speech, which was a response to the
toast to the peace and friendship existing
between England and the United States,
thanking Canon Farrar for his kindly trib-
ute to Gen. Grant during the Westminster
Abbey memorial service, and spoke in
praise OF John Bright for the support he
gave the North during the war OF the Rebel
lion.
General commentator Is given tthe Wig
orous letter OF President Cleveland, in which
he vigorously denounces those democrats
who betray his confidence by recommend
ing for appointment to office bad men who
seek to shirk responsibility for their en-
dorsements by declaring they signed on &C.
count of partisan policy. The case dis
closed by the presidents letter is not sim
gular. A case recently occurred where a
man who was appointed a postmaster who
was discovered to have been convicted and
sentenced for embezzlemeut, and who mt
the time OF his appointment was in Jail,
with two months OF his time to serve. This
mans petition contains nearly 100 sigma
lures OF reputable men, who doubtless
were ignorant oil the facts.
The article in the North German Gazette,
OF Berlin, attacking France in connection
with the advice of the Paris Temps, that
the French cavalry on the frontier be rein.
forced, has seriously affected the Berlin and
Frankfort bourses. 1t is supposed In off,
cial circles that the object OF the article Ia
to prepare the public for large increase In
the military budget. All the German news.
papers, following the Gazette, dwell upon
the fact that the approach OF France and
Russia toward each other is coincident with
increasing good will between England and
Germany. The rector OF the University oil
Berlin, at celebration in honor OF the
founder, Frederick William, toasted the
health Of Emperor William in the following
words: Let us live in peace. Should, how
ever, the arrogance Of our neighbors pass
from daring words into daring deeds, they
will learn that the old spirit still lives.