The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-12-02
France shows a decrease OF is, 950, ,OOG
gold and T. 21 5, 600 silver.

France shows q decrease OF IS, 950, ,OOG
gold and f.215 {, 900 silver.
Taylor Mckenzie aud his three sons were
husking corn from the stalks in . field on
their farm, some ten miles from E0ina,
Mo-. when they were rosyratcd by a shock
OF iightning. One of the sons, Luther L.,
age,; sixteen, was instantly killed, another,
William f.. so severely injured that his
lie is despaired OF, and the third, Ben.
famine s., is missing.
The commission appointed to secure
| from the Indians on the Unatila reserva-
| tions in Oregon their consent to the provis.
| ions Of the act OF congress pass ed on
| March 3, 1885, providing for allotment ol
| lands in severalty to those Indians, has
been successful in every particular. Steps
| will now be taken to carry out the provis.
| ions OF the act.
The Fenian brotherhood. which has been
in secret session in New York, for several
days. have deposed O'Donovan Rossa and
elected DR.. Hamilton Williams in his place.
President Cleveland spent Thanksgiving
| day very quietly at the White House, enter
| tanning no one. Several OF the cabinet offi
| GERS entertained II few personal friends, but
| there was no formal dining.
~
Democratic majority OF fifteen in the
next house, and five members-one each
from North Carolina, Virginia, Iowa, Wis
consin and kansas-who were not classed
with either OF the leading parties on poiit
cal questions, and two, perhaps three out
| OF the five will probably vote with the ma
| jority.
| The will OF the late Margaretta 8. Lewis
| OF Philadelphia bequeaths over $780,.
900 to religious and philanthropical pur.
| poses.
w. C. Stevens, of GAINESVILLE. Wis, who
narrowley escaped killing E. w. Rowel re-
Gently, has entered a plea of emotional in
sanity. 1t is claimed that Rowell was
criminally intimate with Mrs. Stevens.
The official vote Of the state of North
Carolina. declared last Saturday the 9th
inst, shows the election OF the following
Democratic congressmen: First district,
Louis c. Latham; Second. F. NJ. Gimr.ons;
Third r. w. McClammy; Sixth, Alfred Row
land; Seventh, j. S. Henderson; Eighth, w.
Fl. H, Cowles; Ninth, A. ID. Johnston. In
the Fourth district John Nichols, labor,
and in the Fifth j. NJ. Brown, Republican,
are elected.
: In New York q man, on whose person
papers were found indicating that he was
from Detroit and was named james H.
ing in his room in an East side hotel.
Lieut.. Creel is arrested at DEVILS Lake,
OAK, for too promiscuously tlourishlng
his revolver.
Harry Wilkes wins the big trotting race
at San Francisco in 2:15, with Guy Wilkes
second.
The last beer statistics from Chicago
shows that, after drinking 900. 900 barrels
OF domestic brewing. the citizens have to
draw on Milwaukee for nearly six hundred
thousand barrels more.
w. W. Wright OF Geneva, N. Y, received
an autograph letter from ex.President
Arthur on the day OF Mr.. Arthurs death.
The handwriting is bold and distinct.
J. & b. Sachs, wholesale boot and shoe
dealers and manufacturers. assigned at
Cincinnati, to NJ. j. Mack. TIE liabilities
are $500, 900, and tn, assets 100000.
Reports from Boscoe, Dakota, show that
one Fred Anon found a bottle containing
horse medicine, which he supposed was
whisky, from which he and two comrades
drank. The dose acted as an emetic on
the others, hut Anon died. He was eight
cen years old. 1t is thought the bottle
contained aconite and belladonna.
The late Francis Palms of Detroit left
fortune OF $25, 100000. He never owed a
dollar in his life His daughter is the lady
Senator Jones fell in love with.
An effort is making to have the govern
ment Indian warehouse transferred from
New York to Chicago.
George Paul, who succeeds j. Riccard,
suspended at Iowa City, is a prominent
Democrat well known all over the Hawk.
eye state and endorsed by every Democrat
OF any Importance in the state.
The Inter Ocean has information that a
deliberate attempt was made to assassinas se
Harry Gilmer. the witness who gave evidence
at the recent trial of the anarchists, direct.
ly duplicating Spies and Schwab in the
throwing OF the Haymarket bomb. Gilmer
was shot at while on the threshold OF his
own home, and the bullet passed between
his legs, lodging in the bottom OF the door.
The snot was fired at distance Of less
than ten feet from the living target, and
the assassin's precipitance was the only
thing that saved Gimers life.
Acting Surgeon General Baxter, of the
army. has submitted his annual report to
the secretary OF war. The report Shows
for the army year OF exceptional freedom
from disease, although it has been one OF
unusual hardship and activity for troops
stationed on the Southwestern frontier.
The threatened strike at the government
printing office has been averted. Public
tee OF bookbinders that he will grant their
request, and give the work Of manufacture
ing tablets to the bookbinders and take it
away from the women who have been do
ing it for the last few weeks.
1t is stated at the treasury department
that the new 81 silver certificates will be
ready for general distribution in limited
quantities in a short time.
The president has appointed the follow
ing. named postmasters: George Paul, at
Iowa City, Iowa, vice Jacob Richard, sus-
pended; Frederick B. Smith, at Columbia,
OAK, vice John R. James, resigned; Henry
j. Dane, at LIE Sueur, Minn., vice John NJ.
Farmer, commission expired.
The Duluth fire loss is $3.50, 900, with
about $780, 900 of insurance.
Judge Treat, of the United States district
court at st Louis, in giving additional ill.,
structions to the United States grand jury
on the subject of election frauds, made
this important point: Under the federal
and state laws the state judges OF election
are subject to the federal law, and will
ful violation OF their duties is an indictable
offense. II the state board OF registration
| revisers had stricken from the list OF vot-
ers the names or name OF persons without
having first fully satisfied themselves that
| the PERSONS so stricken off had no legal
rlSnU 10 VOCe, Cnen Lne members OF Cn6
board had committed an offense against
the federal law, and were subject to in
| dictment. Any person who voted from q
precinct OF which he is not a resident is al
SO indictable, and the jury were instructed
| to SO find.
The Nationalist leaders held private
meeting at Sligo, Ireland, and discussed
their future course OF action. Messrs.
o Brien and O'Kelly, members OF parlia-
ment, went to Riverstown to address a
| meeting. A platform was erected and the
chapel bell was tolIed. Mr.. O'Brien made
| a speech, in which he denounced the gov
eminent, and declared that the Irish would
be able to overcome the UNIV worthy schemes
for repressing opinion. The police threat
ened to arrest him, but, although he lefied
them, he was not molested. Mr.. O'Brien
then went to Ballygate, whe re a priest ad.
vised him not to talk. He persisted, how.
ever. and the meeting was dispersed by the
police.
| The pope has divided the diocese OF Al
| ton, ILL.,, forming the Southern part into a
/ novv diocaac ~ ith the aea 4 Relleyille The