The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-07-22

Richard Ely Colt, noted charac ter, died
ofapoplexy in New York. Mr.. Colt was 81
years old, a son OF Richard Ely Colt, and
born in Springfield. Mass. His grandfather
was a captain in the revolutionary army.
His father was a cousin OF Col. Samuel
Colt, the inven tor OF Colts revolver.
Pierre Lorillard is spending $500, 900
.or the improvement OF Tuxedo Park.
The continued hot weather in the north
west is believed to have thinned out the
crops in several localities.
Mint Warren, farmer near Beloit, kills
himself by shooting.
E. R. Duquasie skipped out of choteau
Fellows lodge.
c. Y. Singleton was killed at Kings
Mountain. KY, in q fight with negro labor
srs. One OF the negroes supposed to be i'm
plicated was jailed. Sheriff Meniffee received
telegram that Others are resisting arrest,
and has started with arms and ammuni-
ton to aid the King Mountain officers.
Rear Admiral Wordon died recently. He
bore a conspicuous part in the war oil the
Rebellion, and was promoted through the
various grades OF the navy until, in No
vember, 1872, he was made rear admiral.
The president has denied the application
for pardon in the case Of James Milton,
now undergoing sentence for demanding and
retaining an excessive fec for prose cutting
pension case. The president says: The
offense for which this prisoner was convict
ed consisted in extorting from a soldier for
procuring his pension, 5000, when he was
| only entitled to SO. This crime is seri-
Gus one, and fits bad consequences are far
reaching, involving extortion from soldiers
who put themselves in the power OF pen
aion agents. and leading to criminal prac-
tices in the procurement OF pensions. The
people who make it q business to procure
pensions are often OF such character as to
need all the restraint, and when guilty, all
the punishment they receive.
! Col. William H, Glider, OF the Herald,
who intended to leave New York on a jour
ney to the North Pole. was detained on the
| charge OF stealing q 81 900 bond of the
Manhattan Elevated Railway company.
| Sally Adams, the professional swimmer,
WAS the complainant.
The latest advice In the Yellowstone Park
| trouble is that Ellwood f. Thorne of New
| York purchased the park property for $685..
| OOO which he was to turn over to the
Northern Pacific.
Princess Pauline Of Reuss, duchess Of
Wurtemberg, is dead.
Parnell and his chief followers are to en-
ter upon q political crusade to instruct
English vorkingmen on the Irish question.
Orion and Henry counties are greatly ex-
cited over revelations made by an investi-
CATION Of the accounts Of Charles w. Nc
Govern, who has decamped Tor parts ln.
known. LcGOvern has been thriving law
yer and real estate dealer at Orion for six
years, having lived there fifteen years.
A young man named Percy Abbott, who
came to Chicago from small town in lowe
to purchase goods for his fathers store,
went on jamboree, and the next morning
was found by an officer lying on Clark
street without hat, coat or shoes. He had
been robbed OF $50, diamond ring and
stud and gold watch and chain.
The acting secretary Of the treasury has
sent the senate letter from the treasurer
OF the United States recommending that
the sum appropriated for the recoinage OF
gold and silver coin for the current year DO
increased from $40, 900 to $50, 900. In
his letter the treasurer says: The demand
for subsidiary silver coin il largely in sx-
cess Of the supply in the trearury Offices