The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-16
The Riches Of Alabama.

One mllllOn uOilurS ol tHo etoCk VI tno
Pratt Coal and Iron company at Birming-
han, Ala, has been sold to John Ii. IN
man and Others OF New York. and Nathan
nv has the largest bituminuous coal mines
in the world. The company deter
mined to expend $1,0O0,0 900, in the
erection of four furnaces and build
n Bessemir steel works at New Pitts
burg, six miles from Birmingham. Three
other coal mines are also to be opened.
This assures to the Birmingham district,
within n radius often miles. twenty large,
hot blast coke furnaces. The Pratt COM
pany will also make steel experiment
with So. OOO, 900 capital at their new town
OF Bessemer City, ten miles south Of Bir.
mingham.
Charles Spain and Everett Ellis. aged
eleven and thirteen years, respectively,
were slnothercd to death at Jacksonville,
ILL.,, while playing in wheat bin.
DR.. .Lendenhall, OF the scientific depart
ment OF the signal service bureau, has
become president OF the Rose Polytechnic
institute at Terre Haute, Ind.
The following have been nominated for
congress: j. Logan Chapman, democrat,
1st Mich; David A. Ross, prohibitionist,
10th Mich: l.. Ii. Ripley, democrat, 9th
Mich; James L. Allison, republican. 4th
Ind; r. G. Horr, republican, Sth Mich;
Thomas G. Rristor, democrat, 14th Ohio;
John Il. Neal, democrat, Sd Tenn; p. 7.
Glass democrat, 9th Tenn; James G. Ross,
democrat, LIST Tenn.
notable shooting contest occurred at
Des Moines for the champio nship, between
J. Il. Stice OF Jacksonville, H., and c. w.
Buld of Des Moines. The shooting was :.c-
cording to English rules, thirty yards rise.
Budd performed the great feat OF killing
fifty pigeons straight. Stice missed the
sixth and thirtieth birds, losing the match
by two.
1t is reported that Harriet and Virgins.
Washington of Berryville Clark county,
Virginia, said to be the nearest surviving
relatives OF George Washington hearing
his name, are in delicate health and press.
ing need.
Prof. Hammond OF Oregon assures the
country that, beginning on Sept. 26, we
shall have a series OF fearful earthquakes
and tornadoes.
The 172d anniversary OF st. David =
Episcopal church was celebrated recently
in Philadelphia.
At Cambridge, Nd, one hour after his
mother had died, James Boyce, aged IA
years, shot himself through the heart.
Louisville has 10000 colored people,
many OF whom are prosperous and some
OF whom are rich.
The secretary OF the Chippewa Logging
company reports 210,O00,O 900 feet OF logs
held back by low water.
The Connecticut Republican state con-
yention assembled at Hartford. Senator
Platt was presiding officer. Phineas &.
Lowshing was nominated iorgovernor and
no, (vo vi Tor .nntrn1Ior Tho In T..
form condemns the Democrats for refusing
Dakota admission to the Union.
Col Lewis Cass Hunt, colonel Of the
Fourteenth regiment OF infantry, United
States army, died in New Mexico. For
some time he has been absent from his
regiment on account of i'll health. TIL!
death of Col. Hunt. OF the Fourteenth i'll
f,lLtry, will promote Lieut.. Col. T. NJ. An
derson, Ninth infantry, to the colonelcy
just made vacant. Maj. G. NJ. Brayton,
Fifteenth, will be lieutenant colonel OF the
Ninth, and Capt: III. A. Theaker, Sixteenth,
to be major OF the Fifteenth. 1t will also
give First Lieut.. f. w. Morrison, OF the
Sixteenth infantry, his captaincy, after
make Second Lieut., w. Fl. Cowlcs first
lieutenant of the first regiment
Mr.. Atkins, commissioner OF Indian
affairs, is quoted as insisting that Geron.
imo must be put to death: "Thc presi:
dent" he says, twill probably acquiesce in
whatever proposition Gen. Miles makes ior
disposing OF the murderer. His PROPOSE
ton will doubtless be court martial,
which will not fail to award q death sen.
| tence. There is no doubt that the public
| sentiment OF the country demands the
death Of GERONIMO.
The queen Of Spain is suffering from
pulmonary disease, WHICH il making alarm
| ing progress. The affection is similar to
that WHICH caused the death Of Kins
| Alfonso.
| The drouth in the ncishborhooi Of
Tolono, H., is getting to be a serious
matter.
| The council OF administration of the
| Wisconsin department, q. A. R., met al
Madison when jen. Lucius Fairchild ten
dered his resignation as grand commander,
This was necessitated by his election rs a
commandments Of the G. A. r., at Sar
Francisco. His resignation was accepted
| and senior vice commander, Henry F,
Fischer Of Milwaukee, succeeded to the va
cancy.
| PostofTices established: Dakota: Killing
Pennington county; Rocks, Custer county
Postmasters commissioned-Dako Ed
gerton, Thomas F. Anderson. Iowa: Ha
| eel, Henry Gosden; Boss, JOHN Wagner
Minnesota: Hickory, Emanuel Jeppson
Wisconsin: Barron, benjamin y. Harrison
l.orthport, Dyer s. kinesbury. "
A successor to Gen: Newton, late chief q
the engineer corps OF the army, win be des:
ignated shortly after the return OF thu
president TO Washington. Tho law requires
| that the chief, who has the rank Of briya
der general, shall be selected from thu
officers Of the engineer corps. Col. Duane
| who stands third ON the list OF colonies
will reach his sixty fourth year on June 80
! 1888. The three other colonies are Gil
more, Casey and Parke and one OF thess
four will be chose to succeed Gen. New ton
Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby OF New Yorl
| has bought q country residence with eighty
acres Of land in the Catskills.
There are signs that Austria intends {.
oppose q further extension Of Kwssian in
fiuence in Bulgaria. The decision il saii
! to he duo to Hungarian agitat iOn IN tavOl
| OF resisting Russia. The GerrnHn ministeI
/ OF war has received from Prince Alexander
n dispatch asking that he he allowed tt
resume the duties of n German soldier. Thu
Russian representatives at Philippopolii
states that Prince Dolg0rouki will arriN,
Immediately at Sofa. and TINT, the wal
minister Of bulgaria will Ne y Russian. i.
Martin Stein, burglar, awaiting 'tria
Tor crime eomrnitted II Wihhebhg.S com
ty, Iown, savgthe slip to = Deputy sheriff
rhs 0S sE.t snsssSs II SIX. MS1 a -
barracks 81 IlIfF pretssted against th,
work 81 f6rcilly putting hslplesa, iHfirm
and sts,rying peonlR ont al shelter intp til,
roadwai, and declared they WOULD IN I'll,
future refuse tn peFipFm such ahRuxioui
duty. No en0rt an the part al their snperi