The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-02-25

The brother o. the late Vice President
Wilson is very i'll and entiely destitu te in
Washington.
A bill will be reported to the house pro-
viding that lands shall not be conveyed to
the Pacific companies until the cost OF sur
veying has been paid.
The body OF Rev. Jesse B. Braly OF Nor.
tonville, KY, was found encased in ice in
the river below st. Louis. He had CON-
mitted suicide from fear OF tho result OF an
investigation then going on in relation to
his private affairs.
The Renfrew Manufacturing Company OF
Adams. Mass, which is one OF the largest
manufacturers OF gin hams and table
cloths in the country, have raised the
wages of their operatives 10 per cent, to
asked for more pay.
The strike OF hosiery operatives at Lei
cester has ended in u compromise The
Sunderland ship builders threaten to open
their works to unemployed workmen unless
the hands in he strike accept the terms OF
fered them. Messrs. Morgan, the bankers,
have donated $500 to the Mansion House
relief fund. The fund now amounts to
f52, 900.
The examination into the death OF Mr..
Bartlett, merchant OF Pimly, England,
to whom it is alleged cloroform was admin
istered by his wife, so that she would be
able to marry Rev. Mr.. Dyson, Wesley
an minister, with whom she had been inti-
mate. has been finished. and Mrs. Bartlett
and Mr.. Dyson were both committed for
trial on the charge of numbering Mr.. Bart
lett
P. L. Sarrazin & Co., cigar and tobacco
manufacturers, OF New Orleans have
brought suit against their creditors, pray
ing for respite OF six. twelve and eighteen
months. Their assets are $3.50 and
their liabilities $12o, 900.
Mrs. Hendricks, OF indianapolis, has been
annoyed by spiritualists, who send her let
ters purportng to have been addressed to
her from the spirit land by her husband.
One person in New York wrote inclosing
letter from Mr.. Hendricks, claiming that it
was genuine and written in his own pecul-
lar style. There was an undoubted resem-
blance, but Mrs. Hendricks chara cterized
it as only u clever piece OF imitation, re-
marking that she could easily detect the
difference.
At Salt Lake City, Thomas Birmingham
and james Bowen, convicted OF unlawful
cohabitation, were sentenced in the district
court to six months Imprisonment and to
pay fines OF $500 each. Abram III. Cam
non took the witness stand when his case
was OpOu dSheu WIlcULtI UWO
women were his wives and whether he had
lived with them, he replied, "Thev are,
thank God. l have lived with them as
charged" He was convicted. Henry Dim
moody pleaded guilty. He promised obe-
dience to the law, and sentence was sus-
pended.
The governor of Illinois has offered a re-
ward of 5000 for the arrest of the parties
who hung Miss Georgia Aldrich at Wind
sor.
L. A. Hopkins absconded from Chaplin &
Cores wholesale liquor establishment,
Chicago, with So, 500. Soon after the firm
received n draft for 81, 700 from Hopkins
who is at Montreal.
A we'll known Minneapolis gentleman re-
ceived a letter from Il friend who is con-
ductins an exhibit at New Orleans. The
letter states that there are very few visi-
tors in attendance, and that all the exhib-
itors are heartily sick OF the affair, and
would be glad to get out of it if they could.
The managers OF the institution are cut
ting expenses on every side, and the enter
prise is almost dismal failure.
David Shelly, a wealthy farmer living
near Shirley, ILL.,, armed with two shot
guns, secreted himself in the oat bin OF his
barn. The members OF his family dis
covered his whereabouts and attempted to
tdhe IlIl " tlle uOuSe I1c ltIilDStt iFOIu
his hiding place and fred number of
shots, inflicting probably fatal wounds up
on his brother, Levi Shelly, his wits, sister
in-law, and his son, aged seventeen. He
then set fire to the barn which was entirely
consumed.
The action of the assistant treasurer OF
New York in refusing to accept deposits OF
silver until he is able to count it is in strict
accordance with instructions issued by the
United States treasurer. Similar instruc-
tions have been sent to all the assistant
treasurers, the object being to insure great
er protection in the handling OF govern
ment funds.
The president has nominated Lieut.. Col.
Nelson B. Sweetzer, Eighth cavalry, to be
colonel Second cavalry; First Lieut.. Ed
ward e. Wood, Eighth cavalry, to be cap
tain; Second Lieut.. John A. Johnston
Eighth cavalry, to be first lieutenant
John Christian Franks, United States
marshal for California.
John Bell, aged sixty-fve, and a member
OF a well known upholstery firm OF Pitts.
burg was decoyed into bunco room and
became so pleased with the workings OF
the game he went to bank, drew $4,000
and returned. He was knocked down,
and when he recovered he found both
money and thieves gone.
DeUfOlU, Mlcu., ClaltuS TO POSSESS Cue OIu.
est man in the world in the person OF An
drew Lucas, an ex-slavs, who is 127 years
of age and still vigorous.
Samuel Kancher at Yankton has invent
ed a wheat huller that cleans the grain of
its outside covering, leaving the interior
intact. This is the reverse OF the roller mill
process.
Marcus Frazier Manager of the Globe
Life Insurance company, has been arrested
in Des Moines for using the mails for illegal
purposes, his death assessments being
based on imagination.
George Cabot Ward of New York who
has been suffering for sometime from gener-
al paresis, was adjudged by a sheriff jury
and three commissioners appointed by the
supreme court to be OF unsound mind and
incapable OF taking care OF himself or his
property. Mr.. Ward is a well known broker.
The wife OF Prot. Waldo OF Yale college
wandered away white insane, and was kill
ed by a fall in the presence OF q search party.
It is thought that her insanity dates from
the birth OF her last child, three months
ago. She was a native ofPhiladelphia and
IL niece OF Judge Fullerton OF New York.
Emerson c. White of Cincinnati has
strong backing for the appointment OF
commissioner of education to succeed Mr..
Eaton. Educators in Ohio generally favor
him.
Marshal Campbell has been confirmed by
the senate.
Admiral Jouette has seized a Cuban fill
clustering vessel fitted out at New York.
A delegation representing ex-Union SOL
diers who have been prisoners of war ad-
dressed the house committee on invalid
pensions. in advocacy OF bills granting
pensions to all who were imprisoned more
than sixty days. Gen Black, commission
er of pensions, addressed the committee in
favor OF the repeal OF the law OF 1885,
providing for pension to widows OF sol
diers who have served in wars prior to
that date.
The United States revenue cutter Richard
Rush, which left San Francisco Jan. 2 for
Behring sea in search vi the missing whaler
Amethyst and crew Of forty men, arrived
home on the 18th. The captain reports
having found no trace OF the missing vessel
or the crew.
On October 90, 1882, James Mclaughlin
left his farm near Masonville, Iowa. There
was debt OF $4,000 on the farm, and it
in believed that, this nreyet} upOn his mind