The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-08-12

mons and turned IN honest penny unknown
to Mr.. Beecher or his friends. The religious
press teens with appreciative notices OF
Mr. Beecher's sermons and reference to the
clares that he cannot meet one twentieth
OF the applications for Mr.. Beecher to lec-
ture Rev. DIR. Parker and Mr.. Beecher are
now making tour OF the lake district.
Mr.. Beecher resumes his lectures Tuesday
at Birmingham. He will attend the con.
eregational conference on Sept. % by spe-
cial invitation.
After holding out for higher wages for
nearly twenty weeks the 500 miners at
Dubois, Pa, have acknowledged defeat,
and decided to return to work at the
operators terms.
Leander Moody was ly nched at Seymour,
Ind, last Thursday night the 29th inst.
for outraging q ten-year old girl. Moody
evaded arrest two weeks, but was captur'
ed near Shelbyville, Ill. The trial was to
have taken place next Tuesday. Last
Thursday night the citizens rose en- masse
and. forcing open the Jail doors. took
Moody outside of town two miles and hung
him to q tree.
At Eau Claire, the office OF the Philip
Best Brewing company, near the union de-
pot, was entered by some unknown per-
son and robbed OF a package containing
between 5000 and 500, which had been
collected by the agent within the past two
days.
Natural gas has been discovered at Dun
das, Calumet county, Wis. This is ths Sc
cond instance OF the kind in the history OF
Wisconsin,. the first gas well having been
discovered at Appleton several weeks ago.
During the discussions in the Senate on
the fertilization bill the following letter
from Samuel j. Tilden was read: THE
apathy of congress on this subject would be
Incredible if it did not confront us. 1t con-
trasts with the rivalry which 10 SO conspi-
cuous to insist on our taking a high tone
toward foreign nations on every occasion
OF difference between them and us. 1t con-
trasts also with the favor which is shown
to schemes Of prodigality and schemes to
waste the public resources on things known
to be absolutely useless. Among the people
the desire for liberal appropria to-
wards the means Of public defense is well
nigh unanimous. / am well informed as
to the popular feeling from the circum-
stance that more than 700 newspapers
from all parts OF the country and repre-
senting all political parties, containing ex-
pressi ions on the subject have been sent to
me.'
The Best Brewing company's safe at Eau
Claire is robbed OF 500.
There were 162 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's during the
last week of July, against 1874 the proceed
ing week, and 1874, 1919. 155 and % in the
corresponding weeks of 1885, 1884, 1888
and 1882 respectively.
S. p. Rounds public printer, rendered
his resignation to the president. 1t is un.
derstood that this was done at the request
OF the president.
Secretary Whitney has invited the MEM
bers of the house and senate committee on
appropriation and naval affairs to accom-
pany him upon the trial trip OF the new
| cruiser Atlanta as soon as congress ad-
iourns, and the most OF them accepted.
The excursion train, bearing Gen. Logan
and Gov. Alger and families and delega-
tions from Iowa, Michigan and New Jersey
to the G. A. r. encampment at San Fran
cisco, collided with helper engine just as
the train emerged from Echo cannon,
wrecking both engines and driving into a
third. The engineer was thrown back and
stunned so that-he could not control his
engine, which started back at q fearful
| speed, running into the engine OF the east
bound express, driving it back into the
train, crushing the express car badly at
both ends and completely wrecking all four
engines. Fortunately not q passenger on
| clluer tTdIu Wuh I'LL
The president vetoed tho bill for pub
lie building at Springfield, Mo.
An unusual compliment was paid So
licitor General jerks by the senate in con
frming him without reference to commit
tee, and the vote upon his confirmation
was unanimous.
The president nominated Dabney H.
| Many OF Virginia to be minister to the
| TInifoI Sfo foa nfCo1ouobia
The late Miss Farrar OF Halifax, Eng,
bequeathed $162, 900 to be applied to the
support of aged widows and spinsters.
| The governor of Newfoundland has tele-
praphed as follows to the earl of Clanwil-
liam, Britishadmiral at tCharlottetown: II
have reason to believe that the report a
starvation in Labrador il uniounded."
Settlers about Mandan, OAK, object to
the abandonment OF Fort A, Lincoln On
account OF Indians.
An oil tank at Marietta, Ohio, containing
| 10000 gallons Of oil, was set on FIRE during
a storm and destroyed.
An exchange of views among the Parnel-
| lites has led to decision to give the gov
| ernment time to prepare an Irish bill, but
the Parnelites will demand measure for
the suspension Of eviction.
M. II. Smell, representative OF the Har-
risburg Car Company, Harrisburg, Pa, was
| waylaid and robbed of 81 800 in money
near Elmhurst, Wis, recently.
| Solicitor General jerks has gone to his
home in Pittsburg Pa, to arrange some
private affairs, and will not qualify or as
sumo the duties OF his new office until
Tuesday, Aug. 10.
The following fourth class postmasters
were appointed. Dakota-Devoe, Faulk
county, r. G. Young; Fleetwood, Minneha-
ha county, Rosmus E. Munsenger; New
port, McHenry county, Theodore H. Nc
Cord; Flowerfeld, Hamlin county, John
Murphy. Minnesota-Gull River, Cass
county, Henry c. Mills; Clear Lake. Will.
liam D. Witz. Montana-Oka, James w.
Story. Wisconsin-Ottervale, James Nor
ris. Postoffice Name and Site Changed
Minnesota: RaMstead, Grant county, to
Pikop.
The boxing match between Jake Kilrain
OF Boston and Jack Ashton OF Providence
came off at the Ridgewood Base Ball park,
Brooklyn, on the 31st. Kilrain was de-
cided the winner at the eighth round. Both
men were in prime condition, having
| trained six weeks or more for the encount-
The Pierce Weaver mystery growing out
OF the Georgia Pacific railroad accident
last December, in which fourteen lives were
lost, has been solved by the appearance OF
the original Weaver. who has been in
hiding. The two supposed widows were
suing the road for damages.
Information has been received at depart
ment headquarters that the order relieving
Col. Thomas F. Barr, deputy Judge advo-
cate general United States army, as Judge
advocate of the department OF Dakota, and
assigning him to duty at division headquar-
ters at Chicago, ILL.,, has been issued by
the war department., taking effect on the
LIST OF September.
At EldoFa, Iowa, q mob surrounded the
Jail and demanded Nate Thompson, who
was in. for drunkenness, but who is sus-
pected Of horse stealing and robbery. The
mob was unsuccessful, after firing about
twenty-five shots.
Ed. Shea, a we'll known resident OF Eau
Claire, was shot and killed in bagnio Ut
PRESTIGE, Wis, by q Frenchman.
Mrs. Della Boettcher. young married
woman, eighteen years Of age. committed
suicide at Davenport, Iowa, by leaping from