Morris tribune., 1886-12-22
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Diedeutscheliterarisch is the
name of Roscoe Cd. T.) German society.
Governor-elect Luce, of Michigan, was
Friday unanimously reelected master Of tho
state grange.
Thursday night at Owensboro, KY, the
Welch Distilling company's warehouse, with
1900 barrels of whisky, was destroyed by
fire.
Eight local National banks began suit Fri
day in the United States court at Cleveland,
Ohio, to restrain the county treasurer from
collecting taxes on bank shares.
The last feat of Krupp, the famous manu-
facturer of heavy guns, is cannon that will
throwgaar ballOsweighing two tons through
thirty-eight inches of solid iron
Charles Hamilton, a wealthy farmer liv-
ing near Lynn Station, Ind, went to Con-
nersville last Tuesday, drew large sum of
money from the bank, and has not since been
seen.
William Reed, the Boston embezzler, was
sentenced Friday to seven years imprison-
ment. His cash defalcation aggregates
$3.50, ,677, and his over issue Of stock is ], ,26S
shares. --.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road
is making arrangements to distribute, gratis
the daily weather predictions, and for the
dislay Of signal service flags at the principal
stations on It's system.
At Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, the Demo
cratic state central committee held meet
ing. Chairman Kinne and Secretary Charles
resigned, and Ed II. Hunter, Of Corning, and
A. 2. McQuirk, were elected to fll the va
cancies. =
=. -Four acres in the northwestern section Of
Shenandoah, Pa, settled two to four feet
Friday, partially wrecking fifty dwellings
and causing the widest alarm among the
people. The financial loss Is between $50, 900
and SIS, 900. 1 5.g'.....- z 18TH 10
George Rice, Of Marietta, Ohio, began suit
Friday, at Louisville, against the STANDARD
Oil company and the Louisville &c Nashville
railway, claiming 800, 600 damages, and
alleging that the defendants conspired to Sc
cure freight discriminations against him. Z
The engine Of an express train on the DEN.
yer & Rio Grande road struck cow Friday
morning near the bridge spanning the Gun.
nison river, and rolled down the precipice
in the river, the engineer and firenien being
killed. The coaches remained upon the
track and none Of the passengers were in
jured. ).l
A stake Of $50 O0O, to be run for on the
Louisville Jockey clubs track, has been ar
ranged for the spring of 1889. Entries are
to close Jan. Is next, and 200 must enter or
the race may be declared void at the option
Of the club. The distance is to be q mile
and quarter, weight for age, aad the first
horse is to get SAC, 1000; the second $4,000, and
the third 81, $40. Nominators of the place
horses are also to receive certain sum.
PEsTILENCE, POVERTY AND DEATH
Discovered i'm a Detroit Tenement-A
Pitiab1e Scene.
DETROIT, Dec. ga horrible scene of
pestilence, poverty and death has been dis
covered in the dilapitated frame house, 45s
Woodbridge street, in this city. The house
was occupied by stonecutter named
Thomas Grears, with his wife and five
children. Mrs. Grears died last Sunday, and
was buried Wednesday, her. babe being cared
for by the neighbors. Since the funeral the
house has been closed, and nothing was seen
of Grears or his children. e1ecoming suspi-
cious that something was wrong, neighbor
Friday morning broke in the door and found
the children ON the same bed on which lay
the father, who was crazy drunk All the
children were down with virulent attack
Of scarlet fever. A girl, 3 years old, was
dead, a boy, 8 years old, was strangling and
dying, and the other children were SO i'll they
could not move. There was neither fire nor
food in the house. The poor commission will
do everything possible to relieve the
children.