The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-09-06
News in General.

singular character has just been placed
in the insane asylum at Tuscaloosa, Ala bama.
The wild man was captured in the woods
near Coosa mountain, Shelby county. He is
about fifty years old and his hair and beard
have grown to great length.
A New York telegram says that Pat Kelly
of Minnesota and several others have con-
tributed $4,000 to the Democratic CAM
paign fund in addition to President Cleve-
lands. Chairman Brice signed his name to
check for $40, 900 as his donation.
Another pocket of quartz was blasted at
the Michigan mine at Ishpeming, Mich.
Twenty pounds or more of the rock contain
ing gold at the rate of $4,000 to $4,000
uncovered. A gold company to operate the
adjoining property is being organized. The
excl tement runs very high
1t is stated that William Scully, alias
"Lord" Scully, the alien Illinoisl andord,
will offer his farm for sale and dispose of all
of his property in that state. By the enforce
inent of the alien land law Scully's system
of crack hunting" shas been broken up. his
tenants refusing to pay rent.
Many residents of Caldwell, Ohio, have fled
from that place to avoid an epidemic of NAL
for some time at Caldwell. More than q hum
dred cases have been reported, with twenty
five deaths. 1t is now believed to be under
control, and no new cases are reported.
Bismarck, Dakota will be made weather
Headquarters on large scale. 1t has been
discovered that the weather originates in
that vicinity, and in order to give the world
the full benefit of this fact, two additional
observers will be located in Bismarck. Gen.
Greedy lived in Bismarck while he built the
military telegraph lines west of the Missouri.
1t is reported here that cholera is raging
in Pressure Isle county Michigan and that
the people are dying like sheep, with no doc
tors in the immediate vicinity. Nine persons
have died in one day. While the report may
be exaggerated, it is known that q short
time ago people were suffering with bowel
trouble. Officials of that county will invesu
gate the matter.
the armory in Chicago and there found his
runaway son. Little Clark Burgett is eleven
years old and has played truant number of
times Once he went as far as Denver, anoth-
er time to Minneapolis, and q week ago he
left his home in Baraboo and caught ride
to Chicago on a freight train. His father
says the boy is usually well behaved when at
home, but cannot be kept there.
great commotion was caused in Jack
sonville Florida, by report that the Savan-
nah, Florida & Western railroad refused to
take passengers from that point even on
through tickets to Northern points, where
towns had invited refugees to go. One
passenger was thrown off the train at Lavilla
Junction, as the conductor said that he had
orders not to allow q single passenger to
leave on the train. No express north nor
any other package will be taken. 1t cannot
be ascertained as yet who is responsible for
this tyrannical rule.
The first shipment of bullion was lately
made from Livingston, Montana. The bull
ion comes from the new smelter at the Castle
mines, which has been running abo 1T week.
and the shipment consists of 10000 pounds,
billed to the Aurora Smelling company at
Aurora, III. The smelter is now turning out
about twelve tons per day, which averages
net nearly $50 per ton. Developments on
other mines beside the Cumberland, from
which this ore is taken, are being rapidly
pushed forward and new enterprises are on
foot which will boom Castle this fall.
All trains have been stopped on the Mack
ey's system of railroads, owing to strike
by Chiefs Arthur and Sargent. The system
includes the Peoria, Decatur Evansville
the Evansville & Indianapolis and the Evans
vile 4 Terre Haute roads, having total
length of 700 miles. The trouble began
some weeks ago out of the determinations
said to have been made by Master Mechanic
Smith against brotherhood men. Chiefs
Arthur and Sargent came to the scene of ac-
ton and temporarily settled the matter,
but repeated snubs, it is alleged, have precip-
itated the strike, which includes all the en-
gineers fremen and switohmen.
One hundred armed Sioux, travelling rapid
", toward the Shoshone reservation, crossed
the Union Pacific tracks 200 miles west of
Cheyenne. They have been visiting the Utes
in Colorado. The Indians will reach the
reservation in -four days il that place is their
objective point. There was nothing new
from the reservation, but the Indians are un-
easy and trouble can scarcely be avcrted.
Two white men were found dead near the
Rattlesnake mountains on the reservation,
where they were doubtlessly murdered by the
Sioux, who donned war paint, after being
0pdesed off the Shoshone reservation. Half
breed hunfers rapart tile presepae af u hand Of
$50 hostile Indians within seventy miles OF
the reservation. They are fully armed, have
plenty Of ammunition, extra ponies and
no women and children along. Five Sioux
on the reservation were arrested by the
Indian agent.