The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-02-09

n uOW CreaueTy WIFI u CdpaClUy OF l,OUO
pounds day will start up at Alexandria,
Dakota, about April 1.
A shooting affray occurred at Knoxville,
Tennessee, recently, in which three men
were wounded, one fatally.
1t is denied that there is famine i'm.
minent at Fort Mckinney, Wyo.
The following pensions have been grant
ed: Wisconsin j. O'Rourke, Milwaukee;
]. Oleson, Northfeld; A. Newcomb. La
Crosse; j. Johnson, Wauwatosa: H. Al
field, New London; S. Nj. Horton, Perley;
B. F. Tubbs Hebron; A. Hamman, Spar
ra; W. Trask. Rice Lake; A. Nichols, Spar
ta; G. M. Bidwell Evansville; D. Davis,
Bangor; A. Englerth, Norwalk; G. A..
Bovington, Valley Junction; A. Lawrence,
Madison; A. P. Markham, Eagle; A. Hill
Emet; y. D. Wood, Black Earth; W: Wal
lis. Flintville. Dakota-Widow S. L..
Ryan, Bismarck; j. Smith, Osnabrook: l..
Richard, Grafton. Minnesota-C. PIERCE
Newport; s. Sherman, Linwood; E. Harris,
Shell City; A. e. McGinnis. Clermont; s.
Price, Pipestone.
The house committee on invalid pen
sions has agreed to report favorably to
the house the bill granting pension Of
50, 900 a year to Mrs. j ohm A. Logan and
to icnrease the pension OF Mrs. A. A. Blair,
widow OF the late Francis P. Blair, Jr., to
the same amount.
Postmasters commissioned: Wisconsin:
Ipswich, A. L. Crump; Montpelier, j. N.
Tikaisky. Fourth class postmasters ap-
pointed: Iowa; Horn, A. II. Trait Jr.;
Matlock. r. Allen.
Public Printer Benedict is given rhet
orical castigation by Congressman Hen
derson OF Iowa.
Ben Edwards, who SO grossly assaulted
Miss Catharine Hughes near Amity City,
La, recently, was hanged to tree by in.
dignant citizens.
The house select committee on election
of president and representatives in con-
gress has agreed to report favorably to
the house the Grain resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution SUBJ
stituting Dec. 81 for March 4 as the COM
mencement and termination of the official
term of.members OF the house OF represen-
tatives and providing that congress shall
hold its annual meeting on the first Mon.
day in January.
The st. James, London, Gazette says it
has authentic advices from st. Petersburg
that an army officer who had been shot in
the region OF the heart was taken to q hos
pital, where the doctor declared that his
wound was mortal. The officer thereupon
admitted that he had shot himselfin order
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He said he was q member OF q secret socie.
ty which had balloted to decide who should
undertake to assassinate the czar, and the
choice had fallen upon him. Several
persons in the hospital who overheard
part oil the confession were Immediately
arrested. Two physicians who were pres.
ent on duty, were liberated.
The Gen. g. X. Warren statue will be un-
veiled at Little Round Top. Gettysburg,
Aug. 8, 1SSS-the anniversary OF the gen.
erals death.
Winnipeg Special: No through trains
have arrived on the Canadian Pacific since
the 25th. A whole train load OF passen-
gers are said to be blocked up in the mid
die OF the mountains, and fears are enter
tanned for their safety as the supply OF
provisions is not very large. The Cana
dian Pacific has stopped receiving through
wheat shipments, owing to the blockade
on the north shore OF Lake Superior.
The court OF claims has given a iudg-
iment for $43, ,572 in favor OF the State OF
Louisiana, in it's suit to recover moneys
due under the swamp lands act OF Feb.
90, 1911, and withheld by accounting OIL.
cerssof the treasury rs An offset to other
claims. The court also awarded Edward
H. Skelsey $7,707 damages in his suit for
balance due from the government under a
contract for the construction OF q Golfer.
dam at Rock Island, I'll.
Bishop Ireland delivered an address on
temperance at the Washington Bijou thea
ter recently to q crowded audience.