The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-05-01

At h3Sss 94abt2 N Wills osman and Edward
Standish Quarreled over girl Osman stab.
bed Stundish eight times with a knife and he
will probably die
Miss Lena Woodruff from Appleton. Wis,
lost all her money, amountmgto 500, while
on the way to Chcag0, where she was going
to buy u stock Of millinery to start 4 store in
Appleton She was cared for by the police,
Henry W. King the ex-perfect OF the Penn
sylvania institution for the blind at Phila
delphia, who was convicted Of crimes of a
grossly immoral nature, has been sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary.
J. B. Quinby Of WaverIy, Iowa, took laud-
anum at Cedar Falls. Immediately a ter
taking it he called the hotel clerk and a doc
tor was sent tor, who came in time to savehis
life. disappointment IN love is supposed to be
the cause.
Sim Garrett and Jerry Leel who were in
Jail at ST. Augustine, Tex. n charge o! at
tempting to poison Col John Il. Brooks and
family, were taken from the jail and Iynched.
Convenient hooks in front of a butcher shop
we're converted into an imprOmptu gallOws.
Five sisters numed Demovieroff committed
suicide at Moscow. Russian. The cause ofthe
deed was their fpar Of being arrested as Nihi-
lists short time before taking their lives
they burned oil of their papers, presumably
with the object OF shielding Others.
Joseph Anderson of Minneapolis and
George R. Buchan of Pittsburg, exchange
shots in the former city, and the former is
mortally wounded The trouble arose from
Mis- Anderson being found in Buchan's COM
pany.
A New York female reporter who set out
to investigate the practices Of divorce detec-
tives found that there is q class Of women
who find regular employment in helping wives
to secure divorces. These women can be hir-
to entrap men into situations furnishing real
or apparent grounds Tor divorce.
John Mont0o-~--.J ,,nI 1Io-.,y COsgrove
Were arrested at Fort Dodge Iowa, charged
with conspiracy to ruin the business of a
horseman named o. B. Post by ''dOpinr''
colts sired by his thoroughbred stallion. The
two men arrested are horse doctors and also
own a rival stallion. 1t is charged that they
are trying to increase their breeding business
by causing the death Of colts sired by the
other horse.
Gen. Coon and posse of ten consta bles
have been patroIing the southern frontier
OF CaIi!ornia, watching a gang of Cinnamon
who made several attempts to cross Coon
captured q white man and q wagon and
later caught another white man. Just before
daylight the Chinese made q rush for United
States soil. Several forded the Tia Juana
river and Others rushed for the hills The
officer captured six mongolians.
The missing leg of the mutilated body OIL
Mrs. Mettiman, who was murdered month
ago, WAS found in the river at Leavenworth
near the Planters hotel. The police are still
bunting or Charles A. Benson, the supposed
murderer. The investigation of his career
shows that he is an exile from Germany
whence he escaped to America several years
ago. He was charged with blowing up his
sisters house and killing two of her children
There was q serious riot among the citizens
ofMcCormick, S. c. A Mr.. Sturkey reported
Druggist Calhoun for selling whisky on Sun
day. Druggist Calhoun shot the officer who
was sent to arrest him. Other citizens Their
took hand and a general fight ensued, in
which several persons are said to have beer
shot. p. B. Calhoun is the only man known
to have been fatally shot. Several arrests
have been made.
John L. Morris, of Fannin county, Texas
while travelling in Greer county, killed his
two companions-W E. Roberts and Johr
Mows-whiIe all were in camp. The shot.
were fred from O Bix-shooter. both parties
being shot through the head from behind Of
they slept Morris buried the bodies in 6
sandbank and tried to make his escape out
of the county, but was arrested shortly after
The had concealed the bodies.
Michael H. Kitson, aretired railroad mar
of Burlington, To-, put strychnins in thu
sugar bowl at the Barrett restaurant and
Ilbsrally dosed his coffee with the same. ii