The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-06


be taken in the
The Des Moines l..
general assembly ought /.
out the adoption OF somelegle.
to make possible aaother dead-lU>
present.
Three masked footpads r2Pvd INTO the
wagon Q; Il am Allen Des MOines team
st.r and wcrc n. - -gh his pockets fot 50
cents. Disguised =, their short haul they
abused Allen for uling so poor and kicked
d quantity Of groceries be had in the wagon
all over the street.
A Cedar Rapids man had been missing
stove wood for some time q few days
ago loaded some of the sticks with gunpow-
der. The next morning the windows in his
neighbours kitchen suddenly opened and a
shower of pancakes. stove lids, tinware and
other articles fell over in his back yard.
John Carroll, Van Buren, county farmer,
living near Salem, was injured in peculiar
manner. He was attacked by an angry ram
and used pitch ork to defend himself. hold
ing the tines toward him. charge Of the
amin al drove the steel into Mr. CAROLS
breast, intiicting painful wound.
At Dubuque Judge Nev rendered decision
in the case of Father Jeane against Bishop
Hpnnessey. He took the ground that the
question was an ecclesiastical one and did
not come within the Jurisdiction of civil
court Father Jeane was "silenced' by the
bishop for some reason and brought suit for
damages.
Some boys under I years have been doing
n land office business in poultry dealing in
Ossian. By n systematic robbery they man.
aged to get upwards Of 200 chickens, which
they dressed and sold to various parties in
the town. They stole number of chickens
from poultry dealer. taking them from the
back OF the building, dressing and selling
at the front door to the unwary proprietor.
Yves Kelsey walked into the office of the
Union Mission at Burlington the other day
with blood in his eye, Il revolver ia one hand
and sledge hammer in the other, and threat
ened to kill he entire force and lay waste the
office unless an objectionable article in refer
ence to him was suppressed. Editor Mertz
expostulatCd that the article in question was
already in type and that he would be put to
considerable loss if it suppressed. Yves
covered the editor with his rev Oliver and init
mated that it was n grounding case and
something had to be killed-either the editor
or the article Merit, under the fascinating
influence of the sixshooter, ordered the print
ers to distribute the article and Kelsey st God
guard until the last letter fell into its place,
when he retreated in good order with his face
to the enemy.
Frank Hessian. living in the southern part
Of Humboldt county, swindled the German
Insurance company, of Freeport, out of be-
tween 5000 and $500 in a very peculiar way,
and the company has brought suit against
him for oht aiming money under false pretenses.
1t appears Hessian took out a policy OF
81 900 insurance some buildings on his
farm which had no existence, but there was
on the :arm the debris and foundation of a
residence which had been destroyed by fire
several years ago. Hessian covered the
foundation with straw, pieces of wood, etc,
and set fire to it, after which he waited until
good snow fell and then sent word to the
agent, who came out to his place, dug up the
ruins, satisfied himself that the building was
total loss and paid over the money. The
case will come up before the grand jury in
February,