The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-06-12
HERE AND THERE.

1t is reported that the louisiana Lottery
company will spend S., 900, 900 to secure the
election OF a friendly governor and legisla-
ture in North Dakota. t..
= 1t is said that the Louisiana lottery people
are gaining ground. The opponents of the
lottery attribute this result to the lavish use
of money, which has been going on. -.
The dedication of Garibaldl's statue in
Washington Square, New York, took place
recently in the presence OF large number
of people. Several Italian societies partlci-
pated in the ceremonies.
A gas motor has been successfully tested
in the street railways of Chicago, The gas
is generated by stored naphtha and isignited
by means OF electricity. Fifteen miles an
hour is the average speed attained.
The school ship Saratoga sailed from Della
ware Breakwater for her first sea voyage.
She has 103 boys on board, and will visit
Fayal, Southampton, Lisbon, MADEIRA and
other points, returning to Philadelphia
about October.
Rt Rev. Edward T. O'Dwyer Catholic
bishop of Limerick, Ireland, has issued u
pastoral letter Withdrawing from the priests
in his diocese the power to gran t absolutlon
to persons guilty of boycotting of advoeat.,
ing and practicing "the plan of campaign
Rev Mr.. Green, of the Escanaba (Mich.)
Episcopal church. will probably be tried I'M
der the alien contract labor law. he was q
pastor at the Canadian 500 church, and while
serving there was contracted with to supply
the Escanaba pulpit.
Gov. Hoard and the Wisconsin state board
of supervision have ordered the warden OF
the state prison to release from custody on
parole at the expiration of the minimum
period of their terms three prisoners senten-
ced under chapter $50, Laws of 1890, to
general terms of not less than the minimum
or more than the maximum number OF years
provided for the punishment OF the several
crimes which they committed
Amysterious prospecting party from Mon.
tana left Edmonton for Fort ARsinaboine,
on the Athabasca river, on the old trail to
Lesser Slave lake. Their destination is a Sc
cret, but it is somewhere in the Peace river
country and Laird river. They had very lit
tie to say regarding their plans, but did not
seem to need or desire much information re-
garding the country to which they were 60
ing. They expect to winter in the Peace river
region.
A number of families in Waterloo, Iowa,
have recently been taken suddenly very sick
with symptoms of poisoning, followed rap
idly by stupor. There have been no fatal
cases, though in several death was narrowly
escaped. The physicians ascribe the sickness
to posion with tyrotoxicaline, the newly dis
covered poison from decomposed milk. 1t is
believed that the recent hot weather caused
this poison to brcome active.
The lottery company in Louisiana is now
paying 20 cents name for signatures to
petitions in favor of1s I'eclhFt One petit
tion had only five signatures. Three OF
them were saloonkeepers and the fourth man
has been in the insane asylum twice. In
Point Coupee signatures were obtained
from the careless and ignorant by represent
ing that tho petitions were for appropria-
tions for levees. There are reports that the
lottery, recognizing its defeat, wishes to
compromise by taking recharter for one
year, till Jan. 1895. The antis refused to
yield an inch.