The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-30

--.~Makee county bear the
front name of John" There is six Johns
altogether, three being republicans and
three democrats. 1t is a peculiar coincidence
Darlington has appointed John T. Merrill
as its industrial agent, at yearly salary of
81, 500. He is to keep instantly at work at
home and abroad in the city's interest, visit
ing eastern manufactures wishing western
locations.
Citizens ofCouncil Bluffs and Omaha are
talking of building two to5oggan slides be,
tween the two cities. The cost of putting I'D
the slides will be in the neighborhood of
81, 500 and will make slide of over O mile
each way.
I. I. Cummings, for many years resident
OF Marshalltown, but lately of Chattanooga
Tenn, where he held the position of engineer
in the electriclight works, was instantly killed
by coming in contact with an arc lamp. His
remains have been shipped to Marshalltown.
The Des Moines W. C. T. U. proposes to do
q good work. 1t has been discovered that
some children in the city are unable to at
tend school hecuns~ t. If parents are too
poor = buy books III ladies propose to
remedy this and furnish ooks to all deserv-
ing needy ones.
1t is feared the mild weather of the early
part of the season followed by the extreme
cold Of the past few days has done great
damage to next summers fruit crop. Tile
fruit buds are well advanced in Iowa and it is
! thought continued cold snap will kill the
| crop.
John Snyder, of Storm Lake, lost twenty
four head OF cattle by drowning in the lake.
He neglected to break a hole in the ice for
them to drink out of and they walked out to
a crack some distance from the shore, where
their combined weight broke the ice and let
them in.
c. NJ. Counsel, a prominent citizen Of
Farley, Dubuque county, was found dead
in his house, where he lived alone. When
found the body was frozen rigid He had
apparently just entered the house wher
stricken down, as his hat and overcoat wert
not removed.
E. Y. Clark, a brakeman on the Rock Isl
and road met terrible death at Ottumws
while setting a switch. His foot became fast
ened between the switch and the main rail, ant
he was unable to get it out before the wheels
were upon him. He was horribly manglet
and died in an hour after the accident
Northern Iowa is threatened with On i'm
mediate coal famine, which, il the presen
cold weather continues, will entail suffering
The Fort Dodge and Lehigh coal fields ar
the principal source of the fuel supply TO
this region. At present. more than half O
the miners are suffering from la grippe an
unable to work. The remainder are working
night and day, but cannot supply the dc
mand. Special trains are run from tn
mines to meet the urgent demands, but th
dealers announce that they cannot fill ha
the orders
Miss Minnie Brownlee, a Scott count
: teacher, has been arrested for Furnishing
refractory pupil. A party of boys bande
together with the determination to ru
things, and when the teacher tried to call
halt by birching one of their number th
others made q united effort to rescue hin
The plncky teacher held on, however, an
trounced the urchin in fine style. The DO
claims the teacher used the stove poker, bu
Miss Brownlee denies the charge. The count
superinten dent upholds the teacher in h
action.