The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-09-18
OTHE ERWISE.

The American Powder company, formed
to buy up small plants through ou t the coun-
try, has been incorporated at Springfield, LII.
The island of Schnett. at Press burg, has
been Inundated The bodies Of TWEEN ty- one
persons who were drowned during the food
have been Ound floating in the Elbe.
Judge Holmes. OF the Supreme court of
Massachus ct is, has decided that state court
cannot enjoin national bank The decision
was the outcome o Il case connected with
the Potter-LoveIl failure.
During a shower, quite a number of live
fish tel in Cairo, ILL.,, of the sun perch and
buffalo species. They were stunned by con.
tact with the earth, but many were revived
by placing in water and are still alive.
The English syndicate which purchased
the Philadelphia brewery or So, 900, 900 has
failed to make the payments due Unless
the money is paid by Sept. Is, the deposit
o. $15O,OOO will be for cited.
TIE labor congress in session ut Ottawa,
Ont, adopted resolution that we demand
on behalf o the people OF this country the
right to hereafter elect our governor in.
stead OF having one appointment by the
British government
The National Swedish Mission union, in
action for two years on resolution looki ng
to closer relations with Congregationlsts.
The next annual meeting will be held at
Phelps Center, Neb.
Many petitions asking for the speedy pas
sage of the anti-Iottery bill by the senate
are received every day by member of the
committp which has the bill in charge 9th
er rommunica tions asking why the bill has
not been passed are received from all parts
OF the country
Black diphtheria is epidemic at Peoria, Ill,
and in consequence of the disease two pub
lie and two parochial schools have been
closed. Eleven families i'll one vicinity are
suffering rom the disense. The board OF
health have taken steps to prevent a spread
of the disease.
Two Of the largest natural gas wells ever
developed in the Pittsburg district have been
struck. One of the wells is located near
Bellevernon and is owned by the Philadelphia
company. The other is Re-pr0perty o the
Bridgewater Gas company, and is in the
Wildwood field.
A convention to take from the constitu-
tion of Kentucky several obnoxious features
placed there by the proslavery convention
of 1S49 and to make it conform to modern
ideas has convened at Frank ort. EX-Goy
Proctor Knott is the most prominent am ong
the half dozen candidates or president of the
convention.
AMortgage on the lines of the Great North
ern railway has been filed in the coluty au.
ditors office at Seattle. Wash. The mortgage
is made to the Central Trust company un-
der date Of July !. The amount OF the mort
gage is $30.OO0.O0O. The purpose of the
loan is stated to be Tor the Pacific ex tension
o the Great Northern from Assinaboine to
Puget sound. The extension, it is said, will
cost $25,O0O,OOO.
A. j. Menocal and several other gentlemen
of the engineering staff ofthe Nicaragua ca.
nal construction corps have just reached
Washington from Greytown on short leave
of absence. They report commendnble pro,
gress already on the engineering process.
Several million dollars have already been
spent, and tie active work of canal con.
struction is now we'll under way and SO vel!
started and under such favorable financial
auspices that the success OF the scheme they
say, is assured.
Thirteen Cinnamon passed through NJ on
treal in bond on their way to Yokohama via
Vancouver. They came from New York and
are going home for holiday, having made
considerable money in the tea and laundry
business. One of the Cinnamon who could
speak English said in forcibIe language that
China would soon retaliate on Engishmen
and Americans by preventing them from en-
tering china except under certain conditions
The Cinnamon felt very angry at being coD.
veyed in bond like freight.