The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-08
canal company which has been trying mors
than yeor to secure this privilege.
IN GENE ERAL,


The receiver of Kean L Co., OF Chicago
bIlitier $4,000.
A convention of manufacturers OF road
making machines is in session at Pittsburg,
considering the advisability OF forming
trust.
The aldermen of Sioux City, Iowa, eleven
in number visited Chicago and inspected
the worlds fair site the parks and pubic
buildings.
During 1890 Colorado mines produced
$2o, ,SS1, 384, divided as follows: Silver,
$40, ,269, 900; gold. $4.512, 1876; lead, 3d.
TAG, ,s52; copper, &350,440.
The Union Leagure club OF Chicago has
taken the initiative step toward securing
improvements in the city's appearances dur
ing the worlds fair and the removal OF un
slightly landma rks.
Messrs Armour, Norris and Swift oiChica'
10 declare that the statement that they
were about to purchase the Union stock
yards at st. Louis and the National stock
yards at East st. Louis p is untrue. n..
Nothing has been heard OF the steamship
Thanemore Baltimore for London, since she
sailed, Nov. 26. There were on board thirty
four officers and crew, twelve cattlemen anu
43O head OF cattle.
The announcement is made that the Young
Mems Christian Association of Chicago is tc
erect q magnificent building on the corner Of
La Sale and Madison streets at costs o.
$1,4O0,00O The building will have fourteen
stories.
Representative of the Mutual Insurance
companies from Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa
Minnesota, illinois, Indiana and Ohio were
in conference With manufacturers represent
ing large interests from these states. They
succeeded it was announced, in forming an
association for the strengthening of mutual
insurance companies, and also in securing
the CO. operation of the capitalists present.
The Farmers Alliance OF Missouri, 10 tax
ing steps to compete by cooperative manu-
featuring with the $35, 600, 900 consolidated
American Harvester company, Of Chicago
movement iS now on foot to establish g
binder factory in Missouri, the necessary
capital to be raised by subscription and TN
plant to be run on a cooperative basis, The
scheme 10 being pushed with decided Vigor.
The business failures occurring throughout
the United States for the entire year 1890
a. reported by r. G. Dun & Co., are 1e, ,907
in number, being but 25 greater than ir
1SS9 when the number was 0,S62. The
nAOlltleB snow very large increase over
1889, being $3.50, 900 900, as against $14S,
10000, an increase of $41 100000. These
are the largest liabilities since 1884, wher
they amounted to 1929, 100000.
The strain upon L. L. Stevens, owner o
the Sanborn county. s. D., bank, which fail
ed has driven him mad. Steps are being
taken to have him examined and sent TO ar
asylum. Just before going crazy he gave
instrRctions to the assignee to pay back
some money to few creditors who had
made late deposits, but, nobody knowing
the combination of the SAFE, it could not bt
opened. Small depositors lose about $50,
900, and they are greatly excited.
The past season has been unusually dis
astrous to the shipping of the'great lakes
From tabulated statement compiled from
the Detroit Journal, it 10 learned that Ii
schooners, whose total tonnage was 1915
tons and whose value was 1856, 500, wer'
lost. Twenty-seven schooners and harges
valued at $279, 900 and with q tonnage o
S,5S5 tons. were lost, as well as IL tug
valued as $7e, 900 and of $40 tons burden
making the total number of vessels lost 55
with an aggregate tonnage of $4,000 tom
and financial loss OF $713, 900.