The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1893-01-12
General News.

DR.. W. l.. Challis failed at Atchison,
Kas., owing $135,o0O.
Leadville's gold and silver output last
year amounted to So, 160 3SS.
The Philadelphia beer pool has been
declared trust by the courts, and there
fore illegal.
The Haytien building at the Worlds
Fair grounds was the first erected by for
eign powers to be completed.
Republicans and Populists combined and
organized the Montana Assembly, electing
Matthews, Populist spea ker.
The American Sugar Refining Company
announces to stockholders that the divi-
dends on the preferred stock will hereafter
be declared quarterly instead of semi AN
nually.
President Bonney, of the Worlds Con.
gress Auxiliary, has issued the program Of
arrangements for the congress of horticul
turists to be held four days during the Elk
positian. beginning Aug. 16.
A young farmer named CARRIER, living
ten miles west of Fl, Scott, Kan, having
learned that his wife and his brother-in-
law Charles Kirby, loved each other,
traded his wife to Kirby for horse.
A large vein Of natural gas was struck in
well No. II at Sandy Creek, N, Y, recently.
The tools were thrown high in the air and
the drillers ran for their lives. The noise
of the escaping gas was heard two miles
away.
J.B. Greenhuk ofPeoria, Ill, ex- president
of the Whisky Trust, is at the Grand Pacific
Chicago, After being in consultation with
the various officers of the trust he entered
an emphatic denial to the charge that the
trust was behind speculative movement in
whisky.
A constitutional convention ofthe League
of American Wheelmen has been called for
Feb. 20 at Philadelphia. A three days
session will likely be held. The annual
meeting of the national assembly and cleo
ton of officers will also occur at the same
time and place.
A call has been issued for q conference in
Pittsburg of all persons who will join in
the formation of political party for the
abolition or suppression of the drink traf-
fic in the United States and Tor such other
moral, economic, financial and industrial
reforms as are needed in the country.
A deal which is expected to materially
increase the volume of the pork packing
business of st. Louis became known recent
ly. The firm of Francis Whittier & Sons
have sofa out tnelr nOS plant at inc Ma
tional stock yards in East st. Louis, and
it is understood that Swift & Co, of Chica-
go, Kansas City, Omaha, will take posses
sion of the property and greatly improve
it preparatory to embarking in the business
ofpacking beet on very large scale.
It.has been finally settled says Findlay,
Ohio advice, that the natural gas supply
of this great gas belt is no longer equal to.
the demand. The pressure is so low that
it is useless for heating purposes in homes
even. Several ofthe largest factories here
are experimenting with crude oil for fuel
and have found italmost as cheap as natur-
al gas, far safer, more easily controlled and
always uniform in pressure.
The beer war began at st. Louis by the
English syndicate known as the St. Louis
Brewing Association, is increasing in ami.
mostly. The principal grievance Is the
fact, as alleged by the association, that the
men they bought out some time ago have
violated pledges to not go into business
again. The Anheuser- Busch or Lemp
breweries which are the only old brew.
cries not In the syndicate, are meeting the
cuts and will stay in the battle to the
end.