Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-11
LOCAL. ITEMS

LOCAL ITEMS
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The St, Paul House is being enlarged.
T. Phelps is going to move on his farm.
r. T. Archibald, paid Morris a flying
visit.
Are we to have shade trees or not, that's
the question.
Last Monday was not as summerish as it |
might have been.
DR., Holden has opened drug store in
the Rue building-the rear /
There was another small strike Saturday
but no delay resulted from it.
The cause State of Minnesota, VS., j. /
Fgan is adjourned until to-day
This is bad weather for horses, Judge
Deakin lost one last Thursday.
There are nearly 1900 acres of wheat
seeded on the wellington farm"
N. Stone and wife of Granite Falls, are
the guests of Mrs. H. W. Stone,
Messrs Larson & Nilsson are putting up
quite large addition to their store.
Give us good crop, and we won't take a
back seat, from any county in the state.
The boys treated Mr.. and Mrs burst to
charivari, Sunday evening. No funeral.
Some of the boys were seen laying out
new grounds, to be used for base ball pur-
poses.
Can't some one lay off croquet ground:
Don't or;goodness sake forget your cum
ming.
j. P, Cooper, returned from New York,
last Friday, and is looking well after his
stay east.
r. Fl. Wellington, returned last Thurs.
day, and brought car load of stock for
his farm
Suppose we have plenty of. snow. next
winter, where is it going to pile up, if these
sheds remain -.te
E. j. Stilwell of ST. Paul, travelling agent
for Averill, Russel s. Carpenter, paid us
visit Saturday. -.
Give us a shanty or two more in our pub
lie streets, and we will not want to drain
or decorate them.
The tstrike" ended by tie strikers being
discharged, and new set of mcn were
hired in their stead.
Mr.. Jones of the firm of Jones & yelling
ton, of Winneconne Wis, was in town the
fore part of the week.
From private sources we learn thai
"Shang" has sobered up, and is running q
paper in Portage City Wis.
Our merchants all look happy, trade has
revived, and all feel as though good times
were coming once again. a#s
Buel Chichester, our Co. sup't. of schools
returned from Alexandria Friday, and viii
remain here during the summer. aa
We would like to know which of tlss
boys, sent US q compositor while we were
in St Paul. II was clear case of talk Il
death. ..-----s,e.
Mrs. Light and Mrs. D. G. Good O
Pennsylvania, who have been visiting re
latiyes in this vicinity, returned HON,
Saturday.
Messrs Wolff, Wells s. Stone intenc
building on a large addition to their store
It's to occupy the vacant lot on the eaa
side of their premises.
Glenwood is to have two papers, th
Press and Eagle, which is a good thin,
for Pope Couty, but rather poor bushes
for the papers. .lI/
This isa bad country for doctors, Their
is no one sick, but few get hurt, and if i
was not fashionable to have a physician
we could do without one.
Its no Use to try to keep track of al
who are coming. Suffice to say that, Til
hotels are yet full, and the amount Of LAM
being filed on is enormous.
10000 feet of lumber was hauled from
Morris TO Toqua last week. The Iumbe
Is to be used erecting buildings etc. d
claims, in the vicinity Of Gracevillc
Boston folks call their city til,
Hub. but some one has gone to work an,
figures it out, that our capitol-St Paul
is SO near the centre of the world, that Their
isno use for Boston to put on airs any long
a.
There is some talk of having bricl
yard in this vicinity, tits just what is want
ed, aud the man who can find the clay an,
make 9 good quality Of brick, can make al
everlasting fortune. 100
The many friends of Mr.. Fl. r. Gardiner
formerly u conductor and now in iii
freight department Of tire st. Paul q r. 4
r win be glad to know that he is the own
err of very valuai'le bay stallion llalne
fSkiDkle.' by Skinkle IIameltouiap, fs:2el
ntof Kitty Clyde. ~ Ppghs Aratrs. 'Thi
colt tnivelcd q mile last fall, malsing III
handsome rrcord Of 2;4J. IIor :emen speal
very highly Of this horse, and If nolhin
iIappcns, we expect 70 l,ear Of his eqaaIlinI
his SIS Isecsa.