Stevens County tribune., 1878-07-04

elevators are bothered in the same way.
We received mess of new potatoes
from Mr.. J. Schultz, which he raised on
new breaking. They are large and mealy,
and we must say taste really good. They
ere the first we have had this season, al
! though Mr. s. has had them couple of
weeks. Thanks.
Bishop Whipple, assisted by the Revs
L. d. Mansfield and D. T. Booth, held
services in Goods Hail. last Monday even
ing. The sermon was preached by the
Bishop, and was listened to by large con-
gregation, who had the pleasure of hear
ing very earnest and able DISCOURSE on
| the Resurrection"
STEVENS COUNTY AHEAD!-Minnesota,
said Bishop Whipple, in his remarks last
Monday evening, lis without comparison;
in all my travels have never seen coun-
try more bountifully blessed" In con-
versation, he afterwards said: "This coun-
ty is one of tie best portions of the State,
and in few years will be one Of the
wealthiest."
A fire was discovered in some hay under
the sidewalk near ]. D. Goods premises;
1t is supposed that some person threw q
| lighted cigar through crack i'll the side
walk and in this way ignited the hay; for
tunately it was discovered and extinguished
before any damage was done, but people
ought to see that fire from matches, pipes,
or cigars, are thrown where there will be
no chance of damage.
Last Saturday night couple of thieves
undertook to help themselves to some coal,
from j. D. Goods coal-bin. AL Nash was
sleeping i'll the store and heard the noise,
and started out to see what was going on,
but he unfortunately fell over a scale,
which made rattling noise, thus alarm
ing the thieves who made good their es-
cape. Had Al got bead on them with
his revolver, it is probable that there would
have been one less thief In the world.
improvements appear to be in order,
and we are having some acceptable chan
ges made. All the buildings on Atlantic
Avenue, between Larson & Nilson's and the
American House are being raised up to
grade; Mr.. Henry Baldwin has moved his
Office on to lot facing On 5th street; Mr..
]. Christensen has moved the house re-
Gently bought by him, to site on the
high ground near the park. These are a
few of the Improvements, but they add
very much to the appearance of the town.
and we can now get over the sidewalks
without danger to life and limb, and also
without jeoparding our immortal part
The attention Of the Village Council is
called to the necessity of an ordinance, to
prevent papers, shavings &C., from being
swept into the street; it is not only nui-
sance but there is also danger attending
it, for it is liable to cause horses to run
away, and thereby endanger both life and
property. Two or three instances came
under our notice last week, where had it
not been for passers-by, accidents would
have resulted, and in the cases mentioned
loose sheets of paper were the cause of the
trouble, they blow about, strike against
horses legs, and make rustling noise, and
in this way frighten teams. The nuisance
should be abated.
We have received from Mr.. Belfoy, of
the firm of Belfoy & Jubert, of Litchfeld,
a copy of a work published by them, en-.
titled Random Historical Sketch of
Meeker County" All who are interested
in the earlier history of Minnesota, will
find this very valuable work, as it chron-
icles many interesting events connected
with the early settlement of the State. We
find the following mention Of parties well
known in this vicinity: "a little before
daylight two families came to the stockade,
from the school house, where they had
spent the night, viz: N. E. Tornbom, wife
and four children-one of them Sophia
now the wife of John Landberg (Sherif OF
Stevens Coy
For two years in succession the third
of July has been BLACK Friday" in this
vicinity; by singular coincidence, on that
day in the year 1875 and also in 1877, the
grass-hoppers first lit in upon US, and il
was not singular that some people felt lit
tie nervous yesterday. We are glad to say
that Mr. G. H. did mot come, and and he
missed it bad, for the crops never looked
| finer than they do now; almost every field
has headed out and it looks as though we
were going to have large crop, yet we do
not think that it will equal the expecta-
tions of some, for the reason that the straw
is too heavy, the heads are all full but
do not look as long as they did in 1875,
when the yield was very large one The
straw this year having attained an i'm
mense growth, we are Inclined to think
that the heads, will on that account be
smaller.
MIR. V. B. Sutherland and wife, and DIR.
D. R. Sutherland, wife and family, of
Poughkeepsie N. Y, arrived last Thurs
day and took possession of the Becker
farm, which the Docter has lately pur-
chased. MIR. Sutherland came fully pre-
pared to go at once to work on his estate,
he has brought his horses, machinery and
also household goods, and will at once set
to work in earnest. This large farm-or
more properly ''estate;" is one Of the finest
tracts of land in Stevens County, ana is q
| very valuable peice of proDerty: il ia sitlla-