Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-18

Lots Of amusement during Fair week.
A. L. Randall, of Big Stone was in town
Tuesday.
The rafters of the new church are slowly
going into position.
The County Agricultural Society are put
ting the race track in order.
Wheat is quoted at from 70 to 80 cents
for No. /; g. to IS for No g
Ortonville has daily paper issued by
the proprietors of the North Star.
Episcopal Services will be held every
Sunday, at Goods Hall, at O'Clock P. NJ.
Mr.. r. G. Moore left Monday evening,
for st. Paul, to attend meeting of the di-
reCtors of the L. F. s. D. r. r.
The Ladies Aid Society met at the resi-,
dence of Mrs. F. B. Kenner, yesterday
The next meeting is at the residence Of
Mrs. A. DeKay.
] D. Good is erecting large warehouse
in rear of his premises. The building faces
On Fifth St, and will be a substantial struc,
turc s4x40, two stories high.
G. D. O'Brien, T. j. Kelly and Johnnie
Mccarthy ia son of j. c. Mccarthy, all of
st. Paul, were in town the first of the week,
enjoying themselves hunting.
Alderman Perkins is having the large
stable in rear of his hotel moved to the ad
joining lots. This improvement was neces-
sary as more room was wanted.
Il. T. Lovttt has disposed of his residence
to Albert DeKay. Mr. L. is closing out his
business and disposing of his property with
q view to locating in Traverse county.
The surveying corps on the line of the
Little Falls & Dakota road will reach this
point this evening, and by October LIST, the
survey will be completed to Browns Val
ley.
The school house site now comprises 6
whole block, as the remainder of the lots
have been purchased. This is business
now let the work be commenced on the
building
Brown & Harris have now q large safe
in their Office. The immense rush of bust
ness, and we presume correspendingly large
increase of. cash receipts, renders place 81
safe keeping a necessity.
The secretary of our base ball club ha!
invited the Glenwood, Benson and Big
Stone clubs to compete for purse of $50
| fsi hn
thinks it probable their club will accept
The GlenWood club has accepted
The sneak thief, mention of whom wa
made last week, having served his term O
Imprisonment, was let out, and in less thar
five hours was again in the hands of TIN
Marshal. He was escorted out of town
and told he would be Immediately ARRESTED
should he return.
Thos. Thomasson is usually a quiet deco
rous citizen, but if he felt inclined to b
hilarious and even boisterously gay, VIII
could blame him, for it is not every man.
happiness to be presented with an eleve
pound baby boy. Mrs. Thompson and DO
are progressing finely.
Several of the walking fraternity VIII
have been fined and committed to jail TO
various misdemeanors, arc busy with pic
and shovel working out their fines GA til
streets. This is wholesome ordinance
as it gives the Village some return for tn
outlay and expense incurred in their care
A seedy looking individual, accompanie
by one. or two cronics, meandered int
Waterston's restaurant last Saturday, an
ordered watermelon, and after partakine
took themselves off, with the remark tina
they had no "chink" Watterston had til
leader arrested and fined for obtainin
goods undertake. pretences.
G. K. Orion, the enterprising proprieto
of the town site of Ortonville, was in tow
Monday, on his return from the city. H
reports everything lively, an immens
amount of business being transacted. Th
keel for large steamboat has been laic
and it is expected to have the boat CON
in the spring.
] Messrs. Helgeson & Hanson have pul
! chased the building adjoining the Perkin
] House, and as soon as it can be put in orde
will remove their stock of merchandise t
this eide of the track. We do not dout
but the move will be to their benefit. q
/ this appears to be the business portion {
! the town The depot, elevators, and M,
iority of hotels bring business to this sid,
We have done considerable BLOWN
about the immense number of wheat stack
: which dot our prairie, but we have not e:
i aggerated. From MIR. D. i. Wheaton's re
idence, there are in plain sight nearly seve
hundred stacks, yet unthreshed. Had a
the grain been yet in the stack, the numb,
would have gone over one thousand, bl
quite a large number in the immediate v
cinity have finished threshing.
The following notice explains itself;
ST. PAUL, MINI, Sept 10, 1879.
/After October 1st, 1879, this Compap
Vyfll not keep supply Of Wood for sale !
N ITS Stations.
n Wood will be furnished to Stations WEI
4 of Litchfeld, in carload lots, at the follow
ing prices On board cars:
Maple. .................. $4.75 per Core
, Oak 4.25 Z
mixed. ................... $40
/ Parties desiring to buy wood in car-loa
lots can be supplied by leaving their order