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

Lots Of amusement during Fair week
A, E. 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 ~ to 80 cents
for No. /; 81 to 70 for No 2.
0rtonville has daily paper issued by
the proprietors of the North Star
Episcopal Services will be held every
Sunday, at Goods Hall, at clock P. NJ.
Mr. R. G. Moore left Monday evening,
for St. Paul, to attend meeting of the di
rectors of the L. f. & 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.
j D. Good is erecting large warehouse
in rear of his premises. The building faces
on Fifth ST., and will be substantial struc,
ture 25x40, two stories high
G. D. O'Brien, T. j. Kelly and Johnnie
Mccarthy "a 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. Lovett 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 1st, the
survey will be completed to Browns Val
ley.
The school house site now comprises q
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 large safe
in their office. The immense rush of bust
ness, and we presume correspondingly large
increase of cash receipts, renders place of
safe keeping necessity.
The secretary of our base ball club has
invited the Glenwood, Benson and Big
Stone clubs to compete for purse of $50
during fair week. The Benson Times
thinks it probable their club will accept
The Glenwood club has accepted
The sneak thief, mention of whom was
made last week, having served his term OF
Imprisonment, was let out and in less thar
five hours was again in the hands of the
Marshal He was escorted out of town
and told he would be Immediately arrested
should he return.
Thos Thomasson is usually quiet deco
reus citizen, but if he felt inclined to b.
hilarious and even boisterously gay, wht
could blame him, fof%it is not every man.
happiness to be presented with an clever
pound baby boy. Mrs. Thompson and DO.
are progressing finely.
Several of the walking fraternity wht
have been fined and committed to Jail TO
various misdemeanors, arc busy with p;cl
and shovel working out their fines on TIN
streets. This is a wholesome ordinance
as it gives the Village some return for th
outlay and expense incurred in their care
A seedy looking individual, accompanies
by one or two cronies, meandered int,
Waterston's restaurant last Saturday, ant
ordered watermelon, and after partaking
took themselves off, with the remark tina
they had no "chink" Watterston had th
leader arrested and fined for obtaining
goods undertake. pretences.
c. T. 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 a large steamboat has been laid
and il is expected to have the boat com
pleted and ready as soon as the lake open
in the spring.
Messrs. Helgeson s. Hanson have pur
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 side of the track. We do not doub
but the move will be to their benefit. a
! this appears to be the business portion o
the town. The depot, elevators, and ms
jority of hotels bring business to this side
We have done considerable BLOWN
about the immense number of wheat stack
which dot our prairie, but we have not e.
aggerated. From Mr. D. T. Wheatons rel
idence, there are in plain sight nearly seve
hundred stacks yet unthreshed Had a
the grain been yet in the stack, the humble
would have gone over one thousand, bl
quite large number iii the immediate v
entity have finished threshing.
The following notice explains itself:
ST.. PAUL, MIN, Sept 10, 1879.
/After October LIST, 1879, this Compap
YyflI not keep supply Of Wood for sale
its Stations.
n Wood will be furnished to Stations ives
Of Litchfeld, in carload lots, at the follow
ing prices on board cars:
| Maple. ............. "a 70 per Cord
Oak. Observation-Disclosures. 4.25
Mixed .............s...... BIO
| Parties desiring to buy wood in car-loa