Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-31

Forty seven carloads of farm machinery
have been received at this place this year.
Our lack of local matter is due to the
large space devoted to the proceedings of
the County Boards. !
Messrs. r. Kennedey and T. Kelley, of
st. Paul, are in town and are guests of
Hon. J. G. Mccarthy.
During the absence of the editor, attend
ing to his harvest, c. L. Brown will have
editorial charge of this paper.
The council should meet and pass the Or
dinance prepared by Village Attorney
| Brown, so as to set these tramp to work.
G. w. Moore, the live travelling agent of
A. Kelly & Co., Minneapolis, and his
daughter, Kittie, were in town Monday.
E. w. Leonard returned from St. Paul
Monday morning. He looks better than
he did when lie left, city life must agree
with him.
During the first twenty days of the month
of June last, there was shipped to this sta
ton 2, 1929, 100 pounds OF freight A good
showing for this village.
Mr.. j. A johnson, of this village, has
been appointed County Superintendent of
Schools, in place of Buel Chidesterre-
signed. A good appointment.
The ladies sewing society will meet at
the residence of Mrs. H. B. Wolff, on
| Wednesday afternoon of next week at 2
o'clock p. m. All are cordially invited to
attend.
Ira Keif who is employed on the farm
of F. Corliss had one of his fingers badly
crushed in the gearing of the mower on
last Monday. He will probably lose his
finger.
Hon. Geo. P. Wilson was in town last
Tuesday, trying to settle with Mr.. Camp
bell on the famous MCGOWAN matter. no
settlement could be had, so an appeal will
be taken to the Supreme Court.
AS there are about fifty tramps in town
every day, we would suggest that the bust
ness men call meeting and express their
indignation for the county officials who
have authority, and refuse to let the Viii
lage Marshal have the use of the jail to
keep these fellows in at night.
Donnelly, like Morris, is beseiged by a
hard hungry looking gang of men profess
ing to be in quest of work, yet they prefer
to lie around in idleness rather than con
tract at the wages offered. They are Gre
ating good revenue for saloon keepers
and making money rapidly backwards
Campbell sued the Sheriff, in the famous
MCGOWAN matter, for the sum of $1,000,
we believe, and Won his case. This suit
was for goods taken by the Sheriff on sew.
eral writs of attachments, in favor of St.
Paul business men, and last June the sale
Campbell swore that the goods were wortl
that sum, the other day he offered 1920 fol
them, to partially satisfy his judgement.
Four young ladies of this village wish
ing to express their sympathy for an equa
number of lonely bachelors living in tn
country, paid them visit last Tuesday
We are informed that there are just fou
chairs in that bachelor cottage, and al
though We are sum on mathematics it test
our calculations to the utmost to find how
all could be accommodated, but if we re
member rightly just such problems hav
been solved before to the satisfaction of al
concerned
John Carney, the vagabond workman
who released gang of his friends from
box Car, where they were confined, win
has engaged the attention of the authorize
for the past week by his drunkenness an
disorder, and who paid the penalty of hi
misdemeanors by durance of three days
Saturday, Sunday and Monday, in the cour
ty Jail, said that on Tuesday he struck
$500 per day job, and has turned his BAG
on Morris, the place of his hospitable CT
: tertainment. Good by John" you ca
stay as long as you wish but don't forge
to take your friends with you.