Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1880-04-08
LOCAL ITEMS

Yesterday was beautiful, the finest day
of the season.
Billy Marbles Combination are billed at
Grand Forks.
Morris & Bundy have few remarks in
the Business Notices"
Clean up your yards and alleys, or the
Marshal will be after you.
This paper is now ground out on new
Washington" hand-press,
The evenings are too cool to allow of
sleeping under the cover of night.
Tan and freckles are now the rage, and
although much worn, are not becoming
Rumor has it that the wife of Mr. o. A.
Bake recently presented him with twin.
We now have nightwatch. Sam EEL
pull-'em in if any one will, or words to that
effect.
The sudden change in the weather yester-
day filled the hearts of the farmers with
delight.
Passenger and freight traffic over this
line is simply immense and exceeds all pre-
viouS boomS in or on this line.
Be Just and Fearnaught, are the APP
propriate() names of span of mnles
owned by resident of this County.
Several new advertisements appear in
this issue, read them carefully and you
will learn something to your advantage.
Prairie fires now light up the heavens
There is not much danger to be anticipated
as the grass was well burned off last fall
To BE NOVELETTE, building now occu-
pied as millinery store by Mrs IL. Whitley
will be moved next week to the lot adjoining
| Curtiss' Harness Shop.
Andrew Helgeson is now A. A. D. P. NJ.
G., which being interpreted means Acting
Assistant Deputy Postmaster General.
He is feeling miserable.
Again there rumors afloat that the rail
road company have commanded the remov
al of all buildings from the right of way,
as new side tracks are to be laid.
! SoCIABLE.-The members of the Metho-
dist Congregation will hold sociable at
Goods hall tomorrow, Friday, evening
/ All are invited and pleasant occasion is
anticipated.
We are sanguine critters anyhow. On
one side you see man cutting his wagon
/ ont oF tl,a fro,o,- orou,J o,6 On tI,o ethan
hand is a machine agent setting up sam
/ pie cord binder.
! FUEL-Mr. H. Bragg informs US that he
has made arrangements and will continue
in the wood business. There will be no
change at present in prices, and full sup,
ply will be kept.
LOOK LEEDLE OUT.-The first fellow OF
fellowess who growls at the quantity OF
reading matter in this paper, will please
consider themselves dead, buried and theil
wills contested.
Oceans of mud renders locomotion OF
any other motion laborious and disagree
Bble. We do not know of any remedy TO
the trouble, and can only advise people t.
grin and bear it.
READ.-Read the advertisement unde
the heading of Bargains" The wei
known reputation of this long established
and reliable firm, is guarantee that the
mean what they say.
If the great rush continues, our hote
keepers will wear diamond on their hos
ON front, and be happy and coDtended a
they view us poor mortals blink and squin
i n the glare and blaze.
AS there will be only two or three NOR
of the delightful hops given by the M. G
c., it behooves all to make the most Of thes
occasions. The next gathering will be o
Tuesday of next week.
SEEDING.-The unfortunate weathe
renders it impossible to commence sprin
, work, but the wide awake farmers ar
making preparations, to commence withou
. delay, as soon as the weather will permit
Several artists are busy on the electro
type heading for this paper, and we ez
pect to have the work completed for mex
issue. Our readers will please excuse it
present unfinished and uncouth appearance
We would suggest that if, instead of pi
] ing in little bunch of twigs, and GOVERN
them with gravel, bitches were dug into tn
river, the approaches to the bridge on til
Gienwood road would be in better cond
ton.
The dance at Goods hall last Thursda
evening was not very largely attended
D Several social gatherings during tie week
|. and the almost impossible condition of til
roads, doubtless prevented many from a
tending.
Will P. Hooper, the well known propri
/, tor of the hotel at Browns Valley, is
present sketcbing the towns on the line {
the Hastings & Dakota railroad, for "Ca
sons Picturesque Minnesota" Say, w.
= put US down for a copy.
AS weather prophet we are not a su
cess, but luckily we inserted saving clau
: in our last representation, and our reput
ton is saved There is nothing like usil
the little word ''if" occasionally. 1t ms
be vague, but it takes off the curse.
NORRIS BRANcH.-Langdon & Co. a
receiving large amounts of lumber for u
J., on the new railroad. The engineers a
pushing forward rapidly, and will ha
completed the preliminary survey til
week. They were west of Toqua last 81
- urday.
SPoT EM.-Seyeral hard citizens, wi
frequented this locality last summer, ha
dropped down again. Their unwelcor
appearance, causes US to request the prop
officers to keep close eye on the lads,
past experience teaches us, they will be
= watching.
REPAIRS NEEDED Several parties col
plain of the dangerous condition of t
bridge over the little muddy, on the Toq