Morris tribune., 1880-09-23

PoLITIcAL.-Ina local contest personal
friendship is more of an influencing power
in matters political, than the merits or
political bias of the candidates. The result
of previous elections prove, this to be the
case, for in almost every instance you will
find members of both parties openly work.
ing for their friends, regardless of qualifi'
cation or anything else, and hence to an
ticipa'e or forecast the result in a local
election, the first point to be ascertained is,
who arc the most popular and influential
candidates. The question of the politics
of the aspirantsi is only considered when
the result of their individual candidacy is
in doubt, and not till then does the politi-
cal side of the question enter into consid-
Grafton, and even then only as to what ex-
tent the ticket will carry weak candidate.
New HALL An immense audience,
such as was packed in Brisbine's hall last
Saturday evening, demonstrated the neces-
sity of a larger, more ample and comforta-
BILE hall room in this village. The town
is growing rapidly, and we require large,
roomy, and well situated hall. Capital
lists will find that it would prove good
paying investment, as it would attract
many troupes to this point. who now pass
us by. The present hall could be enlarged
by the addition of stage and dressing
rooms, and made more comfortable and
,>laacont h., ha x;nr fvo or CIV pord oi1ad
yentilators placedin the roof. However,
to extend the hall would necessitate the
floor being raised in the front part Of the
building, as it would be too long and level
good view.
BRANcH-On the branch the construc-
ton crews have the iron laid to within
about five miles of. Graceville. The sur
facers are out about three miles, and max.
ing fair progress, but somewhat slow,
owing to the poor iron and that the earth is
being filled in from the sides instead of
being hauled by.cars. Now that there is
plenty of help to be obtained the prospects
are favorable for the completion of the
graded portion of the line without delay.
The company were anxious to complete
some of their more important northern
branches and could not until recently, as
the men were in the harvest telds, get suf-
fcient laborers, consequently they expect
ed to be compelled to leave this line for
time at least, but happily for our friends
in the valley there is now every prospect
of their having rail communication in
few weeks.
FATAL ACCIDENT Timothy Gilfoil,
resident of Graceville, and one of the ear
liest settlers in the Catholic colony, was
killed yesterday while returning home
from Morris. 1t appears that the deceased.
together with man named Massey, were
going to Graceville with a load of lumber,
drawn by a yoke of oxen, and when near
the Half way house Gilfoil sat down or
fell down alongside of his oxen in the
road and as his comp lnion says, was
taking drink, when the team started
and both wheels of the wagon passed over
his chest injuring him so severely that he
died in Il couple of hours. When the stage
passed the team Gilfoil was dead, and Mas
sey, the passenger, was driving it toward
Gracevile. The deceased leaves wife,
but no family. AS near as can be learned
whiskey was the cause of this mans
death, and both had evidently been drink
ing.
Locomotion has been difficult during
the high winds which have prevailed for
the past week more or less-sometimes
more and frequently more than less To
sse the average citizen and citizencss beat
| ing to windward. has been. laughable
sight to on lockers, and the general obser-
vation of the passing pedestrians has con
vinced our villainous reporter that, for
men, patches were fashionable, and striped
stockings out of date and not worn by the
ladies. Some interesting statistics as to
the various angles at which locomotion
and equilibrium are possible. have been
obtained, but will not be published until
such time as it can be ascertained lust how
much resistance there is in the different
styles OF wearing apparel, as all ordinary
methods of calculation would leave the
inference that the ladies' garments gave
the least, this must be wrong, unless it is
admitted that men are more light headed,
but this our statistician will not admit.
COUNTY FAIR.-Very little interest was
manifested in the fair last week, and as an
agricultural exhibit it was failure. indeed
had not the ladies and merchants come to
the rescue the fair would have been fiz-
zle. AS to the cause of this failure we can
attribute it to several reasons, the principal
of which are: lack of means. poor man
agement, dearth of attractions, and neglect
to create interest and enthusiasm by offer.
ing substantial premiums. 1t would be
better to give ten dollars as prize for one
article than to offer fifty cents piece fol
the best of twenty different classes of arti
cles, in other words the list should be cut
down, trimmed and slashed, and the pre-
AlluAlS uuu
for 1t is money, not glory, that people are
after nowadays. As regards the attrac
tions, we would say that sports of all kind.
have become SO engrafted into the fair,
that they form an important part of the cx
hibition. AS regards the lack of manage
ment, we might say, it was more a lack Of
interest on the part of the heads of the sew
eral departments, and a failure to attent
to the duties assigned them. This throws
! all the work on the shoulders of few whC
always have had tho whole weight of tn,
management on their shoulders, and con
sequently many duties are necessarily ne
elected and dissatisfaction Is thereby crea
ted. The list of premiums awarded viii
] be published next week.
A Word ON Guns. Many who use gun
have but little if any idea of the material
!, used, aud thinking it may be of interest