Morris tribune., 1880-12-09
LOCAL ITEMS.
Extra copies of the Tribune are on sale
at the Metropolitan Drug Store.
Wheat. No. l, 7Sc.; No. 9, 75c.

| Delays warehouse is about completed.
A card in the business locals from Mrs.
H. Whitley will be of interest to the ladies.
Three inches of snow fell at this point
Tuesday, and Sleighing was benefited
temporarily at lcast-thereby.
1t requires six men by day and two at
night, to manage the business of the rail
road company at this station.
Nobody can be excused from investing
in season ticket to the musical and liter.
airy entertainments to be furnished by the
| board of trade.
A difference of twelve instead of ten
cents Il bushel is now made between num-
Der two and three wheat. This will bear
heavy ON the number three wheat raisers.
A new and commodious round house
will probably be erected at this point next
spring, and more suitable and commodious
offices and passenger rooms are also con-
templated.
Monday nights thirty three below zerc,
is the coolest heard from, and everybody
is fully satisfied that the weather can be
severely cold, without any more practical
demonstrations.
LOAD OF PoLEs.-Several car loads of
telegraph poles for the branch line have
been received and will be distributed this
week. A large amount of portable snow
fencing is also being put in position to
guard the cuts.
Iron is being laid on the new side track,
and it cannot be completed any too soon,
for there is scarcity of track room even
when the branch line tracks are used.
This is one of the most important meeting
and passing points for trains on this line.
Mercury thermometers were at a dis
count yesterday morning, as the degree of
GOODNESS registered depended in great
measure on the length of the tube. Thirty
below zero at 6 A. NJ. was about the aver
age as recorded by about dozen of these
Instruments.
FEED MILL-A building is in course of
erection on the west side of the track, OPP
posite D. R. Sutherland & Cos elevator, is
to be used as feed mill. D. G. Lindsey
is the proprietor, and if the weather only
permits, he expects to have the concern in
operation in a few days.
1t was reported, by an eye witness, that
when freight coming west arrived at
in that vicinity helped themselves of a Car
load of wood. The train men did not in
terfere, and it was probably healthy for
them that they did not.
ADA subscription paper was passed
among our citizens this week and the
handsome sum of eighty one dollars was
quickly contributed to assist the present
wants of Mr.. George Lowater, who has
had the affecting misfortune of almost
wholly losing his eyesight.
SoCIABLEs.- announcements for
this and next week are as follows: The
social of the Methodist congregation on to,
morrow, Friday evening, at the residence
of Mrs. II. Baldwin; that of All Saints
parish, Episcopal, at the residence of the
pastor, Rev. T. C. Hudson, on Wednesday
evening next.
SLow.-Some idea of the state of affairs
on other lines of railroad, may be obtained
from the ia ct that a Car load of coal ship
ped from Duluth on November 26, had moi
reached st. Paul last Saturday. 1t would
be paying investment to establish a line
of Red river ox-carts and run opposition tc
the St. Paul 6 Duluth railroad company.
v BALL AT DoNNELLY.-A grand Christ
mas ball will be given at the new hall il
Donnelly on Thursday evening, December
90 1t is the intention to have pleasant
time, and a general Invitation is extended
e to all to be present. Good music will b.
provided, and a supper will be spread a
the hotel. Tickets, including supper 81 so
On Saturday the weather had a sever
attack of blizzard nature, the symptom
taking a turn for the bad toward evenin!
and continuing to grow worse during tn
night The small covering of snow wa
all that saved us from a regular howle
that would have gratifed and tickled tn
Oldest inhab. Sunday wasn't much t
d Lrag on as it was very cold.
There was considerable excitement a
Hancock last Monday on account of th
supposed death of two men who had reck
8. lessly started for home during the storm o
o Saturday. A searching party was organ
lied and started to find trace of the missing
. men, but fortunately their services wer
not required, as the men supposed TO b
lost arrived at Benson that evening.
BLocKED.-Saturday' storm filed I'll
cuts on the branch line chock full, an
the train men, in order to get in. had
cut the engine loose, abandon the trai
when near the Sutherland farm. and pu
for this place A force of shovelers wer
out Monday morning, but it was slo1
work, as The cuts were filed with fir
mass of earth and snow, which was so so
idly packed that it had to be removed wit
pick and shovel.
? SUCCESS. -The sociable and fair of til
Ladies' Aid society of the Congregations
CnuTCH, NcIu dL TIC EeSlucHCc VI ulT. al
Mrs r. c. Moore last Tuesday evening
was one of the most successful soci'
gatherings of the season. A largenumbt
werein attendance, and the occasion wi
be pleasantly remembered by the partic
pants, as thoroughly enjoyable event. I'll
various articles for sale were disposed {
,, rapidly, and handsome sum was nette
for the society.
AS dentist viii. Mcpherson is a SUI
cess, indeed, if he can only be persuade
to hang out a shingle he will amass muc
wealth, for he has the necessary ner,
and also fair amount of skill, whicl
: with little practice, would qualify him
N " to fly the d. d. S. after his name. VIII
% makes us SO positive of his qualification
Cd is the fact that he successfully yanked a