Morris tribune., 1880-10-21

ALL SAINTS PARISH The Episcopal
church organization In this village, have
secured the services of resident pastor,
and obtained the use of the vacant school
house on Eighth street Rev. T, c. Hud-
son, rector of the parish, will, hereafter,
hold regular services ON each Sunday
Next Sunday, and until the new church is
completed the school house will be opened
for divine service at 1890 A. M, and 1880
Pm.
"When the devil was sick the devil monk
would be.
| When the devil was we'll the devil monk
was he
And that's just what ails the Pope county
gang. When they thought they had con-
trol, and could abuse the power they i'm.
agined they possessed. they became sud
denly aware, that they were impotent.
While they Rugged the delusion that they
were mighty, they did not draw the cloak
and try to conceal the horns, cloven hoofs,
and bob tail which revealed their satanic
righteousness, oh no, they were well and
strong, in imagination, and showed the
devil in the monks cloak, or ass in lions
skin. When, however. they found they
were powerless and weak, they hid their
birth marks, concealed their horrible
forms, and with eyes turned heaVenward,
tried 10 assume the looks and form of out.
ragged innocence. The cowl, however,
does not hide the ass ears. and the ganga
pear before the public in their true light as
unscrupuious and unmitigated frauds.
GRAND LARcENY-On Sunday last Ed
ward Frishy and Isaac Cohourn were ar
rested on a charge of the larceny of thirty
five dollars in money from the person of
one John Stel,er The prisoners were
brought before Justice EIutchins Monday,
and after preliminary examination Fris.
by was discharged, there being no evil
dence to sustain the charge against him.
Cobourn, however, was deemed to have
been guilty. and was bound over in bonds
to appear before the grand jury, and in de-
fault of bail was committed TO Jail. The
facts of the Case as they appear ON the
court records are AS follows: The COM
planning wItneSs Stelter, and the two priv
oners Cobourn and Frisby, were at work
for Mr.. John Maginnis, and occupied the
same room. Steltar had thirty five dollars
in money in Il pocket book in his pants
pocket and on retiring Saturday evening
put the pants under him in the bed in
which he slept. In the morning when he
mwoke Cobourn was up and Steltcrs pants
were on the floor, and the money gone.
When arrested, sum equal to the amount
stolen was found on Cobourn, and in bills
of the denomination claimed by Stelter to
have been taken from him. To further
make matters worse for the prisoner one
of the bills in his possession was identified
by the complaining witness, and while he
could not swear to he others, yet he was
positive that they were the identical ones
he had lost Cohourn, when sharply
cross questioned became sadly mixed in
his answers, and was evidently aware of
the fact that lie was in tight corner. He
does not bear Il very good reputation in
this vicinity, ard this is not the first devil
try that he has been charged with.
BIIZzARD.-Last Friday afternoon d
light rain then falling, turned to snow, and
for thirty six hours the storm ragged, with
increasing and unabaIe> fury. On Satur-
day morning the st orm was wild and weird,
the heavy SHOW fall had continued during
the night, and was accompanied by a fur
GUS gale OF wind. which heaped the snow
in enormous drifts, and such was the
fercencss and fury of the blizzard that
business Was entirely suspended, I. the rail
roads were DlOckaded telegraph lines
down and stop put to all farming opera
lions for time at least No such furious
and sudden storm has ever visited this
section ut this season OF the year and the
oldest inhabitants acknowledge that it was
unprecedented both III point of severity,
was Il dangerous day to be out of doors,
and the writer, speaking from personal
knowledge, can say, that walk of about
three blocks against he wind and blind
ing and confusing drifting snow, was q
terrible experience. a desperate battle, and
an undertaking rendered possible only by
the absence of intense cold. The storm
came on so suddenly and Unexpectedly
that numbers were wholly unprepared and
unprotected. and while there was no acct
dents or casualties, yet there must have
been much suffering. On Sunday morning
the elements ceased their warning, the
storm subsidized, and peace and quietness
crept over the land, but such a change,
huge piles OF snow, immense drifts, hsaped
aud packed in all directions, it was such a
sudden and sweeping change, that it
seemed almost impossible that it could
have been brought about in few hours.
and appeared more as if we had had Rip
Van Wrinkle nap, and it was March in.
stead of October
The following are the amounts of taxes
collected from January l to October /,
1880, for Stevens county, as kindly fur
nlshed by the county auditor:
State ................. S 80 81
Common school ......... SO IL
County revenue. ...... ......... 466 Or
County sinking fund. ............ 103 81
County poor fund. ................ II OF
County road and bridge. ........ 81 43
County interest .......... So "a
Seed grain 1879 81
Town funds ....... ......... SO 92
Town road .............. 30 81
Town road and bridge. .......... IA 81
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
No. /. s SO 81 No b.. % 90
2...... 03 IS. 80. 10
:" g.. II 60 II. 9 SO
4....... IA 6S IS. $3.50. 81 65
5...... 6 81 49,. Is 90
P" &c.,. IA 90. IL
" 7....... l6 80 . 81 . 10 SO
Z" &c.,. SO 22...... II 70
Z" 10....... ~ 90. $500. A 10
Ill.,. IL 90 24...... 1S
IL : ~ %. 80. 10 %
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