Morris tribune., 1880-05-27
LOCAL ITEMS.
Extra copies of the Tribune are on sale
at Messrs. Morris s. Bundy's Drug Store.
This is No. wheat growing weather.

have returned all safe and sound.
A long looked for, refreshing and invig-
Grating rain visited us the first of the week.
The wheat market has taken tumble,
and prices have downward tendancy,
No. l, Sc; No. 2, SO.
Sand papered heads are becoming very
fashionable, and many of the boys now
part their hair with towel
The ways of the lightning,rod agent is
dark. This may be paradoxical, but it is
nevertheless not only so, but also.
The authorities, or the Board of Health
should see that the depositing of slops aud
other offal on Sixth Street is stopped.
Our GlenW God correspondent has a touch
of the spring poetic fever, but while it is d
serious ailment, it is not necessarily fatal.
An elderly lady, Mrs. Umbach of Don
nelly, died at that place last Friday, of
dropsy. The remains were taken east for
interment.
Wheat receipts are showing steady in
crease, but it is thought the quantity in the
hands of the farmers and unmarketed, will
fall short of the estimates.
VIII some one call meeting of the
Board of Trade. There are some import
ant Committee reports to be made, and
some money matters to be settled.
ADDITIONAL. P. Kron has a severe
grippe of the building improvement fever
A two story addition is to be added to the
building on the north lot. We still move
Glass balls are now in season, and as
there is no law covering or protecting this
species of game, the Bogardus's are all in
the field blazing away at the little glass
globes.
An anxious and patient public would like
to know if there is a prospect, during the
present century, of new bridge over the
Pomme dc Tcrrc river at the Glenwood
crossing.
Piles and timbers for the railroad bridges
across Muddy Creek, are arriving, and will
be sent out at once. There are only two OF
three small bridges required on the entire
| length of the line.
This market is well supplied with fresh
garden sass this season, and the prices are
very reasonable. Strawberries are quite
plenty and sell at present for 20 cents pei
quart-strawber measure.
4Iessrs. Welcome & Williams, of Don.
nelly, have dissolved partnership Mr.
Welcome will run the saloon, Mr.. Williams
taking control of the store. A notice of
dissolution is elsewhere published.
And now the boys have dubbed Bevans
as the REV. Mr.. Evers," end all because
he held forth so earnestly last Sabbath
morning, about the time a southeast winC
was blowing building doon street.
( And now comes another affliction; the
census taker, statistician and otEer fienC
will soon be abroad in the land. P. S.
Don't load your shot guns, they may b.
intolerable bores, but they are harmless.
UN DIT-Among the events of the com
ing week, we mole a straw berry and ice
cream festival, to be given on Friday even
ing June 4th, by the ladies of the Episco
pal Society. The proceeds are to be devo
ted to the church building fund.-
FREIGHTs. the week ending Fri
day the 21st, the freight receipts at this
station have footed up in the millions, ever
although the business is comparatively
light. The total footings as per balance
sheet show grand total of 1910, 76(
pounds.
w. W. Learned, one of the enterprisins
and go ahead citizens of Hancock, was il
TO n last week, and although he is Han
cock boomer, yet he was agreeably aston
ished at the progress our village is making
and Was SO candid as to admit that thi
place is far ahead of any town on the line
hIMIGRATIoN.-New corners, principal,
| foreigners, are arriving in large numbers
and by actual count thirty-eight, youns
able bodied men, arrived on Tuesday even
ings train. Although there is such a larg'
immigration, yet there appears to be plent.
of work, and No danger of overcrowding il
to be apprehended yet while.
RoPED IN.-There is always something
new, and the latest novelty is the Twin'
binder. Our agents have sample machine
on exhibition, and from the specimens O
the performances of these machines the,
are undoubtedly success, and we predic
that the harvester of the future will be
'roper in, or words to that effect.
No TRADE.-It was rumered last Satur
day that there was hitch in the negotia
tons, between Messrs Locke of Wilma
and Washburn of Herman, for the Donncl
ly elevator. The papers were drawn vi
sometime ago, but owing to delay in thu
transfer of the property, it is said MI
Washburn will declare the sale void.
MIsLA1D.-The friends Of the late D. nj
Tabor have been unable to find his accour
books, which he brought to Morris wit
him. The books were tied in shaw
strap marked G. l.. Davis, and are prob,
bly, in some Office in town. Any perso
knowing of the property or its whereaboul
will confer favor by communicating wit
MIR. J. Maginnis.
SPoRTsMEN.-We are requested to ca
the attention of all interested, to the sui
ject of recognizing the sportsmens clut
Quite number are anxious that there b
an effort made to revive the organization
and if meeting were called by the pres
dent, perhaps sufficient interest would b
manifested, and satisfactory arrangement
be made made for the coming season.
RUM.-Wiil. Adams field is being CT
up and the growing crop damaged by til
grading on the branch. The field is CT
into a triangle by the main line, whic
runs across 1t from southeast to northwes
and it will not be improved by havin
another track through its centre from eal
to west with perhaps q Y thrown in. BIZ