Morris tribune., 1880-05-06
LOCAL ITEMS.

school house block.
County Commissioners were in session
the fore part of this week.
AS the farmers finish seeding, the wheat
receipts begin to show slight increase.
Sale of School and Internal Improvement
Lands, on next Saturday week, May 10Th.
Read the new time card, and note changes
in hours of arrival and departure of trains.
Mr. J. ". Wood has an assistant Tuba
player; its nire pound boy and arrived
yesterday,
Mr.. DeKay and family have moved, and
will occupy their residence adjoining Rev.
]. l.. Fonda's.
Elsewhere will be found list of the
Grand and Petit Jurors, for the June term
of District Court.
The elements are like everything else, on
a boom, and the same amount of blowing
is also being done.
The members of the Irish Relief Com
i IultlCC IuCClsdI VI WI SuC"Y W
morrow afternoon. .s.
The NJ. O. c. hop Tuesday evening was
slimly attended Fut little interest is man
ifested il this class of amusements.
DR.. Sutherland and family will, for the
present, occupy the building on Pacific
Avenue, formerly known us the Evans
House.
1t is just fraction over forty seven
miles from the depot at this place to the
terminus of the Morris branch in Browns
Valley.
Bishop Whipple will be in this village,
on Thursday, the 18th inst, and services
will be held in Goods Hall, commencing
at = o'clock p. m.
Parties from abroad who have heard our
Cornet Band play, speak in very compli-
mentary terms both of the organization
and the proficiency displayed.
Observation-Disclosures at Langdon & Cos
headquarters at this place, is brisk, and an
enormous amount Of construction supplies
are being forwarded to the various camps
daily.
The change in the time of arrival and
departure of trains on this line, brings the
trains a little later each way. The passen-
ger arrives at AS p. m, and leaves at
1920 a. NJ.
REGISTER. and others may not
be aware that they are liable to a penalty
of $25 for neglectig to promptly register
births and deaths, at the office of the Vii
lage Recorder.
As the subscription books of the Mime
sofa Farmer were destroyed, together with
the other material, any subscribers who
have not received their April number, will
please notify the proprietors.
osED.-Jack Walker has closed his
saloon and left for Minneapolis, having re-
Gently purchased a stand in that City.
This leaves but four saloons in the village,
which by. the way is a sufficient number
: for present needs.
DANCE AS announced in last issue, the
members of the Band gave ball last Fri
day evening, but for some reason there
were not a great number in attendance, al
though there were every reason for supDos-
+ ing that there would be large gathering.
1t is not definitely known when work
will commence on this end of the branch,
but as near as we can learn, it is only de-
layed for the reason that the engineers have
not completed the survey. tile company
evidently wishing to push into the Valley
with all possible speed.
Seeding has pretty we'll advanced, and
many have completed the springs work
The season has been later than usual, but
the seed has sprouted much quicker than
heretofore and in many fields the ground
is already tinted. We live in hopes OF
good crops and fair prices.
WATER-A generous spirit of accomo
. dation has prompted Messrs Kenner &
Moore to refit and put in running order the
we'll near their bank on Seventh Street
The windmill, pump and tank are all in
position, and there is always an ample sup
ply of water, which is free to all.
> SKIPPED.-A fellow who gave his name
as O'Neil, and who was recently commit
ed to Jail from Ortonville on charge OF
: larceny, managed last night to pry open
the bars in our county pill-box and left
for for foreign parts. 1t is presumable he
had confederates out side who assisted
him.
Soon HERE-But two short months will
elapse ere we are shooting off fire crackers
swallowing ice-cold lemonade in the shade
boiling ice-cream and making ourselves
appropriately and periodically miserable
over the observance of July fourth. The
first thing we know, Christmas will be up
on US.
CONCERT first of series of con
J certs was given last Saturday evening
The band occupied the veranda or balloon.
at the Central House and gave few choic
. selections which were rendered in a yer,
acceptable manner. These concerts viii
prove very popular and afford much pleas
r ure to the public.
h WHENCE CAME IT.-A human skull wa
recently found on the river bank, nea
Stone 81 Co.'S mill From its bleache,
: and weather beaten appearance, it has BEEF
for long time exposed to the elements
It's shape and unusual size, leads to til
n conclusion that it is probably the skull o
some red-skin who was planted in tina
vicinity in years gone by.
He was funny fellow, you could see
at glance, there was dash of hume
even in the pimples on his face, aud Ii
wanted to have huge joke published on
friend We wrote itup, but when the sal
fl. saw his name attached, he conclude
nnt IN have IL ll1hli she'd ae If tllipllt max