Morris tribune., 1880-11-04
LOCAL ITEMS.
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Tuesday.
Don't forget that school commences
next Monday
Thanksgiving dav comes on Thursday,
November 25.
New dwelling houses are looming up
in all directions.
All the returns came in promptly except
the town of Moore.
A travelling dollar store has arrived and
opened Cor business.
The mad and snow are rapidly disap-
pearing from our streets.
We give this week complete table of
the official returns of this county by towns.
All aboard for Salt Creek. through rates
and special terms to parties Of six or over.
The excavations for the foundation of
the new episcopal church are about com.
pletpd.
There is hardly ten cords of wood i'm
the village including the railroad compa-
nv's pile.
Workmen are busy on the exterior of
the congregational church, and are giving
it a fin shing coat of paint
Things locally political took a mighty
queer and inexplicahIy curious turn on
Tuesday, but many anticipated it.
| The defeated republicans feel their scoop
less keenly since the grand gRod tidings
were received from the solid north.
| Another hay and coal scale is being
placed in position ON the railroad right Of
way. below the Davidson elevator.
On Tuesday it was scratch brothers
scratch, scratch like fate, scratch behind
the back Of the candidate, or word to that
| effect
A social dance is among the gayities of
the week 1: occurs to morrow evening,
at Brishine's hall, and Il genera good time
is expected.
We see by the Little Falls Transcript
that wheat was worth eighty five cents at
that village on Friday last Where is the
| T.. F. & D. railroad?
| The hell of the Episcopal church will
ring for services each Sunday at II A. NJ,
and P NJ Communion services next
Sunday after the sermon.
Il told you so !" "Just what thoughtr'
Il knew ii " and that is just as figured
it OUT were too numerous to mention
yesterday and to day. Twas ever thusly
Nothing has been heard of the three
worthless, Cohurn, Allen and MCGOWAN,
who broke jail last week, and for our part
we won't mourn if We never hear or see
them again.
The defeated candidates are now busy
| figuring how it came about that they
| were not among the accepted few, but 50
far, they have been unable to figure the
thing satisfactorily.
| There will soon he two additional
! churches in course of erection i'm this vii
lage' the Episcopal and Methodist, both on
! Eighth street and on the east and west cor.
| nefH OF the same block.
| In one of the southern towns of this
county, when the votes were counted, IL
was discovered that one of the voters had
sailed Hancock by scratching his name
from the heading of his ticket.
Apples are coming into market by the
Car load and are retailing at two dollars
and seventy five cents per barrel The
quality of the fruit is superior to any we
have seen for many seasons past.
A valuable horse, the property of j. c.
Mccarthy, died last Thursday evening or
the street. The horse was taken sick anG
brought to town for treatment, but al
efforts to cure him proved fruitless.
Now do let US have peace. resurrsct thu
NJ @ c., dramatic association, fire com
pany, board of trade, Red Ribbon society
sociabes. festivals, anything and every
thing in the amusement and entertainment
line.
There is to he a meeting of the board oi
trade at G E. Dariing's office next Mon
day evening, and we would ask that there
he full attendance, as it is desired ia
have the view of the representative bust
ness men on many important measures.
1t has been suggested that it would he
off times convenient if it could be arranged
for one of the drug stores to he opened or
Sundays and nights, as it frequently occur.
that serious delays are occasioned, often IL
cases Of urgent necessity, by the stores he
ing closed.
Threshing has developed the fact thai
many wheat stacks were injured by the
driving snow. In many instances the flu
rious winds of the week previous to til,
storm, uncapped the stacks, and they wer,
left unrepaired or imperfectly covered
, The damage is slight.
ANOTHER Thanksgiving to the press o
business on this line 'twi light train" ha
been put on between St. Paul aud Brock
enridge, and changes have been made il
the other freights as follows: Freight
leave Morris going east at $50 and 1921
A. N going west 7:35 A. NJ. and $3.50 p. NJ
We are glad tits all over, and have n,
doubt but that every person in the county
stale and nation, the million candidates in
Guided. feel happy that the political cam
paign has ended. There has never, in tlp
history of this country. been more bite
contest than this has been.
Any casual observer will be convinced
. after what has been seen during the weeI
past, that there is no particle Of honor il
the politics of the present day. We ar
compelled to add also that this Is in
measure due to the INSCRIPTIONS THICKER
J and treaciiery Of the average politician.
FIX IT We would call the attention a
/ the village officers to the fact that iii
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