Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1880-04-22
LOCAL ITEMS.
Extra copies of the Tribune are on sale
at w. NJ. Eddy's News Depot.

Spaulding's base ball goods.
Base ball and diptheria, are on the rage
in several of the southern counties.
The Ladies Aid Society met at the resi-.
dence of Mrs. ]. L. Fonda, yesterday.
The next, aud probably last hop given
by the NJ Q. C's, will not occur until
week after next.
Elmer is stocking up his hotel with fur
niture. He says he is obliged to put up
ten to fifteen extra beds every night.
The train Monday evening was over two
hours late, owing to the storm having dis
arranged the telegraph poles and wires.
Recorder Curtis is having residence
built on Eighth street, west SIDE This
portion of our village is building up rap
idly.
There were one or two rows last week,
but as they are to be ventilated by law, or
rather one of them is. We will defer COM
ment.
The grand balcony, stoop, piazza, or
Eeranda in front of the Metropolitan is
quite overcoming. and casts b-a shade
when compared with the other awnings.
If your cattle are put in the pound, you
will be required to pay 81, 90 fine, and so
cents per day for each day they remain.
The moral is keep your stock from running
at large.
The "s-witching hour of night" of
which the poet so gushingly speaks, is sup
posed to be from to IL p. H., or about
the hour when the ladies are undoing their
back hair.
SoC1ABLE.-The sociable at the Congre-
gational church last Friday evening was
not very largely attended, but as usual
when number of Morris folks are gather
ed together, everyone had a pleasant time.
MUD.-The dash of snow which fell,
has made the streets too muddy for any
thing, but thanks to the many improve
ments and extensions of side and cross
walks, it is not necessary to do any wad-
ing.
In answer to our Oft repeated query,
swell, is there any thing new?" we have
this week heard the invariable answer,
mary clam" This is not very encourag-
ing to man who has got to have items
| any how.
If a newspaper of the size of the Tribune
were issued once year in book form, it
would make volume of 1928 pages, size
5x6t, or one of 1864 pages, 6ix1O inches.
This may seem astonishing, but anyone
can figure it out for themselves.
GET EN- PRNTED.-By recent decision
of the Post office department, printed bill
heads and statements filled out with pen,
can be sent for one cent postage, to any
part of the Uni'ed States, whereas if made
on imprinted paper they cost three cents.
Stock AND DAIRY-Messrs. Farnsworth
s. Newcomb and j. Edmonds, of Hancock,
have formed partnership for the pur'
pose of stock and dairy farming. The
Meadow Farm" as it will called, is To-
Gated in the southwest portion of Pope
county.
BURNED.-The Ortonville Star says, that
a prairie fire in Browns Valley destroyed
the house and barn of Mr. E. S. Beck
We are sorry to hear of this as it is but a
couple of weeks since MIR. Beck lost a fine
span of horses. Misfortunes however never
come singly.
WoRK.-Seeding operations are going
forward, and the ground is in fair condi
ton. Sundays storm caused delay Of
one or two days, but this has been the only
interruption for the past ten days. The
acreage to be seeded will fully equal previ
Gus estimates.
CHANGE OF BAsE.-Ode Tewksbury haG
a force employed yesterday, in moving hi
building on to the adjoining lots. Tit
barber shop will now be found in the real
of Walkers. An addition is to be added
to the building which will make it more
roomy and add to its appearance.
Game is very plenty in this vicinity, ant
our hunters are bagging quite number Of
ducks, geese and crane. Chickens are re
ported to be quite numerous, and should
the season be favorable for Matching, the
prospects are flattering for good sport, ant
an abundance of game next season.
Some of TIE railroad employees say they
will soon be thousand aires, as the freigh
and passenger boom allows them TO turf
in overtime sufficient to add three DAYS t.
each week. Thirty-six days a month il
good working hours, but the boys say they
can hold it down, as the pay comes RICH
along.
FLooD.-Eddy, our stationer, was almos
drowned out Monday morning Sunday
storm filed the upper portion of his buildin,
with snow, and as soon as it began to tliav
there was trouble among the periodicals
baby wagons and other fruit However b.
promptly moving the stock there was n
damage except to the plaster.
; RIVERSIDE MILL.-Work on the repair
at the dam, is making satisfactory pre-
gress. The old mud stills have been take
out and the new ones are being put j
: place. II no unforeseen delay occurs, til
mill will be ready for work in couple @
weeks. The great depth of water in tn
channel necessarily makes the work slow
Book The prospect of work on til
Morris Branch, is drawing large number
of laborers to this section, and from pre-,
ent indications, we would Judge that ther
will be the livliest kind of lively times i
this vicinity during the coming summer
Our business men will doubtless reap muc
profit from the boom. as the most Of th
trading will be done here.
SIILY.-Perhaps man don't feel chea
when he growls at an editor about wha
never appeared in his paper. 1t is NOR
sensible for people to read newspape
first, before they make fools Of themselve
by grumbling at an improbable and imag