Morris tribune., 1880-10-14
LOCAL ITEMS.
Extra copies of the Tribune are on sale
at the Metropolitan Drug Store.
Choicest coffee on the hill,

pound master!
County commissioners will be in session
on next Monday.
The sky light in the lock up has i'm
proved the looks of the building.
A heavy frost last Monday night formed
ice oneeighth of an inch in thickness.
Our wood pile carpenter goes to and re-
turns from his business in a carriage.
The prolonged period of dry weather
has made the ground rather too dry for
blowing.
The cross, walk on the corner of Sixth
street and Atlantic avenue is being raised
to grade.
Will some one remove the back bone
that reaches across Sixth street near At
lantic avenue.
If Thomas P. Church will call at this
office he will find an account book which
bears his name.
The elections in Ohio and Indiana were
the all absor' ing topics of conversation
! 1Or the past leW DAYS.
And now it is joe Murray who is saiu-
ted as papa. It's girl, and mother and
daughter are doing nicely.
NoTICE-Therc will DO a meeting of the
Hancock and English club at the court
house on Saturday evening.
Uncle Sam refuses to transport postal
cards through the mails unless they are adj
dressed to some one. Ask John.
Prices of wheat are gradually crawling
up as will be seen by reference to the quo
tation at the head of this column.
Indiana has gone republican, and We
have won pair of artic overshoes, and
that is something to Bragg" about.
Prairie fires are now commencing to
clean out personal property at a lively
rate and with the usual effectiveness.
Owing to the inclcmency of the weather
the torch light procession of the Garfield
and Arthur club was postponed till next
week
The railroad tents at the water tank that
were so nicely pitched by the pine knots in
the pickets, took their departure last
Sunday.
Another harch of geese, twenty-five in
nu mber, were brought to town the other
morning by Doc. Vaughan and Charley
Sprandlet.
A star spangled banner, ten feet in
width and twenty in length has been re.
ceived by the Garfield and Arthur club,
and raised.
Some of our citizens, armed, equipped
and organized us a broom pail and bucket
brigade, were out last Saturday, backt1ring
on the north side If the village
The railroad company have commenced
work on the depot and water tank al
GraceviIle, and will have both com plcted
at an early date, large force of workmer
being employed.
A stranger who asked what made those
piles of earth in the streets" was told, "ol
they're only pocket gopher hills" lie was
right too, for these hills do go for the peck
ct OF our village.
The next appointments fer the Garfield
and Arthur clubs are, Pepperton, Saturday
the 10th; Hodges, Monday the 18th anc
Hancock, Wednesday the Goth. Everyone
is invited to be present. Good speeche.
and good music
Those of our citizens who visited Glen
wood last week, and attended the senate
rial convention, came home with theil
scalps attached which was somewhat re
markable, as they bearded the would b.
d lions in their den.
Coal for use in locomotives, is arriving
daily, and the shed is being filled, ready
for winter use The derrick has beer
!. placed in position, and track laid the en-
o tire length of the building on the inside fo
convenience in handling
; Seventeen men were arrested in one hau
by the police, and taken before the village
justice yesterday on charge of vagrancy
1t being proven however that they, on,
and all, were candidates for Office they
were discharged with reprimand.
Sheriff Lam berg, in a card in this issue
announces himself as q candidate for re
election. This makes the contest for tin
/, shrievalty quadrangular fight, and hov
it will terminate will not be known unit
the returns are handed IN after the election
5 Hon. X. c. Helgeson. the next represen
tative from this district-and don't yov
forget 20 make note of it's brother O
our popular young merchant and fellow
townsman, Andrew Helgeson, the senio
member of the firm of Helgeson & Hanson
Work has been commenced on the four
dation o. Mr.. L. H. Stanton's residence
> The building, judging from the plans, wi
be one of the handsomest and most sui
stantia mansions west of the cities, an
will compare favorably with any in tn
state.
}, GAME-Last week Win Adams an
Charley Doty drove into town with til
largest load Of game ever brought TO thi
burg. The boys had, as the result of on
days hunt. forty nine geese and thirty-fiv
ducks, which is good bag of game fc
u ten hours hunting.
. GARFIELD AND ARrHUR.-The club la
an informal meeting on last Saturday evel
. ing. but no business of public important
. was transacted The organization W,
. perfected by the election of an exeeutiy
Y committee, consisting of the president, Sc
10 rotary and F. NJ. Teele.
: H. AND e. CLUB.-The 'sgreat unterr
fed" or as they are commonly called Ii
ID democrats. met at II. Bragg's Office Ia
~ Saturday evening and made some arrang
IS ments for the campaign There was
4 lively discussion over the manner in whit
% the club funds were to be expended, but
II was decided on vote, not to use them 4