Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-22
LOCAL ITEMS

one of the offices in the Court House
w. c, Whiteman, of the Herman Herald,
was in town Saturday, enjoying little city
life.
Almost everybody complains of colds
and sorethroat, the sickness is light how
ever.
socrABLE, Episcopal sociable-a at the resi-
dence of Mrs. j. D. Good, next Wednes.
day evening.
New MARsHAL-Mr Frank Tewksbury,
was appointed village Marshal at the last
Council meeting.
Mrs. w. H. ttarris, accompanied by
cousin, Mr.. Fl. l. Harris, of Battle Creek,
Mich, returned home last week
Messrs. X. Helgeson, and Byron Wilcox,
two prominent business men of Hancock,
made flying trip to Morris yesterday.
The railroad company's wood pile at this
station is a regular old buster, and contains
somewhere in tie vicinity of 1000 cords.
A REMINDER.--Wills of rich men all re.
mind US, when the golden stair we climb,
that the rocks" we leave behind us, must
be diyvy'd to dime.
The ''In memoriam" which immortalizes
the memory of Jim" is unique piece of
pathetic drolery, combination of the
sublime and ridiculous
AGRICULTURAL SocTETY The annual
meeting of the Stevens Co. Agricultural
Society meets on Saturday January 31st.
Official notice will be given in next issue.
RABBITS Judge Bragg has received an
order from Maryland, for a lot of live Jack
rabbits. Boys here's chance to earn
few dimes See notice in business locals
NEW WooD YARD.-Elsewhere will be
found notice from slack" Morris, an
nouncing the re-opening of his wood yard,
and prices of wood in rack, and delivered
"Jim," the tame otter, owned by Jack
Morris, took sick and died last Friday At
first it was supposed she was poisoned, but
post-mort Elm showed the cause of death
to be indigestion
SURPRIsE.-A number of the friends of
Mr.. j. ?. II. Morris, surpriSed(D him last
evening, or rather intended to do so, but
Jack got wind of the goings on, and so was
not taken unawarcs.
SHOE FLYING.-It is now asserted on
good authority, that the custom of throwing
an old shoe after newly married couple,
indicates that the charms of happiness in
matrimony are slippery.
A young man in this village was on
christmas offered upwards of $4,000 dollars
in bonds, if he would forego the use of to-
bacco. After considering the matter for
two weeks he finally concluded to accept.
We have offered to quit for $1,000 but as
yet there are no takers
ACCIDENT AT HERMAN.-A man named
David Rowell, fell from the top of ear
yesterday morning, his head striking the
rail with a force sufficient to break his
skull. DR.. Hulbnrd vas telegraphed for,
| and from him we earn that Powell's inju-
| ries while serious, are not fatal. and that he
was feeling better last night.
| Mr.. H r. Gardner of the ST. P. NJ & NJ.
| r. R. was in town Tuesday and expressed
himself agreeably astonished at the pro
gress of our village. Mr.. Gardner is the
owner of ..Skinkle, ;" one of the finest pieces
| of horse flesh in the northwest, and his
leisure time, while here, was spent in look
ing over the stock in this village.
| SUNDAY.-Large congregations attended
divine services last Sabbath, and the sew
1 eral churcheswere well filed Over head
during the morning and afternoon it was
simply lovely, but under foot 1t was posi-
lively cxecrable, yet the church going PEG
pie did not forego their devotional exercises
because Of the sloppiness and mud. About
4 O'Clock p. m. fog. strange sight in this
state, settled down and changed the scene
from brightness, warmth and sunshine, to
dreary, misty chilliness.
TRAGEDY; ONE ACT, Two CHARACTERS.
a penny for your thoughts, my pet
Said Morris Romeo to ditto Juliet:
i Win Lr pTeIeublOuS,
/ She took him up at once, you bet,
And here's the kind of got he get:
Il was wondering why you always funk,
And never yet have mustered spunk
To pop the momentoue;
/ That's the little think thunh,
She calmly said and wink'd wunk''
n. B,-This is copyrighted least oul
poet writed the copy.
FIRE. Last Monday evening Mr.. VIM.
! McPhersons residence, on his farm adioin'
ing the town, was totally destroyed by fire
The building at the time, was unoccupied
but on the evening Of the FIRE, Mr.. Mop
had occasion to go out to tie house. He
lit lamp while in the building, and it is
supposed the match was dropped onto the
floor, and into some hay that had been
! spread under the carpet. After leaving the
house Mr.. Mcpherson remained in the vi
cinity, forever an hour. visiting Ills par.
ents who live close by. When he left for
town be did not notice any thing unusual,
but about midnight the building was dis
covered wrapped in flames, and ina short
time was burned to the ground. The loss