Morris tribune., 1880-08-05


tion to complete the structure and put 1t in
condition for traved. There is no more
important route in the county, than the
thoroughfare now opened, as it taps
thickly settled portion of our county and
will be the means of bringing many thou
sands of bushels of grain to this market
and give us control of q region of country
tributary to this point, but heretofore turn
ed away because of no facilities for cross
ing the river.
A BEAT.-He claimed to be a soldier,
and one of the fighting kind, in fact. from
his story, he has been in every hattie since,
and we are not exactly sure but also before,
the revolution. There is not crack regi-
ment in or out of the service but he has
been under fire with, and in fact, we are
not certain but he has been mortally
wounded on several occasions, and lost all
limbs dozen times. From his tell, he
never went into an engagement but he was
shot all to pieces, and he has been in every
military prison we ever heard of or read
about. Taken altogether, this unfortunate
hero is deserving of sympathy, for singular
to say, he gets no pension, and never eX-
poets to. From the way he drank whisky,
we judge, although he neglected to men,
ton it, that he had been bitten every day
of his remarkable life, by rattle snake.
This mans experiences will be related, day
and dates included, to any patient listener,
for the price of one glass of beer, OF more.
A NUIsANCE.-We again wonld call the
attention of General Manager Hill to the
gross carelessness and negligence of freight
Conductors in leaving trains standing, dur
ing the whole time they are at the station,
so as to blockade the crossings. If one or
two of the crossings were blocked, we
would not complain, but when it comes to
having all four closed, it is time something
was done, Yesterday, the freight train in
charge of Conductor Gable, was left so as
to close every crossing, and so remained
for upwards of an hour. There IS no ne
cessity for this, at all, as there was plenty
of good clear rail behind the caboose, so as
to allow of the train being cut off ut the
streets Some of the Conductors always
find time and room, and are very careful
to not blockade the crossings, except when
unavoidable. but there are others who do
not do so, and are impertinent when re-
monstrated with An order from Mr.. Hill
would speedily remedy the matter, and
confer favor. not only on the residents of
this, but of other villages on the line.
COUNTY AND CRoPs.-A drive of forty
miles through the north and western por-
ton of this county, afforded US an oppor
tunity to note the growth and development
in that vicinity, and gave us chance to
personally inspect the growing crops. AS
regards the territory of which we write, it
differs but little in appearance from that in
our immediate vicinity, except that the
surface is more fiat and low, yet the soil is
equally good and the crops are, on an
average, fully as flourishing. The growth
of that portion of the county is astonishing
and it requiles to be seen to be appreciated.
1t is much greater than would be supposed
from tie number of buildings which dot
the prairies, as in the north west corner of
the county arc situated many of our largest
farms, and the acreage under cultivation is
immense. On the whole we have every
reason to be satisfied with the prospects OF
a large yield, and although this section
may not average with other and older por
tions of the county, yet, there is no doubt
but that the harvest will be satisfactory
and largely in excess of any previous year
DisCUssIoN.-The following letters cx
plain themselves:
j. Z. Fuller, Esq, Dear Sir: AS there
was no agreement between you and /, t0
discuss the question you propounded in the
last issue Of the TRIBUNE, will now state
that am willing to discuss with you, the
political issues of the day, at any time tina
viii be agreeable to you.
) Respectfully yours, II. BRAGG.
!, Morris, Aug 4th.