Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-08-11

Our llttlC lOCdl pUlltiSdi tcd-pot Is CoIH'
mencing to simmer and will soon be in full
blast
Our wood dealers are busy filing up
their yards and making preparations for
the fall campaign.
Messrs. Helgeson 6 Hanson are erecting
a warehouse in the rear of their premises
and preparing for the fall trade.
The Morris base ball club have chal-
lenged the ST. Paul nine to play match
game in Morris during fair week for a
purse of $4,000.
Mr.. Vennor promises frosty weather dur
ing the middle of this month, and then, as
if ashamed of himelf, says: September
will be scorcher"
What delicious fruit the cucumber is
it is all powerful-one, only, made double
and twisted lardy-massy of a young man
in town the other day.
The drawing off of the gravel trains has
made it rather dull around the depot, but
" w vi bC louS GIG tl8iuS alC liS lliS aiouuSl
as thick if not thicker than before.
The Donnelly elevator will probably be
ready do receive grain by the last of the
week although the Improvements will not
all have been completed by that time.
A number of buildings are springing up
around the village, and from appearances
the carpenters have all and more than they
can attend to. "How she do grow!"
The Little Falls 6 Dakota survey corps,
under the charge Of Engineer Fish, are in
camp near H. w. Stone & Co.'S mill, and
will probably remain there for week OF
two longer.
The harvest will be we'll through in an
other week of fine weather. The crop will
perhaps equal that of last year in quantity,
the quality of the grain is, however, very
much superior.
Keep an eye on your boys. A two year
old boy belonging to Mr.. Petite was found
about two miles from town yesterday.
He started 10 find his father at the river
but got on the wrong road
On the 4th of July, on our race course,
one small boy said to another small boy:
"My father holds family prayers ever day,
does yours?" Answer: No sir, he don't,
my fathers democrat" Next customer
DR.. Hecnan has purchased new steam
thresher, manufactured by Seymour, Sa-
bin s. Co., Saltwater. 1t arrived On Tues
day, and the Doctor will do his threshing
before the October blizzard puts in an APP
pearance.
MARK THIs.-In all probability the PEG.
pie of this village and vicinity will receive
o genuine surprise party next week or
sooner, and while We can't say more at
present, we may add that it is in the direc-
ton of prospected railroads.
Engine number GO while switching on
the Y on Sunday afternoon, ran off the
lower switch where she remained until the
next day when the freight engine drew her
on in short notice. The cause of the troub-
lie was an open switch.
A bright little lad of three summers, was
asked by one of the neighbors, where he
went to church last Sunday. Pointing
towards the church, he replied: II went
over there, where the bell is, and tho min.
lister forgot to take off his night gown.
Justice Hutchins and alderman DeKay
have been spending short vacation out OF
town recently, visiting Browns Valley,
Sisseton agency and other points of inter
est in that locality Both officials returned
much improved in health and avoirdupois
This playing editor for the first time re-
minds US of the first time in our boyhood
days that we undertook to hold the flool
in a debating society for ten minutes, we
found it to be the biggest job we evel
undertook. You may draw your own con
illusions
A section hand whose name we did not
learn, had one of his thumbs crushed BY
the wheel of hand car. The wounded
hand was dressed by DR.. Freeman who
thinks he may possibly save the thumb
although it was badly hurt the flesh being
stripped from the bone.
The arrival Of bright and promising
girl badly at the residence of H. III. Wells
Esq on Friday last, brought joy to tina
household and was one of the interesting
and congratulatory events of the past week
Both mother and daughter are doing az
we'll as could be expected.
There is unusual activity in our lumber
yards. G.. Rohne, Nessrs. Good s. Bris-
bine and E. j. Jones s. Son, are getting il
large supplies, especially the latter firm
who have received number of car load
within few days. The prices for lum
Der are slightly on the rise.
Mr. Goods new house is towering up il
the distance and when finished will be on,
of the finest buildings in the city. VIII,
don't Mr.. G. put the money into half
dozen good houses to distribute among hi
friends? In that case we would try hare
to be recognized as his right bower.
Mr.. Kerwin is up from St. Paul lookint
after the harvest, and the very fine yielt
on his large farm has changed the SHAPE
of his face SO as to remind one of wha
the human face resembles in looking int,
one of those looking glasses which, whel
reversed, make it broader than long.
The L. F, s. D. engineers were busy tn
first Of the week surveying second ap
proach to the village. One line enters tn
village through Morris Addition, the othe
above the brick yard, but as yet of cours
outsiders are entirely in the dark as t,
. which line will be the one adopted.
makes mighty little difference to most .
US where it enters, SO long as it comes, ant
that it is going to come might be set dow
as gospel fact-unrevised-for Mr.. Viii
ard has said so, and he is a man that la
never yet broken his word.