Morris tribune., 1881-02-17

Ws Harris Gribane.
Morris. MIMI. Feb. ~, 1851.
We are not responsible for, nor do zoe by
publishing, endorse, the opinions Of our
correspondents.
bin for establishing separate insti,
tuition for chronic and harmless insane pa
tients passed the state senate last Friday.
If HARDWOOD had been Il state prison con,
tractor lie need not have had his name or
reputation Injured, nor have left the state.
There are already two names inscribed
on 'hr @nhcrnatorial slate for 1881, viz: L..
Fletcher Of Minneapolis, and c. A. Gil
man, of st. Cloui, ....
A steady advance is noticed both in the
European and eastern grain markets.
Wheat, oats and corn are tirmcr, and adj.
vancing gradually.
Big Stone and Traverse counties being
organized with their present boundaries,
are taking the preliminary steps to elect
officers and perfect an organization.
About this season of the year watch out
for legislative ool.chucks. They will
soon begin to show themselves and the
Indications are, will be both fat ana mum
crous.
4 bill has heen introduced, into the legis-
lature by Mr.. Washhurn, and passed under
suspension of the rules, to change the
name of the town of Sahlmark, in this
county, to Swan Lake.
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Unthreshed grain will suffer from the
amount of snow driven into the stacks by
the storms II will be well to allow am
pie time for the absorption of all moisture
by the straw before threshing.
The Argument in the Whitaker cou:t
martial closed last week The decision
Of the court has been reserved. hut it is
unlikely the present generation will ever
learn who did cut that colored boys ear.
Ii is absurdly selfish in the members
from the southern portion of the state to re-
fuse US few crumbs from the state swamp
land loaf. off which they have had 81
many slices. There is good deal of ham
in some of their carcasses.
By a late number of Woo,lhall & Claf1n
Journal, published in London by our Vic
toria c. and Tennie, we observe that Mrs
W., 'for special reasons" has altered the
last vowel in her name, making il Wood
hall instead of Woodruff, as heretofore
Minnesota is not the only portion of the
hahitahlc globe where people perish from
cold and exposure, as upwards of twenty
persons have been frozen TO death on the
Wiltshire Downs during the past two
months, and many deaths from exposure
are reported from other parts of England
Some of the papers seem to think that
all trouble on the lines of railroad for this
season, will end with the raising of the
present blockade. This is nonsense, there
will be trouble as long as there is so much
SNOW on the ground and strong winds to
put it in motion. A strong blow from the
northwest for five hours, would blockade
this line its entire length.
"Secor Roheson, of New Jersey, takes
great interest in the down trodden Beers,
and has introduced resolutions of sympathy
in the legislature. "-Ex. Now if some
'T6iarStcd if5TFiisiSher~- wonil- inLrudnce res:
olutIons of sympathy in the house of COM
mons, for the down trodLen American In,
dams, how Secor and other jat kuSses Of
lis stamp would howl.
Experiments recently made by Il gentle,
man iii Lyon county fully convinced him
that little alcohol added To Il churning of
cream, not only brings the butter almost
instantly, but in larger quantities than is