Morris tribune., 1881-03-03

| Inc dance To nave neen nelu last Mon
day is postponed to Easter Monday, Apri
18th
The advice now given to young folks
with matrimonial intentions is 'be sure
you don't write tlen 60 ahead"
During the illness and absence of Major
Overton. his business affairs have been
placed in charge of Mr.. F. B. Chew.
Two plowS commenced operations or
the SNOW drifts which ohstruct the branch
line yesterday and 50 far are making gooC
progress
Clear out of the way! the Little Falls &
Dakota cars i,re coming; and so is the
MORRIS DAILY TTIBUSE, six dollars yeal
in advance.
What We want is a good steady. warn
rain, nothing else will choke of these
billiards. and prepare the ground for seed
ing by next June or later.
Evening service at All Saints church
next Sunday rs usual at 80 o'clock 9TH,
Heavenly Stair case is the subject of tho
rector'S sermon for that evening
Quite number of our citizens are talk
ing of establishing i telephone exchange
Well, it only requires somebody to lead ii
order to have the enterprise success
CAUCuS.-A peoples caucus will be held
at BriShine's hall, Saturday afternoon al
3 O'Clock. f"rthe purpose of nominating
village officers to he vo'ed for on Tuesday
next. Per order of committee.
Tuesday, scan it closely and vote under
stnn1inglv. remembering that the welfare
of our village and its inhabitants depends
in no small measure on tie character and
standing of our councillors
The order of the district court granting
a new trial in the case of W H. Campbell
vs.. 1ohN Landhcrg. upon the grounds that
the verdict was not justified by the cvi,
dencc, has been affirmed by the Supreme
court TO which an appeal was taken. The
case will now have a second trial.
, DANCE.-Owing to the pnstponement of
the dance to have Keen held last Mon''av
evening, a few of our voIng town folks
| got IN IN impromptu dance at Brishine' $
/ hall. on Tuesday evering The occasion
was very pleasant one, quite number
! being in attendance, and all reporting a
jolly time
! a little three wear old son of Mr.. w. n.
FntchkiSs, of Traverse county. died at the
! Perkins House last Friday after an illness
| OF two weeks The parents have been
storm STAYED at This place for a long time,
voting for the onrning of the branch line
The remains will be taken to Traverse
county for intprmcnt.
"What about the Connemaras?" is a
question frequently asked since the storms.
No news has been heard and many think
Their" iSn0 question hut that there has been
| more or less suffering. ms it has been sim
ply impossible to break and keen open
roads An effort should he made from
some source to ascertain the condition of
| these people
MILK 1t is probable that our citizens
will he we'll sunnliPd with the tactical fluid
! during the coming summer. rs two milk
routes arc to he established in this village
| one nv J. r Perkins and the other nv w.
| B Hancock There is no question hut
this will he both convenience and an &C.
| commodntion to our citizens, as many are
now entirely dependent upon their neigh
hoTs for p supply.
The lannon's Clyde stallion "Prince of
the Isle owned by McsSrs. Watson &
| Leonard is now enroute for Norris and
will he here as soon rs the roads are open
| HIrsemrn are naturally anxious to sce this
| animal as he is reported to he one of the
| finest and most compact pieces of horse
flesh in the state. The same firm have also
carload of sale horses on the road which
are expected to arrive daily
One of the most deceitful things in this
| Norwegian snow shoes. A sad eyed man
in this town will take an affidavit that
there is more genuine don't.care cuss
trickery about Il pair of these snow shoes
than there is in the two leading politician.
of our state. This may seem like an aw
FIJI sized ''swrar" for Il man to affirm to
hut he'll take the oath and wont WING,
over it either
The suggestion in our asst issue that the
outlet to the lake south of town he dam
med up is meeting with universal appro
val and an effort will he made to investi
gate the matter and ascertain as to wha
portions of the country in the immediate
vicinity, can he drained into the lake at ;
small cost. There appears to be. on inspec
ton large area of land that would shet
the er flowing from it, into the lax,
with very little drainage.
CoNvINCED.-It has gradually dawnee
on the minds o. the average weathe
prophet, that they know but little and tina
little they are not even sure of. In fac.
without an exception, they are fully con
WINGED they do not. never did, never will
never expect, nor never will again want Il
know any thing about the weather. Th
is sad and were it not that our eyes ar,
like the coal hin-empty-we would she,
IL tear over their deplorable condition.
! On Thursday last Major Overton wa
taken to the Cottage Hospital Mt Minneapo
lis for treatment. Several complications
arising principally from impurities of TN
blood. make it probable that portion o
tile hone may have to be removed from
his injured leg. In view of the serious
condition of his leg, and the probability o
a prolonged illness. it was deemed advis
able to send him to the hospital, where ex
perienced and efficient nurses would b,
constantly in attendance.
Later: A telegram was received las
evening announcing his death.