Morris tribune., 1881-06-02
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LOCAL ITEMS.
Extra copies of the Tribune are on sale
at the Metropolitan Drug Store.
WHEA T.
Wheat. No. l, $40; No. 2, Sic.

ones, are now being placed in position on
this line.
Miss Belle Allyn returned Saturday from
an extended visit to her home in Hastings,
Minnesota.
Taxes delinquent June 1st bear ten per
cent penalty. This is steep but there is nc
getting around it.
Ball and chains are evidently needed for
the chaps who are sent to Jail in default
of payment Of fines.
"All aboard for Glenwooa, Sank Centre,
Little Falls and Duluth" will be the next
cry of the conductors.
Several days of east wind gave US cold
damp weather, while unpleasant, it vas
not by any means unfavorable to crops.
A team belonging to young man
named Ayers furnished amusement for the
town folks Monday by indulging in a mild
and harmless runaway.
The building formerly occupied by H.
| F. Peters has been moved back on the lots
to make room for an addition. When com.
pleted it will be occupied by Mr.. Ed. Wal,
| ter.
SERvICEs.-As the Rev. t. G. Hudson
will hold Episcopal services at Hancock
| next Sunday evening, there will be no
evening service in the Episcopal church on
that day.
The machine sheds near the corner of
Fifth street and Atlantic avenue, formerly
| occupied by Messrs House & Weber, are
being torn down preparatory to removal
| to another location.
AS the new county building is completed
the auditor and treasurer will remove into
their new quarters this week. The change
| will be great convenience as the accom-
odations at present furnished are wholly
| inadequate.
Owing to an accident to engine number
| 12 the train on the branch line last
Saturday was considerably behind time.
The east bound express was held until its
arrival A broken strap was the cause of
the trouble.
GLASS BALLs.-The village sportmen
continue to practice glass ball shooting
and the progress made is very fair. Anew
trap of an improved pattern has been re-
ceived, and the probabilities are that there
will be some matches during the summer
A large number of wild pigeons have
been noticed flying north during the first
of the week. FROM Mr.. H. Foss we learn
that the pigeons were very numerous and
continued flying over his grove during
Saturday, Sunday and Monday. None of
the birds lit, although in former years a
few stragglers usually stopped among the
trees in his grove.
STREETs.-Roadmaste Steadman, with
large force of men, is busy at work
putting the streets into passable condition.
The intention is to turnpike or raise the
centres two or three feet so that the water
will be thrown off and not soaked into the
road bed. In places where this was done
last year the roads were in very good con
dition this spring.
! Quite large number of our townspeople
were in attendance at the sociable held al
the residence of Mrs. M. Weber, last
Friday evening. 1t is almost needless to
say that the assembled guests enjoyed q
pleasant evening, and were most hospita
bly, and pleasantly entertained by the popu
lar and charming hostess. The ladies OF
All Saints parish are certainly to be con
graduated on the success of their sociables
or rather soiree's.
BASE BALL.-As our home club is moi
yet organized, and as the weather has been
such as to prevent practicing, the Herman
club were requested to play them on Sat
urday the 18th. Owing to the inconvenien
running of trains the home club cannot &C
to Herman and return the same day as
could the latter club. A communication
was received yesterday from the Herman
club, accepting the challenge to play at thi
place on the date above mentioned.
AS we have had number of enquiries
in regard to the growing of flax, how lat
it will do to sow, the numbers of quartz
per acre, ETC., we give the result of Mr.. G
Sax's experience with this grain last season
Mrs.. had six hundred acres, on which
eighteen quarts per acre were sown. Thu
best yield was from the land seeded abou
the last of June, on land that had laid idl
for two years. Some of the same grail
sown about the 10th of July. on breaking
yielded very fair crop.
AcC1DENT.-On Thursday last Mr.. Johl
Bissonette, the engineer at D. r. Suther
land & Co.'S elevator, sustained seriou
injury to one of his hands. While at wcrl
about the machinery large piece of iro
pipe fell from quite height. the end strik
ing his right hand breaking the index o
first finger and crushing some of tn
smaller bones. The hand is necessaril
painful and will require long and careful
nursing before it can be used, but we ar
glad to say it is healing quite rapidly.
The torrid heat of summer sends Chi
to the very marrow of our poet as he think
of the sadly, depleted condition of his poke
book The balmy breezes have no CHAIR
for him, ETHEREAL mildness prevails in vain
the summer zephyrs are as billiards. CON
pared With which a Manitoba wave"
!. red hot Poor fellow. the followin
touchingly, pathetic lines tell in tones 0
dynamic force the whole sad, pitiful stor
s of well.you-know-how -it.is-yourself:
mo funds, he murmed, contemplatively,
ssYetthere'smy girl attachment then he moan
And to the caterer whispers hesitatingy,
"one lemor ice-cream and two spoons"