Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-09-08

"They have gone to the fair of course"
is the surprised answer, told with an aston
ished to-be-sure air, when you inquire as
to the Whereabouts of some familiar but
missing face And then the reporter
walks off with his pencil gripped la Mac.
beth's dagger and mutters in Apache
oterknewnitdamit.
VERY GRAvE.-We are requested by Mr..
w. Dragoo, the treasurer of the Cemetery
association, to request owners of lots to
call and pay for the same. The deeds are
ready and it is desired that all the money
due the society be promptly paid, as there
are debts due which could be cancelled if
the the money owing the society was paid
in as it should be.
NOTICE The board Of trade committee
on entertainments, consisting of Messrs
Sutherland, Stanton, Brisbine, Phelps,
Moore, Griswold and Munro, are requested
TO meet with the board next Monday even.
ing. 1t is desired that there be Il full at.
tendance so that the appointment of sub.
committees and other preliminaries may
be arranged.
Wheat, under the effect of local compe,
tition, took an upward jump of two cents
this week, and is away up to $!.O43 for
No. 1, and $1.O1a for number two. Mr..
H. ii. Wells is going to make it lively this
fall and if our merchants follow his ex-
ample we will have as good market as
there is on the line. Keep up prices and
you draw trade every time. .
BASE BALL.-A communication has been
received from the secretary of the Herman
nine, in which that club proposes to play
the Morris team series of five games, for
liberal purse, the matches to be played
alternately at Morris. and at Herman, the
club winning three outsof five to rake in
the prize. If accepted, the games will
probably be played during fair week.
! Be sure and have the little folks visit the
circus Saturday, it is tho event of the sea
son with them, and the sights they will see
will furnish topics of conversation fol
months to come. To see the animals that
they have only heard of through theil
books will interest them more than we
have any idea of and will prove of great
assistance to them in many of their studies
Saturday is the day on which the Burr
Robbins & Coivin circus will appear, and
delegations are expected from Browns
Valley, Bcardslcy, Gracevile and Other
points on the branch, from Hancock, Don
nelly, Herman, Glenwood, and all parts
of this and adjacent counties. 1t will be q
big day for Morris, and from what oul
exchanges say the show is certainly worth
visiting.
Col. Fish, chief engineer of the Little
Falls & Dakota, was in town Monday, as
was also Mr.. w. DeGraif, They report
excellent progress at all points along the
route, and the Col. says lie has one of the
finest lines of road in the state, free from
heavy grades and curves, in fact it coulc
not be better it the country through which
it passes had been made especially for it
This is encouraging certainly.
From Mr.. L. B. Hodges, rightof-way
agent for the st. P, M. s. NJ, we learr
HAT satisfactory arrangements have beer
made for the purchase Of the major por
ticn of the land required, in Stevens coun-
ty, i'll the casterly extenton of the st
Cloud & Lake Traverse railway. TheTe
are one or two tracts yet in dispute, thu
owners claiming greater damages than the
company are willing to allow.
PosTPoNED.-Thc date for holding the
County Fair has been postponed until Sept
29th and Both, and October 1st. This
change was rendered necessary owing tt
the fact that sufficient time had not beer
given the Driving Park Association, il
which to perfect arrangements. At ;
meeting of the managers of the above
named organization, held last Saturday, i
was decided to make vigorous effort to
ward having lively and successful fai
this fall, and we learn that the present race
track and grounds adjacent will probabi!
be leased for a term of years, for count,
fair and other purposes.
Will the town grow east or west, Eortl
or south, is the query of many now that
is evident there will be great growth dur
ing the coming year or two. We arc o
the opinion that the business centre viii
remain about where it is for sometime Il
come, but to anyone familiar with tn
growth of other interior towns, it is Away
noticeable that residence locations are usu
ally scattered promiscuously Throughout
the outskirts, while as rule the bushes!
houses are found principally OH the mail
village thoroughfares leading into tn
country and through which the farmer
pass in going to and from their homes.
EXTRA TRAIN. extra express run
ming over this division this week, between
Fargo, Morris, St. Paul and intermediat
stations, is a great convenience and til
business men on this line should make
great effort to have it continued during tn
next two months. Under the present run
ming arrangements the train leaves here Il
1:12 a. nj. and arrives at ST. Paul at 7:30 n
M, leaving at 7:20 p. M. and making a
quick time on the return trip, thus allow
ing twelve hours or so out of the twenty
four, in which to visit the cities. The tr
which occupies three days by the regula
train can thus be made in one by the extra
the travelling being done by night and til
running time being over two hours shorter
GRADING.-On the two easterly cxter
sions, the L. F. & D. and the ST. G. & L. 7
the grading forces are making fair show
ing, and with the daily increase of workin
forces there will be lively times all alon
the lines in week or two. On the frs
section of the St. Cloud & Lake Travers
road east of the river, there is large en-
bankment already made. There will be
heavy fill across the river bottom, rs it