Morris tribune., 1881-01-06

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morrow evening.
The county commissioners were in ses
sion the past three days.
Last Sunday was like unto the next pre-
ceding Sabbaths-stormy, cold and blus-
terry.
| Prospects are promising for very pro.
tracted period of coolness-if sun dogs
count
We are indebted to Mr.. E. w. Randall
for copy of the annual report of the state
superintendent of schools.
Business is lively at Dolph Lindsley's
feed mill and the machine is kept constant
ly going to keep up with the orders.
sleighing is very fair and quite guam
tity of grain is moving. Prices however
are down three cents below starvation.
SoC1ABLE-On Wednesday evening next
the ladies of the Episcopal congregation
will hold sociable at the parlors of the
Central house.
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no ice having formed in them as yet. The
cold weather is liable, however, to send
the frost we'll down in the ground.
Lots in our principal business blocks,
those purchasable, are valued at $1,000.
Considering that the lots are but twenty
FIVE feet front, this is stiff figure.
BY an oversight we neglected to make
mention of the fact that handsome
bible was among the gifts from Santa
Claus to the Congregational church.
The second in the series of entertain
ments given under the auspices of the
board of trade occurs to morrow evening.
Elsewhere is the programme for the occa
sion.
Our fuel agent Mr.. bowers keeps up a
good supply of fuel always on hand, and
orders can be promptly filled with better
quality of fuel.
If the property owners on the upper
portion of Fifth street were made to re
move the snow from the side walk it
would be boon to the many doing busi
ness at the court house.
Gabriel Conroy, wife and two children,
of the Connemara colony, were taken to
St. Paul Tuesday. They were the first in.
stallment of some ten or fifteen families
which are to be removed.
If the dramatic society don't get at work
quickly they will not have night be-
tween now and next April on which to
perform, without having some prior en-
gagemcnt to interfere. It's a fact.
A large assembly, mary of the number
| tendance at the ball on New Years eve
Everything passed off very pleasantly, all
having jolly time, and everybody salts
| fed.
Until further notice the Episcopal SER
vices will be held. as heretofore, in the
court house. Services at II o'clock A. NJ.
and PM Next Sunday there will be
services appropriate to the Epiphany
season.
At the annual meeting of the board Of
trade held last evening the following off1c-
ers were elected: r. G. Moore, president;
| w. W. Griswold and Fl. Whiteley, vice
presidents; J. D. Good, treasurer; w. J.
Munro, secretary.
At Ortonville the impression is that R.
W. Miller of that place and his brother of
Mortcvedio have left for the Pacific coast.
1t is not definitely known how much these
worthless succeeded in stealing outside of
the 5000 bagged from the railroad pay
master.
MAns.-Owing to the blockade Oh the
Fl. Il D. an immense amount of mail mat
ter is being received at this Office for Or
| tonville and other points west of here. A
good sized sleigh load of plethoric sacks,
some twenty in number, was the amount
received Monday evening.
STATIsTIcAL.-During the year, ending
December 81, 1880, the number of chattel
mortgages recorded in the Office of register
of deeds was 556; number of receipts,
patents, mortgages and satisfactions re-
corded 1928; total number of instruments
put on record 1884. The receipts from all
sources, as per the registers report, were
81, ,253 80.
BUTTER SIDE UP.-We are exceedingly
gratifed to be enabled to report that there
were no lives lost nor no severe cases of
freezing during the recent stormy and cold
weather. The storm was preceded by Sc
verely cold weather, fact which doubtless
kept many at home Usually, storms fol-
lowing closely after a warm spell' are
the most dangerous to life and limb.
She was humming something about
''love" on the high G when passing, and
about where there is gradual descent in
the sidewalk near Croonquist's, she sud-
denly stopped short, etc, and there was no
more melody. After being assisted TO her
feet she offered few vigorous remarks ap-
p-opriate to the occasion and went on her
lone way madder and wiser woman.
Anumber of the friends of Miss Minnie
Whiteley assembled at the residence OF
her parents last Saturday evening, the an.
niversary of that young lady's birthday,
and celebrated the event in a. social way.
There was quite number present and a
very pleasant time was had. the host and
hostess succeeding tn their hospitabie
efforts to please and entertain their guests.
A paragraph in Saturdays Pioneer Press
contained the announcement from Bishop
Ireland, that arrangements had been made
and some fifteen of the Connemara fami
lies would be removed elsewhere next
spring. If the whole of them were sen,
away and better class of settlers put in
their places, it would ;ebe better for the
colony aud all concerned. The land these
people now occupy is too good 10 be
wasted.
4 In this village there are seven residences