Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-02-24
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| the northwest and made bad work along
the line by drifting the cuts rather badly.
Our streets and stores are gradually re.
suming their accustomed businesslike mp
prarance Spring trade will soon open up.
Morris with competing railroads means
n daily TRIBUNE, and morning daily 1T
that. We will be with you one of these
fine mornings.
The lengthening of the days is apparent
and many of our sportsmen are anxiouslv
loo ing south for the first appearance of
the winged tribe.
Just MS soon as it is possible to do SO. the
authorities must see that the village is
thoroughly cleaned up. 1t means death to
many if neglected
The arrangements fora fancy dress hop
to be given on March /, at Brisb,ne's hall.
has fallen through. and the affair has
been indefinitely postponed for some rea-
son or other.
Some of the boys are having great sport
learning to walk on snow-Shoes of the
Norwegian pattern; but although they
make persistent effort to conquer the mack,
yet their proficiency is not such as would
warrant them in undertaking any very ex-
tended trip.
| CHANGE OF BAsE-Mr J. P Morris has
leased the building owned by Andrew Sat-
ter, now occupied by Berken & Schjerden,
and will take possession of it by the LIST of
April. The location is an excellent one,
fully equal, and in many respects better
than the one he occupies.
| BALL MAsQUE A goodlv number of
our citizens participated in the masquerade
ball held on last Thursday evening, and ii
pleasant occasion iSrrported. Some thirty
couple participated and every thing WAS
conducted, so far us the management was
concerned. in IL satisfactory manner.
| From east south and west come reports
of much sickness h'.ncc it is necessarily
essential for the preservation of tile health
of the community that rigorous measures
may he enacted to prevent the spread of
| UlSttSt. " HIVE Dut tIdt IS uuc
to the enforcement of sanitary laws
TAX PAYERs-County Treasurer White
ley i'll Il card elsewhere published, calls
attention of tax payers to tie fact that on
and after March 1st a penalty of five per
cent accrues on all UNI aid personal tax s.
Walk up to the captains office and settle
or make up your mind to pay the penalty.
Roads are improving in all directions and
our granger friends are one Ivy one coming
into town, all apparently enjoying good
health and none the worse for their block
adc SO far there has been no reports of
any suffering not only in this immediate
vicinity but throughout this and adjoining
counties.
A new smoke stack, to replace the one
blown down by the storm, was placed in
vator Friday. The ut W stack is If much
heavier iron than the old one. and is thus
better calculated to withstand the severe
strains to which ii is subjected during the
WINS "uiSu OSSaStOiitiiy PCFdll Ill
this vicinity.
Tuesday was Washington s birth dav
and although legal holiday the bank was
the only one of our business houses which
recognized the fact. honored Georges
memory and observed the day Ivy closing
the doors and not transactiny business
we would tell about the plans for
hunting jack rabbits We're it not for de-.
stroying faith in the patriotic motives
which prompted suspension of business
SLIGHT BLoCKADE.-On Monday night
last and through Tuesday the wind shifted
round into the northwest and set the snow
in motion, delaying trains and causing n
good deal of trouble along this liae No
passenger trains got west of Willmar or
east of Herman, some trains being caught
=. out between stations and unable to pro.
: coed, thus stopping all travel at intermedi.
ate places between the above named points.
On the branch line the snow has again
caused trouble, the train coming east ON
Monday. although hau'ed by two engines.
was STALLED" brtwecn Morris and Grace
vile. and having little fuel the engines
had to he let die or irr other words the fires
l'ad to he pnt out and the boil, RS pmptied
From all reports the cuts are not badly
drifted at any point, hut there are good
many dead engines and two or three trains
showed in at different points on each side
of US.
A SUGGEsTIoN.-Thc exaggerated mud
!. hole or slough which borders our townsit.
, on the southwest has heen, not only an eye
sore, hut Il nuisance also 10 us all, ant
hence any suggestion of a practical nature
that will he tile means of even temporarily
improving its unprepossessing appearance.
and purifying its putrid waters will b'
worthy of consideration for many reasons
1t has been suggested by one of our bust
ness men, that as there will he larg,
body of water How into the slough as sool
as the snow piles begin to melt and spring
rains To fall. it would be good move fo
, the authorities or the public spirited anon,
our residents. to close the only outlet Il
The east end Of the lake. and. as far as pos
sible. hold back all the water That runs in
To dam this outlet would be 1, tritiing ex
pense, a mere bagatelIe compared with TIL
benefits to he derived. 1t would, in TIT
first place, by purifying the rank water
and covering the muddy banks, be of IL,
i, calcula5lc benefit as u sanitary measure
then the waters would be available for al
purposes except cooking, the unsightl,
appearance of the slough immensely i'm
: proved and u place Of resort be formed b,
! putting pleasure boats ON il. Its water
{ could, as they once were, be stocked will
fish. in fact the place could be made o
some value in many ways, instead Of heinz
as now, dangerous nuisance to the CON