Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-01-13
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| House this evening.
The interior of DR.. Sutherlands new
residence is about completed, and is being
furnished.
The TRIBUNE has been designated by the
commissioners rs the official paper.
Thanks gentlemen.
| Our county officials are quite busy at
present, the opening of new and closing of
old books keeping them busy.
The boartlers at the Perkins House Or
ganized an impromptu dance Monday
evening and had 4 thoroughly enjoyable
time.
Sleighihs is excellent, but unfortunately it
is too cold to be out and about for pleasure,
so but few take advantage cf the opportu
nifty to enjoy sleigh ride.
This week we are having q dcarth of
amusements, but next week we will have
to be up and stirring, as there are several
entertainments promised.
Wheat receipts have been flying light
during the past week, as is always the case
Immediately after tho holidays. Collcc
tons are correspondingly slow.
Read kron's new advertisement. An
excellent opportunity is offered to any one
who desire to en- gage in business at this
point, as the entire stock will be SOLD
cheap.
There was no meeting of the board of
trade last Monday evening, owing to the
weather being very cold, and no particular
or pressing business to come before the
board.
County attorney Bcvans left Monday for
st Paul, to be away for Il few weeks.
During his absence, Mr.. L. G. Spooner,
whose Office is in the same building, will
attend to Mr.. 3 S business.
During the first of this and the latter
part of last week the thermometer showed
a degree Of GOODNESS crcditabe to the bust
ness end of the north pole. The record is
from fifteen to thirty five below zero.
Our Donnelly correspondent makes men
ton of the purchase of one of the elevators
at that point by D. r. Sutherland & Co.
of Morris. The transfer has not yet been
made, but full particulars will be given in
next issue.
Christensen is having his ice house
filled. The quality of ice, it is hardly
necessary to add, is superior to any cut for
many years, and were it not for fear Of be
! p-p,,ll
give the thickness of the blocks and num-
Der in q load.
SoCIABLE.-On last evening another of
the pleasant and popular sociables, held
under the auspices of the ladies of the
Episcopal society, was given at the rarlors
of tho Central House. There was quite a
large gathering Of our towns people,
and the occasion is pronounced one of the
most enjoyable of the season.
Proceedings of the boards of commits
sioners and audit occupy large portion of
our columns this week The list Of names
from which grand and petit jurors is to be
drawn is given in full, and many will be
on the ragged edge TO learn who are to be
the chosen few who will have the great
pleasure of assisting at the next term of
court.
SuIrMENrs.-The shipments of wheat
from this point during the seven working
days between the first and tenth of the
month, inclusive, were seventy six cars, or
about 80, AGO bushels This is large
quantity of grain. but it is nevertheless
fact that nearly as MUCH more would have
been shipped had ii fsen possible to OBJ
tain cars.
Jim Igoe has been bothered to death with
his operators who one and FL are either
taken sick, or else their families are sick,
and they are called home, leaving him to
run the machine alone during the day. Jim
don't go much on married operators, and
sent yesterday for an orphan, to see if he
could not get some one to ''hold it down"
as he says.
If any of our citizens have not provided
themselves with season tickets for the lit
erary and musical entertainments, they
Silpulu uo 81 iitiiilCutotCiy, 90 ~ " III w
necessary. in order to meet the expenses of
the series of concerts, that few more be
, sold. Any who desire these tickets can
obtain them by calling on Messrs. Kenner
& Moore, Wolff 6 Wells, or Good s. Bris
bine.
Our amateur dramatists are hard at
work rchcarsing the play to be included in
the programme presented Friday evening
next week. The more we see of the farce
sThe Two Puddfoots" the better we like
it. 1t is one of the drollest and most per-
picking plays we have seen for some
time, Astounding in absurdities, and full of
ludicrous sallies, which will make it q
whole entertainment in itself.
During the recent period of protracted
GOODNESS the thermometers have had a
tough time of it. The mercury has been
froze up tight, and the spirits almost con-
gealed so we now rise up to inquire if
there is any fluid that will stand the
racket and truthfully record the GOODNESS,
which is too fresh for our common instru-
ments to tackle Up in Winnipeg they
, are selling good article of imported
brandy by the pound.
We inadvertently omitted to call atten-
ton to the business card Of Messrs. Camp
bell and Spooner which appeared in last
issue These gentlemen have permanently
established branch law Office in this vii
lage and Mr.. L. G.. Spooner is now in
charge. OF these gentlemen, we can say,
they are well known as being among the
leading law firms of this district, and such
being the case, they will doubtless receive
: liberal share of the business at this point.
The DeGraff correspondent of the Ben
son Times tells the whole story in the fol
. lowing paragraph: I.
Mr. Ja,nae loco LONG md fav0roh1v