Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-02-17
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AZ the metropolitan DTuy SIOTe.
Wheat. No /, 75c.; No. 2. rec.
Masquerade to night, lecture tomorrow
night.
Lent begins March 2, and Easter Sunday
comes April II.
The weather for the past day or two has
been clear and mild. .....
Masquerade ball at Brisbine's hall this
evening, a large attendance is expected.
Look out for loud calm in March, for
Vennor predicts windy weather early in
March,
Snow plows are about the only ones do.
ing Il rushing business in this vicinity at
present.
Mails are carried athwart country now.
u days on snow shoes. It's no shoes talk
ing this
Communication was opened with
Browns Valley yesterday after delay OF
nearly two weeks.
Jack rabbits or narrow guage mules, are
doing considerable damage to trees and
shlubbery in this vicinity.
AT the Halfway House the water tank
and ten box Cars that were hlockaded there
are twenty feet under snow drifts.
That small sized mystery" is solved
Frank keep your horse sharp slod and he
will not lay down on the ice to rest.
LOST MIR E. S. Hall was SO unfortu
nate as to lose pocketbook and elsewhere
offers liberal reward for its return.
Potatoes, butter and eggs are in great
demand at present, and any farmer who
has any of this produce to sell will find {
ready market and fair paying prices.
1t has been noticed by several of oul
citizens that during this season the ice ha!
formed with the slippery side up. There
is nothing unusual in this howev
Whoopng cough is furnishing consider
able amusement for the youth of this vii
lage, fortunately being of II mild type.
On Tuesday morning Mondays cas-
bound train came down ahead of the regu
lar passenger train and tagged it through
t. ST. Paul.
Receipts, like the price of wheat, are fly
ing light these days. Jack Frost's monop
oily causes the former and the buyers mo
nopoly the latter.
Time tables are a mockery, when th'
storm rageth, and whatsoever is deceived
thereby into betting on the arrival and de
parturc of ii train, is not wise.
A new sign painted by our artist Hutch
ms, for Webher, Leonard s. Watson, il
one of the most artistic pieces of lettering
we have yet seen in Morris.
Whist, euchre, checkers, chess, authors
billiards, ten-pins and other harmless anC
innocent games are INDUCED in by al
classes to pass the time away.
A new snow pillow to take the place o
the one wrecked on Saturday. arrived
Tuesday, and went to work clearing ava,
the drifts on the branch yesterday.
At Graceville the depot and elevator ar
entirely under snow and they were oblige'
to dig holes through the drifts in order t.
obtain an entrance into the buildings.
New supplies of wood daily arriving
both for sale and for the company's Use
is of the variety known as green hard
Dry wood of either hard or soft kind, is u
previously intimated, about exhausted.
Stained glass sash for the windows o
the new Episcopal church arrived las
week and have been placed in position
Our Episcopal friends have the cosiest an
most attractive church building in til
village.
Major Overton's condition is quite f,
vorable, and although there is not rs rapi
improvement as could be desired, yet he
probably doing as we'll as could be e.
pected considering the serious nature {
the accident.
For some unexplained reasons our an
nual supply of reports, records, and otllt
public documents, has failed to connec
Evidently none of our present mem ers al
anxious for reelection.
William Dragoo is employing his spal
hours in the good work of exterminatin
the jack rabbits, which at present are doir
so much damage to trees. About one doze
of these long cared rodents of the gem
lepus have been massacred.
Our landlords find that there is truth
the aphorism lit is an i'll wind that blow
nobody good" Quite number of stran
ers have been storm stayed for these mar
days past and the hotels have consequent
had large list of transient boarders.
Nothing seems to discourage the ave
age weather prophet, although dynami
has not yet been tried. but they have h,
all other kinds of blowings up. Now TIT
are telling us that the grass will be gre,
in March and farmers sowing their graf
Two engines, snow pillow and a lar
force of shovelers commenced cleariI
away the snow that now obstructs trav
on the NJ g. B. v. branch, last Frida
But little progress was made however,
requiring over a days work to clear I
first mile of road
The west hound express due on Saturd
evening last, was twenty hours late owl
to the little blizzard for cent, viii
ragged in this section ON that day. Aft
leaving here and when west of HERNIA
the train got stuck fast in drift and
manned there until Monday.
As soon as roads are broken to and fro
the several localities tributary to tow
there will be u busy time at the stores, e
vators and wood yard; as the stock of pl
visions and fuel must he getting low
many households where all communi,
ton has cen cut of for many days past
.Sunshine in Labor" is the title of I
lecture to he delivered at the board Of ira