Morris tribune., 1881-05-05
LOCAL ITEMS.
Extra copies of the Tribune are on sale
at the Metropolitan Drug Store.

Wheat. No. l, &c.. No. 2, S3c.
Come in to court. Next Tuesday week.
Aregular meeting of the village council
was held last evening.
Social dance at Brisbine's hall this even.
ing to be given by the members of the
band.
A new building recently ere cted on the
lots south of Krons is completed and &C.
cupied.
Clean up in the vicinity Of yards, alleys,
and stables. Those manure piles are
dangerous.
A new machine shed has been erected bv
Larson & Nilsson ON Fifth street near the
court house.
Quite heavy frost visited this locality
Sunday night and ice was formed on the
small ponds.
Two small boys; one base ball; ball
result, several bass bawls.
Grain now being threshed is coming out
in good C nditiou and has not suffered Sc
rious injury from the winter storms.
An effort is to be made to reorganlze the
| base ball club this season. Now is good
| time for practice while business is dull.
Nary croquet set has as yet sprouted
in this village, and naturally the morals of
the community are of the highest order.
Miss Belle Allyn, left Saturday on a
visit to her home at Hastings, and will
| take much needed vacation of few
weeks.
A professional chimney sweep, now in
our village, when arrayed in his outlandish
suit, is not unlike unto q bed tick on
bean pole.
At present there is very heavy local
freight and passenger traffic on this line.
All trains arc we'll loaded east as we'll rs
west bound.
Hunters and fishermen are having fair
sport in this vicinity at present, and are,
as rule, very successful in securing large
bags of game.
The attendance at the school since the
commencement of the summer term show
a steady increase, and the average is much
larger than ever before
A fair quality of table butter brings
twenty five cents per pound; eggs are sell.
ing at fifteen cents per dozen; hay is de-
livered for s. 80 per ton.
If our town keeps stringing out at both
ends as at present. we will soon encroach
on the village limits of Donnely to the
north and Hancock to the south
The damage done to shade tree last
winter by jack rabbits is greater than ex-
pected, and quite number of the smaller
trees are found to have been girdled.
NoT1cE.-Regnlar communication of
Golden Sheaf Lodge, No. 1873, A. F. & A.
NJ, on Saturday evening. Work in NJ. NJ
degree. All master masons are invited.
County commissioners are to be in session
Tuesday next, and there will doubtless be
a long session rs the county business is
growing apace and assuming large proper
tons.
Several cases of me asles are reported in
this vicinity, but of mild type. The dis
ease may spread especially as our sur
roundings have not been cleaned up as
ordered.
All the vacant lots on Atlantic avenue
are rapidly filling up with stores and other
places of business. 1t will not be great
while until Pacific avenue will be fully as
crowded.
At the Metropolitan drug store, Jack
Morris has had his soda fountain put in pc
sition, evidently determined to be ready
for the cooling off business as soon as the
weather is hot.
Elsewhere will he found notice of DR.
Heenan's well known stallion TON.
This horse is one OF the finest in the coun
ty, fact testified to by the number of fine
colts sired by him.
So much building makes business lively
y at the lumber yards and hardware stores
Morris appears to have series of good
sized business booms in continuous sue
cession. IT'S well, and we do prosper.
N There is some talk of procuring bel
e for the school house. 1t is needed, as, ne
!. two clocks and watches being alike, thu
re children are. through no fault of theirs
n unable to attend as runctualv rs desired
< Tree planting. if any is done, will COM
IL in very late this season. Let us have tel
,r or fifteen such winters as we have jus
3 passed through and there is a remote prob
ability of some trees being planted afte
that time.
A large and commodious barn is beinI
q erected on the lots recently purchased b.
!; Hon. j. D. Good. Work will be com
t. menced on the foundation of the new
5, house this week. by the removal of til
II building now on the lots.
II Our brick yard is sure thing this year
ST and we may expect to see many substar
lie tial residences erected during another sum
= mer. By falIwe would not be surprise
= 10 see one or two large business block
= completed and ready for occupancy,
How those lumber yards and othe
buildings do move off the rightof.way?
is curious how positive orders are reckless
ly disregarded, but it is the cheapest wa
out of an expensive job, especially whe
the said positive orders are never enforced
Everything in the amusement line
quite dull at present and will probabl
continue so until seeding is over. Whel
are our B. B. G. and Sportsmens club, Il
evenings now are as fine, as long an
freer from mosquitoes than o month late
~ There was frigidity about the weath'
the first of this week that made it deuced
- uncomfortable for any that had to be o,