Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-05-25
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your clothes.
Mr.. Henry Hudson, of Benson, spent
last Sabbath here, the guest of his brother
Rev I. c, Hudson.
MIR W B. Sutherland has just completed
a new residence on Fifth st, which is now
occupied by Mr.. A A Stone.
Tie express company have put their tar
if up another notch 1t VS. before gene
rally considered Il high tariff, hut now it is
worse than ever
Messrs. Larson \ Nilsson have greatly
improved the appearance Of their store
during the last week by putting on coat
of paint. w. 7. Summers has been infect
ed with the improvement idea also and has
Messrs Casey & Athean shipped one
car load of work oxen from this place to
Grafton, D. T., last week. They shipped
a Car loak of beef cat lie or the same place
last Monday, and now the Inhabitants OF
that booming town are enjoying some OF
the deiciousness of Stevens Co. steak.
County Attorney H. T. Bevans has re-
ceiveci copy of the Revised Statutes of
the United States" it being a present from
Representative Maginnis, of Montana. 1t
IS substantially bound valuable work,
and is 3 pleasant reminder of the time
when these two gentlemen were school
boys together.
The building lately occupied by Mr..
Dunn as blacksmith shop, and barn
have been moved from the back of the
lots on Pacific Avenue to the corner OF
Lake St and Nevada Ave aud will be made
into dwelling house. Mr.. Whiteley in
tends to do his share toward supplying the
demand for dwelling houses to rent.
President Jerome Allen of the st. Cloud
Normal School, with Messrs. Orwell,
Bowen, E w. Brown, G. H. Foot and
w. A. Shoemaker, students of the same
institution, were at the Perkins House last
Saturday evening. They have located
claims in Dakota and were on their way
to them from the land office at Watertown,
D. T.
The Morris brass band made their first
appearance upon the street one lex ago
Saturday night, playing five or six pieces
with fine effect. On next Saturday even
ing we are Informed the band intend TO
favor the town with another musical treat.
The members of the band are practising
constantly and are becoming decidedly
proficient.
Messrs Leonord & Watson have pur
chased Ham bletonian Chief, fine horse
sixteen hands high, u rich mahogany bay,
weighing 1916 lbs, formerly owned by
W. F. Cross. of Red Wing They expect
the horse here in two or three days. This
is one of the finest stations in the State,
and all interested in breeding fine stock
are invited to call and see him.
To fill the vacancy caused by the bust
ness suspension of Messrs Landberg &
Nash. at Millbank, d. T., Messrs Good &
Brisbine have concluded to open branch
store at that place. They have purchased
large stock of goods, part of which is
already on the ground. and expect to have
the store ready to open by June LIST
Messrs Landberg & Nash, who are well
known and who have established u large
trade in that locality, will have the man
agement of the new store.
On account of the severe storm prevail
ing, only small con regation assembled
to hear the RI Rev. c. F. Robertson, al
the Episcopal church, last Friday evening
Only one of class of six. was p esent fol
confirmation The sermon of the Bis: OF
was exceeding interesting and practical,
and it is regretted that the wind and rair
prevented SO many from hearing it. Rev
f. l' Nash, of Benson, and +. S. Thomas
D. D., rector of St. Paul's church in st
Ptui, were present and with Rev T. G
| Hudson assisted in the exercises of TIT
evening.
Daniel Foley, section foreman at Her
man, was run over by a freight train nea
Moose Island about one o'clock on Mon
day morning He with his wife and two
men were upon the hand. car when they
saw the train approaching. All succeeded
in getting out of the way except him. HI
was put upon the train and brought t
Morris for medical treatment, but his in
juries were SO great that he died befor,
to Herman the same night, and after thu
coroner's inquest were again brought t
Morris Tor burial
Upon waking up last Monday morning
one could easily imagine that by some mys
FERROUS process he had been taken bacl
into the chilliness of last December ant
that nature had forgotten that it is tim,
for the growth of flowers and the singing
of birds and had by some peculiar freal
slipped back to that point of time hersel
and was about to begin over in her effort
to produce skating, sleighing, blizzard
and other enjoyable things; and after get
ting up, thu average mortal, shivering will
cold, would start for the kitchen fire won
dering why he had taken down the sitting
room stove, removed the storm window
and doors aud Trad been guilty of othe
actions SO foolish and premature. Som,
suggested that the north pole might be GU
looking for Bennett, while others asserted
that Werner must be suppressed. Withon
attempting an explanation of the cause o
the result, we modeslly record the fac
that finding the thermometer ten degree
4 below the freezing point on warm Ma.
morning forms the basis Of too big stor,
for even the Oldest inhabitant to beat.