Morris tribune., 1882-09-14
LOCAL ITEMS.
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The Fair!
Eggs are scarce.
Dclightful weather!
The County Fair opens to day.
TO dag and TO morrow are the days Tor
the Stevens county Fair.
\ new side walk has been laid on Sixth
street between the new post office building
and the depot.
The subject upon which the Rev. y. ).
Brock will discourse next sabbath evening
is Our Literature"
4 crossing has been lald which connects
the side walk on Fourth street to that
which leads to the Catholic church.
Sneak thieves are more numerous now
than at any other period of the year
Guard we'll your valubles and your dwell
ings.
The numerous citizens Of this place who
were at the cities last week, are no" ~
home again, feeling considerably invlgor'
ated after the weeks vacation.
Frank Murphy, one Of Stevens county's
well.to do farmers, has been in town lately
training one of his horses for the fair
The result of tie training will soon be seen
on the race course.
E. Holman, proprietor of the Scandi-
navian hotel, died last Saturday night and
was buried on Monday. Cessation OF the
action of the heart was the immediate
cause Of his death.
/. II. Schuman, the tailor, may be found
at his office, on and after Monday next,
and will be pleased TO supply the gentle
men of Morris with "nobby' suits, as he
is abundantly able to do.
Cards have been received announcing
the marriage of Miss Mary f. Holmes, at
Stockholm, \. Y, to Mr.. Alfred n. Irus-
sell, OF Minneapolis. The many friends
of the bride here send congratulations.
On last Saturday party of Immigrants
passed through town driving quite large
herd of cattle. We are glad to see few
people. at least, westward bound who are
not infected with wheat raising mania.
Last Saturday was an extremely lively
day. The rain in the morning, Temperate
" suspended farm work, and the farmers
improved the opportunity to come to town,
thus giving the merchants foretaste Of
what the coming fall trade is going to be.
During his visit to the cities last week,
Mr.. Wolff purchased the fal! and winter
stock of goods, and now the shelves of the
mammoth double store of Wolff & Wells,
are again filled to overflowing. See their
advertisement
J. E. Danielson's new shelves for his
store are much wider than ordinary shelves
so that he is now able to place a greater
quantity of goods into given amount of
store room, arrange them more neatly,
and show them off to better advantage
than he has been able to do heretofore.
Teachers examinations for Stevens
county, will be held at the school house,
at Hancock, on Wednesday and Thursday
Sept. 27th and 2Sth, and at the school
house in Morris, on Friday and Saturday
Sept 29th and 3Oth. No private exami-
nations will be given unless satisfactory
excuse is given the County Superintendent
for not attending the regular examination
See notice of examinations elsewhere pub
ished.
A lecture on constitutional prohibition
was advertised to be delivered in the
Methodist church, last Friday evening
but owing to misunderstanding between
Rev. Hunt and the state agitation COM
mittee, the lecturer did not arrive here un
til Sunday morning. He occupied the
pulpit in the Methodist church during the
morning service, and lectured in the Con-
gregational church upon the temperance
question in the evening. At the close O.
the evening service a collection amounting
TO %2.C0 was taken up for the benefit O.
the lecturer.
Our village was treated on Monday last
to what had at least, the appearance of ;
t'new departure " in criminal iurispru-
dence 1t seems that ON Friday night
amongst other parties who gathered at th
Metropolitan saloon, were two gentlemen
by the name of Isaac Tyler and Pete
Peterson, both entire strangers to eacl
other, the latter of whom was "little to-
previous" in showing his money, whil
the other gentleman was little too mucl
interested in inspecting the same. Suf1c
it to say that on leaving the hotel building
Peterson claims Tyler caught hold of hin
and persisted in walking along with him
until he succeeded in getting possession o
his money. The result was that Marsha
Cousins put Tyler in his 'yillage hotel,
until Saturday morning, when he had hi
examination before Esquire Hutchins
both sides being represented by counsel
and after an all day hearing was dis
charged; thereupon Mr.. L. G. Spoonel
who was very decided in his conviction
that the gentleman is guilty, and that b
ought to be bound oyer, having had n
part in the first trial, caused a new warrar
to be issued by the same justice, who mo-
withstanding he had once discharged MI
Tyler, on full hearing, after listening