Morris tribune., 1882-07-20

of ittelling their various friends the "bot
tom facts" in the case. Their efforts are
commendable. but strange as it may seem,
the facts as told by various ones do no,
exactly correspond.
Messrs. Gessme s. Foss come to the
front again this week with a new adver
tisement and respectfully call attention to
their art gallery Their gallery is well
furnished and they are sending out good
work. Give them call when in need OF
anything in their line.
During the spring there were many
complaints made concering tie impassa-
bility of the roads in Morris township.
We think there will be no cause for future
complaint, for good substantial work has
lately been done in various places, They
are trying ito mend their ways" at last.
Berkin's billiard hall is now fairly ready
for the patronage of the public. This hall
is the largest of the kind west of Minnea-
polls; is nicely finished; contains num-
Der of new tables, and is a pleasant place
to while away the hours, for those who en-
joy the game of billiards. Notice Mr..
Berkin's advertisement elsewhere pub
lished.
The hoe and shovel. plow are kept pretty
well secured of late, as the corn fields call
for all the spare time that the farmers can
give them. Weeds are kept down with
difficulty, and in some places make much
larger, if not better, showing than the corn
itself. The average school boy about this
time, when his services are in such demand,
begins to wish that vacation were post
poned to mid winter.
Our esteemed townsman, Mr.. Fred
Dunn, left last week for his future home
in Fergus Falls. We regret very much the
loss of 50 good a citizen, and of his excel
ent wife and children, who endeared
themselves to all; but our loss will be
Fergus gain. We heartily wish them
health, wealth and prosperity, and can as
sure them if they ever wish to return to
Morris our door latch won't be pulled in
against them.
"Guesta without baggage will please pay
in advance" is the part of the hotel regu.
lations at the Metropolitan which proved
teo much for one weary pedestrian the
other day. Not being able to pay and not
having baggage he concluded to make
good the deficiency. He procured good
sized valise, filled it with brick and other
aba,lable material, and walked in as big
as any body, but it didn't win. Mine host
was little too sharp for him.
The Simon Comedy Company seems to
have been made up of promiscuous mate
rial. While at Benson one of its members
went through the sample case of W. B.
Fox, gentleman travelling for Smith,
Erskin & Co., of St. Paul, dealers in con-
fectionery, fancy groecrise, ETC.. and re-
lieved it of all his samples. The comedy
company perhaps had a feast. but MIR.
Fox was greatly inconyenienced. 1t may
be good thing that the troupe was obliged
to dishand. Other towns will be spared
its depredations.
The so called "vltalized air" (nitrous OK
ide gas) DR.. Hale is using in extracting
teeth, is SO harmless, and at the same time
so enjoyable, that people can now have
teeth removed for amusement. 1t hardly
seems possible that duty that has been
looked upon as not only dangerous, but
mighty uncomfortable and jaw breaking,
for years, or ever since tooth ached,
should in 'S2 be classed among the pleas
ures. There care several bushels of teeth in
this vicinity that ought to be pulled, and
Wien il is known that the ordeal is no worse
than taking an afternoon nap, people will
flock in and have those aching affairs taken
out.
There are in town q few boys between
ten and sixteen years of age tina. ara very
properly called 'hard cases." One day last
week, either some Of the saloon keepers
were guilty of selling some of them liquor
or some Older people purchased and fur
it TO them. True it is that two or three of
these boys Were notoriously drunk. AS
might be expected under the circumstances
the youngsters were very free with their
insults and made themselves generally OBJ
noxious to people upon the street The
persons who are guilty of furnishing the
liquor to these minors ought to be visited
with the severest penalty possible for such
deliberate lawlessness.
The fine building erected near the Cath
olic church, for the residence of the par
ish priest, is now nearly completed The
work of the carpenters is about done and
the painters are busy putting on the finish
ing touches. This residence is large, well
built, has a convenient arrangement of
spacious rooms, and does credit to the
priest and congregation who have erected
it. 1t will cost when completed about
81, 500. An addition is also being built to
the church. The partition between the
old and the new will be torn down so that
the audience room will be considerably en-.
larged. These substantial improvements
speak well for the prosperity of the
church.
The Rcv. A. N. Experidon, a monk
belonging to the Greek church, lecturcd in
the school house here last Fripay evening.
He presents curious appearance. but his
lectures show vast fund of information
and intelligence; he gave q description Of
some of the streets in Jerusalem; the
churches built on the sacred mountains
that over look the city; the ruined foun-
dations of Solomon's temple; the river
Jordan and the Dead sea- We are told
that at the close of the lecture the rever.
end gentleman was found to be a good
customer for the saloon keepers and that
he was the worse for liquor" when he
left town Hearing of this fact lowers
him considerably in the estimation of
many of bis hearers.
One night last week the clerk at the