Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-12-07
LOCAL EVENTS.
School opens next Monday.

The mince pie season approaches.
The leading newspaper man-an EN-
terprising advert ser.
The Board of Trade met at the Bank
of Morris Monday night.
Much of Importance is to be done
at the next me citing of the Village
Council.
Sleighing is passable. A few more
inches of snow, however, would i'm
prove it very much.
Our Hancock correspondent favors
the TRIBUNE readers with an unusu-
ally newsy collection of items this
week.
The cistern opposite the Metropoli-
tan Hotel has been refilled since the
fire and now all the C'isterns are ready
for use again.
Some attractive cards are being sent
out by Geo. H. Munro & Co., announ-
cling the many attractive features OF
their holiday goods.
A fair and festival will be held in
Berkins Hall one week fr' ,m tonight.
Quite number of attract ons are an
nounced and good time is promised.
The weather was "quite pronounc-
edn last Sabbath evening, and the
congregations in the various churches
|
quence.
A new counter has been placed in
the center of one division Oh the double
store of Wolff & Wells, expressly for
the exhibition of their stock of holt
day goods:
Mr.. A. S. Brisbine is quite all ac-
complished sign painter. A glance at
the "wigwam" of Good & Brisbine
will convince the most skeptical OF
the truth of our assertion.
Nearly every rural lad you meet
nowadays is loaded with a trap and
Ratchet, and the gay and festive rats
are suffering. The amounts realized
for furs in the aggregate amounts to
considerable:
The educational association will
hold its annual meeting, i'll ST. Paul
on Dec. y, %, and %. An interesting
ANA instructive session is anticipated
and teachers who have the interests
Of their profession at heart should
plan to attend.
Thomas Thomasson, owner of the
lot and building recently occupied by
w. t. Summers, intends erecting a
fine brick store upon the site of the
old building. We are told that Mr..
Summers will occupy the new build
ing as soon as completed.
A special tax of mills has been
voted and levied in this village, the
proceeds of which will be used in get
ting additional fire apparatus. 1t is
expected to provide for the purchase
of another engine and hose at the
next meeting of the village council.
Friends of the Morris public school
will regret to learn of the resignation
of Miss Burgitt, teacher of the Gram
mar Department.. During her con-
nection with the schools she has made
great many friends; has done a
great deal of active and effective work,
and her departure is sincerely regret
ted.
A Fireman's dance was held in Ber-
kin's hall one week ago tonight.
Music was furnished by the Morris
Orchestra; large number were in at
tendance, and the affair was a success
, in every way. The proceeds, which
amounted to over $40, will be applied
: upon the purchase of uniforms for the
fire company.
Some of the firms who suffered In
the late fire are offering damaged
goods at about half their original val
ne. AS many of these articles were
injured in appearance only, having
torn or soiled wrappers or being IL
other ways but slightly hurt, they arr
for all practical purposes as good Al
: before, aud are selling rapidly.
n A most malignant and Dangerous
type of diphtheria is reported as be
: coming quite prevalent in many part
of the East, and there are fears tina
the dread disease will become epidem
, ic. Cases reported from some part
of Minnesota would indicate that tn
plague is coming dangerously nea
our own homes and suggests the ne
cessity of all possible precautions.
Good & Brisbine announce that the.
/ are again ready for business. The,
I have erected huge but temporar.
building into which they have pu
their goods. The stock now on hant
is made up of goods saved at the tim
Of the burning of their old quarter
and of Few goods ordered and received
since then. They now have com