Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-01-12
OUR NEIGHBORS.

W IL NLlulIDOitD.
A lodge of masous is to be organized at
Breckenridge.
Fred G. futile of the Star is now post
master at Ortonville.
A bank will probably be started at
Evansville next spring.
The improvements in Kerkhoven only
foot upon liberal estimates $4,000.
The Alexandria Post refers to the edi
tor of the Herman Herald us little evan
escent flea"
The Brainard Dispatch thinks that city
will have s, 900 inhabitants before Novem-
Der 1st, 1892.
K.J. Kinney has been elected president
and J. w. Simmons recorder of the vii
lage of Glcnwood.
A monster black bear, nearly eight feet
in Lengthy, was recently killed near Eliza
beth, Ottertail county.
W. B. Wood, Of Little Falls, killed
thirty seven deer this season. and Ed. Mott,
of the same place, thirty six.
The brew cry at Big Stone City took fire
on Tuesday of last week and was totally
destroyed. There was no insurance.
The vote on the question of license or no
license at Glenwood last week, resulted in
thirty nine votes for, sixteen against.
Billy Marble is headed this way and will
be in Appleton and Ortonville this week.
with the Largest and finest company, ETC."
The auditor of Ottertail county has
been sued by the state for fraudulent sales
of school and internal Improvement lands.
R. Gale, Esq, of the Willmar Re
publican Gazette, was married last week
to Mrs. w. P. Brown, nee Miss Rose Bur
dick.
An Episcopal church society has been
formed in Browns Valley and an effort
will be made to build Il church during the
coming season.
The Sank Centre Herald comes to US
this week dressed anew and even more
readable than ever. The Herald is cred
it to Stearus county.
We see by our exchanges that last week
was week Of prayer. Our religious re-
porter got ''scooped" as he failed to make
mention of the fact.
On Monday afternoon of last week the
house of Mr. Chas. Bedell, of Sank Cen
tire, together with the contents, was en-
tirely consumed by fire.
Wilkin county has now no case OF small
mex. The quarantine which has existed
in Breckenridge against the northern sec
ton of the county has been raised.
Browns Valley Reporter: There were
more people, more DRINKS, more swearing
off, and more dog fights in town last
Monday, than any other day this year.
Wheat at almost all neighboring points
is, like here. worth $l.05 for No. l..
Browns Valley still manages to keep up
o small boom at cent or two above the
prices given.
The Fergus Falls Independent calls for
the organ cation of a board of trade. 1t is
high time our friends in that city derived
the benefits always reaped from co opera
tion and united effort.
Alexandria Post; Five years ago VIM.
Blair, of Pope county, went up into the
British Possessions and took homestead.
He so improved it that a few days ago he
sold it for 81, 500, and is about to return
home.
The Christmas tree at the Catholic school
house in Long Pr airir, Todd county, caught
fire from tapers that were burningin it,
aud was greatly damaged. Many valu
able presents were injured and perishable
ones destroyed.
According to the official report sub
mtted to the board of commissioners of
Stearns county from the small pox dis
tricts, there has been total of one hun.
cred and sixty three cases, of which num-
Der twenty eight proved fatal. In Spring
Hill there were one hundred and twenty
four cases and nineteen deaths; Lake Hen.
ry, nine cases and six deaths; Zion, three
cases, no deaths; Lake George, four cases,
one death; Getty, eight cases, no deaths;
Melrose four cases, two deaths; Oak, one
case. The report adds that 1.-THE history
of the epidemic from beginning to end,
has been complete triumph for vaccina-
ton"
Delano Eagle: On Monday morning,
The End inst, quite an accident,
occurred on the railroad between
here and Minneapolis. The down freight
broke in twain, and the engine and one
car ran away from the rest of the train;
backing up afterwards to find the where
abouts of the missing ones, the engineer
aud fireman we're Mortified TO find the
rest of the cars chasing them at light
ming speed on down grade. They
abandoned their engine before the coils.
ion, and il is claimed that the lever was
moved by the crash. SO that the engine
and one car started away wild under a
full head of steam. Mr.. Kelly was com.
ing west with jiis engine and caboose,
when he saw the runaway dashing at
lightning speed around curve; revcrs.
ing his engine, he put on full steam and
ran back, the other engine following at q
distance of but four or five feet, as much