Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-04-06
LOCAL ITEMS.
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Dragging has commenced wherever the
ground is high and rolling.
Trains continue to arrive and depart
with customary irregularity.
This week the home reading is of anc-
cessity dished up on half sheet
Mr.. and Mrs f. w. Randall will return
Saturday from their wedding tour.
Isolated Cases of tiphtheria are yet re
ported and it hehooves us to beware of the
typhoid fever demon.
Even the genial and familiar house fly
has put in an appearance with the other
conglomeration of spring rubbish
Next Wednesday and Thursday are the
special opening days at the new millinery
store of Miss N. A. Kellogg See adver
ticement
Mr. F. B. Chew returned Monday from
an extended visit to Washington and vici
nifty, aud reports having enjoyed a most
| pleasant trip.
Surface drainage will need be the very
| first measure to be effected, and not days
time should be lost when the ground will
admit Of work.
Ducks and geese are returning in num-
bers, and Register Miller is entitled to the
badge for having secured the first brace of
| teal this season.
w. J. Munro and H. H. Wells left for
st. Paul Wednesday evening. They will
be gone several days making arrangements
for their new bank.
Our readers have an opportunity of judg.
ing of Auditor TIeenan's merits as an au.
thor. The continued story in this issue is
from his untiring pen.
| Steadmanzed streets are a loud success,
let US have more of them. Also let us
have Mr. Steadman as street commission
er AS long as he will serve.
Messrs Watson s. Leonard lost valu
able horse OH Monday, and one or two
others are reported suffering from some
disease supposed to he pinkeye.
Mrs s. A Wellington, formerly of Nor
ris, but now of Black River Falls, Wiscon
sin, was in town during the past week
visiting her many friends in this locality.
w. McCullough's water wagon went
through the ice on the lake Monday and
the boys had quite time in getting it out
The team did not go in, for which Nc.
is truely thankful.
John Richards has purchased E. bowers
dray and is now working on his own &C
count and finding plenty to do. John is a
faithful worker and his industry will
doubtless bring him good returns.
We have never heard such grumbling as
is being INDUCED in at present by those
| who are so unfortunate as to be obliged
to travel. The running arrangements arc
bad enough but the accursed time worse
Mr. and Mrs F. Corliss gave wills,
party on last Thursday evening TO a mum
Der of their friends. The guests were
entertained in hospitable and agreeable
manner by the host and his estimable lady
All the boys are on the war path and the
ducks are kept moving ut n livery rate. Sc
of birds captured, and it must be distinct,
understood that this is owing entirely tt
the game being wild and not to poor mark
manship.
The way our village officers OH Monday
cleaned up and gathered into the fold al
stray hogs, cattle and other garbage was
caution, and those who failed to profit by
the timely warning published in last issue
are out just the poundmaster's fees.
Helgeson & Hanson have received notic'
that large number of FinIanders are Ell
route for Morris. This enterprising firm
have sold forty steamship tickets sine
January 1st which means forty new set
tiers for Stevens county and vicinity
There has hot been anywhere near tin
number of seeders and harrows sold her
this spring that there has been heretofore
! This is due mainly to the fact that farmer
in this vicinity are getting pretty we'll sup
piled with farming Implements and tina
there is not so much country tributary tt
this place as there has been. The shor
crop of last year has also an effect on thi
kind of business.
Three men and three teams wer
drowned in Twelve Mile Creek, west o
Herman, TUESDAY. We havn't any par
ticulars farther than that they were emf
grants going TO locate III the northern par
of Traverse county. They imprudentl
drove all the teams into the creek at ono
instead Of trying first with one The,
had an old settler to guide them who es
: capped TO tell the story.
The young folks have organized liter
airy society called the Forum. They hell
their first meeting last Friday evening
when they elected officers and adopted
constitution and bylaws. Tuesday even
ing they held their first regular meeting
with programme consisting of essays, rec
tations, reading and music, closing with
debate. The regular meeting o: the soc'
ETY. will be held on Tuesday evening o
each week, at the school house. Visitor
are cordially invited.
The Other Side.
The Minneapolis Harvester Compan
, finding that the Mccormick agents ar