Morris tribune., 1882-03-23
LOCAL ITEMS.
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to his former home in Red Wing.
Tuesdays zephyr made the snow plows
put in an appearance, the first this season.
Hancock was represented during the
past week by c. w. Comstock, A. F. Eng:
lund and NJ. M. Platt
Lew Curtis is back again, and taken his
old run as express messenger on the
Browns Valley branch.
Under the new mail arrangements cor
respondents should have their communi-
cations reach us not later than Wednesday
evening.
Charley Doty, having experimental to
his satisfaction, can tell you the exact cir
Gle in which Il cutter can turn and upset
every time.
The favorable condition of the elements
or some other cause largely increased the
average attendance at the churches on
Sunday last.
"There are, says a close observer, some
who fail to get rich, and so die poor; there
are others who fail in order to get rich,
and succeed"
1t keeps a man busy bracing himself up
against the breezy blasts. SO swiftly does
the wind swift about from one point of the
compass to another.
The ladies of the w. c. T. U will hold
mass meeting at the congregational
church to morrow, Friday evening. a gen.
eral invitation is extended.
c. w Rohne returned Sunday morning
from business trip to the cities, and Is
satisfied that the subject of pavetlents is
being agitateG none TOO soon.
The county commissioners were in ses
| SIGN yesterday. aud while the session was
q very Sort one yet considerable impor-
tant business was transacted
Niss n \ kellogg has arrived in town
with IA fine stock of spring millinery direct
from New York and Chicago markets,
| ami viii open in the store ately occupied
by Mrs. Wh.tcley.
Passenger trains continue to arrive and
| depart with commendahie irIegularity.
and are Liable to keep this state of things
so long us the present rush of immigration
continues More passenger trains are
needed OH this division.
Train on the Valley branch were sus-
pended Tuesday. On Wednesday an
| effort was made to get through, hut as the
engine WAS minus IA plew, and some of the
| cuts were pretty we'll filled with snow, they
were forced to return.
Conductor Jameson reports the heavy
cut at the Big Muddy about full of snow.
| This is one of the heaviest cuts on the line
and is about 500 feet long, the snow aver
aging from FIVE 10 six feet deep. plow
will tackle the job of cleaning it out this
morning.
Dr. Sutherland reappeared Saturday
morning, having been absent for II week
investigating into he true inwardness of
the boom in Minneapolis real estate. He
found everything sold. and is satisfied
that grand future is destined for the saw
dust city. ....
| An engineer remarked the other day:
| TtltSr heavy trains we are now hauling
pu is the stuffing clean out of the engines,
and half of them are huhbIing along on
three legs. while the Other half are SO
badly bunged UP as 10 entite them to 60
on the retired lis, under full pension"
Charley knight, one of the men in
charge of the coal sheds, recently narrow
~ escaped serious and perhaps fatal injury.
The other evening while walking along
side the track he was struck by the pilot
beam of a passing engine and quite rough
ly tumhled, fortunately being pushed
away from the wheels.
Mr.. S. Larson returned last week from
an exploring trip through the Red River
Valley, and we learn that like others who
have looked over that country pretty
thoroughly. is fully satisfied to remain
right here. The soil of that famed region,
while it is of very fair quari,y, does not be
gin to compare with this.
A smart young man got himself into
trouble the other evening at Benson. He
was asked to announce at a private thea
trical exhibition, that owing to the indis
position of one of the actors u young lady
would assume male character. The
young ladys name was Hem, and so Mas
Ter Brightness says: Ladies and gentle
| 10. 1 tr,. t,,n -
The trains on the branch don't run on
Sundays, ii fact to which Mr. j. s. Beck,
a Browns Valeyite from st. Paul, can
cheerfuiiy teetify Mr.. Beck was told by
a well nformed(?) official of HE company
that trains on the Browns Valley branch
run every day; but that officer was either
a wag. or was not posted, or else Conauc
tor Jameson is off on his reading of the
time card Anyhow Mir Beck had the
pleasure OF sunday lay over al this point
Mr. II j. Miller of the Minneapolis
Evening journal, was canvasssing our vii.
. lage last week in the interest 0i that
sprightly and interesting paper We would
Ca attention To the pr spectus oil the Jour.
nal elsewhe.e published, and Cab RECON-
mend it as being one OF The ncwsiest as
well AZ tile ablest dulles in the State. The
new running arrangements of trains enable
evening papers toreach the points along
this line, SO as TO furnish later and fresher
news than the morning dailies, and for this
reason are of course more valuable to bus
mess men especially.
Ont In the Storm.
A Mrs. Meyer, wife of Martin Meyer,
residing near Hancock, left her home on
Monday evening to 60 to neighbors.
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