Morris tribune., 1883-07-04
NORRIS.
LOCAL NOTES.
Barley is heading out,

is the proper thing to sleep in now.
Remember the picnic upon the
grounds of the Catholic church to-day.
Beardsley has an attractive pro-
gramme for celebraters to enjoy to-
day.
The rain of Monday night was
greatly needed and did growing crops
a vast amount of good.
F. G. Smith is now station agent at
Hancock, to which place he has been
assigned from Murdoch.
A good time is expected to-day by
everybody, and especially by those
who celebrate at Rendsville.
The proceeds of the picnic at the
Catholic church to-day will be used in
fencing the church property.
A "route" is being established at
Donnelly by the Norris Creamery.
Donnelly is expected to furnish about
100 cows this season.
The street commissioner has kindly
remembered Fifth street. We now
recommend a search warrant for find
ing the sidewalk builder.
Quite large amounts of strawberries
and green apples were received at the
express office yesterday morning
the day before we celebrate.
The Morris base ballists will tell to-
night before determining whether they
will take the hint or not. There's no
telling how the boys will fell by night.
The sale of tickets at reduced rates
began yesterday at all points ON the
Manitoba and Northern Pacific rail-
ways. The tickets are good until to-
morrow.
Will Carleton's poem "How We
Kept The Day" is quite suggestive of
what will be done in many places to-
day, and although it is not entirely
new is well worth repeating.
Strawberries are expected to drop
soon. That is the price is expected
to drop. Minnesota strawberries, are
superior in flavor and beauty as well
as in price, to imported berries.
Asour readers were informed some
time ago, Rev. J. L. Fonda is in
Leadville Colorado. This week he
furnishes an interesting letter for the
Tribune readers, from that lofty place,
among the Rocky mountains.
The body of Henry L. Judkins, the
five year old boy drowned at Hastings
last week, was not found till Monday.
Master Alvin and Miss Martha .Jud-
kins, brother and sister of the unfor-
tunate boy returned to Morris last
night.
We have been requested to say that
butter from the Morris creamery is
now for sale to the people of Morris
and vicinity at 20 cents per pound.
Call on w. w. Griswold at his office,
opposite the Central House and get
orders for the butter you want.
A disease has appeared among the
cattle in the herd upon III. S. Johnson's
farm in the town of Morris. 1t is not
definitely known what the disease is
but it is probably the Black Tongue.
Up to Monday three animals had died.
Considerable anxiety is manifested in
regard to the result.
Morris assumes metropolitan airs,
but she is not going to celebrate to-day
Willard, Glenwood, Rendsville, Han
cock, Graceville, Beardsley are
among the surrounding towns which
do celebrate, and to which Morris
will send delegations. To some will
be furnished orators, to some audiences
and to Willard will be furnished a
cornet band and base ball club.
We would respectfully call the at
tention of the sidewalk committee to
the fragments of walk that were laid
nearly two months ago and ask that
horable body when the work is to be
completed. The walk was ordered
built about year ago and to have ii
still in its present, worse-than-no-
condition, shows that somebody is
not getting up very enviable repu-
tation for attention to business.
We don't know whether any people
in Morris put themselves to any
trouble ON account of the rumor that
the contest between the r. r. Co. and
the Government had been settled in
favor of the latter or not but we be-
Iieve some or them did. The Browns
Valley Reporter relates what hap
pened there as follows : There are
several sections ofland in the northern
part of this county, known as railroad
idemnity lands, and there is a contro-
versy between the U. s.. government
and the Manitoba railroad company.
Several weeks ago the report got cir
culated around thatithad been decid-
ed that the land belonged to the gov
eminent. and was open for settlement,
and as consequence there was gen.
eral rush to gobble onto some of the
land by people living in the vicinity
and others just coming into the county
In some instances three or four
families settled on the same quarter |;
breaking teams were set to work, claim
shanties erected and the excitement
ran high. Then ensued a go as you
please race to the land office at Fergus
Falls, to make theirfiling. When in
formed by the land office officials that
they were not aware that the land was
in the market, and in fact there was
nothing in the report, more DISCUS
ted lot of land seekers were probably
never seen in Fergus Fall.