Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-10
LOCAL NOTES.

odist church next Thursday even
ing.
Five per cent. is what delinquent
personal property Taxpayers pay now
for their procrastination.
On account of wreck, the east
bound passenger train due here
Wednesday morning was delayed
thirteen hours.
The Importance of good seed can not
be too strongly urged upon farmers.
BY noticing the local advertisements
in this paper you will learn where
good seed can be obtained.
The wild cease are coming north so
that warm weather must be approach
ing. No doubt all predictions in re-
gard to the weather should be taken
with more or less of allowance but we
think this one can be depended upon.
We would give more for the opinion
of one wild goose than for the opinions
of Vennor and Virgins combined.
Gentle spring during last week made
some alarming strides, numerous
cases of spring fever appeared and the
poet tiend was found to he abroad in
| the land. The cold of the middle of
this week was quite welcome and
when Oh Wednesday morning the
thermometer was found to be II below
zero people could breathe freely once
more.
1t is reported that the day passenger
train upon the Manitoba Eoad will
again have its run extended from
Willmar to Breckenridge some time
during this month. This will he a
great convenience to all of the travel
ing public who have occasion to use
this road Mails will again be received
in the day time, and the morning pa
pers will not be day old when we get
them, as is now the case.
You can't prevent wheat from COM
ing to Morris for Market. Here there
are large amounts of capital Interested,
lively competition between Duluth and
Minneapolis buyers, and consequently
better prices than can be given at
other points. Parties who built ele-
vators in the small towns around Nor
ris, expecting to compete with buyers
Fat this point, are having hard time
of it. The elevator at Wheeler has
been closed for the season, and we ex-
pect soon to hear that the elevator at
Hancock is closed also.
Prof Virgins storm is due here to-
day and that worthy is now in Halifax
to witners the result of his Rrophesy.
According to his prediction the storm
should have risen in the North Pacific
ocean off California Friday morning,
| come east, strike our shores the after
noon of Saturday, travelling south of
the forty-tifth parallel, and, clashing
with the Rocky mountains, would re-
bound, sending portion of It's force
eastward along the great lakes about
noon of Sunday. Vast tidal waves are
to appear in the China sea, Bay of
Bengal and Gulf of Mexico. A COM
parison of weather tables shows that
for eight years past, In six instances,
the 9th of March has been marked by
storms more or less violent. This APP
parent confirmation coupled with re-
| ports of recent terrific storms and
tremendous gales would seem to
give 2 color of probability
| to the Canadians prophesy.
In speaking of this matter the Pioneer
Press SAYS: when we consider the
fact that this wonderful storm of his is
to cut across all known habits of
storms, it is difficult to think of it in
any other than a testing mood. The
storms occurring in the Pacific ocean
usually follow a line PARALLEL to the
coast, curving eastward into Oregon,
and Western and Central British
America passing down into the United
States from the Province of Manitoba,
revolving OH a storm center which
does not permit them to traverse the
lake region, which is in the circum-
ference Of another storm center located
in the Atlantic off Florida. 1t is we'll
always to be on the safe side, but in
the present instance, until better
reasons are given for Virgins pheno-
menon, Americans will be disposed to
patronize their own weather prophets,
who, if less sensational in their predic-
tons, are certainly more considerate
of the feelings of continent.