The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1883-12-06
SUN 3 Earn S.
This is Sunday.

The music at the NJ. @. C. enter
rsinments is quite a treat.
We have a full fiedged Ice boat OH
the lake south of town.
One travels with the celeritv of the /
wind, while riding on the ice boat.
Saturday was a gala day on the
lake, the graceful skaters being out
in force.
Wood is much cheaper here than
I'm St. Paul; 80 much for competing
railway asse..
Wheat is being hauled in large
quantities. and our Elevators are doing
good business.
Mr.. Moses Elmer will occupy the
cid Morris mansion by the lake-to
be vacated by Sheriff Maginnis.
The first of the N. @. C. entertain
ments given at the Hall last Friday
evening was very slimlY attended.
Sheriff Maglnnls expects to move
into his new quarters this week. May
he stay there for the next ten years.
The Sun Office seems cheerful to
day. Its foreman, Mr.. Williams.
has been presented with daughter.
The change in the time from twelve
to twenty-four hours, was the cause
Of eur being late one day in the date
Of the Suns last issue.
Mr.. A. 4. Whittemore says that he
will be ready to turn over the new
Court house to the Commissioners
during the present month.
Chas. H. Cove, of Otter Tail. and
Antoinette M. Matterson, of Stevens
county. were made happy one by
Rev. c. a. Ruddock, at Hancock, last
Tuesday.
Would it not be we'll for parties
cutting ice on the lake to fence the
opening! There would then be no
danger for the many children who
skate there, these nights.
We know farmers in this county
who do not wait until their seed runs
out before they think of changing,
as a rule.toe, they get the best grades
and sell when they get ready.
There will be a meeting Of the
county commissioners during Deem
Der, to approve of the bonds of the
newly elected county officers, it being
necessary that they qualify before
Jan'y, LIST. 1884.
Helgeson and Hanson are doing
such a rushing business at Mayville
that Mr., Helgeson was unable, much
to the regret of his Morris friends, to
take his Thanksgiving dinner a!
hcme.
The building Committee met OF
Friday and entered into contract with
Good & Brisbine to furnish two Of
the largest sized Carton furnaces, fol
the new Court house also, for foul
hundred chairs for the court room.
If you will notice the Railroad yard
at Morris, about eleven o clock, A. NJ
of each day, you will see that, il
point of numbers of cars, bushes!
activity and hustle, it looks not nm
Ike the yard at the central depot il
St. Paul.
Mr.. FL. II. Ellsworth, one of TIT
pushing farmers Of Rendsyille. wht
has heretofore confined himself ex
clusively to the cultivation of wheat
is now turning his attention to stool
distinguishing recently purchased ;
fine bunch of cattle for breeding pur
poses.
On Thursday of last week, Ole ]
Falk, farmer living in the town o
Rendsville, had the misfortune t.
lose his granary by prairie fire. TIL
granary contained about one hundre'
and fifty bushels of wheat and sixt.
bushels of oats. His father also los
forty bushels of wheat stored in tn
same building.
A six year old son Of Thos. Melon
eugh, of this county, narrowly escar
ed fatal injury last Friday. Will
fndulging in the childish spor
of swinging to horses tail. he wa
kicked in the face. DR.. Heenan wa
summoned. and found. upon dressin
the wound, that the chiid's injurie
were not serious.
fSweeaEe to judge, at all, from tn
evidence ofsour eyes, the merchant
of-MorTis have no Just cause to CON
plain ofdnlt. times. The streets an
YARDS AKA, ahlfg of farmers, wagon.
and the stores are filled to, overflow
ing with farmers and their wives lay
ing In supplies for the usual Minnest
ia winter, which, however, seem
very reluctant to settle down.
The attention>of the public is Gale
to the fact that the law requires a
births and deaths occurring in thi
village during. the year I883, to. b
registered with the village recorder
This can be done without cost to. th
parties, and neglect to do 30 is pul
ishable by fine. AL registering mul
be done before January LIST. next.
The NJ. O.. c.. entertainment Q
Tuesday evening was largely atten'
ed, and proved to be a. most deligh
full affair." All present expressed II
intention OF attending regularly du
ing. the winter. and without doul
the remaining entertainments will |