Morris tribune., 1884-07-16
NORRIS.

Mr.. & Mrs. w, J. Munro and J. w
Foss Esq. visited Glenwood last Fri
day.
Now it Is in order for our averag,
citizen to hunt up winter-overcoat
This was written Saturday.
jennie Donnelly formerly one o
our baseballists was in town last week
looking hale and natural as ever.
Messrs H. H. Wells and J. w Foss
attended the meeting of the Grant
County Bank at Herman last week
Ig. Donneliy holds down third base
for the Benson club. 1t is evidently
no longe. fashionable to have home
clubs.
James Egan has re-christened his
hotel az the Nicollet, A new sign
bearing the new name adorns the
front.
Business quiet, and the prospects
nre that beyond the usual stir prepara-
tory to harvesting there Will be no very
great stir.
We regret to learn of the serious llls
oess of Mr.. Busch an old resident of
the county, at bis home in the town
ofBaker.
The telephone to the court house
now extends to Dr.Heenans residence,
with the town connection at q. I'll.
Munro's new drug store.
The Herman Herald intimates that
our base ball club lacks sand. Our
neighbor would have hit the mark if
he said they lacked Il catcher.
There is some talk of an NJ. @. G..
dance in the new skating rink. Moth
ing definate as yet but we hope to see
arrangements made for Friday.
Cold and showery weather, while
very uncomfortable is, so we are in
formed good for crops. It is pleasing
to note that is good for something.
Rev. T. Watry left Monday last, on
a visit to Wisconsin, to be gone until
next week, consequently there will be
no services in the Catholic Church
next Sunday.
improvements Oh 4 mammoth scale
are being placed upon the Watson
farm in the town of Scott, recently
owned by Wellington. Wheat raising
will be almost entirely abandoned for
stock.
a. w. Wells, of Herman, was in
town Saturday and inspected our fire
apparatus. Herman has been
awakened by the recent schorching,
to the necessity of more adequate free
protection.
Street commissioner Perkins has
certainly made q very creditable
showing. The excellent manner in
which the streets have been put in
condition and the substantial improves
ments made are as satisfactory as they
are creditable.
The sportsman are becoming anxi-
Gus regarding the chicken crop and
the man who has wintered q bird-dog
begins to feel as if it was about time
to make the animal save his board.
From what we can learn there is fair
promise of good sport this coming
season.
The farmers movement is being
quietly absorbed by democracy. 1t is
clever move by the ever alert min
GRITTY, to capture position. Dearly be-
loved brethren this scheming manou-
yer wont work, the dodge is clever
one we will admit, but there is little
too much gall for the average stomach.
The recent and frequent losses in
every part of the state from fire and
lightning, point emphatically to the
moral that is the duty of every man to
keep his property insured-not as
speculation but as legitimate bust
ness expense. The cost is trifiing
compared with the benefit one may
realize:
To say that J. D. Good is proud of
the Gaming received last evening, at
the hands of Mr.. David Munro, is
drawing it very mild. David is in
Montana, while Mr.. Good is in Morris,
the Gaming being done by way of the
Northern Pacific Express. 1t is a
Diamond Willow and one of the hand
soonest yet seen.
Morris delegates and visitors to the
Chicago love feast have returned, but
are rather more quiet and gloomy than
was to be expected. The outcome of
the conventions wrangling seems to
haye been rather of a dampner judg-
ing from appearances. November's
sire foregoness adds gloom to their
depressed spirits.
On the average, through the country
the crops, especially oats, and all late
grain, are not looking as well us last
year. Yet it is to be Observed that
wherever the land has been fertillzed
and thoroughly titled there is II CORE
spending heavy growth of grain
There certainly never was a soil more
sensitive to good or bad treatment than
our Stevens County soil.
A dull time is poor time in which
to!change your base of operations.
The chances are that you will find it
more difficult to work up o new line
of custom, to get new foothold, than
to retain what you already have in
your present location. Thus we see
most of those who left Morris awhile
ago in discomfort returning from time
to time to their first love.
Our County commissioners should
provide cistern in front of the court
house for use IN cases of fire. The
gchool board should also make like