Morris tribune., 1885-07-22
LOCALS.

park one night last week.
Morris has Increased 476 in popula-
ton during the last five years.
The Morris broom factory is sue
cess. Give the brooms q trial.
See the La Crosse Business College
advertisement in another column.
But 10 of the citizens of Morris at
tended school meeting last Saturday
evening.
How many shares of stock do you
wish in the Norris Loan and Build
ing Association?
There is recent arrival in the
family of. II. Perkins. Its q girl
and all are we'll.
WANTED: A competent girl for
general housework. Apply at once to
Mrs. Z. w. Randall.
The rains of this week were needed
and have been of great benefit to all
kinds of vegetation.
Leave subscriptions at this office for
the Farmers Advocate and North
western StGqkmap.
H. w. Stone & Co. have number
of horses for sale. Call at Riverside
farm, see the lnrses and get prices.
The county commissioners met on
Monday, as board of equalization,
and transacted the usual amount of
business. Il,
The Benson base ball club is expec-
ted to play game with the Morris
second nine, in Norris, next Satur.
day afternoon.
There wall be a lecture in the NJ. E.
church, Saturday evening of this
week. Subject "The history and char
acter ofthe Devil"
The services of the Congregational
Society were held in Phoenix Hall
last Sunday morning because of re-
pairs being made in the chufeh.
Mrs. Edwin J. Jones and Miss
Jones entertained a number of friends
at Tile TSSluSuCe VI WI StIlu NILS Il. Nh
J. Jones, on Thursday of last week.
One Of the window panes in the Of
flee Of the Stevens County Abstract
and Real Estate Agency were broken
by the storm oflast Sunday morning.
The storm oflast Sunday morning
made SAD havoc at Tomas Callahan's
place, tearing down his barn, unroof-
ing his machinery house and scatter.
ing things generally.
In this county there are 2099 cows,
1868 sheep, 2O43 horses, 1894 hogs and
70 mules, There are 2579 apple trees,
4S3 of which are bsaring and q great
number of forest and shade trees.
Laborars or others wishing to boz
row money with which to build a
home and wi.ici. eGH be repaid in easy
monthly payments, should join the
Morris Loan and Building Associa-
ton.
There are 25,S7i acres of wheat
in Stevens County THIS year, ILL.,
e52 of oats, 1858 of corn, 1905 ofbarley,
20 of rye, 81 of buckWheat, 374 of po-
tatoes, 26 of beans, 4,22l of tame hay
and 1854 Of flax.
Judge Brown has gone on q much
needed vacation and during his ab-
sence Judge Baxter of Fergus Falls
or Judge Lochren, Of Minneapolis,
will at his request, hear any matters
necessary to be heard.
This is the busy season for machine
men. For the next few weeks they
will have all they can do in delivering
and setting up harvesterg and binders,
after which they will am4se thems
selves with collections.
The contract for building the new
West side school house has been LEI
to LutZ & Alexander of Lake City, al
100000 The contract for heating
both the new aid West side building
has been let to Tunstead & Moore Of
Minneapolisat $555. for the formel
and 1915 for the latter.
On Monday of this week l.. H
Stanton received one of Daia's I'm
proved Automatic Hay Staekers. /
can be used either in loading wagons
or in making stacks. There is proba
bly, as much improved labor savin.
machinery upon Mr.. Stanton's farm
as there IS to be found upon any plac
in this part of the state.
The supremeeourt of this state ha
rendered decision that is of interes
to every teamster. A team in st. Pau
ran away and running into anothe
team, DANA ed it severely, and tn
owner of the runaway team was sue'
for damages. The decision of til
court is that if a man leaves his team
unfastened In the street he is respon
sible for damages done by the tear
running away. The court says: ]
is manifestiy no sufficient excuse tina
the horses were believed to be gent
and not vicious, and had never bee
known to run away."-Wilmar Al
gus. ~
The annual NEE ting of the director
ofThe Minnesota Mutual Fire Insul
ance Association was held in Mime
apolis last week. Its original charte
having expired, it was renewed Il
another. twenty years. This, we beliey
is the first Institution in the state
renew it's charter. AT the close Of II
first twenty years of business the con
pany is in most prosperous col
dition and has, for the future, brightt
prospects than ever. 1t insures tarl
property only.I w. A. Nimock
secretary, who has had charge of til
business management is highly con
n1ended. Hon. J. @. Farmer is pres