The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-05-28
PERSONAL.

That war-worn veteran, Jonas p.
Davis, of Glenwood. was in town
during the week.
Mr.. Justin Berkin left for Mil
bank on Monday.
MIR. II. Breen went up to Herman
last Friday and returned Tuesday.
Mr.. $. w. Chadbourne, OF
Browns Valley, spent several hours
in the city Tuesday.
DR.. Howe of Brainerd, passed
through Morris Tuesday hast.
brother Frazier, of the Browns
Valley Reporter, gave us . cordial
fraternal grasp, last Tuesday.
Mr.. Henry Chase, of Litchfie1d
was in town last week.
sheriff l.andberg and Mr..
Brown, Of Groton, are in Morris this
week.
sheriff Munro accompanied the
prisoner Suits, to saltwater on Sun
day.
Mr.. Lewis returned to Ortonville
OH Monday. Mrs. Lewis who has
been quite i'll is convalescing.
Miss Elder, Mrs. A. Delays sis.
ter, is visiting Morris.
Rev. J. p. Oakley, formerly
Methodist minister at Morris is Wis
iting the city.
DIR. Heenan is in st. Paul.
Hon. VIM. Dawson was in Nor.
ris ON Saturday.
Mr.. James McCanney has taken
Mr.. James O'Mally's place at Berkin's
popular saloon.
Mr.. Carrot Gilbert, of Graceville
passed through Morris Tuesday.
Mr.. N. R. Spur took flying TRIP
to Minneapolis this week, Mr.. w. II
Hendricks being in charge during hi!
absence.
Mr.. F. B. Ross, Passenger agent
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st
Paul Railroad Company was caller
at our office, this week.
Judge Brown and Mrs. Brown
passed through Morris on Monday Ell
route for Breckenridge where thu
Judge will hold the regular term O
the district court of Wilkin county
Mrs. Brown left Breckenridge TO
Fargo on Tuesday to visit her daugh
ter Mrs. E. NJ. Lewis.
Our talented friend the distin
guished district attorney of the l2tl
judicial district of Minnesota, tn
Hon. John w. Arctander, beamed o.
us for a moment on Monday last o.
his way north.
| Lewis c.. Spooner, Esq. attende
the May term of the district court o
Wilkin county this week as counse
for the Manitoba Railroad Compan
! in a very large suit brought agains
the company for damages.
Mr.. Davidson, editor Of the Au!
tin Transcript, made us an agreeabl
call last Monday. He spent severa
days in Morris, the guest of his so
Mr.. Charles Davidson of the FRS
National Bank.
MIR. Donovan, of the town {
Moonshine in Big Stone county, wa
in Morris last Tuesday for the pu
pose Of buying load of posts, tn
supply in Graceville and Ortonvill
having been exhausted. He carrie
away the last to be had in Morri
Never before in the history Of til
section of country has there been S
much fencing done.
The supervisors of the warrior
towns in Stevens County should pa
particular attention to petitions IL
roads through their towns. Thes
J petitions il favorably acted upo
should be properly filed with til
town clerk and survey made at one,
and the road regularly opened. TIL
order should be filed with the count
auditor thus making the action CON
plete. Many of the town officers nj
elect their duty in this respect an
the result is that, in many case!
roads have been travelled for years o
which work has been done and larg
sums of the peoples m oney expended
and then found to be wo. thless o
account of want Of the proper actio
on the part of the town authorize.
At present the towns of Morris an
Swan Lake are suffering from TIL
cause. In the latter town partie
owning land through which a roa
was supposed to have been regularl
laid out years ago, have fenced in tn
land and refuse to allow travel owe
their property. Land is becoming
valuable and both the towns and tn
county will be sufferers if close at
tention is not paid to the legal re
quirements.
The G. A. r. members were out il
/ force on Sunday last. The veteran