The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-12-16

Hon. Ignatius Donnelly visited his
daughter. Mrs. George M. Giltinan.
on Sunday last.
Settlers who have made additional
homestead entries will be pleased to
learn that in order to get title to same
they are not required to make the
usual proof of residence thereon as
required in original entries. The re-
turn of their duplicate final receipt is
all that is necessary. This avoids a
great deal of extra expense that
would otherwise be necessarily incur
red.
Browns Valley Reporter: Lee Cum
bingham, the popular conductor of
the Browns Valley branch. has been
offered passenger run between st.
Paul and Aberdeen, on the Manitoba
road on the completion of the line be.
tween the latter place and Campbell.
Lee will accept. The distance is
about three hundred miles. It is a
long run but Lee is a slayer.
The coroner's jury investigating
the recent railroad accident on the
n. p, road at Mankato, compliments
Chas. Sunley former engineer on the
L. F. 4 D. branch, as follows: 1--WE
particularly commend the action of
c. G. Smiley. the engineer on train
No. 1, for his manly action in apply
ing air brakes to his train immediate.
ly prior to the collision in the face OF
impending danger"
The officers of tho G.. A. j. Overton
post G.. A. r. for the coming year. as
elected at their meeting last Friday
evening, are as follows: w. L. Col
yer, Commander; N. r. Spur. S. V.
c.; w. w. Wilcox. J. V. c.; G. A.
Pepper, @. NJ; G. C. Towner, Sur
geon: H. Hutchins. Chaplain; j. L.
Gould, Oficer of the Day. w. w.
Wilcox and r. J. Hall were chosen
delegates to the state encampment,
with A. P. Dye and H. Hutchins
alternates.
Morris is to have an ice palace. A
subscription lis. has been circulated
in town during the past week and suf-
fcient promises and donations are
secured to make the erection of an
ice palace in Morris certainty. The
work on same will be commenced
during the coming week and the
structure will be placed on Poverty
hill near the toboggan slide. Accord
ing to good authority the palace will
not be more than 90 feet square and
40 feet high.
The most important part of congress
sional doings at this session will be
its work on the tariff question. This
certainly furnishes the principal issue
of the day. The discussion in con.
gress has already commenced. But
knowing we'll what the result would
be if placed before our national law
makers upon its merits the protec.
ZIONIST wing Of that body is showing
its intention in determined spirit to
retard and hinder as far as possible
any legislation on the tariff. The
present condition suits the protec-
tionists better than the changes
that will be made when congress
gets a whack at the oppressive tariff
system now in vogue.
Col. T. B. Demaree gave temper
ance lecture at the Methodist church
last Sunday evening. At the con-
clusion of Mr.. Demaree's able and
highly entertaining discourse Good
Templars Lodge was organized with
the following list of officers:
C. T., VIM. c. Bicknell; PC. T.,
E. P. Watson; V. T., Miss Maggie
Fryberger; Sect, Geo. E. st. John;
A. R. s., Miss Emma Spooner; F. S.,
A. A. Stone; Treas, Miss Minnie
Whitley; Chap, Rev. E. P. Robert.
son; NJ, J. w. Dumble; D. NJ. Miss
Eta Pearce; Sentinel, Mrs. L. w.
Curtiss; o. G., Jas. Hutchens; Lodge
Deputy, c. T. Lowater; Trustees, II.
B. Wolff, A. DeKay, N. r. Spur.
The untiring efforts made by the
members of the G. A. J. Overton post
in its preparation to render to the
public on the evening of Dec. Q, a
program that would please. instruct
and entertain an audience was an un-
qualified success. The entertainment
by them at court house hall last
Thursday evening was attended by a
larger audience than has witnessed
any play which it has been our pleas
ure to notice for some time. And to
say that they were well pleased with
the program is stating it mildly. AT.
ter the entertainment dance was
given at Agency hall. The dance was
largely attended and those who par.
ticipated enjoyed a most pleasant
evening. An oyster supper was serv.
ed at the Windsor hotel.
The sudden death of Mr.. J. B.
Knapp last Friday morning was q sad
surprise to the citizens of Morris.
He had been sick with diphtheria
couple of weeks and had. it was
thought, nearly recovered, when with
not moments warning he was taken
of. Paralysis of the heart was the
immediate cause Of his death. pro-
duced by his late sickness. He leaves
q wife and three small children to
mourn his untlmely death. He was
buried last Saturday but as a sanitary