Morris tribune., 1886-05-26

once curing the coming year.
S. Newcomb, representing the Min
neapolis Evening Journal, was il
town the early part of the week.
Rev. HI. NJ. Saterlie, of Brandon
and Miss Anna M. Olson wer
married yesterday afternoon at thu
residence of the brides parents il
Morris. A few of the immediat,
friends of the contracting parties Were
present and the event was mos
pleasant one.
Olive Branch: The citizens of the
Horton school district have pooled
and dug a cyclone cellar for the school
children to take refuge in. This
seems to be rather premature, but as
there wouldn't be time to dig one af-
ter cyclone is in sight, perhaps it is
n good idea to have it ready now.
Next Sunday the Congregational
and Methodist congregations will
unite in union services, appropriate
for Decoration day. The exercises
for the morning will be in the COngre-
gational church and for the evening
in the Methodist church. The Post
Rev. f. p. Robertson preached at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. +. z.
Watson last Sunday afternoon. Upon
the farm OF which Mr.. Watson is
manager, there are considerable
number of employees who do not of
ten have an opportunity for attend
ing church and these services were
for their accommodation and benefit,
The Old Settlers OF Stevens county
will hold their annual meeting and
reunion on Wednesday, June 9th, in
the grove at the home of Austin
Thomasson. This will be upon the
twentieth anniversary of Mr.. Thorn
asson's arrival upon the beautiful
farm which he has ever since occu-
pied.
| Mr.. A. Curtiss has returned from
| Chicago and a large stock of new
goods is rapidly following him. Many
of the goods are already here and are
arranged for inspection and sale in
his new store. Mr.. Curtiss has an at
tractive store and in very short
time VII he fully ready for business.
Call and see him.
Marcia Lowater has recently bought
M, Hutchins' stock of groceries,
canned goods, -four, provisions etc
and is continuing the business at the
old stand OH West 9th street. The
stock Of goods is to be enlarged ands
the patronage of the public is solicit
ted. Notice the advertisement in
another column.
Mr.. Spain, of the town of Horton,
has succeeded this spring in getting
fifty wild goose eggs and has placed
them under setting hens. Thirty five
nf the eggs are already Matched and
the remainder promise we'll. He will
soon have flock of geese worth look
ing after. Mr.. Spain raises similar
feck every year.
C. L. Brown, Of this county, is
chairman of the Republican COM
mittee for this senatorial and repre-
sentative district and A. J. Hess, of
Ortonville, H. Fl. Howe, of Browns
Valley, A. Wells, of Herman, and
Samuel Larson, of Morris are the re.
manning members, These are the
gentlemen who are to say when and
where our next senator and represen-
tative are to be nominated.
One of the first and most needed
things to insure successful celebra-
ton of the Fourth of July is money.
The committee on subscriptions is
now at work and eaph one having any
interest in Morris or in the celebra-
ton contemplated should contribute
literally. Hand your name with the
amount you are willing to give to
any member of the committee and it
will be thankfully received. i
The Little Falls & Dakota freight
train crew are going to raising ducks.
It was discovered that there was
ducks nest close to the track short
distance from Spaulding, and yester-
day morning Il setting hen was Sc.
CURED at Morris and the ducks nest,
full of eggs was transferred to a
basket and suspended In the caboose.
Mrs. hen was placed in charge and is
doing her duty holding down the
duck'eggs. Little Fall Transcript.
Two weeks ago, D. r. sutherland.
Charles NNintermute, o. G. Hanson,
G. III. Munro, Edwin J. Jones Henry
Hutchins, G. L. Brown, J, B. McCune,
J. w. Eddy, ]. D. Good, John House
and Geo. Pennock visited the Knight
Templers of Litchfield. The people
of Litchfield entertained them most
royalty. Tn addition to banquet
there was carriage ride given them
aboAt the city andalI points of i'm
terest were visited. None of the
visitors named above seem to be able
| to fully express their favorable
opinions of Litchfield people.
The Decoration Day exercises will
occur next Monday. The graves of
soldiers will be decorated in the fore
noon and ia the afternoon will be the
procession and the more general ex-
ercises ofthe day, The G. A. J.
Overton, post, G.. A. r. the Overton
Fife and Drum corps; ex-soldiers;
Village Council; Select knights, A.
0. U. W.; Morris Lodge, A. o. U. w. !;
School children; Phoenix Fire Com
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