Morris tribune., 1886-01-06

G. w. Comstock was in the city
last Saturday.
Miss Jones and Miss Daniels leave
for Minneapolis to-day.
F. A. Hancock, after an illness of
two weeks.is able to be out again.
Miss Eta Pearce and Masters
James and Don Pearce left yesterday
for Milwaukee.
Mrs. L. w. Curtiss and children
spent last week in Browns Valley
with her parents.
A well-conducted building associa-
ton Is ofgreat benefit to any city and
is an extremely profitable invest
ment and savings bank for all stock
holders, If you have not already
done so, subscribe for some of the
stock of the Morris Loan and build
ing Association aud thus help your
self. the Association and the city.
The Hancock Dramatic Company
visited Morris last evening and rem
dered the play "Louva, the Pauper,"
in very acceptable manner. The en-
tertainment was in Phoenix Hall and
there was good attendance. The
play has merit and the actors carried
out their parts well. The members
of the company are very excellent
people from our neighboring village,
Hancock, and the people of Morris
found it a real pleasure to meet and
become better acquainted with them.
The social hop at the close of the more
formal part of the program was one
of the most enjoyable given in Morris
for long time. The TRIBUNE hopes
to see more friendly social relations
between the people of Morris and of
Hancock in the future than has ex-
listed in the past.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Congregational church are doing n
commendable work in providing en-
tertainment for the people of Morris
and vicinity. Especially so, as the
entertainment they are providing Is
of such an exceptionally fine charac-
ter. The lecturers they have engaged,
Tank Kee who will be here on the 18th
and 30th of this month and G. Paul
Smith who will be here some time in
March, are both speakers of more
than ordinary ability and give
lectures which are instructive and
decidedly entertaining. The ladies
will soon commence the sale of season
tickets and all should supply them
selves. AS Morris is the only place
in this part of the state to be visited
by these lecturers, we expect to see
people from Herman, Hancock,
Graceville and other neighboring
villages as we'll as from all parts of
this county, present to hear them.
One day last week, We spent few
hours looking over the freight bills
which the merchants of the village
have on file. No one who will do
the same can fail to see the necessity
for a reduction in freight rates. In
many instances more has been
charged, by the Manitoba road, for
bringing goods from st. Paul to Nor
ris than other roads have charged for
bringing the same goods from Boston
to st. Paul, and we had to look long
time to find even one charge that
seemed reasonable" In nearly every
case the rates charged were exorbitant
and excessive. A perusal of these
bills will enable one to understand
how much is added to the cost of
groceries, dry goods, furniture, hard
ware and other necessities which
must come to us from eastern markets
by the railroad companies, and how
great tax the railroads are yearly
collecting, through the merchants,
from the people. That this tax is
greater than it ought to be, no fair
minded person can deny. Freight
rates must be reduced.
Lately, there has been some specu-
Iation in regard to the doings of the
village council and not a few have
said, "the proceedings ought to be
published, so that the people may
know what is DONE" By this we are
reminded how very small tail,
sometimes wags q very large dog.
Last Spring, it will be remembered
the council accepted the TRIBUNE's
proposition for publishing the pro-
ceedings of that body during the year.
The council then directed the Recor-
der to furnish copy of all proceed
ings to this paper for pubiicatir but
the Recorder refused to do so AID that
settled it, that august body not hav-
ing force enough in itself to see that
it's directions were carried out. AT
least two members of the council
favored compelling the Recorder to
do his duty or resign, but the others,
apparently lost in awe and admira-
ton of an indefinable and undiscOver-
able something IN the being that they
had set up as Recorder, failed to come
to theis support and no proceedings
have been published. This record is
highly commendable for the Recorder,
but how is it for the council? There
Is yet time for the council to redeem
itself, in part. by having proceedings
published for the remainder of the
year. Whether or not 1t will be done
remains to be seen.
OfTank Kee, the lecturer who will
soon be In Morris, the Independent,
of Kansas, says:
As q lecturer lie is success. His
power Of description is unusually
good, and his h4mor Is extremely
keen. A rapid talker and . plain
speaker, be keeps an audience atten: