Morris tribune., 1886-03-17

were i'm Morris on Monday.
L. E. Pearce, Miss Pearce, F. A
Hancock, Alfred Jones, Miss Borrill
Miss Stebbins, Il. Oswald and E. w
Randall and wife visited Herman last
Saturday evening with the Morris
Dramatic Society.
The lecture given at the Copgrega'
tlonal church last Sabbath evening
by Rev. o. P. Miller, of Hope, ID. t.,
was highly Instructive ard interest
ing. The usual good delivery of the
speaker was injured by his present
poor state of health. However, the
audience were made to feel that the
excellent qualifications of 1.-THE He
brew Daniel" were worthy of imita-
ton in our day and generation.
The Morris Dramatic Society visit
ed Herman last Saturday evening and
presented the play, "Snowed ln."
The Herman people were out in large
numbers, filling their hall to its ut
most capacity, and were apparently
well pleased with the entertainment.
After the play a social hop, followed
by refreshments, was given and the
visitors were NEST royalty entertained.
Herman hasa most excellent and iol-
ly lot of people and it is always a
pleasure to visit them. Morris people
have always found it so, at least. The
Society with their Morris friends re-
turned OH the night train, highly
pleased with the result of their visit.
Last Thursday evening J. Fl.
Brown, a. d. Ross, c. II. Strobeck,
A. L. Koerner, w. J. Nytes, Theo-
dore Ellis, c. D. Hill, P. NJ. Qvist,
; Messrs. Penoyer and Marshall of Rab-
boni Chapter of Litchfield; A. E Rice
of st. Johns Chapter, Minneapolis; !;
A. I2arto Of Loyal H. Mum Chapter,
No. 80, Ill. and Geo. A. Camp of Cat
aract Chapter, No. 2, of Minnesota
were visitors of the Mt. Lebanon
Chapter of Morris. Mt. Lebanon
Chapter is a newly organized one and
the visitors aided materially in carry
ing on it's work. A banquet was CIV
cn at the Metropolitan Hotel after the
work of the evening was over. The
visitors are all pleasant and compan-
ionable gentlemen and made many
friends during their brief stay IN Nor
ris.
Anton Loehr met with severe loss
by fire last Thursday evening. Mr..
and Mrs. Loehr were away from home
at the time. J. Reedy was in charge
during their absence. After caring
for the stock and doing other chores
that evening, Mr.. Reedy retired. AT
about half past ten o'clock he awoke
to find the house in flames. There
was no time to save anything and as
sistance did not arrive soon enough
to prevent the fire spreading to the
barn, granary and machine shed. The
loss is complete. Buildings, furni-
ture, clothing, grain, hay, a steam
threshing outfit, two self binders,
seeders, plows, etc., etc.-all are
burned. The loss is about $7,OOO.OO;
insurance $6,5OO.OO. A great deal of
sympathy is expressed for Mr.. Loehr
in his misfortune.
Deiano Eagle; A great deal OF
newspaper space aud barrels of print
er's INK are wasted yearly in telling
how farmers are ground by the eleva-
tors in marketing their wheat: it is
almost time that reading between
the lines was instituted ahd the real
facts shown up in a true light. We
argue from figures furnished by oul
local buyers, and feel justified in as
serting that the grinding is all vision
ary as far as the first purchaser is con-
cerned. From actual statistics it is
proven tnat fully one-third the wheat
taken in at one elevator of the crop Ol
'S4 was graded one degree lower in
Minneapolis than was given at it,
purchase. Grain that was graded No
| hard In DeIano only brought or wa:
classified No. Regular or Northern
by Minneapolis inspectors. If there
be any cheating on grades it is Ger
| tainly not done by first buyers, al
| such showing indicates, and farmer
must look further than local market
to place the much talked Of "grindini
monopoly"
Our attention has been called to tw'
| freight bills. On one the charg
from Chicago to ST. Paul was s.91 ant
| fgom ST. Paul to Morris $1.13; Oh tn
other the charge ffoYa Chicago to 81
Paul Ias 1912 and from st. i'aul t
Morris 1884. These bills are smal
and unimportant, but as they are reI
resentative of a large class of bills
are none the less interesting. In MN
: cases out OF ten, we oelieye, it cost
more to get freight from st. Paul
{ Morris, a distance of l57, than fror
Chicago to st. Paul, u distance OF Owe
400 miles. 1t has been suggested ths
q a reassa for this is to be found in th
original cost of tine Fcads. The road
between Chicago and st. Paul, %
rule. were built without aid from I'll
people, The right OF way, labor, MI
teriaI, rolling stock, etc, was all pal
for by the companies themseive
With the roads between st. Paul an
Morris it is different. The right
way and land enough to build tw