The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-16
SUN 81 EAMS.
County fair to-day.

y report of the doings of the fair
will be given next week.
Subscribe for THE Sun and Farm,
Stock and Home. Only sl.75.
Mr.. Jas. Eagan and family departed
for Duluth on "Wednesday morning.
Messrs. Hardy & Pulliam will put
up two hundred tons of ice next win
ter.
If you want to keep posted on all
that is transpiring in the county take
THE Sun.
Song service in the Methodist
Church next Sunday morning, led
by the Morris Male Quartette.
Mrs. J. J. O'Malley is about to open
restaurant on Atlantic Ave. She
is deserving of a liberal support from
the people Of the village.
The Girls Aid Society will furnish
an entertainme art gallery and fair
in the Methodist Church next Mon
day evening. Admission, 10 cents.
The hall of the Stevens County Alb
stract Agency was opened last Satur
day evening by dance given by the
Norris Quadrille Club, and pleas.
ant time was enioyed.
Mr.. e. P. O'Brien came over from
Ortonvllle to attend the meeting of
stock holders of the Abstract and
Real Estate Agency and convention
Of real estate dealers. Mrs. O'Brien
and her sister. Miss Donovan, accom-
panied him for visit with friends in
Morris.
For several months past Mr.. D. G.
Smith has been troubled with tumor
growing on his jaw. Last week he
| went to st. Paul to have it removed,
and on Thursday, we understand, the
operation was performed. He is get
ting along nicely, but will have to re-
main in st. Paul for several weeks
under medical treatment.
An unusually large number of
freight trains, even for this season of
Of the year, pass through Morris now
a.days. We understand that ONLY
small number of them reach the cities
of Minneapolis and st. Paul. They
are switched off at Willmar on to the
st. Cloud and Willmar branch and
from thence forward to Duluth by
that route.
The Stewart Grant Concert Com
pany will give one of their pleasing
entertainments at the court house
hall on the evening of the 23rd inst.
Their entertainments are most popu-
lar and are highly spoken Of by the
press. Tickets, so cents; children
under twelve years, Is cents. Reserv-
ed seats can be secured, without ex-
ira charge, at II. B. VOLTS.
A big auction will take place at the
farm of Charles Olson, near Cyrus, On
Saturday next. Messrs. Thompson &
Anderson will sell large lot of per-
sonal property consisting of all kinds
of farm machinery, horses, COWS. pigs,
chickens, &C., all their household fur
niture, grain, hay, and other goods.
| The terms of sale are liberal and
those who want bargain should at.
tend.
The Sisters of Mercy, of this place,
have made arrangements for the
establishment of an Industrial school
for Indian girls. The School will
| start with ten children, and during
ing the year this number will be in
creased to fifty. 1t is established for
the instruction of the Indian youth
in household and fancy work and to
| give them also common school edu-
cation.
At regular meeting of the stock
holders of The Stevens County Alb
stract and Real Estate Agency, held
last Monday, about $50 shares were
represented. An election of directors
for the ensuing year resulted in the
election of the following board: P. A !.
Mccarthy, Hugh Whitley, E. P. o.
Brien, L. G. Spooner and B.. J. Van
Valkenburgh. AT subsequent meet
ing of the board of directors the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: PA. Mccarthy, presi-
dent, general manager and abstract
officer; Hugh Whiteley, vice presi.
dent and treasurer; B. j. VanValken.
burgh, secretary.
The stringency of the code as to neg.
ligence in respect to prairie fires is a
matter of Importance and, particular
ly at this season should be well under.
stood ard borne In mind by all. The
following is taken from the code:
Sec. 336. Whoever neg1igently OF
or carelessly sets on fire or causes to
be set on fire, any woods prairies Oh
other combustible material, whAther
on his own lands or not, by means
i whereof the property of another is
endangered, or. whoever negligentIy
suffers any fire npon his own lands to
extend beyond thereof, is guilty Of a
misdemeanor. and shall be punished
by fine not exceeding one hundred
| Q00) dollars, or by imprisonment in
the county jail for q period not ex.