The sun., 1888-06-28
Old Settlers meeting today, at Hor
r. NJ. Richardson's.

BRIEFLY SPOKEN.
Old Settlers meeting today, at Hon.
r. NJ. Richardson's.
No celebration of the 4th at Morris
this year. Morrisites will go visiting
on that date.
Officers of the Clontarf Indian
school were in town on Monday
searching for couple of runaways.
DR.. Harris will be at Hancock Mon.
day morning, July End, at s a. m, and
away from Morris for three weeks.
Childrens day exercises of a very
appropriate nature where held in the
Congregational church last Sunday.
The missionary offering by the Sun
day School amounted to SPOTS.
The Boston Ideal Uncle Toms Cab
in company gave an entertainment at
Agency hall last Monday evening to
very small and unappreciative au-
dience. There was little to the play
to win applause.
Cyrus is not to be outdone by her
neighbors in celebrating the fourth
of July. Arrangements are being
made for a grand blowout there
on that day. Amusements and sports
of all kinds will be the order of the
occasion.
The Scandinavians Of the county
are preparing to have rousing pic
mic at Cottonwood Lake north of
Donnelly July s4th. Rev. Fairbank,
A. A. Stone and Rev. Dlhle will be
the principal speakers. Cottonwood
Lake affords abundant sport for the
angler, which will no doubt attract
quite gathering.
For practice few friendly games
might be arranged with the Donnelly
nine with much profit to Norris play
ers. As shown by the score in
the Donnelly game, reported else
where, as ball tossers the Donnelly-
ties are cup to snuff" Why not ar
range a few friendly gamesl No
doubt our neighbors would be will
ling.
Children's day services will be held
in the Methodist church next Sunday
morning. The service is a respon-
sive one, taken part in by all the
classes, and interspersed with appro-
pirate songs, which will be accompa-
MED by an orchestra. In the evening
the exercise will be service of
scripture and song-subject, The sto-
ry of the first Easter week.
THE Sun acknowledges with thanks
the receipt from ga Subscriber of a
batch of acceptable Stevens new. If
other subscribers will do likewise
how pleased the editor will be. 1t
will make THE SUNS already newsy
columns still more interesting; and
THE Sun will become a welcome Wis
itor to few homes to which it is not
now accorded regular visits.
Conductor Corcoran, of the L. F. &
D. has moved to Little Falls to reside.
This move was made necessary on ac-
count of the late change of trains on
that branch, much to the regret Of
their many friends and nelghbors in
Morris. We hear it whispered, too,
that the popular "con" will not run
mixed train long. That he is going
to get regular passenger on the
main line.
Arrangements have been complet-
ed for grand ratification picnic by
the prohibition club and w. G.. T. u.
July 4th at P. Frisby's grove north
of town. The exercises of the day
will be composed OF speaking, music,
basket dinner, boat riding, and gen.
eral order of exhilerating amuse.
ments. A cordial invitation lis ex-
tended to all friends of temperance,
all Sunday Schools of the county and
also to evory man, woman and child
who will come and bring basket
well filled with ediblss.
For enterprise the average country
publisher can court comparison
with his moro naughty brother of
tho metropolitan press. But with
all his enterprise he cannot, as hs
would wish to do, give all the news
of the territory over which his paper
eirculates without the friendly coop.
Grafton of his family of readers. An
item of news received from any
source is always appreciated by the
publisher.
By the way, what does the Tribune
get for trying to sell that steamer to
the village? Another question: Does
the Tribune consider that the wishes
OF tho people should be ignored in
order that the wishes of the Fire
Company may not be opposed? That
it does 10 the inference to be drawn
from its comments on THE Sun. The
will of the majority should govern,
and no member of the fire company
can be SO unreasonable as to uphold .
contrary proposition.