Morris tribune., 1889-01-16

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No. 5 Northern, &c; Rejected, So.
Oats, Is q 25.
About four inches of snow fell Mon
day night. The first real snow storm
of the season.
In another column will be found 4
report of the proceedings of the county
commissioners, who met on the 9TH
inst.
Shakespeare said: Reading max
eth full man." and he might have
added: Drinking maketh a man
full, especially if he drink, rot-gut
whisky"
The w. C. II. U. will meet next
Saturday at 8 o'clock P. NJ, with Mrs,
J. B. Fairbank. The subject for read
ing is "Hygeine," under the depart
ment of health.
That cold wave from Montana,
which started on its tour last Wednes-
day, must have taken a different
route on its way east. At any rate it
did not come this way.
L. H. Stanton, Esq, presented the
village library with about twenty
volumes of valuable books last week.
This generous act entities Mr.. Stanton
to the hearty thanks of our citizens.
Browns Valley gained sixteen in
population last year. That Is, it had
sixteen more births than deaths, ac-
cording to the town clerk, who reports
eighteen births and two deaths III that
town during the year ending Dee. 81 ,
1888.
The bottom has been knnGkei "ut
of the wheat market, May wheat har-
ing fallen below one dollar at Chicago
on Monday. This does not seem to
affect our home market any, as there
appears to be no wheat in the country
to sell.
It is thought by the board of con-
SENATORS, who have the matter III
charge, that it will be necessary tC
discharge both Mack and Dave in
order to have the affairs Of the MUSE
UNI conducted in all honest and eco
Aomical manner:
Does it not occur to the average CT j.
zen that town will not build up it.
self? No matter what may be the
natural advantages, if the people ART
not unitedly and aggressively active
in furthering every enterprise calcu
lated to add to the general welfare
little or no progress will be made.
Can't raise celery in Minnesota, ell
You ought to have seen the magnifi
cent specimens of this most valuable
vegetable presented the editor of the
TRIBUNE few days since by DR.
Vaughan, of our city, grown RICH
here in Morris, of the red variety, sc
crisp and tender As to make the mouth
of the most confirmed epicure water
Raise celery, why, we can raise every
thing here, except perhaps, the mos
extreme tropical fruits.
Browns Valley Re- orter: TIL,
rumor was current in town the pas
week, that the railroad company wa.
considering the advisability of giving
us tri-weekly train service, instead
of daily, for the rest of the winter. OF
account of the slight business" w,
are inclined to believe that dame ru
NOR is mistaken. However, if i
should prove true, tri-weekly service
would be better than a tri-annua
service that we enjoyed last winter.
We learn from Sheriff Weiland, o
Scott county, that WalterM Myers, VIII
was arrested here on charge of havin
been guilty of highway robbery, ha
preliminary examination and he'll
to bail in the sum of $1,000. Not pre-
curing the bondsmen, he remained i
the hands of the Sheriff. Wnethe
he has succeeded in securing ba
aimee then we have not learned. bu
had not a few days since. We hay
no disposition to do Myers any In
justice, but desire simply to state th
facts as we learn them.
We are informed that . eontraeths
been made with the II. g. governmer
for the education and training
twenty-five Chippewa Indian childre
at the Sisters of Mercy's Indian scho,
in this city. There are already twent,
five Sioux and Chippewa children
this school, and when the others a
rive there will be fifty. These india
children receive most thoroug
training in all the branches necessal
to make them worthy members of
civilized community. We doubt
there is another institution of Il
kind in the land, where q great
interest is taken to properly edu:a
or where thes~1abUrg in that respe
have been more successful than at Il
Indian school in Morris, under ii
control of the self-sacrificing Christi,
Sisters Of Mercy.