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Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
Improved In Jail.

Every time batch Of Jail prisoners are
arraigned il the criminal court | am
struck by the vast Improvement in their
personal appearance taat few months
confinement gives them. In 90 cases out
of 100 they are coarse, brutal, heavy
drinking class, and show their low
habits in their faces. In the Jail they
get the whisky out of their skins, the so
called jail pallor leaves their faces clear
and white, aud more or less refined, and
they make a better impression upon
jury than they certainly would if brought
to trial when first arrested. A striking
case in point was Sanders, the dog
catcher, who killed Police Officer Printz.
When he was first put in Jail he was
about the toughest, bloated and alto
gether brutalized specimen of humanity
/ had ever seen. Eight months later he
was brought to trial. 1t was almost i'm
possible to recognize in the pale, finely
drawn features of the quiet, self pos
sessed and intelligent talking prisoner
the hoodlum of the previous year. His
appearance made such good impression
that he got off with two years sem
tence, when / believe if the same jury
had seen him as did he would have
been sent up for life.-Circuit Attorney
in st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
nj ORTGAGE SALE,

Default having been made in the payment
OF the sum of seven hundred eleven and 81
100 i711.54) dollars, which is claimed to be due
at the date of this notice upon a certain
Mortgage, duly executed and delivered by f.
P. Watson and Mary G. Watson, his wife
to the Netherlands American Land Com
pany, bearing date the 1st Cay of November,
A. ID. 1886, and duly recorded in the office OF
the Register of Deeds in and for the County
of Stevens and State of Minnesota, on the
day of November, A. d. 1886, at $40 o'clock p.
M, in Book n of Mortgages, on page 1876, and
said Mortgage having been conditioned fortbe
payment of the sum OF six hundred dollars
on November first, 1889, with interest thereon
at the rate of nine per cent. per annumj and
whereas, at the date hereof there Is due rs
interest on said Mortgage the sum Of one
hundred eleven and 54-l00 dollars, making IN
all the sum ofseyen hundred eleven and 81
100 dollars, and no action or proceeding al
law or otherwise having been instituted to
recover the debt secured by said Mortgage
Now therefore, Notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of ~ power of sale contained in
said Mortgage, and pursuant to the statute
In such case made and provided, the said
Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the premises
described in and covered by said Mortgage
viz: The east half Of south west quarter OF
section twenty EIGHT (sS), township one hum
dred twenty-four t12N, range forty-one All,
in Stevens county, and State of Minnesota,
with the hereditaments and appurtenances
will be sold at PUBLIC auction, to the highest
bidder for cash, to pay said debt and interest
and the taxes, If any, on Satd premises, and
twenty-five dollars attorneys fee, as stfpu-
lated III and by said Mortgage in case of fore
closure, and the disbursements allowed by
law; which sale will be made by the Sheriff
of said Stevens county, atthe front door OF the
Court House, in the Village Of Morris in said
County and State, on the 23rd day of Jan
uary. y. ID. $780, at 10 o'clock a. M, OF that
day, snhject to redemption at any time
within one year from the day of sale, as pro-
vided by law.
Dated December 9TH a. D 1880.
TIT. ÐERLANps AMERICAN LAND sCosEg
pAHY.
Mortgage.
VIM. G.. BICKSELL,
Attorney for Mortgage,
Morris, Mimi. It'll.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
MARRYING q Connie.

The late BENJAMIN F. Wade, of Ohio,
WIS, at the beginning of his career at
the bar, noted for his bashfulness; but
another trait, his determination, enabled
him to get through his work in a way
which, though not conventional, landed
him at his destination.
Once, while youth, he started with a
bag of corn on his shoulders to a mill
twenty miles away. It was in Noyem-
Der, and coming to a full banked river,
he discovered that the canoe was on the
other side. Throwing off his clothes, he
plunged in, gained the canoe, took it
back where the bag of corn was, which
he ferried across, and then went on his
way.
Another illustration of his way of do
ing things occurred while he was a JUS
tice of the peace. One day q young
couple called at his Office to be married.
The presence of four or five irreverent
young men prompted the bashful justice
to suggest privately to the pair that they
had better meet him at the little hotel.
They went, and so did the justice, by
d roundabout way, only to discover that
the boys were also there. Seeing that
he must perform the ceremony in their
presence, he, though he had forgotten
the usual formula, proceeded to business
in the most direct way.
"You wish to be married." he asked
the pair.
eyes"
STAND up and take hands. YOU" ad-
dressing the not preposSessing groom,
':wish to marry this young woman"
Eyes"
"Of course you do" exclaimed the
justice, CHANGING at the pretty bride, and
asking her, do you take this young
man for your husband?''
Eyes"
"Well, you are getting the worst Of it,
but say you are husband and wife.
There, boys, you see l did it, he con-
cluded, glancing at the spectators.
The couple had to have it explained to
them that they were, in the eyes of the
law, welded. Whereupon the husband
offered the justice fee-the statute
made it $l.50-which. by lofty motion
of his hand, he waved off, saying,
Nothing for a job like that!'-Youth's
Companion.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
Who Australian DaI,ot.

What is called tho Australian ballot
system is exciting general interest
throughout the country, 1t has been
followed in Australia for thirty years,
in England eighteen yeas and in Can
ada sixteen years. Ii has succeeded in
all those countries.
The system has already been adopted
in a number Of states Of the Onion,
among them Massachusetts, Connecti-
cut, Tennessee, Kentucky, Wisconsin
and Montana. 1t seems that the last
named state has under it been able to
accomplish the feat Of eie1ting two
legislatures.
The principal features of the Austria
liam method are that the government
prints on enc slip all the names of the
candidates, the voter receives his ticket
from properly appointed person, takes
it into q compartment alone, and there,
in sight of his conscience and the AL
mighty. afixcs a cross to the name OF
each candidate for whom he desires to
vote. folds his ballot and drops it into
the box, and no human being can tell
for whom he voted.
Massachusetts, tried the plan first in
1899, and Governor Bracket thinks it SO
successful that he commends it in his
message to the legislature. There is one
thing certain: If the system is adopted
generally, that political party which con,
tains the largest number of iliiterate
voters will suffer most, for in order tc
aflix his cross to the name of his candi
date the voter must be able to read the
ballot
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
His Tribute.

Old Peter Rice, for many years a resi-
dent of q certain New England village,
was one of those unwise and unjust men
who never praise their wives, and who
do not seem to realize how blessed they
are in the way of companions until
death comes suddenly to leave them des-
olate and uncafed for.
Old Peters kindly, accomplishing and
unappreciated wife died suddenly one
day, and Peter came at once to realiz-
ing sense of her many virtues, and was
evidently filled with q longing to prove
to his friends that he was not blind to
his wife's projections.
This desire increased as the hour for
the funeral services drew near, and when
all the friends had assembled at the
house Peter touched the hearts as well as
the palates of those present by suddenly
appearing With huge yellow bowl piled
high with doughnuts in his hands.
Passing from one to the other of his
friends he said with fearful earnestness:
Shave one: they are the very last of
my pore Maricr's bakin'; and they can't
be beat-no, they can't! Pore, pore
Marierr'-Detroit Free Press.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
The Methodist Itineracy.

Since the foundation OF the Methodist
Episcopal church the itinerant system
among the ministry was what distin-
guished it from other Protestant denGmi-
nations. The circuit rider was familiar
as the log cabin and the shotgun to the
pioneers. From settlement to settlement
he rode on horseback, preaching one Sun
day here, next Sunday somewhere else.
Then the country became more settled
and towns sprang up. Then a minister
was allowed to have station, aS it was
called. He might be the pastor Of one
church for two years, but then he must
move on. Rotation in Office for the
preacher was considered best for the in
terests of church, and certainly the
church grew and prospered nightly IN
der the system, however hard it Yves on
the minister to be a wanderer on the face
of the earth.
At length there came-a time when, 10y
special permission, and at the wish of a
congregation, the preacher might remain
pastor of the same church three years.
Finally the time was heightened to five
years. Now we are told that a minister
Of the denomination has accepted q
"call' from q congregation in a distant
state, in another conference. VIII the
Methodist church eventually give up the
itinerant system altogether?
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
Tho House.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The proceed
ings of the house were almost wholly de-
voted to consideration of the District Of
Columbia appropriation bill
The speaker laid before the house, for
reference. a letter from the secretary of
war, enclosing { petition from certain
Hon-con1mi5sioned officers, praying for
an increase OF pay; also letter from the
secretary OF the treasury recommending
that the estimated appropriation Of $780,
900 for the building at San Francisco be
made in a deficiency bill.
The house then passed the District Of
Columbia appropriation bill and at 4:30
adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. "a conspicuous
object in the house was the vacant desk
Of Judge Kelly, which was draped with
black, and was decorated with bouquet
OF simple white flowers. The chaplain
in his prayer. made a feeling allusion to
to the death Of the father Of the house"
Immediately after the reading Of the
journal Mr. O'Neill. Of Pennsylvania, adj
dressed the chair IN a voice trembling
with emotion, Teciting the fact Of the
death Of Judge Kelly, his long and init
mate friendship with the deceased, and
his distinguished services to his district
and the country at large for so many
years. Mr. O'Neill offered series of
resolutions, which Were adopted, ex-
pressive Of the grief Of the house over
the sad event; appointing this Saturday
noon as the time, and the house of rep
reSentatives as the place, for holding an
appropriate service in honor of the de-
ceased that a committee of the house
and senate be appointed to attend the
funeral in Philadelphia, and that the
house adjourn as further mark of re-
spect to the memory OF its oldest mem
Der. The house then adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Funeral serv-
ices of the late Judge Kelley were held
the house.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-In the house
Mr.. Adams, chairman of the Silcott in
vestigating committee submitted re-
port accompanied by bill appropriating
SIS, 900 to cover the deficiency caused by
Silcott's defalcation Minority reports
We're submitted by Messrs. Hemphill and
Holman. All were ordered printed and
recommitted.
A concurrent resolution for the print
ing of 900 copies of the address of
Chief Justice Fuller on the occasion of
the commemoration of the Inauguration
of George Washington was agreed to.
At the close of the call of states the
house went into committee of the whole
for the consideration of the bill to pro-
vide for townsite entry of lands in
Oklahoma
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
Old Trees.

Among t'2 published papers of Pro-
fessor Asa Cay is q noteworthy essay
on the Ion ssyi:y OF Trees" Professor
Gray incliaes to the theory put forth by
A. P. Candolle, that tree never really
dies from old ace. Unless attacked by
disease or Injured, it might live forever.
And, quite unlike people, tree grows
more beautiful the older it becomes.
Perhaps the human race will do SO too
when the perfect civilization is attained.
1t is not impossible.
There are trees now standing that are
nearly as old us the written history of
man. The most aged of all are the
monkey bread fruit trees OF the Cape
Verde Islands. The age of a tree Is
computed by counting the rings around
its heart, one for each year. The Cape
Verde trees are calculated by expert
botanists to be between five and six
thousand years old.
America is the land of newnesS, yet
fortunately we can show an old tree
with the best of them. There is gigan-
tic cypress in Oaxaca, Mexico, that Pro
fessor Gray reckoned to be 5,1e4 years
old. Very old trees, too, are the mag
nifcent redwoods of California, the ''big
trees" that SO impressed Horace Greeley
on his visit to that state. The botanical
name of the redwood is the sequoia. 1t
belongs to the cypress family. Califor-
mia must see to it lest the great redwoods
are chopped and splintered off the face
of the earth ere many years. They are
one of the natural marvels of this con-
tinent, and the destroying hand of the
woodman should be stayed before they
quite vanish.
In Europe there is in Lombardy ey-
press which was in existence probably
at the time rf Julius Cesar. In north
ern Europe tae longest lived tree is the
view. In Engiis:I Kent, in 1860, YVES a
gigantic ye", which WAS computed to be
$50 years old. The oak, too, lives to a
very great age. Near Saintes, in France,
is an oak 81 feet in circumference, whose
successive growths show it to be 1900
years old The CowtLorpe oak, in York.
shire, England, is computed to be as old
as the Christian era. There are several
other aged oaks and chestnuts in variou:
parts of Europe.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
CONGRESSIONAL DoiNGs.
The senate.


WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The senate,
after some routine business, took up Mr..
Voorhees, resolution in regard to the
failure of United States District Attorney
Chambers, of Indianapolis, to arrest and
prosecute w. w. Dudley, and Mr.. Voor-
hees addressed the senate ON the subject.
Mr.. voorhees, had the celebrated ''Blocks
of Five" letter read at the clerks desk.
He spoke of Mr.. Dudley as the immediate
personal representative in the national
committee of Benjamin Harrison.
Mr.. Edmunds took the floor to reply
to Mr.. VOORHEES,. He offered substitute
for the Voorhees, resolution, cutting out
the preamble and charges and calling for
the investigation. 1t was agreed to, 81
to "a. The senate then went into secret
session, and at 3:05 adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-The vice pres
ident laid before the senate communi-
cation from the attorney general in re-
Spouse to the resolution adopted Wednes-
day, stating that no instructions, oral or
written, have been given District Attor-
ney Chambers, of Indiana, on the sub
iect Of the arrest of w. w. Dudley, and
that no communication has passed be-
tween him and the department of justice
on the subject.
! On motion CT Mir. Vest Joint resolu-
ton was passed appropriating $780, 900
for the removal of distractions in the
Missouri river between st. Joseph, Mo-,
and the mouth.
Mr. Davis. OF Minnesota. called up and
made long speech in advocacy of the
bill appropriating S3,73S, 0O0 for the inn
provemant of ST. Mary's river, Michigan,
and 81 1854, 900 for the improvement of
Hay Lake channel, Michigan. He urged
the Importance of the measure, and
spoke OF the great benefits which would
accrue to the business interests of the
West from the improvement. The bill
was referred to the committee on COM
merce. The senate then went into secret
session, and at $3.50 p. IN. adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Senate not in
session. Many senators attended the
funeral of Judge Kelley in the house.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-In the senate
a number of petitions were presented
and referred, among them one signed by
the wives Of Chief Justice Fuller and
Justices Field and Harlan and by the
wives of number of distinguished Off
cials and citizens of Washington. pray
ing for the appointment of women on
| the board of managers of the exposition
of 1892.
On motion of Mr. Frye the select COM
mittee on the Pacific railways was in
creased to nine Members, and Senators
Platt and Turpie were added to it.
A bill was passed authorizing rail
road bridge across the Missouri river be-
tween the county of Douglass or Sarpy,
in Nebraska, and the county of Potto-
wattomie, in Iowa.
Mr.. Plumb addressed the senate on his
resolution heretofore offered. respecting
the lease of the islands of st. Paul and
st. George to the Alaska Commercial
company, and requesting the secretary
of the treasury not to make further
lease of such islands until further action
by congress or until the latest period
made necessary by existing law, and
meanwhile to make full report as to
the manner in which the Alaska com
mercial company has discharged its OBJ.
legations under the present lease.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
Notice.--T1mber Culture.
u. S. LAND OFFICE, MARSHALL, MINI
I'm,

II u. IS. LAND OFFICE, MARSHALL, MINI.
December 8, 1889.
Complaint having been entered at this
office by Thomas T.. Golden against Flora NJ.
futile. for failure to comply with law as to
Timber-Culture Entry No. s254, dated Aug.
18th, 1884, upon the Swl4 Section u, Town
ship 1874 Range A, in Stevens county. Mimi.
with view to the cancellation of said entry;
contestant alleging that said Flora NJ. futile
has, during tne whole time since the above
date of entry, entirely neglected to plant and
cause to be p!an' ed to trees. tree seeds or cut
tings, the ten acres required by law to be
planted thereon; that no breaking or Guilt
walton has ever been made thereon; that no
trees are growing thereon at the present
time, and that the said tract has been wholly
abandoned by said claimant; the said parties
are hereby summoned to appear at the nited
States Land Office, at Marshall, Minnesota,
on the Goth day of February, 1890, at 10 O'Clock
\. NJ. to respond AID furnish testimony con-
corning said al ..s.cd fai ure.
l.. NJ. LANCE, Register.
dec;S l.. =. FREEMAN, Receiver.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15

C,TATE OF MlNNE~OTA, COUNTY OF
- StcrcuS, - II Probate Court, special
term. Dee. 21. ltSl.
Il, i.; matter ,,f III. estate of Maria M. SEQ
field, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition OF
George Fl. Munro. Administrator, of the
estate ofgMuria NJ. Scofield, deceased, repre-
senting, among other things, that he has full
ly Administered said estate, and praying that
a time and place be fixed for examining and
allowing his account of his administration,
and for the assignment of the residue of said
estate to heirs.
Ii is Ordered, that said account be ex-
amined. and petition heard, by the Judge OF
this Court. on Monday the 3rd day of Febru-
ary, A. D. 1890, at 10 a. M, at the Probate
office in said County.
And it is further ordered, that notice there
of be given to all persons interested, by pub
fishing a copy of this order for three success
Siye weeks prior to said day of hearing In
the MORRIS TRIBUNE n weekly newspaper,
printed and published at Morris in said
County.
Dated at Morris, Mimi, the 9th day of
December, A. D. 1889.
By the Court.
ISEAL7 GEO. L. DARLING,
Judge of Probate.
VIM. C. BICKkELL,
Attorney for Administrator. ian1t4.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15

had already a large field enough. Ii
mere population is to be counted, he
dwarfs rather than enlarges his field in
going to the Ohio city. But perhaps the
jealous minister counts by wickedness
instead of size. In that case, he must
consider the intensity of the wickedness
of Cincinnati to be twice IS great as that
of Philadelphia. II this be true, it is
to be hoped the doctor will be able to
xindle great fire of regeneration in that
naughty town.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
NAUGHTY Cincinnati.

AN earnest and eloquent Methodist
preacher, Rev. DR.. Morris. has accepted
q call from. Philadelphia to Cincinnati.
The reverend doctor said he accepted
the call solely because he wished to en-
large his sphere Of usefulness. There is
q suspicion here of something that is
not wholly in favor Of Cincinnati. Phila-
delphia is more than twice as large as
Cincinnati. It seems as il DR.. Morris
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15

DR.. Parsons, of the Chelsea hospital,
England, has been remarkably success
full in the treatment of cancer by cleo
tricity. The patient is put under the in
fuence of ether, and then by means of
fine insulated needles current of cleo
tricity is passed through and through
the cancerous growth and for some dis
lance around it. After that the pain
stops and the tumor ceases to grow. 1t
shrinks to hardened lump, which does
not entirely disappear, though it ceases
to give trouble.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
Pension Business Pending.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Accommodations
Raum of the pension Office has had an
examination made of the files of the
office, and finds that there are now pend
ing in the pension bureau 460,516 unad-
Indicated claims, classed as follows: In.
$40: invalid increase claims, 199,776
widows increase and accrued claims,
2,415. Commissioner Raum has placed
So, $40 of those claims on the list of ''com-
pleted files for immediate consideration:
and for five days of each week the entire
adjudicating force of the office will be
at work on them until the list is adjudi-
Gated
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15

We may get Cuba after all. The lead
ing newspaper of Spain, The Epoca of
Madrid, says: "Spain is not inspired by
the base utilitarian spirit. Cuba can
never be sold" That is how people talk
just when they are getting ready to flop.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15

One negro colony has been success
fully started apparently. It is in Okla
homa. The colony is near Kingfsher,
and 800 negroes are already there. They
are building houses and getting farms
ready for cultivation. They went mostly
from Topeka. If this colony can do
well, then other negro colonies can.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15
Much COMPLAINT is made about I'll


Much complaint is made about the
scarcity of freight cars this winter.
Railroad lines are away behind with
their deliveries because they cannot get
cars enough. Those who have looked
behind the scenes say there are plenty
of cars, but they are loaded with the
freight of large shippers and sidetracked
in some instances for months, before the
shippers are ready to send the freight.
In brief, the cars are used as ware houses
by the great shippers, to the serious in
jurysof thessmall shippers. If the rail
road authorities did not permit this, then
the large customer would take goods to
rival railroad. This is the latest style
of rate cutting between roads.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15

John L. Sullivan declares he is going.
to retire after one more fight, that with.
jackson, the Australian colored cham
pion. lie is the model of abstemious-
ness now, drinking "only bottle or two
of ale with his meals" Perhaps John
will turn star temperance lecturer after
finishing his little brush with jackson.
Morris tribune., 1890-01-15

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Morris tribune., 1890-01-15

A high official in telephone company
says there is no work so fascinating to
woman as operating the central Office of
large telephone company. Is it be-
cause she can hear all that is going on?