The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-07-05

The tie-up on the Northern Pacific
includes the l.. +. g. u. branch, and
trains have not run for several days
ION this division.
What has become of the new fife
and drum corpsi We hope the
organization will be keptup,especially
as the boys are very anxious to con-
tinue.
A nice mess of fine, dry new pota-
toes, from DIR. G. W.. Maughns'
garden, has been sampled by the
editor, and found to ,be of excellent
quality. Thanks.
7. G. Higgison has returned after
several months absence in Canada,
still looking frail after his recent
serious lines, but feeling confident of
q rapid convalescence.
A party consisting of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. v. Barnes, Miss Minnie johnson
and Sam Magaw left Tuesday morn
ing for trip across the country by
team to Lac-qui-parle.
The remark of little tot "that the
hole was ready that they are going to
put the new school house in, probably
expresses the progress made in the
work, as aptly as words can.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Childs have left
for their old home in Wisconsin and
will remain there until the school at
Pennington, Mimi, which he is to
take charge as principal, opens.
We are requested to announce that
the Stevens county democratic club
will hold a meeting at Hotel Morris
this evening. All members of the
club are requested to be present.
A ten round set-to between VIM.
O'Brien, of Darnen, and Del Hawkins,
of Appleton, was advertised to occur
at Benson last evening. The contest
was to be with gloves and for points.
In the following stanza the only
vowel employed is the letter 81" The
subject is The Approach of Evening.
Idling sit this mild twilight dim,
While birds III wild, swift vigils circling skim;
Light winds in signing sink, till, rising bright,
Nights Virgin Pilgrim Swims in vivid light.
Owing to Nj. L. Torpey's declining
to accept the contract for the erection
of the addition to the new school
house, owing to the conditions i'm
posed, the board awarded the contract
to F. A. Hancock.
Crop conditions are at present
favorable for about twothird crop of
wheat, light crop of oats and fair
yield of fax. The damage done by
the long spell of dry hot weather will
permanently affect the yield of wheat
and oats.
Some complaints are made that boys
are not only robbing, but actually de-
stroying vegetable gardens in and
about town. 1t appears to be simply
wanton mischief and viii probably
need few arrests to put stop to the
devilment.
Warden Wolfer met quite a number
of the farmers by appointment last
Friday, and arrangements were made
with S. Stewart to handle the prison
Irvine. The price is Z cents cash or
8 cents per pound on time, without
interest, payable Nov. list. .
Anton Anderson is kept busy these
days, answering interrogatories in re-
gard to the new agent that arrived
| last week, and will succeed eventually,
to the agency of the brewing company.
That Mrs. Anderson and baby boy
are doing well, will account for the
rumer of a successor.
A petition was circulated last week
requesting Gov. Nelson to pardon
Fred Burrell, SON of VIM. Burrill,
who is serving sentence at Saltwater
for obtaining goods under false pre-
fences. The petition was signed by
many of our prominent citizens, and
will be forwarded at once to the
capital.
From Robert Reidy, of Barry, we
learn that the hail storm in that
vicinity was not only extensive but
destroyed everything in its devastat
ing path. Fields and gardens were
swept bare and he states that trac
varying from one to several miles il
width, running diagonally through
Traverse and Big Stone counties wa
swept clean.
1t is matter of congratulation
that the Morris post Office should holt
its rating, official notice to that effec
having been received, when fully hal
of the salaried offices of the state hav,
been reduced, owing to falling OF
in receipts. As the salaries are base'
on the business transacted, the fact tina
there has been no reduction despit
. the hard times, is an excellent show
ing.
While in Duluth on the occasion O
, the laying of the corner stone of tn
new board of trade building, Gran,
Master G. L. Brown of the Masoni
grand lodge, was presented with
: beautiful solid silver trowel, by th
! Duluth fraternity, as a souveni